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Two years ago, Forest Service incident commander Wettstein did some "back-of-the-envelope math" in an effort to determine "where we are in the temporal continuum of the epidemic." Calculating from aerial survey data for northern Colorado and southern Wyoming that indicated 3.6 million acres had been affected at that time, and using a mortality rate of 100 trees per acre, he came up with a ballpark figure of 360,000,000 dead trees.
Wettstein estimated that the trees would begin to fall three to five years after the beetles were done with them, and that 90 percent would be on the ground after fourteen years. Since Colorado was already a decade into the epidemic, that meant trees were probably falling over the place. Dividing 360,000,000 trees over ten years (3,650 days), he worked out an average fall rate of almost 100,000 trees per day.
Wettstein never intended his rough estimate to be used in shaping management decisions. But the figure has acquired a life of its own.
"That thing will never die," he says. "I came up with that number, and I've regretted it ever since. The regional forester picked up on it, and it started making its own weather."
Indeed. Western Bark Beetle Strategy, a Forest Service report released last year, declares that "up to 100,000 dead trees killed by beetles fall to the ground every day in southern Wyoming and northern Colorado.... In the Interior West alone, there are approximately 14,000 miles of roads, trails and right-of-ways that could be adversely affected by falling trees, as well as approximately 1,400 recreation sites." The 100,000-trees-a-day mantra has also shown up in wide-eyed news reports and has been repeatedly cited in congressional testimony, most recently during field hearings in Montrose last month on the beetle infestation sought by Colorado representatives Scott Tipton and Mike Coffman.
Many scientists tracking the current epidemic have a hard time digesting that number. They say it's based on several debatable assumptions, starting with the size of the affected acreage. Stating that four million acres have been "affected" by beetles doesn't translate into four million acres of dead trees, as is sometimes reported. An affected acre may have only a few trees hit by beetles in a given year, enough to be observed by the aerial surveys.
State forest service entomologist Stephens, who flies frequently over the kill sites, says the survey data is complex and intended to track trends, not provide precise figures. "It's a lot of speculation rolled into some basic algebra," she explains. "We have to make assumptions about how many trees per acre there are in parts of the forest, then account for what percentage the host species represents on those acres.... The biggest problem with all of this is that we don't have good figures for trees per acre for most of our forests, so to get to a figure like the number of trees impacted in 2011, we're likely to end up with the kind of number that is so far stretched with assumptions that it loses value."
Although in some areas beetle mortality could approach 100 percent, the more likely scenario is quite different. The Forest Service's own National Insect and Disease Risk Map, which uses sophisticated computer modeling to predict how tree species react to various threats, projects no more than a 25 percent mortality rate from western bark beetles over 20 million acres of forests at risk across the region. To fit the NIDRM model, Wettstein's estimate would require a density of 400 trees per acre, with a fourth of them killed. CU's Mitton points out that means trees spaced about ten feet apart — a figure that seems too high for the large lodgepole trees targeted by the beetles. If the lodgepole are intermixed with aspen or spruce trees, he notes, the actual average per acre could be far less.
There's also the matter of how quickly a dead tree falls. "They're assuming that all the trees that are killed will fall within ten years, and that's in direct contradiction to numerous studies that have been done on the longevity of snags," says Chad Hanson, director and staff ecologist of the California-based John Muir Project. "Most trees stand for considerably longer. They can stand for fifty or a hundred years."
Wettstein insists the 100,000-trees-a-day figure is a conservative one, since it doesn't take into account the green trees that, once surrounding trees are killed and fall, end up being exposed to the wind and could also be toppled. Hanson says he isn't surprised that such an off-the-cuff estimate has been so widely disseminated by the Forest Service, which he believes has a vested interest in exaggerating the scope of the problem.
"The Forest Service is very good at pointing out the portions of the landscape where the beetle mortality is highest, but it's actually a relatively small portion of the landscape," he says. "What they're saying is wildly inaccurate."
Whether the actual daily death rate is slightly higher or much lower than the hundred-thousand mark, falling trees have become a top priority for the Forest Service, which has embarked on an ambitious program to protect infrastructure and increase public safety by removing thousands of dead trees in high-use areas. Crews are thinning stands around campgrounds, clear-cutting trees that threaten power lines and roads, laboring to remove tons of dry, red-needled fire hazards in areas close to mountain subdivisions and municipal watersheds. In 2011 the agency spent close to $85 million on such efforts to "treat" 187,800 acres, including kill zones sprawled across three national forests in Colorado.
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This isn't the only study on these, and it has been shown that winters are not cold enough to kill off these bugs
Unless the tree is dead that it can freeze easily. I've seen DEAD wood freeze yearly in the mountains of northern new mexico. So that's why I don't think temperature has a lot to do with this problem.
Nice fixation, Ranger. Lack of forest diversity? Somewhat. Lack of water? Definitely. Longer warm season? Yes. That's what I took from the experts. And experts in Entomology/Forestry are going to be as excited about their subject going up in a mainstream paper as you suggest I am about it. So, I'm not sure which of the indifferent, "who cares" comments you see coming from an expert, or anyone with a degree in this stuff.
So....errr...I suppose the fact that we have not allowed a fire-dependent forest to burn for a hundred years had nothing to do with it? And this climate change thing - what is the climate supposed to be doing? Staying the same? Getting colder? What? We are generally coming out of an ice age, so it is not astounding to me that the climate is getting warmer. Al Gore is making a lot of money on this deal, with his carbon footprint of a thousand city people!
Grower: I am absolutely positive that there are other researchers looking for generations of the insects of their choice. I don't doubt that every insect is a major concern of yours as a grower. However, its BS suggesting there is no story (as Phd and others suggested) in the fact that pine beetles have been observed flying for the FIRST time in the Colorado high country in May during a drought which has weakened tree defenses, setting this whole situation up as a potential epidemic...that's a story I am glad is being reported. Regardless of what the other insects are up to. Westword runs gossip pieces and bullshit blogs constantly and no one comments. But here we get a long story that hasn't been regurgitated a billion times, and people are dissing the fact that it was even reported because a small part of the story doesn't jive with their opinion on the narrowest little subject that they know anything about. I stand by my fucking point.
I remember as a kid seeing all the beetle kill trees that were cut down, sprayed, and wrapped in plastic to control their spreading. You could see them on the way up the canyon to Central city on the mountainsides. If this has stopped, the question should be WHY??????
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Ask any farmer and they will agree warm winters increase the yearly chances for multi generations of insects. Are you on the peer review for this article? They plan for this. I agree this is common knowledge. Further, if I planted the same corp every year during an increase of annual multi generation, or single generation, of damaging insects I would be out of business. The lack of forest diversity is the cause and the effect. Climate fluctuations ehances lack of forethought in forest management - the real cause. Examing different type of insects and multi generations of seasonal hatching proves that pine beetles are not exclusive and climate fluctuation increases are in fact common knowledge. Defending someone's thesis, in this case, proves your lack of understanding the "whole fucking point."
