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MINNEAPOLIS — After not meeting for 495 days, Minnesota Duluth and Minnesota put on a late-season, playoff-ready reunion Friday night at Mariucci Arena.
By the end, the No. 2-ranked Gophers flexed their offensive muscles and pulled away for a 5-3 Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's series opener before 10,078 fans.
Minnesota (21-6-4, 13-6-4 WCHA) had lost 3-2 Sunday to Wisconsin in an outdoor game at Soldier Field in Chicago and coach Don Lucia said his team didn't have its energy early. Two goals in the final seven minutes provided the final margin, giving the Gophers a 13-2-2 home record.
UMD (10-17-4, 8-13-4) clawed back from 2-0 and 3-2 deficits to make Minnesota sweat, but just didn't have enough offense. The Bulldogs are 0-7-1 the last eight games, the longest winless stretch in more than a decade, since going 0-9-1 from Nov. 2-Dec. 1, 2001.
"That was one of the best games we've played – a good, all-around team game," said UMD senior winger Dan DeLisle. "It was a loss, but it's almost something we can use as a stepping stone. For a lot of that game I thought we were the better team."
Freshman winger Austin Farley scored twice for UMD and freshman goalie Matt McNeely was solid with 29 saves.
A strong third period had Minnesota outshooting UMD 16-4 and 34-29 for the game. Kyle Rau broke a 3-3 tie with a rebound score with 6:35 to play and center Erik Haula finished things off with his second goal of the game, an empty netter, with six seconds remaining.
The Bulldogs have been outscored 15-1 in the third period in the past eight games.
"I give our guys credit for finding a way to win the third period," said Lucia. "The score at the end was more indicative of the way the game went. We got better as the game went on."
UMD led 11-7 in shots on goal after the first period, but it was Minnesota leading 1-0 on the scoreboard. Junior winger Nate Condon had an open shot from the left circle and the puck just did trickle through McNeely. It came on Minnesota's first shot on goal of the game.
The Bulldogs had their chances around the crease in front of Minnesota freshman goalie Adam Wilcox, a cousin of former Bulldog Alex Stalock. The best opportunity never led to a shot as UMD's Mike Seidel was hooked on a breakaway down the slot by Minnesota's Travis Boyd with seven minutes left in the first period.
UMD's first three-goal period in more than two months put the Bulldogs into a 3-3 tie after two periods. An offensive second period produced five goals in all. UMD also hit three pipes in the period
Gopher scoring leader Haula, a junior center, finished a shorthanded rush. He has 15 goals this season, and 41 in his career. That made it 2-0. Justin Crandall followed 37 seconds later by knocking a shot from the right side past Wilcox to the short side.
The first of Farley's goals tied it 2-2 with 6:50 left in the second, but 1:42 later sophomore Sam Warning responded with a nifty backhand-to-forehand rush to the net and a 3-2 lead.
"When you're on a (winless) streak like we are, you have to keep fighting," said UMD coach Scott Sandelin. "I saw some fight and I've seen some good things the last couple of games that I haven't seen for a awhile."
With 44 seconds left in the second period, Farley banged in a Tony Cameranesi rebound on a power play. It was Farley's 12th goal of the season.
Both teams had chances in the third period, including UMD after McNeely was pulled for an extra attacker with a minute to play, yet UMD's offense has had trouble cashing in on opportunities all season. UMD's power play, 3-of-34 the previous seven games, was 2-of-4 and silenced the best power play in Division I, keeping the Gophers 0-of-5.
"We played hard for 60 minutes and we just have to keep up that effort," said Farley. "We got behind and we battled back as hard as we could. We just have to stick together and keep believing."
The programs were meeting for the first time since Minnesota swept 5-4 games at Amsoil Arena on Oct. 14-15, 2011. UMD was playing at Mariucci Arena for the first time in more than two years, since games on Dec. 10 and 12, 2010.
Minnesota Duluth……………. 0-3-0—3
Minnesota……………………… 1-2-2—5
First period — 1. Minnesota, Nate Condon 11 (Ben Marshall, Sam Warning), 4:04. Penalties — Chris Casto, UMD (interference), 10:24; Travis Boyd, Minnesota (hooking), 13:09.
Second period — 2. Minnesota, Erik Haula 14 (Zach Budish), 7:50 (sh); 3. UMD, Justin Crandall 5 (Cal Decowski), 8:27 (pp); 4. UMD, Austin Farley 11 (Joe Basaraba), 13:10; 5. Minnesota, Sam Warning 7 (Condon), 14:52; 6. UMD, Farley 12 (Tony Cameranesi, Caleb Herbert), 19:16 (pp). Penalties — Wade Bergman, UMD (boarding), 2:03; Boyd, Minnesota (slashing), 3:52; Justin Holl, Minnesota (goalie interference), 6:48; Keegan Flaherty, UMD (holding), 8:53; Marshall, Minnesota (hooking), 17:33.
Third period — 7. Minnesota, Kyle Rau 14 (Nick Bjugstad, Budish), 13:25; 8. Minnesota, Haula 15, 19:54 (en). Penalties — Herbert, UMD (boarding0, 4:05; Farley, UMD (boarding), 15:35.
Shots on goal — UMD 11-14-4—29, Minnesota 7-11-16—34. Goalies — Matt McNeely (8-11-2), UMD (34 shots-29 saves); Adam Wilcox (20-5-4), Minnesota (29 shots-26 saves). Power plays — UMD 2-of-4, Minnesota 0-of-5. Referees —Don Adam, Craig Welker. Linesmen — Tony Czech, Sterling Egan. A — 10,078.


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The JSE share market ended firmer on Tuesday' generally outperforming leading world stock markets.
Mining shares' particularly gold' fared reasonably well in the light of the weaker rand' recovering from the previous day's sharp losses' while industrials made healthy gains' led by chemicals and explosives company AECI.
"It could be that players viewed Monday's sharp decline on the JSE as a buying opportunity'" said Viv Govender' market watcher at Vunani Private Clients. "The eurozone concerns however' still kept gains in check."
European shares remained weaker in late trade' as were US stocks.
Ratings agency Moody's late on Monday revised its credit rating outlook on triple-A rated Germany' Netherlands and Luxembourg to negative from stable' citing increased uncertainty regarding the euro area's prospects and a higher probability that Greece would leave the eurozone.
At 17:00' the all-share index ended up 0.54% to 33' 998.45 points' while big movers in the session were BHP Billiton (BHP)' which gained R2.94' or 1.27%' to R233.62; AngloGold Ashanti (ANG) lifted R6.25' or 2.35%' to R271.75' Gold Fields (GFI) rallied R2.74' or 2.72%' to R103.66 and Assore (ASR) gained 8.50' or 3.07%' to R285.
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Dr. Mageehon has ten years experience working in non-traditional education settings. She currently directs the Academic Support Center at New Mexico State University – Alamogordo, in addition to teaching developmental writing courses. She also teaches classes at JIU in the MEd and EdD programs.
Dr. Mageehon earned her PhD from the University of Denver in Higher Education and Adult Studies. She has worked in community college settings, teaching adult basic education and GED courses, as well as developmental reading and writing. She has published several articles focusing on developmental education and technology, women's education in incarceration settings, and how space impacts writing center leadership. Her current research emphasizes the role of content subject matter in developmental skills courses.
