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Lacey, before and after receiving treatment at the ASPCA Animal Hospital
When ASPCA Special Agent Ann Kelly brought hound mix puppies Cagney and Lacey to the ASPCA Animal Hospital on February 17, the two were so skinny that their bones were visible from across the room.
The dogs' owner, Gillian Irving, relinquished them to the ASPCA after Agent Kelly visited her home in the Norwood section of the Bronx. In April, Agent Kelly arrested Irving, who was charged with two counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty. (If convicted, Irving faces up to two years in jail and/or a $2,000 fine.)
Meanwhile, under the care of our veterinary professionals, the frightened dogs put on weight quickly: Cagney went from 16.4 to 27.1 pounds, and Lacey from 15.2 to 26.9, in the months leading up to Irving's arrest.
As these shy puppies gained weight, they also made new friends among ASPCA staff and learned that new people weren't so scary after all. At first, the dogs "would cower to the ground when they were removed from their kennels," recalls ASPCA Senior Behavior and Training Manager Victoria Wells. "Once the vets gave the medical okay, they were paired up with each other and more confident dogs for play sessions and walks to expose them to new people and places. They slowly began to overcome their fear."
They even made a special friend in Kim Danley, a licensed veterinary technician. When the dogs were ready to move to foster homes, Danley brought Lacey to the home she shared with her Rottweiler and ASPCA-alumnus cat, while Cagney went to another foster home.
As Danley invested lots of time in teaching Lacey that new people and places were exciting, not scary, Lacey became an irreplaceable member of the family. When Lacey was made available for adoption, Danley decided to make it official. She filled out the paperwork and renamed her Frankie.
Since then, the Danley family has moved to California, where Frankie loves running on the beach, sunbathing on her deck and taking boat rides. Danley reports that "now she's the happiest dog in the world. She and Charlie sleep curled up with each other every night. She's not afraid of a thing."
Im always lifted in my heart and mind when I see their are goooood people in this world who go the distance to sacrifice their time and love and money, to benefit another living being whether human or animal, two thumbs way up, thanks for the smile :)
After reading several comments, I agree that changing the animal's name might be beneficial. I hadn't looked at it that way before. As the animal learns his new name, he would come to associate it with a positive experience.
Thank you ASPCA for the wonderful work you do!! Reading these success stories really restores my faith in people. So many stories of neglect and abuse in this world is so disheartening, I love hearing cases that give a second chance at happiness and love. Thank you!
I agree with the name change, but, on the other hand I also think
it isn't always the name that has to be changed, I would think it's the way it is said that may frighten the dog more than the initial word spoken.
I agree with those who think a name change can be a positive thing. My X was extremely abusive and being stuck with his last name would have been very depressing, so I changed it back to my maiden name, which I LOVE. And I believe it can be the same with animals.......new name, new happy life!!
Don't dogs live in the moment anyway. I think renaming a dog is a human thing; all the dog wants and needs is love, discipline and food and shelter.
Those poor dogs, I'm so glad one has found its forever after home, and hope that the other will very soon.
I renamed three cats whom I adopted years ago. The mother, daughter and son were named, respectively, Missy, Rat (she was very small) and Nig (he was black). How offensive those names were, and these were beautiful, loving, sentient beings. I renamed them Tiffany, Shalimar and Bartholomew on the theory that kitties grow into the names that you give them. And they did!
PS: When he was five years old Julian moved in with me from across the street. His original human didn't actively abuse him, but pretty much ignored him when he was no longer a kitten. (Never took him to the vet, fed him only when he saw him, didn't care when cat came home bloodied from fighting since he hadn't been neutered.) If I heard his original name, I forgot it.
Now his name is Julian, and he is emporer of this house. At night he sleeps with his head on the pillow next to mine. He knows he is much loved.
Thank God for the Aspca. When I see a mistreated animal, I just want to take the law into my own hands. I just can't understand how people can be so cruel and heartless. Every animal responds to love and compassion. Infact, my dog, Shadow has taught me about unconditional love. Our 2 dogs, and our 2 cats are so loved and pampered and most of all, very respected. I wish with all my heart, that people would learn the correct ways of taking proper care of their pets, and not abuse them as so many people do. I truly believe, the punishment should fit the crime when it comes to abusing an animal. Make them go through exactly how they treated the dog or cat, or any other animal.


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Why Get Tested?
To help assess the risk of developing heart disease
When to Get Tested?
When other lipid tests, such as a lipid profile, are being performed
Sample Required?
A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm or a fingerstick
Test Preparation Needed?
Usually fasting for 9-12 hours before the test (only water permitted) and no alcohol for 24 hours before the test; follow any instructions you are given.
The Test Sample
What is being tested?
Very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) is one of the four major lipoprotein particles. The other three are high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and chylomicrons. Each particle contains a mixture of cholesterol, triglyceride, and protein, but in varying amounts unique to each type of particle. LDL contains the highest amount of cholesterol. HDL contains the highest amount of protein. VLDL and chylomicrons contain the highest amount of triglyceride.
VLDL particles are released into the blood by the liver and circulate in the bloodstream, ultimately being converted into LDL as they lose triglyceride, having carried it to other parts of the body. According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's National Cholesterol Education Program Guidelines ATP III, there is growing evidence that VLDL plays an important role in atherogenesis, in which plaques form on the interior walls of arteries, narrowing these passageways and restricting blood flow, which can lead to heart disease and increase the risk of stroke.
At present there is no simple, direct way of measuring VLDL cholesterol. However, since VLDL-C contains most of the circulating triglyceride (if a person is fasting) and since the composition of the different particles is relatively constant, it is possible to estimate the amount of VLDL-C based on the triglyceride value.
