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Book Excerpt: "No Prisoners" from S.W.A.T.: Blue Knights in Black Armor
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McCarthy buttoned his black tactical uniform shirt over his level two second-chance vest. The bullet resistant body armor was one of the most expensive pieces of equipment that the SWAT tactical operator wears, but all cops know it is "cheaper than a funeral." McCarthy tied in his bloused bottoms of his black tactical pants at the bottom and strapped on his belt. He adjusted each set of handcuffs and replaced each back into its case. He checked his TASER, did a spark test, and replaced it in its holster, cross draw, opposite his firearm. Dan shook his pepper spray and placed it back in the holder. McCarthy tied his tactical shoes and strapped his gas mask holder securely to his left leg. McCarthy made sure all of his magazines were fully loaded with duty rounds and turned them properly in each magazine pouch to allow for quick access under stress. He checked his baton and secured the flap over it to keep it in place.
McCarthy had a routine that was anything but routine. He went through it when time permitted. Dan snapped his helmet and double checked all of his equipment. He checked to make sure his police markings and badge patch were clearly visible on his uniform. Tonight the black would be coming in handy because they would be hitting the target house just before dawn.
La Claire Police Department had a very well trained and well equipped SWAT team. Like most agencies, its members held jobs all over the department. Even some larger agencies discovered that officers who did nothing but SWAT became stale waiting for the "Big Call." Smaller agencies could not afford having a large contingent of officers doing nothing but SWAT, so as a practical matter SWAT team members came from the patrol division, the detective division, administration, community services, and even school liaison officers.
McCarthy dropped to a knee and closed his eyes, quietly alone in the locker room and said his prayer, "Thank you, God, for my life, for my family, and for my wife. May I do my best until I'm laid to rest. Amen." McCarthy rarely asked for anything in his prayers. He figured the big guy upstairs had already done so much for him. He had a beautiful wife, his son Nate, who was his buddy, and his darling little dawdler Christa. His daughter Christa took her time with everything and always had a smile on her face. He called her his darling dawdler because she was always the first one in with a smile and the last one out, still smiling. McCarthy already felt blessed with all that he had. People had tried to kill him on more than one occasion, and he had survived. If that happens to anyone and they really give it some thought, it gives one perspective.
McCarthy then rose from his silent prayer and he reached for his cell phone. He called his wife, Victoria. "Hello, Hon."
"Hi, Sweetheart. Is everything OK?" asked Victoria in a sleepy voice just wrested from a dream. McCarthy pictured her eyes half filled with sleep, her tousled blonde hair and her warmth and softness. You could not separate the two. She was always so warm, so soft, so… "Honey, are you still there?"
"Sorry, Vic, I am going to be late today. I won't be able to take the kids to school." McCarthy said.
"What's up? Late arrest? Reports? SWAT?" queried Victoria.
"SWAT. We have a warrant. Love you, Honey. I will be home as soon as I can." McCarthy loved what he was doing, but he was wishing he was home in bed after hearing Victoria's voice. He loved her phone voice. It was friendly, loving, and sensual. Her phone voice always made him want to be with her when he heard it. Then she said it. She did not know she was part of his mental survival readiness. "I love you. Be careful, Sweetheart."
McCarthy then answered mentally, "Bad guys better be careful." It was McCarthy's ritual to get his mind prepared for where his body was about to take him. She would say, "I love you. Be careful," before every shift no matter how she felt. She would not let him go out of the house without telling him to be careful.
McCarthy had learned this preparedness ritual from Sergeant Dave Compton, who had practiced it with his wife. Sergeant Compton had recently lost his wife of thirty years to cancer. McCarthy recognized Compton to be the strongest man he knew because Sergeant Dave Compton loved his wife more than life itself, and when he returned to work after his funeral leave, there was absolutely no change in his demeanor. It was unusual. It was uncanny. It was almost unsettling. That was Dave Compton though. The strongest man McCarthy ever had met. Except for the dusting of gray in his dark hair, Compton looked just like superman, without a cape.
Dan McCarthy closed his eyes and hung up the phone. He took a breath in through his nose and held it a moment. He then breathed out through his mouth pushing the breath out with the muscles of his abdomen. He placed his black Kevlar helmet on his head and adjusted the strap.
McCarthy then started his stretching routine. Calls on the street did not allow time for officers to stretch before things got physical. Cops get into foot chases in full gear. They get involved in full contact combat, even sometimes make flying tackles, and never get a chance to stretch first.
Everyone knows bullets sometimes kill cops, but very few know how many die from heart attacks during very physical activities. Many more cops are put out of business by back injuries doing things that pro football players, wrestlers, and boxers do, except with no protective equipment and no time to warm up. McCarthy liked to stretch before SWAT calls when time permitted. He ended his stretching with some controlled front and side kicks into mid air. He was mentally kicking an imaginary person his own size in front of him. He would start his kicks with a slow smooth precision and build power, with each practice kick.
The door to the locker room swung open just as McCarthy had finished his last front kick and set it down "McCarthy! Did you take your battle piss?" inquired Sergeant Compton as he entered in full gear. Compton was the officer in charge of the SWAT team. When the team was formed, the mayor said he did not want the SWAT team called SWAT because it was "too harsh sounding." In a world where freedom of speech has been quashed by the term politically correct, the people in that world have become obsessed with inventing new terms that sound nicer than old terms. Governments and businesses pay individuals and committees fortunes to think of new words to call old items, ideas, concepts.
In fact, a "new idea" with the mayor was, as the mayor would call it, "a synergistic thing and thinking out of the box." Thinking out of the box was the practice of the brilliant in the eyes of the mayor.
The mayor asked the officers present for alternative names for the team other than SWAT. He invited them to, "Think out of the box. Do not have your minds chained by convention. Think out of the box," the mayor repeated.
Compton immediately responded, "Your honor, while thinking out of the box, I have thought up a new name for the SWAT team. Your honor, how about we call it the Fast Action Response Team."
