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Flood alerts
- Flood alerts for the Oldham area - Environment Agency website
Flood links
- How can I be prepared? - Environment Agency website
- Flood warnings - Environment Agency website
- Responding to major floods - Association of British Insurers
Recovering from a flood
If your home or business has been flooded and you require assistance with clean up or repairs Voluntary Action Oldham can put you in touch with volunteers to help out:
- Website: http://www.vaoldham.org.uk
- Phone: 0161 633 6222
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Help and advice on insurance and repairs
Safeguarding your home
Long-term preparation
- Board your loft to create more space to move possessions above flood levels
- Fit portable flood barrier products (available from builders' merchants)
- Check for cracks around the sealants on window and door frames
- Check for gaps on brickwork and cracks around the windows, doors and piping
- Clean gutters and ditches regularly and do not deposit oil or building materials down gullies
- Never fill a culvert to create an extra patch of garden
Gully/drain cleaning
Keeping gullies clear is critical to making sure water can drain away.
Gullies on a public highway will be cleaned by the council.
Contact the gullies team.
- Phone: 0161 770 4325 during working hours
- Phone: 0161 770 2222 for out of hours emergency
If you own your home or rent from a private landlord, the home owner is responsible for keeping these gullies clean, including drains on unadopted roads.
Building and extensions
- Consult building and planning regulations for advice on flood prevention measures before starting a building project
- Install electrical sockets as high as possible above flood water levels
- Put new boilers and/or other heating units on the first floor
A flood is on the way
Do as much as you can in daylight; it will be a lot harder after dark if the electricity fails.
People and pets
- Listen to your local radio and TV weather forecasts and for advice from the emergency services
- Alert your neighbours, particularly the elderly
- Store food and water upstairs
- Bring caged outdoor pets inside
- Move all pets with food, water, bedding and litter trays upstairs
- Flood advice - RSPCA website
Property and furniture
- Move your car to higher ground
- Roll up carpets and rugs and move them out of the way
- Empty furniture drawers and cupboards
- Take furniture upstairs, if possible
- Raise furniture on bricks and pull away from the wall
- Weigh down furniture which is too heavy to move
- Fasten plastic bags around the legs of wooden furniture to help minimise absorption of water
- Take down curtains or wrap them round the curtain pole
- Store valuable or sentimental items and important documents upstairs
Electrics and gas
- Move computers and other electrical equipment upstairs or above the flood level
- Turn off mains gas and electricity
- Disconnect electrical appliances
Drains and plumbing
- Put plugs in sinks and weigh them down with something heavy to prevent backflow from the drains
- Weigh down the toilet seat
Sandbags aren't generally effective in preventing water entering properties. The Council will not provide sand bags directly to property owners, occupants or businesses.
As the Lead Local Flood Authority, Oldham Council is required under the Flood and Water Management Act (FWMA), which came into effect in stages beginning August 2010, to develop, maintain, apply and monitor a Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (LFRMS).
The strategy is an important tool to help understand and manage flood risk within the Borough. It principally aims to tackle 'local flood risk', which includes flooding from surface water, groundwater, ordinary watercourses, canals and reservoirs.
This type of flooding is responsible for most of the households flooded in England, but until now there has been no duty on the Council or the Environment Agency (EA) to address these forms of risk in an coordinated way.
The strategy aims to address this gap in knowledge and direct and manage the way forward.
Last December, Storm Eva brought unprecedented rainfall to Greater Manchester, resulting in record river levels and disastrous flooding in the region.
The report summarises the response of Greater Manchester's emergency services, local authorities, the Environment Agency and United Utilities to help residents and businesses who suffered loss and damage in the event.
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William Tucker said the essential quality of sculpture was 'visibility'. By this he meant not simply that a work could be seen, but that it should actively seek to 'meet, attract and hold our sight'.
In order to achieve this, Tucker made works that combined apparent simplicity with a complexity that was only gradually revealed. In the 1970s, his works were described as 'impossible objects', since they were extremely difficult to hold accurately in the memory despite their simplicity. Viewers were made aware of their own perceptual efforts to understand the form and structure of works such as this.
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Posts tagged with 'second world war'
Maritime Tales – Roaring Twenties
12 December 2011 by Stephen
I have some fabulous foxtrot 78 rpm wax records from the 1920s which evoke the crazy days when people reacted to the horrors of the Great War.
This was also a time when countries such as the United States started to put restrictions on immigration after the great free-for-all when virtually any healthy person could settle.
The three sister ships took settlers to Canada in the closing years of the great age of emigration which lasted from 1830 to 1930. Read more…
Unexpected shrapnel
10 November 2011 by Sarah Starkey
The Maritime Archives & Library holds a very large collection of records relating to the Mersey Docks & Harbour Board (MDHB), who ran the Liverpool & Birkenhead dock system from 1858 until 1971. The MDHB, like most large organisations, were keen on committees and reports, and produced a lot of documents. These are a great resource for studying the history of Liverpool, but can be a little overwhelming. Occasionally a box reveals something unexpected, such as this piece of shrapnel stored amongst a file relating to the repair of the Dock Office, the Port of Liverpool Building at the Pier Head. The note on the envelope states that the shrapnel was taken out of the 'copper covering of Dome, Dock Office'. The Port of Liverpool Building was hit by a mine on the morning of 3rd May 1941 which caused a fire that destroyed most of the east side of the building before being brought under control. Read more…
Maritime Tales – twice lucky
Many ships survive attacks in wartime and stay afloat and I like this story because the ship concerned was obviously built to last.
Some ships have a certain look about them – this is one reason vessels hold a great deal of interest to lots of people.
Eight men died in the torpedo attack by a German U-boat submarine but the ship stayed afloat – and went on to survive a second attack later in the First World War. Read more…
Maritime Tales – Bomb Blitz
1 November 2011 by Stephen
In the early 1950s we spent our holidays at Llandonna, Anglesey, and locals would describe seeing Liverpool burning 50 miles away across the sea during the Blitz.
Whenever I look at this spectacular painting I am reminded of the vivid stories and how even distant communities felt involved.
The Liverpool Blitz brought the Battle of the Atlantic home to everyone when German bombing raids cost thousands of lives and brought huge amounts of destruction.
Although the docks were the main targets, enormous damage was caused to city and residential areas on both sides of the River Mersey. Four thousand people were killed and a similar number seriously injured. Read more…
26 September 2011 by Sarah Starkey
Ok it's a poor link, but as we don't have any photographs of politicians, apart from ex-merchant seafarer John Prescot, I thought I'd throw in this photograph of the Harrison Line vessel Politician while the Labour Party Conference is on in Liverpool.
