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MINNEAPOLIS – CenterPoint Energy, a corporate sponsor of the Minnesota Swarm, has selected Kevin Maire, Minnetonka, Minn., as the winner of the Minnesota Swarm's first Furnace Giveaway contest. The contest, highlighted during the 2013 Swarm season, gave fans a chance to win a new, Ruud high-efficiency furnace and installation valued at over $3,800. "We are very blessed to have won the Ruud furnace and are thankful for CenterPoint Energy's Home Service Plus ® (HSP) and the Minnesota Swarm," said Maire.
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The furnace giveaway ran February-April 30. Almost 700 entries were collected from fans at regular home games, as well as online at HSPtoday.com. The Minnesota Swarm completed their season on Saturday, May 4, during NLL playoffs. HSP customers can still receive Swarm Rewards for purchases, and can visit mnswarm.com for more details.
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No more beebees...but we have...FISHIES!!!
Although I do miss the guinea pigs (aka "beebees") I am loving the fishies. For now, I am sure I'll hate them as much as I dislike some of the cast members off the bat.
As for tonight's episode, my favorite by far is Jerry. He seems like a good guy. A genuine good guy that is. I think that's who we all tend to like, the person we think is the most real. For me, that person is Jerry. Of course, I have only seen CBS' watered down version of what could possibly be and my diagnosis of him could be off. I hope not. I think he could go far because he won't be seen as a physical threat.
I am no fan on Renny and glad she was put up on the block. Her voice irritated me. The way she kept saying "fawther" really got under my skin. I am also no fan of Libra. Who leaves 4 month old twins to go on a television show with no contact to see how they might be doing? That's just bad parenting if you ask me. I don't care who's watching the kids, I think these are times where the babies are growing and you don't want to miss a thing. I know BB has had plenty of parents on and I do understand why they go on, but four months is just too young to be missing out on when you are able to be there.
I'm glad to be back writing for bbgossip again! I'll watch the feeds and get you all the latest in the house, whether it's gossip or just plain silly. Here's to a good season!


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Lisa Mancini-Johnson began her career as a physical therapist and opened her Hauppauge-based physical therapy and wellness center, Body In Balance, in 2000. The center is now home to the first collaborative wellness program for pediatric cancer patients on Long Island.
Lisa's willingness to help others has had a great impact on her life and career. "As I evolved as a clinician my practice has evolved," she says proudly.


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As the budget stalemate in Washington led to this week's government shutdown, a lot of animal advocates have been left wondering exactly how this unusual event is impacting our nation's animals. Yesterday we told you about the shutdown's effect on puppy mill inspections, but the federal government has many additional routine animal-protection responsibilities. We've done a little digging and outlined how the following animal welfare-related duties are being altered during this shutdown:
Horse Soring
The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is charged with enforcing the Horse Protection Act to combat the abusive practice of horse soring. APHIS oversees the inspection of at-risk show horses to ensure that they have not been sored and assesses penalties for violations. Suspension of this program during the shutdown could mean that unscrupulous trainers will take advantage of this lapse in oversight.
Animal Slaughter
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) upholds the requirements of the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act related to the treatment of animals prior to and during slaughter. This has been deemed a necessary function, so FSIS inspectors who monitor food safety and humane treatment in slaughterhouses continue to perform their duties during the shutdown.
Wild Horses
Federal agencies periodically round up and remove large numbers of free-roaming wild equines on public rangelands, a policy that has resulted in tens of thousands of wild horses languishing in holding facilities. Additional gathers are suspended during the shutdown, but caretakers for the horses already confined remain on the job.
Exotic animal exhibitors are regulated by the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), and unfortunately, the welfare of these animals will go unchecked for the time being. However, the National Zoo in D.C., managed by the Smithsonian Institution, has retained employees essential to the security and the care of the zoo's animals.
Animals in Laboratories
The USDA enforces the AWA to ensure minimum standards of care for animals in laboratories. While employees are on the job maintaining the animals, there is no USDA watchdog ensuring that minimum standards of care are being met.
Hunting and Trapping
All National Wildlife Refuges are currently closed to the public, meaning hunting and trapping on these lands is prohibited for the duration of the shutdown. Federal law enforcement activities will continue on public lands to preserve resources and protect against illegal hunting.
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There's been a huge outcry that the BLM and Fish and Wildlife be investigated. Instead of protecting the horses, wolves etc. that they are being paid to do they have allowed a horror story of abuse, cruelty, death, murder. Seems like greed, bloodlust have run rampant. What is happening to this country and its people!
I agree with Renee. I went to a local Fish/Wildlife meeting here in Montana on behalf of Defenders of Wildlife. There were several of us who came and the supposed wildlife biologist was rather annoyed. He told us that as a hunter and biologist he wants to preserve wolves, bring up their numbers so they CAN be hunted. I thought this was backwards and have found a lot of backwards thinking up here in Montana. He was a good politician as he gave a compelling speech...talking about what I should really be worried about was land use...preserving land so it doesn't get turned into housing, which did make sense...to make friends with ranchers, because ranchers were better than builders, kind of made sense...but when I got home, the more I thought about what he said, there seemed to be a lot of holes in his story and a lot of unnecessary killing in his agenda.
What's happening to this country & its people? Romans 1:18-32 answers that question. 2 Chronicles 7:14 tells what we should do. Of course, if you don't believe in God or His Bible, in morals, values, or principles, you couldn't care less. Move over Communist Party. King Obama & his liberal, extremist, politically-correct Dems are taking your place!!!
Some people are starting to see what is really going on. I believe that the BLM and USDA cater to whomever has the most money. What they do and what they allow to be done is heinous.
Govt would be UP and Running if Obama would give "we the people" what we want. We want the same as what the elites get.....exemption from Obamacare. People.......it's not a good thing when our elected representatives get special breaks and now health care privileges.
Okay can you please help with this? Every day I take the LIRR to work and pass through Jamaica Queens. There is a slaughter house where people go to buy their meat BUT this place is so dirty and one day I saw them stack raw meat in a dirty unaircondiioned van on the dirty floor... Just stacking them up. I know that if they don't care about sanitary concerns then they will not care on how they slaughter these animals - they break every code there is and no one is helping.... PLEASE I beg you help me with this.
Guess the plight of animals really doesn't rate right up there, does it? Not that there aren't many people who have been put behind the eight ball by our sainted politicians.
But yes, at the least our wild horses & burros will get a short break from the endless roundups. REally gripes me that the BLM is allowed to spend millions of OUR dollars harassing the horses & burros - but allows the ranchers that use the grazing allotments to get away with $1.35 per cow/calf unit! Something rotten here....
there should not be any animals in laboratories !!! this is not why any of them were put on this earth .they should lead a happy life not fearful of their worst enemy humans !!! this includes the horse slaughter and puppy mills .it should all be stopped !!!!


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Azerbaijan gained independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991, and is ruled by a presidential system. With an estimated population of 9.2 million in 2011, it is divided into 66 regions, 13 urban districts and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. It is rich in natural resources, most notably oil and natural gas. Situated at the crossroads between Europe and Asia and sandwiched between Russia and the Middle East, functions as the natural transport corridor along the axis of the West and East, North and South.