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Lady Delth was a member of the Kirin Tor who studied elven history. When Khadgar was sent to Medivh, she requested that he find out all he could about elven history from Medivh's library.LG 10, 94, 106
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Baltimore Heritage is Baltimore's only city-wide preservation organization. Through advocacy, education, and technical assistance, we help preserve and reinvigorate Baltimore's world-class architecture and distinctive historic neighborhoods.
Since 1961, Baltimore Heritage has helped turn demolition plans into positive long-term rebuilding efforts for City Hall, Camden Yards, Fell's Point and Federal Hill, and Baltimore's "West Side" centered along Howard and Eutaw Streets. By becoming a member of Baltimore Heritage, you are helping to preserve our city's charm and distinctive character for current and future generations.
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Dominic Monaghan can't be tamed in his newest season of "Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan" premiering tomorrow night at 10 p.m. on BBC America.
The 37-year-old, former "Lost" and "Lord of the Rings" star travels through Kenya where he embarks on a journey to find the giant spitting cobra; which according to National Geographic is "believed to deliver more venom with a single bite than any other cobra on the planet."
Deadly snakes are just the beginning to this cross-continental expedition. In this season, a six-ton elephant nearly tramples Monaghan and his fearless cameraman Frank, after it awakens from a surgery lead by a team of rescue workers who remove a poacher's arrow from its huge body.
Monaghan, executive producer and host, says that this season is even more adrenaline pumping than the last. "The adventures and interactions with the animals ramp up in intensity. The pace is faster and the animals are bigger, wilder, and closer than ever before." He added in his statement, "There will be blood."
In addition to Kenya, the wildlife and travel enthusiast will be exploring the Amazon, Australia, Brazil and Japan. Monaghan daringly interacts with some of the most dangerous creatures known to man in almost every climate to preserve the creatures he is most passionate about while educating his viewers.
About Liane AbbeyLiane is a Journalism student at Niagara College, living in Niagara Falls. She has lived a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle for nine years. Passionate about animal, human, environmental, and indigenous peoples rights, Liane participates in activism daily. She plans on traveling to Costa Rica and Kenya in the near future. In her spare time, (when she is not watching Star Trek) Liane enjoys cooking, yoga, reading and laughing. More written work and photography by Liane can be found at her personal blog. www.lianeabbey.wordpress.com
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A Look Inside My Dream House
Jonathan Malm has a great blog full of short, encouraging and inspiring posts. He was traveling in Argentina recently and wrote quite a bit about what he learned from the culture and people. What I loved most about his writing was how he wove the lessons into his own life and made them relatable.
Building Your Dream House
My favorite post from his travels was this one, called Building Your Dream House, which I want to share in its entirety for you here:
"The other night we were invited to eat at someone's house. We didn't know the fellow but figured…free food…why not! We showed up…delicious by the way. I was so impressed by this guy's house. It was enormous and gorgeous.
But he didn't always live in such a plush house.
Behind the pool was a tiny pool house. It was a pretty modest pool house…but not a great house. His family of four used to live there.
It's pretty common in Argentina to buy a piece of land, live in a tiny house, and build your new one on the same property. What a cool idea! You buy the land cheaply, live modestly, then reap the benefits later.
I think we need to be more like that when it comes to our dreams. I think we need to move into the land that our dream occupies. Then start building. Too many people wait until they have everything together to start working on their dreams. But we never have everything together. Those who accomplish big dreams move to the land. They commit themselves to it. They live below what they could to make their dream a reality.
Have you moved into your dream's real estate? Have you committed yourself to it? Or are you waiting for all the resources to come together before you start.
Let me encourage you. Start."
What a beautiful connection between the cultural norm there and what it could mean for our lives here if we embrace that philosophy.
More saving. More doing.
Reminds me of the Home Depot tagline: More saving. More doing. That's what we need when it comes to our dreams. We need to invest more in them, but we also need to start doing them.
I moved onto my property in December of 2011 when I started this blog. I'm living as modestly as I know how (a.k.a. making no money from blogging whatsoever).
But I'm saving.
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The Discover JPL brochure, developed in partnership with JPL's University Research Affairs office, is the recent recipient of several Communicator Awards that recognize excellence in communications.
The International Academy of Visual Arts has recently awarded several Communicator Awards to the team responsible for creating the Discover JPL brochure at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. The Communicator Awards are given out annually to recognize excellence in marketing and communications.
Discover JPL took home distinctions in the Print Category, for Non-Profit Brochure, Recruitment Brochure, and Overall Brochure Design. The brochure was designed by CMg Design Inc., under the direction of JPL's University Research Affairs Office.
The Discover JPL brochure gives an inside look at JPL's collaborative relationships with the academic community. These partnerships provide accelerated innovation for NASA's missions and the discovery of new science and technology opportunities. Highlighted in this brochure are features about how students have contributed to various science, engineering and technology projects at JPL.
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Miami, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Randy Wolf tossed six solid innings and the Miami Marlins opened a four-game set with a 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Wolf (1-1) earned his first win of the season after surrendering just one run on three hits while striking out seven batters.
Wolf's previous win in the majors came on September 22, 2012 as a member of the Baltimore Orioles in a 9-6 win over the Boston Red Sox.
"Randy was great tonight," said Marlins manager Mike Redmond. "It was a tremendous effort, exactly what we needed."
Casey McGehee drove in two runs and Ed Lucas had two hits for the Marlins, who rebounded after being swept in three games by the Braves.
Desmond Jennings went 2-for-4 with an RBI and Sean Rodriguez scored for Tampa Bay, which has lost seven straight.
Alex Cobb (1-3) gave up three runs -- all in the first inning -- on five hits with two walks and five strikeouts in defeat.
"It's beyond frustrating," said Cobb on his team's losing streak. "There's no words. This has gone on too long."
The Marlins opened the scoring in the first. Christian Yelich walked, Lucas singled and Giancarlo Stanton was also issued a free pass to load the bases. McGehee's single up the middle brought in two runs and Stanton scored when Garrett Jones grounded into a double play.
Rodriguez walked to lead off the fifth and raced home on Jennings' RBI double down the left-field line to make it a 3-1 game.
After running into trouble in the first, Cobb settled down to retire 13 straight batters and allowed just two baserunners the rest of the way, but Tampa Bay's offense could not get anything going.
Steve Cishek, who took the loss on Sunday after giving up two runs in the ninth, retired the Rays in order to earn his 12th save of the season.
Miami improved to 4-0 in interleague play this season and has won seven
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made eight consecutive scoreless appearances ... The Rays are in the midst of
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Werner Herzog
Don't know who Werner is? Don't worry. You'll know who this German cult director saved in 2006: Joaquin Phoenix. The actor-turned-rapper-turned-actor overturned his car after his brakes failed and he collided with another vehicle. Werner lived nearby and came to the scene. Sadly, the rendezvous did not result in a movie collaboration, but it did produce a hilarious animated recreation of the rescue, as told by Werner.
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Records show Tri State got more spots than other valet parking companies
A politically connected valet parking operator consistently got more reserved parking spots from Pittsburgh police than his competitors, according to records the Tribune-Review obtained through a Right to Know Law request.