T & J Harrison, like many shipping companies, used a theme when naming their vessels. In their case it was professions, which are slightly easier to remember than Blue Funnel's(Ocean Steamship Company) use of characters from Greek mythology. Harrison Line never named a ship Archivist, but they did have 3 vessels named Custodian, which is pretty close to my job description. Read more…
Merchant Navy Day (2)
1 September 2011 by Sarah Starkey
Merchant Navy Day is celebrated on 3rd September, to commemorate the contribution the merchant navy has made, and continues to make, to Britain. There is a special service being held on Sunday 4th September at St Nicholas' Church, Liverpool at 12pm.
This cartoon is taken from the wartime log kept by merchant seafarer Peter Rogan while he was a POW in Milag Nord during the Second World War. More images from the diary are on our website in a small online exhibition. With so much merchant navy history to cover, this is just a small example of the service given and hardship suffered by merchant seafarers, plenty more information is available in the records held by the Maritime Archives & Library or on display at the Merseyside Maritime Museum. Read more…
Maritime Tales – Secret Victory
7 June 2011 by Lisa
I think this story illustrates how timing and quick-thinking can create major shifts in events.
In wartime things move very quickly and often with momentous consequences. I have often wondered what would have happened if war leaders had made different decisions. So often the individual plays a key part in the drama.
The controversial sinking of a British liner just hours after start of the Second World War and the foundering of a German U-boat submarine are strangely linked. Read more…
Liverpool's Chinese community during the Blitz
4 May 2011 by Lucy
Francesca Aiken, Assistant Exhibition Curator for the Global City Gallery in the new Museum of Liverpool writes:
Seventy years since the May Blitz, the spirit of Pitt Street lives on.
Seventy years ago this month, a devastating aerial bombardment struck Liverpool, ending lives, demolishing homes and displacing whole communities. It is in tribute to "the spirit of an unconquered people" that Liverpool's Anglo-Chinese community were part of the effort to keep calm and carry on, piecing back together not just buildings but homes and livelihoods.
Pitt Street, 1915, shaped by tall converted warehouse buildings and cobbled streets, stretches out under the constant watch of St Michaels Church spire, busy with dozens of Chinese businesses, from boarding houses to grocers and tobacconists. This was the birthplace of Liverpool's Chinese community, the destination for seamen from all over the world including Spain, the Philippines, Italy, the West Indies and Scandinavia – to name just a few. To the people who lived and grew up there, this was 'world's end.' Pitt Street was the place to go, bustling with shops and cafes all within easy reach of the docks. Kwong Shang Lung was one of the city's earliest grocers to specialise in Chinese food, trading from 1915 until the bombs fell in 1941. Read more…
Maritime Tales – Human Toll
8 April 2011 by Stephen
Until I studied this map (pictured) I was unaware of some of the great distances German U-boats travelled in search of prey.
I had heard stories of people taking pot shots at surfaced submarines coming up for air in Caribbean palm-fringed lagoons. This creates amazing pictures in the mind far from a conventional view of subs as oil-soaked tin cans.
Towards the end of the war there were U-boats capable of travelling from Germany to South America without refuelling and there are rumours top Nazis escaped this way. Read more…
British art gets a make-over at the Walker
21 March 2011 by Lisa
It's a very exciting week this week as the newly refurbished room at the Walker Art Gallery, 'British art 1880-1950', is opening again on Friday. It will showcase pieces from our collections including works by LS Lowry and Lucian Freud, plus many works which have never been on display before!
I had a chat with our curator of British art, Laura MacCulloch, who told me more about what you can expect to see there:
Tell me about the different types of works which are being brought together in this room?
This work brings together paintings, sculptures and works on paper with furniture and ceramics all made between 1880 and 1950. It's a really exciting period to explore as artists begin to break away from the traditional, Victorian ideas about art and experiment with styles, colours and techniques. It's great to be able to show fine and decoratvie arts together because it shows how artists working in all media experimented.
How does this room differ from the more 'standard' rooms of paintings in the Walker?
We are aiming to give our visitors more of the context surrounding the art. Between 1880 and 1950 there were huge political and social upheavals brought on by two world wars and increasing industrialisation. We have created an interactive timeline which includes lots of information and images relating to key historical and art historical events. There is more information on the timeline than we could ever fit on a label. Read more…


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Three candidates are seeking the governor's seat in November. But, while each candidate has distinct differences, all agree that the economy and, more importantly, getting Kentuckians back to work, is among the top issues facing the Bluegrass state.
The Central Kentucky News-Journal sent questionnaires to all three candidates. Below are their responses.
Steve Beshear
Currently serving his first term as governor, Steve Beshear, whose running mate is former Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson, is a Clark County native.
Editors note: Since the city and county voted to dissolve the Taylorsville-Spencer County Economic Development Authority earlier this year, The Spencer Magnet decided to check in with local government officials to discuss their economic development plans for the future. This week, Editor Shannon Brock sat down with Judge-Executive Bill Karrer to discuss the county's perspective.
Judge-Executive Bill Karrer says his thoughts about economic development in Spencer County have always been two-fold: business development and tourism.
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A Jeffersontown man emerged Saturday from Taylorsville Lake safe and sound.
His car? Not so much.
Ronald Berkley was attempting to launch his boat that morning at the Van Buren boat ramp when things went terribly wrong, thanks to a new pair of hunting boots.
Berkley, who was planning to boat to a location on the lake to go turkey hunting, told rescuers that he had just purchased the boots and was wearing them while backing his car down the ramp.
Construction on a bridge on Ky. 1392/Gray's Run Road was temporarily halted earlier this month after contractors discovered the project was larger than originally anticipated.
Andrea Clifford, spokesperson for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, said the bridge, which goes over Simpson Creek and is at mile point 1.9 on Gray's Run Road, was slated for a deck restoration.
However, when representatives from Intech Contracting began their work, they found "more deterioration than originally thought to be there," Clifford said.
The Kentucky Agricultural Development Board, chaired by Gov. Steve Beshear, approved $5,988 at its October meeting in support of a Deceased Farm Animal Removal Program in Spencer County.
The Spencer County Fiscal Court submitted a proposal to the Spencer County Agricultural Development Council and the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board, and was approved for the funding.
A Springfield man and a Taylorsville man were indicted on multiple, unrelated drug charges by a Spencer County Grand Jury on Thursday.
As Spencer County's smallest ghouls and goblins prepare to take to the streets Monday, The Spencer Magnet has collected some smart tips from local experts for a safe and fun Halloween celebration.
Safety Tips
The community's annual Trick-or-Treat on Main Street celebration offers children and their families a safe opportunity to get the candy that children want without having to dodge traffic and approach strangers' homes.
