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"The average crop revenue election program is an innovative alternative to the traditional farm safety," said Cary Son, FSA representative. "This new option presents an opportunity for producers to review both programs and decide which one will work best for their operation."
Local producers will have until Aug. 14 to make decisions for 2009 crops. The United States Department of Agriculture will not accept late filed applications.
Producers who elect the ACRE program for a farm agree to:
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Commodities eligible for ACRE payments are wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, long grain rice, medium and short grain rice, peanuts, soybeans, sunflower seed, canola, flaxseed, safflower, mustard seed, rapeseed, sesame seed, crambe, dry peas and lentils as well as small and large chickpeas.
The ACRE program was created in the 2008 Farm Bill to give producers an option in lieu of traditional counter-cyclical payments.
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2011 Kansas City Royals
Posted 29 March 2011 - 02:45 PM
1 3B Mike Aviles
2 CF Melky Cabrera
3 LF Alex Gordon
4 DH Billy Butler
5 1B Kila Ka'aihue
6 RF Jeff Francoeur
7 C Brayan Pena
8 2B Chris Getz
9 SS Alcides Escobar
C Matt Treanor
IF Wilson Betemit
OF Jarrod Dyson
OF Mitch Maier
Starting Rotation
1 RHP Luke Hochevar
2 LHP Jeff Francis
3 RHP Kyle Davies
4 LHP Bruce Chen
5 RHP Vin Mazzaro
CL RHP Joakim Soria
SU RHP Robinson Tejeda
LHP Tim Collins and MID RHP Aaron Crow are also in the pen to start the season.
Collins is from Worcester, Crow was drafted 9th in 2008, 12th in 2009.
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Posted 29 March 2011 - 02:48 PM
1. Mike Moustakas, 3B
2. Eric Hosmer, 1B
4. Mike Montgomery, LHP
5. John Lamb, LHP
7. Danny Duffy, LHP
Moustakas will probably be up in June after the arbitration cutoff. With a few of the others throughout the course of the season.
Posted 16 April 2011 - 03:50 PM
B Butler........... .373/.484/.569 1.053
A Gordon........ .373/.403/.559 .962
J Francoeur... .327/.339/.509 .848
W Betemit...... .387/.474/.613 1.087
Starters not walking anyone:
L Hochevar.. 4.21 ERA, 1.01 WHIP.......... 5.6 K9 1.4 BB9 4.0 K/BB
J Francis...... 2.61 ERA, 1.16 WHIP.......... 5.7 K9 1.3 BB9 4.3 K/BB
B Chen......... 2.37 ERA, 1.11 WHIP.......... 5.2 K9 1.9 BB9 2.8 K/BB
Soria struggling:
Posted 05 May 2011 - 05:22 PM
Posted 10 May 2011 - 05:52 AM
Posted 10 May 2011 - 09:34 AM
So at least on the surface, the Royals made a move which improves the major league team immediately, gives a clear signal that they're going to take their chances of contention seriously until proven otherwise, and gives their long-suffering fan base a glimpse of a brighter future to come. And they did so without compromising their farm system at all.
That's not to say that Hosmer's promotion is entirely cost-free, because it's not. The most obvious cost of promoting Hosmer on Thursday is, well, the cost. Under the current rules, by being promoted exactly five weeks into the season, Hosmer is almost guaranteed to be a "Super-Two" player at the end of the 2013 season....
That's not chump change. And even if the cost only winds up being $5 million Sam Mellinger thinks it could be a lot more that's a hell of a lot of money for the next six weeks of Hosmer's career. But the caveat here is this: the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the players' union and ownership expires this winter. Everyone expects a new agreement to be hammered out peacefully, but everyone also expects some changes to be made in the agreement. One of the areas where changes may be seen is in the area of Super Two players. There's probably a 50/50 chance that the rules will be changed substantially, in which case Hosmer either won't be a Super Two after all, or he would have been a Super Two even if he had stayed in the minors for another six weeks.
It's still a big risk, and I'm not sure it was risk the Royals needed to take. If they think they can stay in contention all season, then it's a risk they can justify. But they better be right.
Edited by maufman, 10 May 2011 - 09:34 AM.
Posted 12 May 2011 - 11:09 PM
Agent Scott Boras on Thursday shot down any hopes the Kansas City Royals had of signing burgeoning star Eric Hosmer(notes) to a long-term extension, telling Yahoo! Sports he expects massive increases in television revenue to change the landscape of salaries in baseball.
Athletes have to know that you have to look at the market youre in, Boras said. You cant look at the markets of the past. For players like Hosmer, as you go back and look, as [Mark] Teixeira had his own market and [Prince] Fielder had his own market, Hosmer will have his own. And something tells me its going to be a rather eventful one.