Tri State Valet Inc. of Green Tree received permits to reserve six to 12 on-street parking spots at the doorsteps of all but one of its nine city clients, most of them upscale restaurants such as Le Mont, Capital Grille and Morton's Steakhouse.
None of Tri State's six competitors, which operate at 11 locations that cater to bar and restaurant patrons, received permits to use more than four parking spots each. The difference might seem minor, but in the valet parking business, volume is everything.
"I would just like it to be an even playing field," said Stephen Lindsley, 23, a Robert Morris University student who runs a valet stand on Saturday nights at 19th and East Carson streets in the South Side.
The more curb space a company can reserve to stage cars as they arrive and depart in front of a busy nightspot, the higher the potential profit, operators say.
Giving more spaces to one company gives them an unfair advantage, Lindsley said.
Police have made changes since the Trib reported in the past week that former Chief Nate Harper granted extra spots to friend and Tri State owner Robert Gigliotti, 46, of Banksville, according to a former police official.
Gigliotti could not be reached.
His business partner, Robert S. Arrigo of Bethel Park, declined comment.
"Nothing to say, thanks," Arrigo said.
Assistant Chief Maurita Bryant made changes that limited all valet parking permit-holders to four parking spots, with exceptions for large events.
Documents show Bryant re-issued 20 permits between March 29 and Wednesday to reflect the new four-spot limit. The change affects only Tri State, because it was the only company that claimed more than four spots.
"It's a fair deal," said Bill Bodziak, former director of operations at Extravagante Valet, which counts Lidia's and Eleven restaurants in the Strip District among its clients. "Ninety percent of the time, four (parking spots) is all you need."
Gigliotti had a knack for getting more, and his ties to politicians were well known. He was part of one of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's major re-election campaign fundraiser committees in 2011. The Allegheny County Democratic Committee lists Gigliotti as a member in the city's 20th Ward.
Gigliotti's wife, Linda, is a city police detective.
Ravenstahl's office did not return a call for comment.
Scrutiny of Tri State began last week when members of the Market Square Merchants Association said they received complaints from visitors who said Tri State employees tried to force them to use the service, parked cars in on-street spaces instead of in a designated garage, and used a private lot without permission.
Bryant, who was not available to comment, this week transferred responsibility for enforcing valet parking permits to the Special Deployment Division, which handles traffic matters.
"(Pittsburgh police) will do its part in making sure the valet companies remain in compliance," she said Tuesday.
Jeremy Boren is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-320-7935 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Dubstep violinist Lindsey Stirling returning to Utah
Winning "America's Got Talent" doesn't make you famous.
Bianca Ryan, Neal E. Boyd, Michael Grimm, Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. and Kevin Skinner all won the show, but have fallen off the radar screen.
Terry Fator won, too, but how famous can a ventriloquist really get?
But hip-hop violinist Lindsey Stirling the Brigham Young University student who reached the quarterfinals in 2010 may have as many fans as all those winners combined.
"I'm in a career I didn't know existed," said the 26-year-old who performs Friday at In The Venue. Take a look at her numbers:
• In December, Stirling's "Crystallize" was the No. 8 top-viewed video of 2012, with more than 42 million views, according to YouTube. Today, it has more than 53 million.
• Her independently released, self-titled album was released in September and quickly became the No. 1 dance/electronic album on the Billboard charts. Remarkable for a violinist.
• All combined, her videos have garnered more than 268 million views and counting.
"She has a fresh and different type of show," said Utah country musician and record-label co-owner McKay Stevens, whose band, The Vibrant Sound, has opened for Stirling in Europe and the U.S. "She has one of those cult followings. When she plays her 'Zelda Medley' her video-game fans go crazy."
Paying homage to the classic Nintendo video-game series "The Legend of Zelda" demonstrates that Stirling isn't trying to reach the string-quartet geeks though she takes pride in her musicianship and has undoubtedly inspired many young fans to pick up the violin. She does so by blending current music elements such as dubstep with classical music, ignoring the precept that you can do only certain things with her instrument.
Being able to dance to a violin was generally unheard of in modern circles until Stirling came along. "I've always thought it was possible [to] transcend that obstacle," she said.
Born in Orange County, Calif., and raised in Arizona, Stirling moved to Provo in 2005 to study filmmaking at BYU. She also served a mission in New York City for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
She decided to switch majors from filmmaking to therapeutic recreation, where she only needs an internship credit to graduate. But it's hard to fulfill those requirements when you've got concert dates all over the globe.
As soon as she arrived in Provo, Stirling started performing at various places and met Stevens at an open-mic show at the Provo landmark club Velour Live Music Gallery. Stevens was impressed by her musicianship and charisma and asked her to join The Vibrant Sound. She played with the band until her solo career took off. But she never forgot Stevens' generosity.
When Stirling was planning a world tour, others tried to persuade her to bring a more established band as her opening act. But she refused, intending to pay back Stevens and The Vibrant Sound for their early faith in her.
When it came time to record her first album, she decided to record only original compositions. And that's what she plays at her concerts. "I like to keep the show original, because it makes me feel like an artist," she said.
Stirling moved back to her parents' home in Arizona in December. But her time in Utah and collaborations with local musicians such as The Piano Guys, Alex Boyé and the Salt Lake Pops, which helped her rule YouTube won't be forgotten.
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The Steelers' offensive line wasn't exactly an impenetrable front during a season in which it was ridiculed for inconsistency and sometimes decimated by injuries.
Now, it's back where it started at the end of last season. Yet it appears the offensive line will be in better shape when the team reconvenes for offseason training activities and minicamp.
Again, Pro Bowl center Maurkice Pouncey will be the anchor of the offensive line in 2013. And the right side likely will consist of guard David DeCastro and tackle Marcus Gilbert, both of whom missed significant time this season with injuries.
Oddly, the only linemen to make all 16 starts this season could be shopping for new teams when the free agent market opens up. Guard Ramon Foster and tackle Max Starks aren't considered priorities for a team that will be about $12 million over the salary cap.
Still, Foster and Starks are hoping to be a part of an offensive line that faced inordinate adversity throughout the season, particularly via injuries — including Pouncey and Willie Colon, who moved from tackle to guard this season. Also, it incorporated three rookies — DeCastro, tackle Mike Adams and guard Kelvin Beachum — mostly out of necessity.
On Sunday, guard John Malecki was pressed into duty after spending much of the season on the practice squad. Foster had to man right tackle for the first time in his career after Beachum sustained a concussion when blindsided by Cleveland defensive tackle Phil Taylor.
Foster, of course, creates an interesting dilemma for general manager Kevin Colbert. Are the Steelers willing to risk losing perhaps their most durable offensive lineman, who made 31 starts the past two seasons? If so, it will signal a level of confidence in the oft-injured Colon, who signed a five-year deal in 2011 but missed every game except one in 2010 and 2011.
Colon's return, coupled with a healthy DeCastro, Gilbert and Adams, could make Foster expendable.
"I don't know how it's going to work out," said Foster, who made $1.2 million this season. "I guess I'll really get to see the real business side of the NFL. It's really a toss-up whether I'll be here or somewhere else.