To estimate VLDL-C, divide the triglyceride value by 5 if the value is in mg/dL or divide by 2.2 if the value is in mmol/L. This estimate is used in most settings. The calculation is not valid, however, when the triglyceride level is greater than 400 mg/dl (4.5 mmol/L) because other lipoproteins are usually present. Triglycerides testing most often requires that the patient fast before sample collection; otherwise these calculations may be invalid.
How is the sample collected for testing?
A blood sample is obtained by inserting a needle into a vein in the arm. Sometimes a drop of blood is collected by puncturing the skin on a fingertip.
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Another article, Follow That Sample, provides a glimpse at the collection and processing of a blood sample and throat culture.
Is any test preparation needed to ensure the quality of the sample?
Since VLDL-C is usually calculated from the triglyceride level, preparation is the same as for the triglyceride test. Current recommendations for this testing include fasting (having nothing to eat or drink except water) for 9 to 12 hours beforehand and avoiding alcohol consumption for at least 24 hours before the test. Follow any instructions you are given.
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On Friday night, CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 aired a special segment from our temporary facility for the hundreds of dogs rescued in last month's massive dog fighting bust. The ASPCA, along with responders from The Humane Society of the United States and other response groups, assisted with the removal of nearly 400 dogs, and we are now providing care and behavior enrichment in a temporary shelter at an undisclosed location.
Get an inside look of the dogs on their road to recovery with CNN's Gary Tuchman and an interview with ASPCA President & CEO Matt Bershadker.
With your support, we'll continue to provide the rescued dogs with the extensive attention they so desperately need. Stay tuned to aspcarescue.org for more news to come.
Together we can save animals from lives of suffering and abuse.
Thank you to Anderson Cooper and his CNN team for bringing public attention to this most gruesome and sadistic practice and what is being done to save these abused, poor animals. It is hard to believe, but a whole lot of people still do not fully understand the horror of dog fighting and the plight of the dogs.
Emma's comment is from the heart and I agree with every word. These dogs and their treatment by sadists, both those who provide the dogs to the rings and those who pay to watch, need more media exposure of their reprehensible behavior.
I just made a contribution to the ASPCA in NY to help with the care & rehabilitation of these beloved animals. Thank you ASPCA for taking them in, away from the brutality of dog fighting. Hopefully with months of love & kindness they will be able to be adopted into loving homes. Simply breaks my heart...........


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In 1963, Ronald May was 16 and lived in Newark, N.J. His father was 40 and one afternoon he suffered terrible chest pains.
The hospital was six city blocks away and May's mother called the major hospital in the city.
"They said call a taxi because it takes us too long to get there," Ronald May recalled. His father, clutching his chest, rode in a cab to the hospital.
The family doctor arrived and ordered his father to a ward. The hospital did not have intensive care then.
The family asked for a semi-private room, but was told his father was better off in a ward, where nurses were around at all times. The ward had about eight other patients. He remained there for several weeks.
Fortunately, his father survived and lived another 30 years.
Today, Ronald May is a physician and the vice president of Medical Affairs at CarolinaEast Medical Center. He knows full well of the changes in medicine and the nation's hospital's approach to service thoughtout the past 50 years, since the New Bern facility opened its present location in April 1963.
"Today, when they hit our door, if someone is having crushing chest paints or symptoms of a heart attack, they are immediately assessed, brought back, electro-cardiograms are done and we go into a whole process," he said. "We have a goal to get them into a cath lab and intervene within 90 minutes."
May did work in emergency rooms in the mid-1970s.
"They would put you in an ICU setting with monitors, but the care wasn't a whole lot different," he said. "There was no intervention at the time. We treated the pain. We hoped for the best and tried to prevent any pain if there was a rhythm issue."
May recalls that even 30 years ago, children with ear or tonsil issues stayed in the hospital for several days. Now, that is outpatient care unless there are complications.
He said wards eventually went away simply because patients didn't like the lack of privacy.
In those days, decades ago, insurance companies would pay for a ward, but a patient in a semi or private room had to pay extra, out-of-pocket. When it opened in 1963, then Craven County Hospital charged $12 for a private room, $9 for semi-private.
The beginning of Medicare in the mid-1960s under President Lyndon Johnson also changed how health care is delivered and paid for.
Several decades ago, payment became a determination of Diagnosed Related Groups, or "episodes of care."
Hospitals began looking at how they did business, according to May, based on a fixed payment amount.
"They had to start thinking about how long do you keep patients, safely and appropriately," he said. "It was a different time. Today, it really is a business because of all the forces out there driving this, the different insurers, Medicare and the government. There is incredible oversight and incredible forces that are making it a business."
Medical advances include research, medical equipment and even such taken-for-granted procedures as electronic medical records.
The advent of medical monitors, for instance, was a breakthrough.
The CT scanner — Computerized Tomography — which began in the 1970s was initially called the EMI Scanner, the British company that produced the Beatles' recordings. It is a high-powered X-ray and the later MRI is magnetic.
Another change in the past 50 years is the survival rate of premature babies.
He gave the example of President John Kennedy's premature son, who died in the early 1960s.
"That baby was 34 weeks gestation," May said. "In this day and time, the chances of that baby surviving are probably 99 percent. At that time, it was almost zero."
Another huge breakthrough was the early 1970s for children with leukemia. It was rare that children survived more than a few months.
The breakthrough came when researchers realized one of the places it recurred was in the central nervous system — brain and spinal cord. Those were areas that chemotherapy did not affectively reach.
"They started to treat those areas — late 60s, early 70s — and the survival rate, which was almost zero jumped up to 50 to 60 percent," he said.
May said the medical advances had included research, equipment, medicines and even attitude and approach.