He scored Teixeira the largest contract for a first baseman (eight years, $180 million), could eclipse it this offseason with the 27-year-old Fielder and expects Hosmer to reach free agency in the middle of a ripe financial era brought about by new local television contracts in large markets and a new national TV deal come 2013.
The arbitration markets and free-agent markets are going to be vastly different, Boras said.
Posted 15 May 2011 - 12:20 PM
Posted 15 May 2011 - 12:28 PM
And there's absolutely zero chance of Hosmer getting hurt. He's a Boras client. So there's absolutely zero chance that signing a deal that goes through his arb years and gives an option for one or two of his free agent years at pretty big money but not the most possible that he could make will ever happen. Security? That doesn't have any value.
Good to see Boras isn't getting ahead of himself or anything.
I don't wish hosmer ill but I half wish he'd get hurt to show how Boras's inflexibility on this issue is ill considered.
And theres's NFW Fielder gets a deal bigger than Teixeira's with the perception that he'll have to be a DH and that he has real negative baserunning value on top of fluctuation in his hitting value.
As to his dumb blowhard certainty of an endlessly rising economic tide, that's just ridiculous.
Edited by Rough Carrigan, 15 May 2011 - 12:31 PM.
Posted 16 May 2011 - 06:06 AM
But for fuck's sake, can KC fans just enjoy the guy for two fucking weeks before he's getting pushed out the door?
Edited by Jimy Hendrix, 16 May 2011 - 06:06 AM.
Posted 17 May 2011 - 10:06 AM
AAA numbers: 36.0 IP, 3.00 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 10.75 K/9, 2.50 BB/9
Posted 25 May 2011 - 11:56 AM
Long story short, he was drafted by the Royals in 1968, before the franchise played its first game. Pitched for 14 seasons, retired in 1984, then become a beloved announcer for the Royals until his death. He will be missed.
Posted 25 May 2011 - 01:12 PM
And there's absolutely zero chance of Hosmer getting hurt. He's a Boras client. So there's absolutely zero chance that signing a deal that goes through his arb years and gives an option for one or two of his free agent years at pretty big money but not the most possible that he could make will ever happen. Security? That doesn't have any value.
I don't wish hosmer ill but I half wish he'd get hurt to show how Boras's inflexibility on this issue is ill considered.
And theres's NFW Fielder gets a deal bigger than Teixeira's with the perception that he'll have to be a DH and that he has real negative baserunning value on top of fluctuation in his hitting value.
As to his dumb blowhard certainty of an endlessly rising economic tide, that's just ridiculous.
I used to hate Scott Boras. Now, in the wake of the A-Rod fiasco, I figure players who retain Boras as their agent know what they're doing. If you're willing to take an Evan Longoria-type deal, Boras shouldn't be your agent. If Hosmer is unhappy with Boras's representation, he can fire him -- but we all know that's not going to happen. So if you must blame someone, blame Hosmer -- Boras is just the mouthpiece.
Also, while Boras might be wrong about the particulars, I think he's right that MLB will likely be in better financial condition in 2017 or 2018 than it is now.
You are, of course, right about Prince Fielder.
Posted 30 May 2011 - 10:06 PM
KC looks like they missed their window on moving him, they should have done it right after Greinke.
Posted 01 June 2011 - 12:54 AM
If Soria can solve those issues and he reverts to his old form, great, no worries. If the Royals were offered Jesus Montero in the offseason -- no one ever confirmed that -- they should've taken it. Even if he's blocked by Hosmer at first base, he would've been a nice trading chip. Even so, I don't blame the Royals for keeping him. Heck, if Soria doesn't blow those five saves (three in the past week), the Royals would be 29-25 right now, four games out of first place.
Posted 03 June 2011 - 10:30 AM
Soria's velocity is down about 1 MPH across the board and here are his curveball % over the last 4 years: 14%, 13%, 7%, 4%. Unless throwing them ruining his arm which I think is plausible, he might want to get back to throwing it.
Split W L RS RA WP March 0 1 2 4 .000 April 14 12 133 130 .538 May 10 17 117 141 .370 June 1 1 4 8 .500
Edited by SoxScout, 03 June 2011 - 10:39 AM.
Posted 10 June 2011 - 12:35 AM
Can't wait to see what the Royals' lineup looks like tomorrow night in Anaheim. To make room for Moustakas, the Royals will need to clear someone from the 40-man roster -- Moose wasn't on it. Betimet will become a full-time backup.
I know the Royals are still terrible, but it's exciting to see the kids coming up to KC.
