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Mimics in chest disease: interstitial opacities
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Septal, reticular, nodular, reticulonodular, ground-glass, crazy paving, cystic, ground-glass with reticular, cystic with ground-glass, decreased and mosaic attenuation pattern characterise interstitial lung diseases on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT). Occasionally different entities mimic each other, either because they share identical HRCT findings or because of superimposition of patterns. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), fibrosis associated with connective tissue disease, asbestosis, end-stage sarcoidosis or chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) may present with lower zone, subpleural reticular pattern associated with honeycombing. Lymphangiomyomatosis may be indistinguishable from histiocytosis or extensive emphysema. Both pulmonary oedema and lymphangitic carcinomatosis may be characterised by septal pattern resulting from thickened interlobular septa. Ill-defined centrilobular nodular pattern may be identically present in HP and respiratory bronchiolitis–associated with interstitial lung disease (RBILD). Sarcoidosis may mimic miliary tuberculosis or haematogenous metastases presenting with miliary pattern, while endobronchial spread of tuberculosis may be indistinguishable from panbronchiolitis, both presenting with tree-in-bud pattern. Atypical infection presenting with ground-glass mimics haemorrhage. Ground-glass pattern with minimal reticulation is seen in desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP), RBILD and non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP). Obliterative bronchiolitis and panlobular emphysema may present with decreased attenuation pattern, while obliterative bronchiolitis, chronic pulmonary embolism and HP may manifest with mosaic attenuation pattern. Various mimics in interstitial lung diseases exist. Differential diagnosis is narrowed based on integration of predominant HRCT pattern and clinical history.
Teaching Points
• To learn about the different HRCT patterns, which are related to interstitial lung diseases.
• To be familiar with the more "classical" entities presenting with each HRCT pattern.
• To discuss possible overlap of different HRCT patterns and the more common mimics in each case.
• To learn about some clues that help differentiate the various diagnostic mimics on HRCT.
KeywordsInterstitial lung diseasesHRCT patternsMimicsReticularNodularGround-glass opacityCystic
Since the advent of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) in the 1990s the understanding of interstitial lung disease has dramatically changed. As CT descriptions of the various diffuse lung diseases are being continuously refined and certain CT characteristics are considered pathognomonic while others become less specific, HRCT finds its role in an integrated approach of diagnosis where it provides sufficient information to produce a differential diagnosis and in many cases allows a non-invasive definitive diagnosis [1].
There are various patterns of interstitial lung disease on HRCT, each one representing different interstitial lung diseases with completely different histological appearances and clinical manifestations. The main distinct interstitial HRCT patterns are five: septal, reticular, nodular, cystic, ground-glass and decreased lung attenuation pattern. Although each HRCT pattern encompasses many different interstitial lung entities, the contrary may also occur, namely one entity may present with many different patterns and have many different "faces". To make things even more complicated, there may be overlap of HRCT patterns in one entity. In everyday clinical practice one should try to combine the different HRCT patterns or identify the predominant pattern in order to make the correct diagnosis [2, 3]. Integration of HRCT findings with clinical findings and the knowledge of acute or chronic symptoms is crucial to reach the correct diagnosis.
HRCT patterns
HRCT patterns and differential diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases
Hydrostatic pulmonary oedema, lymphangitic carcinomatosis, sarcoidosis, Niemann-Pick disease, Erdheim-Chester disease, cystic lymphangiectasia, pulmonary lymphangiomatosis
IPF, NSIP, asbestosis, chronic HP, rheumatoid arthritis, DIP, end-stage sarcoidosis
Subacute HP, RBILD, DIP, Pneumocystis pneumonia
Crazy paving pattern
Alveolar proteinosis, Pneumocystis pneumonia, exogenous lipoid pneumonia, sarcoidosis, diffuse alveolar haemorrhage, viral/opportunistic infection, invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma
Mixed GGO and reticular
NSIP, scleroderma, IPF, DIP
Haematogenous metastases, miliary infection
Sarcoidosis, silicosis, coal workers pneumoconiosis
without tree-in-bud
silicosis, coal workers pneumoconiosis
with tree-in-bud
Panbronchiolitis, tuberculosis, atypical mycobecteria infection, metastatic tumour emboli
Subacute HP, RBILD, cryptogenic organising pneumonia, lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia, follicular bronchiolitis
Sarcoidosis, berylliosis, lymphangitic carcinomatosis
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, pulmonary histiocytosis, lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia, centrilobular emphysema
Mixed Cystic and GGO
Pneumocystis pneumonia, lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia, subacute HP, DIP
Decreased attenuation
Obliterative bronchiolitis, panlobular emphysema
Mosaic attenuation
Obliterative bronchiolitis, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, subacute HP, RBILD
For the easier approach to this review by the reader, we describe a "classic" entity and the various "mimics" for each HRCT pattern. The "classic" entity is selected in an arbitrary way either because it may be the most representative and commonly one reported for the specific HRCT pattern or because it may be the entity for which, the specific HRCT pattern was initially described.