"When I was in medical school they told us do not give a person having a heart attack nitro glycerin," he said. "It could cause terrible problems with blood flow and you could cause more damage. That is actually not true, so one of the first things we do when someone is having a heart attack is nitro glycerin. It helps open the flow of blood into areas. The concern was you would pull blood away from the heart. What they didn't realize was that by lowering the pressure, the heart didn't have to pump as hard, so you actually made it easier."
In the realm of surgery, routine operations such as gall bladder or appendix required lengthy hospital stays, with accepted scarring and a long recovery period.
"Now, with a laparoscope, the scars are much smaller and often people go home on the same day," he said. "If they are not in weight-bearing jobs, they can go start to work in a few days. That is a huge difference. What used to be a week in the hospital are now over night, or not, in the hospital."
The development of specialists has also changed the face of medicine, in areas ranging from pediatrics to orthopedics.
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The Best Entrepreneurship Courses in America
Spine Sweat Experience, Indiana University Bloomington Inventor's Studio, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteiPhone Application Programming, Stanford University Introduction to Community Entrepreneurship, University of VermontBusiness, the Economy, and World Affairs, Baylor UniversityThe Ultimate Entrepreneurial Experience, Babson CollegeRestaurant Entrepreneurship, Cornell UniversityNew Business Venture Development, Washington State UniversityNuts and Bolts of a Business Plan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Students who enroll in this class at Indiana University better know what they are getting themselves into. After spending months preparing their business plans, the students--who are all spring-semester seniors on the brink of graduation--pitch their ideas to a panel of entrepreneurs, angel investors, and venture capitalists. The panel decides their grade. Those who get A's can earn thousands of dollars in "reverse scholarship" money to cover the past four years of tuition. It's a tempting prize, but those students who don't make the cut (and that's most of them) are not allowed to graduate until the next semester. Professor Donald F. Kuratko calls the experience "a true lesson in risk-reward."
Professor Burt Swersey thinks brainstorming is silly. "Some people think you can just sit there and think of good ideas," he says, but the engineering students in his Inventor's Studio class at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, will do no such thing. Before Swersey allows students to get their inventive wheels spinning, they must first spend weeks on intensive "problem-finding." Once they identify a distinct problem to tackle, they get to the fun stuff: solving it. The goal is for each student to finish the class with a patented invention; Swersey holds more than 15 patents himself. Among start-ups incubated in the Inventor's Studio are an organic home insulation company and a fire extinguisher training program.
Finally, a college class where playing with your cell phone is not only allowed, it's encouraged. In the iPhone Application Programming course at Stanford University, students learn how to build their own mobile applications under the instruction of two Apple engineers. "It's about as innovative as it gets," says Kayvon Beykpour, 20, a computer science major who served as a teacher's assistant for the class this past semester. To spread academic interest in iPhone apps, Apple launched a free iPhone Developer University program in the fall, which ameliorates the cost of software, development, and distribution for colleges that want to incorporate iPhone technology development into the curriculum.
University of Vermont professor Kathleen Liang provides each of her students with the capital to start their own businesses. Sounds generous, right? Well, she only shells out $1 per student and she asks for double that back by the end of the semester. "Students have to be creative and gather the resources around them," she says. Since 2005, her students have raised over $14,000 (profits are donated to charity) selling things like tie-dyed t-shirts, coffee, flower seeds and knitted hats. One group of students went to a local apple orchard and bought bushels of still-good fruit off the ground for a fraction of the price. Back on campus, they sold apple pies, crisp, caramel apples, and cider. The lesson: It's not how much you have, but what you make of it.
Affectionately nicknamed "Prof Daddy" by his students, Blaine McCormick puts a new spin on the 250-year old teachings of Benjamin Franklin in his introductory business class at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. The class is high tech, incorporating teleconferenced guest speakers, online video games, and podcasts. But at the heart of the class is a big old book: The Autobiography of Ben Franklin. "It's the greatest entrepreneurial story in print," McCormick says. Students memorize Franklin's maxims and are challenged to apply them to their own business ventures. The key to entrepreneurial success hasn't changed so much over the past few centuries, McCormick says: "Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise."
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The coloration of the Schnauzer does not effect the temperament of the dog. What you got was just, another dog. The Schnauzer is larger then life, a dog that is always on the move. However, like every person in the world, they all have different personalities. If their looks were different, then that would be considered bad breeding practices. I suggest going to a reputable, responsible and knowledgeable breeder if you decide to get another pup.4/6/2015 9:50:31 AM
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The average life span of the Miniature Schnauzer is 12 - 14 years.3/24/2015 12:48:07 PM
My mini schnauzer lived 15 yrs & 1 mo5/3/2015 10:05:14 PM
Miniature Schnauzer's have three colors that are accepted by the AKC, UKC AND CKC - salt-and-pepper, black-and-silver and solid black. White used to be a recessive gene in which a pup could come out white, but with great breeders, it has nearly been eradicated from today's gene pool of well bred dogs. So to answer your question, no, they can not be. If you are looking for a white, small bred dog, I would suggest the West Highland White Terrier; they are a spunky little breed of dog that is full of personality, just like the Mini Schnauzer.5/27/2014 9:50:24 AM
Miniature Schnauzers are fantastic dogs wonderful temperament none better
Mini Schnauzers are some of the best dogs, the only downside is that some of them have a tendency to bark like they're getting paid each time. 6/14/2014 4:20:51 PM
No, schnauzers come in salt and pepper and black... Basically shades of grey and black.6/14/2014 4:19:24 PM
The AKC recognizes the following colors.