Dead fuel accumulating for the past 15+ years. Fires take off like hot cakes. You do the science.
Phd: Early beetle flights resulting in 2 generations per year, instead of 1 is not common knowledge. In fact, it goes against everything we know and accept about the pine beetle. The fact that they can lure a pine beetle with pheromones in May is proof enough. Larvae cannot be lured through the air by pheromones, and pine beetle eggs will not spontaneously grow wings in "cold winter" to be drawn to a trap. The whole fucking point is that weather changes are now allowing 2 generations per year instead of 1. You want to see this test run during the egg stage? Do you see insects cruising around when the weather is cold? Do you really think that beetles trapped using pheromones in May are less developed than the one they happened upon on Niwot Ridge in May? And what would running the experiment with "other beetle types" look like and what would it have to do with proving or disproving the fact that pine beetles are squeezing out 2 generations where they used to make 1?
Good article about the pine beetle devestation, however the title is misleading. The subtitle additionally says why the forests ate burning up, like there is a correlation between the beetle and all of the current fires. There is only a few sentences that talk about the fires and it never mentions a correlation between the two problems. False advertisement!
The article is an example of lacking journalism filled with a lack of citations and filled with conjecture. Worse, the article is stale information. The beetle kill is common knowledge and the simple method of "They set up lures loaded with pheromones to invite beetles to establish broods in those trees." Then stating warm winter sampling represents the first peer-reviewed report of the insect achieving two generations in a single summer. Show this result without luring beetles with pheromones. Then try the same experiment with pine bettles during a cold winter. And finally try the experiment with other beetle types.
Yea, you're right. He should have written it as "The top ten things you didn't know about pine beetles!" Or maybe 5 in your case.
Single season multi generations during an upswing in warm winters gets you excited? Read closely, and I see your comment about jerking off - that polishes your stance. Plain, simple, concise and without argument - it's lack of forest diversity. Now you can once again start your multi seasonal pseudo physical and biased masturbation and please stop writing comments where you have no expertise or degree. Grower, thank you.


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I have hyper-sensitive skin on my face (and probably my body for that matter lol) so finding a facial sunscreen that doesn't break me out or cause an allergic reaction is not an easy job! I had been using the neutrogena baby pure and free previously but found that made my skin very dry/flaky. I saw this at walmart for under $9 and decided to give it a try. What made me give this a shot was not only was it PABA free but it was also paraben and oxybenzone free! Yes, the product is very thick and it doesn't blend easily but what i do is I just mix it in my hands and then pat the lotion all over my face. Then, I slowly massage it into my skin. I don't find it takes too much time when i do it this way and i'm not rubbing my skin as hard neither. It does feel a bit heavy when you first apply it, but after about 5mins or so, it dries to a satin finish and you don't feel like you're "wearing" it. I haven't tried this under makeup, so i will update if anything bad happens lol. So far, I really like the feel of this sunscreen on my face. It leaves it baby soft and supple.
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I have two turn of the century rush seat chairs that have been in storage for years. I want to clean up and use them! Both are black stained frames with natural rush seats. It looks like the seat has a shiny varnish on it. The chairs are in excellent shape, but the seats have dirt wedged between the cracks. Research on cleaning these seats states that they should be vacuumed, and a moistened toothbrush should be used to get into the ridges.
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I have rush seated chairs that are not antique, but about 60 years old... Mine have no varnish....are you sure they are rush and not splint or cane? I agree on the vacuum and the tooth brush...but would use a dry softer brush before a toothbrush. Linda C |
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Tomatoes are every vegetable gardener's prized produce. It doesn't matter if you live in Madison, or the North Woods of Minnesota, those first red ripe tomatoes tell you that you know how to grow things. There is one thing though you will learn if you move from the South to the North or vice-versa. You find you no longer know how to grow that garden favorite you thought you were good at doing.
I had years of great tomato growing in the North Woods of Minnesota, but when I got down here none of my tomatoes tasted like they should. Here in Madison there is a longer growing season, different soil, it's hotter, it's dryer, and there are different garden pests. I was fortunate though, as I met Wally Davis and Betty O'toole and started asking questions and started composting to add to my soil. It took a few years, and many questions, but between the two of them, I learned or should say, I relearned how to grow tomatoes.
Months before you see that first smaller-than-a-pea, little green ball show up out of that yellow blossom, you are planting these little seeds in peat pots, and you have to keep a close watch over them making sure they have enough water and the right amount of warmth. If they dry out because you had to go away for the weekend, you have to start all over again.
Also, you have to try and remember which tomato you planted in which group of peat pots. There have to be hundreds of varieties, and every year you are adding more to your menagerie. Then you hear somebody in the hardware store talking about Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter, and you figure out it is a potential two-pounder, and you just have to have it. Sure, you have a few standards like Early Girl or Brandywine. My favorite stand-by is a hybrid called Amelia that I plant every year just to make sure I get a good crop, but new flavors and new colors entice every tomato grower.
This year I am growing black ones, striped ones, yellow and orange and, of course, a bunch of red ones in different hues and sizes.
When your first tomato ripens, you savor the first bite, but then you realize that to be polite you have to share, and that first tomato is usually only a four or five "ouncer" and that is not that many bites. Then you have to start waiting all over again, and that second one might take a week or more to get to the picking stage.
So, about three and a half months into this, you start getting a few every other day, which in itself is very cool. Of course, any new varieties you have to try right away, and yes, you have to share them, too. Really, you have to get into about the fourth or maybe even the fifth month since planting those little seeds, before you can get more than you can eat.
At first you don't even think of giving any away. The wife might say her sister would like some, and you are thinking that if the sister wanted some she should have started her seeds when you did, but you don't say that. You just pick out a bunch of standard varieties because non-tomato growers really don't have the palate to appreciate something as exotic as a Black Krim, which is purple, or a Great White, which is yellow.
Now of course you have to remember that you had better get your year's-worth of tomato eating in while your plants are producing because for the rest of the year, you can't even think of eating one of those store-bought ones. I have no idea how they get those tomatoes looking so fine and tasting so bad. Their growing technique is just the opposite of tomato grower aficionados who really don't care about what it looks like, but know that taste is everything.
Right now we are not in the overabundance stage. I can pick a whole slew of ripe ones, but there is still a lag time between that picking and the next batch. Here is what happens: I pick a few in the morning and two in the afternoon and add them to the ones I already had. Then Wanda makes a tomato pie, which is just great, but that takes most or all of the tomatoes.
