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Frederick - Dogs & puppies
These puppies are family raised with lots of attention and love. They are developing fun personalities and we are incorporating the building blocks of training into our multiple daily play sessions with them.
If you are considering a mixed breed and are looking for a family dog, or family guard dog, one of these pups would be a great choice.
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Philadelphia :
Philadelphia - Dogs & puppies
I have 2 males and 1 female Italian Mastiff puppies, born 4/10/15, for sale. They are the gorgeous offspring of a Neapolitan mother and Cane Corso father. The tails are docked and dewclaws removed. Call me at 240-682-3516 if interested.
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Washington DC :
Waldorf - Dogs & puppies
I have an AKC registered female Cane Corso (Italian Mastiff) and a AKC registered American Akita. Both parents have EXCELLENT temperaments and great healthy blood lines, along with a few championship bloodlines. Although this is an accidental breeding, it is not one I will take lightly. Both parents were born and raised around children and cats, as the puppies will be. This litter will be the ...
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Central Square - Dogs & puppies
AKC Cane Corso Italian Mastiff. One big and one girl left. Formentino (blue fawn). The biggest one in the litter. Very loyal already, she wants to be by your side at all times. Our pups are raised in our home with our children and other animals. She is so beautiful!.......Call or text 8124361725
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New York City :
Hicksville - Dogs & puppies
We have 4 female Cane Corso puppies available. Blue brindle and black brindle. All our puppies come with their dew claws removed, tails docked, 8 week vaccinations, dewormed, 12 month health guarantee, microchipped with microchip registration. .......Call or text 8124361725
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Rochester (NY) :
Rochester - Dogs & puppies
Cane Corso Italiano puppies for adoption. Great temperament, great genetics, great protection and companion dog. All around best dog to have in my opinion. I have a litter of 5 pups with blues, black, and black and brindle........Call or text 8124361725
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New York City :
New York - Dogs & puppies
Beautiful ICCF Pure Bred Cane Corso Puppy for sale. UTD shots. Sweet Temperament. . Health Warranty. Lifetime Breeder Support. Sire, Dam and Littermates available to view. Application applies. She will be a family dog, socialized well with children and other animals. 12 weeks old........Call or text 8124361725
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$150.00 unspayed,never had a litter ....call 585-500-3547
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Rochester (NY) :
Rochester - Dogs & puppies
We currently have a 2 and a half month old blue male cane corso mastiff, both parents were blue.Montana has personality and responds to his name,he comes to u when he is called,he has begun his crate training and house breaking routine....serious inquiries only...threre us a photo of both parents included with this ad....call 585-500-3547
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Albany :
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Baltimore :
Spring Grove - Dogs & puppies
Five girls four boys ....pups tails docked pups will have shits and be wormed. Puppies will have health certificate. Please call 3025388627
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Delaware :
Camden Wyoming - Dogs & puppies
12 weeks old. We spend time loving, holding, cuddling and playing with these babies every day. This helps them become well adjusted for their families. They live indoors with our family. They are happy, healthy and well cared for. They are vet checked, have received their first set of shots, and are also dewormed. Just ready for their new and forever homes. text/call 470) 377-0357
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Baltimore :
Baltimore - Dogs & puppies
Very excited to announce or litter between AKC Champion Apex's Worth the Wait DeeOgee Brock, CAL1 & Brock's Raging Winds of Envy puppies..text/call (480) 939-8035. Puppies will be sold with lifetime health warranty, puppy kid, current vaccination and contract. Full AKC registration will be given only for approved kennel, "dog show" people or very well prospected people interested to show or ...
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Flourtown - Dogs & puppies
litter born March 23rd. READY now! Call today and come pick your new buddy.
Dual ICCF and AKC registered
Raised with children and daily socialization
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Up to date and current on ALL shots/wormer and vet visits before leaving.
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Dew claws removed and tails docked.
Treated with Advantix II and Sentinel
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Hagerstown-Martinsburg :
Alum Bank - Dogs & puppies
She is all alone. Last one, price cut today. Please call for this beautiful puppy. Tails cut and ears cropped. ICCF registered. Call us at 516-205-8564.
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New York City :
Hempstead - Dogs & puppies
Gorgeous Blue Fermenting male 200lb Cane Corso, with a great temperament. Located in NYC - looking for a female to play with. If interested, please let me know.
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New York City :
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5 month old black brindle female,tail docked...comes with ICCF papers.... Call 585-500-3547
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Central New York :
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Kova's Info...
I am a Cane Corso/Pit Bull Terrier mix, already spayed, housetrained, in need of an experienced adopter, up to date with shots, not good with kids, and not good with cats, or small animals. Not because I don't like them, but because I am high energy & so strong that mom feels I could hurt them by accident.
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Far Rockaway - Dogs & puppies
I have 3 beautiful blue eyed, grey cane corso mastiff pups born 5/18/15. Tails have been docked and dewclaws have been removed.