Economically, the country suffered a severe post-independence crisis, exacerbated by the still unresolved Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which displaced a huge number of people (one-tenth of the country's population are IDPs or refugees) and left a portion of the territory occupied. The crisis eventually gave way to consistent high growth between 2005 and 2008, largely propelled by the exploitation of the oil and natural gas reserves.
A key challenge in front of Azerbaijan is to become a full-fledged Upper Middle Income (UMI) country, leaving behind its high dependence on hydrocarbon exports and shifting production towards higher value added manufacturing that reflect improved efficiency and skills in the economy. The narrow base for economic growth also means that there has been limited effect so far on improving decent employment. While hydrocarbon exports comprise above 90% of total exports, it engages only 7% of the employed citizens. Hence, creation of productive jobs should be a central dimension of Azerbaijan's development strategy.
A fundamental requirement on the path to a more efficient economy is the availability of a highly skilled workforce. While Azerbaijan has a satisfactory primary school completion rate, at the university level it has fallen behind the UMI and OECD averages.
Another critical challenge Azerbaijan faces is improvement in the health sector, paying particular attention to infant and child mortality, as well as allocation of higher amounts to health from the state budget.
Last but not least, institutional reforms and capacity development of organizations and individuals should be continued to ensure long term improvements in various aspects of public administration, with an emphasis on quality of service delivery.
In the 20 years of independence Azerbaijan has achieved a great deal. The high levels of economic growth in recent years led to considerable improvements in the many key socio-economic indicators. Per capita income reached $5,552, thus making Azerbaijan an Upper Middle Income country. On 2011 HDI listing Azerbaijan ranks 76th (it had ranked 101st in 2005), joining the "high human development" group.
The strong economic growth allowed major investments in infrastructure, and a steep decline in poverty rates from 46.7 percent in 2002 to 8.4 per cent in 2011.
The country has already met or is well on its way to meeting many of the MDGs, including halving extreme poverty and hunger (already reached in 2008), achieving universal primary education (already attained in 2008), eliminating gender disparities in primary and secondary education and reducing the spread of tuberculosis. Some indicators, e.g. maternal health and child nutrition, while improving, still require continued attention as they remain below the average for the upper-middle-income countries.
In January 2012 the country started its stint as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, the first among the former Soviet Republics (new members) to achieve this honor.
- Capital
- Baku
- Population
- 9,235,100
- Area (in sq. km)
- 86,600
- Area (in sq. mi)
- 33,436
- Language(s)
- Azerbaijani
- Poverty rate
- 8.4 per cent
- Per capita income
- Human Development Index
- 0.731
Sources: State Statistics Committee,UNDP


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The subclass Prototheria contains the egg-laying mammals, which are the most ancestral forms in the class Mammalia. There are only three extant species grouped into two families and a single order, the Monotremata. Despite bearing fewer species than most mammalian genera, the prototherians are so unique among mammals that there is little question that they represent a distinct and ancient branch of the mammmalian family tree. However, it is not clear how monotremes are related to the two other major lineages of mammals, marsupials (Metatheria) and placentals (Eutheria). Some evidence supports the hypothesis that prototherians form a clade with the marsupials, while other evidence suggests that prototherians are sister to a clade containing both marsupials and placentals. (Heckner, 1990; Janke et al., 1996; Janke, Xu, and Arnason, 1997; Killian et al., 2001; Nowak, 1991; Vaughan, Ryan, and Czaplewski, 2000)
Prototherians probably split from the lineage leading to other mammals sometime in the Mesozoic. They retain many characters of their therapsid ancestors (for example, a complex pectoral girdle, laying of eggs rather than bearing live young, limbs oriented with humerus and femur held lateral to body, and a cloaca). The skulls of monotremes are almost birdlike in appearance, with a long rostrum and smooth external appearance. Modern monotremes lack teeth as adults; sutures are hard to see; the rostrum is elongate, beak-like, and covered by a leathery sheath; and lacrimal bones are absent. Monotremes have several important mammalian characters, however, including fur (but they lack vibrissae), a four chambered heart, a single dentary bone, three middle ear bones, and the ability to lactate. (Heckner, 1990; Nowak, 1991; Vaughan, Ryan, and Czaplewski, 2000)
- Janke, A., N. Gemmell, G. Feldmaier-Fuchs, A. von Haeseler, S. Paabo. 1996. The mitochondrial genome of a monotreme - The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Journal of Molecular Evolution, 42: 153-159.
- Janke, A., X. Xu, U. Arnason. 1997. The complete mitochondrial genome of the wallaroo (Macropus robustus) and the phylogenetic relationship among Monotremata, Marsupialia, and Eutheria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 94: 1276-1281.
- Killian, J., T. Buckley, N. Stewart, B. Munday, R. Jirtle. 2001. Marsupials and Eutherians reunited: genetic evidence for the Theria hypothesis of mammalian evolution. Mammalian Genome, 12: 513-517.
- Nowak, R. 1991. Order Monotremata. Pp. 1-9 in Walker's Mammals of the World, Vol. 1, 5th Edition. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Fire Department would contract with private company
A helicopter to provide emergency air ambulance service would be based in Oceanside under a deal being negotiated between the Oceanside Fire Department and a Santa Rosa company.
"We are working with Reach Air Medical Service in establishing a base using a public-private partnership here in Oceanside," Fire Chief Daryl Hebert said in an interview last week. "I see it as a great opportunity.
Mayor Jim Wood said he is "very supportive" of the plan.
"It will be an improvement, certainly for the public safety aspect and recovery," Wood said. With the city and county growing, Wood said the area could well use the service.
"Plus, it will be stationed here," Wood said.
But City Councilman Jerry Kern isn't quite sold on the proposal.
"I don't know if we really need one," Kern said Monday. "I'm taking kind of a 'wait-and-see, let's fully investigate it' attitude right now."
Under the tentative deal as outlined by Hebert, Reach Air would lease space from the city and build a helipad at the Fire Department's training center at 110 Jones Road near the Oceanside airport.
Reach Air would provide the helicopter, a pilot and a flight nurse, Hebert said. A city paramedic also would be assigned to the helicopter with Reach Air paying for the medic.
"We're not going out and buying a helicopter or anything like that. This is a win-win," Hebert said. "It's not going to cost us anything. There's no cost to the city at all."
Reach Air provides emergency helicopter service in California, Oregon and Texas, said Don Warton, the company's director of business development.
Although the helicopter would be based in Oceanside, Warton said it would be available for emergency calls throughout North County.
"We think we can augment and bring some additional services and availability to the north end of San Diego County," Warton said. "We think there's a demonstrated need for us there."
The company makes its money by billing insurance companies for patients it transports, Warton said with no charge and no subsidy from the cities it serves.
"We assume 100 percent of the risk," Warton said.
The Oceanside Fire Department now relies on Mercy Air Service for emergency helicopter service, Hebert said. He said on average the department calls on an air ambulance 17 to 20 times a month to transport people with serious traumatic injuries to Palomar Medical Center or Scripps Memorial Hospital in San Diego.