The next day we tried a new Stripey, and we both agreed that it was excellent. It was an eight ounce beauty, about the perfect size for a tomato sandwich or a BLT, but we were out of bread so we just ate it naked – well, uh, mine with a little salt and pepper. I then went to the store and bought some whole-wheat buns that said "perfect for sliders" on the package. So I came home and had a couple of tomato sliders with a couple of small Celebrity, and now I only have two little Early Cascades left.
The saving thing for tomato growers is the cherry tomatoes. I have Matt's Wild Cherry, Adoration, Yellow Pear, and some orange variety that is just great, but I don't know the name. I think cherry tomatoes are best taken right off the vine and popped into your mouth, even if it is hot out. Maybe they are better hot and in the sun. They can hold you over while you are waiting for bigger ones to ripen.
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The park's main courses aren't the only place to test climbing skills. Over in the Monkey Grove, visitors can scale 10 trees fastened with the footholds and grips of a classic rock wall. Younger climbers, meanwhile, can explore The Labyrinth, a small, contained structure featuring more than 40 junior-sized versions of the park's other challenges. The courses illuminate on select Glow-in-the-Park evenings, when food, live music, and hoot-owl choruses await climbers upon their return to terra firma.
Terrapin Adventures never fails to live up to its name—even their swing set gets the stomach fluttering with excitement. To be fair, though, the swing in question is anything but the traditional apparatus you'd find at a city park. It seats three people and starts its trajectory 40 feet above the ground, generating 2Gs of force as it swishes riders back and forth over the landscape. The park's other attractions are equally exhilarating. On the high ropes course, visitors attached to sturdy safety harnesses cross 18 traverses situated between lofty platforms; some must be tackled via a rickety bridge, while others require leaps of faith. The 43-foot high climbing tower offers 10 routes up and down, including a head-first downward climb over the Rainbow Serpent. Otherwise, the 330-foot-long zipline sends visitors gliding through the treetops at speeds of up to 20 mph, fast enough to beat the USA track team's star squirrel.
This sort of deft dodging is required at the 5,000-square-foot arena in Owings Mills. Teams compete in one of ten missions during each game of Frontal Assault tactical laser tag, which are inspired by popular video games such as Call of Duty and Battlefield.
The snack bar at XP Laser Sport reenergizes players with Polar Shock slushies and personal pizzas. Meanwhile, windmills, loops, and carousels obstruct the path of LED mini-golf balls tumbling down the nine-hole indoor course. The facility's projection screens broadcast the latest angry faces of professional sports coaches, and two 25-foot screens let up to eight guests compete in Xbox 360 games such as Mortal Kombat.
Movable walls, luminous rocks, mirrors, ramps, and unexpected dead ends. These are just a few of the obstacles players face at Ultrazone Laser Tag, a multi-level arena that, much like a spring-break DJ's apartment, is always flooded with black light and fog. Before separating more than 66 players into mulitple teams and setting them loose in the arena, a game master delivers rules and moves teammates to the vesting room, where they grab laser guns and flashing vests. As the beat of pulsing music hammers the arena, players stream into the field, launching beams at opponents and attempting to seize their strongholds. When players are hit they aren't eliminated from the action; a computer keeps a running tally of points throughout the mission and awards champion status to the team with the highest count after the game. The facility also includes an arcade and a snack area.
Fright Fest's haunted attractions, song-laden revues, and 7 themed coasters play Hyde to Six Flags America's Jekyll, exorcising shrieks and hollers from attendees. Courageous patrons traverse the park's ghoul-laden grounds, surveying docked ghost ships at Skull's Revenge, passing through a cowboy-haunted Ghost Town, and cementing fears of demonic clowns and cursed cotton candy at the Carn-Evil. Creatures creep onto the stage in DJ Ghoul and The Gang's horrific hip-hop dance revue.
Pump It Up's indoor inflatable arenas launch socked striplings into the air with a plethora of kid-friendly bounce pads. Staffers supervise fun-filled visits, during which adult counterparts leap around with their kids through gargantuan bounce houses, skip down air-filled slides, and slither like snakes covered in bacon grease through an inflated obstacle course. Occasionally, the staffers switch off the lights, arming the roomful of players with glow sticks and bracelets as they navigate the air-cushioned obstaclescape.
The colorful venue also hosts custom birthday parties and private team parties, each themed to please the partygoers in question. These soirees immerse children in a schedule of interactive activities befitting a pirate or a superhero while melting off youthful energy faster than ice cubes thrown into a running DVD player. The birthday boy or girl even gets to blow out the candles on their cake seated in their blow-up throne. Relying on the staffers' vigilant, watchful eyes, guardians can rest assured that their charges will stay safe, and each piece of the inflatable playground is held to the wall by a complex series of anchors installed according to strict safety standards.


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Fifty New Chiefs Pinned Aboard NAS Lemoore
By Tammy Eskew
September 21, 2012 10:20:17 AM PDT
Fifty Naval Air Station Lemoore (NASL) Sailors received their golden anchors during a pinning ceremony on Sept. 14. The ceremony marked a significant milestone for the 46 men and four women who were advanced to Chief Petty Officer (CPO).
"Team 119, Congratulations on your outstanding achievement! You have been selected from a peer group of highly qualified, highly motivated professionals and are the best of the best," said Capt. Eric Venema, commanding officer of NASL. "The Navy is entrusting you with the good stewardship of our national treasure, the men and women of our ranks. Lead them well."
The base theater was filled to capacity as friends, loved ones, neighbors and family members gathered in support of their CPO Selectee. The ceremony began as the Selectees marched into the theater singing "Anchors Aweigh." Adorned across the stage were homemade wooden boxes (vessels) that contained the charge books that each newly appointed CPO was tasked with building.
"The ceremony today is steeped in naval tradition and is a culmination of a career of hard work and determination. The ceremony is a pinnacle of six weeks of intense training to prepare them to wear the anchors of CPO. This is a day they will never forget," said master of ceremony Senior Chief Builder Carl Peltier, officer in charge of Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit (CBMU) 303 detachment Lemoore.
The CPO induction training program was facilitated by the NASL CPO Mess and focused on leadership, teamwork, time management, Naval heritage, and organizational and personnel management skills.
Several of the Chief Selectees recently returned home from an eight-month deployment on board the USS Abraham Lincoln before being immersed into the CPO induction training.
"It was a long road that began on board the boat and finished here today. The journey was long, but worth it every step of the way," said newly pinned Chief Aviation Ordnanceman Jose Franco of Strike Fighter Squadron 2 (VFA-2).