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Frank Libutti
|Frank Libutti
Libutti as a Marine
|United States
|United States Marine Corps
|Years of service
|Lieutenant General
|Commands held
|1st Reconnaissance Battalion, MAGTF 1-88, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Joint Task Force Provide Relief, 1st Marine Division (United States), III Marine Expeditionary Force/Marine Corps Bases Japan United States Marine Corps Forces Pacific
|Vietnam War
|Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Defense Superior Service Medal (3), Legion of Merit (2), Purple Heart (3), Cheon-Su Medal, Order of the Rising Sun
|Other work
|Deputy New York City Police Commissioner, Undersecretary at United States Department of Homeland Security
Frank Libutti is a retired United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General who also served as the head of the New York City Police Department's Counter Terrorism Bureau, Deputy Police Commissioner, and oversaw the Department of Homeland Security's intelligence operations as Undersecretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection. Libutti's military career included time spent in Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Kenya and Somalia among assignments within the United States during which he oversaw more than 80,000 Marines.
Libutti is a native of Huntington, New York, and a graduate of The Citadel.
Military career[edit]
He entered the Marine Corps's Officer Candidates School at Marine Corps Base Quantico in August 1966, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in October of that year. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 9th Marines as a platoon commander in Vietnam.
In 1968, Libutti returned to Quantico for duty at the Officer Candidates School, serving consecutively as Chief Instructor, Tactics Section, as well as Commanding Officer and Branch Head, Academic Section. He was promoted to captain in November 1969 attended the Amphibious Warfare School. In 1972, Libutti transferred to Amphibious Squadron Three in San Diego, California for duty as Squadron Combat Cargo Officer. In 1974, he was assigned to 1st Battalion 2nd Marines at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as an Infantry Company Commander for 14 months, followed by staff positions such as Logistics Officer and Operations Officer.
Libutti was promoted to major in May 1977 and reassigned as the Executive Officer for Marine Barracks, Naples, Italy. In August 1980, he attended the Command and Staff College at Quantico, then transferred to Headquarters Marine Corps in Washington, D.C., for duty as the Head of the Career Management Section, Manpower Department. In May 1982, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and reassigned as the Assistant Secretary of the General Staff for the Office of the Assistant Commandant and Chief of Staff, where he served through May 1983. He was reassigned in June 1983 as the Senior Marine Aide to the Commandant of the Marine Corps.[1]
From August 1985 until June 1986, Libutti attended the National War College, Washington, D.C. Following graduation, he was assigned as the Executive Officer, 1st Marine Regiment at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. He was reassigned as the Commanding Officer of 1st Reconnaissance Battalion until October 1987, when he was promoted to colonel and designated as the Commanding Officer, Contingency MAGTF 1-88 and deployed to the Middle East for the "Tanker War".
Returning to Camp Pendleton in May 1988, Libutti served as the Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, 1st Marine Division.[2] He commanded the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in August 1988 until July 1990. The following month, he was reassigned to the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for duty as the Marine Corps Member of The Chairman's Staff Group. In The Chairman's Staff Group, Libutti also served as the Military Assistant to the Presidential Emissary to Hanoi for POW/MIA issues and participated in high level trips to Hanoi for negotiations on the POW/MIA issue with Vietnam. While serving in this capacity, he was selected in December for promotion to brigadier general and was promoted to that grade in March 1992.
Libutti was then assigned as the Commander, Forward Headquarters Element/Inspector General of the United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, in July 1992. The following month he was designated Commanding General, Joint Task Force Provide Relief ( which provided emergency airlift of food to Somalia and Kenya),[3] until November 1992.[1] From 1994 to 1996 he assumed the duties as Commanding General, 1st Marine Division. During his last assignment, he served as the Commanding General, III Marine Expeditionary Force/Commander, Marine Corps Bases Japan until June 8, 1999. Libutti retired from the Corps in 2001.[4]
Awards and honors[edit]
Libutti's awards include:[1]
Deputy Police Commissioner[edit]
As New York City's deputy police commissioner, Libutti oversaw more than 300 people working in the Counter Terrorism Bureau, which aims to prevent and prepare for any possible terrorism attack.[6] He was named to this post in January 2002 by Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly who planned to increase the number of detectives assigned to the Joint Terrorist Task Force and reorganize the police contingent assigned to the task force, which works with the FBI. In his role, Libutti was responsible for counterterrorism training, prevention and investigations and served as a liaison to state and federal agencies.[7]
Department of Homeland Security[edit]
Libutti was nominated by President George W. Bush in 2003 to serve as the Undersecretary for information analysis and infrastructure protection at the Department of Homeland Security. He was the first person nominated for the new position in the then two-month-old Homeland Security Department.[6] In addition to traditional counterterrorism and security measures, Libutti's tenure included the launch of a cyber alert system that was part of the initiative to secure cyberspace [8] as well as initiatives designed to protect stadiums and sporting event attendees.[9]
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Marine Corps.
- ^ a b c "Official Biography for Frank Libutti". United States Marine Corps. 2004-03. Retrieved 2009-07-07. Check date values in:
- ^ Richard Halloran (1987-09-03). "New Breed of Sergeants: Less Spit, More Polish". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
- ^ Jane Perlez (1992-08-19). "First of U.S. Relief Planes for Somalia Lands in Kenya". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
- ^ "Homeland Security Frank Libutti". Government Executive. March 1, 2004. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- ^ Kevin Johnson (2002-01-28). "NYPD Adds CIA, Military Experts". USA Today. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
- ^ a b William K. Rashbaum (2003-03-22). "Terror Expert With the City Police is in Line for Federal Post". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
- ^ William K. Rashbaum (2002-01-16). "Kelly Picks Marine for Counterterrorism Unit". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
- ^ Paul Roberts (2004-01-28). "Can the Feds Fight Viruses?". PC World. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
- ^ Eric Chabrow (2005-01-07). "Homeland Security Offers Online Tool to Assess Stadium Security". InformationWeek. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
- United States Marine Corps generals
- Commissioners of the New York City Police Department
- The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina alumni
- Recipients of the Silver Star
- United States Department of Homeland Security officials
- Recipients of the Legion of Merit
- Recipients of the Purple Heart medal
- Order of National Security Merit members
- Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun
- Living people
- Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal
- Recipients of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal
- Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal


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I initiall had the exact same problem.
