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Hudson Bay, a body of water in northeastern Canada. It is one of the largest ocean inlets in the world, with an area of about 317,500 square miles (822,300 km)—roughly three times the size of the Great Lakes combined. Hudson Bay is linked to the Atlantic Ocean by Hudson Strait. James Bay is the southernmost extension. Maximum dimensions are about 850 miles (1,370 km) north-south and about 650 miles (1,050 km) east-west; maximum depth is about 850 feet (260 m).
The bleak, desolate shores of Hudson Bay are almost unpopulated. The eastern shore is rocky and dotted with islands; much of the western shore is low and swampy. A number of rivers empty into the bay, including the Churchill, Nelson, Severn, and Albany. The main occupations of the region are trapping and fishing.
Hudson Bay is open to shipping from mid-July through most of October. Churchill, Manitoba, on the western shore, is its chief port and has rail connections with southern Canada.
Henry Hudson discovered Hudson Bay in 1610. In 1670 the English Crown gave the Hudson's Bay Company a charter granting it exclusive trading rights to the bay's entire drainage basin. The French ceded their bay forts to Britain in 1713. Canada took over control of the bay area from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1869.


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Incredibly, the actual violin played on the deck of the sinking Titanic has been proven to have survived the disaster. Its place in history is inarguable:
"Within minutes of Titanic striking an iceberg on April 14, 1912, [Wallace] Hartley [pictured] was instructed to assemble the band and play music in order to maintain calm.
"The eight musicians gallantly performed on the chilly boat deck of the Titanic while the passengers lined up for the lifeboats.
"The band carried on until the bitter end, famously playing a final hymm of 'Nearer, My God, To Thee.'
"Hartley, and the other seven band members, perished along with 1,500 passengers and crew when the luxurious vessel sank at 2.20am on April 15.
"After his body was recovered by the ship the Mackay Bennett 10 days later, the violin wasn't listed by officials among the inventory of items found in his possession.
"A newspaper report later stated that Hartley was found fully dressed and with the instrument strapped to his body.
"The conflicting accounts gave way to the theory that either the violin simply floated off in the Atlantic or was stolen by somebody involved with handling the bodies."
As it turned out, the instrument was, indeed, recovered at the time of the wreck, was sent to the owner's fiancée, and was later donated to the Salvation Army upon her death from cancer. One of the organization's members kept it until her death. Her heirs are about to auction it for what is expected to be close to a million dollars.
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN ŌĆō Police arrested a 32-year-old Connecticut man Tuesday following a high-speed chase that began in Charlestown and ended in South Kingstown.
At approximately 4:30 p.m., a Charlestown police officer clocked Joshua L. Levix, of 60 Chicago Ave., Groton, Conn., traveling close to 100 mph on his motorcycle on Route 1 north near SM Mini Mart.
The officer began pursuing Levix, who then reportedly starting throwing items from his motorcycle, according to Charlestown Police Chief Jeffrey Allen.
Allen said the officer believed he saw Levix throw a weapon from the motorcycle, but it was never recovered. Officers were only able to locate a black glove.
As the pursuit approached the South Kingstown town line, Charlestown Police notified South Kingstown Police. South Kingstown Police Captain Joel Ewing-Chow said the pursuit happened so quickly, Charlestown Police were arresting Levix by the time they arrived on the scene.
Charlestown Police continued the pursuit into South Kingstown and Levix took the East Matunuck State Beach exit off Route 1 onto Succotash Road.
Police followed and Allen said witnesses observed Levix throwing items from his person into the bushes.
Police caught up with Levix at East Matunuck State Beach where he was arrested and charged with reckless driving and driving with a suspended license.
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Ntoumanis, N., Healy, L. C., Sedikides, C., Smith, A. L. and Duda, J. L., 2014. Self-regulatory responses to unattainable goals : The role of goal motives. Self and Identity, 13 (5), pp. 594-612.
Smith, A., Ntoumanis, N., Duda, J. L. and Vansteenkiste, M., 2011. Goal striving, coping, and well-being:A prospective investigation of the self-concordance model in sport. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 33 (1), pp. 124-145.
Smith, A., Ntoumanis, N. and Duda, J., 2010. An Investigation of Coach Behaviors, Goal Motives, and Implementation Intentions as Predictors of Well-Being in Sport. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 22 (1), pp. 17-33.
Vlachopoulos, S. P., Ntoumanis, N. and Smith, A. L., 2010. The basic psychological needs in exercise scale: Translation and evidence for cross-cultural validity. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 8 (4), pp. 394-412.
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Smith, A., Ntoumanis, N. and Duda, J. L., 2007. Goal Striving, Goal Attainment, and Well-Being: Adapting and Testing the Self-Concordance Model in Sport. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 29 (6), pp. 763-782.


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What do ya think about a creepy environment?creepy music, gunshots, screams, corpses, rubble and more.I will start doing some voice acting once i get a microphone sorted and i will add aliens and zombies jumping out at you. Sound scary? i am also gonna make some sort of trailer thing what shows the aliens invading and the IAU being called in!
i am starting to work on some textures and decals which display the story and i might make a few stupid easter eggs.
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>Sonora / Tuolumne News, Sports, & Weather, Angels Camp, Twain Harte, Jamestown | Union Democrat
With the fall foliage arriving in the Mother Lode, it won't be long before those leaves are covering lawns and yards across the region. And residents have different options depending on where they live for disposing of their annual autumn leaf piles and other yard waste.
In Tuolumne County, it goes through a green waste facility near Sonora with special discounts and some curbside service depending on the day and location.
In Calaveras County, residents outside of Angels Camp have multiple options for dropping off leaves as well as additional curbside options.
Both counties contract their yard waste management to private companies — Tuolumne to Waste Management and Calaveras to SEI Solid Waste.
The Waste Management-run Cal Sierra Earth Resources Facility is at 14909 Camage Ave., off Tuolumne Road. Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a noon to 1 p.m. break, the center charges $5 per cubic-yard for typical green waste like leaves, grass clippings and small tree branches.