Hebert said he has no complaints about Mercy Air, but that the Reach Air helicopter would be available for city use in a variety of circumstances besides emergency medical service.
"That's the uniqueness we don't have right now with Mercy Air," Hebert said.
He said the Reach Air helicopter could be used for search and rescue missions and as a spotter during wildfires.
"It would allow us to have a command platform for use if we had a lost child on the beach or a missing person or a brush fire," Hebert said.
Details of the proposal are still being negotiated, Hebert said, but he said his goal is to bring a final plan to the City Council in May for approval.


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Balance&Options24 wrote:Dwight Howard is gonna be in Dallas next season,
maybe for two games because they're gonna be on the Lakers schedule.
Balance&Options24 wrote:Dwight Howard is gonna be in Dallas next season,
maybe for two games because they're gonna be on the Lakers schedule.
A relaxed Howard finally coming out of his shell in Laker Land
FRESNO, Calif. -- Dwight Howard is feeling like a new man these days.
Shortly after the Lakers fell to the Warriors 110-83 Sunday night, Howard, who didn't play, held court with reporters in the corner of the Lakers' locker room. They talked about basketball at first, getting his opinion of Steve Nash's Lakers debut while discussing how dangerous the team will be when Howard is finally on the floor. But the conversation hardly stopped there.
They talked about movies (from Team America to Hoosiers); about nicknames (Howard is, perhaps thanks to Shaquille O'Neal, considering changing his from Superman to Ironman); about dodgeball (he loves it); about noises that players make to indicate that they're open (Bryant's tell is a hiss, a la Black Mamba, while Howard settled on a strange, pigeon-like coo); and about the fact that there is -- Howard had heard -- a direct correlation between marriage and pot bellies among grown men (he is, of course, single). This was Dwight being Dwight again, the lighthearted and good-natured giant coming out of a shell that took so many hits in Orlando before he arrived in Los Angeles. The new Howard, it would seem, was much like the old.
"Now I'm here, and now I can just relax and have fun and be who I am," Howard told SI.com shortly after the reporter roundtable ended. "I guess last year I really just sheltered, or kept myself away, because it was like, I say this, and then it's going to be turned into something else, or somebody is going to take it the wrong way and make it seem like I'm a certain type of person. So I really just tried to stay to myself. But now I'm basically free. It's a lot of fun. This is who I am."
Howard was responsible for much of the "Dwight-mare," not only the trade requests issued to Orlando but also the way in which he let his once-spotless image be tarnished by all the secrecy and silliness. In the face of nonstop scrutiny about his future, Howard put on a what-not-to-do media relations clinic that not only turned him into the NBA's next villain but also left him more guarded and defensive than ever before.
"Everybody had a perception based on what was put out there on TV, and it wasn't the right one," Howard said. "There's nothing I could really do about it. So when I see that, I do get upset and it hurts me because I'm like, 'This is not me.' I've never been a distraction to a team. I've never been a bad teammate, never been a guy who does all these things that people said I was doing. But I'm going to show these [Lakers] guys that this is who I am. I love to have fun. I love to bring people together, and I'm going to go out there every night and give you 110 percent."
NBA Western Conference Preview Source:SI
SI.com's Chris Mannix talks about pressure on the Lakers, why no one wants to face the Grizzlies and if the Thunder are still the team to beat in our Western Conference preview.
Though Howard didn't play on Sunday night, it still felt like his Lakers debut. With the Save Mart Center awash in purple and gold and Howard wearing a tight-fitting gray shirt and vest with a black bowtie, the muscle-bound big man was a big hit with his new supporters.
He drew huge ovations every time he entered or exited the tunnel to the locker room, the camera phones of fans raised and clicking in at least the first 10 rows. He played the supporting role for his teammates, too, handing out high-fives and smiles as the Lakers jumped out to a 19-7 lead and serving as head cheerleader throughout.
His temporary replacement, rookie center Robert Sacre, even paid tribute to Howard during his strong start when he flashed a Hulk Hogan-esque flex move courtside. Meanwhile, the fact that Sacre was so effective early while playing with Nash, Bryant, Metta World Peace and Pau Gasol led to endless buzz about how good Howard will eventually be with that group.
When the Lakers reserves fell behind by 20 points in the third quarter, a grinning Howard -- who was sitting two seats to Bryant's left on the bench -- joined in on a chant of "We want Kobe" while pumping his fists to the beat. The tension and turmoil that defined his last season in Orlando were clearly gone, replaced by a love-fest that Howard is clearly enjoying.
"From the time that I found out I was coming to the Lakers until now has been nothing but a blessing," said Howard, who is still recovering from his April back surgery and may not play until the start of the regular season. "I'm so happy and so blessed. ... It's like having a second chance. During the day, I'm just like, 'Thank you, Jesus.' When I see the coaches, I'm saying, 'Thank you for spending time with me, for working with me.' "
Lakers coaches and players have taken notice of this professional approach, and Howard's humility (not to mention his one-of-a-kind athleticism and abilities) is a major factor in what has been a glowing first impression. And placed side by side with the recent pettiness of former Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal, Howard's quickly gaining the PR points that were nowhere to be found all last season.
"I don't care what Shaq says," Howard told reporters last week after O'Neal placed Howard below Brooklyn's Brook Lopez in the NBA pecking order. "It's time to move on."
When it comes to Bryant, Howard also sets himself apart from O'Neal. The current Lakers center -- who was known to have reservations about being overshadowed by Bryant before joining him -- said their foundation is far more solid than most people realize.
"What people don't know is that this is one of the guys who I've been talking to for about four years now," Howard said. "And he has been an amazing help to me, just pushing me in ways -- secretly because we played in the Eastern and Western Conference. But it's been him just talking to me, showing me how to do certain things with my team and things like that."
The goal, of course, is for Howard to be the best Howard he can be. Happy, healthy and -- perhaps one day -- a Hall of Famer.
"I told [Bryant] as soon as I got here, 'Hey, I want to be one of the greatest to ever play. I want you to push me every day,' " Howard said. "And he was like, 'I'm going to push you, because I see something in you, and I want to make sure that I do my part.' And I promised him that I'm going to do whatever I can do."
therealdeal wrote:Once this kid gets healthy, the league is on notice. Our starters on Monday looked ready to start the season already with Robert freaking Sacre in there.
You put Dwight Howard, a happier and more driven version of him, out there with those guys and the league is in SERIOUS trouble.
JSM wrote:That was a good read. Can the season hurry up and get here?
JSM wrote:Glad that Dwight is hungry and receptive to Kobe's pointers and welcoming his criticism.
Balance&Options24 wrote:JSM wrote:Glad that Dwight is hungry and receptive to Kobe's pointers and welcoming his criticism.
The young Jedi is learning.
Sean wrote:He's been cleared for 5 on 5 full contact...
therealdeal wrote:Source?
Lakers say Dwight Howard has been cleared for full court five on five for limited minutes.
The Rock wrote:https://twitter.com/MarkGMedina/status/255762606692896768Lakers say Dwight Howard has been cleared for full court five on five for limited minutes.