This is how I solved it :
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(a) VMware Network Adapter VMnet1 (in Networking properties, VMware Bridge Protocol is disabled)
(b) VMware Network Adapter VMnet8 (in Networking properties, VMware Bridge Protocol is disabled)
2. I had disabled these two adapters, hence it was not connecting. So Step 2 is to enable them
3. I changed the Virtual Machine Setting for Network Adapter in WMware Workstation from NAT to Host-only: A private network shared with the host
4. Hortonworks Sandbox 2.1 gave me "http://192.168.37.128/: which I entered into Firefox, and it worked
Note: When using Host-Only Networking, don't click/use the http://127.0.0.1:8000 link. Instead, use http://<ip addr provided by your VM>:8000
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Headlines February 26, 2013 Full Show | First Story >
Afghans Claim 9 Disappearances at Hands of U.S. Forces in Wardak
Details are slowly emerging on the allegations against U.S. special operations forces that prompted Afghan President Hamid Karzai to order their removal from Wardak province. Afghan officials say they have received complaints for the past three months that U.S. forces have arrested nine people who have since disappeared. One Afghan villager said her son was taken away and later found dead.
Bibi Shereen: "My son was taken, and his body was dropped under a bridge in the river. One of his fingers was cut off. He was beaten very badly. His body was swollen from torture, and his throat was slit. Why is the government not listening to our voices? Why are they not stopping the Americans from doing such things? While I wanted to stand up to talk with the Americans, they have pulled me back and hit me in my chest with the butt of a gun. I still feel pain here since I've been beaten. I cannot breathe. You still can see the marks of the beating on my chest."
The Afghan government is expected to form a commission of inquiry with the U.S.-led NATO occupation force to investigate the allegations. On Monday, a NATO spokesperson said no evidence of wrongdoing has emerged so far.
Günter Katz: "We take all allegations of misconduct seriously and go to great lengths to determine the facts surrounding them. Over the past few weeks, there have been various allegations of special forces conducting themselves in an unprofessional manner in Maidan Wardak. So far, we could not find evidence that would support these allegations."
HRW: 141 Killed in Syrian Gov't Attack on Aleppo
Human Rights Watch is reporting the Syrian government launched a series of ballistic missile strikes in the northern province of Aleppo last week, killing more than 141 people, including 71 children. The group said it had visited four attack sites, three of them in the city of Aleppo and all of them in residential neighborhoods. HRW's United Nations director Philippe Bolopion described the damage.
Philippe Bolopion: "The Syrian government is really hitting a new low, now using incredibly powerful ballistic missiles in cities. The four strikes that hit Aleppo last week obliterated entire parts of these neighborhoods. We have absolutely no sign that there were any legitimate military targets in these areas, so either the government is deliberately targeting civilians or at the very least it's acting with a complete disregard for the lives of its own civilians."
Paul Threatens Hold on Brennan Vote over Assassination Program
CIA nominee John Brennan continues to face hurdles toward a confirmation vote before the full Senate. Republican Senator Rand Paul has announced he will put a hold on Brennan's nomination until Brennan and the White House can answer whether the government's assassination program can target Americans on U.S. soil. Paul discussed his demand on Fox News.
Sen. Rand Paul: "We're talking about someone eating at a cafe in Boston or in New York, and a Hellfire missile comes raining in on them. There should be an easy answer from the administration on this. They should say, 'Absolutely no, we will not kill Americans in America without an accusation, a trial and a jury.'"
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Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has revealed he was initially instructed to deny the existence of the Obama administration's targeted killing program overseas. Gibbs made the disclosure during an appearance on MSNBC.
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McCain Tells Mother of Aurora Victim She Needs "Straight Talk" on Assault Weapons Ban
At a recent public event in Arizona, Republican Senator John McCain was asked about an assault weapons ban by a mother whose son was murdered in last year's mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado. McCain responded that the woman, Caren Teves, needs some "straight talk" that an assault weapons ban would not pass Congress.
Caren Teves: "My 24-year-old son, Alex, was murdered in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. These assault weapons allow a shooter to fire many rounds without having to reload. These weapons do not belong on our streets."
Sen. John McCain: "I can tell you right now you need some straight talk. That assault weapons ban will not pass the Congress of the United States."
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A federal appeals court has ruled permits to carry concealed weapons are not protected by the Second Amendment. The ruling came in the case of a Washington state resident who had unsuccessfully sought a concealed weapons permit in Colorado. The Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit ruled the right to bear arms does not supersede laws barring their concealment.