Tom Teach, a spokesman at the facility, said the material is ground up and sold for use as a mulch-like substance or to mix with compost. Because of that, those dumping leaves are asked to remove the leaves from any bags and make sure there are no tools or other items included.
Trash, ashes, pet waste, large stumps and non-organic materials are not allowed.
"The biggest issue for us is if somebody has a shovel or pick axe" in the material, Teach said. "When that goes in the grinder, it can really make a mess of things."
For residents of Sonora, there are some additional perks. On Nov. 10 and 17, both Saturdays, city residents with a coupon and up to three cubic yards can bring their yard waste to the center for $1 a yard.
Coupons are available at the city Fire Department, and Teach said the program is designed to discourage city residents from burning their fall yard waste.
In Angels Camp, residents will get a different courtesy for leaves and other green waste. On Nov. 6, SEI will offer curbside pickup for leaves and yard trimmings to city residents. The rest of the county has a number of options where they can haul clean wood and yard waste.
According to the county's waste management department, those locations include Red Hill Recycling and Disposal at 5314 Red Hill Road, Wilesyville Recycling and Disposal at the end of Blizzard Mine Road, Rock Creek Landfill at 12021 Hunt Road in Milton or Copperopolis transfer station at 3831 O'Byrnes Ferry Road.
Fees are $4 a cubic yard, $2 for half a cubic yard or $1 for a single can or bag up to 33 gallons.
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When a Greek who had been living in exile for 11 years in Sweden returns to Crete to rejoin his old flame and his friends, he is in for unpleasant surprises. His lover has married, his friends have abandoned their political ideals and are selling real estate, and there is no one and no place that is familiar or unchanged. In the end, the exile refuses to sell his own land to his enterprising friends and settles in with his own ideals intact. Lacking strong direction or in-depth character development, this story does not reach beyond a bland portrayal of the above-described events. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi


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Vodacom May Lose Congo Shares as Court Orders June Sale
Vodacom Group Ltd. may lose its shares in a wireless unit in the Democratic Republic of Congo after a court ordered the confiscated stock be auctioned next month if a $21 million dispute with a consultant isn't settled.
The commercial court, based in the capital Kinshasa, issued an order on May 14 to sell by public auction Vodacom's 510,000 shares in its 51-percent held Vodacom Congo SPRL unit in order to enforce its Jan. 25 judgment that Vodacom pay Moto Mabanga's Namemco Energy (Pty) Ltd. a $21 million consulting fee, according to court documents provided by Mabanga.
The court's head clerk, Jose Roger Mbonga Kinkela, confirmed the veracity of the document and the announcement of a public auction when approached yesterday at the Gombe commune of Kinshasa. The shares were seized by the court from Vodacom on March 26.
"We believe that the contemplated seizure and sale of shares in Vodacom Congo is legally flawed and would taint any participating third parties," Richard Boorman, a Vodacom spokesman, said in an e-mailed response to questions today. "We have accordingly instituted legal action against this process." He didn't immediately respond to further questions.
The commercial court said in the announcement that "in the case of failure of payment of the amount due to the plaintiff," it will proceed with a sale of the seized shares at the headquarters of the court on June 3.
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Mabanga sued Johannesburg-based Vodacom, a unit of Vodafone Group Plc, last year, seeking a $40.8 million success fee for work done during 2007 and 2008. The commercial court ruled on a reduced award in January. Mabanga was already paid a $2.8 million service fee for the consulting work, which Vodacom maintains was a full and final settlement of its obligations.
The 510,000 shares represent Vodacom's entire holding in the Kinshasa-based unit that increased its customers 33 percent to 5.1 million in the quarter through December, Vodacom said on Feb. 8.
"Before the court announcement I have been receiving telephone calls from people who wanted to know if the shares were available," Mabanga said in a mobile-phone interview from Kinshasa. "The sale is not a Mabanga process, it's a court process. I just want to be paid my money."


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Hi, new on here, have just bought a 2005 LC4 and was wondering if any one has sucessfully upgraded the sat nav to the full screen version found in the LC5 etc, have read a couple of posts on here about it but i cant find a very positive ending, quite a few posts says you can but no proof of the outcome, one other question is can the maps for either the original or the full screen be updated to include the Isle of Man. Look forward to hearing the outcome.
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Surely it would be easier to fit a TNS600 (which is also full screen) - these were available as an option on LC4s (mine has one). Indeed, you can find the installation instructions at http://www.toyota-tech.eu/ (Under owner /installation manuals).
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The night of Samhain is fast approaching, and for that one night a year, Gray and the last remaining Dire Wolves—amongst others—are entrusted with the protection of the veil between worlds, while it's at its thinnest. Add in the threat of a new drug on the market, and they'll have to work twice as hard to keep everyone safe. The last thing he needs is a sexy little Delta to save.
As a lowly Delta, Red Wolf shifter Ryan has never known peace. Cast away and unwanted, he is quickly taken captive and trained as a dancer at The Howling, a strip club in the worst part of Praeter. Hungry, abused, and kept in a drug-induced fog, his life is nothing. He is nothing but the orders and twisted demands of his captor. All that changes when he catches the scent of a wolf in the crowd.
Long ebony hair, eyes that can't decide if they're green or blue as they follow him on stage. Unable to stop himself, Ryan does the one thing guaranteed to earn him punishment. He touches the other wolf. Peace. For those few brief moments, the hunger, the pain, the torment…all gone. The price to feel that respite again, though, could very well be his life.
Written By: Ellen Cross
Series: Preternatural Rescue Centre #2
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It doesn't matter if he's been naughty or nice all year. Adam's stocking is still getting stuffed full of Cole, this Christmas.