But he isnt playing Tomorrow vs Portland
Sean wrote:He's been cleared for 5 on 5 full contact...
from twitter:
MarkGMedina: Lakers say Dwight Howard has been cleared for full court five on five for limited minutes.
JSM wrote:Found it a little surprising Kobe's been mentoring him for 4 years and they were able to keep that on the down low.
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Dog Coughs
Dog Coughs (Canine Kennel Cough)
Signs and Symptoms
A dog may require cough medicine as a result of numerous different underlying causes and conditions. A canine cough can manifest itself in several different forms, including dry, hacking, wheezy, moist, or weak. It can also plague your dog frequently or just occur occasionally. In some cases, a canine cough will occur more often at certain times of the day than at other times. Or, certain activities such as exercising or eating may act as triggers for your pet's cough.
Rather than being an actual illness in itself, a canine cough is actually a symptom of another condition or problem. The way that your dog will be affected by a cough tends to depend upon the illness or condition that is triggering the coughing response. Furthermore, whether or not cough medicine will be an appropriate and effective remedy for your pet's condition will depend upon the underlying cause. In some cases, additional treatment will be required.
When your dog is suffering from a cough, it's important to note of the type of cough and to look for other symptoms and warning signs that your pet may be exhibiting. This could help to pinpoint the underlying factor that is causing the cough. For example, a soft, moist cough accompanied by symptoms such as fever, mucous discharge from the nasal passages, lethargy, and loss of appetite could be a sign that your canine companion is suffering from a respiratory infection such as pneumonia. Coughing up blood, on the other hand, may indicate that your dog has a pulmonary vascular disease, pancreatitis, or canine Cushing's Disease.
Furthermore, dry canine coughs may be associated with tonsillitis or kennel cough, while a mostly nocturnal cough accompanied by difficulty with breathing may be signs of a serious heart condition. As a result, a dog's cough can be a symptom of a multitude of different medical conditions and in many cases it will be just one of several warning signs. Depending upon the cause of the canine cough, cough medicine may be an effective treatment on its own, or it may need to be used in conjunction with other forms of treatment. No matter what type of cough your dog is displaying, however, he or she should be examined by a veterinary doctor.
In order to determine whether or not canine cough medicine will be an appropriate remedy for your dog, the cause of the cough will need to be diagnosed. There are a number of tools and tests that a veterinarian can employ in order to identify the problem or condition that is giving rise to the canine patient's cough. Such tools and tests include x-rays, heartworm tests, ultrasound, and inspection of fluid samples. Prior to employing any of these methods, a veterinary doctor will typically conduct a physical examination of the dog and become familiar with the dog's history and the symptoms displayed at home. These two steps will then be combined with one or more of the above tests in order to determine why the dog has been coughing.
Chest and throat x-rays are commonly used as a diagnostic tool with regards to coughing canines. Radiographs can reveal a number of potentially cough-causing conditions, including the presence of diseases of the heart, lungs, or airways. These x-rays also allow veterinarians to observe suspicious or abnormal masses. A thoracic ultrasound can also be a helpful method, allowing the practitioner to view the inside of the canine patient, including soft tissue abnormalities that do not show up on x-rays. Such ultrasounds are particularly helpful when attempting to observe the heart.
Another diagnostic method involves taking a fluid sample for examination. Such a fluid sample may be procured from the chest, lungs, trachea, or bronchial tubes. Once obtained, the fluid sample will then be inspected under a microscope for the presence of harmful bacteria or other abnormalities. Finally, if a dog's records are out of date and the animal has not undergone recent, regular checkups, heartworm testing will likely be carried out. This is usually done through one of several forms of fecal testing, where a sample of the dog's stool will be inspected for parasites and their eggs. As a result, a number of diagnostic procedures can be combined with a physical examination and the dog's history in order to determine the reason behind the animal's cough. Once the cause is determined, the veterinarian will then know whether or not dog cough medicine is an appropriate form of treatment.
A cough disrupts a dog's regular breathing pattern and occurs when there is a sudden expelling of air. While underlying factors are numerous and varied, a cough is typically caused by some form of irritation of the air passages. The sensory nerves in these passageways then become stimulated, resulting in this type of sudden expiration of breath. As mentioned previously, canine coughs can be dry, moist, or wheezy. At times they will be accompanied by gagging and what is referred to as reverse-sneezing, which is characterized by noisy inhalation and exhalation without the suddenness and explosive nature of a cough. In its most basic description, however, a cough is a reaction to an irritation or stimulation of the nerves in the airway.
The potential causes of canine coughs are so numerous that it's impossible to mention them all. However, some of the most common triggering conditions will be discussed below. At times, the characteristics of certain dog breeds can lead to coughing. For example, Pekingese, Bulldogs, and Lhasa Apsos tend to have flat faces and are more prone to snoring. These types of dogs also have an elongated soft palate in the upper rear section of their mouths. At times, flareups of this tissue can lead to coughing and other respiratory troubles. Small and toy breeds of dogs are particularly susceptible to tracheal collapse, which results from a genetic abnormality. When this occurs, the lining of the windpipe becomes inflamed, causing a persistent, dry cough.
Other common causes and triggers of canine coughing include allergies and irritants. Pollens, grasses, cigarette smoke, and certain chemicals irritate the airways of some dogs, generating a coughing response. Tonsillitis and tooth and mouth infections can also lead to coughing. When the tonsils are infected, they become inflamed and partially block the animal's airway. The dog then coughs in an attempt to remove this obstruction. In the case of tooth and mouth infections, the back of the throat can occasionally become inflamed. Such infections are particularly common in small dogs like toy poodles and Pomeranians.
Heart problems are also known to cause dogs to cough. In fact, this symptom is one of the most consistent warning signs of heart disease. Often, this type of cough is more common at night and is generally the result of fluid buildup in the lungs. Another condition that frequently generates a coughing response is the common respiratory infection known as kennel cough or infectious tracheobronchitis. While cases of this infection tend to not be serious for otherwise healthy dogs, they can be annoying and uncomfortable for your pet, mostly due to the characteristic dry coughing that occurs.
Since there are so many different potential causes and triggers of a canine cough, the treatments required will not always be the same. At times, dog cough medicine will be all that is required, while in other cases additional courses of treatment will be necessary. For instance, if heart disease is the underlying cause of your dog's coughing, then this condition must be carefully addressed and looked after. Yet, even in situations where an underlying condition requires special treatment, cough medicine may also be helpful when used in conjunction with these other methods.
Administering dog cough medicine to your canine companion can help to reduce this irritating symptom, thereby increasing your dog's comfort and ability to rest peacefully. There are many different kinds of canine cough medicine available, including homeopathic products. These products use natural ingredients to treat and sooth a dog's cough. In fact, there are a number of different natural substances which are known to have properties that have a positive effect upon a coughing canine.