During the ceremony, family members and CPO mentors pinned on two gold-fouled anchors to each newly appointed chief's uniform and placed the cover on top of their heads to symbolize the induction into the Chief Petty Officer Mess.
"This is so exciting and feels great. My mother is here from Las Vegas and my little daughter pinned on one of my anchors. This is such a proud moment," said Chief Aviation Structural Mechanic Carlos Arroyo of VFA-2.
Chiefs in the United States Navy wear the fouled anchors to symbolize that they are the ones who secure and hold the Navy family together. Chief Logistics Specialist Jeremy Evans, who was pinned in 2007, and his newly pinned spouse, Chief Aviation Maintenance Admistrationman Katrina Evans, knows all too well the importance of family, both their own and their Navy family. Together, they have served their country 33 years.
"Today is 14 years of my mess pushing me hard. It is one of the best days of my life," said Chief Katrina Evans.
The dual military couple are the proud parents of two daughters Kayla, 9 and Layla, 3. For them, the pinning ceremony was filled with emotion and brought back many memories. They were both pinned by Senior Chief Air Traffic Controller Daniel Miller.
However, the question remains who has the better charge book? The answer. "I do," said the Chiefs with a smile.
Advancement to the rank of Chief Petty Officer is the most significant promotion within the enlisted naval ranks. Chief Petty Officers serve a dual role as both technical experts and as leaders, with more of an emphasis on leadership as they progress through the CPO ranks.
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Kiraritchi (キラリっち Kiraritchi) is a female adult character that first appeared in the anime Tamagotchi! Yume Kira Dream. She was released as a raisable character on the Tamagotchi P's, and is also raisable on the latest English release, Tamagotchi Friends.
In the Tamagotchi P's, Kiraritchi's puzzle pieces (likes) can be obtained by eating Kirakira Cake, Parfait and wearing the Princess Tiara. Kiraritchi is also featured in many new Tamamori and other products as one of the mascots for the Tamagotchi brand.
In the Tamagotchi Friends webisodes, she is voiced by Cassandra Morris.
Kiraritchi enjoys making her own sparkling Tamamori; she is a very energetic girl and dreams of becoming an idol (popstar). She likes to help her friends out by using her Yume Kira Bag, and when she is in disguise she keeps her true identity a secret. Kiraritchi's mother is Kiramamatchi, and her little sister is Kiramotchi.
Yumemitchi is her best Tama-Friend and her dance partner. While she does not think much of Yumecantchi, Yumemitchi always does. Her birthday is July 7th. Kiraritchi loves the color blue, and the shape of a star.
She is a very deep sleeper, and she also moves and talks in her sleep. She has a fear of rollercoasters.
Kiraritchi resembles a cream-colored koala with fluffy ears. She wears a purple dress with a series of circles along the bottom, like Moriritchi's. Her stockings are mauve. She usually wears a blue hat that has white fluff around the edges, like an Eskimo hat. There are three beads on each of her ears and she wears a purple headband over her hat, with a pink star on it.
Idol Outfit
After attending Idol Academy, Kiraritchi's performing outfit consists of a turquoise shirt with orange pants and navy blue stockings. Instead of her fluffy blue hat, she wears a purple headband with dark blue bows that have green butterfly shapes on them.
Name Origin
Kirari (キラリ), from Kirakira (キラキラ), translates to shiny or sparkly. Kirari can also translate to an onomatopoeic word for "a momentary flash of light".
In the Anime
She works at Kirakira Tamamori in Dream Town, and goes to Dream School with Yumemitchi. She is in dance class, and sometimes disappoints her teacher, Mr. Micchi. Furifuritchi also tends to criticize her skills. When the two girls receive the Yume Kira Bags, she helps Yumemitchi solve problems by transforming into an different things, such as an idol, a cheerleader, etc. It is shown that she can sing and dance very well when she is with Yumemitchi.
At the end of every episode of Yume Kira Dream, Kiraritchi shows a new Kirakira Tamamori page.
Yumemitchi and Kiraritchi mastered their bags near the end of the Yume Kira Dream series. In episode 47 (190), they had to return the bags, as well as Yumecantchi, to Uranaishi no obāsan. In the next episode, 48, (191) Yumemitchi and Kiraritchi departed for Melody Land to train to become idols.
Yumemitchi and Kiraritchi appeared in one episode of Miracle Friends, but they make a full comeback in GO-GO Tamagotchi!. Kiraritchi and Moriritchi enjoy working together to make Tamamori.
She is voiced by Megumi Toyoguchi.
- In the anime, Kiraritchi shares her seiyuu with Dawn from Pokemon Diamond and Pearl and Pokemon Best Wishes!, which is created by OLM Inc. as well.
- Tamagotchi! Yume Kira Dream is the second anime where Megumi Toyoguchi is singing as a duo; the first time was in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl.
- Kiraritchi's dad was revealed in GO-GO Tamagotchi but because he isn't listed on the character page on Tamagotchi Channel, and because he is only referred to as "papa" in the anime, his name isn't confirmed.


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AHMEDABAD: The first community museum in the state, Hansiba Museum, developed by Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) was inaugurated in Radhanpur, Banaskantha on Monday.
The museum was launched to mark completion of 40 years of SEWA's work towards women's empowerment this year. Ela Bhatt, founder director of SEWA, said that the museum is of the women, for the women, and by the women.
Bhatt said, "The Hansiba Museum will showcase to the society the art and work of women. The museum will also act as an inspiration for the new generation and inculcate community values in them", Bhatt said.
The museum showcases over 1,700 articles, which are either contributions or donations received by SEWA over the past two decades from their women members. These include artifacts and embroidery arts on textiles among many other forms belonging to communities of Gujarat such as the ahir, rabari, chamar, baloch, jaat, darbar and many others.
"Each of these communities has a specific style, sensibility and has trademark motifs which distinguish one from the other. Apart from the textiles, the museum also showcases lifestyle products of these communities like utensils and furniture. Means of transportation made from bronze, brass, wood and mud are also part of the display", general secretary of SEWA Reema Nanavaty said.
Interestingly, the museum is named after Hansiba, an over 90-year-old woman from Datrana, Santalpur, Patan who had also inspired the 'Hasiba' brand by SEWA. Hansiba still is a bundle of energy with active hands, growing cotton, spinning, weaving, dyeing and embroidering even now, an example of self-reliance and dedication.
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Dh bought one of the infra red paint removers. We haven't tried it yet. Soon! I guess its fortunate that we have aluminium siding which dh is also re-painting (after cleaning, and filling dents.) The huge area's that still need to be scraped before painting, other than some of the eaves and window trim, is the front porches pillars and railings. Downstairs isn't so bad because we had to replace the old railings tho the ceiling and soffit and pillars still need work. Upstairs is all original with old peeling probably lead paint. I think no contractor would want to touch it now, with the new laws, so we are lucky we're still young enough to do it ourselves.