The mayor smiled at such a quick and sincere response, which obviously showed at least one person present was a true modern professional capable of thinking out of the box. At least one person present agreed with him on this issue that called for a certain amount of political correctness. "Good idea. The Fast Action Response Team that would be…"
"The FART team, your honor," said Captain Hale, who was head of community services and a master of politically correct speech with everyone except officers, those below him in rank. Hale cast a truly disdainful look in the direction of Sergeant Compton. "This was an apparent attempt at humor by Sergeant Compton. Sergeant Compton, a good joke requires proper timing and this is poor timing for humor such as this," lectured Hale in his most condescending tone he could muster.
"Respectfully, sir," followed up Compton, "You can call a fart perfume, and it is still a fart. You can call a SWAT team a boy choir, but it will always be a SWAT team and everyone will know it. Why not just call it that? There is a time for politically correct semantics, and I do not feel that the naming of a SWAT team is the time to be politically correct."
Eventually Compton's point was made and the team was called The La Claire Police Special Weapons and Tactics Team. It was an example of why Compton would always be a sergeant. He was honest, and most politicians cannot handle the truth. There are politicians in politics. There are politicians in police departments. Compton was too honest for the politicians inside and outside the department.
Sergeant David Compton would remain a sergeant, and the officers would be the benefactors of Compton's career "stagnancy" as some would put it. Compton did not call it that. He would always say, "Find a job you love and you never have to work another day in your life." Compton loved police work, and his affliction was contagious. He knew that in McCarthy he had found another carrier of that enthusiasm.
"Battle piss? No, Sergeant, I did not." answered McCarthy, already heading down the hall. When time permitted, Compton always recommended taking a "battle piss." Once the entry was successfully made, it would be a long time before anyone would have a chance to use the bathroom if things went well. If things did not go well, no one wanted to get shot with a full bladder. It increased the possibility of a life-threatening infection. Compton was a Marine who had been to war in Vietnam. He was a warrior who had lost friends who had survived the battle wounded but had died later from infection. It was all a part of his "prepare for the worst and hope for the best" philosophy, which he practiced on a daily basis. This philosophy was always demonstrated by Compton but especially showed prior to the SWAT team rolling.
When McCarthy returned to the briefing room, Compton began speaking. He was obviously waiting for McCarthy's return, but he made no mention of it. Compton was always careful not to get a laugh at someone else's expense. He then began as McCarthy seated himself. "We are looking for this man," Compton had put together a PowerPoint presentation on the pre-dawn raid, and a picture of a ruddy-faced felon flashed on the screen, "Harley David Slade. He hates the government, he hates the courts, and he hates us. He will have a weapon within reach wherever he is in his house." Compton advanced the PowerPoint to a screen showing a run-down, white two-story home that was poorly maintained. "It's early. We want to hit the door at 5:58 AM so we catch him the way I like to catch them." He turned to Stammos as if the briefing was rehearsed.
"Still takin' his mornin' nap and before he has taken his mornin' crap," answered Stammos. McCarthy looked at Stammos and Stammos acknowledged the glance with a wink.
Stammos was one of the SWAT team's team leaders. On this call out, he made the plan and now would give the plan to the team. He stepped forward and continued.
"We will take two marked units for possible pursuit and later for transport. The SWAT unmarked van will contain the entry team. Officer Shepherd will be driving. Stand up, will you, Shep. Officer Shepherd is the newest member of our department. He is in field training."
Shepherd hesitated, stood up, and proudly smiled.
"At least this one is old enough to shave," commented Officer Gary Carpenter, who was sitting here on this day thanks to the new technology of Kevlar in his Second Chance Vest and the age-old warrior spirit. He had been shot through the arm and into his chest by a 20-gauge slug several years earlier. Although he was knocked down, he stood himself up again. Carpenter was referring to the heavy "five o'clock shadow" on Shepherd's face. His beard grew fast, thick, and black. It gave the rookie the grizzled look of a veteran "You got it!" We will stop the transport on 1200 Oak. There is a stone wall and bushes, and we will be able to approach unseen. There are no lookouts and no visible cameras. You guys on the perimeter will stack first and separate here, cutting through the yard at 1215 Oak. The entry team will hit the door here. Dooley will breach after what, Dooley?"
"After I check the door first," responded Officer Dooley. "Opening an unlocked door is faster and quieter than any breaching device yet invented."
Stammos continued, smiling at Dooley's answer, "Dooley will breach, and then we announce. This is a no-knock warrant because Slade is known to be armed. After Dooley, it will be Brockman with the shield, Carpenter with the Benelli, Stammos, that's me," said Stammos looking at the name patch on his tactical uniform, "with the MP5, and, McCarthy, you will be with your hand gun and will handle anything physical that does not rise to deadly force. You will be the hands-free guy taking all comers."
McCarthy listened to Stammos' briefing as he subconsciously checked his equipment again. He checked his radio and made sure it was on the SWAT channel. 911 Dispatch had designated a dispatcher assigned to this operation.
"The SWAT van will park, and the entry team will stage here and get into the stack, while the marked units will park here and here," Stammos used the laser pointer on a schematic of Slade's house and neighborhood. You will arrive precisely at the moment that the team calls out moving. One officer from each marked unit will approach here to cover the perimeter, and one will stay with the marked unit in the event that we have a pursuit. I want Hartley and Lusk behind the wheel. You two will handle negotiations if it turns into a breach and hold stand-off. Did you load your gear?" asked Stammos.
"I have enough equipment to get us started quickly if we need," answered Hartley.
"Questions?" asked Stammos. He was met with the tense silence of a pride of lions who were about to pounce on their unsuspecting prey.
"Ok, let's mount up and get ready to roll. You know what day it is today, guys?" asked Compton. There was no answer. "It's St. Crispin's day. October 25," said Compton to a room full of blank stares.
"What the fuck… St. Ritz Cracker Day. Who the fuck… what is that?" asked Brockman, who sounded genuinely puzzled. McCarthy could hardly recognize Brockman's voice devoid of sarcasm.