For example, plantago lanceoleta is a plant whose extract acts as an expectorant, loosening mucus and helping with fluid discharge. Licorice and mullein also act as expectorants. Other natural ingredients that may be used in homeopathic cough medicines include marshmallow, Lobelia, and colt's foot. These substances help to treat a cough by relaxing spasms, soothing the airway and tissues, and reducing inflammation. Therefore, if your dog is suffering from a cough, canine cough medicine may be of great help. However, it's important to have your dog examined by a veterinarian before attempting any form of treatment, as it's vital to know if there is an underlying condition that requires attention.


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The New York Times cannot fathom why health insurance rates for small businesses and individuals are soaring when Obamacare promised to "bend the cost curve down" and save the average household $2,500 a year:
Health insurance companies across the country are seeking and winning double-digit increases in premiums for some customers, even though one of the biggest objectives of the Obama administration's health care law was to stem the rapid rise in insurance costs for consumers.
Particularly vulnerable to the high rates are small businesses and people who do not have employer-provided insurance and must buy it on their own.
In California, Aetna is proposing rate increases of as much as 22 percent, Anthem Blue Cross 26 percent and Blue Shield of California 20 percent for some of those policy holders, according to the insurers' filings with the state for 2013…
In other states, like Florida and Ohio, insurers have been able to raise rates by at least 20 percent for some policy holders. The rate increases can amount to several hundred dollars a month…
Under the health care law, regulators are now required to review any request for a rate increase of 10 percent or more; the requests are posted on a federal Web site, healthcare.gov, along with regulators' evaluations….According to the federal analysis, 36 percent of the requests to raise rates by 10 percent or more were found to be reasonable. Insurers withdrew 12 percent of those requests, 26 percent were modified and another 26 percent were found to be unreasonable.
It never occurs to the Times that Obamacare mandates are in large part driving the health insurance cost curve upward.
This is only the beginning.
Over a half trillion dollars in Obamacare taxes started hitting consumers on January 1. When the taxes the Democrat Congress imposed are not enough, the Obamacare bureaucracy unconstitutionally imposes new taxes and calls them "fees."
Next year, Obamacare mandates that businesses and individuals either buy government designed health insurance or pay hefty fines.
The best laid plans of mice and socialists…


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News about Sierra Club, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
May. 15, 2015
Seven environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity, file lawsuit challenging recent safety rules issued for trains carrying oil; suit says Transportation Department should create faster timeline for phasing out older, more accident-prone rail cars. MORE
Apr. 3, 2013
Environmental coalition that includes Sierra Club threatens to sue several mining companies and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, accusing them of coal and coal dust spills that are polluting Oregon's Columbia River Gorge. MORE
Feb. 18, 2012
Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund, responds to February 14 article about ties between environmental groups and corporations. MORE
Feb. 14, 2012
Sierra Club's secret acceptance of $26 million in contributions from natural gas company Chesapeake Energy draws fierce criticism from some environmental groups and allies who question the organization's ties to corporations; Michael Brune, Sierra Club's executive director, acknowledges donations and says he decided to cut them off after taking over in 2010. MORE
Feb. 4, 2012
Sierra Club president Michael Brune acknowledges that, beginning in 2005, the club accepted $26 million from people connected with Chesapeake Energy, the country's second-largest natural gas producer; some club members are outraged by the announcement, due to Chesapeake Energy's use of the natural gas extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing, on which the club has taken a nuanced position. MORE
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Environmental Groups File Challenge to Oil Transport Rules
The groups, including the Sierra Club, said new federal rules would allow the industry to continue to use "unsafe tank cars" for up to 10 years.
May 15, 2015, Friday
Let's Make Food Issues Real
Any food movement must focus on a few issues it can win. And it should start by pushing any candidates running for office to take a stand on those issues.
May 6, 2015, Wednesday
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Donations from fossil fuel companies and others who deny climate change are tainted, a letter from scientists and environmental groups says.
March 24, 2015, Tuesday
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Mr. Litton, a former director of the Sierra Club, was unrelenting in his efforts to preserve what was left of the wilderness in the American West, most notably the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River.
December 7, 2014, Sunday
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It's Time for Obama to Tighten Rules on Gas Leaks
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November 21, 2014, Friday
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Gone From Office, Bloomberg's Still a Lightning Rod in Ad Wars
Bloomberg center stage in midterm air wars.
September 30, 2014, Tuesday
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Taking a Call for Climate Change to the Streets
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September 22, 2014, Monday
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July 31, 2014, Thursday
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June 1, 2014, Sunday
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DATE & TIME: Saturday, October 20, 2:00 p.m. (et).
FACTS & STATS: Site: Alamodome (65,000) -- San Antonio, Texas. Television: ESPN3.com. Home Record: SJSU 2-1, UTSA 2-0. Away Record: SJSU 2-1, UTSA 3-1. Neutral Record: SJSU 0-0, UTSA 0-0. Conference Record: SJSU 0-1, UTSA 1-0. Series Record: First-ever meeting.
GAME NOTES: A first-ever meeting in Western Athletic Conference play takes place this weekend in the Lone Star State, as the Roadrunners of Texas-San Antonio host the San Jose State Spartans at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
UTSA, which is in its first year in the WAC and just the second season of football overall, had a six-game win streak snapped last weekend when it bowed to Rice on the road in a 34-14 final. The Roadrunners, who closed out the 2011 campaign with a victory over Minot State, rattled off five straight triumphs to begin this season as well. The team began WAC play with a 35-14 romp over New Mexico State on Sept. 29.
As for the Spartans, were it not for a three-point loss to nationally-ranked Stanford in the season opener, the team would have been undefeated going into the WAC opener last weekend against Utah State. But as it turns out, SJSU still saw a four-game win streak come to an end versus the Aggies in a 49-27 setback at home.
Despite the loss, the Spartans are still shooting for a third straight road win for the first time since 2008.
Trying to keep the Spartans competitive during the meeting with Utah State last weekend, quarterback David Fales set a new school record with 38 completions, on 50 attempts, leading to a season-high 467 yards and three touchdowns. All of those numbers certainly give the indication that SJSU should have been in the mix right down to the wire, but what they fail to say is that Fales was also sacked an incredible 13 times in the decision.
Because Fales was charged with minus-102 yards rushing, the team as a whole was credited with a mere four net rushing yards in the meeting.
On a more positive note, Noel Grigsby set himself apart from other SJSU receivers as he caught 11 balls for 181 yards and two touchdowns, giving him 184 catches for 2,288 yards, the latter being the school record. This season alone, Grigsby has caught 39 passes for 580 yards and four touchdowns.
Outside of being knocked around more than expected by the Utah State defense, Fales is still one of the most accurate passers in the FBS, hitting 75.0 percent of his targets for an average of 311.2 ypg. The signal-caller has tossed a total of 12 TDs and has been intercepted just three times on 216 attempts
Heading the list of defensive standouts for the Spartans is Travis Johnson who is second on the unit with 39 total stops but is easily the top man with 13.5 tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks, an effort that has him listed as a quarterfinalist for the Rotary Lombardi Award, the only player outside of BCS conferences so named. As a team, SJSU ranks fifth in the nation with 3.67 sacks per game.