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We've always been very very careful. One of the reasons that it is taking us a long time to paint our house is we twice hired contractors for a small part (e.g. the outside of the upstairs back porch and the downstairs porch ceiling), but we couldn't get them to meet OUR clean lead-careful standards. Now that they have to by law, none of them want to touch our house. Kathy |
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We have had some windows restored and the woodwork in our son's room stripped/repainted. We used a painting company which was certified in lead paint removal. In our area (Southeastern PA) there are a lot of contractors which are certified in lead paint removal. I guess its also important to educate yourself to ensure that they are complying with the regulations on which they have been trained. I think doing the work yourself is probably the best option though, as no one will be as careful as you are with your house! |
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Here is a link that might be useful: More about the new lead law
"h, do you mean the "Old House Decimation Law"? The EPA RRP will surely do more to destroy the value of our old houses than anything else imaginable. " Probably viewed as an economic stimulus plan to force construction (and demolition) of older structures (you know, the ones already a hundred years plus old?). |
This may also vary regionally---we didn't have a problem finding contractors who were certified in Northern California, but we also had pretty strict state regulations around lead even before the EPA law went into effect. We actually got bids for our kitchen renovation work before the law went into effect and moved forward with contracts afterwards and it didn't affect cost or interest in the job, at least for our project. We have a 1915 house with known lead issues, so we just had to document where there was lead and where there wasn't (we had tested everything the year before the renovation in preparation) and the demo contractors had to follow a set of dust containment procedures---basically, sealing the room off very tightly, vacuuming with a HEPA vacuum at the end of each day, and some protective masks. (Honestly, I would have asked for basically the same procedures anyway!) We were fortunate that while all our trim is painted with lead-based enamel, our plaster walls tested clean. So we had the demo crew remove all trim and after that the site was considered "lead-free" so crews were free to work as usual since we could document that they were not disturbing lead paint. (We still have some lead paint on windows and doors and such in the room, but we weren't changing any of that so it wasn't being disturbed.) Nobody really asked about it, either, which really surprised me. (I went in armed with all our tests and reports, and no one ever looked at them!) Our city just gave us a brochure when we pulled permits, asked where there was lead, and asked for the name of the demo crew (a local nonprofit with lots of experience in this arena, so they were known to the city and certified). Surprisingly painless, actually---much less involved than the asbestos abatement work that was also part of the project and required a specialized crew. It may just be that California contractors are used to being regulated every which way and just do the certification courses and change their procedures as the laws pop up, but it really doesn't seem to be a big issue here one way or the other. This was for an interior job, though---no clue how they would contain dust from, say, stripping wood shingles, so I can imagine that work might be much more expensive now. |
"It may just be that California contractors are used to being regulated every which way " I think you have the right idea. If the state laws were as least as tough as the newer federal laws they already knew how to comply. States can have stricter laws in these cases, but if they have looser laws the federal law rules. |
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The 14th Annual NAYGN Drawing Contest is here! NAYGN is hoping to build on the continuing success of the contest after last year's 13th Annual Contest.
This years' theme is "Roddy Nuclear Builds Tomorrow" – with an emphasis on the importance of new plant construction for the future of nuclear and growing energy demands.
All drawing contest materials are available on the NAYGN website, PI committee page.
Each chapter will need to host their area contests and submit their top ten drawings by 10-26-2012 electronically to Laura DiPinto. Voting will again take place online this year via Clean Energy Insight.
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Friday afternoon is where news goes to die (an irony I appreciate as I file this post). When André Birotte closed the federal criminal investigation into the U.S. Postal Service cycling team, he did so at 4 p.m. Friday on Super Bowl weekend.
And the UCI announced on Friday afternoon (Swiss time) the makeup of a three-person panel that will investigate claims made in USADA's "Reasoned Decision" report, and the panel's mandate (PDF).
The members—appointed by International Olympic Committee (IOC) board member John Coates—are former British Court of Appeal judge Sir Philip Otton, Paralympic athlete and House of Lords member Tanni Grey-Thompson, and Australian lawyer Malcolm Holmes.
The trio has been given an 11-point mandate of inquiry that is broad in scope, and it has the ability to review all internal records and external communications by UCI senior staff, including that by Hein Verbruggen, Pat McQuaid, and medical and anti-doping staff such as Mario Zorzoli and Anne Gripper.
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More broadly, the commission will ask whether current doping controls are adequate and whether people connected to doping—caught or admitted—should be allowed to work in cycling in the future.
At first blush, it's a formidable statement; at closer look, a few nagging questions appear. They're not damning, but they merit further investigation:
—What, exactly, are the qualifications of the three? Two are members of the House of Lords, two are lawyers, and one is an athlete. Baroness Grey-Thompson is a non-executive board member for UK Athletics, among other sports bodies; Holmes, a QC (Queen's Counsel, a Commonwealth designation for certain senior attorneys), is perhaps best qualified, as sports arbitration is his primary specialty (Sir Otton is also a certified mediator).
But none of them have any background in sports science, doping, or experience as a public prosecutor, which would give them investigatory experience. There are considerable resources out there on all three counts; I hope the panel uses them.
Sir Otton and Holmes also work for the same firm, 20 Essex Street. Ideally, the three committee members would have zero existing personal or professional relationship. Within the makeup of the commission, however, those are the only red flags I see at this time. More troubling is how it will function.
—The UCI will pay for the commission, which raises a genuine question of impartiality. None of the three will likely rely on the UCI for a paycheck, but they're also providing the money to hold hearings in London where, presumably, people might appear to tell the panel what they know. It has at least the appearance of impropriety and the UCI should avoid even that.
—The panel gets access to records and documents, but nothing is said about any kind of subpoena-like power to speak with UCI staff. Will the panel be allowed to do that? What are the penalties for not being truthful with the panel?
—The mandate, while impressive and notable in its specific points, is limited merely by nature of being spelled out so exactly.
It would, of course, be excellent to know whether the UCI inappropriately discouraged those with knowledge of Armstrong's doping from coming forward (mandate point No. 7). But allegations that the UCI suppressed whistle-blowers is not limited to the Postal-Armstrong case. Did they suppress or intimidate Jörg Jaksche, or Jesús Manzano?
—Finally, there's the question of accountability. The commission will hold hearings in London from April 9 to 26. There's no mention of whether those hearings will be public. The commission's executive mandate is to make recommendations, nothing more. And the final report containing said recommendations, due June 1, is to be sent to the UCI. That's it. Not to WADA, CAS, the IOC, or anyone else. So the UCI has appointed a man who in turn appointed three people who will be paid by the UCI to investigate the UCI and report their findings to the UCI.