Posted 01 August 2011 - 11:02 AM
Posted 07 September 2011 - 01:46 PM
The Royals have, by far, the highest team leverage index in the AL. Among players with enough PAs to qualify for the batting title, 5 of the top 6 players in the AL in pLI are on the Royals -- Francoeur, Hosmer, Escobar, Cabrera and Butler. Of those 5, only Hosmer has a positive "clutch" rating, and 3 of the other 4 (Escobar, Butler and Francoeur) are in the bottom 25% of the league. Escobar is especially bad -- he has the 4th-worst clutch rating in the AL. I wouldn't have thought it was possible for someone who's as bad as Escobar overall to be even worse in the clutch.
Of course, for a team building for the future, all this is good news. The Royals can expect to improve in 2012 just by virtue of their luck evening out.
(Note: all stats from Fangraphs; I wrote this a couple days ago and didn't update the stats before posting, on the assumption that nothing has materially changed in such a short time.)
Posted 07 September 2011 - 02:29 PM
Edited by Rough Carrigan, 07 September 2011 - 02:30 PM.
Posted 12 September 2011 - 05:34 PM
Doesn't that just mean that they never blow anyone out but don't have horrendous pitching so that they're always batting with the game close? But because they never blow anyone out they're probably not that good offensively so it's not a huge surprise that they don't do very well in all these high leverage situations they create by not doing very well.
But they do have horrendous pitching -- only the Orioles have a higher team ERA. And iirc, the Fangraphs "clutch" stat accounts for the player's baseline performance level. So, for example, saying Alcides Escobar is a bad clutch hitter doesn't simply mean that he doesn't come up big in the clutch (duh), it means he's a lot worse in the clutch than you would expect a guy with a 611 OPS to be -- which is a mind-blowing standard of futility. (Escobar is 9-for-73 with 1 XBH in "high leverage" situations this season.)
The Royals are tied for the AL lead in one-run games (54). Their record in those games is not good (23-31), but neither is it notably awful for a team with a .419 winning percentage overall.


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On a winter night on a remote Nebraska road, 27-year-old Mark Schluter flips his truck in a near-fatal accident. His older sister Karin, his only near kin, returns reluctantly to their hometown to nurse Mark back from a traumatic head injury. But when he emerges from a protracted coma, Mark believes that this woman — who looks, acts, and sounds just like his sister — is really an identical impostor. Shattered by her brother's refusal to recognize her, Karin contacts the cognitive neurologist Gerald Weber, famous for his case histories describing the infinitely bizarre worlds of brain disorder. Weber recognizes Mark as a rare case of Capgras Syndrome, a doubling delusion, and eagerly investigates. What he discovers in Mark slowly undermines even his own sense of being. Meanwhile, Mark, armed only with a note left by an anonymous witness, attempts to learn what happened the night of his inexplicable accident. The truth of that evening will change the lives of all three beyond recognition.
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"Richard Powers' new novel — a kind of neuro-cosmological adventure — is an exhilarating narrative feat. The ease with which the author controls his frequently complex material is sometimes as thrilling to watch as the unfolding of the story itself. Yet it opens quietly enough, on the banks of the Platte River in Nebraska, where the cranes are preparing for their annual migration. Powers clearly... Washington Post Book Review (read the entire Washington Post review) has symbolic duties in mind for these birds (the 'echo makers' of the title), evolutionary oddities from the center of America; and much of the first part of the book suggests we are in for a traditional novel of theme and character, complete with natural symbolism. The central character, a 27-year-old meatpacker named Mark Schluter, is in a coma following a mysterious automobile accident. An amiable underachiever, he is devoted to his truck, and it seems inexplicable that he could have flipped it on a straight road when sober. While he is unconscious, an unseen visitor leaves a note by his bed. The note's contents suggest that whoever wrote it was at the scene of the accident — presumably the person responsible for calling the emergency services and saving Mark's life. Mark slowly recovers. All his faculties return to him, save one: He does not recognize his elder sister, Karin, who has always been devoted to him. It appears that Mark is the victim of Capgras Syndrome (a real complaint), in which patients refuse to believe that those closest to them are who they claim to be. Mark concedes that the woman who tends to him and takes him home is very like the real Karin and has done her homework on their family history, but he never believes she is really his sister. Capgras is typically found only in psychiatric patients — often schizophrenics — so its development from a head injury raises unusual medical and philosophical questions. In her despair, Karin writes to a famous East Coast neurologist named Gerald Weber, and with his entrance the novel becomes richer. Weber, a sort of Oliver Sacks figure, has made a name by publishing essays about his patients. His curiosity is not unreasonably aroused by this case in a million: 'Capgras from an accident,' he muses, 'a phenomenon that could crown or crash any theory of consciousness.' Or, as he puts it to his wife, Sylvie: 'It's the kind of neither-both case that could help arbitrate between two very different paradigms of mind.' As the narrative switches temporarily to Weber's point of view, we see Mark in a different light, but it's still a character-driven novel with the puzzle of human consciousness