"On October 25 in 1415, a badly outnumbered group of English knights defeated a much larger French army on the fields of Agincourt. The battle was immortalized in a speech from a Shakespeare play, Henry the Fifth. You read Shakespeare, don't you, Brockman?" asked Compton.
"I once had a pork sandwich made from a pig named Hammmmlet!" answered Brockman, his voice once again recognizable, generously laced with sarcasm.
"Anyway," continued Compton, "King Henry V gave a speech before the battle. Many of his knights wore black armor just like you guys. He said to them,
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day."
"I think of that speech often. It says because we risk what is near and dear to us and count on each other, it makes our bond special. We do not have to bleed today to be brothers. Let's stay safe together. Let's say our SWAT prayer." Everyone bowed their heads. "Whether we are five or ten, good women and men, and we can count on each other to come back again, and one more thing, good God," Compton paused and as one they all ended the prayer with the volume and intensity of any SWAT team at prayer, "Amen."
"Let's roll!" shouted everyone. They moved deliberately and expertly exactly to where they needed to be. A well-oiled SWAT team is like a macho ballet in motion. It is a highly trained, highly motivated group of modern knights. Make no mistake about it. The knights of old were the policeman of their time. The policemen and policewomen of modern day are the knights of today. The tactical operators are in top physical condition and the most highly trained of all police officers. Their movements are practiced so often together as a team they appear choreographed.
The vehicles pulled out of the police ramp, and Compton radioed dispatch, "Dispatch we are 10-76 (en route)." Dispatch was already aware of the location the team was headed. An ambulance was standing by at a location close to the scene to allow for a quick response if needed. All other units on the street could not help but listen to the SWAT channel. They knew the team was going out. You could not miss the activity at the station. There was a tension that could be felt, but not explained, by every officer listening to the radio, whether they were in the SWAT van approaching the target or in a squad working a beat.
Shepherd pulled silently up to the spot where he had been directed to stop. He hit his mark perfectly. The team exited at the staging area silently and stacked in a column perfectly as directed by Compton with a thumb up. The last man in the stack tapped up the line, and when Dooley received the tap, he adjusted the "Thunder-shock 2000" in his two hands and tightened the grip. The Thunder-shock 2000 was his battering ram of choice. It was his ram. It was his favorite ram. Dooley moved and the rest of the stack followed, quickly, quietly, smoothly, as if they were attached by some unseen cord.
The approach to the house was like a ride at Seven Flags. It started slowly and sped up click———click——click——click—click—click–click-click.
As they reached the sidewalk leading to the door, every member of the entry team could smell the marijuana. It was as plain to them as smelling the onions on the roadway beside a large onion field just before harvest. "Wow, the mother-lode," thought McCarthy. "The mother-lode!" Click—click–click-clickclick!
Harley David Slade was awake. He did not sleep much. Morning was the time he watered his plants. The house was not just Harley David Slade's home. It was his greenhouse. It was his place of business. He did not make sales from his house. In this house he grew the plants, dried the plants, separated the seeds, and weighed and bagged the plants. Each of these functions was done as a separate operation in a separate room.
Harley David Slade was a successful businessman, in his point of view. He had been the child of a vagabond biker, whose only legacy was to name his son after his favorite and only possession. Harley David Slade was named after his father's Harley Davidson motorcycle. Slade did not know his father and had never met him. The name was unique just like Harley David Slade. Harley liked his name. It was one of the few things in life he liked.
Slade's mother was a seventies' flower child, who also passed on a legacy to Harley. She passed on her love of "the plant," as she called it. She never liked to refer to it as weed because she felt marijuana was not a weed. She would say, "A weed is an unwanted plant that is ugly and serves no purpose." She would say, "Marijuana was a plant, which was a gift from God with powerful healing qualities. We have a God-given right to smoke the plant." Slade's mother felt the government illegally kept marijuana from the masses because it was afraid that the people would live up to their potential and realize there would be a perfect world if there were no governments. Her legacy to her son was a love of "the plant" and a hate for the government.
Nearly the entire house was used for the manufacture of "the plant." Harley ate in the kitchen and slept in the a corner of the living room in the midst of his product. He was not sleeping now though. The voice had awakened him again.
Slade was a deep thinker and a dark dreamer. He was the proverbial "loner." Harley had smoked marijuana all his life. His mother smoked it while she was nursing him, and he had no memory of a life without marijuana in it. It entertained him as a youth, and now it soothed him as a mentally tortured adult. Harley was certain without it, his dark dreams would turn into a horrific reality, which both scared him and intrigued him. He wore his paranoia on his sleeve. A simple, "Good morning," from a passing stranger on the street would go unanswered and be met with a stare of puzzlement. Slade would spend the rest of the day pondering the innocent stranger's meaning, motive, and next move.
Harley David Slade was a dangerous man. He knew it. The La Claire police knew it, but for some reason very few others could see it. He quietly maneuvered about the world barely noticed. If anyone would ask, "What's the deal with Slade?" The answer would be, "He's quiet. He's a loner. He doesn't say much. You hardly notice he's around. He's the perfect neighbor." To some, the perfect neighbor is someone they rarely see and never hear. If that was true, then Slade was, indeed, the perfect neighbor.
If not for his marijuana, he would have no world. He grew it to smoke it. He sold it to grow it. He cleaned up a strip joint after hours and hung at its bar nearly every evening. The joint's name was RUMPlestiltzkin's on the south end of River Street. It was affectionately called "The Rump" for short. At a glance, Slade did not fit in, but then again, he never fit in anywhere. He had no desire to fit in anywhere. He was there nearly every day from about 6:00 PM to close. He would help the bartender close up, and then he would clean up.
Slade was paid to clean up, but that is not how he paid for his weapons, house, car, and van. The Rump was where he quietly sold his product. No one gave Harley a second thought. He was good for the Rump's business because he had a high quality product. He became a fixture at the bar. At six feet three inches, 215 pounds, he was a rather imposing fixture. He wore cowboy boots, blue jeans, and an army jacket whether he was inside or out, winter or summer. His dope was beyond good. It was beyond real good. It had a great, fast, and pleasantly long-lasting high.