"I want to go somewhere where I'll be appreciated. I played a lot and started a lot. I'll see where it goes when free agency opens up whether I get a contract or not.
"Everybody wants a long-term contract, but considering they have a first-rounder in David (DeCastro) and Willie just got paid, it's a matter of if I'm that valuable. Willie is a special guy, so I can't see him not coming back next year."
Foster, whose agent Joel Segal will aggressively seek the highest bidder, said he would rather the process play out quickly, especially if he returns.
"We don't want a whole lot of questions about this offensive line during the offseason about what we can and cannot do," Foster said. "We needed to establish ourselves for next year."
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|Transbronchial needle aspiration in routine fiberoptic bronchoscopy.
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|The objective of this study was to evaluate the yield of transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) in a clinical routine setting of a teaching hospital for the diagnosis and staging of bronchogenic carcinoma in comparison to the results of controlled clinical studies. We reviewed our results with Wang retractable needle catheters during a 9-month period. The needle catheters were used in 72 patients. 43 patients had a final diagnosis of bronchogenic carcinoma. Classical bronchial washes, brushings and forceps biopsies led to the diagnosis in 28 patients (65%). The addition of TBNA increased the diagnostic yield by 14% (6 patients) to 79% overall. In 32 patients staging of mediastinal lymph nodes was attempted. Positive TBNA proved inoperability in 9 patients. In 7 patients TBNA was used to investigate peripheral masses. Two patients had a malignant tumor, of which one was diagnosed by TBNA. Overall, TBNA revealed important information with clinical consequences in 16 of 72 patients (22%). There were no complications. We conclude that TBNA significantly increases the diagnostic yield of fiberoptic bronchoscopy and carries only a minimal risk. Our results, obtained in the clinical routine setting of a teaching hospital, are comparable to the reported results of controlled studies.
|M Salathé; M Solèr; C T Bolliger; P Dalquen; A P Perruchoud
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|Title: Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases Volume: 59 ISSN: 0025-7931 ISO Abbreviation: Respiration Publication Date: 1992
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|Created Date: 1992-06-09 Completed Date: 1992-06-09 Revised Date: 2009-11-11
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|Department of Internal Medicine, University Clinic Basel, Switzerland.
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Mechanical Ventilation Advanced Pressure Control Modes
We know that if a patient is hypoxic the best way to treat this is to give the patient oxygen. There comes a point when the patient will require positive pressure ventilation to enhance oxygenation. The initial support added is CPAP, which improves functional residual capacity, and places the patient on a favorable part of the pressure-volume curve (1;2). If this fails to enhance oxygenation (without the patient incurring oxygen toxicity from high FiO2 levels), then it is necessary to raise the mean airway pressure to force gas in and out of the alveoli. The patient is put on a mode of inspiratory support – volume control, pressure control or pressure support. Most patients can be easily ventilated in this way. But what if we still have trouble with oxygenation?
We know that cyclical opening
and closing of injured lung units damages them (particularly if tidal
volumes are large (3;4)). We
would prefer if the patient could be ventilated at the top of the volume
pressure curve, at high lung volumes, without phasic changes. This can be
achieved using high frequency oscillation, but adult oscillators are not
widely available. For the majority of patients, increasing mean airway
pressure without increasing peak pressure means prolonging the inspiratory
time in a pressure control mode. The longer the inspiratory time (Ti), the
better the oxygenation benefit.
Conversely, once Ti becomes longer than expiratory time (Te), there is insufficient time for CO2 removal, and this tends to build up. We know the patients tolerate respiratory acidosis very well, and we allow this to happen (permissive hypercapnia). This "inverse ratio" ventilation is very uncomfortable for patients, who generally need to be heavily sedated, often paralysed. In general, we prefer that our patients are awake and interacting with the ventilator – thus newer modes have been developed to enable patients to breath spontaneously on inverse ratio ventilation.
A new method of achieving this uses a modification of ARPV (airway pressure release ventilation) (5). In conventional ventilation, the baseline airway pressure is the PEEP or CPAP level, and ventilator cycling involves application of positive pressure to a higher airway pressure level: the purpose of cycling is CO2 removal. The idea of ARPV is that the ventilator cycles between two different levels of CPAP – an upper pressure level and a lower level. The two levels are required to allow gas move in and out of the lung. The key element of ARPV is that the baseline airway pressure is the upper CPAP level, and the pressure is intermittently "released" to a lower level, thus eliminating waste gas.
Bilevel ventilation (bilevel
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spontaneous breathing. A sophisticated valve has been developed which
allows the patient to breath spontaneously at either CPAP/PEEP levels, and
partial assistance (pressure support or automatic tube compensation) can
be introduced to assist the spontaneous breaths. This mode appears to be
extremely well tolerated, and heavy sedation is not required (it is in
APRV and IRV).
Proportional assist ventilation is a new mode in which the ventilator guarantees the percentage of work which it does (7), in the face of changes in respiratory system compliance/elastance and resistance. The pressure delivered varies from breath to breath, due to changes in elastance, resistance and flow demand. Usually this is set to overcome 80% of the work of breathing: for example, the pressure required to overcome this may be 14cmH2O. So this mode is interactive, as the ventilator varies its output to maintain its proportion of the workload. A version of this is available in some Drager ventilators, and is called "proportional pressure support".
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By biologists' estimates, there are some 638 gray wolves living in the Upper Peninsula. A proposal under consideration by the state Department of Natural Resources would allow hunters to kill a maximum of 43 of them. However, this small population has consumed a huge amount of political energy and attention in Michigan recently.
Update: The new bill allowing the natural Resources Commission to declare a game species was approved by the state house of Representatives on Thursday and sent to Gov. Snyder for his approval.
By biologists' estimates, there are some 638 gray wolves living in the Upper Peninsula. A proposal under consideration by the state Department of Natural Resources would allow hunters to kill a maximum of 43 of them. However, this small population has consumed a huge amount of political energy and attention in Michigan recently, including one enacted state law, a statewide petition drive, a controversial new bill and charges of anti-democratic behavior. We believe the hunting of any particular kind of animal shouldn't be a political issue decided by the Legislature or statewide votes, but by the people who really understand the issue — in this case, the wildlife experts at the DNR.
The brouhaha started last year when legislators, responding to ranchers and residents in the U.P. who complained that wolves were preying on their livestock and pets, passed a law last year designating the gray wolf as a game species. That sparked a petition drive by people opposed to a wolf hunt that gathered more than 240,000 signatures, a number that should be sufficient to qualify a referendum on the law for the November 2014 ballot. Trying to get around the challenge, wolf-hunt backers in the Legislature are pushing a new law that would allow either the Legislature or the state Natural Resources Commission to decide which animals can be hunted in Michigan. That bill was passed in the state Senate last week and was scheduled to be taken up by the House this week.
We initially opposed that bill, SB 288, because it contained a needless $1 million appropriation that would have made the measure exempt from a voter referendum challenge — the latest manifestation of a shameless practice by state legislators to thwart the constitutionally granted power of voters to challenge a legislative statute. Thankfully, that appropriation was stripped from the bill before it was approved by the Senate. The current bill would still make the referendum on the 2012 law moot, but opponents would at least have the chance to mount a new campaign.