The coming of age for any vampire is cause for celebration, a time when they first taste blood. For Cole, however, his twenty-fifth birthday brings a terrible choice from his father—either he takes the life of another to prove his worth, or he forfeits his own life. Cole chooses the only way his heart will allow, and pays the price with both his fangs and the rapidly mounting blood starvation that will slowly end his life, now that his body needs to feed, but cannot. He escapes, bleeding, barefoot, and wearing nothing more than a simple cotton sleep-shirt. With his father's sentinels in pursuit, Cole soon finds himself half-frozen and unable to run anymore. The last thing he expects when he crawls into a dumpster to hide away for the last few hours of his life is to be rescued by a temperamental black cat and...aww hell...his cherished one, Adam. How is Cole meant to blood-bond to the wolf hybrid when his time is fast running out, and he has no fangs to even try? He quickly learns his cherished is far more than he appears, though, and Adam's friends at the Delta Rehabilitation Centre have even higher friends, with a score to settle with his father, of their own. It's just a shame he won't be around long enough to witness their payback.
Written By: Ellen Cross
Series: Preternatural Rescue Centre #3
Published By: Extasy Books
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Davis has fought the shadowkin on more occasions that he cares to think about and proudly bears the scars from each, garnering the title Supercat, from the other guardians for being damn near bulletproof. How can he forgive himself, though, when the terrible truth behind his unique ability to heal is uncovered?
Rowan has been lost, living his life in an ever-present fog to prevent an even worse fate. The only constant in his life is his one, the cougar shifter who draws him in and lights the way with his glowing amber eyes. He would give anything...suffer anything, to keep his one safe, even if his one doesn't know it.
Written By: Ellen Cross
Series: Preternatural Rescue Centre #4
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Grant had made a deal. He would use his talent, and his sister, Kaylee, would get what she needed. What he didn't count on though, was the deal turning sour. Picking up the pieces of the aftermath is more than he can handle, so he turns to the warlock who rescued him for help. He might actually get it, too, if the guy would just stop running.
If Nico had known the little omega he had found was going to turn out to be this much trouble, he might not have rescued him after all. The wolf asked for things he shouldn't, surfaced long neglected instincts that Nico hadn't felt in too long. The wolf pushed, refused to take no for an answer. Only problem was, once you opened the door to something like that, there was no turning back.
Written By: Ellen Cross
Series: Preternatural Rescue Centre #5
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Lee's been locked away for so long that he's forgotten what it's like to have hope, or why he's been held. When a voice speaks inside his head, telling him help is on the way, he won't allow himself to believe the words, writing them off as insanity finally taking hold. When help arrives in the form of a pair of sexy fey warriors who break down the wall to his prison, Lee's fear takes over.
Years ago, Arrameus and Cruziel crossed the veil as outcasts. They're Guardians, warriors, known for being ruthless and unstoppable in the battle against the shadowkin. Nothing shakes their resolve, until a small wheelchair-bound human brings them to their knees. He's their Nanta, their destiny, but how will they come to terms with the fact their mate is trapped behind more walls then the one that imprisoned him, and more importantly, how will they break through them?
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Series: Preternatural Rescue Centre #6
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How did Dante find himself in this mess? First Grant creates a portal that no living being can pass through—leaving Dante as the only one able to cross it—but when Dante does, he finds his mate on the other side, chained to the ground of a building that is seconds from collapsing on top of them both.
Dante only has two choices. Either he leaves his mate, or he takes him back through the portal. Both will result in his mate's death. Before he can decide, his inner vampire takes over, and helpless to stop it, his beast bleeds his mate's life away...
Sonny has been a servant his whole life, mute through circumstances of his birth. With no ability to voice what he knows, and never having learned to write, it goes unnoticed that he overhears more than he should.
Left for dead when Sonny's master flees, death comes calling with glowing red eyes and a deadly set of fangs. Funny thing though, as death swoops in to take his life, Sonny could almost swear that he smells his mate...
Written By: Ellen Cross
Series: Preternatural Rescue Centre #7
Published By: Extasy Books
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Shamus is small...really small, but being a leprechaun, that's okay. What isn't small about him though, is his magic. When his father disowns him from not only the family, but also his clan, Shamus knows the resulting upsurge in his magic will eventually burn him out. Instead of concentrating on finding a solution to his problem, his thoughts remain on the most irritating man he has ever met, Zee.
Zee is a water sprite hiding a dark secret, one that led to the death of his only lover. He can't let anyone in, can't let anyone close—it isn't safe. While he has been able to keep his distance from everyone so far, a redheaded leprechaun with a smart mouth and irresistibly shiny toys tests his resolve.
Zee hates Shamus and delights in irritating him, but when the leprechaun goes missing, Zee is going to have to decide if he really hates Shamus after all, or if he is just lying to himself.
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Series: Preternatural Rescue Centre #8
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Lucien was forced to walk away from love years ago, so when fate offers him a second chance, he grasps it with both hands and refuses to let go.
Perry has changed a lot since they last saw each other, including the fact that he is now a falcon shapeshifter who has spent the past few years enslaved to a mutual enemy. What hasn't changed, though, is the feelings that burn between them.
When Perry's ex-captors decide they want him back, leaving little trace of the abduction behind, Lucien has to learn that just weathering a storm isn't always enough. Sometimes, you need to ride the lightning, too.
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Series: Preternatural Rescue Centre #9
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Jumping through a Mage portal on some sort of instinctual autopilot probably hadn't been the best decision of Morgan's life, but it did lead him to two pieces of his soul, trapped in not only a cage, but also their animal forms.
Owen and Ridley never thought they'd be free again, living a life of captivity and pain, until a sexy Guardian breaks them out and offers them forever.
While Ridley hungers for Morgan, Owen just wishes the mate-stealing merman would walk away and forget about them both. He may not have to worry about his future for long, though. It's Halloween, and the veil is once again at its weakest. Denzel has failed to break through before, but this time, he has a secret weapon…
Written By: Ellen Cross
Series: Preternatural Rescue Centre #10
Published By: Extasy Books
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Half an inch. Roman's life has been taken over and destroyed by half an inch of poison-filled metal. Unable to deny the control Denzel now holds over him, Roman is no better than a puppet, controlled and used in however horrifying way the shadowkin leader orders. He longs for his freedom, an escape before he is forced to kill again, but without the ability to so much as lift a finger by his own choice, the most he can pray for is a merciful end.