When the drug investigator Detective Sergeant Brickson tested the marijuana that his informant bought from Harley David Slade, he popped the second ampoule in the field test packet and yelled, "Bam! This is some quality shit!" The clear liquid in the plastic packet exploded into a bright violet instantly. The THC, which is the magic potion inside marijuana, heavily occupied Slade's product. "That's what I'm talking about," shouted Brickson to his partner Jefferson. "This warrants a warrant!" exclaimed Brickson.
On this morning, Harley had just gotten home after cleaning the bar, and he was tending his hybrid cannabis plants. Slade's plants were the most important living things he cared for in his dreary life. He nurtured them, talked with them, and shared his home with them. He was closer to them than any human.
There was one human that was worthy of his attention. In the world inside his mind, he did have a girlfriend of sorts. Darla Darling was the moniker she worked under. It most probably was not her given name. Darla was one of the strippers at the Rump. This was the perfect relationship for both Harley and Darla. Harley worshipped Darla from the seat next to the stage as she danced, kicked, twirled, and disrobed at the Rump. Darla did not know she was Harley's girl any more than Harley knew that he had just sold a quantity of his product to a police informant. Harley similarly did not know his simple life was about to be drastically altered.
Click—click–click-clickclickclick… Smash! Dooley hit the sweet spot on the front door with his Thunder-shock 2000. He had wielded the ram so efficiently that it had "key to the city" painted across its length. "Police! Search warrant! Down! Down! Down!" Every member of the team shouted in unison as it filed through the door and poured into the house. It was all you could hear up and down the entire street. It jarred every neighbor awake for one square block.
Slade froze for one interminably long second as the team members thought, "What next?"
"Police! Get down now!" ordered Stammos with the menacing MP5 submachine gun pointed at Slade. The LASER sight was in the dead center of Slade's forehead. In a blink, Slade spun and ran down a hallway. He disappeared as he pivoted into a bathroom, and when he was safely inside the bathroom, he slammed and locked the door. Stammos and McCarthy followed but backed off when they heard a shotgun round being cycled by a pump action into the chamber of a 12-gauge shotgun. Stammos positioned himself at the corner by the entrance of the hallway. He covered the door, motioned a hold for the rest of the team, and shouted loudly, "Gun!" Stammos thought, "Who the fuck keeps a shotgun in their bathroom?"
Randy signaled silently for the shield man to bring the shield forward. Brockman came forward and positioned himself at the corner of the hallway, and Stammos nestled himself behind and beside Brockman. Stammos radioed through his head mic while still covering the door, "Suspect Harley David Slade has barricaded himself in the first floor bathroom. He appears to be armed with a pump-action shotgun. All units hold your positions. I want Jim Hartley at my position. Have him come through the entry point. Send in another shield with him." Stammos then called to Slade, "Harley David Slade. This is Officer Randy Stammos of the La Claire Police Department. Put down your weapon and come out slowly with you hands up. Do it now!"
"You put down your guns and leave my house. Do it now!" shouted Slade in response.
Officer James Hartley came in with Jefferson holding the second shield. Stammos motioned them to the opposite side of the hallway entrance, and they quickly crossed and fell into a mirrored position across from Stammos. Hartley had his weapon out, but even though they all came prepared for a gun fight, everyone was hoping he could work his magic.
Everyone liked Jim Hartley. If he could look a suspect in the eye and get one complete sentence out, there probably was not going to be a fight. Every member of the La Claire Police Department SWAT team was cross-trained as a tactical member and also were trained negotiators. Hartley was a communications master. Compton always said, "If you are talking, you are probably not shooting. If we can all keep them talking, a police shooting might be avoided. Regardless, we are going to prepare you on the team for all eventualities."
Most of the team members were on the team for their tactical skills primarily and their negotiator skills secondarily. Compton did not want one dimensional personalities on his SWAT team. Hartley was one of the four team members whose primary job was a negotiator. He brought a bullhorn with him. The bullhorn was annoyingly loud and distorted the voice badly. It was not the best way to conduct a conversation which might result in a deadly encounter. Hartley would rather not use the bullhorn, but he preferred the bullhorn to yelling. If a suspect had to resort to yelling to communicate, it usually had a tendency to wind them up tighter than a Swiss watch.
"Harley David Slade, this is Jim Hartley of the La Claire Police Department. I'm here to help see that this situation does not get any worse than it is. Mr. Slade… Harley. Can I call you Harley?" asked Jim.
"Sure. That's my name," came Harley's response.
"Great!" Jim thought. "The walls are thin enough so that we can talk and hear each other, but that means they are thin enough to shoot through." That concerned Hartley deeply and inspired him to snuggle a little closer behind his shield man. "Harley. How about you just come out of there, and we can end this right now?"
Jim would say later at the debrief that he should have taken more time to establish a rapport. He thought by the sound of Slade's voice, when asked about his name, that he was already second guessing his actions and was ready to come out. Jim said at the debrief later, "Hindsight being 20-20, I would say now that my judgment was wrong. I should have spent more time on the rapport building."
"Yeah. I'll come out now. I'm counting down from ten, and if you guys are not out of my house, I am coming out shooting," growled Slade in a voice that was sinister as death itself.
"10 – 9 – 8,"
"Stop and think about this Slade," called Hartley, now shouting.
Stammos made his athletic frame smaller, like a clenched fist tightening just before a punch.
"7 – 6 – 5,"
"Shit!" whispered Brockman to nobody… to everybody. He brought the shield up and re-gripped it as he peered through its window while he attempted to pick up the front sights on his Glock through the window on the shield.
There was a pause in the counting, and the door opened. The muzzle of a shotgun extended out of the doorway, pointed at a ninety degree angle to the officers at the end of the hallway. The longest ten count anyone on that team had ever heard continued.
"4 – 3 – 2 – 1," then… nothing. The number one seemed to hang in the air floating above the muzzle of the shotgun.