Septal pattern
Septal pattern is defined as thickening of the interlobular septae (i.e. the borders of the secondary pulmonary lobules). Normally very few interlobular septae are seen in the anterior and lower aspects of the lower lobes on HRCT. Thickened interlobular septae are demonstrated as short lines extending perpendicularly to the peripheral pleura or the fissures, or as polygonal arcades surrounding secondary pulmonary lobules more centrally. Septal thickening can be smooth, nodular or irregular [4].
Classic entity
There are many "mimics" of the septal pattern: lymphangitic carcinomatosis, sarcoidosis and Niemann-Pick disease, Erdheim-Chester disease, cystic lymphangiectasia and occasionally pulmonary fibrosis.
Reticular pattern
On HRCT, reticular pattern is characterised by innumerable interlacing shadows suggesting a mesh. The constituents of the reticular pattern may be all or some of the following: interlobular septal thickening, intralobular interstitial thickening, wall cysts of honeycombing, peribronchovascular interstitial thickening and traction bronchiectasis/bronchiolectasis [4].
Classic entity
The prototype entity for reticular pattern is idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which is characterised by subpleural and posterior predominance of intralobular interstitial thickening, traction bronchiectasis/bronchiolectasis, irregular interlobular septal thickening and honeycombing. Areas of ground-glass opacity associated with bronchiectasis and bronchiolectasis may also coexist, but areas of pure ground-glass opacity are extremely rare.
The major mimics of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and therefore of reticular pattern are non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP), asbestosis, chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, rheumatoid arthritis, desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP) and end-stage sarcoidosis.
Ground-glass pattern
Ground-glass pattern on HRCT is defined as hazy increase in opacity with preservation of bronchial and vascular markings. Whatever the cause may be—i.e. the partial filling of airspaces, the interstitial thickening, the partial collapse of alveoli or the increased capillary blood volume—they all lead to partial displacement of air [4].
Classic entity
The most common "mimics" of ground-glass pattern are respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease (RB-ILD), desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP), and Pneumocystis pneumonia.
Desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP) typically manifests with diffuse ground-glass opacity as the primary pattern with a subpleural and lower lung predominance. A mild subpleural reticular pattern may be seen in half of the cases. Honeycombing and traction bronchiectasis are minimal—if any. Centrilobular emphysema is also seen in DIP as in RBILD, but mild lower zone reticulation is probably more often expected in DIP rather than RBILD [23]. History of smoking should accompany a diagnosis of DIP as it is almost invariably associated with cigarette smoking.
Crazy paving pattern
"Crazy paving" pattern is characterised on HRCT by the presence of thickened interlobular septae and intralobular lines superimposed on a background of ground-glass opacity, resembling irregularly shaped paving stones [4].
Classic entity
The most commonly encountered mimics of "crazy paving" pattern are Pneumocystis pneumonia, exogenous lipoid pneumonia, sarcoidosis, diffuse alveolar haemorrhage, viral and opportunistic infections and invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma.
Pneumocystis pneumonia may mimic alveolar proteinosis—although it may rarely present with "crazy paving" pattern as the predominant pattern, especially at the resolving or subacute stage [26]. Histological features contributing to the ground-glass attenuation are the foamy nature of the alveolar exudates and the thickening of the alveolar walls by oedema and cellular infiltrates [27]. Clues that are in favour of Pneumocystis pneumonia may be the coexistence of upper lobe lung cysts, and the knowledge of the stage of the disease during treatment.