At best, as your eyes are scanning these words, Halloween is five days away.
Don't have a costume for yourself or your little one? Never fear, The Spencer Magnet is here with some last-minute solutions.
We combed the Internet to come up with 10 costume ideas that will be extra cute on the kids and workable for moms and dads if blown up proportionally.
Try these on for size:
Kim McManus knows being Taylorsville's new Main Street manager will be a learning experience, but she's up to the challenge.
"It may be challenging," she said. "But anything you jump into can be challenging, but it can also be very rewarding."
McManus hasn't quite been on the job two weeks, but said she's interested in diving right in and getting involved in the Taylorsville community.
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The Healing Power of the Breath
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The Five Keys to Mindful Communication
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Coming Home to Who You Are
Discovering Your Natural Capacity for Love, Integrity, and CompassionWe already possess everything we need to have satisfying relationships and a happy, fulfilling life; all we need to do is learn how to bring forth our natural wisdom—which includes our innate kindness, understanding, and courage. Psychotherapist David Richo draws on four decades of his counseling experience to create this manual on how to nurture the best in ourselves and our relationships. He teaches how to access our natural abilities… Read More
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The Confidence Gap
A Guide to Overcoming Fear and Self-DoubtToo many of us miss out on opportunities in life because we lack self-confidence. Whether it's public speaking, taking on a leadership role, or asking someone for a date, there are situations in which we just don't feel equipped to handle the challenges we face. Russ Harris offers a surprising solution to low self-confidence, shyness, and insecurity: Rather than trying to "get over" our fears, he says, the… Read More
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Daring to Trust
Opening Ourselves to Real Love and IntimacyMost relationship problems are essentially trust issues, explains psychotherapist David Richo. Whether it's fear of commitment, insecurity, jealousy, or a tendency to be controlling, the real obstacle is a fundamental lack of trust—both in ourselves and in our partner.Daring to Trust offers key insights and practical exercises for exploring and addressing our trust issues in relationships. Topics include:How we learn early in life to trust others (or not to trust… Read More
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Yoga for Emotional Balance
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Daring to Trust
Opening Ourselves to Real Love and IntimacyMost relationship problems are essentially trust issues, explains psychotherapist David Richo. Whether it's fear of commitment, insecurity, jealousy, or a tendency to be controlling, the real obstacle is a fundamental lack of trust—both in ourselves and in our partner.Daring to Trust offers key insights and practical exercises for exploring and addressing our trust issues in relationships. Topics include:How we learn early in life to trust others (or not to trust… Read More
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The Courage to Be Present
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Capillary filtration is reduced in lungs adapted to chronic heart failure: morphological and haemodynamic correlates
Objective: To determine pulmonary capillary filtration in experimental chronic heart failure and to investigate some morphological and haemodynamic mechanisms that could account for reduced filtration in lungs adapted to chronic heart failure. Methods: We studied pulmonary capillary filtration, vascular resistances and morphology in lungs from guinea-pigs adapted to chronic heart failure. Heart failure was induced by banding of the ascending aorta (n = 66) or sham control operation (n = 78) in guinea-pigs which were studied at 150±8 days post-operation. Results: Reduced cardiac output, increased systemic vascular resistance and LV end diastolic pressure and increased LV and RV weight:body weight ratio (all P<0.05) indicated chronic heart failure at 5 months following aortic banding in guinea-pigs. Lung weight was increased (61%, P<0.05) in heart failure compared with controls, but lung water content was reduced (5.5%, P<0.05), a reversal of the pattern seen acutely. Studies in isolated perfused lungs demonstrated a reduced capillary filtration coefficient (0.018±0.003 vs. 0.003±0.002 ml min−1 mmHg−1 g−1, P<0.001), increased arterial (61%) and venous resistance (50%) in heart failure lungs, P<0.05. Wall thickness:lumen ratio was increased in small (<250 μm) pulmonary arterioles (0.15±0.02 vs. 0.08±0.01) and venules (0.06±0.005 vs. 0.04±0.002) in heart failure, P<0.01. Alveolar septal volume fractions (35.2±5.1 vs. 23.1±2.7) and septal:air-space volume ratios (60.5±13.6 vs. 31.9±5.3) were also increased in heart failure, P<0.05. Conclusions: Pulmonary adaptation to chronic heart failure is associated with vascular and alveolar remodelling that contributes to increased vascular resistance and reduced capillary filtration. These changes are likely to be important in mediating resistance to pulmonary oedema in chronic heart failure.
- Heart failure
- Remodeling
- Capillaries
- Pulmonary circulation
- Haemodynamics
Time for primary review 28 days.
1 Introduction
Congestive heart failure is associated with chronic exposure of the pulmonary vasculature to increased pressures and this increase in pulmonary capillary pressure carries the risk of pulmonary oedema. In clinical practice it is generally recognised that patients with longstanding heart failure are less prone to pulmonary oedema for given levels of pulmonary venous pressure. Thus, acute elevation of pulmonary venous pressure in patients with acute myocardial infarction frequently results in overt pulmonary oedema [1] while patients with chronic rheumatic mitral valve disease may tolerate even higher levels of pulmonary venous pressure without oedema [2]. Several mechanisms may contribute to the ability to resist the development of pulmonary oedema in lungs exposed to chronic left sided heart failure. Thickening of the pulmonary capillary basement membrane in heart failure [3] could act to limit permeability of proteins and water and thereby resist oedema formation. Clinical studies using double isotope scintigraphy as an indirect measure of pulmonary microvascular permeability suggest that this is reduced in patients with severe chronic heart failure [4]. Direct measurements of pulmonary capillary filtration coefficient in isolated perfused lungs obtained from dogs exposed to rapid ventricular pacing to induce heart failure were unchanged following 4 or 7 weeks of pacing [5,6]. In control lungs exposed to repeated increases in pulmonary venous pressure, capillary filtration coefficient was increased but was unchanged in lungs from paced animals [6]. Studies in chronic heart failure are not available and therefore it is unclear whether pulmonary capillary filtration declines progressively with advancing heart failure, ultimately leading to a reduced filtration coefficient and resistance to alveolar oedema formation.
Pulmonary vascular resistance is increased in heart failure and vascular capacitance is reduced [5,6]. These changes reflect vascular remodelling, which is known to occur in left ventricular dysfunction [7], pulmonary hypertension [8] and hypoxia [9]. Increased pulmonary vasoconstrictor responsiveness may also contribute to elevated pulmonary vascular resistance [5,7]. Thus increased resting pulmonary vascular resistance and/or enhanced pulmonary responses may 'protect' the pulmonary capillary bed in heart failure. At present it is unclear whether these changes are progressive with advancing heart failure and their relative importance in pulmonary adaptation to chronic heart failure is unknown.