Does any of that sound off?
This is going to be a long journey. Seven months to the day as of Saturday, to be exact about it. And I'm still hopeful that the commission will do an honest, serious job that will be transparently communicated. But I don't think it's wise to leave that to the UCI to ensure that that's the case.


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Angelina Ballerina The Mousical
It's often said that children are the harshest of critics. Thankfully, in the case of Angelina Ballerina The Mousical - Live On Stage, that's not the case. Any shortfall in the production values, be they technical capabilities of the cast or the over-complication of plot, are magnanimously ignored by the tutu-clad tots bopping in the aisles.
A scene from Angelina Ballerina The Mousical at the Arena, St Albans Photo: Robert Day
Based on the series by author Katharine Holabird and illustrator Helen Craig, Angelina Ballerina has already seen a stage version a few years hence by the English National Ballet. Unfortunately, one cannot help but draw unflattering comparisons. On this regional tour, the costumes seem unimaginative, the choreography simplistic and the casting weak. Apart from the tails and ears, the performers don't convey any animalistic attributes and in terms of dancing and singing talent there are no standout roles.
As Angelina and her friends toil towards a concert at their school, the Camembert Academy Of Dance, conflicting opinions and a gender battle between the preferences of the girls and boys (sparkles vs hip hop) combine in a less than remarkable show. In a sweet and much needed add-on to the professional cast, local dance schools are invited onstage to perform a couple of steps and a plie or two, much to the pride of and joy of their teary-eyed parents. It keeps the performance going, but isn't enough to save it.
Sometimes it's enough to capitalise on the success of a popular character, and where ticket sales are concerned the children's book and TV world are full of easy pickings. But for a producer whose credits include The Gruffalo and The Tiger Who Came To Tea, this production falls short.


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"Hearts Come Home for Christmas" card
Went a little vintage with this card which was part of a Stamp Challenge on the Bo Bunny Blog. I paired the Noel pattern papers with the wings and banner stamps from the Cambridge collection as well as the Noel stamps to add background patterns to the hearts.
Then I switched gears to a simpler style for this Card and Gift Tag on the Glue Arts Blog using May Arts beautiful ribbons and Bo Bunny's 'Tis the Season from 2009.
I found that pleating the ribbon is a cinch if you apply the Ribbon Adhesive to both sides of the ribbon's edge. I also used U-Cut-It Foam Adhesive (3D Combo Pac) to raise up the medallions.
The punches are Fiskars' recent Heart Lever Punch and the 2009 Pine For Me Limited Edition Squeeze Punch.
Here is a gift wrap idea using Fiskars' Continuous Stamp Wheel to create the red background flourishes on a standard paper lunch sack and Cosmo Cricket's Mitten Weather...
Holiday Paper Gift Bag
And these Holiday Gift Toppers were another project for Fiskars using Mitten Weather...
"Cinnamon Berry Spray"
Backtracking a bit to Thanksgiving...
This Glass Candle Trio Centerpiece was made using Ranger Alcohol Inks to tint the clear glass holders I found at my local AC Moore, then embellished with flowers created with Fiskars' Oops a Daisy Squeeze Punches and Flower Lever Punches.
Earlier in November the Bo Bunny Blog had a challenge to incorporate something from nature into a project and I create this Thanksgiving card using dried floral branches tied with raffia.
The tree is made with Fiskars' Cameo Appearance Squeeze Punches and the XL Tree Lever Punch.
If you don't already know it, I'm a little punch happy...meaning I love Fiskars' punches. :) These Paper Punched Fall Pins were paper pieced using Bo Bunny's Learning Curve and Olivia pattern papers along with an assortment of Fiskars' Squeeze Punches, Lever Punches and other punches; inked and covered in Ranger Crackle Medium.
I had some gorgeous stamps from Hero Arts to work with for the Glue Arts Blog...
"It's The Little Things" card using the Glue Glider Pro with Perma Tac Adhesive, Ribbon Adhesive, U-Cut-It Adhesive Foam, Adhesive Squares and Mini Adhesive Squares.
Hero Arts Bold Blossoms and Big Hugs stamps
"Miss You" card using the Glue Glider Pro with Perma Tac Adhesive, Ribbon Adhesive, U-Cut-It Adhesive Foam
Hero Arts Delicate Blossoms and Big Hugs stamps
I also had the chance to work with Twinery products on this card for the Glue Arts Blog...
"Thank You" card using the Glue Glider Pro with High Tac Adhesive, Mini Adhesive Squares and U-Cut-It Foam Adhesive.
And in November, we worked with Crate Paper's Restoration collection...
"Trinket Box" using the Adhesive Squares and Mini Adhesive Squares
"Hello" card using the Glue Glider Pro with High Tac Adhesive, Adhesive Squares and U-Cut-It Adhesive Foam.
And last but not least, as a part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month back in October, I made these 3 cards using the Persuasion collection for the Bo Bunny Blog's Power of Pink Week....
"Peace, Love and Hope" card
"Awareness: 1 in 8" card
"Hope" card
Phew! Can't let that lapse happen again! ;) If you've actually taken the time to read through (survive) this EPIC post and peruse these projects...you're a gem!
And since 'Tis the Season of Giving and I'd like to thank you for reading my blog. I'm going to do a little Holiday GIVE AWAY. I have an assortment of Bo Bunny Noel pattern papers, a Noel Stamp Set and various embellishments put together. Leave a comment below - tell me how your holiday season is going - by Tuesday, December 7th by 6pm EST. and I'll pick a random winner by Wednesday, Dec. 8th for the prize.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!


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Defining Variables - Problem 1
FREEWriting an algebraic equation in words can help you better understand what the equation is asking you to find. In the equation m/4 = 5, instead of writing it out as "m over 4 equals 5", a more meaningful way to write it out is "some number 'm' divided by 4 is 5". Since "m" is the variable, the value is yet unknown, so it is "some number" that needs to be solved.
When you're first getting used to doing Math with letters a lot of times teachers ask you to do a middle step but before you do all the Mathy stuff, you change an equation into words. Here's an example, write the following equation in words, here it is.
One thing that a student may write is say like m over 4 equals 5. That's true, that's like what's going on in this equation except for it doesn't mean a whole lot mathematically. The better way to answer this question and to write a sentence would be to write some number, m stands for some number we don't know what it is, divided by 4 because a fraction means divide, divided by 4 is 5. Equals sign sometimes people replace with the word is to show that one thing is the other, it's like they're equal to each other.