Stammos focused on the spot where Slade would have to appear if he did exit. He could easily figure it by the position of the barrel and the size of Slade. He waited. He breathed. He shouted one last time, "Police. Drop the gun. Do it now!"
"Blast off!" shouted Slade.
With a frantic thrust, the shotgun barrel came around the corner and then Stammos saw it. He was so focused that all he could see was the shotgun and the green of Slade's shirt.
It was all so surreal. Ten seconds that felt like ten minutes. The movements seemed so slow and deliberate and so unlike the high speed desperate movements that they would have looked like if played back by a replay camera.
"Brrrap," spit Stammos' MP5. He did one controlled trigger squeeze on auto, and they later found that all three rounds he fired hit their intended target. The green fatigue shirt was floating down the hallway away from the team. Then, like a prom dress in May, it dropped to the floor. The shotgun disappeared back into the bathroom from whence it came.
"Shots fired," called Jim Hartley.
"Hold your positions," barked Stammos.
"What happened?" asked Brockman.
"I just shot the guy's shirt. He tied it to the gun and shoved the gun out the door way.
"I just shot the guy's shirt," repeated Stammos keying the mic for the benefit of the remainder of the team holding the perimeter. "The suspect is barricaded again. He is still armed."
"Don't shoot. I'm coming out," shouted Slade.
"I want to see your hands first. I want to see your empty hands first, and step out slowly turning away from my voice," ordered McCarthy, leaning out high over Stammos, who quickly opened the action on his MP5, switched to a full magazine, and then slammed the bolt home. The practiced movement was over in a second at the most.
Slade stepped out slowly with his hands in the air. "Don't shoot. I put the gun down," Slade reported.
Slade then did everything McCarthy asked him to, and he did it immediately and quickly. He had found out what he wanted to know about these SWAT guys. He was prepared, now, to be arrested. He had wrapped his mind around it when he saw his shirt ripped from the barrel of the shotgun. McCarthy ordered, "Walk backward slowly… hands higher. Higher! Now drop to your knees. Put your hands flat on the floor in front of you. Walk backward on your knees until you're flat on your stomach. Place your hands in the small of your back. Point your fingers to the sky. Lay your left ankle inside the back of your right knee. Point your left toes to the sky. Turn your head to the left. Now, do not move!"
McCarthy slid into a leg lock and applied the handcuffs as quickly and as smoothly as Stammos had reloaded his MP5. To anyone watching, they looked like SWAT, and to Slade it felt like SWAT, even though this was his first arrest at the hands of a SWAT team.
Slade had tied his shirt to the shotgun to see what would happen if he went charging out of the door. He wondered if he would be able to get a shot off and take one or two with him. He wondered how fast these guys would react. Slade was like a swimmer who was just trying the water by dipping his toe in. He got his answer in less than one second, with three well-placed shots. Slade looked at his shirt lying dead at the end of the hallway. "That could be me right now. What a waste. I'm not leaving this world for no reason like the Beetles' song," he promised himself, "A Nowhere Man."
Slade did not want to die on this morning. He did not even want to kill. He did not want to go to jail either, but this morning, he would. He would get out. He would have a chance for revenge. "Next time, I will be the one dressed in black. I will be the one with the gun. If they want war, they shall have war!" Then Slade warned in a muffled voice as he talked into the carpeting, "War on drugs? I'll give you a fucking war on drugs!"
The words were muffled and unintelligible but were foreboding in their tone. After McCarthy handcuffed and then searched Slade while he was covered by Stammos and Hartley, Slade turned his head and looked at McCarthy. "He's smiling," thought McCarthy. "This man is smiling. This man is a very dangerous man."
Slade looked at the name patch on McCarthy's uniform and said in an inquisitive tone. "McCarthy?"
"Sir, you are under arrest for manufacturing marijuana and reckless use of a weapon. You, sir, have a right to remain silent…." McCarthy could recite it by heart. He had done it a thousand times before. He now had a tone that made it less of a memorization and more of a conversation, like a friend giving another friend some advice on a used car he was about to buy.
The courtesy was lost on Slade. His home was invaded. His business was destroyed. He had read extensively on the "War on Drugs." Richard Nixon had declared the war on drugs. Slade had learned from his mother that war had been illegally declared. She would rail on constantly about it as they smoked the magic plant together. Slade was now on the floor. He had been taken prisoner in that unconstitutionally declared war. "I am now a POW. That means I must be a combatant. If I am a combatant, then I can inflict casualties," reasoned Slade as he lay there looking at McCarthy, "the enemy." Then he smiled bigger and said, "Good morning, McCarthy."
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Jennifer A. Villwock, Kristin Jones. Recent Trends in Epistaxis Management in the United States2008-2010. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013;139(12):1279–1284. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2013.5220
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The treatment of epistaxis is variable. It is important to analyze the effect of the available interventions on patient outcomes.
To determine demographic, management, and outcome trends in patients admitted with a primary diagnosis of epistaxis and treated with conservative management, nasal packing, arterial ligation, or embolization.
Design, Setting, and Participants
A review of the data reported by hospitals to the 2008-2010 Nationwide Inpatient Sample for patients admitted with a primary diagnosis of epistaxis was conducted.
Conservative management, nasal packing, arterial ligation, or embolization for epistaxis control.
Main Outcomes and Measures
Descriptive statistics for hospital and patient demographic data. Multivariate models were constructed to compare treatment modalities, controlling for patient- and hospital-level variation while reporting the treatment outcomes of mortality, stroke, blindness, length of stay, and total cost. Comparisons were made between patients undergoing embolization, surgical ligation, or nasal packing. Descriptive statistics for patients treated conservatively are reported.
A total of 57 039 cases of primary epistaxis were identified. Of these, 21 872 patients (38.3%) were treated conservatively, 30 389 (53.3%) received nasal packing or cauterization, 2706 (4.7%) underwent arterial ligation, and 1956 (3.4%) underwent embolization The odds of stroke in patients following embolization were significantly higher than in patients who underwent nasal packing (odds ratio, 4.660; P = .003), with no significant difference seen compared with surgical ligation (P = .70). There were no significant differences in the odds of mortality or blindness between any of the study groups. Patients undergoing embolization incurred the highest total hospital costs, nearly doubling the cost of ligation (P < .001), without a corresponding increase in the length of hospital stay (P = .20).