In the present experiments we used a model of chronic heart failure in guinea-pigs. Isolated perfused lungs were studied up to 5 months following aortic banding to test whether capillary filtration coefficient is reduced and to examine some potential mechanisms involved. Our results demonstrated reduced lung water content in lungs adapted to chronic in contrast to acute heart failure. Capillary filtration coefficient was reduced in lungs adapted to chronic heart failure, while arterial and venous resistances were increased. Changes in pulmonary vascular and alveolar morphology suggest that lung remodelling in response to chronic heart failure contributes to these physiological adaptations resulting in resistance to oedema formation in heart failure.
2 Methods
2.1 Induction of chronic heart failure
Heart failure was induced by banding of the ascending aorta in male Dunkin–Hartley guinea-pigs (600–800 g), as previously described [10] using a modification of the method described by Ling and deBold [11]. Experiments were carried out at 150±8 days postoperation in order to study effects of chronic heart failure.
All animal work and surgery was performed in accordance with United Kingdom legislation (the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.) The investigation conforms with the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals published by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH Publication No. 85-23, revised 1996).
2.2 Haemodynamic assessment
Animals (sham n = 16, banded n = 16) were anaesthetised with a bolus intraperitoneal dose (60 mg/kg) of pentobarbitone (Animal Care, York, UK). ECGs, left atrial (LA), right ventricular (RV) and left ventricular (LV) pressures and aortic flow were measured as described previously [10]. Subsequently, organs were removed, weighed and dried at 70°C for 72 h to obtain the dry weight and calculate water content.
2.3 Isolated perfused lungs
Following anaesthesia, the trachea was cannulated and the animal ventilated with room air at 70 strokes/min and a tidal volume of 6 ml (using a small animal respirator, model no. 7025, Ugo Basile, Comerio, Italy) producing an end expiratory pressure of 1–1.5 mmHg. A thoracotomy was performed and 1500 I.U. of heparin (CP Pharmaceuticals, Wrexham, UK) were injected into the RV. The pulmonary artery was cannulated and pulmonary venous drainage achieved with a cannula inserted into the left atrium via the left ventricle. The lungs were gently flushed with heparinised Krebs–Henseleit solution and were immediately mounted and perfused with modified Krebs– Henseleit solution (pH 7.4, 37°C) containing (mmol/l): 118.0 NaCl, 4.7 KCl, 1.2 MgSO4, 1.1 KH2PO4, 24 NaHCO3, 2.5 CaCl2, 9 glucose, 2 pyruvate and 0.25% bovine serum albumin (BSA) saturated with 95% O2–5% CO2 using a peristaltic pump to maintain perfusion pressure at 13.4±1.1 mmHg. All chemicals were of analytic grade and were obtained from Merck (Lutterworth, UK).
By changing the mode of lung perfusion from a pump to a variable height reservoir, perfusion could be switched between constant flow and constant pressure perfusion without interruption. Pulmonary flow and arterial (Pa), venous (Pv) and airway pressures (Paw) were monitored continuously using pressure transducers (Druck PDCR 75, Welwyn Garden City, UK). Lungs were suspended from an isometric transducer (EXP FSG-01/50, Experimetria, Budapest, Hungary) and change in lung weight was monitored as a measure of oedema formation. Lungs were allowed to equilibrate isogravimetrically for 30 min before commencing experiments. When the experiments were completed, the lungs were dried for 72 h at 70°C and dry weight noted. This preparation was used for the following experimental protocols.
2.4 Alteration of venous outflow pressure
Lungs from sham (n = 13) and banded (n = 11) animals were equilibrated under constant flow (10 ml/min) perfusion, the outflow reservoir was raised to increase venous pressure by 5 mmHg for 1 min and all parameters were recorded. The procedure was repeated with venous outflow pressures of 10, 15 and 20 mmHg allowing the preparation to return to baseline between pressure challenges.
2.5 Determination of albumin-bound Evans blue dye accumulation
Evans blue dye solution was prepared by dissolving Evans blue dye (Sigma–Aldrich, Gillingham, UK) in a 10% (w/v) BSA (Sigma–Aldrich) and saline solution. The mixture was dialyzed overnight in Visking tubing (22/32, Medicell, London, UK) against an excess of distilled water. Lungs from sham (n = 13) and banded (n = 8) animals were set up under constant flow (10 ml/min) perfusion. Evans blue solution was infused through a side branch into the pulmonary artery at 0.2 ml/min, to give a final perfusate concentration of 0.196 mg/ml for 5 min. After 2 min venous outflow pressure was raised to 20 mmHg for 1 min, then returned to 0 mmHg and dye infusion continued for another 2 min. Lungs were perfused with Krebs–Henseleit solution for a further 3 min before being removed from the perfusion system. The lungs were gently blotted, weighed, dried at 70°C for 72 h and digested in formamide solution (Sigma–Aldrich) at 40°C for 48 h. After centrifugation at 2000 rpm for 30 min the supernatant was collected and read at 622 nm in a spectrophotometer (Ultrospec 2000, Pharmacia Biotech, Vienna, Austria). The distribution volume in lung tissue was calculated by reference to the concentration of dye in the fluid perfusing the lung using the following equation where C is the Evans blue dye concentration (0.196 mg/ml), Vi is the volume of lung digestion solution (25 ml) and Cs is the concentration of Evans blue dye in the lung digestion solution.
2.6 Morphology
After equilibration at constant flow perfusion lungs from sham (n = 6) and banded (n = 6) animals were perfusion fixed with 10% formal saline at 10 ml/min for 5 min. Tissue cubes (0.5 cm3) were immersion fixed for 24 h, dehydrated and wax embedded. Tissue sections (5 μm) were cut and stained with haematoxylin and eosin following standard histology protocols [12]. Morphometric analysis of the sections was carried out using an image analysis system (Seescan Solitaire Plus, Cambridge, UK). Diameters of arterioles and venules were measured as the mean of radially arranged diameters every 2° around the central point of each vessel and wall thickness calculated from directly measured wall area and perimeter to minimise the error resulting from measuring obliquely sectioned structures. Alveolar septal and alveolar air space volume fractions were measured in six randomly assigned, standard sized (area=1.937×105 μm2) frames for each section. Mean septal volume was expressed as a fraction of tissue volume and of alveolar airspace volume. For electron microscopic examination lungs were perfused with half strength Karnovsky's fixation buffer and rinsed in phosphate buffer. Small 1-mm3 cubes of fixed tissue were washed, postfixed in osmium mixture, dehydrated in graded alcohol solutions and propylene oxide and infiltrated with Araldite for 12 h and then embedded in fresh Araldite. Sections were cut on a Reichert Ultracut E ultramicrotome and stained with toluidine blue aqueous solution. Thin sections (50–70 nm) were contrasted with uranyl acetate and lead citrate and examined using a Zeiss electron microscope.