We can't judge how much of a threat the gray wolf is or whether a hunt is justified (ranchers already have the right to shoot wolves preying on livestock). But the bigger point is, this debate shouldn't even be happening in the halls of the Capitol. In the DNR, we have a state agency staffed by well-trained men and women who have ably managed Michigan's wildlife population for decades, setting reasonable conditions on hunting while maintaining healthy populations of wild species. The comeback of the gray wolf from near extinction in Michigan — only six of the animals were counted in the U.P. in 1973 — is in itself a testament to the work of the DNR and federal conservation officials.
Page 2 of 2 - The wolf is an iconic species that elicits strong emotions among many people — a fearsome threat to livestock and domestic animals to some, to others a noble symbol of a natural environment destroyed by human greed and fear. We'd prefer see science rather than emotion decide what constitute a healthy gray wolf population, what threat the animal poses and what level of hunting, if any, is justified.
The Legislature has many other issues to deal with, and should set broad guidelines for the DNR to follow and then get out of the way. And while we value and respect the referendum process, we don't see this as an issue to be decided at the ballot box either. We'd rather leave wildlife issues to those people who are actually trained to deal with them.
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|Low diastolic blood pressure and mortality in a population-based cohort of 16913 hypertensive patients in North Karelia, Finland.
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|OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between mortality and diastolic blood pressure during treatment. DESIGN: A prospective follow-up of a population-based dynamic cohort of hypertensive patients. SETTING: Province of North Karelia, eastern Finland. PATIENTS: A cohort of 16 913 North Karelian hypertensive patients in hypertension register of the North Karelia Project, who had been followed up since 1972 until the end of 1985. Most of these patients had been under antihypertensive drug therapy during the follow-up. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Death: all deaths (n = 4490), deaths from cardiovascular disease (n = 2995) and deaths from non-cardiovascular disease (n = 1495). RESULTS: Of all deaths, 17% of those among men and 24% of those among women were of patients with mean diastolic blood pressures less than 90 mmHg. We found a U-shaped relationship between diastolic blood pressure and total, cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular mortalities. We investigated this relationship in more detail using Cox regression model. Low diastolic blood pressure was associated independently with increased mortality for the patients aged 50 years or more at baseline. The occurrence of cardiac failure and other cardiovascular complications of hypertension were more important determinants of mortality than was low diastolic blood pressure alone. CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated that there is an association between low diastolic blood pressure and mortality for treated hypertensive patients aged 50-69 years. The clinical importance of this relationship for patients without any cardiovascular complications of hypertension seems negligible. For patients with complications, these complications are likely to be primary factors causing greater than normal mortality and low diastolic blood pressure is mostly a secondary phenomenon. Our data do not lend support to speculations that there is overtreatment of hypertension, which would increase mortality through making diastolic blood pressures too low.
|J Tuomilehto; O P Ryynänen; A Koistinen; D Rastenyte; A Nissinen; P Puska
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Journal Detail:
|Title: Journal of hypertension Volume: 16 ISSN: 0263-6352 ISO Abbreviation: J. Hypertens. Publication Date: 1998 Sep
Date Detail:
|Created Date: 1998-12-04 Completed Date: 1998-12-04 Revised Date: 2004-11-17
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|Nlm Unique ID: 8306882 Medline TA: J Hypertens Country: ENGLAND
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|Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland. firstname.lastname@example.com
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If youve recently started running races, eventually you will consider traveling somewhere to run a race.
Finding a race in a warmer climate during winter always sounds like a good idea, if you have the motivation to train through cold weather. You can reward yourself with the treat of enjoying the warmth at your race destination. In theory, it works that way.
What happens between here and there is another story. Encountering the many challenges between home and race day, and a few after the race, is part of the adventure.
If youve trained to travel to an out-of-town event, youre a serious enough runner to be a little obsessive, achievement-oriented, with a need to feel in control.
When you travel, youre no longer in control. Youre at the mercy of the airlines and strangers, you and your bags getting there on time, and unfamiliar transportation, roads, food, beds, surroundings and noises.
Do your research first. Read online reviews, talk to people who have traveled to the race. Ask where theyve stayed, where to go, what to avoid.
Getting through the airport is the first challenge. Always pack your running shoes, orthotics and anything you wont be able to replace prior to the race, in your carry-on bag.
Dont pack anything questionable like white powder drink mix in baggies or electrolyte capsules. All they need to do is open your bag, and youll have questions to answer.
One time my running watch caught the attention of the TSA. They inspected it carefully. I have no idea why.
Once in the airport, you need to be a germaphobe. Invisible critters are everywhere.
When taking off your shoes to go through security, wear an extra outer pair of socks and peel off the outer layer before you put your shoes back on. You dont want to catch any foot fungus, plantar warts or other beasties.
While waiting for your flight, scan the area for sickies, the people who cough without covering it, dont wash their hands and touch everything afterward. Bring a scarf to wrap around your face like a mask. Avoid sitting anywhere near the sickies.
Dont touch surfaces in the airport or airplane and then touch your face, eyes, nose or mouth without washing your hands. Bring a small container of hand sanitizer if you must touch things.
Bring your own drinks and snacks. Dont take anything from the flight attendant. I have never seen them wash their hands or use hand sanitizer, and they are constantly exchanging used cups and drinks through hand contact with passengers.
Once you get to your destination and check into your room, heres where youll see the visible critters.
Ive found cobwebs plastered over the door with a gazillion dead bugs trapped in them, live bugs in the bed, scorpions on the floor and lizards in the room.
Theres mold, mystery odors or stains from prior occupants, hairs belonging to someone or something else. You might wish you brought a fan, earplugs, extra pillows or blankets. You never know what youre in for: screaming kids, loud TVs, partyers, bright outdoor lights, late- night door slammers.
Would you eat at a restaurant called Lunkers? Find the local grocery store. Spend the extra money on a suite or a kitchen in the room, and cook your own meals. Ive bought a disposable turkey pan, rotisserie chicken, bag of salad mix and veggies, and made a huge salad in the hotel room when everything else in town was deep fried or nasty.
Once you survive the pre-race night in the hotel, the race will be a breeze.
In the race, Ive been stared down by gators, dive-bombed by birds, attacked by geese, jumped over snakes, stalked by foxes, scoped out by turkey vultures, charged by javelina and carried combs to pull cactus segments out of my legs. So much easier than traveling.
After the race, you get to limp through the airport on trashed feet and tired legs, with your heavy bags, made heavier by all your race goodies.
Make sure you schedule at least an extra day to recover from your race before getting back to your normal routine, because after all this youll need a vacation!
Alene Nitzky is a Fort Collins resident who has been running ultramarathons since 1991. Email firstname.lastname@example.com and read her blog, Journey to Badwater, at alenegonebad. blogspot.com.


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Just figured I would introduce myself - Max with Caron Electric. I am the service manager working with Caron Electric out of Burlington, MA. Wishing all the members here the best.
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Far more frequent than disasters or murders, the two top killers of people in this country combined for 47% of deaths last year. Leading the way again is cardiovascular disease.
"When you look at the statistics, the numbers are anywhere between 500,000 and 800,000 people that die in this country annually from cardiovascular disease, so it's significant," says Dr. Sal Lacagnina, vice president of health and wellness for Lee Memorial Health System.