Although exogenous lipoid pneumonia (ELP) typically presents with consolidation, that is typically low in attenuation (−100 HU), it may also manifest with geographic areas of ground-glass attenuation surrounded by interlobular septal thickening, representing a "crazy paving" pattern. In terms of HRCT, distinctive features that favour lipoid pneumonia over alveolar proteinosis are the presence of ill-defined centrilobular nodules and the coexistence of consolidation [28]. Transbronchial biopsy, bronchoalveolar lavage and a history of oil ingestion are usually diagnostic for ELP.
Viral and opportunistic infections (adenovirus, herpes simplex, influenza virus, cytomegalovirus, respiratory syncytial virus and toxoplasmosis) in immunocompromised patients may commonly manifest with "crazy paving pattern", as the predominant pattern. Key finding in these cases is the knowledge of immunosuppression from the clinical history [31].
Mixed ground-glass–reticular pattern
Occasionally, there may be coexistence of ground-glass pattern and reticular pattern—as defined earlier—in the same areas of the lungs and this combination is invariably equal to the presence of irreversible fibrosis [33].
Classic entity
The most clinically important mimics of mixed ground-glass–reticular pattern are scleroderma, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP).
Nodular pattern
A nodular pattern is characterised on HRCT by the presence of numerous rounded opacities that range from 2 mm to 1 cm in diameter, with micronodules defined as smaller than 3 mm in diameter [38]. The differential diagnosis—apart from the clinical setting and the ancillary findings—is largely based on the three different patterns of anatomic distribution: perilymphatic, random, and centrilobular. The perilymphatic distribution is characterised by presence of nodules along the peribronchovascular interstitium, interlobular septa and subpleural areas. Random distribution demonstrates nodules without any particular site predominance. Centrilobular nodules are located several millimetres away from the pleural surfaces, interlobar fissures or interlobular septa. Centrilobular distribution further divides into nodules with and without tree-in-bud distribution. Moreover centrilobular nodules without any "tree-in-bud" pattern may be either of homogeneous density or of ground-glass texture.
Classic entity
Lymphangitic carcinomatosis and lymphoproliferative diseases, such as lymphoma, may present with perilymphatic nodules but this does not usually constitute their predominant HRCT pattern and they are accompanied by other findings such as septal thickening (in the former case) and large parenchymal nodules or masses (in the latter case) that help in the differential diagnosis [3, 41].
Classic entity
The most commonly encountered mimics of nodular pattern with random distribution are miliary metastatic disease, as well as other miliary infections such as miliary candidiasis [43].
Nodular—centrilobular with tree-in-bud pattern
The tree-in-bud pattern represents centrilobular branching structures that resemble a budding tree. The pattern reflects a spectrum of endobronchiolar and peribronchiolar disorders, including mucoid impaction, inflammation, fibrosis and occasionally endovascular disorders such as neoplastic processes.
Classic entity
The most clinically important mimics of nodular with centrilobular tree-in-bud pattern are endobronchial spread of tuberculosis, atypical mycobacteria infection and metastatic tumour emboli.
Metastastatic tumour emboli in pulmonary arterioles may also present with a "tree-in-bud" pattern, which in this case refers to the vascular rather than the bronchial tree. It is either caused by the filling of the centrilobular arteries with tumour emboli or by the fibrocellular intimal hyperplasia induced by tumour microemboli. Ancillary findings may be the multifocal dilatation and beading of arteries, the thickening of the interlobular septae and small wedge-shaped peripheral opacities, secondary to microinfarcts [52].
Nodular—ill-defined centrilobular (without tree-in-bud) pattern
This pattern is characterised by the presence of poorly defined centrilobular nodules of ground-glass attenuation that appear from the pleural surface, fissures or interlobular septa by several millimetres [4, 41].
Classic entity
The most commonly encountered mimics of nodular ill-defined centrilobular pattern are respiratory bronchiolitis–associated with interstitial lung disease (RBILD), cryptogenic organising pneumonia, lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia and follicular bronchiolitis.
Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia (LIP) and follicular bronchiolitis may both present with centrilobular micronodules of ground-glass attenuation as the predominant pattern and mimic subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis. They are considered to represent two ends of a spectrum, with follicular bronchiolitis localised more to the peribronchiolar region and with LIP being more diffuse in the secondary pulmonary lobule. In case of LIP distinctive findings on HRCT may be the associated thickening of the interlobular septae, thin-walled lung cysts, areas of ground-glass opacity and slightly enlarged mediastinal lymphadenopathy. A significant clue from the clinical history is that both entities are strongly associated with underlying autoimmune disease or immunodeficiency, Sjogren's syndrome, dysproteinaemia or AIDS [58, 59].
Reticulonodular pattern
A reticulonodular pattern is characterised by the co-occurrence of reticular and micronodular patterns. The micronodules may either be located at the centre of the reticular elements (centrilobular micronodules) or on the linear opacities representing septal or peribronchovascular micronodules [4].
Classic entity
Berylliosis is the most important mimic of sarcoidosis on imaging and cannot be distinguished from it even on histological basis. Its main HRCT manifestations are the co-occurrence of perilymphatic nodules, thickening of interlobular septa and peribronchovascular interstitial thickening [61]. Lymphadenopathy is expected to be less pronounced than sarcoidosis and the main key finding to reach the correct diagnosis seem to rest on the knowledge of history of exposure.
Lymphangitic carcinomatosis may occasionally present with a reticulonodular pattern characterised by irregular, nodular thickening of the interlobular septae and of the bronchovascular bundles. Differentiating CT findings from sarcoidosis are the preservation of the architecture of the secondary pulmonary lobule, the more diffuse distribution if it is secondary to extrapulmonary cancer or the confinement to one lobe or lung if it is secondary to lung cancer and the less common incidence of mediastinal lymphadenopathy [6].
Cystic pattern
Cystic pattern is composed by well-defined, round and circumscribed air-containing parenchymal spaces with a well-defined wall and interface with normal lung. The wall of the cysts may be uniform or varied in thickness, but usually is thin (<2 mm) and occurs without associated emphysema [4].
The most clinically important mimics of cystic pattern are pulmonary histiocytosis, lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia (LIP) and centrilobular emphysema.
Combined cystic and ground-glass pattern
This combined HRCT pattern is characterised by the co-occurrence of two already mentioned HRCT patterns, i.e. the cystic pattern and the ground-glass pattern.
Classic entity
The most clinically important mimics of combined cystic and ground-glass pattern are lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia, subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis and desquamative interstitial pneumonia.
Subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) may also manifest with this combined HRCT pattern as the predominant pattern. However, in case of HP the lung cysts are reported to be few in number and thin-walled [66]. The distinctive HRCT finding is characteristic lobular areas of decreased attenuation, even from the inspiratory images and the absence of smoking history, since smokers very rarely develop HP [54].
Decreased attenuation pattern
The decreased attenuation pattern is defined as areas of low density corresponding to parenchymal destruction and reduced perfusion, and attenuation of the pulmonary vasculature. It is also known as the "black lung" pattern.
Classic entity
Mosaic attenuation pattern
This pattern is characterised by a patchwork of intermingled areas of increased and decreased attenuation that may represent (1) patchy interstitial disease, (2) obliterative small airways disease and (3) occlusive small vascular disease [4].
Classic entity
Subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis may also exhibit a mosaic attenuation pattern, combining both an "interstitial" cause, manifesting as areas of increased attenuation (ground-glass opacity), and a "small airways disease" cause, manifesting as areas of decreased attenuation, which may accentuate on expiratory CT [3]. Respiratory bronchiolitis may also occasionally produce this pattern.
Evaluation of interstitial lung diseases on HRCT is based on an HRCT-pattern approach to diagnosis, where there should be effort to assign the predominant HRCT pattern to each case. There are various mimics in each HRCT pattern and one entity may have many faces and therefore may mimic many patterns. There may also be possible overlap of HRCT patterns in one case. Moreover, we should keep in mind that no HRCT pattern provides a specific etiological diagnosis. In order to reach a correct and confident diagnosis, one should approach the predominant HRCT pattern by identifying any specific and distinctive imaging clues and try to narrow the differential diagnosis by integrating the HRCT findings with the clinical and laboratory findings.
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Think you'll have to do this directly in the database, using phpmyadmin or the like....
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I have no clue what went on... I just promoted this user like an hour ago..
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I want to remove all users? What file do I replace?