2.7 Determination of segmental vascular resistance
Lungs from sham (n = 14) and banded (n = 10) animals were equilibrated at constant pressure perfusion for 30 min and pulmonary segmental vascular resistances were measured using two solenoid pinch-valves (P/N 075P, Bio-Chem, Boonton, NJ, USA) to interrupt abruptly pulmonary arterial and venous flows simultaneously or independently for a defined time [13,14]. Pulmonary arterial pressure (distal to the occlusion) and venous pressure (proximal to the venous occlusion) were recorded during arterial, venous and double 2 s occlusions. The inflection points between the rapid and slow components of the pressure–time curves following arterial and venous occlusion, Pao and Pvo, respectively, were taken as the pressure drop across these proximal arteries and veins when flow is present [15]. During double occlusion, arterial and venous pressures equilibrate at approximately equal values, the mean of which is taken as an estimate of microvascular pressure (Pm). Total pulmonary vascular resistances (Rt) were estimated from the preocclusion arteriovenous pressure drop related to flow , [Rt=(Pa−Pv)/]. Arterial resistance was calculated from the pressure drop across the proximal arteries (Pa−Pao)/flow [15]. Similarly, the venous compartment resistance was calculated as (Pvo−Pv)/flow. On venous occlusion, venous pressure increases, initially abruptly and then more slowly. The slope of this second phase and the rate of the flow into the vascular compartment were used to calculate total vascular compliance (Ct), as Ct=/(Pv−Pvo/Δt) [5].
2.8 Estimation of capillary filtration coefficient
Lungs from sham (n = 16) and banded (n = 15) animals were equilibrated under constant pressure perfusion. Control Pm was recorded and arterial and venous pressures were then simultaneously elevated by 5 mmHg (to achieve an equal increase in capillary pressure) for 10 min, after which the change of lung weight was recorded and measurement of Pm was repeated. Arterial and venous pressures were then returned to baseline and the lungs were allowed to equilibrate for 10 min to reach an isogravimetric state. Capillary filtration coefficient (Kf,c) was calculated from the rate of weight gain (Δw/Δt) during the last 2 min of the Pm increment as Kf,c=(Δw/Δt)/ΔPm and expressed per gram blood-free dry weight.
2.9 Statistical analysis
Values are expressed as mean±standard error of the mean. Where appropriate, relationships were analysed using linear regression analysis. Regression lines were compared by testing the difference between the slope and intercept using Student's t-tests. Statistical analysis of data using Student's unpaired t-test enabled the comparison of groups (an F value calculation was also performed to test for unequal variance between the groups. If significant variance was found, t-tests with Welch's correction for unequal variance were used). All statistical analysis was performed using prism analysis software (v2.01, GraphPad, San Diego, CA, USA) P<0.05 indicating statistical significance.
3 Results
3.1 Morphology
Following 150±8 days of aortic banding, heart weight:body weight ratio was increased by 72% compared with sham controls (Fig. 1). This reflected marked increases in the LV (58%), RV (100%) and atrial (211%) mass (P<0.001 in each case). In addition, lung weight:body weight ratio was increased by 61% (P<0.001), while kidney weights remained unchanged. These changes represent an increase in organ weight as the body weight of banded and sham control groups were similar (1098±30 vs. 1093±19 g).
Lung water content was significantly (P<0.001) reduced (5.5%) in chronically banded animals (Fig. 2A), but was unchanged in any of the other organs. This decrease in lung water content was only observed after chronic (150 days) aortic banding; banding for 6 days resulted in a significant increase in lung water (2.3%, P<0.01) which normalised by 58 days (Fig. 2B).
3.2 Systemic haemodynamics
Haemodynamic data at 150 days are shown in Table 1. Aortic banding resulted in a systolic pressure gradient of 22.1±2.7 mmHg between the LV and the carotid artery. This was accompanied by reduced aortic flow (49%), increased peripheral resistance (60%), increased LV end diastolic pressures (150%, respectively), all P<0.05 in each case and a trend for reduced LV dP/dt (29%). There was a substantial increase in LA systolic (186%) and diastolic pressures (4-fold) and increased RV end diastolic (104%) pressures, all P<0.05. Heart rate derived from ECGs was unchanged. Banding increased QRS R wave voltage (58%), duration (40%) and QTc interval (17%), all P<0.05.
|Systolic carotid pressure (mmHg)
|Diastolic carotid pressure (mmHg)
|LV systolic pressure (mmHg)
|LV end diastolic pressure (mmHg)
|LA systolic pressure (mmHg)
|LA end diastolic pressure (mmHg)
|RV systolic pressure (mmHg)
|RV end diastolic pressure (mmHg)
|Aortic flow (ml/min)
|Peripheral vascular resistance (dynesscm−5)
|63 651±6140
|102 046±12 240
|Aortic gradient (mmHg)
|Heart rate (beats/min)
|R-wave height (mV)
|QRS interval (ms)
|QTc interval (ms)
3.3 Lung morphology
Morphometric analysis of sections of perfusion fixed lung from banded and sham control animals showed evidence of considerable thickening of the alveolar septa, Table 2. Septal area expressed as a percentage of tissue area was significantly increased from 23.06±2.65 to 35.24±5.09% (actual area increased from 4.5±0.4×104 to 6.8±0.9×104 μm2, P<0.05). Morphometric analysis of pulmonary blood vessels revealed a significant increase in wall thickness (19.7±2.4 vs. 13.1±1.2 μm) and wall thickness:lumen ratio in small arterioles (diameter <250 μm, Table 2) from heart failure lungs compared with controls (P<0.001). Similarly, there was a significant increase in wall thickness (9.6±0.4 vs. 6.8±0.4 μm) and wall thickness:lumen ratio in venules (diameter <250 μm) from lungs of banded animals compared with controls (P<0.001), Table 2. Fig. 3 shows electronmicrographs of capillary/alveolar ultrastructure in control and heart failure lungs, illustrating a marked thickening of the basal laminae, cellular infiltration and increased cell size in the heart failure lung.
|Sham (n = 9)
|Banded (n = 6)
|Septal area (mm2)
|Septal volume fraction (%)
|Septal:alveolar volume ratio (%)
|Vessel data
|Mean diameter
|Wall thickness:
|Mean diameter
|Wall thickness:
|lumen ratio
|lumen ratio
|Arteriole data
|Diameter <250 μm
|Diameter 250–350 μm
|Diameter 350–550 μm
|Diameter >550 μm
|Venule data
|Diameter <250 μm
|Diameter 250–350 μm
|Diameter 350–550 μm
|Diameter >550 μm
↵a Pulmonary vessel wall thickness is expressed as a ratio of lumen diameter for arterioles and venules of different external diameter. Septal area, volume fraction and septal:alveolar volume ratio were significantly increased in chronic heart failure (*, P<0.05). Small (<250 μm) arterioles and venules had significantly increased wall thickness:lumen ratio, as indicated (**, P<0.01). Values are given as mean±SEM.