Next up: cancer. Among the leaders are lung, breast, prostate and colon. The good news is early screening can lower the death rate.
"Make sure that the women get their mammograms, men really need their prostate cancer screening, everyone over 50 needs a colonoscopy to check for colon cancer," says Dr. Lacagnina.
Here's the biggest change: chronic respiratory disease overtook stroke for the number three spot. Respiratory and lung infections are attributed to an aging population. Stroke, which is now number four, is benefiting from better treatment and awareness campaigns.
"Adherence to guidelines clearly show decrease death from stroke, decrease stroke recurrence. Eighty-percent reduction of recurrent stroke, those are very huge number in terms of preventing recurrent stroke," says Dr. Ross Levine, director of vascular neurology for Lee Memorial Health System.
The fifth leading cause of death is still accidents.
"Accidents are in the top five and probably because with the younger people they're a little bit more risky in their behavior," says Dr. Lacagnina.
Accidents also include deaths due to falls, which continues to be problematic in the elderly.
Considering the subject matter, there is good news. Many of the top causes of death are preventable with proper diet and exercise. Research shows several of today's killers stem from yesterday's behavior.
"So if you're willing to change your lifestyle you don't have to get heart disease you don't have to get strokes you don't have to get diabetes but you just have to be willing to really live a healthy lifestyle," says Dr. Lacagnina.
Overall the death rate in the U.S. dropped a half percent, meaning people are living longer.
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Yes, I'm five days into a nasty, nerve pain flare up in my left leg. As I write this, I've got my tens unit on my back,covered by an ice pack, a heating pad on my left thigh and my fracture boot on my left foot (to help ease the pain in my foot when I walk) -- Boy, am I Pretty! (LOL)
I'm taking my Lyrica and pain meds -- even on prednisone from my ENT doctor (he said that would help my leg - NOT!). At least I am able to sleep.
Having another MRI next week and then will go to see a new ortho doc who ordered it. He'll be able to tell if surgery will be needed. He recommended I get an inversion table, which I bought on sale at Sports Authority this past Monday. I tried it and it is very relaxing but I'm worried it may be making this pain worse instead of better -- any body have any experience with using an inversion table?
I'm so confused my this whole saga. Some weeks the pain is manageable and I'm able to go grocery shopping or to Wal Mart, maybe to the dog park and then bam! pain comes flaring back and I'm stuck in bed. I've done everthing that most of you have done (except acupuncture - thinking about that).
Anyway, just felt the need to vent-- just laying around waiting for the flare to calm down.
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When Shingo Ogaki was 16 years old, he left his quiet town on the outskirts of Osaka, Japan to follow his dream of becoming a Major League Baseball pitcher in the US. He would spend the better half of the following decade bouncing back and forth between the US and Japan, attending training camps and cutting his teeth with Seattle Mariners' minor league team and on the roster of several non-MLB pro squads.
In the end, an elbow injury dashed Ogaki's hopes of making it big in America. "I had to decide to quit or get surgery, and the surgery wasn't guaranteed to work," he told Tech in Asia. "My generation already had so many famous baseball players, so I just couldn't break into the pros back in Japan. I had to think, 'What's my next career?' and originally decided on becoming a teacher, a job where I wouldn't have to rely so much on my body."
Ogaki would go from teaching computer science to software engineering before uncovering his true passion – entrepreneurship. Taking a page from his experience in the minors, he decided to form an amateur baseball league that would make weekend warriors feel like pros. Founded in 2011, Gigathlete's G-League currently boasts 85 teams and more than 1,200 players (New York City's Metro Baseball League, for comparison, has only 17 teams this season). The company's G-Score service offers real-time scoring that can be updated via feature and smart phones, while its G-Lockerroom platform provides real-time statistics, player interviews, and photographs. Part-time Gigathlete employees who attend each of the league's match-ups – as many as 10 per week – upload all of the data and post highlights on social media.
The majority of G-League games are played in and around Tokyo. With the Greater Tokyo Area home to roughly 20 percent of Japan's population, it makes sense to keep things local. Most players have jobs and families, so traveling to another city for a weekend game would be almost impossible.
Ogaki says that the majority of players in the league are about 30 years old. "That is the age when they have been in their company for five or six years, so they have much more scheduling flexibility than when they were new recruits," he says. There are also a number of university students and retirees in the mix, giving each team a range of age groups and backgrounds.
Incentives to keep playing
For anyone who has ever played in a casual sport league, the hardest challenge is often getting people to show up for each game. Ogaki says that the scoring and game recap service is a big motivator, but that losing players is inevitable. To avoid cancellations when a team can't field enough players, Ogaki developed the G-Dugout player matchmaking service to connect them with substitute players.
Getting crushed by a team with much stronger players might also hurt morale, and thus a player's willingness to continue playing. To avoid this, teams choose their own opponents based on current league rankings and individual player statistics.
"Pro sports remind me of show business because the stadium is like a stage, spectators are the audience, and players only want to be the champion – to become more famous and appear on TV more, like a movie star," Ogaki says. "Sport should simply be for amusement, for recreation. I wanted to build a good amateur platform for people just playing for fun, not solely for winning."
Another tactic that G-League employs to keep players in the game is what Ogaki calls "double seasons." A season that starts in August, for example, ends the following August. The final two months are devoted to playoffs and the league championship. To avoid downtime waiting for the current season to end, a fresh season kicks off every six months. The overlap in the beginning allows new teams to get in on the action without having to wait for a full season to end, and it also allows teams that didn't make it into the playoffs to keep playing and improving their skills.
Staying the course without VC support
At present, Gigathlete employs a lean staff of only three full-timers (Ogaki included), two part-timers, eight interns, and about 30 staff to cover games.
The startup received 4.5 million yen (US$44,000) from Samurai Incubate in 2012 and is currently fundraising – largely without the help of established VCs. The company has so far secured about US$200,000 from private investors in what Ogaki describes as a "between" round in the middle of seed and series A. Dai Tamesue, a Japanese Olympian who holds the country's record for the 400-meter hurdles, is one of the company's latest investors and has also joined the Gigathlete team as an advisor.
Gigathlete's current monetization model is mainly based on fees – teams pay 50,000 yen annually (US$490) and 1,200 yen per game (US$12) for access to playing fields and the company's various services. The company also plans to offer basic necessities, like extra balls, for direct purchase at games.
Gigathlete's G-ShopBoard also connects players with mom-and-pop sporting goods shops in the greater Tokyo area that offer equipment customization and repair services at discounted prices. The company is also working on partnerships with some of the world's most recognizable sporting goods brands, but asked that they not be disclosed until an official agreement is signed.
The Amazon of amateur leagues
Though Ogaki is particularly passionate about baseball, he hopes to bring the current G-League formula to a variety of other sports – starting with soccer, futsal, and basketball. However, scaling the current business outside of Japan is his top priority.
The sport business market in the US is 20 times bigger than in Japan. I want to grow this market domestically, but Japan is limited. I wanted to establish a strong platform for amateurs, and baseball was the obvious first choice.