as its meaty theme. That would be enough for most readers, I imagine, but Powers has other ideas. At about the halfway stage, these themes become secondary to the story. What really happened to Mark that night? Who wrote that note? Will he ever recognize Karin again? Around these three questions, Powers draws in a larger cast: Karin's nature-conservationist lover and her property-developer ex; Mark's two old buddies from the meatpacking plant and, most importantly, his care assistant, Barbara, who seems over-sophisticated for her job and appears disconcertingly familiar to more than one other character. This complicated story is masterfully controlled; the pace never slackens; the writing remains direct and clear. While Mark attempts to reintegrate himself, Weber slides unwillingly the other way. An adverse critical and public reaction to his new book, coupled with a sense of failure in Mark's case, precipitates a frightening disintegration. He questions his life's work and, especially, its motivation; he even fails (in a neat parallel to Mark) to recognize the virtues of those closest to him. Weber's breakdown, apparently psychological in cause and effect, is nevertheless analyzed by him in neurological terms, and in a book of bravura switches of viewpoint, this is Powers' greatest coup. By the end of the novel, the narrative stakes have been raised very high, yet on the three main questions, Powers delivers handsomely: Mysteries are resolved, answers satisfactorily given. For this concentration on plot, however, there remains a price to be paid in thematic richness. It is futile to complain that the riddle of human consciousness is not fully explained; Powers illuminates it as far as current science permits and dramatizes his findings with a novelist's concern for character. Yet the resolution of the Capgras issue, realistic though it is, does not pull its weight emotionally, and the end of the mystery-note story does not reverberate as much as it might. This certainly should not dim one's admiration for Powers' boldness. He is a formidable talent, and this is a lucid, fiercely entertaining novel — which, incidentally, with the inevitable loss of intellectual richness, would make a terrific movie. Sebastian Faulks' new novel is 'Human Traces.'" Reviewed by Sebastian Faulks, Washington Post Book World (Copyright 2006 Washington Post Book World Service/Washington Post Writers Group)
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"A remarkable novel, from one of our greatest novelists, and a book that will change all who read it." Booklist (Starred Review)
"One of our best novelists...once again extends his unparalleled range." Kirkus Reviews
"[A] muscularly ambitious book, one that scatters small yet piercing revelations among the more thunderous ideas....Powers may well be one of the smartest novelists now writing." Los Angeles Times
"Cleverly, this novel isn't simply about Mark's damaged brain...instead, it sheds light generally on the human mind and our struggle to make sense of both the past and the present." Library Journal
"[A] mad symphony on the fragility of human identity....There's far too much happening in The Echo Maker...but the chaotic novel is nonetheless one of the year's most engrossing. (Grade: A-)" Entertainment Weekly
"It's a tribute to Powers's nimble plotting that the mysteries unfold so organically and stealthily that you are unaware of his machinations until they come to stunning fruition....Powers accomplishes something magnificent." Colson Whitehead, the New York Times Book Review
Winner of the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction
On a winter night on a remote Nebraska road, twenty-seven-year-old Mark Schluter has a near-fatal car accident. His older sister, Karin, returns reluctantly to their hometown to nurse Mark back from a traumatic head injury. But when Mark emerges from a coma, he believes that this woman — who looks, acts, and sounds just like his sister — is really an imposter. When Karin contacts the famous cognitive neurologist Gerald Weber for help, he diagnoses Mark as having Capgras syndrome. The mysterious nature of the disease, combined with the strange circumstances surrounding Mark's accident, threatens to change all of their lives beyond recognition. In The Echo Maker, Richard Powers proves himself to be one of our boldest and most entertaining novelists.
Winner of the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction
The Echo Maker is "a remarkable novel, from one of our greatest novelists, and a book that will change all who read it" (Booklist, starred review).
On a winter night on a remote Nebraska road, twenty-seven-year-old Mark Schluter has a near-fatal car accident. His older sister, Karin, returns reluctantly to their hometown to nurse Mark back from a traumatic head injury. But when Mark emerges from a coma, he believes that this woman--who looks, acts, and sounds just like his sister--is really an imposter. When Karin contacts the famous cognitive neurologist Gerald Weber for help, he diagnoses Mark as having Capgras syndrome. The mysterious nature of the disease, combined with the strange circumstances surrounding Mark's accident, threatens to change all of their lives beyond recognition. In The Echo Maker, Richard Powers proves himself to be one of our boldest and most entertaining novelists.
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Richard Powers is the author of nine novels and has received a MacArthur Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award, and the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Historical Fiction. He lives in Illinois.
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Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) today reported adjusted earnings of $0.68 per share for the third quarter of 2011, compared with adjusted earnings of $0.48 per share in the third quarter of 2010.