If I have to remove all users... I will. :)
Wow. Okay.... DO you have phpmyadmin through cPanel or whatever your host provides?
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I am in phpmyadmin under wordpress and then users..
Can you demote them under Options/Users and Authors?
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I can't even promote then down..
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can you change their password?
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Do you know how that could of happen?
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This is very sad, but also not highly informative. This article raises so many questions. Like what proportion of prevention spending is used on other high risk groups? And are the high risk groups the same globally, or are these statistics not available?
Also, spending is one thing, but how do you go about prevention? I know one health authority that had an outreach worker in the local gay scene, giving advice wherever possible. How widespread a tactic is this, and how do you measure any success? What other tactics are there and how is their effectiveness measured? Basically prevention means a lowering of the rate of spread of infection, but how can you get an unbiased measure of non-infection, and can we really demographically break that down?
Also, was there anything positive about this conference, like a report of cheaper and more effective treatments?
Can Lisa Power of THT please explain why her charity has become so dependent on the government for HIV prevention funding? Without it, THT says, it doesn't have the money to run campaigns that are needed to educate gay men about sexual health risks. But what about the hundreds of thousands of pounds THT raises from its gala dinners, celebrity auctions (a Tracey Emin painting raised £200,000 for THT just a couple of months ago!), extensive club door collections on World AIDS Day, THT credit cards, Xmas cards ad nauseum… And still THT cries poverty (perhaps we should mention the multi-million pound offices THT upgraded to in Grays Inn Road in May 2006?)!!! It just is not on for THT on the one hand to moan that government prevention funding is miniscule when it raises vast amounts elsewhere and pays its executive members private sector salaries and generous pension schemes.
Perhaps Lisa Power would also care to come clean and explain the conditions that are attached to the government funding it receives, and the politically correct protocols it is duty bound to adhere to? If she did, this would at least explain why THT has abjectly failed in its PC prevention campaigning to stem and curtail the spread of HIV in our community. In the latest issue of GT, for example, THT spin doctor Will Nutland continues to stamp his feet and insist that PC HIV campaigns are the way forward, even though it is its PC-gone-mad HIV campaigns that have got us into the mess we are in with the HIV epidemic – and despite the likes of genuine AIDS professionals like Dr. Chris Jansen calling for hard-hitting campaigns to reverse the damage they have already done.
The fact of the matter is that THT has become the Tesco Higgins Trust, and until it goes back to its humble, charitable roots and ceases its greedy dependency on government cash and instead uses the money raised from other sources to fund the sort of truthful, PC-free HIV campaigns that succeeded in stigmatising unsafe sex and saw rates of infection fall to their lowest level in the early nineties, then THT will continue to condemn our community to rampant STIs, the now social glorification of barebacking, STI-facilitating sex-on-premises venues and, not least, AIDS itself, which continues to kill over 200 men in the UK each year and which is placing an intolerable strain on the NHS in the form of expensive HIV treatments and medications.
Is it really moral for our community to sit back in and indifferently allow the THT to squander the next 25 years, during which thousands more gay men will needlessly get infected and claim HAART medications while the NHS preventing cancer treatments and Alzheimers drugs reaching the people who need them most while citing lack of funds?
HIV prevention is clearly broken in this country, but for THT to continue blaming the government for lack of funding is a lie when it is
sitting on a huge cash reserve of its own making.
Surely there are much bigger issues surrounding homophobia than this – there is clearly no intent to be homophobic, merely a desire to keep blood safe through a practical approach.
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I am not sure who else has noticed this, but it seems to me that Alex Smith's interception 90% of the time come off of tipped balls. Especially, this year. Both passes in Mondays game that were picked were off tips. One of his two from Seattle. I have noticed this since he came into the league in '05. The ball just kind of has a knack for finding a defender.
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The Clarence Industrial Development Agency approved tax breaks for a new Towne Mini auto dealership, a decision criticized by a state lawmaker who wants IDAs to be choosier with incentives.
The Clarence IDA board on Thursday voted in favor of incentives that add up to about $69,000 in sales and mortgage recording tax exemptions.
Towne Automotive Group plans to build a $1.9 million standalone Mini dealership on Main Street, across from a joint Towne BMW-Mini location just east of Transit Road. Assemblyman Sean Ryan, D-Buffalo, had urged the Clarence IDA not to award the incentives, claiming the project would be built anyway and was a poor use of tax breaks.