He says that the company's next stop will be Taiwan – a country that is baseball-obsessed like Japan but a lot closer to home than the US. If that proves successful, Gigathelete will expand into New York City. Real-time game scoring solutions like PointStreak already exist in the US (that particular company is already partnered with the New York City Metro Baseball League), but require a team's own scorekeeper to enter the stats and scores manually.
"I realize that baseball is not the most popular sport in the world," Ogaki says. "Soccer and cricket are much bigger globally, of course. Once we can get all of the sports, we will be like the Amazon of amateur leagues."
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Ogaki may not have made it into the Majors, but he has still made a career out of baseball. Gigathlete gives amateur players an opportunity to feel like pros – even if going pro never crossed their minds.
"When I was deciding whether or not to get elbow surgery, I never imagined becoming just an amateur player – I felt like they were losers," Ogaki says. "Years later, I asked myself why I thought that and why I felt that attitude coming from society. The truth is that the pros aren't always winners and that the amateurs are definitely not losers. I believe Gigathlete will change the perception of them completely."


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Greenies SmartBites
SmartBitesby Greenies are delicious treats for cats with natural ingredients that offer real benefits to your cat's overall health. SmartBites Hairball Control cat treats contain Fiberblend™, a formula with a special combination of plant-based fibers.
SmartBites Hairball Control's blend of fibers help minimize hairball formation and promote healthy digestion. The succulent chicken flavor will leave your cat begging for more. And because Greenies SmartBites are only 1.3 calories a treat, you don't have to feel guilty about feeding these treats to your feline friend regularly.
Feed as a snack or treat in conjunction with your cat's regular diet. For a healthy hairball benefit, feed 12 treats all at once daily. As with any treat, adjust amount of main meal to compensate for calories delivered by treats. Always monitor your pet while feeding a treat. Provide fresh drinking water at all times.
Chicken Meal, Brewers Rice, Whole Wheat, Animal Plasma, Animal Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols), Wheat Flour, Natural Flavor, Cellulose Fiber, Brewers Dried Yeast, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Minerals (Dicalcium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Potassium Iodide), Vitamins (dl-Alpha Tocopherol Acetate [source of Vitamin E], Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement [Vitamin B2], Thiamine Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], d-Calcium Pantothenate [Vitamin B5], Vitamin D3 Supplement, Biotin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride [Vitamin B6], Folic Acid Supplement), Sodium Copper Chlorophyllin, Choline Chloride, Taurine, DL-Methionine, Preserved with mixed Tocopherols.
4.29 rating based on 21 reviews
Featured Reviews for Feline Greenies SMARTBITES Hairball Control Chicken (2.1 oz)
Kittytastebuds by catahoulagirl11/06/2012
My cat wouldn't even try this. She loves dry cat food and wet cat food but I am not finding a treat that she likes.
CAT PREFERS TEMPTATIONS TREATS by gabbymiss5108 from BERKELEY,ILLINOIS05/30/2014
by Becky from San Antonio, Tx11/19/2012
Have multiple cats and most of the finicky ones did not care for the taste
by Monty12/29/2012
My cat absolutely loves these and I love the price
Great cat treats by vj from IN07/03/2013
As with all the Greenies Cat Treats my cats really like them. One will even try to get in the cabinet to get them. I can't say I've noticed that they have helped with the hairball problem but it certainly hasn't gotten worse.
by from 12/19/2012
Love these treats! by nycbetty12/18/2012
Cats love them and I love them too - great price here and I stocked up so all 4 cats can enjoy daily!
A Game of Hairball by meercat03/05/2013
The formula seems to work well, but the cat finds some most inconvenient spots in which to deposit the hairballs. I find a complete and not very pleasant change in her toileting habits since using this formula. All the other Greenies products I've given them have brought about wonderful responses, though. Thanks.
Feline Greenies SMARTBITES Hairball Control Chicke by Vicky from Salem, Oregon03/11/2013
I have 4 cat's and only one of them will not eat these. He usually will eat greenies, but for some reason he will not eat these.
Cat likes them + they are good for him by Max's Mom from Los Angeles10/22/2012
My cat eats them and even tries to find the package to open it himself - a healthy treat that he eats so no complaints
Feline Greenies SMARTBITES Hairball Control Chicke by kjaanestad08/12/2013
Feline Greenies SMARTBITES Hairball Control Chicken have worked wonders for my cats. Ever since administering them, the cats have had fewer to none urp-ups. Give 'em a try. I highly recommend them.
ALL MY CATS LIKE THESE! by TJ from CT01/16/2015
Greenies Hairball Control treats help all my cats. I give these treats daily and it helps with furball elimination.
Great Treats by Ely from San Diego08/22/2013
My cats love these and they are a bit finicky. I use the Hairball, Digestive Care, and Healthy Skin and Fur and give them some of each every day. The cats rarely throw-up now (a big bonus and quite a change) and their general heath seems better. Their coats look great.
Happy cat makes happy owner. by Ma09/05/2014
This product seems to be helping our 16 year old cat not throw up. She also seems to feel better even though she is still pretty lively. What I was unhappy about is the shipping time. I ordered on the 6th and received these products on the 15th. Slow ship from ?????
Featured Reviews for Feline Greenies SMARTBITES Hairball Control Tuna (2.1 oz)
My cat's favorite by Vter08/07/2013
These seem to help keep her regular after all her grooming. She eats them right up.
All 3 of my cats love these by QueenHollyAnne from Rockledge, FL01/22/2015
Great way to give your cat(s) hairball medicine/control. My cats all love these. They get them every day. In fact, they "pester" me until I give them their greenies! It's truly the only time all three of them will eat together :)
by Booper06/08/2014
Our 3 cats come running when they hear the package open - great product.
by from 12/19/2012
Great Treats by Ely from San08/22/2013
My cats love these and they are a bit finicky. I use the Hairball, Digestive Care, and Healthy Skin and Fur and give them some of each every day. The cats rarely throw-up now (a big bonus and quite a change) and their general heath seems better. Their coats look great.
my cats go crazy by QaaleeGirl from Seattle10/22/2012
for these yummy treats. They are the perfect size (I always thought regular Greenies were a little bit for my petite cats) and they ADORE them. The ingredients are first rate, and I didn't know they had ones for skin and fur and I am gong to get some of those for my 2 boys who have skin issues. Thanks for the fantastic product! It isn't often than all 5 of my cats like the same thing.
Reduces hairballs by Darlene from NJ03/22/2013
I have notice less hairballs since I starting giving these treats to my Cat. You must follow the directions give the directed amount! I give 1/2 morning & 1/2 evening.
Featured Reviews for Feline Greenies SMARTBITES Digestive Care Salmon (2.1 oz)
Treat I can feel good about giving by Marlene from Three Oaks, MI05/23/2014
I felt these were a healthy treat for our two cats. Neither have digestive problems but the treats were at good price and I needed something to add to my order to get free shipping. One cat loved the taste and gobbled them up every day while the other one ate them every now and then. To be fair though he is a picky eater. Bag seemed to last a while so I would buy again.