3.4 Isolated perfused lungs
In constant flow perfused lungs, baseline mean Pa (sham: 12.9±1.6 mmHg; banded: 13.9±1.3 mmHg) and Paw (sham: 20.6±1.3 mmHg; banded: 19.8±1.9 mmHg) were similar in control and heart failure lungs. Transient increases in venous outflow pressure (VOP) produced corresponding increases in Pa, Paw and lung weight, but to a much reduced extent in heart failure lungs, Fig. 4A and B. The total pulmonary resistance fell slightly and to a similar degree with increased VOP in both groups (Fig. 4C). In sham control lungs, lung weight increased in direct proportion to VOP (Fig. 4D) however, this response was much reduced and was independent of VOP in heart failure lungs.
3.5 Vascular permeability
Evans blue accumulation in response to a 20-mmHg increase in VOP (Fig. 5A) was significantly lower in lungs from banded animals (163±12 μgg−1 dry lung weight) compared with controls (240±33 μgg−1) P<0.05. Fluid accumulation based on these measurements was also significantly less in heart failure lungs (0.83±0.06 vs. 1.23±0.16 mlg−1 dry lung weight, Fig. 5B).
3.6 Pulmonary haemodynamics
During isogravimetric constant pressure perfusion, arterial (10.8±0.4 mmHg; sham vs. 10.5±0.4 mmHg; banded) and venous pressures (3.1±0.2 vs. 3.6±0.3 mmHg) and flow (32.8±2.1 vs. 26.7±2.2 mlmin−1g−1) were similar in control and heart failure lungs. Total pulmonary resistance based on a simple two-resistance single compliance model [16] tended to be higher in heart failure (0.342±0.052 mmHgml−1min−1g−1) than controls (0.241±0.02 mmHgml−1min−1g−1). Baseline resistance of the arterial compartment was significantly increased (61%) in heart failure lungs animals compared with controls (P<0.05), Fig. 6A. Similarly, the baseline pulmonary venous resistance was greater (50%) in heart failure lungs (P<0.05, Fig. 6B). However, microvascular resistance was similar in both groups.
3.7 Capillary filtration coefficient
The increase in lung weight in response to a 5-mmHg increment in Pm was attenuated (40%) in heart failure compared with controls (Fig. 7, upper panel). The Kf,c value calculated from these weight changes was also markedly reduced (83%, Fig. 7, lower panel) in chronic heart failure lungs compared with controls, P<0.001.
4 Discussion
The principal observations from this study are that in lungs adapted to chronic heart failure: (1) lung water content is significantly reduced (2) arteriolar and venous resistances are increased and (3) capillary filtration is reduced. Morphological changes in pulmonary vasculature and alveoli suggest that lung remodelling contributes to these physiological changes. Novel observations from this study are the reduction in capillary filtration coefficient and in lung water content in lungs adapted to chronic heart failure, the latter reversing the pattern seen acutely following aortic banding.
In this study, the reduction in aortic flow, increased peripheral vascular resistance and raised LV end diastolic and LA pressures in aortic-banded guinea-pigs confirm the presence of heart failure. This is supported by our previous findings of raised plasma catecholamines and atrionatriuretic peptide in this model [10]. The increases in lung and RV weight:body weight ratio are indicative of chronic heart failure. In addition to the haemodynamic changes described, we observed morphological changes in the lungs (septal thickening, increased septal area, increased septal:alveolar volume ratio) and pulmonary vessels (increase in arteriolar and venular wall thickness) which confirmed the presence of heart failure in aortic-banded animals after 150 days. The increases in wall thickness:lumen ratio of small arterioles and venules in heart failure lungs are compatible with the increase in arterial and venous resistances observed. They also confirm previous reports of altered pulmonary arteriolar structure in rats with heart failure [17] and increased total pulmonary vascular resistance in dogs with heart failure [5,6].
These morphological changes are indicative of the occurrence of pulmonary vascular remodelling, which is known to occur in patients with pulmonary hypertension [8] and has been described soon after the onset of experimental LV dysfunction [7]. Remodelling and the development of pulmonary oedema have been observed as a result of chronic infusions of angiotensin II [18,19] together with enhanced pulmonary vasoconstriction in a canine model of heart failure [20]. Thus angiotensin II, which may be elevated in heart failure [21] may have a role in mediating this remodelling. Pulmonary venous remodelling may have the effect of attenuating the transmission of left atrial pressure waves to the pulmonary microcirculation, thereby contributing to resistance to pulmonary oedema in chronic heart failure.
The reduction in water content of lungs adapted to chronic heart failure was a reversal to that seen acutely following aortic banding and has not, as far as we know, been reported previously. Pulmonary oedema and an increase in lung water content are characteristic findings in terminal heart failure. The present model was chosen in order to study mechanisms of adaptation to chronic heart failure and therefore reflects more closely clinical aortic stenosis, which may be tolerated for many years before the occurrence of pulmonary oedema, the onset of which usually heralds a rapid decline in this condition. The finding of reduced lung water content in chronic heart failure may reflect increased deposition of non-water related material. An alternative possibility is that lung remodelling, by reducing water filtration, results in a net loss of lung water. Thickening of the alveolar septae and basal lamina may contribute to the attenuated Kf,c in heart failure lungs by acting as a functional barrier. Studies in patients with chronic heart failure [4] have demonstrated reduced pulmonary microvascular permeability and thickening of pulmonary capillary basement membrane [3], which could similarly act to limit the permeability of proteins and water. Our data demonstrate significant increases in septal area, septal volume fraction, septal-to-alveolar volume ratio and basal laminal thickness in lungs from animals with chronic heart failure. These morphological changes would also be expected to reduce capillary:alveolar exchange providing a further mechanism for reduced water filtration. The finding of reduced weight gain in heart failure lungs exposed to increased microvascular pressure and reduced Kf,c are consistent with this.