So be careful when you guys get problems like this to use some number or any number, use those words to represent your letter, your variable and then also think about what a fraction means. A fraction really means dividing. So before you guys start doing the Math and finding out what number m really represents it can be really helpful and an excellent strategy to turn it into a sentence first.


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Is it normal when I cough sometimes I leak? Im 19w+5d with a chest cold and am
alot is it normal.
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make the herniation of the cerebellar tonsils worse? I am have nasal congestion and the drainage is causing me to cough. It is causing me tremendous pain and I feel as if my head is about to burst. I am taking meds and cough drops in order to prevent spells however, they persist. Will this worsen the chiari symptoms and herniation? Thank you for any resoonses I am new to this diagnosis and forum.
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Welcome to the forum......Since you didn't add much information or his age, here goes: OK, For starters, for any Senior Dog IMO, you DO need to rule out Heart Problems....The x-ray will not only show the heart, but also the lungs...This is important.... With Heart Disease, the weak heart cannot pump as well...Fluid builds into the lungs causing the cough..The cough is usually MOIST like they're choking on congestion...Actually, they are...
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I sneeze in twos.
first one I headed for tissue in bathroom where second
sent it right out my shorts! So glad I was already over tile too. It has never happened before (this is baby #2) now I'm so nervous it will happen again and what if I'm at work. Agh!
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The surgery took care of that problem.
surgery it felt like my tail bone was broken and
5 months when I blow my nose, cough or sneeze I have terrible pain going into my buttock and legs. This also happens when I bend over to the floor and especially when I pick up something while bending over. What is the cause of this problem?
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I had been taking atenolol prior to this because of a couple of SVT episodes that had to be chemically converted.
the afib I was put on sotolol which caused new and different palpitations, so then I was put on bystolic which did well. So I've been plugging along with nothing more than my usual pvcs and pacs and pretty much resumed normal life. For the last few months I have been having pretty frequent (about once a week) episodes of tachycardia for just a very short time...
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since my husband and i are living in for almost 4 yrs i always noticed that he used to
he coughs, though this does not happens every night there were times that i was woken up because of the noise! as loud as if there is no tomorrow!
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Good morning...it sounds like your little cocker has a great life with you! Ask you veterinarian if this could possibly be a "reverse sneeze". The signs you describe don't fit the description of a reverse sneeze perfectly, but it is possible that is what he is doing. Some owners describe the reverse sneeze as a "goose honking" kind of cough. Glad to hear that he is living a good life with you.
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I have also got chronic pain in my lower back (a new development today
fit) I have an inhaler which just aggrevates the problem. As a child I had the same thing and was told i had post-nasal drip, and hd my adenoids removed which seemed to solve it. I'm not sure i actually am asthmatic as i never had breathing problems before. Is there a chance my post nasal drip came back?
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Whenever he smells or eats then
he just starts
. We have consulted many doctors but still the result is worst. He just keep coughing at nights and cant sleep. He had a test,and result was that he is allergen to thinks like dust,perfume,sweet all that. he is using some antibiotics but its affect last till some minutes. so please give suggestion.
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My 16 year old daughter started with what seemed like a cold almost 3 weeks ago.
3 days of an uncontrolable cough I brought her to the doctors. When I say uncontolable I mean she was coughing non stop for hours at a time. He put her on an antibiotic (zpack) and gave her cough medicine with codine. 5 days later she was not any better.
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That made me think....I remember my first
surgery, but it wasn't for a while! The only reason I remember it is because my breathing still wasn't up to snuff, and you know how you take in that quick breath before you let it out? Mine was that raspy "snore" sound, and it startled me!!! Darla ~ I hope that the pain is getting better from that! Sounds VERY painful! I'm sure it was quite the shock to that swollen throat of yours. Oh, and congratulations on 17 years!!
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Shortly after taking antibiotic, nasal spray and cough suppressant, I was suddenly experiencing episodes of
, then a
, watery eyes and inability to breath due to a closed airway. This was very scary. This mostly happens when I eat or drink just about anything but water. At first I thought it was a seasonal allergy (Aug-Nov) that just decided to visit me this year in a big way.
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Another possibility could be a pinched nerve in the chest, along one of your ribs. This type usually occurs
a fit of
or a blow to the chest. Finally, this pain could be due to a nerve being pinched, where it comes out of the spinal canal. X-rays of the spine can usually give a clue to this cause. For the moment, you should give this pain time to spontaneously go away, and in the meantime, try to hold your chest with both hands over the site of the pain.
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Sometimes when I sneeze I get an ugly sharp pain, but it goes away. I think it's because I sneeze to hard or something.
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I think when I have a lot of air trapped in my esophagus or stomach it causes my PAC's to act up.
causes you to take in a lot of air as well when you or in between
spells. I hope you feel better soon.
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I have to stay in bed, either sweating profusely or shivering. Occasionally, I
spell, at least in the first stages. Sometimes, if I take Gravol and lay still, I can get over it but other times the Vomiting can last for a day or more.it is accompanied by increased gut sounds and often followed by diarrhea and an upset stomach. This started about 10 years ago but seems to be getting more frequent. Heat and humidity make it more likely as does mental stress.
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Sometimes (maybe once a day or less) I get a sharp pain in my lower abdomen
I cough or sneeze. Is anyone else getting this? It almost feels like my ab muscle (in one location) is cramping when I cough or sneeze. I have been sick latley with a head cold or I probably wouldn't have noticed this at all. Just wondering if I am alone here .... I think it probably is because everything is moving around in there and my muscles are contracting - one just cramps when I sneeze and cough.
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Oh dear, I'm 19 weeks and that has been happening to me since I started my 12 week mark.
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All through out the years of having back pain, it never caused me any grief to
or cough, not even
my back fusion with instrumentation in feb of this year. I became sick with a simple chest cold last week and for the first time in my life, the constant coughing and sneezing is killing my back. I'm shocked at the pain its producing. My back now feels inflammed and it hurts to walk normal. I'm just riding my cold out to see if my back pains in my fusion area goes away.
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My 6 yr old pug has started having these dry
episodes. They are non-productive although at the end of them sometimes she makes a hack or gag noise almost like she is trying to cough up a hairball. She is not lethargic and her eating habits are normal. She is otherwise completely normal. I have taken her to her vet twice and had her chest and throat x-rayed. He has listened to her lungs and heart and can't find anything abnormal other than a little clear nasal discharge.
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When I have the flu though
and sneezing my chest hurts to like the muscle down the center of the chest into the stomach. A pulled muscle feeling and it hurts to hunch over at all. Is it like that?
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no, no HCG shots ~ nothing since the Ovidrel on Tuesday ~ between feeling like my ovaries/uterus was falling out yesterday from walking through the Outlet Mall and then the pain when
today it's just weird ~ don't know if I should call the RE or not ~ he probably thinks I'm a spaz already don't want to make it worse..!!