Like the Spartans, the defense for UTSA has been rather strong during the first half of the season. However, a closer look inside the numbers shows that the Roadrunners have certainly benefited from having a light schedule thus far, taking on mostly teams outside of the FBS. The true test will come now in the second half as UTSA takes on the rest of the WAC, a league where offense tends to be king.
Opposing defenses will also be much stronger as they get after the Roadrunners and, particularly quarterback Eric Soza who had to exit the Rice game after being shaken up. Against the Owls, Soza finished just 10-of-23 for 113 yards and a touchdown as the UTSA offense struggled to get into gear. Soza was also sacked once, the first time that has happened all season against the Roadrunners.
Unfortunately for Soza, he'll be under much more pressure this week and moving forward, which means the rest of his stats could also suffer and become far less impressive. But as it stands, Soza has tossed 11 touchdowns on 138 attempts and has been picked off only once. The other good news for the UTSA offense is that 10 different players have been responsible for recording touchdown catches so spreading the wealth means all UTSA players have to be on their toes.
But remember, most of these numbers have come against sub par competition and now the honeymoon is over for the Roadrunners. That also goes for a defense that has given up just 18.7 ppg which is one of the better marks in the WAC.
As long as Fales doesn't all of a sudden become gun shy in the pocket after being beaten up by Utah State, expect him and the Spartans to have their way with Texas-San Antonio this weekend.
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: San Jose State 41, Texas-San Antonio 23
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Scott Nicholas Gettinger MD
Associate Professor Of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Biographical Info
Dr. Scott Gettinger, assistant professor of medicine in the Section of Medical Oncology, is involved in the Yale Cancer Center's multidisciplinary disease programs for head and neck and lung cancer. Gettinger, who came to Yale from Beth Israel Medical Center, is working closely with the Head and Neck Cancer Program to develop innovative therapies for these diseases, with the goal of improving the efficacy of current treatment modalities with particular attention to patients' quality of life. He has also joined the Yale-New Haven Thoracic Oncology Program and will be involved in designing and launching clinical trials exploring newer treatment options for lung cancer patients.
Education & Training
- Trinity College (CT) (1991)
- State University of New York At Brooklyn College (1999)
- Resident
- Beth Israel Medical Center, NY, Internal Medicine (1999 - 2002)
- Fellow
- Beth Israel Medical Center, NY, Medical Oncology and Hematology (2002 - 2005)
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Table of Contents
- The Good News
- Before You Get Pregnant
- The Pregnancy Guidelines
- HIV Drugs and Pregnancy
- Tests, Procedures, and Delivery
- After the Baby Is Born
- In Conclusion
The Good News
Due to advances in HIV care and treatment, many women living with HIV (HIV+) are living longer, healthier lives. As HIV+ women think about their futures, some are deciding to have the babies they always wanted.
The good news is that advances in HIV treatment have also greatly lowered the chances that a mother will pass HIV on to her baby (known as the rate of mother-to-child HIV transmission). If the mother takes appropriate medical precautions, the chances of transmission can go down from about one in four (when not taking any HIV drugs) to less than one in 50 (when taking proper HIV drugs). In addition, studies have shown that being pregnant will not make HIV progress faster in the mother.
One way we learn about how HIV drugs affect pregnancy is through the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry. HIV+ pregnant women are encouraged to register (through their health care providers) with the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry at http://www.APRegistry.com.
Before You Get Pregnant
It is important to plan carefully before getting pregnant:
- Discuss your plans with your HIV health care provider to make sure you are on the right treatment plan for your own health and to reduce the risk of transmitting HIV to your baby (more about this in the next sections)
- Find an obstetrician (OB) or midwife who is familiar with HIV care. He or she can explain your options for getting pregnant with as little risk to your partner as possible.
- Ask your HIV health care provider and your OB or midwife to talk with each other and coordinate to make sure you receive appropriate care before and during your pregnancy
- Get screened for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), hepatitis B and C, and tuberculosis
- Do your best to give up smoking, drinking, and drugs. All of these can be bad for your health and the health of your baby.
- Start taking pregnancy vitamins ("prenatal" vitamins) that contain folic acid while you are trying to become pregnant. This can reduce the rates of some birth defects.
- If friends and family do not support your decision to have a child, put together a support network of people who are caring, non-judgmental, and well educated about HIV and pregnancy. Your network can include medical providers, counselors, and other HIV+ women who are considering pregnancy or have had children.
If you are an HIV+ woman or HIV+ man looking for more information on getting pregnant or having a child, please go to: Getting Pregnant and HIV
The Pregnancy Guidelines
Several groups of experts on pregnancy in HIV+ women have developed guidelines that provide information about appropriate care and treatment for HIV+ women who are, or may become, pregnant.
As a first step, the pregnancy guidelines issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) recommend a thorough check up, including a number of blood tests, to find out about your health and the status of your HIV infection. A resistance test (see The Well Project's article on resistance for info about this test) should be included if you:
- Are starting HIV drugs
- Are taking HIV drugs and have a detectable viral load (500 – 1,000 copies or more)
The results of a resistance test can help you and your health care provider choose the best drugs to take.
HIV drugs can reduce the risk of transmitting HIV from mother to baby. For this reason, HIV drugs are recommended for all pregnant women regardless of CD4 count and viral load. Even if the mother does not need HIV treatment for her own health, it is important for her to take HIV drugs to lower the risk of mother-to-child transmission. The drugs need to be taken just as they are prescribed to have the best chance of working (see The Well Project's article on adherence for more info). Also, if an HIV+ woman takes HIV drugs and gets her viral load very low, she reduces the chances of spreading HIV to her sexual partner.
According to the DHHS, there are certain HIV drugs that should be avoided or used with caution because of possible side effects in the mother or the developing baby. Some examples are the combination of Videx (didanosine, ddI) and Zerit (stavudine, d4T) or the combination of Zerit and Retrovir (zidovudine or AZT). Viramune (nevirapine) should not be started in HIV+ women with CD4 cell counts over 250.
It is important that you discuss the risks and benefits of the HIV drugs with your health care provider so that you can decide which treatments are best for you and your baby. In the US, your health care provider can call the National Perinatal HIV Hotline at 1-888-448-8765 for free, expert advice on all aspects of caring for HIV+ pregnant women.
HIV Drugs and Pregnancy
Deciding when to start treatment depends on your own health and when you find out you are pregnant. The DHHS's pregnancy guidelines make the following recommendations:
For HIV+ Women Not Taking HIV Drugs
- When HIV treatment is needed for the health of the woman, she should receive a combination of HIV drugs based on treatment guidelines for non-pregnant adults. Treatment should include at least one nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) that can pass through the placenta (the organ that nourishes the baby in the womb). HIV treatment should start as soon as possible, including in the first trimester (three months) of pregnancy.
- When HIV treatment is not needed for the health of the woman: she should also receive combination HIV treatment to prevent mother-to-child transmission. At least one NRTI drug that can pass through the placenta should be included in the combination. Women in the first trimester may consider waiting to start the HIV drugs until after the first 10–12 weeks (first trimester) of pregnancy.