Liver Tan
Liver Pepper
Black and Silver
Salt and Pepper
Parti 3/12/2015 5:07:29 AM
Yes, the Schnauzer breed is considered a hypoallergenic breed of dog.7/16/2014 3:00:48 PM
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ALL dogs go into heat every six months. they can stay in heat as long as three weeks and cannot be bred during all of this period. 2/16/2013 11:03:03 AM
Schnauzers are bred to Yorkies for "Schnorkies" or to Poodles for "Schnoodles". Those are probably the 2 most popular hybrids, however, lately alot of breeders have been crossing Schnauzers with Merle Poms or Merle Aussie's to create the merle schnauzers. 9/12/2014 1:26:39 AM
Yes, Schnauzers are very talkative.1/2/2015 11:37:55 AM
Miniature Shnauzers shed either no hair or if they do shed it is unnoticeable.7/1/2013 12:29:56 PM
It's a HUMAN behavior problem. Give the dog something to chew on, like a rope. Replace the items that you don't want chewed with items that you don't mind if it chews.
A puppy will chew regardless. NOT the puppies fault.8/9/2012 7:47:12 PM
Does she have a long beard? I know every time my Schnauzer (6 years old) drinks water, the majority of it ends up in her beard & stays wet for a long time. Also, my Schnauzer is almost like a cat, constantly grooming herself. They do have a tendency to have skin allergies, could be licking or biting at something.7/10/2012 3:01:33 PM
If she chews on her feet, she likely has bronchitis. Watch out...I didn't pay much attention until she started showing signs of being lethargic. Every vet will confirm this immediately.7/30/2012 3:38:04 PM
Take your schnauzer to the vet to make sure he does not have a bladder infection...if he is healthy and this is just a habit, 1. If you have other dogs around, he may just feel like he has to hold his "place" in the pack as he ages and mark...buy some male dog bands and have him wear them when he is inside. discipline him when he lifts his leg. I never tolerate marking in MY territory..to discipline him, keep a short leash (tag about three inches long) on his neck. when he marks, pull upward..tell him no and put him outside. Make him stay outside even if he cries and bangs at the door to get in...they are stubborn so you have to be more stubborn... Keep the male band on him until he gets the message. They are a pain but will save your furniture etc. also wash everything he pees on with vinegar to get rid of his previous scent or he will remark.6/23/2012 10:16:58 AM
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try changing food, sometimes it is a wheat and corn allergy.6/17/2012 12:33:01 AM
You may want to try to give them some Cod Liver oil which works for my M.Schnauzer. 6/29/2012 12:17:54 AM
My mini schnauzer also had the same thing. Finally after taking grain, corn and chicken out of his food and bathing him with an oatmeal shampoo it's manageable. When I find bumps I clean them with witch hazel which is an astringent you can find at a drugstore. 8/14/2012 10:53:36 PM
I have two miniature Schnauzers and i give them 2 brewers yeast tablets daily as it is a skin conditioner. It has been worked great for my two dogs and the vet approved of it as well.9/21/2012 10:36:01 PM
The older female is probably the dominant figure in your little pack. Your bitch has probably told him his place in the pack making it hard for him to overcome ...always buy your male first...females second. He may not ever breed her or if he does it will be difficult. However, to help with this...separate them when she first comes into heat and do not put them together until she is standing...about 10/13th day. Do not leave together long..and control your bitch by holding her head so she cannot give him eye contact...if he cannot get the job done within a few minutes, take him away again and repeat. sometimes bringing in another male will tease the first male into being strong. 6/23/2012 10:21:18 AM
My 7 yr old schnauzer, minature just died from a respiratory problem which generated not enough white cells and too many red cells. The vet worked on her for 2 weeks. The point I think you are going to find some schnauzers start having medical problems at 4 yrs and beyond and they are no home fixes. Yes this is very costly and frustrating.5/22/2012 8:03:24 PM
I have had three female schnauzers and one would get bladder infections. She would be on antibiotics for two weeks, be okay for two weeks, and have blood in her urine again. I got powered cranberry from a health food store and didn't have any more problems.3/30/2015 2:05:46 PM
This is a new one to me, I have never "hand fed" my schnauzers unless it is a new be and I want to bond him/her to me but other then that they are fed separately in crates and eat within five minutes or the food is taken away and they can eat at the next meal the next day. Your boy/girl is spoiled if you are hand feeding. If you are refering to weaning, I have never had to do this either. If the puppy is healthy, he/she will readily eat food when it is given to him.6/23/2012 10:23:20 AM
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Maybe your dog is from the Giant Schnauzers side, Or a standard Schnauzer, there are 4 sizes as far I know for them:
1)tea cup (pocket sz)
2)miniature (toy-small)
3)standar (regular-medium sz)
4)giant (big as a Napolitan Mastin sometimes)5/8/2012 5:29:40 PM
As in people, there are smaller and larger schnauzers in a litter. The breed standard calls for a top height of 14". Measure your mini from the floor to the top of his whithers to see if he is within breed standard. Puppy mills and others that do not know the standard for a mini are increasingly breeding in-bred "toys" (there are no toy schnauzers) and t-cup. Your schnauzer may just be the healthy, robust schnauzer that is within breed standards.6/23/2012 10:25:37 AM
Wow, I just read the answer below which says there are four sizes..toy, teacup etc. whoever wrote that does not have a clue about the sizes acceptable in mini-schnauzers. THERE IS ONLY ONE SIZE MINI-SCHNAUZER...IT IS THE SMALLEST IN THE BREED STANDARD..IT IS 12" TO 14" AT THE WHITHERS. Also, there are only three colors acceptable in the breed...salt and pepper, black and black and silver...none of the funky colors are within the breed standard. The European standard also accepts white. However, their size is the same. the dog should be robust, stocky and muscled.6/23/2012 10:28:17 AM
You really don't have to cut a schnauzers hair a certain way, its just the most recognizable. I have 2 schnauzer's and they just have their beards and the skirt the usual way. 5/4/2012 3:15:12 PM
Actually..the mini-schnauzer coat should be stripped to be properly cared for. a stripped coat allows the coarse coat to come to the top and will be tangle free. There is little or no skirt in a correctly groomed schnauzer and the leggins should be short and blend into the coat. The whiskers were used just as a cat uses it's whiskers to make sure there was room for the dog to go into a hole chasing rabbits or other varmits. Shaving the face from beauty mark on the side of the head to beauty mark is the accepted correct way to keep the whiskers correctly trimmed...find a good groomer.6/23/2012 10:30:59 AM
10-15 years. But there has been record of a 21 year old too5/4/2012 3:16:13 PM
I live with my uncle that has three of Schnauzers and they were like silver as gray. Two were 14 years old and one was 17 years old. Feed them normal dog food like Pregum.... I am not good spell the yellow bag with blue ribbon for dog food. Uncle got new black and white puppy that is 1 year old now. thats how I think of them and though if i want one but little harder to see problem is... CRYSTAL open skin that was one dog that uncle had that was lots work to keep clean up and one was too long drop during pee but not like normal pee and drop and slow... and other one tumor... that why i dont know if how i feel to take care of dog when getting older... But i have two of chihuahua Mother and son.... and a Schnauzer 5/28/2012 1:08:58 PM
a usual lifespan for the mini-schnauzer is 14 - 17 years. 6/23/2012 10:32:21 AM
The Schauzer-Poodle mix is commonly called a Snoodle..5/26/2012 2:23:50 PM
Your dog is a mixed breed..period...