BALTIMORE, MD - Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) today reported adjusted earnings of $0.68 per share for the third quarter of 2011, compared with adjusted earnings of $0.48 per share in the third quarter of 2010. Adjusted earnings exclude the cumulative effects of changes in accounting principles, discontinued operations and special items (which are defined as significant items that are not related to the company's ongoing, underlying business or which distort comparability of results). On a Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) basis, Constellation Energy reported earnings of $0.36 per share in the third quarter of 2011, compared with a loss of $6.99 per share in the third quarter of 2010.
Excluding power restoration costs associated with Hurricane Irene and mark-to-market timing, Constellation Energy reaffirmed its 2011 earnings guidance range of $3.05 to $3.35 per share.
"Our core businesses are performing well in a competitive price environment, benefitting in particular from strong results in our wholesale load serving business. We continue to make headway with our strategy to combine cost-effective conventional and renewable energy supply with an integrated mix of innovative energy management products and solutions," said Mayo A. Shattuck III, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Constellation Energy.
"During the quarter, we continued to reinforce our commitment to renewable energy with the start of construction on a 16.1 megawatt solar installation in Emmitsburg, Md., that will be the state's largest when completed," Shattuck said. "In September, we also launched our solar panel leasing program for residential customers in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Pennsylvania. As a result of this initiative, homeowners can harness solar energy to meet a significant portion of their electricity needs with little or no upfront investment.
"Our generation segment posted solid results for the quarter, with our recently acquired New England generation assets again exceeding our expected output," Shattuck said. "In Texas, our gas plants performed particularly well during an extended stretch of record-breaking heat in August.
"At BGE, our employees demonstrated their determination and skill in the wake of Hurricane Irene, a massive storm that slammed the region with 72-mile-per-hour wind gusts and knocked out power to 750,000 customers," Shattuck said. "Despite difficult conditions, BGE restored service to 95 percent of affected customers within five days after Irene passed through our system, and restored all service at a rate that on average was 20 percent faster than in the wake of Hurricane Isabel in 2003.
"Looking ahead, we remain confident in the prospect of combining Constellation's leading customer-facing retail and wholesale customer platform with Exelon's clean merchant generation fleet," Shattuck said. "During the quarter, we reached an agreement with PJM's Independent Market Monitor to address market power concerns and have received regulatory approval from the Public Utility Commission of Texas. In Maryland, we look forward to the start of hearings before the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) next week and continue to anticipate closing our merger in the first quarter of 2012."
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The Generation segment reported adjusted third-quarter earnings of $0.44 per share, up from adjusted earnings of $0.41 per share in the year-earlier quarter. The increase is largely attributed to the earnings contribution from our New England assets, partially offset by lower power prices and increased outage days at Constellation Energy Nuclear Group (CENG).
Our NewEnergy segment reported adjusted earnings of $0.23 per share for the third quarter of 2011, as compared to an adjusted loss of $0.07 per share for the third quarter of 2010. This year over year variance is due partially to the $0.20 per share loss experienced in the third quarter of 2010 resulting from contract novations related to our legacy UK coal and freight business. Also contributing to the variance are third quarter contributions of $0.36 per share from wholesale load serving and structured products and a $0.07 per share gain from the divestiture of the majority of our share in Constellation Energy Partners. These gains were partially offset by the $0.16 per share loss resulting from this summer's extreme weather in Texas and a $0.12 per share decline in our retail business, $0.07 per share of which is dilution from our MXenergy and StarTex acquisitions.
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Zevon's turn at the vet's :-(
Posted 28 October 2011 - 05:15 PM
i figured, since there were leftovers all the time, that right then would be a good time to try leaving food out all the time again. they were just going upstairs and stealing Diamond's food anyway! i used to do it that way and since they didn't worry about running out of food, they didn't overeat. this worked just great until i boarded them one time and despite my firm insistence, they let them run out of food and i couldn't get them to not overeat when we all got back home. so, feeding 2x a day became the norm and has been for several years now.
well Zevon's lost weight. like a couple pounds, lost weight. i don't have a scale so i'm not sure how much - guess i'll go buy one after work tonight. he seems to be drinking okay, he seems to be normally playful, he's affectionate, still comes up on the bed, i just don't know what, or why - or IF - he's not eating. he goes nuts for treats, dry ones, and if i pull their turkey or chicken out of the frig he goes crazy, so it's not like he has NO appetite..........
i wonder if his teeth are bothering him, as well............ hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. i'm going to look at them when i get home at lunch.
other than that i'm just worried. sick to my stomach worried. that i'm missing something obvious worried. maybe i'll call the vet in the morning about a possible uti - - that would get him in right away....... i don't think he has a uti mind you because the one time he did it was verrrrrrry obvious, and i reallllly think i'd notice, even with everything that's been going on lately.