Deciding whether to start taking HIV drugs during the first trimester will depend on several factors, including a woman's CD4 count, viral load, and medical conditions (e.g., nausea and vomiting). While starting HIV treatment earlier may be more effective for reducing transmission, it is important to weigh this against potential effects of exposing the developing baby to HIV drugs during the first trimester.
It is important that HIV drug treatment continue during labor and delivery. Women with viral loads of 1000 or more should receive intravenous (IV) administration of Retrovir, regardless of her HIV drug regimen during pregnancy or her mode of delivery. Women with a viral load of less than 1000 do not need to receive intravenous Retrovir.
After delivery, the baby should receive liquid Retrovir for six weeks. When the mother has received HIV drugs and remained virally suppressed, health care providers may consider giving the baby four weeks of liquid Retrovir.
After the birth of the baby, it is important for the mother to talk with her health care provider about the risks and benefits of continuing her own HIV treatment. The DHHS recommends that all adults, including new mothers, receive HIV drugs regardless of CD4 count. In the US, decisions about continuing HIV drugs after delivery should take into account current recommendations for starting drugs, current and lowest CD4 counts and viral load levels, adherence issues, whether a woman has an HIV-uninfected sexual partner, and the woman's preference.
The British HIV Association suggests that women who began taking HIV drugs while they were pregnant to prevent mother-to-child transmission (and not for their health; those with CD4 counts > 500) can stop taking antiretroviral therapy after their babies are born.
The World Health Organization's (WHO) 2013 guidelines recommend that all pregnant and breastfeeding women take antiretroviral therapy for as long as there is a risk of spreading HIV to the baby (through pregnancy and breastfeeding, if applicable). The WHO further recommends that all pregnant and breastfeeding women should continue to take HIV drugs for the duration of their lives in areas where there is a high rate of HIV in the general population.
For HIV+ Women Already Taking HIV Drugs
Women in this situation should continue taking their current HIV drugs if they are working well to control the virus and have not been show to harm the pregnant mother or developing baby. Unnecessary switching of HIV drugs can lead to loss of viral control and thus increase the risk of passing HIV to the developing baby.
If a viral load test shows that the drugs are not working, switch to a more effective combination. The drugs should be continued during labor and delivery, during which time IV Retrovir should also be given to the mother if she has a viral load of 1000 or more. Women with a viral load of less than 1000 can continue to take their current regimen. After delivery, the baby should receive liquid Retrovir for four or six weeks.
For HIV+ Pregnant Women in Labor Who Have Not Taken HIV Drugs
A woman in labor who has not taken HIV drugs can still reduce the risk of infecting her baby by using HIV drugs during labor and delivery and to treat the baby for a short time after birth. The DHHS guidelines recommend the following:
- IV Retrovir for the mother during labor and a combination of six weeks of Retrovir plus three doses of Viramune in the first week of life (at birth, 48 hours after birth, and 96 hours after the second dose) for the baby
After the baby is born, it is recommended that the mother be evaluated to determine whether HIV treatment is recommended for her.
For Babies Born to HIV+ Women Who Have Not Taken HIV Drugs Before or During Labor
The baby can still receive treatment to reduce the risk of transmission. The DHHS guidelines recommend the following:
- A combination of six weeks of Retrovir plus three doses of Viramune in the first week of life (at birth, 48 hours after birth, and 96 hours after the second dose)
After the baby is born, it is recommended that the mother be evaluated to determine whether HIV treatment is recommended for her.
Tests, Procedures, and Delivery
There are a number of invasive prenatal tests, such as amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling (CVS), and percutaneous umbilical blood sampling, that may increase the risk of HIV transmission to the baby. Talk to your health care provider if you need these tests. Certain procedures during delivery, such as invasive monitoring and forceps- or vacuum-assisted delivery, should be avoided if possible.
The DHHS recommends that women have their CD4 counts checked every three months during pregnancy. However, women whose viral loads remain consistently low can get their CD4 counts checked every six months during pregnancy.
There are 2 types of delivery, cesarean (C-section) and vaginal delivery:
Elective or planned C-sections are done before labor begins and before the mother's "water" (sac of fluid that surrounds the baby) breaks. This reduces the baby's contact with the mother's blood and may reduce the risk of transmission in certain cases. Since C-sections require surgery, they carry some risks. Women who have C-sections are more likely to get infections than those who give birth vaginally. C-sections are recommended for HIV+ pregnant women who:
- Have an unknown viral load
- Have a viral load greater than 1,000 copies at 36 weeks of pregnancy
Vaginal delivery
For a woman on combination HIV treatment with a low viral load (less than 1,000), a C-section is not likely to further reduce her already low risk of transmitting HIV.
The decision of which type of delivery is best for you should be discussed with your health care provider early in your pregnancy.
After the Baby Is Born
During the first four or six weeks, the baby will need to take Retrovir (and possibly other HIV drugs). A blood test called a complete blood count (CBC) should be performed on the newborn baby as a baseline. The baby will also need to take medication to prevent pneumonia after finishing Retrovir, unless there is adequate information to confirm that the infant does not have HIV. Taking these medications does not mean the baby is sick; it is just a precaution to decrease the chances of getting HIV and other illnesses.
The baby will receive several HIV tests to determine if he or she is infected. An HIV polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test should be used. These tests look for the HIV virus, rather than HIV antibodies. HIV antibody tests, which are commonly used to determine HIV infection in adults, should not be used in newborns since babies carry their mother's antibodies for 12 to 18 months.
HIV virus testing should be done when the baby is 14 to 21 days old, one to two months old, and four to six months old. A positive HIV virus test should be confirmed with a second test. Two positive HIV virus tests mean that the baby has HIV infection. If the baby has two or more negative tests with one at one month and another at four months or later, when the mother is not breast-feeding, then she or he does not have HIV infection. Many experts confirm that the baby does not have HIV by doing an HIV antibody test when the baby is 12 to 18 months old.
Since a baby can be infected with HIV through breast milk, in the US and other high-resource countries where water is safe and formula is available and affordable, it is strongly advised that you not breastfeed. You can still have a strong bond with your child even if you bottle feed.
If you live where safe water is not easy to get, the risk to your baby of life-threatening conditions from formula feeding with unsafe water may be higher than the risk of HIV infection through breastfeeding. In some areas, formula may also be too expensive or not regularly available. If you are in either of these situations, it is better to feed your baby on breast milk alone while continuing to take your HIV drugs.
The good news is that breast milk contains many important antibodies to keep your baby healthy and has been found to have a protein Tenascin-C that helps neutralize the HIV virus. While it is still possible to spread HIV from mother to child through breastfeeding, the chances are less than originally thought.
Mixed feeding, in which a baby is given breast milk as well as other liquids (e.g., formula, sugar water, gripe water), is not recommended. It is currently thought that mixed feeding may damage the lining of babies' stomachs and make them more likely to get HIV when exposed to it in breast milk. If, for whatever reason, you cannot feed your baby exclusively on formula, it is recommended that you take HIV drugs and feed with breast milk alone.