Any dog can be trained to papers or the pee pads (although mine just play with the pee pads). Make sure you confine the dog to a smaller area using a gate..usually by the door, while potty training him/her. Take him out 20 minutes after feeding and make sure he "goes" or put him on the pee pad, and enclose it so he can't get off it until he pees and does his business. Leave a little potty on the pad and put another on top of it to let him know where to go. Use a crate to put him in overnight...do not feed past 6 pm and put him in bed at 8:30..he should sleep through the night once he is used to being in a crate. Do not let him roam the house freely until he has learned to go potty on the pee pad reliably. If you do, he will always go back to the same place to potty. be deligent and it should work within a few days if your dog is over 12 weeks old...Wash this place with vineger to remove the old smell. hope this helps. 6/23/2012 10:36:55 AM
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Darrington football player and wrestler Mason McKenzie carries food at the Darrington community center on Wednesday. McKenzie is one of many Loggers athletes volunteering around town.
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Oliver Rankin, a Darrington High School wrestler, and Carly Payne of Camano Island volunteered Wednesday, organizing the hundreds of donations brought in the by community at the Darrington community center on Wednesday.
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Many Darrington High School athletes, like baseball player Ben Rankin, 15, volunteered Wednesday organizing donations and serving food at the Darrington community center.
This week the gym has transformed into a disaster relief station for the Red Cross.
Many of the same basketball players who battled so hard in that victory over Auburn Adventist have volunteered at the gym this week and around the town in the aftermath of Saturday's Oso mudslide. The girls aren't alone. Darrington athletic director Cory Ross said he couldn't think of a Darrington athlete who hasn't helped volunteer in some way.
"These kids are going out of their way to help," Ross said Wednesday as a number of athletes unpacked food boxes and counted items in the gym. "I'm not surprised; their parents instill that in them. That's how this community works."
Two of those volunteers won state wrestling championships in February. Wednesday, Mason McKenzie and Lane Monteith were at the Darrington High gym, helping wherever they could. It's something they've been doing all week.
"Being a coach — and working with these guys daily — and then watching them come over here, you melt," Ross said. "It makes you proud of how they want to step up and help and how they're making themselves a part of all of this. It's amazing to see. I'm really, really proud of these guys. It's really neat to see."
The athletes have packed food boxes destined for relief workers, made meals for nightly community dinners and helped coordinate distribution of items like diapers, clothes and other relief items. They've helped wash emergency vehicles at the Darrington Fire Department and sort food at the food bank.
All the athletes are incredibly eager to help.
"A food truck pulled up last night and the baseball team was there and they said, 'We'll help you,'" Darrington softball coach Sue Howard said. "So they took it down and they unloaded it one place and it needed to go to another so they loaded the whole truck back up and then they took it over to the other place. Just whatever needs to be done."
Weather permitting, the Darrington baseball team is scheduled to play the first varsity game since the mudslide on Friday against La Conner at 4 p.m.
Some athletes, like Loggers baseball player Trent Green, have helped in the search and rescue effort. Green traveled to the slide area to help his good friend Quinton Kuntz, who lost his home in the mudslide, look for his dog and other family items.
"It blew me away. Everything is crushed," Green said. "The house is not even close to where it was. You can't recognize where you're at. We found some picture albums and other important things."
There was such an outpouring of help from the students at Darrington High School that there was an announcement this week during class that there were too many volunteers, and requested students stop coming over to the gym to help.
The Loggers promptly ignored that message.
"There's too many. Everyone wants to help out. We're all (crammed) so close together," said junior Tayler Hoftell, who plays volleyball for the Loggers. "We all want to help out and do all we can. That's why we've been able to gather this much food and get all this done."
On Wednesday, Hoftell arrived and started helping at the gym at 11 a.m. She figured she would be leaving to go home around 9 p.m.
"We're there for each other," Hoftell said. "We were already close before but now with this happening it's unified us even more and we all have each others' back. I think we've done a good job getting through this together."
Outside of Darrington, Ross said he's received phone calls and encouragement from every school athletic director in the Loggers' athletic league. He also mentioned that some schools like Concrete, which held a bake sale fundraiser, and Orcas Island are raising money to help the relief effort.