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Posted 28 October 2011 - 05:45 PM
he definitely has some plaque on his teeth.... and Cassady needs dental surgery so maybe that's it..... i just gave him a little bowl of kitten chow (their treats) and he ate some but not as much as i'd have expected, having been given free reign on his own bowl..... hmmmm. possibility.
i would have thought they'd gum the food before not eating but maybe he, in particular, chooses not to do so....
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((Zevon and Nancy))
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they have to do bloodwork, it's nothing obvious. that means leukemia (unlikely), aids (unlikely but not impossible but spells DOOM for the rest of the household), diabetes (unlikely), thyroid, liver or kidneys. thyroid would be best case scenario though still a challenge. i hope to have some of the results back late tomorrow afternoon, and the rest on weds morning.
and they didn't charge me for the bloodwork which is close to $200. i love my vet.
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While she did not have a lump in her neck, here is hoping for the same quick recovery!
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i hope dr john does talk to dr verra before friday!!! i tried to communicate why it was important and reiterated my willingness to catch dr verra IN this office on friday, and bring Zevon in. just call him, please!!!!
i feel so helpless. i don't like it!
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i see one just outside of rutland, that's not too much farther. they don't appear to do acupuncture but they do offer some of the other alternative treatments i've been reading about.
little pricey............ not sure i can swing it...................
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soooo, i have an appt at http://www.holisticpetcaretoday.com tomorrow morning. that's the one in clifton park. the one in vt was over $500 just to walk in the door and walk out with any sort of plan and they don't do acupuncture which i'm really kind of interested in.
still haven't heard back from dr john so at least i'm taking action, of some kind!!!! wish me luck!
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i realize there's no cure, but if you ever look up cardiomyopathy and could remember where he started from, you'd realize he's a miracle. i love him.
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she said it's obvious that this is recent. something new and that hasn't been going on too long, which is good. she thinks they can definitely help him with the weight loss, overall feeling of wellness and that if we can balance the kidneys that a lowering of heart meds may definitely be in order, but that is down the road.
he usually hides under his towel in the carrier but was out the whole way home and was very vocal! he headed straight for food when i let him out. she loves the chicken - that's a great food for him, as is lamb. he needs 'warming' foods and those are two good ones. turkey should be avoided but fish would be good - - she prescribed canned food if he'll eat it.
she asked if there was a benson's near me. i'm a BIG fan of benson's, as you may know. and i have to go there anyway so i'll do that in a little while.
they are willing to work with me as far as late appts too - next week is thursday later afternoon but ongoing, we can do fridays at 5pm, which is fine. it was 45 mins door to door in smooth traffic and good road conditions so hopefully i don't have too many issues with weather in the next few... months, if i'm going to be positive, which i am.
so a good visit, interested to see where things go. still haven't heard from dr. john. Zevon is resting comfortably in a super cushy bed i made him on a living room chair. he seems.... well, something that's good but that i can't quite describe. more peaceful maybe, or at peace with himself.
i'll post more pictures, i have a few on my phone i need to get off.
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i am to discontinue the enalipril altogether. that's 2 less whole pills per day but will be offset by the homeopathics, which i have to cut up, and there's two of them. so he won't be getting something he's supposed to have, will have to look up more about enalipril.
he sure wanted more of the wellness canned food this morning, very excited about it! Tiger doesn't care for canned. hardly whined when it was time for meds which he'd started doing - all part of the 'just not feeling good' - and is walking around with his tail straight up, love it!
if he gained half a pound or so, he'd look completely healthy, as it is he looks like a youngster! well, okay, maybe a very wise youngster.
here he is at 4 months with his faaaaaavorite toy, 'bird'.
here's bird today and actually, i bought yellow material and wrapped it a new body a year or so ago. somehow a tuft of the original beak survived. it is still, by far, his favorite toy.
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Posted 05 November 2011 - 03:01 PM
best of luck with the new treatment regimen. please keep us posted!
Posted 06 November 2011 - 12:07 PM
we're going to re-test the blood and urine in about a month. my suggestion mind you, not dr john's. i swear he's just waiting for Zevon to get to a point where my options are gone.
take charge of your own (pets'!!) health care!!!
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oh, i will! seems good this morning, running around, excited for his food. i like it!
we're going to re-test the blood and urine in about a month. my suggestion mind you, not dr john's. i swear he's just waiting for Zevon to get to a point where my options are gone.
take charge of your own (pets'!!) health care!!!
Glad to hear he's having a good day today!