Dorian is a Gregorian angel, tasked with witnessing the events of man, yet forbidden to interfere in any way. The consequences of breaking the Gregorian covenant are final, fatal, but something about Roman, the demon he finds imprisoned by the shadow elves, has him longing to break all the rules. Torn between duty and what his heart is telling him is right, Dorian chooses to fall, to touch the demon regardless of what the consequences will mean. He knows he has made the right decision and will happily live out the rest of his life with his choice, for however short that now might be.
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Series: Preternatural Rescue Centre #11
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Raziel has watched each of his guardian brothers find their mate knowing that while Toby is his own, the time for them to meet hasn't been right. When that time finally arrives and Raziel has Toby wrapped in his arms, he can't shake the feeling that their time together will be fleeting.
Nothing in Toby's life has been by his own choice since the moment Denzel ripped him from his mother's womb. Now that Denzel is dead and Eydan is in charge, nothing has changed. All he has ever wanted has been to find his mate and have a place to call home, but fate has set his path in a different direction.
Visions have shown Toby what he must do to stop the war, but they have also revealed a truth that he has kept from everyone, especially his mate. He wants to be held, to experience the touch of his mate's skin and the softness of his lips just once before giving in to his destiny. While Toby is the only person who can end the shadowkin plague that threatens Preter, to do so, he must sacrifice it all...


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How tracking your daily progress can help you reach your annual goals.
For the last two years, I have been wearing a Fitbit, a watch-like device that tracks my steps, exercise, calories, water, and even my heart rate. Fitness trackers have become popular because they track the daily goals you set for yourself.
I have set five primary daily goals for my Fitbit to track:
1. I walk 10,000 steps per day
2. I eat 1,350 calories per day
3. burn 2,135 calories each day
4. I complete 30 active minutes of exercise each day
5. I drink 64 ounces of water per day
Throughout the day I look at my Fitbit to check the number of steps I have taken and receive instant feedback. At any given time during of the day, I know exactly how close I am to reaching my daily goal of walking 10,000 steps and how much more effort I will need to reach my goal for the day.
The powerful benefit of wearing my fitness tracker is the curiosity of wanting to know "my score." When I take the 10,000th step, my Fitbit lights up and vibrates against my wrist, delivering a physical signal of success. Reaching daily goals allows me to celebrate the tiny steps toward the accomplishment of a larger goal.
But what if the daily fitness goals shown above were to be written as annual goals:
1. I walk 1,825 miles
2. I eat 492,750 calories
3. I burn 779,275 calories
4. I complete 10,950 active minutes of exercise
5. I drink 23,360 ounces of water
The annual goals now look absurd. They create a "hoped for" outcome without clarifying the type and quantity of daily activities you need to accomplish every day.
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John hisses as the wizard spoke with his head still spinning. "Now you twisting my words, words that you pretend you can't understand!" John spat, almost as he didn't even hear Guan's plea for John to calm down.
|If we had intended you harm we would now be attacking Boyikt and not trying to stop our own friend.
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|Got my pre owned ps3 a few weeks ago but I'm having just a few issues. There seems to be quite a few times where the console hangs up and the only way to get it back is removing the power cord. The other thing seems to be concerning Uncharted 2. A couple of times, the games not saved my progress. When I press start to save it, it doesn't highlight the save function and just says autosaving please wait. But doesn't do anything. When over exited the game, its not saved any of the checkpoints I've done in that session so I've got to do them all over again. Is this a problem anyone else has had with the game or does it sound like a console issue ?
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Most kids love parties. They are a great chance to hang around with school
chums outside of a school environment and a perfect opportunity to flex those
all-important social skills which develop so quickly during the teen and pre-teen
years. If you are looking for fancy
dress ideas for a kids' party, look no further.
First things first: you should be sure to consult your child before a) arranging
a theme, and b) arranging any kind of fancy
dress. Failure to consult the host of the party is both inconsiderate and
a recipe for disaster. Of course, there is the possibility that your child will
come up with an unreasonable suggestion, but this can be seen as the opening
of negotiations.
It is often
difficult choosing appropriate costumes
for children, but, if you stick to some common sense guidelines, you won't
go too far wrong. While something like a Wonder
Woman costume would have no cultural relevance for anyone under 25, children's
costumes can cover everything from popular television programs like SpongeBob
SquarePants to perennial favourites like cowboys, princesses and spacemen.
Of course, it depends from individual to individual, but the fact is that many
children are far more up-to-date on modern trends than their parents and should
be given as much input in deciding what's 'cool' as possible! You could always
use famous
fancy dress parties as a guide, but this is risky ground.
Young children will probably not appreciate having to wear fancy
dress wigs for anything more than a couple of minutes, and these should
be avoided at parties for young children. As adults, many of us have experienced
fancy dress parties where the floor is strewn with wigs at the end of the evening/next
morning; the simple fact is that wigs are often rather uncomfortable. Many children
have low discomfort thresholds and this must be taken into account when thinking
about costumes. This is also true of full-body outfits such as many animal
costumes, which can be very uncomfortable to wear for a whole afternoon/evening.
On this note, it can be dangerous to put a young child in a mask,
because there is a risk of suffocation
(especially with rubber masks).
Many costumes aren't complete without a wacky fancy
dress hat. Where would a spaceman be without his helmet, or a witch without
her pointy, black hat and elaborate costume
When it comes to the party itself, there is every possibility that costumes
will get mixed up and you should take a note of who is wearing what when the
children arrive. The alternative is weeks of chasing missing hats, masks, gloves
and capes!
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It's not illegal for health care workers to refuse immunizations
VANCOUVER, Wash. - Health care workers in Washington and Oregon are not required to be vaccinated against whooping cough or any other diseases.