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Two more cough related tips: Anyone smoke in the house? This will cause the respiratory cough...Can just be on your clothes or hands to trigger it... My Vet told me this one.....If you feed your dog in the kitchen by the refrigerator, the dust mites that blow out from under from the fan, are inhaled by the dog while eating...They start coughing after they eat & then off and on the rest of the day....NO, i'm not kidding!!!!!!!!!!
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OK, For starters, for any Senior Dog IMO, you DO need to rule out Heart Problems....The x-ray will not only show the heart, but also the lungs...This is important.... With Heart Disease, the weak heart cannot pump as well...Fluid builds into the lungs causing the cough..The cough is usually MOIST like they're choking on congestion...Actually, they are...The cough is worse in the mornings & during periods of running, playing & excitement....Fluid will show in an x-ray.....
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one more thing, dont you just hate the busting headaces you get
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I have just had pneumonia and i still have
fits. I have a very localized pain jut under my right breast and on the right side of my ribcage but x- rays showed no fractures. I cannot takea deep breath because it hurts and it also hurts if I sneeze, cough, laugh and sometimes not even that, taking a breath to speak causes a short sharp pain or just a movement causes it too. It feels deep I cannot touch where it hurts unless I am lying down. Any thoughts?
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If its just when you cough or
its most probably urine..have you been doing your pelvic floor exercises;?
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She seems to be OK other than the sneezing, watery red eye, and the
. She smiles, she does her little cooing and blows her little bubbles with her mouth, she talks to her mobile, and she is drinking, peeing and pooping fine.. she has not ran a fever at all. That's why I assumed it was an allergy... atleast that is what my mom has been telling me as well. When she sleeps she sleeps soundly...
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Kadner: Drug kingpin Cappas writes a book
By Phil Kadner email@example.com September 22, 2012 12:02AM
John Cappas in front of his restaurant, Johnny's WeeNee Wagon in Markham, Illinois, Friday, September 21, 2012. The former south suburban drug kingpin has written a book, "Tall Money," about his drug-dealing days. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media
Updated: October 24, 2012 6:37AM
I am sitting across a picnic table from John Cappas, once the leader of most notorious cocaine ring in the southwest suburbs, who now dispenses hot dogs from Johnny's WeeNee Wagon in Markham.
Cappas, who grew up in Oak Lawn, owns the place, which his father purchased. He dreams of creating a pizza delivery empire in the Southland, using the same sales skills that allowed him to earn $40,000 a month as a coke dealer.
Cappas served 15 years in the federal prison system (he was released in 2003) and has now self-published a book, "John Cappas Tall Money," about his life.
I decided to meet with him after reading the book.
Why, I wondered, would a guy who served his time, had by many accounts rebuilt his life, want to remind people that he's not just John Cappas the restaurant owner but John Cappas the drug dealer?
"I wanted to tell my side of the story," he said. "I never took the witness stand in my own defense."
I can't say that satisfied me, although his father, Louis Cappas, who once owned Cappas Liquors at Archer and Western avenues in Chicago, may have come closer to an explanation.
When I asked the younger Cappas, who graduated from culinary arts school while in prison, why he hadn't opened a high-end restaurant instead of a hot dog stand, the elder Cappas interjected.
"No one in Orland Park is going to go to a fancy dining establishment run by John Cappas," he said. "It's never going to happen. In Markham, in the black community, no one looks down on him because he once sold drugs. That's it!"
John Cappas nods his head. No matter what he does in life, no matter how many classrooms of kids he talks to about the dangers of drugs, no matter how often he visits the juvenile detention center in Chicago to help troubled youth, "I'm never going to redeem myself in the eyes of many people," he said.
Still, he wants to convince me that he has changed. He's a different man.
But I have read his book, and what stands out is a fellow who is very proud of his bad-boy image.
He studied martial arts and used those skills to beat many people senseless, details of which are recorded with great relish in his books. In every instance, Cappas would tell you, the guys deserved it.
He describes the expensive cars he purchased with his drug money and brags about the beautiful women with whom he had sex.
Police officers, federal drug agents, federal prosecutors, even his defense attorney come off as liars, bullies, cowards or unprincipled and unethical jerks.
There's more than a hint that law enforcement officials helped the young Cappas succeed in his drug business. And Cappas brags that he never testified against anyone, never turned "rat."
There's little soul searching to be found about the damage that he and his gang might have done to teenagers in the Southland who were his primary customers. Two of those children, from Chicago's Mount Greenwood community, committed suicide.
In the book and while talking to me, Cappas compared his connection to their deaths to that of a bartender who sells a drink to a customer. That customer then goes to another bar and buys a drink, visits a third bar for a drink and ends up killing himself in a car crash.
"Is that first bartender to blame?" Cappas asked.
He quickly adds that he never sold drugs to either of the two teenagers who died nor did he know that members of his gang were selling them drugs.
"If you're looking for someone to cry and say forgive me, I feel so bad, that's not me," Cappas said. "I know what I did was wrong. That's why I counsel kids one-on-one and in groups today and tell them what can happen to them.
"If you read the last chapters of my book, you see how I take responsibility. I'm a different person today than I was at 19."
Indeed the last chapter has a letter from U.S. District Court Judge Charles Kocoras, who originally sentenced Cappas to an astonishing 45 years in prison.
Kocoras writes that "the world of crime and punishment does not produce success stories with any regularity or certainty. I consider John Cappas to be a success story, and I am now proud to say I know him well."
In addition to graduating culinary school while in prison, Cappas received a bachelor's degree with a double major in psychology and business. He argues forcefully for more emphasis on reform than punishment in prison.
The parts of his book I enjoyed the most were hilarious — detailed descriptions of his culinary creations behind bars amid passages about rape and murder by convicts.
Cappas believes a movie will be made based on his book. He sees himself as Joel Goodson, the Tom Cruise character, in "Risky Business."
I cannot conclude this column without mentioning his mother and father, who expressed great love and admiration for their son today. Cappas seems to have an appreciation for the emotional price his parents have paid and is devoted to them.
As for the financial cost, "I have never told John or his mother," Louis Cappas said. "And I'm not going to tell you."
I believe in second chances. But I also believe in accepting responsibility for your actions.
"I'm no killer!" Cappas shouted in court years ago when he was sentenced. "I never killed anyone," he told me outside the WeeNee Wagon.
He can't possibly know that his actions didn't result in death. But he believes he had no responsibility.
I told Cappas that had he not gotten involved in drugs, he might have made millions in the business world.
He has self-confidence, people skills, intelligence and almost no sense of guilt.
Who knows, he might become governor of Illinois.


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