I certainly hope that is not the case with the vet I'm with you in taking charge of their health care! They know me very well at the vet
Posted 07 November 2011 - 06:38 PM
so far so good and nobody could be more amazed than i am. he'll get the treatment a day early this week and a day late the following because dr dallas is off on friday and i will have to ask about their t.giving weekend schedule.... yikes, that one could be tough!
kinda f'd up a free yoga class with the thursday appt this week but hoping to still be able to go to part 2 next week. oh well. but i can take yoga anytime (though i'm honest enough to admit the free intro was a bonus) and this is really important. i called them to talk about the appt this morning and before i could get a word in the girl was asking 'how's he doing??'. dr john never even once asked how he was doing last week! but i got free bloodwork - i gotta keep reminding myself of that....
Posted 08 November 2011 - 01:25 PM
I swear, I am totally compelled to come check in on him here every morning! Lots of positive vibes from me...
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so i was getting ready to head back to work after lunch and was saying goodbye to everyone. Z was in the litter box so i decided to wait for him. he was in there an awfully long time so i looked and he was in pee position. okay. waiting waiting waiting - and i can't hear anything. i used to be able to hear him from the next room! he finally finishes, gives the litter one swipe with his paw, and leaves.
oh shit. i thought. sure enough, nothing there, after all that. and he's not a shy pee-er so it wasn't that i was there. so then he went to clean his butt, as cats who have just gone to the bathroom will do, and he starts to lift the leg, puts it down. starts to lift it, puts it down. again. again. then he whines. okaaaayyyyy.
call the vet they said bring him in, so i did. waited a lonnng time, called my boss to let her know. finally got in and saw dr john. the bladder is fine so he wants to cathetarize him. that went well, took just a few seconds and Z was very good, though i had scruffed him. so dr john says he's going to check the urine and something like 15 minutes later comes back and says it's clear. so we put him on amoxycillin just to be safe. nice and 'mild', i know he handles that one okay. and he doesn't charge me for last week's urine analysis and he doesn't charge me an office visit for today. i end up with a 2 1/2 hour lunch.
maybe i caught a uti super early.... dr john said his penis was verrrry red. i dunno though, the one time he had a uti he peed penny sized pee balls every 5 minutes. very different. i'm guessing maybe the new food was too much too fast, will discuss with dr dallas tomorrow, and about the kd diet.
and someone threw up HUGE some time after i got home at 7. it looked like canned food but they hadn't had any yet.
awwww, he's still hurty, and his face looks sad and worried.
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Posted 10 November 2011 - 02:46 AM
hope he's feeling better very soon!
Posted 10 November 2011 - 10:29 AM
not a good night, he still hasn't peed, he's hurty and is trying to pee anywhere he can. scrubbing the main litter box down now, it's drying, and going to call the vet at 7. this is awful. i want an ultrasound done on his kidneys.


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This resort in the Maldives has a large fresh water swimming pool, a beach volley court, table tennis tables and a games room where you can enjoy table football, billiards and darts on your holiday.
You can enjoy playing on our two floodlit tennis courts and the air-conditioned squash court. A tennis and squash coach is available if you want to use your holiday at this Maldives resort to improve your game.
Fitness in the Maldives
The air-conditioned Kanuhura fitness suite boasts state-of-the-art equipment from Life Fitness. The weekly activity programme includes yoga, meditation and stretching group classes.
A personal trainer is available to tailor special fitness programmes for guests; private classes with an instructor can also be arranged at the resort.
Leisure and culture at Kanuhura
At Kanuhura there is also the cosy and relaxing Lafuz library which invites you to settle down with a good book. The Lava Lounge is equipped with a cinema, where international sporting events are aired on the big screen during major world competitions and karaoke evenings take place, so pick your top tunes and don't be afraid to belt out a classic!
This Maldives resort is equally proud of the Haruge which means "meeting place" in the local language of Dhivehi. This Maldivian Art and Cultural Centre provides guests on holiday on Kanuhura an insight into the unique local cultural scene, offering displays of mat weaving, goldsmiths and lacquer artists as well as demonstrations of the handcraft techniques used to create authentic local souvenirs.
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Water sports at Kanuhura
The Sun Watersports Center is a member of the internationally recognised Association of Windsurfing Schools in Germany, or VDWS (Verband Deutscher Windsurf und Wassersport Schulen e.v). With the very best in qualified instructors and water sports equipment, guests are assured of a safe and fun time on the various excursions and lessons that are offered.
Speedboats and Jet-Skies (for hire), canoes, four-seater banana boats, water-skis, wakeboards, different kind of fun tubes, kneeboards and catamarans (for hire) are available at the resort and you will also find Stand Up Paddle boards (SUP's) (for hire) and windsurf boards and sails in different sizes.