In Oregon there's even a law that's been in place for more than 20 years expressly prohibiting a hospital from requiring workers to be immunized. But most people in health care choose to get immunized anyway.
Both Oregon and Washington leave immunization requirements for employees up to the individual hospitals and clinics. For instance, in Clark County, where health officers have been dealing with the whooping cough outbreak, PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center has vaccinated more than 30 percent of its employees against whooping cough. Their goal is 50 percent by the end of summer.
More than 90 percent of PeaceHealth employees were vaccinated this year against the flu. The hospital keeps close track of employees who decline vaccinations for a half dozen diseases.
"Let's say that we know that they're not immune in measles, they may sign a declination, but if we have a measles outbreak, or a measles situation in this hospital system or in our community that may have a patient entering our hospital, those employees will be suspended from work on their own time and at their own rate of pay," said Sara Perkins with PeaceHealth.
Other hospital systems in the metro area all have similar policies. They all strongly encourage employees to be vaccinated against things like mumps, measles and chicken pox. Or they are required to sign a statement saying they refuse the vaccine.
Many people refuse vaccines for religious reasons.
Officials at OHSU and Legacy Health Systems say their employees are required to have several vaccinations but in some cases the employees can say no.
In Oregon, the law backs those employees up: "A worker shall not be required as a condition of work to be immunized," according to ORS 433.416.
In a recent survey, 69 percent of Oregon hospital workers were vaccinated for the flu and Washington led the nation with 86 percent immunized.
But health officials say those rates are below the levels needed to prevent a flu outbreak.
"It's a hard thing when you have an employee who feels really strongly against having something done, to convince them it's the right thing, often times they will, because they don't want to wear the mask," Perkins said.
At PeaceHealth, employees who refuse the flu vaccine have to wear a mask around patients during flu season.
In Oregon a health care advisory group is studying whether the state should require health care workers to be vaccinated against the flu. That group is supposed to report to the Legislature in September.


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The New York National Guard has furloughed 1,500 civilian technicians around the state because of the federal government's partial shutdown.
About 435 furloughs were in Niagara Falls, where the 914th Airlift Wing of the Air Force Reserve and the 107th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard operate.
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by Mike Flynn
Posted Jan 14th 2010 at 3:17 pm
The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (the Stimulus Bill) has been such an epic failure, that even the mainstream media has started to notice. The White House has tacitly acknowledged this and recently announced that it would no longer 'count' jobs 'created or saved' by the Stimulus. The basic problem is that the bulk of the spending went to programs or projects that have nothing to do with economic growth.
The latest example of this is a $500,000 grant to Michael Mann, Professor at Penn State University and unintended c0-star of the ClimateGate e-mail scandal. The leaked e-mails revealed collaboration among scientists to stifle dissenting views on the extent of man-made global warming.
Mann is also the creator of the "Hockey Stick" graph, which purported to show a sharp increase in recent temperatures. That work has been thoroughly discredited by researcher Stephen McIntyre. Yet, in June 2009, the National Science Foundation awarded Mann a three-year $500,000 to further study the climate's response to human activity. According to the grant award:
The broader impacts involve supporting postdoctoral scholars and graduate students and contributing to the understanding of abrupt climate change.
So, the research is supposed to give us a better 'understanding of abrupt climate change.' Mind you, the research isn't to determine whether there is abrupt climate change occurring. Given that Mann is known for using "tricks" to finesse his data, the National Science Foundation will not be pleased with the results.
Actually, this particular grant is special, even by the low-bar set by other spending. Most of the Stimulus funds are simply wasted with no real impact on the overall economy. However, Mann's "research" will presumably be used to further justify cap-and-trade legislation or other draconian regulatory actions. Either of these will have a very negative impact on the economy, retarding growth for years to come.
We may be paying for this $500,000 for a very long time.
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I haven't heard anything about the story, but if it's anything like Final Fantasy: 4 Heroes of Light then I wouldn't be too excited for it :/
It won't be. The story wasn't written by interns this time. No, we're talking about the writer of Steins;Gate over here. It'll be fine storywise.
So it will be a good comedy with interesting time travel ideas that turns into borderline the best thing ever after a while? Sweet, I'm down with that.


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|Hypoxia-induced Arterial Differentiation Requires Adrenomedullin and Notch Signaling.
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|PMID: 23379656 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher
|Hypoxia (low oxygen) and Notch signaling are two important regulators of vascular development, but how they interact in controlling the choice between arterial and venous fates for endothelial cells during vasculogenesis is less well understood. In this report, we show that hypoxia and Notch signaling intersect in promotion of arterial differentiation. Hypoxia upregulated expression of the Notch ligand Dll4 and increased Notch signaling, in a process requiring the vasoactive hormone adrenomedullin. Notch signaling also upregulated Dll4 expression, leading to a positive feedback loop sustaining Dll4 expression and Notch signaling. In addition, hypoxia-mediated upregulation of the arterial marker genes Depp, connexin40 (Gja5), Cxcr4 and Hey1 required Notch signaling. In conclusion, the data reveal an intricate interaction between hypoxia and Notch signaling in the control of endothelial cell differentiation, including a hypoxia/adrenomedullin/Dll4 axis that initiates Notch signaling and a requirement for Notch signaling to effectuate hypoxia-mediated induction of the arterial differentiation program.
|Fredrik Lanner; Kian Leong Lee; Germán Camargo Ortega; Marcus Sohl; Xiujuan Li; Shaobo Jin; Emil M Hansson; Lena Claesson-Welsh; Lorenz Poellinger; Urban Lendahl; Filip Farnebo
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When people think of Irish dancing, they think of the stage show "Riverdance" or a line of short-skirted girls with big, curly hair, their arms held straight at their sides and their lower legs snapping like scissors.
But there is a different side to Irish dancing, a social tradition that has little to do with performance or competition.