4-Year-Old Boy Accidentally Kills Himself with Father's Gun
A four-year-old boy has died in Houston after shooting himself with his father's gun. Jaiden Pratt picked up the weapon as his father lay asleep and accidentally fired a round into his own stomach. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Life Sentence for Qatari Poet Reduced to 15 Years
A Qatari poet initially jailed for life in prison has had his sentence reduced to 15 years. Mohammed al-Ajami was accused of insulting Qatar's emir and inciting the overthrow of the regime. He wrote a poem inspired by the Tunisian uprising that read, in part, "We are all Tunisia, in the face of the repressive elite." Al-Ajami has been held largely in solitary confinement since his arrest more than a year ago. Defense attorneys say they plan another appeal to Qatar's supreme court to seek his immediate release.
African Leaders Sign Framework Deal for DRC Conflict
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Ban Ki-moon: "This signing ceremony is a significant event in itself. But it is only the beginning of a comprehensive approach that will require sustained engagement. The framework before you outlines commitments and oversight mechanisms which aim at addressing key national and regional issues."
The DRC government and rebel groups are currently holding peace talks in neighboring Uganda.
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NFL Power Rankings: The 20 Teams That Didn't Make the Playoffs
Power Ranking the 20 NFL Teams Who Didn't Make the Playoffs
The NFL regular season is over. With it, most football fans' hopes and dreams are crushed and they are forced to wait another long offseason until their team finally rises to the top. Or more accurately, fans are sitting around waiting to see which bone-headed coach their favorite team will hire this year to coach them to another losing season. Or, fans have hinged all their hopes upon which superstar their team will take with that high draft pick they fought so hard for all season (yes, I'm talking about you, Houston Texans). Even better, their team just barely missed the playoffs because multiple other teams didn't do their job to help them in, and the fans still angry and blaming Roger Goodell for some reason (the Pittsburgh Steelers fans are a greedy bunch). No matter your current situation, the regular season has ended and it is now time to evaluate and analyze.
Since nobody ever gives any love to the teams who don't make the playoffs, this power ranking does just that. This complete list of all 20 teams who missed the playoffs breaks down each team and gives a very brief summary of each loser. We will start with the teams who are just terrible and work our way up to the teams that just missed the playoffs and are the highest ranked. This will provide laughs or tears depending on who your favorite team is. But beware: if you're reading this and your team is in the playoffs, you too may find your favorite on this dreaded list next year. So sit back and enjoy. Feel free to tinker with the rankings as you see fit.
20. Houston Texans
The Texans tie the Falcons for being the biggest underachiever this year. The Texans might have some hope at least they signed coach Bill O'Brien and have the first pick in the draft. Maybe the future is bright?
19. Atlanta Falcons
The Falcons underperformed this season to say the least. This team has the most offensive weapons of any team in the league, yet won only four games. I know Julio Jones got hurt but still, four wins?
18. Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jaguars are awful. They get this rank for not signing Tim Tebow just to sell tickets. It's bad enough that the team is horrid -- they should try to at least make some money. Give the people what they want!
17. Washington Redskins
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The Bucs didn't disappoint anyone this year. They weren't supposed to be good and they weren't. Even with all their injury/QB troubles, this team did what they were supposed to.
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Eleanor Comings, a volunteer for the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, has found dozens of dead loons while walking the beach. In the last few days, nearly 300 dead or dying loons and other fish-eating birds have been counted. / DAN RAY/SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE AVI
Patriarch, the state's oldest banded loon, flew 42,500 miles before he died. / MICHIGAN AUDUBON SOCIETY
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Anyone who finds dead birds along Lake Michigan can report what theyve seen online at www.michigan.gov/emergingdiseases, scroll down to Seasonal Information and go to Type E Botulism in Michigan Waterfowl, and it will take you to a listing of what to do with carcasses and who to report mortalities to.
The list of individuals to whom observations can be reported allows for an accurate count of the species and numbers involved and if specimens are fresh enough they may be collected and submitted for examination and testing.
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Volunteers and biologists walking the beaches of northwestern Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore the past few days have counted nearly 300 dead or dying loons and other fish-eating birds -- all victims of botulism that has scientists concerned about the changing ecology of the Great Lakes.
"This last couple days has been off the charts," said Dan Ray, a biologist in charge of a project monitoring the botulism among fish-eating birds at the park. "I'm sitting here looking at our graph and for the loons, this appears to be one of the worst seasons."
Strong southwest and northwest winds in recent weeks explain why the dead loons are coming ashore, possibly from many miles into Lake Michigan.
The death of loons -- with their haunting two-note cry and striking looks -- gets the public nervous, too, Ray said.
"It's almost strange from a biologist's standpoint," he said. "When loons show up (dead), people freak out."
On Tuesday, Ray walked 2 1/2 miles of shoreline near the mouth of the Platte River with Eleanor Comings, one of the volunteers, and found 88 dead birds, mostly loons. On Wednesday, Comings walked the same stretch and found 22 more loons.
After seeing todays story in the Free Press and on freep.com, several people have reported more dead birds, including loons. Calls and emails came from as far south as Onekema and as far north as Charlevoix.
Bernie Misko, who has a home on Lake Michigan about three miles north of the Portage Lake channel, said he found five loons on Tuesday while walking along the beach.
One of them had coyote tracks walking up to it and around it, but it didnt bother" the carcass, Misko said.
The botulism issue, long a problem in southern U.S. reservoirs, first was a significant concern in Lake Michigan in 2006, Ray said, and was a problem again in 2007, but has been mostly in check the last few years. In 2011, only about 40 loons succumbed on the beaches of the national lakeshore, which Ray said seems to be like the end of a funnel where infected birds from northern Lake Michigan wash ashore.