Our observation of reduced Kf,c in lungs adapted to chronic heart failure differs from data obtained by Townsley et al. [5] who reported no change in Kf,c in isolated lung lobes obtained from a canine model of heart failure induced by cardiac pacing for 28 days. We consider that the most likely explanation for this apparent discrepancy may be related to the relative chronicity of the two preparations since we allowed heart failure to develop for 150 days after aortic banding prior to study. Townsley et al. [5] also make the point that their data do not exclude the possibility that ventricular pacing may be required for a longer period than was tested in their model for such changes to develop. Also, the increase in lung weight in our model is not seen in early heart failure and indicates a chronic condition. Interestingly, the acute increase in lung water content occurring 6 days after aortic banding is normalised by 58 days and becomes a reduction in lung water content during chronic heart failure (150 days). Other factors are the use of isolated lung lobes by Townsley et al. and intact lungs by us, and potential species differences between dogs (Townsley et al.) and guinea-pigs (us).
We used an isolated mechanically-ventilated lung preparation perfused with Krebs–Henseleit buffer+albumin and it is possible that the experimental conditions may alter absolute values for intravascular pressures relative to those occurring in vivo. However, since both groups of animals were treated identically, the differences between them indicate real differences which may be attributed to the effects of heart failure. Furthermore, the data that we have obtained are not available from human studies or studies in intact preparations where the methods are necessarily limited. The preparation that we used was stable for the duration of our experiments. In this model ventilation is necessary to maintain a stable isogravimetric state and was maintained constant. The methods used to estimate the intravascular pressure distribution are well-established and have been characterised by others [5,13–15] and are based on the model of Linehan et al. [22].
In conclusion, this study has demonstrated a reduction in lung water content in lungs adapted to chronic, but not acute heart failure. This is associated with a reduced Kf,c and increased pulmonary arterial and venous resistances. Pulmonary vascular and alveolar remodelling are likely contributors to these changes in pulmonary vascular resistance and capillary filtration. We hypothesise that these pulmonary adaptations to chronic heart failure provide protection from oedema formation. These changes, while initially protective in helping to prevent oedema formation, are also likely to confer major long-term disadvantages: by (a) augmenting total pulmonary vascular resistance and (b) contributing to impaired gas diffusion, known to occur in chronic heart failure [23]. Another important aspect is that an increase in pulmonary vascular resistance, although imposing increased afterload on the right ventricle, may limit an excessive increase in left ventricular filling pressures, but this was beyond the scope of this study. We are not aware of data on changes in endothelial and alveolar water and electrolyte transport comparable to those which have been described in acute lung injury and hypoxia. Recent studies [24–26] suggest the importance of aquaporin water channels and epithelial sodium transport in alveolar fluid clearance and it will be particularly important for the involvement of these factors to be studied in chronic heart failure. The morphological data that we obtained may serve as an explanation for the decrease in capillary filtration, but does not exclude an altered regulation in fluid clearance. Understanding the mechanisms that underlie pulmonary vascular remodelling in heart failure is therefore of considerable importance.
The authors would like to express thanks to Dr. Mary Townsley for reading the manuscript and for providing helpful advice on data interpretation. Grant support from Servier Laboratories is gratefully acknowledged.
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Best option for the airport
As the state Department of Transportation begins the process for an environmental impact statement for the overhaul or upgrade of the runways at the Kahului Airport, we would reiterate what we wrote last Jan. 26:
Clearly the best option for addressing the issue includes the lengthening of Kahului's second runway (5-23) so that in the end we have two runways capable of handling wide-body aircraft. The best option accomplishes this lengthening without shutting down the airport for weeks to wide-body planes.
There are three options being considered. The first is simply an overhaul to the main runway (2-20) that would require closing the airport to wide-body aircraft for an estimated eight to 10 weeks.
The second would lengthen runway 5-23 but require the airport be closed to wide-body landings for approximately three weeks.
The third and best option lengthens 5-23 and also adds 1,600 feet to 2-20 – and would not require any loss of wide-body operations.
In our view, the first option should not even be on the table. It is a patchwork solution that does not enhance the airport's capabilities.
Clearly the extension of 5-23 would allow for greater flexibility for landings and takeoffs in varying wind conditions.
We prefer option three because it would completely avert the economic loss that a shutdown to wide-bodies even for three weeks will cause. Also, the additional 1,600 feet on the existing 7,000-foot runway 2-20 would provide an even greater safety margin.
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'A willing participant'?
'A willing participant'? A woman parties and cavorts with athletes, brags about posing for Playboy. Fast forward a couple of days and she presses rape charges. NFL defensive lineman is one of the guys supposedly holding the camera videotaping the sex, so he's charged. He's got a record of drug use so he's no angel either. Of course, "no means no" but what was she doing there in the first place?
Is Michael Strahan a fraud?
Is Michael Strahan a fraud? In Sunday's Packers-Giants game, QB Bret Favre basically fixed it so that he would be sacked and DE Michael Strahan would break Mark Gastineau's single-season sack record. Most sports columnists have pointed out how lame this is, with some saying the league should intervene and take it back. A similar situation occured four years ago in women's NCAA basketball where Nykesha Sales was given a "gimme" shot to break her school's scoring record.
This coming Sunday 1,643 men will start hitting each other and continue to do so for at least 17 weeks: NFL Football is back! But what happened to all the dynasty teams? And what drives its fans to play God? Is it the end of the quarterback? The real question is how many players will have run-ins with the law...
Duke kickers testify in gender case.
Duke kickers testify in gender case. Asked to rank her leg strength, Sims Lenhardt told jurors: "It was inferior to other guys out there. I would say 35 yards was probably the most she could kick."
Weak leg?
Weak leg? A female kicker is suing Duke University because she was cut from the team. She says it was because she's a woman, the coach says she wasn't as versatile as other kickers on his roster. With colleges passing illiterates through based on football skill, I'm skeptical that a coach would make a roster decision based on sex.
Dennis Miller explained...
Dennis Miller explained... How many football fans will check this on Tuesday mornings to find out what the hell he's talking about?
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# Takeshi Koike's crazy racing anime Redline should be out on DVD/BR in the UK "by September 6th", 2011. Another long-awaited anime, Hellsing OVA 8, will be finally released on June 22nd in Japan!
# A minimalist poster for Oldboy. Nice to see that some designers aren't focused on the always same top-10 classics to create original new posters!
# Short news; Bedevilled director is actually working on his new project, it's called Hi, Anna, and this is the story of "a lone female warrior in a city where everyone has vanished". More details asap.