At an Irish social dance, or "ceili" (pronounced KAY-lee), anyone can learn a jig or reel.
"When you say Irish dancing, people will say, 'Oh, like "Riverdance"? I can't do that,' " says Tom Juenemann, who plays accordion in the Twin Cities Ceili Band. "And that's true, they can't. Step-dancing is a highly stylized dance form that you have to really learn how to do and practice. It's more of a sport.
"In contrast, ceili dances are just about having fun," Juenemann says. "It's nice to be able to do the footwork -- the sevens and threes and skipping and hopping. But the primary goal of a ceili dance is to laugh."
People head to ceilis on St. Patrick's Day and also year-round for regularly scheduled dances at the Dubliner Pub on University Avenue and elsewhere. I recently took my husband and two children to a kid-friendly ceili at Celtic Junction in St. Paul.
As we walked up to the building, we heard music drifting through the walls, beckoning us into the dimly lit dance hall. The five-piece Twin Cities Ceili Band played on stage under the backdrop of a painted yellow St. Bridgid's cross.
We settled into chairs on the side of the room and watched 40 or so dancers moving through patterns in several long lines. A mother danced while nudging her preschooler in the right direction. An older man shuffled, barely lifting his feet. There were middle-aged couples and a handful of teenagers with some impressive high-stepping, synchronized footwork.
Above the accordion and fiddle, you could hear instructions.
"Forward! Forward! Back! Back! Do it again! Trade places! Pass through!"
The caller was Linda Doran, one of a handful of people in the Twin Cities who has memorized the steps and patterns of traditional Irish dances and teaches them at dances.
Our family has no Irish heritage and my husband dances only grudgingly, but he loves Celtic music and his foot already was tapping. I decided to hit the floor with my 7-year-old-daughter and left our 10-year-old son to listen to music with dad.
I think we danced to "The Siege of Ennis," but frankly, it's all a blur. Maybe it was "Siege of Carrick." Could have been the "Fairy Reel" for all I know.
I was listening to Doran's instructions with the intensity of a teenager trying to follow a driving instructor's directions for merging onto the highway.
My daughter and I faced another couple in a line going down the dance floor. We skipped sideways. We all put our hands in the middle and danced in a circle. We hopped forward and then stepped sideways and separated from our partner to allow another couple to walk between us.
I would steer my confused daughter out of the way of incoming dancers and pull her back toward me for a spin. As we moved down the line, we danced opposite different people, a few almost as confused as we were, and many others who pointed us in the right direction.
We got the hang of it, and by the end of the dance my daughter was even trying to lift her knees in a little jig step like the teenagers.
"If you can move forwards, backwards and sideways, I can put you into a ceili and there will be no blood," Doran told me later. "I consider it a bonus if you know your right from your left. It does not require a high level of skill in terms of the steps.
"I think it's very family friendly," she added. "I've had kids as young as 3 move through patterns on their own."
Doran is a member of an adult Irish social dance group called Mooncoin, which does demonstrations at fairs and schools. Members of the group were helping run this particular ceili while the regular caller, Mike Whalen, was out of town.
"Oh, my goodness, it's fun," said Elizabeth Merrit, a Mooncoin member who had brought her young daughter, Flora. "It's social and it's something active you can do with your friends."
The dance at Celtic Junction grew out of a longtime monthly ceili dance held at Oddfellows Hall in the St. Anthony Park neighborhood of St. Paul. Organizers were looking for a more visible venue and found a natural home at Celtic Junction and enthusiastic hosts in Natalie O'Shea and Cormac O'se (he prefers the Gaelic spelling).
Four years ago, the O'Sheas purchased and remodeled an old mobile phone warehouse in an industrial area north of University to house their booming O'Shea Irish Dance School. A champion in the competitive dance circuit of his native Ireland and a performer with "Riverdance," Cormac O'Se was eager to promote more social side of Irish dancing even as he trained young competitors.
"We wanted to have a place where we could do quite a lot more than run a dance studio," said Natalie O'Shea, a Minnesota native who met Cormac while she was working as a "Riverdance" stagehand. "We founded Celtic Junction as space for dance, music, visual art and language."
The Center for Irish Music is a major tenant, teaching fiddle, accordion and other traditional Irish instruments to 130 students. The center also hosts Gaelic language classes, various clubs and O'Shea Irish Dance, which has 250 students.
Sometimes, the O'Shea students and their parents drop by the monthly ceili.
On the night I was there, Doran invited the teenagers to show off their moves. One boy, who looked about the age of my 10-year-old son, drew the biggest whoops as he flung himself down the hall at a diagonal, skimming the floor with his feet as people clapped in rhythm to the music.
"This type of event is great because you get to enjoy the students," said Elaine Black, who was standing next to me.
Black learned ceili dances as a child in Ireland but set them aside for 20 years after emigrating. She rediscover them in St. Paul as a member of Mooncoin.
"There is a tradition in Irish culture that at the end of the night, you bring out your 'party piece,' either a piece of poetry or a piece of music or a dance. That's what these dances are," Black said.
I caught up with some of the athletic teen dancers in the lobby, taking a break from dancing and lounging on sofas.
David Ochs, 15, is part of a eight-member O'Shea team that will dance a competitive version of ceili at the World Irish Dancing Championships at the end of the month in Boston.
The style of ceili they perform is synchronized down to the height of their jumps and angle of their knee lifts, nothing like the social dancing we had been doing in the dance hall.
"It has to be completely symmetrical in every way," said Ochs, who lives in Minnetonka and is at Celtic Junction almost daily, either dancing or taking fiddle lessons.
The social ceili is a welcome break from the intensity of training for competitions. "It's nice to get away from the synchronization and just get loose," he said.
I told the boys that my 13-year-old son had not wanted to come to the ceili and was glad to have gotten out of the family outing by landing a babysitting gig.
"Your son is missing out," said Liam Slatterly, 15, of Roseville, another competitive dancer. "Just tell him there are, like, 50 million girls here ..."