Many of the birds are migratory, coming from Ontario, the Upper Peninsula and Wisconsin, as well as from northern Michigan, biologists said.
One loon found dead off the tip of the Leelanau Peninsula in late September was known as the Patriarch -- at age 21, the oldest banded loon in Michigan.
It had bred successfully from 2004 through this summer in wetlands along Lake Bellaire in Antrim County.
Thomas Cooley, a biologist and pathologist with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, did the necropsy on Patriarch and determined that botulism killed him.
Besides their popularity with the public, there's another reason to be worried about the birds. "Any bird that's long lived with low reproductivity like a loon, any loss is a concern," Cooley said. "They'll produce only one or two chicks annually."
That compares to waterfowl like ducks that often have broods of 10 chicks.
Mallory King, a spokeswoman for the Michigan Audubon Society, said loons can live as long as 50 years, so Patriarch could have fathered many more chicks.
Loons are born in the northern climates and migrate to areas of the Gulf of Mexico as juveniles and return north to mate and reproduce.
Patriarch was born to loons nesting on Clam Lake in Antrim County in May 1991 and banded about a month later. He was rebanded in 2010.
The Michigan Audubon Society estimates Patriarch flew 42,500 miles before he died.
Blame mussels, gobies
The botulism bacteria killing the birds is linked to several invasive species that now thrive in the lakes.
Here is how biologists Ray and Cooley described what happens:
The problem begins with two tiny nonnative mussels -- zebras and quaggas -- that feed by filtering plankton in the water. Over time, water clarity increases, allowing sunlight to penetrate to greater depths.
In turn, that has allowed mats of algae to grow in deeper water. Meanwhile, another recent addition to the Great Lakes ecosystem -- the bottom-dwelling, minnow-sized round goby -- has proliferated.
As the algae mats decay, they become anaerobic -- depleted of oxygen, an environment in which the botulism bacteria thrives.
In some places, the algae blankets can be several feet thick.
Gobies live in and around the algae and pick up the toxin produced by the bacteria. In turn, susceptible fish-eating birds such as loons, mergansers and grebes, as well as gulls and cormorants, eat the gobies and become poisoned.
Botulism attacks the nervous system, leaving birds unable to control their wings and eventually, their neck muscles to lift their heads.
Death is slow and, at the least, unpleasant.
One theory suggests that the onset of fall weather and the turnover of the water column as the lakes cool could make the botulism toxin more accessible to fish and birds.
In the short term, little can be done to stop the die-offs. Regulators haven't figured out a way to eliminate invasive species like zebra and quagga mussels. And as other baitfish species like alewives and smelt have declined, gobies have become a favorite alternative for lake trout and, occasionally, salmon and other trout species.
Sport fishermen appreciate that.
What only time can tell
The volunteers walking the beaches have handheld GPS units, carefully marking the location of every dead bird.
They also carry shovels and bury birds away from the beach so that the toxin in their bodies isn't passed to eagles, coyotes or foxes that could come upon them and scavenge the remains, said Ray.
Ray said Comings and other volunteers are crucial to the park's efforts to help scientists track the carnage and keep poisoned carcasses off beaches.
On a few occasions, eagle deaths have been linked to botulism, and eagles are occasionally seen feeding on dead fish on the park beaches.
Occasionally, the dead fowl are banded. Those birds are sent to laboratories for necropsies.
Asked whether the worst of the die-off is over, Ray said: "I hope so. Time will tell. We've got a little bit of a south wind right now."
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Guidelines recommend maintaining the heart rate (HR) of acute stroke patients within physiological limits; data on the frequency and predictors of significant deviations from these limits are scarce.
Demographical data, stroke risk factors, NIH stroke scale score, lesion size and location, and ECG parameters were prospectively assessed in 256 patients with ischemic stroke. Patients were continuously monitored for at least 24 hours on a certified stroke unit. Tachycardia (HR ≥120 bpm) and bradycardia (HR <45 bpm) and cardiac rhythm (sinus rhythm or atrial fibrillation) were documented. We investigated the influence of risk factors on HR disturbances and their respective influence on dependence (modified Rankin Scale ≥ 3 after three months) and mortality.
HR ≥120 bpm occurred in 39 patients (15%). Stroke severity (larger lesion size/higher NIHSS-score on admission), atrial fibrillation and HR on admission predicted its occurrence. HR <45 bpm occurred in 12 patients (5%) and was predicted by lower HR on admission. Neither HR ≥120 nor HR <45 bpm independently predicted poor outcome at three moths. Stroke location had no effect on the occurrence of HR violations. Clinical severity and age remained the only consistent predictors of poor outcome.
Significant tachycardia and bradycardia are frequent phenomena in acute stroke; however they do not independently predict clinical course or outcome. Continuous monitoring allows detecting rhythm disturbances in stroke patients and allows deciding whether urgent medical treatment is necessary.
Cardiac complications are frequent after acute stroke and, vice versa, cardiac disease is a frequent cause of stroke. About 30% of all strokes are classified as cardioembolic with atrial fibrillation (AF) being the single most important risk factor [1]. The prominent cardiac complications are known since a long time and include myocardial infarctions (MI), tachycardia, and bradycardia [2]. Heart rate (HR) monitoring and maintenance of a normal HR is an essential part of stroke unit treatment [3,4]. However, in contrast to blood pressure, no definition of what is a normal HR is given, and questions arise from this recommendation: What to do when HR leave "physiological limits"? Is active treatment necessary in any case? How frequent are significant tachycardias or bradycardias in an unselected cohort of stroke patients, and at which time point after stroke do they occur? Are there predictors of tachy- or bradycardia? And finally, are tachy- or bradycardia predictive of poor outcome? Data on all these questions is scarce.