Next week the athletic teams are off for spring break. Ross hopes to take a quick two-day trip with his family to get away from it all, but plans to resume helping as soon as he returns.
"My family and I were going to go to Whidbey Island but I think we're going to pretty much be here and be involved as much as we can be," Ross said. "We might try to go do something for a night or two just to kind of clear our heads and take our minds off of things. But then we'll be back."
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Geoffrey Lowell Chupp MD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary); Director, Yale Center for Asthma and Airways Disease (YCAAD); Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Yale-New Haven Hospital
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Yale Medical Group
Office of Student ResearchStem Cell Center, Yale: Tissue Specific Stem CellsInternal Medicine: Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine: Winchester Chest Clinic, Tuberculosis Center, Asthma and Airways Disease, Yale Center for; Chupp Lab
Research Interests
Pathogenesis of airway diseases with a focus on asthma and asthma severity; Chitinases in the development and severity of asthma; Expression and genotype-phenotype relationships of novel inflammatory molecules more...
- B.S., Tufts University, 1986
- M.D., George Washington University, 1990
Selected Publications
- Fielding RA, Rejeski WJ, Blair S, Church T, Espeland MA, Gill TM, Guralnik JM, Hsu FC, Katula J, King AC, Kritchevsky SB, McDermott MM, Miller ME, Nayfield S, Newman AB, Williamson JD, Bonds D, Romashkan S, Hadley E, Pahor M; LIFE Research Group. The Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders Study: Design and Methods. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2011, 66 (11):1226-37. PMID:21825283
- Bjornsdottir US, Holgate ST, Reddy PS, Hill AA, McKee CM, Csimma CI, Weaver AA, Legault HM, Small CG, Ramsey RC, Ellis DK, Burke CM, Thompson PJ, Howarth PH, Wardlaw AJ, Bardin PG, Bernstein DI, Irving LB, Chupp GL, Bensch GW, Bensch GW, Stahlman JE, Karetzky M, Baker JW, Miller RL, Goodman BH, Raible DG, Goldman SJ, Miller DK, Ryan JL, Dorner AJ, Immermann FW, O'Toole M. Pathways activated during human asthma exacerbation as revealed by gene expression patterns in blood. PLoS One. 2011.6(7):e21902. PMID:21779351
- Ramaprrakash H, Shibata T, Duffy KE, Ismailoglu UB, Bredernitz RM, Moreira AP, Coelho AL, Das AM, Fursov N, Chupp GL, Hogaboam SM. Targeting ST2L potentiates CpG-mediated therapeutic effects in a chronic fungal asthma model, Am J Pathol. 2011 Jul;179(1):104-15. PMID: 21640974


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BELMONT – For each of Belmont Abbey College women's volleyball coach Mary DeJute's first four years on the job, the season started with the goal of getting better and better.
Having a lofty goal like a league title seemed unrealistic, especially given the program's historical struggles.
Well, all that changed last season when the Lady Crusaders set virtually all of the history that's ever been accomplished by the program.
Not only did the Abbey win 20 or more games for the first time, it won a share of the school's first regular season title, it won the school's first tournament title and made the school's first NCAA Division II playoff appearance.
So what does DeJute and her team do for an encore?
For starters, they'll have to deal with expectations.
A program that had never even finished in the top half of the Conference Carolinas standings before 2010 is a runaway favorite to take the 2013 league championship.
"Preseason polls don't hold a lot of water with me," DeJute said. "But it's wonderful for the kids to get that respect. But it's a brand new team. We did push extremely hard to get there. Now, we've got to push even harder to stay there."
Gone is all-everything program-builder Kay Schellenberg and veterans who turned the Lady Crusaders from one of the league's worst teams into one of the best.
Replacing that leadership will be critical.
A pair of Schellenberg's younger sisters – senior Lydia Schellenberg and sophomore Hannah Schellenberg – will do their part. Both made all-conference a year ago – with Hannah also earning Conference Carolinas freshman of the year honors – and senior Tori Jensen and sophomore Caitlin Hankins join them in the starting lineup.
"Losing Kay is significant," DeJute said of the three-time all-conference performer who was last year's league player of the year, an all-region selection and Conference Carolinas' female athlete of the year. "What she brought us will be impossible to replace. But the veterans and the younger players are going to have to build a new team and their goal is to be successful like last year."
The most prominent part of this year's team will be the newcomers, as 13 freshmen join the Abbey roster. Of those first-year players – that include former Forestview High standout Allyson Wiggins – Claire Lang, Gabby Martinez, Ana Maria Pagan and Abby Stine have already made an impact in preseason drills.
"It's easier to recruit when you have had some success," DeJute said. "But they also don't know about the struggles we went through to get to this point."
Certainly, the 26-5 record the 2012 Abbey team fashioned has to be one of the top "feel good" stories of recent memory in school history.
But DeJute knows that she and the veterans in particular want to prove there are no "one-hit" wonder.
"We are starting from scratch," DeJute said. "The girls certainly know they are the No. 1 preseason pick. But we're zero and zero and we've got to go one day at a time to build our own identity and mold this team into one that can be successful."
You can reach Richard Walker at 704-869-1841 or by twitter.com/JRWalk22
2013 Belmont Abbey schedule
(Florida Southern Tournament at Lakeland, Fla.)