Diving in the Maldives at the Sun Dive Centre
The amazing opportunities for diving in the Maldives attract divers from all over the world seeking natural wonders. The Kanuhura lagoon and the unexploited surrounding waters of the Lhaviyani Atoll provide endless opportunities for marine exploration, from scuba diving excursions and PADI certification courses to guided snorkelling trips. This atoll at Kanuhura, Maldives, is known for its stunning underwater fauna and marine life, offering some of the best dive sites in the world. Diving around Kanuhura in a lagoon in the Maldives is an unforgettable experience.
The out reef at Kanuhura drops down to more than 1,200 m. Because of this extreme depth pelagic fish life is not rare and makes this area a divers paradise. Thilas, Giris, drop offs, out reefs, corners and channel crossings give our guests a great variety of eventful dives. On our regular diving excursions, at 9.00 a.m. and 2.30 p.m., we will bring you within 10 to 60 minutes to one of 40 dive sites we can offer. You will be guided in small groups and in a relaxed atmosphere.
Three times a week we organise guided night dives, where you can observe nocturnal creatures. During a full day excursion you can reach interesting dive spots in the west. Unexplored dive sites in the south of the atoll can also be discovered. Nowhere else in the Maldives will you have the opportunity, to dive at two wrecks in one dive. During a leisurely 45-minute-boat ride by Dhoni, we also pass a few tropical desert islands before we reach the two shipwrecks at Felivaru. One of them is already recognisable from a distance! It rises with its burnt-out bow about 10 m above the surface, hiding its stern in almost 30 m of depth.
Learn to Dive with Sun Dive Centre
Scuba diving is one of the most popular and exciting sports you can experience. Everyone in good health can give it a try. The minimum age to start a course is ten years. Sun Dive Centre guarantees professional diving education with the world's leading PADI System. Our team of qualified and experienced PADI Instructors, modern equipped classroom and the newest teaching material will allow you to make your dreams about diving come true.
You can start in advance of your trip with our E-learning Programme at home so that you are ready for your adventure when you arrive at Kanuhura. Please register for E-Learning on the Sun Dive Centre website at www.sundivecenter.com
Fishing in the Maldives- exhilarating!
Fishing is a very popular activity in the Maldives.
Our guests at Kanuhura can try their hand at traditional line fishing from a dhoni, take speedboat trips and have adventures on marine safaris in search of schools of dolphins. Plus we offer Sunset Cruises and fishing trips, and Maldivian Island tours.
Marine Biology Research Centre
Our Marine Biology Research Centre is keen to help decode the processes that
lie behind coral reef ecology and conservation. We aim to achieve this major goal through an ambitious and rigorous research program open to all guests and delivered to local communities.
Everyone is invited to have fun holidays while learning and actively participating in the amazing journey of oceans' conservation!
We offer to our guest many ways to stay tuned with our innovative marine conservation projects. Please visit our website for more information at www.kanuhura.reefscapers.com


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Jason Williams Retires
Posted by Kevin Arnovitz on Sat, 09/27/08, 04:58am:
Category: General
Posted by: Kevin Arnovitz
From Lisa Dillman at the Los Angeles Times:
"It is what it is," [Dunleavey] said on Friday. "He called us up, gave us a couple of days' notice through his agent, saying, 'I'm just not feeling like I'm wanting to come in and play. I think I'll send in my retirement papers.'Dunleavy is from Brooklyn, and presumably everything west of the East River constitutes Appalachia. Favre is from Kiln, Mississippi -- an 859-mile drive from Jason Williams' hometown of Belle, West Virginia.
"It caught his agent off guard. It caught everybody off guard. But like I said, it's better than bringing him into camp, taking a spot, working him in and then having maybe some disappointment."
Bottom line?
"He didn't waste our time," Dunleavy said...
"He's from West Virginia," Dunleavy said. "He could be like Brett Favre. And a month from now he could want to play again."
Who knows? Maybe Williams thought the depth chart at the 1 was too crowded -- ironic since the Clips have resided in Bronsonia for the better part of a decade. But credit to Williams for not stringing the Clips along with a perfunctory showing -- not that Williams has produced anything other than perfunctory results since he left Sacramento. Jason Hart instantanously assumes sole possession of the backup PG mantle. This could also potentially bode well for Mike Taylor
Dontell Jefferson, Jelani McCoy, David Noel and Curtis Sumpter all received invitiations to Clippers' training camp. I always felt like Noel could've been a solid pro prospect if he had 2-3 more inches. He was a defensive gem at Carolina, and I remember him locking up Anthony Morrow, Jeremis Smith and everyone else on the wing for Tech c. 2005 AD. Still don't think Noel has a pro game, but it would be nice to see him have a good couple of weeks.
Regarding Sumpter, not sure how I feel about a Vichy player coming into Clippers' camp. First, Chris Kaman suits up for the Krauts, then the Clips start lobbing invites to collaborationnistes from the Vichy squad. Next thing you know, the organization will christen the new training facility Phillppe Pétain Court.