We included 256 consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke (< 48 h since symptom onset) admitted to our stroke unit. Patients were classified according to the TOAST criteria with respect of the presumptive cause of stroke [5]. Patients with transient neurological deficits were included in case imaging identified an acute ischemic lesion consistent with the clinical presentation. In total, 365 patients were screened for eligibility. Patients with sinus thrombosis (n = 6), primary or secondary intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH, n = 41), and patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage (n = 5) were excluded. We excluded 17 patients, who were intubated during the admission process for coma or respiratory failure (n = 5) or for emergency intervention demanding anaesthesia (intra-arterial thrombolysis/mechanical thrombectomy, n = 12). We also excluded patients who had to be intubated within 24 hours (n = 6) and before any endpoint occurred, because in all these cases the course of HR was biased by mechanisms other than the natural course, e.g. adrenergic vasopressors to maintain a sufficient blood pressure in sedated patients. We excluded patients who spent <24 hours on the unit (n = 34) and who were referred in stable conditions, as for those only incomplete data sets were available.
The local ethics committee (Ethikkommission der Ärztekammer Westfalen-Lippe) approved data collection and a telephone interview after three months. Follow-up data were provided by the "Qualitätssicherungsprojekt Schlaganfall Nordwestdeutschland" (Quality control project "Stroke" North-Western Germany).
All patients or their proxies gave informed consent to the protocol at the start of the monitoring period.
Demographical data (age, sex, past medical history, time from symptom onset) were assessed. History of chronic heart failure (CHF), coronary heart disease (CHD), AF, and other rhythm disturbances were assessed. Vital signs (bood pressure, oxygen saturation) and laboratory parameters (blood glucose, cholesterol, Troponin I, Creatinine, C-reactive protein) were assessed on admission.
Stroke severity on admission was determined using the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) [6]. We also noted whether patients received thrombolytic therapy. Time from symptom onset was recorded in full hours.
All patients received cerebral imaging (95% CCT, 69% MRI) to determine lesion size and location. Lesion size was categorized as follows: "1" No infarction visible on scan but clinical symptoms persisting 24 hours or more. "2" infarction <1.5 cm diameter, "3" size up to 1/3 of MCA territory or 1.5-5 cm diameter. "4" lesion 1/3-2/3 MCA territory or >5 cm diameter but no space occupying effect. "5" >2/3 MCA territory or >5 cm diameter plus space occupying effect [7].
Location of the infarction was also assessed on cerebral imaging and classified as "left" and "right" for the left and right anterior circulation territory, "posterior" for lesions only in the vertebro-basilar territory, "multiple" for multiple lesions in more than one pre-defined region and "undetermined" in case no definite new lesion was seen.
Assessment of heart rate and rhythm
An ECG was recorded on admission and evaluated concerning HR, type of rhythm, configuration and duration of PQ-time, QRS-complex and ST-segment.
Rhythm was described as sinus rhythm or AF. Sinus arryhthmia and atrial and ventricular premature beats were classified as sinus rhythm.
PQ-time was defined as normal or AV-block. Length of the QRS-complex and presence of a pathological Q-wave was noted. The ST-segment was evaluated in patients without branch blocks. Signs of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) according to the modified Cornell criteria, signs of chronic strain, and markers of old and acute myocardial infarction were noted [8]. QTc-time was calculated according to the Bazett's-formula.
Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) were diagnosed according to clinical and laboratory investigations. Control ECGs were performed if indicated [9,10].
Patients were connected to an automated multimodal monitoring system (Siemens SC6000 or SC9000XL, Siemens, Erlangen, Germany) using a three-lead ECG-tracing method routinely displaying lead II of the Einthoven leads. HR was continuously recorded. "Tachycardia" was defined as HR ≥120 beats per minute (bpm), "bradycardia" was defined as HR <45 bpm. These thresholds were arbitrarily chosen prior to the study after consented decision of all authors as "HR that is significantly abnormal and is likely to demand active medical treatment". The textbook definition of tachycardia (≥100 bpm) and bradycardia (<60 bpm) were assessed for comparison reasons. Only the first 24 hours were analysed concerning HR threshold violations to determine the predictive value obtainable in patients monitored for at least this period. The exact timing of the first occurrence of brady- or tachycardia was noted. All patients received echocardiography to assess left ventricular function as an important predictor of outcome in patients with AF [11]. Left ventricular function was graded as normal (ejection fraction, EF >55%), moderately impaired (EF 35-55%) and severely impaired (EF < 35%). Due to the small number of patients with severely impaired EF, data were dichotomised for analysis comparing patients with EF > 55% vs. patients with lower EF. Infectious complications were assessed as described elsewhere [7].
Treatment of tachycardia/Bradycadia
Active medical treatment was left to the discretion of the treating physician, but was considered in case of "significant" tachycardia or bradycardia as defined above. Furthermore, any tachycardia or bradycardia with clinical symptoms (dizziness, palpitation, pain, systolic BP < 100 mmHg) was considered significant irrespective of the registered heart rate. In case medical treatment was necessary, this was defined as the end point heart rhythm disturbance, HRD. The occurrence of HRDs was recorded for the complete stay in the hospital even beyond 24 hours.