"... and, like, six boys," Ochs said.
I headed back to the dance floor and tried to coax my 10-year-old out onto the dance floor. But he preferred to lurk on the sidelines nursing a root beer. His father and I shuffled through a couple of dances and had a good time.
As we moved down the line, we danced a few patterns opposite two teenage O'Shea students, Kelly Reiling and Amy Green, both of Minneapolis. It was a joy to watch them move, but I wondered if they thought it was a drag to dance with clumsy people the age of their parents.
"No! It's just so fun to see other people having fun," said Green right after the dance. She seemed shocked, hurt even, that I would even think she held my two left feet against me. "No one should ever feel self-conscious!"
Maja Beckstrom can be reached at 651-228-5295.
What: Irish ceili at Celtic Junction
Where: 836 Prior Ave., St. Paul
Information: 651-528-7979 or thecelticjunction.com
When: 7 p.m., usually third Saturday of the month
Cost: $5 person, $20 family
Target audience: Anyone who can't sit still when they listen to Irish music
Crowd pleaser: Learning the Haymaker's Jig
Avoid: Feeling self-conscious
Tip: The evening often starts with the easier dances.
Special event: The March ceili at Celtic Junction will not be held on the third Saturday as usual, but instead on Sunday, March 17, to coincide with St. Patrick's Day. Twin Cities Ceili Band will play live music, and Paul McCluskey will provide instruction. 6 to 10 p.m.; $10, $5 children ages 6 through 12 and seniors 65 and older.


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OK before y'all lacerate me, read me out. And no, there are absolutely no Space-X puns coming.
We have had our Model S for exactly two weeks. The reception we've received is unbelievable. The public's fascination with this car is beyond comprehension.
I have been trying to figure out why. People have a crush on this car, complete infatuation. OK, it's beautiful on the outside, superbly simple on the inside, quiet, crazy fast, unexpected. All those are OK, and unexpected starts to get close to it.
I think it's this.
I think everyone approaches the Model S with one essential thought - NO WAY. Not as in a good, "I don't believe it," but as in a really skeptical, "I don't believe it." They are in the womb of automotive expectedness - the ICE world of the last few decades - and in a span of about 60 seconds (approach car, beautiful, handles extend, OMG, get in, stunning, flat screen stares at them, panoroof slider bar, foot on break, speedometer flips over, roll away silently, first straightaway punch it, memories of first rollercoaster ride, fat-ass grins all over faces) they are shot out the birth canal into the bright light of a new, awesome world (sorry for the graphic overlay, but it's like that.)
And then they think, NO WAY, as in no way has this freaking out-of-nowhere company kicked sand in the face of 100 years of automaking. NO WAY have they done it, NO WAY is it American, NO WAY is it 8,000 laptop batteries flipped back and forth in the right kool-aid. NO WAY did you buy another one from that super-sized iPad, NO WAY did I just laugh my head off driving in a 3/4 mile loop around a neighborhood (seriously, there's NOTHING inherently compelling about that).
When did you hear about Tesla? How long has it been reserved? How many are there in San Antonio? Is it really all electric? Where do they make it? Who makes it? WHO MAKES IT?
My wife's been chased down in the school parking lot, our kids friends want to keep going for rides. I've been blocakeded in my driveway, thumbs up from freeway passers-by, blank stares from Maserati owners, people on cell phones talking about it (you can tell by the gestures).
Our neighbor was leaving for the airport this morning, her driver (towncar) was parked out front. I parked in front of him, got out and went to the door to get their daughter to take to school. "Sir, excuse me sir, is that your car?" "Yes." "Sir, that is the nicest car in San Antonio!" "Thank you, well, there are a lot of nic..." "SIR - THAT is the nicest car in San Antonio." "Thank you."
It's our Apollo Program.
People are proud of it. Of the balls to try it. Of the audacity to pull it off. People we don't even know are proud of us for buying it! They feel like they've bought it by seeing it. No one is lukewarm about it. Is this how Columbus felt?
I think everyone's pumped than someone can still kick ass and take names, without going to war to do it.
It's sort of indescribable.
I'll add insulation and solar panels if I want to feel greener.
This is way beyond that. Let them make one for you.
Well said!
Once Elon determined that "Success was among the possible outcomes" he kept leaning on the factors that improved its odds. Leaning hard. And ... voilà! One electric super-sedan, for your pleasure, ladies and gentlemen.
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Great Proclamation!
You could not have said it better: that was a perfect essay on the incredible experience I've had. My son is doing a National History Day project for his 8th grade history class on Henry Ford's invention of the Assembly Line.I had been likening the Model S to those first Model T's that came out, but I think your analogy is better: this car is a revolution in American engineering that rivals our other great feats: mass-produced automobiles, sending a man to the moon. It's that amazing.
Great analysis and I agree totally with the conclusion. This has been my impression as well. People are absolutely amazed by this car. I had a truck driver follow my wife and I all the way back to our house, just so he could take a picture for his son. I get high fives when I am leaving work from people and everyone seems to do a double take when I drive by. They always look back to see what just passed by. I received my car only 3 weeks ago, and it has certainly been a pleasureable experience. This car is everything I wished for and more.
Thanks Cattledog :)
My pleasure, just tell me to stop babbling about the car when you get tired of it.
@ Cattledog, you have summed up well, the feelings and experiences of most of the 3,000+ owners. Every day this happens for me. I never take the same way home from work! I am always interested in taking a longer way home. Never had that feeling with my last car... a 2000 Cavalier by the way.
Great post @cattledog. I think I've received more positive comments about my Model S in just 2 weeks than I did for all of my other cars combined in 15 years.
eltonf - +1, me too. I had a 1967 Mercedes 230sl for a few years, head turner, but this is a show stopper!
Heh. Try sticking a flag on the hood, and see what happens!
Great post cattledog
Buy two! They're selling out fast!
Brian H - Interesting thought. My wife drove the car the last three days - we've already reserved a Model X for her and she said to me last night, "I might prefer a Model S."