Sept. 6, Wisconsin-Parkside
Sept. 6, Northwood
Sept. 7, Tampa
Sept. 7, Florida Southern
(Abbey Road Invitational at home)
Sept. 13, Claflin
Sept. 13, Walsh
Sept. 14, UNC-Pembroke
Sept. 14, Arkansas Tech
Sept. 20, at King
Sept. 21, at Lees-McRae
Sept. 27, at Pfeiffer
Oct. 1, Lees-McRae
Oct. 4, at Barton
Oct. 5, at Mount Olive
Oct. 8, Mount Olive
Oct. 11, at Limestone
Oct. 12, at Converse
Oct. 15, at Claflin
Oct. 23, King
Oct. 25, at Erskine
Oct. 26, at North Greenville
Oct. 29, Pfeiffer
Nov. 1, Erskine
Nov. 2, North Greenville
Nov. 2, Francis Marion
Nov. 6, Barton
Nov. 8, Limestone
Nov. 9, Converse


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November 7, 2013
High Point, NC- Conference Carolinas announces the All-Conference teams during this week's Conference Carolinas Men's & Women's Soccer Championship Tournament. Pfeiffer placed four athletes on the teams, including midfielder Kayla Rodriguez and defender Kaitlin Sampson, who were named to the First Team All-Conference.
In addition to Rodriguez and Sampson, freshman Brae Buster earned Freshman of the Year accolades, as well as Second-Team All-Conference accolades. Last year's freshman of the year, Aaliyah Jackson, was named to the Third Team.
The Falcons have a 12-6 record heading into today's semifinal matchup against King at 2 p.m. Pfeiffer has recorded double-digit victory totals in seven of the past eight seasons and advanced to the Conference Tournament Semifinals for the fourth consecutive season.
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Sarah Mahar, Lees-McRae -Forward
Rachel Thorpe, King –Forward
Meagan Thornton, Lees-McRae -Midfielder
Emily Futral, Barton -Midfielder
Kaitlyn Kerrigan, Lees-McRae -Midfielder
Kayla Rodriguez, Pfeiffer –Midfielder
Silvia Vazquez, Belmont Abbey -Defender
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Kasey Byzewski, Barton -Defender
Hannah Kohls, Belmont Abbey -Goalkeeper
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Brae Buster, Pfeiffer -Forward
Meghan Philp, Belmont Abbey –Forward
Gabriella Reid, Limestone -Forward
Jillian Lang, Belmont Abbey -Midfielder
Mallory Overholt, Lees-McRae -Midfielder
Georgia Jones, Converse –Midfielder
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Cara Woolford, North Greenville -Defender
Bekah Ramstack, King -Defender
Kathryn Tate, North Greenville -Goalkeeper
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Ellie Barnes, Mount Olive -Forward
Lindsay Tuten, North Greenville –Forward
Cassidy Coutinho, Belmont Abbey -Midfielder
Natalie Johnson, Converse -Midfielder
Kathryn Smith, Barton –Midfielder
Mady Sully, Belmont Abbey -Defender
Leah Kennington, Limestone -Defender
Cheyenne Warrick, Lees-McRae -Defender
Ariana Smith, Lees-McRae -Defender
Kaitlyn Briggs, Lees-McRae -Goalkeeper
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Want a peaceful, relaxing
day of picnicking, hiking, fishing and good old fashioned family fun?
Hennepin Canal State Park is just the place you're looking for.
Spend the day and bring a picnic lunch along. There are plenty of picnic
tables along the 104.5-mile linear park spanning five counties (Rock Island,
Bureau, Henry, Lee and Whiteside).
The Hennepin Canal played an important role in the history
of the United States, and to commerce and industry, and the entire canal
is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Thoughts of constructing a canal connecting the Illinois and Mississippi
rivers date to 1834, but financial problems in the state held back many
public works projects. Pressure for a transportation shortcut that was cheaper
than rail continued though, and Congress authorized preliminary surveys
on the project in 1871. Construction got under way in 1892 and the
first boat, the Marion, went through in 1907, reducing the distance from Chicago to Rock
Island by 419 miles. As the canal was under
construction, the Corps of Engineers was widening the locks on both the
Illinois and Mississippi rivers. With lock chambers 20 and 40 feet
narrower than the rivers it connected, the canal was obsolete before the
Marion made her initial voyage.
By the 1930s, the canal was used primarily for recreational traffic. The Hennepin
and its sister canal, the I & M, tied the Illinois, Des Plaines and
Mississippi river systems into a transportation network connecting Lake
Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico. The I & M was completed nearly 60 years
earlier and helped make Chicago one of the nation's greatest cities. The
Hennepin Canal, which at one time was known as the Illinois and Mississippi
Canal, was open to boat traffic until 1951. There was no cost to use the
canal. Ice made from the canal's frozen waters was sold during the winters
to help pay the canal's maintenance costs.
The Hennepin was the first American canal built of concrete without stone
cut facings. Although the Hennepin enjoyed limited success as a waterway,
engineering innovations used in its construction were a bonus to the construction
industry. Some of the innovations pioneered on the Hennepin Canal were probably
used on the Panama Canal. Both used concrete lock chambers and both used
a feeder canal from a man-made lake to water the canals because both needed
water to flow 'uphill.'
Of the 33 locks on the canal, 32 remain visible. The first
one, on the Illinois River, has been under water since the 1930s. Fourteen
of the locks had Marshall gates, which are unique to the Hennepin, and are
raised and lowered on a horizontal axis, much like a rural mailbox. Five
of the locks have been restored to working condition, although they are
not used. One of these is a Marshall Gate lock. All of the gates from the
remaining locks have been replaced with concrete walls, creating a series
of waterfalls.
The Hennepin originally had nine aqueducts -- concrete troughs which carried
the canal and its traffic across larger rivers and streams. Today, six remain
while the other three have been replaced by pipes that carry the canal flow under a
creek or river.
Before exploring the
wonders at the park, stop in at the Visitor Center near Sheffield. Several displays help illustrate the canal's past, including
tools used to build and operate it. At the time the canal was built workers
often made their own tools by hand. There's also a model of a lock with
a boat going through it and a model of an aqueduct. Get a peek at the
plant and animal life at the park through other displays at the center. The Visitor Center is handicap accessible.