Tachycardic HRD was treated depending on the type of rhythm disturbance. The most frequent type of tachyarrhythmia secondary to AF was treated by metoprolol i.v. (5 mg iv. shot or via continuous infusion, 50 mg/50 ml, at a rate of 2-8 ml/h). Alternatively verapamil i.v. was given (5-10 mg i.v. shot, or continuous infusion 50 mg/50 ml, at a rate of 2-8 ml/h). In addition, digoxin preparations were given iv (0.25 mg, tid for 3 days, thereafter according to serum levels). Pharmakologic cardioversion was performed by amiodarone (900 mg/d iv for 5 days followed by 200 mg/d) or electric cardioversion, the latter especially in cases of instable blood pressure. Bradycardia was only treated, if associated with clinical symptoms or in case of RR intervals >5 s. The first action included atropine (0.1 mg i.v.), attachable external pacer electrodes were placed in selected cases. Indication for permanent pacemaker placement was discussed with the cardiologist. Other rhythm disturbances were treated according to established guidelines for advanced cardiac life support.
Patients were followed-up clinically throughout their hospital stay and after discharge by validated standardized telephone interviews 3 months after symptom onset to determine clinical outcome [6]. Outcome was determined using the modified Rankin scale (mRS). Dependency was defined as mRS ≥3. Mortality was noted separately.
Patients with tachycardia or bradycardia were compared with patients without events. Single factor analysis was performed using Fisher's exact test for dichotomized items and Chi-square for trend analysis for ordinal items. Mann-Whitney-U tests were performed for continuous variables. HR values obtained at various time points during the first 24 hours were compared using the Wilcoxon Test for matched pairs.
Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to determine independent predictors of HRDs, infectious complications and bad outcome which always included the HR threshold with the models. Lesion size (ordinal 0-5) but not NIHSS on admission was included in these models. Frequency and timing of tachycardia and bradycardia within the first 24 hours were graphically displayed cumulative percentages. Patients
Basic demographical data of the study population and of the patients who had to be excluded, because they did not complete the 24 study period as described above are given in table 1.
Table 1. Basic demographical data of study population and excluded patients
Patients who had to be excluded from the final analysis had longer times to admission (p = 0.01), had lower heart rates on admission (0.04) and had lower NIHSS scores on admission (p < 0.001). However, those patients that had to be excluded because of clinical deterioration and subsequent intubation had significantly higher NIHSS scores on admission (15, 7.5-15.5 vs. 5, 2-9; p < 0.01).There were no significant differences in other demographical parameters.
Detailed data of single factor analysis results of the study population are given in table 2.
Table 2. Basic data and single factor analysis for tachy- and bradycardia
Both, mild and severe tachycardia was significantly more frequent in patients with a history of AF or AF on admission ECG than in patients without AF, with a stronger association for severe tachycardia and AF. Tachycardia was associated with older age, higher NIHSS scores on admission, larger infarctions on imaging, history of hypertension, history of AF, higher HR on admission and cardioembolic stroke etiology in single factor analysis. The association was stronger for HR≥120 bpm than for HR≥100 bpm. Tachycardia was associated with poor outcome at three months, and patients with tachycardia more frequently died during their hospital stay and at three months, however, these differences were not significant.
Bradycardia <45 bpm occurred in 12 of 256 patients (5%), and was only associated with HR on admission. All other factors analysed did not significantly differ, probably due to number of cases. Bradycardia <60 bpm occurred in 114 patients (44%). Other than HR on admission, there were no factors associated with this endpoint.
After multiple logistic regression analysis neither tachycardia nor bradycardia was predictive of infectious complications. Infections were predicted by lesion size (OR: 1.6, 1.2-2.1 per category, p = 0.0003) and admission and blood glucose on admission (1.01 per mg/dl, 1.0002-1.012, p = 0.04).
HRDs were predicted by lesion size (OR: 1.5, 1.01-2.2 per category, p = 0.04), tachycardia ≥120 bpm (OR: 3.2, 1.2-8.7) and cardioembolic stroke etiology (OR: 4.0, 1.4-11.1, p = 0.008)
Dependency at three months was predicted by older age (OR: 1.04, 1.02-1.07 per year, p = 0.0002), lesion size (OR: 1.7, 1.3-2.2 per category, p = 0.0001) and elevated blood glucose on admission (OR 1.01, (OR 1.001-1.014, p = 0.02). There were trends for history of stroke (p = 0.055) and infectious complications (p = 0.09) to be associated with bad outcome.
The course of the mean HR within the first 24 hours is displayed in figure 1.
Figure 1. Mean (± SD) heart rates on admission, at 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24 hours. Mean values: Large black squares, plus/minus SD: grey lines. There is significant reduction of the mean HR during the first 24 hours after admission.
Mean HR among all patients was highest on admission and sank during the first 24 h. HR dropped by an average of 8 bpm from admission to 12 h, and remained stable from there. The difference between HR on admission, 12 h and 24 hours was highly significant (p < 0.0001).
Tachycardia according to textbook definition (HR ≥100 bpm) occurred in 87 of 256 patients (34%). More severe tachycardia of HR ≥120 bpm occurred in 39 patients (15%). The onset of both, tachycardia and bradycardia followed a mainly linearly pattern over the first 24 hours after admission; however tachycardia was more frequent on admission compared with bradycardia. Cumulative data on the time of the first detection of tachycardia or bradycardia are given in figure 2.