The incentives approved by the Clarence IDA were crafted more narrowly than for some projects. No property tax breaks were awarded, and the sales tax break applies only to the cost of construction materials for the 10,000-square-foot building, not to dealership-related equipment that will be installed.
Nathan Neill, the Clarence IDA's bond counsel, said the sales tax exemption will be worth about $50,000. The mortgage recording tax exemption was estimated at $19,000, but Paul Leone, a Clarence IDA consultant, said that amount could end up being lower, based on the project's mortgage.
IDA board members praised the economic benefits the new dealership will generate, as described in an economic impact analysis prepared for the IDA. The analysis identifies $1.7 million in benefits to the community, including some related to construction of the facility.
But Ryan, who did not attend the meeting, called tax breaks for a retail operation "a waste of taxpayer dollars" and said IDAs should be more selective about which projects they support with financial assistance. He pointed to plans like the "Buffalo billion" and the newest round of funding awards for the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council. "We have a comprehensive plan to grow our economy. Subsidizing retail is not in that plan."
Ryan noted Towne had purchased the Main Street property, has done some work on the site and received development plan approval from the town. He said those actions show the project was going forward regardless of incentives.
But Leone said Towne and the dealer group's attorney had "anticipated" incentives from the Clarence IDA would be part of its project and they "were just trying to get the application put together. That's the reason why you saw movement where they took down two houses [at the site] and did the utilities. But I always had the [Clarence IDA] chairman aware of what we were doing."
Frank Downing Jr., president of Towne Automotive, said his dealer group has to take the risk of building a $1.9 million dealership before receiving any tax breaks, and will end up generating more tax revenue and hiring more people. Towne expects to create 11 permanent jobs in connection with the new dealership, including two new jobs at its BMW dealership, with projected income before benefits of $463,000, Downing said.
"The IDA assistance is a good thing, for that gave us another reason to want to pursue the project," Downing said. "Without it, it would have been another reason to just keep Mini where it is and not build [the new dealership]. And if we didn't build, how does that help enhance the area and generate more tax revenue?"
Downing said Towne is not required to build a standalone Mini store � only if the planned store volume was more than 500 units. Towne Mini is far below that volume, but wants to increase its vehicle allocation and needs a standalone store to do so. "The decision to build, or not build, for Mini is ours alone, and the IDA incentive was one of the reasons we wanted to move forward with the project," he said.
David C. Hartzell Jr., the Clarence IDA's chairman, said he had been "on the fence" about whether to support incentives for Towne Mini, but he said he was persuaded in part by the fact that there is only one Mini dealer in Western New York. "If it was a Chevy dealership, I probably wouldn't have done it, or a Ford dealer. I wouldn't want to take away from the other dealers in the area."


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I am feeling guilty bc with my first I was obsessed with being pregnant and thats all i thought and probably talked about.Ā i was probably really annoying to the unpregnant world around me.Ā Well now I am about 12 weeks and I am excited and we were trying to get pregnant..well one month it took but it was completely planned.Ā ThisĀtime it seems to be going by quicker.Ā I just had an us and it was amazing to see the little person flipping around in there.Ā I feel like I wont love this baby as much as my son since I am not feeling the same way i did when i was pregnant with him.Ā I am hoping when I find out the sex in a few weeks tat i will be super excited and even want to look at things to buy.Ā 'please let me know i am not the only one.
Not excited here either but we also were not trying.┬Ā Either way, I think we'll get more on board the closer it gets.┬Ā Right now we know the reality of what's coming so that can be a damper.┬Ā You are definitely not alone.