We want that experience in Europe as well. The sooner the better.
Benz - We want you to have it! You have been showing us how to design and manufacture cars for decades, we are proud to share that the US can still design and build something significant that people can buy (F-117s and Space Shuttles were out of my price range).
How will a San Antonio owner get Tesla car service? I emailed Tesla concerning this question and have received no reply.
They e-mailed me a couple days a go to replace a faulty door handle, so they'll come to you (and will keep coming if you buy the ranger service). I'd hope there are enough Model S' in SA to have a gallery and service center in a couple years.
Texas is giving Tesla grief about operating instate. If you want them local, get on your gov't rep.
Thanks for the reply, Cattledog... So how are you finding the car after settling in with it? How much is the ranger service? and do you know how many Tesla owners there are in San Antonio?
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GASTON - Brenda Mc Griff, 60, passed away Friday morning, July 26, 2013 at her home.
She was born June 5, 1953 in Lapel, IN, the daughter of Keith and Bernice (Dunn) Hersberger.
She graduated from Lapel High School in 1971.
On July 1, 1977 in Muncie, she married Merl L. McGriff.
Brenda received her bachelors and masters degree from Ball State University and taught at Wes-Del Elementary for twenty years, until her health forced her to retire in 2012.
She was a member of Eden Church, loved to read and spend time at her family lake house.
Survivors include her husband of thirty-six years, Merl L. McGriff of Gaston; two daughters, Shelly Murray (fiancé, Adam Spafford) and Meredith McGriff, both of Noblesville; one grandson, Lucas Murray; one brother, Bruce Hersberger (fiancé, Trudi Vivier) of Sevierville, TN; one sister, Deanna Russell (husband, Richard) of Cincinnati, OH; and numerous dear friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
A memorial service will be held at 12:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at The Meeks Mortuary and Crematory, Mt. Pleasant Chapel, 7901 W. Isanogel Road with Pastor Jim Behrendt officiating. Cremation will take place.
Family and friends may call from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Monday, July 29, 2013 or one hour prior to services on Tuesday at The Meeks Mortuary and Crematory, Mt. Pleasant Chapel, 7901 W. Isanogel Road.
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The past year has seen 15 volunteers sent to Nicaragua, Ecuador, Ethiopia and Uganda to work in orphanages, slums, medical clinics and a variety of social service organizations. Lauren Project volunteers also worked closely with the Loveland Fire Authority to implement a FEMA grant that focused on distribution of more than 800 carbon monoxide and 1,600 smoke alarms in Loveland
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Learn it, know it, live it. There are four life stages of the flea and it is important to know how to break this life cycle in more than one place. (This two step approach provides
the most rapid control and the least resistance to flea control agents in future flea generations.)
At any given time about one third of the flea population in someone's home is present in the egg stage. The adult female flea lays up to 40 eggs daily. The eggs are laid on the host where
they fall off to hatch in the environment. Eggs incubate best in high humidity and temperatures of 65-80 degrees.
At any given time about 57% of the fleas in someone's home are in the larval stage. Larvae are like little caterpillars crawling around grazing
on the flea dirt that is generally in their vicinity. (Flea eggs and flea dirt both fall off the host. When the eggs hatch, there is a bounty of food prepared lovingly by all the host's fleas waiting
for them). This is the stage that picks up tapeworm eggs (also likely to be in the vicinity) as they graze.
As they get to a certain age and size, a molt occurs. The first larval stage is called the
first "instar." After the first molt, the larva becomes the second "instar." After the third molt, the larva is called a "third instar larva" and is capable of spinning a cocoon and pupating.
The time between hatching and pupating (ie the time spent in the larval stage) depends on environmental conditions. It can be as short as 9 days.
Note: Larvae are killed at 95 degrees. This means that they must live in some area where they are protected from Summer heat. This means the shade of the yard or indoors.
By this life stage most young fleas have been killed off by an assortment of environmental factors. Only 8% make it to the pupal stage but once they have spun cocoons they are nearly
invincible. The cocoon is sticky and readily picks up dust and dirt. Inside the developing cocoon, the pupa is turning into the flea that we are familiar with. They are especially protected under
carpet, which is why carpet has developed such a reputation as a shelter for fleas.
The pupa can remain dormant in its cocoon for many months, maybe even up to a year as it waits for the right time to emerge.
After the pupa develops, it does not automatically emerge from its cocoon. Instead, it is able to remain in the cocoon until it detects a nearby host. The
mature pupa is able to detect the vibrations of an approaching host, carbon dioxide gradients, and sound and light patterns. When the mature pupa feels the time is right, he emerges from the cocoon,
hungry and eager to find a host.
A common scenario occurs when a dog is boarded while the owner is on vacation. The owner picks up the dog from the boarding kennel and returns home. The mature pupae
have been waiting for a host and when the dog enters the home, a huge number of adult fleas emerge at once and attack the dog creating a sudden heavy infestation. Often the
boarding kennel is blamed for giving the dog fleas. What really happened was that the pupae waited to emerge while there was no host present and then all emerged suddenly when the host arrived.
The unfed flea is able to live for months without a blood meal but during that time it is aggressively using all its powers to locate a host. Once it finds a host, it will never
purposely leave the host.
After the adult flea finds a host and takes its first blood meal, metabolic changes occur that alter the flea forever. The flea is now called a "fed flea" and, if separated from its
host, will die in only a few weeks without a blood meal. The female flea begins to produce eggs within 24-48 hours of her first blood meal and will lay eggs continually until she dies.
The average life span of the adult flea is 4-6 weeks, depending on the grooming abilities of the host.
A Few Words on the Common Tapeworm
There are many species of tapeworm but the one most of us are familiar with is the Common Tapeworm, Dipylidium caninum. You should be familiar with this species and its life cycle.
Be sure you have read the tapeworm page on the hospital web site and are familiar with its biology. To get to this page click here.
Last updated: August 31, 2002