Conclusions and Relevance
Treatment for epistaxis is highly variable. No significant differences in clinical outcomes were noted between arterial ligation and embolization in the population studied, although embolization resulted in significantly higher costs. Further prospective studies are needed to elucidate variables affecting outcomes of the various treatment options for epistaxis.
Approximately 60% of the general population will experience an episode of epistaxis in their lifetime, with causes ranging from idiopathic to cancerous lesions.1,2 Seventy percent of epistaxis cases occur spontaneously.1 Approximately 6% of patients presenting with epistaxis ultimately require medical or surgical intervention, and less than 0.2% require hospitalization due to epistaxis.1,2
Most epistaxis (approximately 90%) arises from the Little area along the caudal septum. Blood supply to this area is from the Kiesselbach plexus, which is composed of second-order branches of the internal and external carotid artery systems. Hemorrhage here, commonly referred to as anterior epistaxis, often can be managed conservatively.1 Epistaxis originating from more posterior aspects of the nasal cavity is referred to as posterior epistaxis. Posterior epistaxis accounts for only 5% to 10% of cases.3 More conservative management of posteriorly based nasal hemorrhage, including nasal packing, is less successful, ranging from 48% to 83%. For this reason, posterior epistaxis has historically been treated via an open or endoscopic surgical approach with direct cauterization or ligation of the involved artery.1 A review by Soyka et al5 reported a success rate of 97% for surgical treatment of epistaxis.
Endovascular approaches are a viable alternative to surgical intervention for life-threatening nasal hemorrhage, with overall reported success rates of 71% to 100%.1,20 Complications of endovascular embolization are usually minor, including sinusitis, septal perforation, otitis media, facial pain, headache, jaw pain, and facial edema or numbness.2 Major complications, however, can occur. These result from inadvertent embolization and include stroke, blindness, facial nerve paresis, and soft-tissue necrosis.5,20,21 Notably, these complications are rarely encountered with packing or ligation. Embolization failure is often related to continued bleeding from the ethmoidal branches of the ophthalmic artery. This presents a problematic area with the risk of retrograde ophthalmic embolization and resultant blindness. Continued bleeding following embolization necessitates surgical ligation, often of the anterior and posterior ethmoid arteries.2 Overall, however, success and complication rates are comparable between surgical ligation and embolization.1- 3,20,21
Reports2,3,6,7 of treatment outcomes, length of stay, and cost of admission and treatment with different epistaxis management strategies are variable. Our objective was to compare clinical end points, including mortality and the incidence of stroke and blindness, as well as economic end points, including hospital costs and the length of stay, between patients with a primary diagnosis of epistaxis treated with embolization, ligation, and packing. Additionally, we examined demographic data for patients admitted with a primary diagnosis of epistaxis and provide descriptive statistics for the population of patients without intervention.
Discharge data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, were analyzed. This database represents approximately a 20% sample of US hospitals. Detailed information on the design of the NIS is available at www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov. Data from calendar years 2008, 2009, and 2010 were included in the present study. Total hospital charges from 2008 and 2009 were compounded yearly at an inflation rate of 3% to standardize charges at 2010 levels. Hospital charges were converted to costs using the group average all-payer inpatient cost to charge ratio. All cases with epistaxis as the primary admitting diagnosis were included (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification [ICD-9-CM], diagnosis codes 784.7 and 478.29). Separate subgroups for analysis were then created based on treatment received during admission. The groups, with respective ICD-9-CM procedure codes, were are follows:
Nasal packing: anterior nasal packing, posterior nasal packing, anterior and posterior nasal packing, and cautery/coagulation/packing (21.01, 21.02, and 21.03).
Surgical ligation: ligation of internal maxillary artery, anterior ethmoid artery, posterior ethmoid artery, sphenopalatine artery, external carotid artery, or artery in general (21.04, 21.05, 21.06, and 21.09).
Endovascular embolization: occlusion head/neck vessel not elsewhere classified and surgical vessel occlusion not elsewhere classified (39.72, 38.82, 38.80, and 39.79).
Conservative management: procedure codes at discharge exclude all ICD-9-CM codes listed above for packing, ligation, and embolization.
Patients receiving a combination of ligation and embolization were excluded from analysis because they had more complicated management and their hospital outcomes are not reflective of a specific procedure. Hospital and patient demographic data were evaluated. The method of comorbidity extraction using inpatient data sets has been described and validated previously.8 The incidence of serious procedural complications, including stroke and blindness, were assessed by searching secondary diagnoses codes for 39.74, 436, 997.02, and 369.00 (stroke), and 369.60, 369.67, and 950.09 (blindness).
Data were analyzed using commercial software (SPSS, version 17; IBM Corp). To obtain national estimates, discharge weights were applied. All statistical comparisons were performed between the nasal packing, embolization, and surgical ligation groups. Only descriptive statistics are provided for the group of patients whose treatment was managed conservatively because of a presumed difference in epistaxis severity between the treatment and nontreatment groups. Study variables were compared using χ2 tests, Fisher exact tests, and independent-samples 2-tailed t tests. Two-tailed probabilities less than .05 were considered significant.
To account for hospital- and patient-level variation in outcome measures, multivariate models were used to compare interventions for epistaxis. This allows comparison while adjusting for confounding variables included in the NIS data set. The analysis was adjusted for the following patient-specific factors: age, sex, race, number of chronic conditions, number of diagnoses, number of procedures, annual patient income (<$39 000, $39 000-$47 999, and ≥$48 000), and payer (Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, self-pay, or no charge). The analysis was also adjusted for hospital-level factors including: region (Northeast, Midwest, South, and West), teaching status, hospital bed-size (small, medium, and large), hospital location (rural or urban), and ownership of hospital (public, private nonprofit, private for profit). Generalized linear models were used to analyze the outcome measures. Estimated marginal means were used to make inferences on the continuous variables including the length of stay and cost. The effect ratio was expressed as the quotient of the estimated marginal mean for embolization or ligation over the estimated marginal mean for cases treated with packing. Bonferroni multiple comparisons were used to compare interventions. The binary outcomes—mortality stroke, and blindness—were analyzed in binary logistic regression. Odds ratios and their 95% CIs are reported.