# "Why the anime industry is ignoring the elephant in the room when it shouts about piracy".
# You've been dying to read something on the Yubari Film Festival 2011? Enjoy! (thanks Isaac!)
# Koji Morimoto fans, you can now go watch some of his works on this page!
# An on-set video of Brillante Mendoza's Captured! To be selected for Cannes '11?
# An english-subtitled trailer for Takashi Miike's Nintama Rantaro (english working title is Ninja Kids!!!). It's confirming the film is a light-hearted and naive comedy for children,
# Off-topic. A fascinating, and funny, video analyzing a shitty script. In this case, it's Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, explaining why it was poorly written.


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Skip to comments.On What?--McCain Says He Didnt Know Defense Bill He Approved Repealed Military Ban on Sodomy...
Posted on 12/07/2011 3:22:54 PM PST by jazusamo
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My own thing is I would not want to be a -————— by proxy.
Why would you want to kiss a mouth knowing what had been in there?
It is extremely degrading and wife abuse to make your wife do that.
She will soon want the taxpayers to support her.
On what? McCain replied.
CNSNews.com followed up: The repeal of the ban on sodomy and bestiality in the military, were you at all aware of that?
Ill have to ask my folks, McCain said. II will check on it and have, and hell get back to you.
do ya think the systems broke ???
I don't "make" my wife do anything, pal. She does it because she enjoys it, because she knows it brings me intense physical pleasure. And I do the same for her, as often as I possibly can.
I have no problem kissing her goodbye every morning and hello every evening.
I'm also a military veteran of the USMC. Now, tell me now. Right here and to my face that you think I should have gone to prison for it.
Now they need a new law to make it illegal to have sex with US military animals.
It should also protect minors, not just 13 and under
Sometimes you but only have to READ the bills to 'find out what's in them'......
Was going to commend the 7 who opposed but seeing Harkin and Sanders in the mix tells me their reasons had nothing to do with the repeal. Can't stand McCain but all of them should be held accountable by their constituents.
Was going to commend the 7 who opposed but seeing Harkin and Sanders in the mix tells me their reasons had nothing to do with the repeal. Can't stand McCain but all of them should be held accountable by their constituents.
The repeal is because the goal is to trash the Constitution and allow Shari'a law to rule over us, instead.
Unfortunately I don't have Republican Senators but just gave Schumer and Gillibrand a piece of my mind. They should all be held accountable.
To some (way too many), the only allowable sex is missionary position, no full nudity and nevermind about pleasing your wife. Oral sex is disgusting and NEVER to be performed even if, as you noted, you AND your wife greatly enjoy it. I recall a then-middle aged guy from my church (back in the fifties/very early sixties) taking pride in saying he'd never even seen his very own wife naked. Couldn't understand it then, still can't.
But, as they say, to each his own. Just DON'T EVER TRY TO COME BETWEEN ME AND MY WIFE with such inane and STUPID bullbleep. It's one thing to loathe (as I do) even the very thought of two guys doing each other and keeping such perversion out of my Marine Corps and the rest of the military. It's quite another to even DREAM of criminalizing consenting behaviors between husband and wife. So those bluenoses need to get a life (OF THEIR OWN) to control. Leave military husbands and wives alone.
There is (and can be) NO SUCH LEGITIMATE interest. Not between husband and wife. Not involving CONSENTING behavior between them. I can understand and approve of keeping open homosexuals out of the services. I can even understand and approve of keeping sexual activity AT HOME, IN THE BEDROOM, and not in some public venue, as one poster, in her ignorance, suggested. But to assert some proper and legitimate government interest in private sexual behaviors of husband and wife is beyond absurd. Even unmarried individuals, when in private, are NOT proper targets of government snooping.
Don't like McCain, never have, but I can't fault him. It was probably inserted through the back door (heh), in the middle of some really boring statut-ese boiler plate. I've sometimes had to read really dull regulations and found myself falling asleep or fogging out. But he has people who should have been on the lookout for hot-button stuff like that and alerted him, and who should have divided the reading between them to avoid that sort of white-line fever fatigue.
So, language legalizing pedophilia and promoting NAMBLA to Cabinet-level status could`ve been included in that bill and it would`ve sailed right on through to passage.
So, if a straight soldier is forcibly raped by two queers, he`ll have no true recourse.. it would be simply a "he said-they said" stalemate.
Though I retired from the AF in 2004, I have strongly recommended against entering the military to young adults considering it. The cultural degradation gripping the country at large has now afflicted the Armed Forces. It kills unit cohesion and with it, our troops.
And to think the Republicans could`ve stopped this in the lame-duck session, but a whole handful of them marched to the PC tune.
Right, but that has zilch to do with this, because no language was substituted to replace it. It`s a complete removal of the text.
I'm not sure I believe him. There were articles warning of the language.
I agree with you. And while I agree with the idea of the Defense of Marriage Act, it's the same thing. There is nowhere in the Constitution that gives the government the power to legislate on moral issues.
There ya go. Right on the mark.
SENATORNICATE. tr. v. sen a tor' ni cate Definition: To promote, encourage, and engage in sexual relations in one or more depraved ways with one or more animals, or mutually with other senatornicators, either in public or private. senatornicates, senatornicating, senatornicated
SENATORNICATION. n. sen a tor' ni ca' shun Definition: The act of senatornicating.
SENATORNICATOR. n. sen a tor' ni ca tor Definition: A United States Senator or a person who acts like one.
SENATORNICATIVE. adj. sen a tor' ni ca' tive Definition: Of or relating to senatornication or the activities of a senatoricator or what goes on in the United States Senate.
The various and perverse kinds of senatornication can be described by using a United States Senator's name as an adverb or adjective, e.g., "McCainly senatornicating"; "Franken senatornicator", etc.
I read the bill. And I was there for many hours of deliberation and debate and amendments. And probably spent hundreds of, several hundred hours on it. But that particular provision I did not know.It was your job to know, John McCain.
You are lying about reading the bill (or lying about not knowing it was in there), large font isn't that hard to miss.
You're exactly right.
You should have gone to prison and been tossed out of the military.
I was in the military too, and have never put my thing where it doesn't belong.
I understand that there are degenerates in the military, but that doesn't make it right.
Start tossing out every member of the military who ever got a hummer and you're going to have a total military force of about half a dozen.
And they'd all be p******
Good for you! The lib politicians do ignore us, though, so when I contact them, I sometimes back it up with a letter to the editor telling readers that I called them and why. When I emailed, I copied and pasted my short email, and the newspaper printed it.
You are one SICK, perverted POS, aren't you?
I just have to get in here before this thread is zotted.
I just want to know if they will make a distinction between live chickens and frozen ones.
Will they let the MPs put lipstick on their K9s (You look vunderful tonight, Schatzie)
It isn't me who puts a thing in the top half of people.
Hey Dan, why don't you move on, I already hit abuse on you once.
Like I said...
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