I feel the same way. I mean, I'm excited and all... but I think it's harder to really feel connected when you're busy with your other kid(s). I confessed to my hubby when I first got pregnant that I was worried I wouldn't love this one as much as I love Madalyn. It's prettty normal I am sure- and it changes once that baby is born. Just when you feel you can't love anyone as much as you love your child... you have your next. And are overwhelmed and how you can love both so much :)
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yes lol maybe i didnt know what was coming with my first.┬Ā who is a terrible sleeper and had reflux so bad the first 8 mos i was ready to jump off a bridge.┬Ā everyone keeps telling me that you dont get two that are the same and this baby will probably be a little easier.┬Ā i am not counting on it though.┬Ā
I feel the same way too sometimes.┬Ā Actually, sometimes I even forget I'm pregnant since I don't get many 1st trimester symtoms.┬Ā I think part of it (at least for me) comes from the fact that with my first I felt time I was researching ALL the time.┬Ā Not only was I reading 3 different pregnancy books and learning about labor, but I was also trying to figure out the best baby gear to get,┬Āwhat┬Ādiapers I wanted to use,┬Āreading up on breastfeeding, sleep issues, and the first couple months of the babies life.┬Ā┬Ā
Now I feel like I've been there, done that, I know what I'm doing (hopefully ).┬Ā Not that I'm set in my ways, because every baby is different, but I feel like I know what to expect.┬Ā
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DH and I have a 6 mo old.. and we weren't really trying, but we were in the whatever happens happens mood... and sure enough we got pregnant..he's excited, and for the most part I am to, but I have so many moments when I look at my DS and I think how can I ever love anything as much I as I love you! and then I get worried all my attention and love will go to this new baby once its here and it makes me want to cry because I can't imagine not giving as much attention and love to my DS.. and I'm really sorta not looking forward to when its born either... like pp said we know the reality... we have a 2 story townhouse.. and I know I am going to dread getting up in the middle of the night every 3 hours to go downstairs and go back upstairs etc. etc. and I'm totatlly afraid that the whole "sleep when baby sleeps" won't be an option.. when baby sleeps my DS will probably be jumping on me to play... You are so not alone!
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I have been feeling the same way. I don't feel connected to this one yet. We really wanted to get pregnant and I waited for the right time and used the ovulation tests and everything trying to get pregnant. I was really excited when I got the positive pregnancy test, but since then I haven't felt the excitement.
I have already have 2 u/s due to some bleeding, so I've seen the baby and the heartbeat, but I'm still not feeling connected. I've been really sick and had other side effects, so it's not that I don't feel pregnant, I just don't feel connected to the baby.
I'm hoping that once the baby starts moving around and we find out the sex, that I will feel more of a connection.
I also feel less connected.┬Ā I'm very excited, but I just don't feel as close to this baby.┬Ā I also worry about not giving my DS as much attention.┬Ā He is 3 now and will be almost 4 when the baby is born.┬Ā I don't want him to fee slighted.┬Ā I also worry that I won't be able to give the new baby as much attention as I did DS.┬Ā But, there are different kinds of excitement.┬Ā For instance, DS is SUPER excited to have a baby brother or sister, and that helps me to be excited.┬Ā I'm glad he will have a sibling, someone to grow up with and to have family in case anything were to happen to DH and I.┬Ā
But I do definately have guilty feelings too.┬Ā
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cullman electric cooperative after returning from afghanistan this company charged me 1000.00 dollars to connect my power back on,the lady i spoke to was very rude and i mean very rude,,why do they hire people like that cullman, Alabama
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Last year was the first time the governors administration held hearings early, but then we just saw more of the same. We heard that there were going to be no broad-based taxes last year, then again this year, but last year the Legislature passed a gas tax. That seems like a pretty broad-based tax to me, one that hits the working poor really hard.
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Carolyn Green has been living on Radio Station Road in Lebanon for nearly 46 years.
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The abandoned building, located at 405 Springfield Highway, used to be the site of a sewing factory and also an electronics business. But, it's now vacant and being overtaken by vines, trees and wildlife. It's tarnishing not only the neighborhood, but also the entrance into the city limits of Lebanon, Green said.
A newly renovated house on South Harrison Street in Lebanon was only three days from completion before it was destroyed by fire on Thursday, June 30.
Lebanon firefighters responded to the scene at 9:52 a.m. and found the structure located at 250 S. Harrison Street aflame.
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The 12th annual Jets Over Kentucky is set to kick off on Sunday, July 10, at the Lebanon-Springfield Airport.
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The Marion County Public Library unveiled its barn quilt last week. The project has raised $3,250 for the library's reading garden project, and there are still book spines available for purchase. Book spine sponsorships on the quilt range from $25 to $100. Contact the Friends of the Library if you're interested. Call Molly McMasters, 270-337-2205, or email her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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