The national incidence of patients admitted with a diagnosis of primary epistaxis from 2008 to 2010 was 57 039 cases. Of these, 116 patients underwent both surgical ligation and embolization procedures and, as such, were excluded from analysis. Subjects with a primary admission diagnosis of epistaxis had a mean age of 64.7 years, and a sex distribution of 47.6% female and 53.4% male. Patient and hospital demographics by intervention modality are presented in Table 1. Of note, the sex distribution was consistent across treatment groups with the exception of a disproportionately large number of men (64.0%) undergoing embolization. The embolization group also had fewer comorbidities and higher median income. An increased incidence of multiple comorbid conditions was found in patients admitted with epistaxis. Comorbidities are reported in Table 2.
To make valid inferences about the effect of intervention on the outcome measures (in-hospital mortality, stroke, blindness, length of stay, and hospital charges), we used multivariate models to adjust for hospital- and patient-level variation (Table 3). There was no significant influence of intervention modality on the odds of mortality or blindness. Embolization resulted in significantly increased odds of stroke vs nasal packing (odds ratio, 4.660; P = .003) but not in comparison with surgical ligation (P = .70). Patients treated with embolization incurred an increase in hospital costs by 93% in comparison with ligation, and a nearly 2.5-fold increase with reference to packing (P < .001). In contrast to the significant difference in length of stay documented in univariate analysis, the adjusted length of stay was nearly equivalent for all modalities, with embolization achieving the shortest hospital stay (P = .20).
The purpose of this study was to examine demographics and discharge-level outcomes from a nationwide inpatient database to identify current trends in epistaxis management. In addition, multivariate models were constructed to examine outcomes while controlling for patient- and hospital-level variation.
In agreement with the classic risk factors for epistaxis, the present study also saw an increased incidence of hypertension and coagulopathy in patients admitted with a primary diagnosis of epistaxis.9- 12 Whether the diagnosis of hypertension alone or comorbidities requiring treatment with antithrombotic agents may be the cause of this association cannot be elucidated from the current data. The same holds true for patients with peripheral vascular disorders and congestive heart failure, which often are associated with hypertension and other cardiovascular disorders requiring treatment with antithrombotic agents. Other disease states seen more often in patients admitted for epistaxis than in the general population included atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, alcohol abuse, liver disease, renal failure, rheumatoid arthritis, and lymphoma. This may be the result of either disease-related treatments, such as chronic anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation or valvular disease and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for rheumatoid arthritis, or acquired coagulopathies related to the comorbid condition as with renal failure, hepatic disorders, and lymphoma. Overt hypothyroidism has been linked to an increased risk of bleeding.13,14 This study demonstrates a significant association between hypothyroidism and admission for epistaxis, supporting these previous reports.
Of the patients admitted with a primary diagnosis of epistaxis, 38.3% were treated conservatively. Anecdotally, this may seem like a disproportionately high number, especially when similar studies15 have not reported on a conservative management group. A likely explanation is that this cohort of patients may have undergone initial intervention without a corresponding ICD-9-CM code. This could include placement of nasal tampons, nasal balloon packing, or the application of silver nitrate cautery, which are commonly used techniques in the treatment of epistaxis.
The total charges for all treatment groups, including conservative management alone, have increased in comparison to the charges observed in prior research,15 despite no significant changes in length of stay. Of particular interest is the drastic and disproportionate increase in the cost of embolization. The average prior charges for embolization was $17 517 from 1998 to 2000.15 A decade later this had increased by an astonishing 345%, vastly outpacing inflation. This may be partly the result of the prior study's inclusion of ICD-9-CM 88.41 (contrast cerebral angiogram), which may have been purely diagnostic without the deployment of embolization material.
The adjusted length of stay depicted no significant difference between intervention modalities. Patients undergoing ligation or embolization likely have a more severe and refractory nature of their disease. Intuitively, it seems that this should translate into an increased length of stay. However, prior studies,16- 18 including one small prospective study,18 have shown that operative or endovascular control actually results in significantly shorter lengths of stay. Alhough not statistically significant, we also saw a decrease in adjusted length of stay for patients undergoing embolization.
Embolization provides several benefits including effective treatment of otherwise intractable posterior epistaxis.6 Based on the location of the bleeding, vessels such as the distal internal maxillary artery and the sphenopalatine artery can be targeted. Additionally, selective embolization is highly effective, with previously reported success rates ranging from 73% to 100%.1,19 It is difficult to draw conclusions on the rationale for embolization in the patient population analyzed in the present study. According to the limited NIS variables describing the demographics for patients receiving embolization, they had the fewest chronic conditions, fewest recorded diagnoses, greatest median income, and the lowest all-patient refined–diagnosis related group risk of mortality.
Also, patients undergoing embolization were disproportionately admitted to teaching hospitals, where interventional radiologists may be more accessible, in comparison with the other interventional groups. Literature1,4,17 largely reports equivalent success and complication rates between endovascular embolization and surgical ligation, and our study supports this finding.
The posttreatment rate of mortality and blindness observed in the present study population are comparable to the values reported by Goddard and Reiter19 regarding epistaxis management. It is reassuring that none of the interventions included in the present study were associated with significantly increased odds of mortality or blindness. Our finding of increased odds of stroke in patients undergoing embolization compared with nasal packing is in contrast to the 0% stroke rate noted by Goddard and Reiter. The limited use of embolization during their study (n = 94/9778) may reflect a more stringent patient selection process compared with current management strategies. Also, the increased risk of stroke in our patient population may be related to the severity of epistaxis and possible resultant hypovolemia rather than as a direct consequence of the embolization. This is further supported by the fact that no significant difference in stroke rate was seen between patients who underwent surgical ligation vs endovascular embolization. Patients undergoing either of these interventions are likely to have more severe or intractable epistaxis compared with patients undergoing nasal packing alone. Further data are needed to determine whether the increased incidence of stroke seen in patients undergoing embolization is directly related to the intervention.