Just outside the center is a beautiful half-acre patch of wildflower prairie.
Among the plantings are little bluestem and big bluestem-- the official
state prairie grass.
Don't miss the marsh observation area and duck blind located near the
Visitor Center. Where you will see a variety of plants and
animals, including ducks, geese, redwinged blackbirds, muskrats and cattails.
Visitor Center hours
are usually 8 A.M. - 4 P.M., Monday through Friday, but may vary. Please
call ahead.
Picnic tables are sprinkled
throughout the day use areas and main complex for your relaxation and
enjoyment. Three shelters in the park's main complex near Sheffield provide
areas for group gatherings, the largest one can be reserved. Call the site office to make a reservation.The largest shelter is handicapped accessible. Playground equipment, located at the largest shelter, will keep
the kids busy while the grownups have a chance to chat. Drinking water
is available at Locks 21 and 22 from hand pumps, as well as at the Visitor
Center. Outdoor toilets are located at Locks 3, 6, 11, 17, 21, 22, 23,
24 and 26; Bridges 14, 15 and 23, as well as the Visitor Center on the
Main Canal. There are facilities at Bridges 50, 52 and 64 on the feeder
An old tow path, originally
intended but never used by animals for towing boats along the canal's
main line and feeder routes, provides 155 miles of one-foot-after-the-other
fun. Because you're right next to the canal, you'll get a great view of
its locks and aqueducts, not to mention the animal life. The going is
level and easy at the Hennepin -- but be sure to make several stops along
the way if you're hiking the canal's entire length.
If you're up to something
more challenging, try the 4.5-mile trek in the main complex which is moderately
difficult and gives you a broad taste of landscape from tall timber to
grasslands to marsh.
Hiking the Hennepin is particularly
satisfying in the fall, when Mother Nature works her wonders on the leaves.
With the completion
of the new trail surface, mountain bikes are no longer a necessity. East
to west the trail is surfaced from Bureau Junction, near the Illinois
River, to Colona on the Rock River. A feeder canal to Rock Falls,
29.2 miles long, also is surfaced. Bring your own refreshments as only three
areas along the corridor have water (Locks 21, 22 and the Visitor Center).
Be sure to yield the right-of-way to horses.
It's a well-kept secret,
but fishing along the Hennepin is well worth the trip. Whether you're
angling for bluegill, crappie, walleye or bass, 70 bridge or 32 lock locations
are available and the pools are regularly stocked.
There's unlimited
horsepower for boats between bridge 37 and Lock 24 at the Hennepin;
elsewhere it's 10 horsepower. Take off on the launching ramps at the Visitor
Center complex, Locks 21, 22 or 24, Route 82 north of Geneseo, Route
92, Route 78 north of Annawan, bridge 39, 28 or 45.
If canoeing is your
sport, come ready for a workout, as the waters are calm and back and arm power
are required. The locks are no longer operational and must be portaged
(from Lock 21 east is particularly tough). For a great one-or two-day trip, begin
at Rock Falls and continue to the Visitor Center.
Class "C"
and Youth Group camping are allowed along the Hennepin Canal Parkway at
the following locations:
Lock 6, north bank East of lock
Lock 11, west of the
Canal Prism
Lock 17, northwest of the lock
Lock 21, North Day Use Area
Bridge 14, north bank.
Lock 22, southwest of the lift bridge (drinking water available)
Bridge 23, south bank
Lock 23, just west of the parking lot.
Lock 26, south bank
Equestrian camping
is restricted to the south side of the Lock 21 area. Clean up after
your horses.
Campground Maps:
11 | Lock 17 |
Lock 21 | Bridge
14 | Lock 22 |
Bridge 23 | Lock
23 | Lock 26
The Canal is open annually from April
15 to October 31. Bring your own horse and prepare to enjoy 48
miles along the main canal and more than 25 miles along the feeder. Gallop
to your heart's delight along the corridor. Stay out of the picnic
areas and off the west tow path between bridges 43 to 56, and Locks 30
to 32. You will be sharing surfaces with bicyclists and pedestrians
around aqueducts and in areas where usable towpath only exists on one side.
Take a shot at dove
hunting during season at the park's main complex. Enjoy waterfowl hunting
on Lake Sinnissippi near the Rock River, where more than 30 blind sites are
awarded in an annual draw.
Fact Sheet | Dove
Hunting Fact Sheet | Lake
Sinnissippi Fact Sheet |
Mautino Fact Sheet | Archery
Deer Fact Sheet | Archery Deer Application
When the snowflakes
fall, break out the skis and go cross country on 4.5 miles of moderately
difficult trail in the main complex or venture out onto the canal, but
keep an eye out for the snowmobilers.
The Hennepin boasts the longest snowmobile trail in the state -- 91
miles on the tow path. Use the ice at your own risk, but pay heed
to the locks, bridges and culverts where the ice likely is thinner than
the rest of the canal. If grace under your own power is more your style,
bring your blades and ice skate along the entire canal.
SPECIAL NOTE: No motorized
vehicles, except for snowmobiles during designated times, are allowed
on the tow path. SNOWMOBILING INFORMATION SHEET
to the Visitor Center
The Hennepin Canal
Parkway basically parallels I-80 in Bureau and Henry counties in west
central Illinois. The Parkway's Visitor Center is one mile south of I-80,
just west of Route 40. East or westbound travelers on I-80 should take
Exit 45, turn right (south) on Route 40. They almost immediately cross
the Canal and in about 1 mile is the brown sign directing them to the
Parkway Visitors Center. Turn right (west) and proceed to the Center.