SMARTBITES! - 5 STARS from Cats & ME! by Momcat.LV from LAS VEGAS, NV09/18/2013
On a recent order from "ENTIRELY PETS"] OF GREENIES DENTAL BITES AND KITTY KUISINE, I GOT A SAMPLE OF GREENIES "SMARTBITES" DIGESTIVE CARE [TO HELP PREVENT COUGHING UP HAIRBALLS OR ANYTHING ELSE.] I DIDN'T KNOW THEY EXISTED, BUT GAVE THEM TO MY15 & 16 YR OLD CATS. I GOT THEM [ at AGES 8 WKS AND 1 YR.] and,THEY HAVE EATEN/PREFFERED ONLY DRY CAT FOOD, GREENIES DENTAL BITES [-not salmon flavor!], & KITTY KUISINE FISH FLAKES. HOWEVER,THEY ATE THE SALMON DIGESTIVE BITES LIKE CRAZY, FOLLOWING ME & CRYING FOR THEM. BEST OF ALL, THEIR COUGHING-UP VIRTUALLY STOPPED. I'VE GONE FROM 1-2 MESSES EVERY OTHER DAY TO NONE FOR THE LAST MONTH. SALMON IS THE ONLY FLAVOR THE DIGESTIVE BITS COME IN- BUT THEY SCARF THEM DOWN & BEG FOR MORE. [ BOUGHT A LARGE SUPPLY BEFORE THE SAMPLE RAN OUT. ] GREENIES SMARTBITES BITES ARE PHENOMINAL & WHILE BOTH CATS WERE QUITE SMALL & THIN- THEY ARE PICKING UP SOME MUCH NEEDED WEIGHT & ENERGY. THANKS TO " ENTIRELY PETS" FOR SLIPPING THAT SAMPLE IN MY ORDER.. ALL OF US ARE GRATEFUL!
Yummy, Mummy by DebA from Sydney, Australia01/02/2013
My 3 cats go nuts for these treats. One jumps on a table almost every evening demanding a brush followed by these treats. (Well, at least the treats.) There is always a licking of lips and a quieter household (when needed) after devouring a few of the Salmon greenies and there is always a thank you rub.
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IBD cat loves these by zcat from Bloomfield CT01/18/2015
My kitty has IBD. I have been using these for a long time and I believe they help by adding some fiber. My other cat likes them, too.
Great for my older cat by Missy from Hereford, AZ06/11/2013
This is helping my 17 yr old cat keep her food and water down.
Good Stuff by TNblue from Paris,TN10/22/2012
My two kitties loved these! They are normally picky.
Smartbites greenies by Vera M. from Idaho, USA02/23/2014
I have given these to my cats for a long time as a supplement to help digestion and maintain regular and soft stool. My older cats have benefited from them.
Exellent Treat by grace06/13/2013
Both my cats gobbled these up. I plan to order more.
Greenies treats by Cats03/02/2013
the Digestive care seems to be working well for my cat with sensitive stomach issues. This is the first bag I've tried. I have used other Greenies treats and the cats love them all.
Greenies Digestive Care by kjaanestad08/12/2013
Feline Greenies SMARTBITES Digestive Care Salmon flavored bits are treats for the cats. They love the salmon flavor best. Easy to chew. One cat is heftier than the others, so we play a game of 'chase'. I toss a Greenie down the hallway and he chases after it. He loves this product and will continue to chase for as long as I toss him a bit. So this product is good for him in more ways than one!
Great Treats by Ely from San Diego08/22/2013
My cats love these and they are a bit finicky. I use the Hairball, Digestive Care, and Healthy Skin and Fur and give them some of each every day. The cats rarely throw-up now (a big bonus and quite a change) and their general heath seems better. Their coats look great.
My picky eater loves them! by ByrdGator from Clovis, CA10/23/2012
Sampson is a very picky eater only eats 1 brand of wet food & dry nothing else until I bought these. He is not a very social cat but when I pull these out he will even eat them out of my hand.
My cats can't get enough of this snack! by Stuffedwhitedog from Greenville, NC01/01/2013
If I leave it out in the open, they will fight the bag to get into it. I think they'd eat the whole bag at one sitting if I let them. One of my cats had a problem with gagging after every meal. Once he started eating this, it seemed to help settle his stomach. He is an FIV infected cat. Highly recommend!
Yummy! by Jen01/30/2013
My cat would inhale the whole bag if I let her. She loves them and it has a great texture, crunchy on the outside and tender on the inside. Makes a great training treat! I would never give her the amount suggested on the bag (16-40 treats depending on your cat's weight). A few a day is sufficient.
Featured Reviews for Feline Greenies SMARTBITES Skin & Fur Chicken (2.1 oz)
Greenies Smartbites--Yummy! by vvickib54 from Vashon Is., WA state11/15/2013
I don't know if the Smartbites have improved Sophie's coat, but she has definitely had less hairball/barf ups which is a pleasant change. I buy all the flavors/types, and give her 6-8 per day. She really likes them. I just wish the bag size was larger.
Feline Greenies Smartbites by Tucker'sMom from Vashon, WA03/26/2014
My cat Sophie loves them and they seen to help with the issue of dull coat and always shedding. She is on 7-10 Greenies a day and her coat seems shinier and less apt to shed.
by from 12/19/2012
Great Treats by Ely from San Diego08/22/2013
My cats love these and they are a bit finicky. I use the Hairball, Digestive Care, and Healthy Skin and Fur and give them some of each every day. The cats rarely throw-up now (a big bonus and quite a change) and their general heath seems better. Their coats look great.
Featured Reviews for Feline Greenies SMARTBITES Skin & Fur Salmon (2.1 oz)
Great Treats by Ely from San Diego08/22/2013
My cats love these and they are a bit finicky. I use the Hairball, Digestive Care, and Healthy Skin and Fur and give them some of each every day. The cats rarely throw-up now (a big bonus and quite a change) and their general heath seems better. Their coats look great.
Greenies by Vanessa from Torrance, CA07/11/2013
Cats loved the greenies! A treat plus the benefit for skin and fur is a plus. Thanks.
by from 12/19/2012
YUM! by erica12/04/2012
My two cats like treats. They like most of the treats I've bought and tried, but there is the occasional treat-snub. Not so with these- they absolutely go nuts over these salmon Greenies Smartbites! Cats are happy that they get a tasty snack, and I am happy they get a bit of omega-3s for the fur. Kind of the equivalent of me snacking on flax seed tortillas. Highly recommended for cats that like fishy flavored treats!
Kiki loves her treats! by Doegie from Land O Lakes, FL08/26/2013
Great service, products and price! Our cat loves treat time and we love the price of the L-Lysine and other products.
Yummy Treats ! by MsHollygolly from King City Ontario Canada04/15/2013
Appearently my 3 kitty-Kats think so. I only give one or two as a reward more than as a free for all treat. If i was to give the recommended amount to each cat per their poundage, i wouldn't have anything left for next time. The main thing is they like the taste, and i am happy about that. From what i know i believe Greenies is a good tasty and beneficial product.
Cat is Happy by Vter07/05/2014
My Siamese cat likes these treats as well as the hairball control ones. I give her these each day on top of her other special diet dry food. Seems to help her coat. Only been on it for about a month. I will continue purchasing them.
Worth a Try by Pittypat from Reno NV12/16/2012
As you know, cats are fussy eaters! My cat likes this. I hope it shines her coat, we will see!