Figure 2. Cumulative percentage of high and low heart rate violations over the first 24 hours after admission: Incidence of HR threshold violations over time within the first 24 h after admission. The total number of patients violating the threshold at 24 h is set 100%. Only the first threshold violation was recorded.
Severe tachycardia was the rhythm disturbance most frequently present on admission (17 of 39 patients, 33%), followed by mild tachycardia (22 of 87 patients, 33%) and mild bradycardia (30 of 114 patients, 26%). Severe bradycardia occurred with the lowest percentage on admission (3 of 12 patients, 25%).
In our prospective study, significant tachycardia ≥120 bpm occurred in about 10% of acute stroke patients within the first 24 hours after admission. Mainly patients with AF were affected and those already having high HR on admission. Patients with larger infarcts were more likely to exhibit tachycardia. Other authors found cardiac events mainly in patients with large infarctions and high clinical severity [12]. Christensen et al. found tachycardia ≥120 bpm to be related to poor outcome [13] and Steger et al. found admission HR ≥100 bpm to be independently related to mortality [14]. In our study, outcome was worse in patients with tachycardia in single factor analysis. However, these associations did not withstand inclusion of age, lesion size and infectious complications in the final regression model. This could be due to significant interaction between all these factors in acute stroke [15]. We assumed that severe tachycardia would better discriminate between tachycardia with and without prognostic importance, however this may also have led to a case number too small to demonstrate small effects. Patients with cardiac embolism frequently have larger infarctions than other etiologic subgroups. This could to be observed in our data as well, and patients with AF were more likely to develop tachycardia. Thus, inter correlation between tachycardia and lesion size might be so strong that no independent effect of tachycardia on outcome could be seen in our study.
Mean HR was highest on admission and decreased within the next hours, which parallels the course of blood pressure in the first hour after stroke [16], argue for an intense stress reaction of the body leading to sympathoadrenergic responses of the body. This reaction is dependent on lesion size and on psychological stress. The lesion size dependent reaction is in line with other studies reporting stress reactions as causes of troponin increases [17,18] or increases in cardiac events [19]. In the same direction points the observation that higher blood glucose was associated with tachycardia in single factor analysis and that blood glucose was associated with poor outcome. This observation is very much in line with other studies [20].
The occurrence of bradycardia was not predictable by known outcome factors. Only lower HR on admission was associated with bradycardia. On the one hand, bradycardia <45 bpm was too rare in our cohort to reveal robust results. On the other hand, mild tachycardia, which occurred in 44% of all patients failed to be associated with adverse outcome. Bradycardia occurred significantly more frequent during night time than during daytime. Taking the circadian rhythm into account, this result is not surprising [16,21]. Mild tachycardia <60 bpm is not a useful threshold to guide clinical decision making in the setting of acute stroke. In an unselected stroke cohort, bradycardia seems to be mainly a benign frequency reduction in most cases. Life threatening bradycardias are singular events and are poorly predictable.
We did not find a significant preponderance for either brain hemisphere to generate HR disturbances. There was a non-significant trend towards more cardiac complications in left hemispheric lesions which is in contrast to other studies that described preponderance for right hemispheric, especially insular, lesions [13,22,23]. The difference may be explained because in a stroke cohort without pre-selection of lesions of predefined brain regions additional mechanisms such as size of the infarction and individual risk profile cumulatively have a greater role for HR disturbances than specific brain regions. A limitation of our study was that we excluded a significant proportion of patients with severe strokes, namely those, who had to be intubated during the admission process, or for invasive recanalisation procedures, or those, who deteriorated within 24 hours from admission (in total 23 patients, which accounts for almost 10% of the entire cohort). These patients likely would have exhibited a number of additional rhythm disturbances, as we found lesion size and higher NIHSS scores to be associated with tachycardia. Thus, the frequency of arrhythmic periods in a general stroke population was possibly underestimated. On the other side of the spectrum of clinical severity 34 patients with mild strokes had to be excluded as they were referred from the stroke unit in stable conditions before the observation time was completed. This has possibly lead to a slight overestimation of rhythm disturbances in the general stroke population. Overall, the in- and exclusion of patients on both sides of the broad spectrum of clinical severity may have balanced out, and the detected frequency of rhythm disturbances in stroke patients is a good estimate for the frequency in the general stroke population.
Serious HR threshold violations occur in more than 10% of stroke patients thus justifying intensive monitoring of all stroke patients. Current evidence argues mainly for a significant stress reaction of the body as the reason for HR increases after stroke. Pre-existing cardiac disease further facilitates HR disturbances and cardiac events in this setting. It is thus unlikely that treatment of rate disturbances as such improve prognosis and prevent cardiac events. However, to definitely answer this question, randomised trials including active rate control arms are needed.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
MAR, AR, PUH, JS and DGN designed the study. MAR, AR, RD, DGN collected the data. JS interpreted ECGs, echocardiograms and cardiac events. PUH delivered data on outcome. MAR and EBR drafted the manuscript, all authors revised clinical end points and revised the manuscript. All authors gave final approval to the manuscript.
Acknowledgements and Funding
We acknowledge support for the publication costs by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Open Access Publication Fund of the University of Muenster
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