The WHO recommends that if you breastfeed, breast milk should be the only source of food for your baby for the first six months of life. Between months six and 12, it recommends that the baby be introduced slowly to other complementary foods until it is weaned from breast milk at 12 months (assuming the baby is receiving proper nutrition from regular food at that point). While breastfeeding, it is important that the mother continue to take her HIV drugs to limit the chances of passing HIV to her baby.
It is also important not to feed your baby food that has been chewed by someone who is HIV+ (pre-masticated). This can spread HIV to your child.
In Conclusion
Deciding to have a baby is a big step for any woman, but for an HIV+ woman, it is even more complicated. Talk to your HIV health care provider and OB or midwife before you start trying to get pregnant. If you plan ahead, there are many things you can do to protect your health and the health of your new baby.


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You believe that TEoF is propaganda, particularly the way it condemns religion, and especially in its portrayal of Islam.
You believe that there are more serious, dangerous beliefs than religion. (e.g. jingoistic patriotism, secularism, polital moderation??)
It seems that you have great contempt for US foreign policy, particularly that of the Bush administration. Condemning politcal causes as problematic does not exonerate religion as another source of violence, wrongdoing, and an impediment to progress. It does not have to be "politics is the problem not religion," instead of "religion is the problem, not politics." Both issues should be examined separately in order to determine their respective effects. Please don't give examples like "religion is good because people build houses in its name or people make donations because of religion." These are invalid arguments. People do good acts in the name of secularism also. Charities and kind acts do not only occur in the name of religion. Religion is not needed to justify moral acts, only immoral ones. I think you should pause for a second and decide what aspects of the religious vs. secular debate are actually applicable to your politcal opinions.
Finally, you keep saying that the what (actions) are to be judged and the why is secondary. Our response to the actions are necessary for justice, for determining the consequences for evil actions. Only a simple mind would stop there. By thinking about 'why' we give ourselves the opportunity to prevent more of the 'what' and improve the world in which we live. Asking 'why' is the best thing we can do, and by your investigations, Mike, you are attempting to answer the 'why' questions.


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Misenheimer, NC- The Falcons improved to 5-1 on the year as they defeated the Cobras of Coker University by a score of 7-2 Wednesday afternoon. The Falcons jumped out early to take control of the match as they won two out of the three doubles point's.
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|Kathleen (Kate) Smiley is the March 2013 Employee of the Month
Kathleen (Kate) Smiley is the March 2013 Employee of the Month. Kate works as a speech pathologist at All Children's Outpatient Care, Ft. Myers and has been with All Children's since 1999. Kate was recognized for her Service Excellence by one of her co-workers, who said:
I would like to nominate Kate Smiley for Employee of the Month for her service and dedication to All Children's Hospital. The Ft. Myers team hosted our 5th Annual Breakfast with Santa on December 15, 2012. This event started as a small gathering for the patients with hearing impairments and has grown in success every year due to Kate's efforts. The planning and organization started months ago and required a great deal of time. Kate also worked hard communicating with our local business partners and members of the community to secure their donations and support.
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Year after year, Kate has given freely of herself and her time to make this event happen. She gets all the staff excited about the event, so they and some of their families participate. The turnout of patients, siblings and their parents has grown each year. Not only does Kate get the staff involved, she gets the community involved as well. The past two years singers from a local theater sang Christmas carols while the therapy staff provided activities for the children. This has been a great event for our Center and is the result of Kate's vision to make the holidays a little brighter for our patients.
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I think this is possibly your Aunt Mariaangela. She had a little girl named Angela aged 3 with her:
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Former Crusaders winger Sean Maitland will make his Test debut for Scotland against England at Twickenham on Saturday.
Maitland won the Junior World Championship with New Zealand's U20 side and played for New Zealand Maori. The 24-year-old joined Glasgow last October and qualifies to play for Scotland through his grandparents.
'Sean Maitland is very proud to be pulling on the Scotland jersey for the first time,' said interim coach Scott Johnson. 'His family will be rapt because they raised him in New Zealand always reminding him of his Scottish heritage, getting up in the early hours of the morning to watch both the Five and Six Nations games on the TV.
'He's shown he can play footy with the best of them and the impact he's made since arriving at Glasgow in the autumn has underlined what we'd seen of him playing for the Crusaders in Super Rugby.'
Johnson has made six changes and one positional switch to the team that lost to Tonga in November, with Sean Lamont moving from wing to centre, Ruaridh Jackson returning at flyhalf with Greig Laidlaw starting at scrumhalf. Loosehead prop Ryan Grant is back from injury, Jim Hamilton returns to the second row and No 8 Johnnie Beattie plays for the first time since August 2011.
Scotland have not won at Twickenham since 1983.
Scotland – 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Sean Lamont, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Ruaridh Jackson, 9 Greig Laidlaw, 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 Kelly Brown (c), 6 Alasdair Strokosch, 5 Jim Hamilton, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Dougie Hall, 1 Ryan Grant.
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PHILADELPHIA — Several qualities are required for family shooting competitions at Seth Curry's house.
"It takes a long time," the Duke guard said Saturday. "A lot of patience. A lot of shots are going to be made."
That obviously makes perfect sense, considering the super-sweet strokes wielded by his older brother Stephen Curry, the baby-faced assassin formerly of Davidson and now with the Golden State Warriors, and his father Dell Curry, the longtime NBA sharpshooter.
Seth Curry, who poured in 26 points Friday during Duke's 83-74 defeat of Albany to open the NCAA Tournament, said his dad has come to prefer playing H-O-R-S-E against his sons.
"So he doesn't have to move that much. He won't play us 1-on-1 anymore," Seth Curry said. "But whenever we get out on the court together it's a lot of fun. We're competitive, so it's fun."
■ FROM BLUE DEVIL TO BLUEJAY: Creighton star Doug McDermott said he grew up pulling for Duke, with his fandom reaching its highest levels for the Blue Devils teams that were led by Jay Williams and Shane Battier.
McDermott said Duke's TV presence helped convert him into a fan. He wore Duke gear as a boy, along with several of his friends. And he especially enjoyed watching the rivalry games between Duke and North Carolina.
"It's a dream come true to play against Duke in the NCAA Tournament, against such a good coach and a great team," he said. "It doesn't really get much better than this. You have to beat them at some point, so might as well play them early."
On Saturday, McDermott called Duke's Mike Krzyzewski the best coach in the country. That was an interesting observation, given that his father, Greg McDermott, is the coach of the Creighton Bluejays.
"I think he might agree with me," Doug McDermott said. "The numbers don't lie."
■ TIP-INS …: A victory tonight for Duke delivers No. 2,000 in school history. … Duke is 8-1 all-time against No. 7 seeds, the seeding Creighton holds. … Duke is 19-1 this season with Ryan Kelly in its lineup. … Duke is 5-0 all-time in NCAA Tournament games played in Philadelphia.


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Now that we're on the brink of the big iPad 3 reveal, it's time for rumors about what will come from Apple later this year. Thanks to some leaked documents from Samsung's investment bank, rumors are beginning to revolve around the idea of a 7-inch iPad to be released sometime in Q3 of 2012. Additionally, flexible AMOLED panels may be included in the design for future versions of the tablet.
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