Because of limitations in the NIS, the outcomes measures of the present study are limited and do not include specific assessment for intervention success. Additionally, the site and severity of the epistaxis (ie, if the bleeding is visible on anterior rhinoscopy or from a specific artery) is unable to be elucidated in the studied patients. The NIS database does not afford this level of individualized data. Similarly, it is impossible to ascertain factors that play a role for the clinician determining a patient's treatment course, such as anesthetic risk or bleeding severity. The data collected from the NIS do not take into account the clinical acumen of the physician or the myriad of individual factors that play into the determination of epistaxis treatment. The data provided, such as disease-related severity and number of comorbid conditions, are instead used as a rough proxy.
An additional limitation is the analysis of patients who underwent multiple interventions. Unfortunately, this information is difficult to extract from the NIS database. Not all participating hospitals report the specific timing of a given intervention. Additionally, for many of the cases, multiple procedures were coded as occurring on the same day. In this situation it is impossible to know which procedure occurred first, so it cannot be determined with confidence which procedure failed.
The exact procedural and periprocedural complications directly arising from a specific intervention are also not known. Because of the anonymity of the NIS database, it is unknown whether any of the cases presented repeatedly with unresolved epistaxis. Prospective examination of epistaxis management would best identify case-specific outcomes that may better reflect the effectiveness of specific interventions. However, that was not the intent of the present analysis. This study sought to examine discharge-level outcomes to provide an overview of the current trends in epistaxis management.
The purpose of this study was to ascertain demographic and outcome differences among patients admitted with a primary diagnosis of epistaxis and receiving treatment in the form of nasal packing, arterial ligation, or endovascular embolization. The incidence of mortality and blindness was not significantly different between intervention modalities. The odds of stroke were significantly increased for patients receiving embolization compared with nasal packing, but this may be reflective of disease severity rather than procedural complications. Total hospital costs were significantly increased for patients undergoing embolization without an accompanying increase in length of stay compared with ligation and packing. Because epistaxis treatment algorithms remain variable, further prospective studies are needed to elucidate variables affecting outcomes of the various treatment options for epistaxis.
Submitted for Publication: June 19, 2013; final revision received July 22, 2013; accepted August 10, 2013.
Corresponding Author: Jennifer A. Villwock, MD, Department of Otolaryngology, 241 Campus West, State University of New York–Upstate Medical University, 750 E Adams St, Syracuse, NY 13210 (email@example.com).
Published Online: October 17, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2013.5220.
Author Contributions: Drs Villwock and Jones had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Study concept and design: All authors.
Acquisition of data: Villwock.
Analysis and interpretation of data: Villwock.
Drafting of the manuscript: Villwock.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: All authors.
Statistical analysis: Villwock.
Study supervision: Jones.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.
Correction: This article was corrected on November 21, 2013, to fix the Abstract.


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Priced to sell: $2,500,000
Listing Broker: JACK LINGO REHOBOTH
624 Pilottown Road, Lewes, Delaware
Waterfront: Canal/Lagoon
4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 1 Half Baths
Perfectly located, this 1700's historical home is incredibly unique in today's market. Henry Fisher, a hero in the American Revolution was raised in this stately home known as 'Fisherman's Paradise.' A magnificent 3 story cedar shake home with 'wow factor': brick patios, updated windows, a beautiful wide staircase leading to upper levels which include lookout windows with views of the landscape and seaway beyond. The kitchen family area features a stunning plantation style fireplace as it's focal point. Tall ceilings, raised paneling throughout, wide plank hardwood floors, hidden staircase, and living room built ins put this property at a another level for those who appreciate historic architecture. The large, shady trees, boxwoods and mature landscaping make a perfect outdoor entertaining space! Plus; several outbuildings and a 2 car garage. Sale includes canal front parcel with 6 boat slips and boat house. Quick access to the Delaware Bay!
Priced to sell: $2,300,000
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18276 Coastal, Lewes, Delaware
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1.458 Acers located on Rt. 1. There are two Tax parcel numbers. All improvement are being sold as is condition. Do NOT visit the site without owners permission.
Priced to sell: $2,199,999
Listing Broker: R & R COMMERCIAL REALTY
554 Pilottown Rd, Lewes, Delaware
5 Bedrooms, 5 Baths, 1 Half Baths
Spectacular opportunity to own a home with a deeded waterfront lot along the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal. This gracious coastal home sitting on approximately half an acre welcomes you with double stacked front porches which allow for panoramic views of the canal. You will appreciate the versatility of the main level, where the kitchen invites casual entertaining, while a delightful room with fireplace and coffered ceiling could be used as a study, dining room, or lounge. The living room features an abundance of natural light and second fireplace. On the upper level, wake up to water views from the owner's suite and relax in the luxurious steam shower. Three bedrooms, each with private bath, are ideal for friends and family. An office/flex room leading to the second floor porch rounds out the home. A 3 car detached garage provides a second floor guest suite. The floating dock has 4 boat slips, water and electric. The Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean are just minutes away.
Priced to sell: $2,199,000
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I have been tanning for roughly a month now. Two weeks ago, I started using lotion with no problems. Well, four days ago, I used the lotion and tanned for 15 minutes. I then went an worked out. After lifting, I took off my shirt and my chest was covered in what looked like pimples. I assumed it was due to the lotion initially. I was then informed that working out immediately after tanning is not the smartest thing to do because the sweat combined with the lotion/tan can clog your pores.
I immediately threw away the lotion and bought some anti-itch, rash stuff. The next day, 50% of the bumps were gone and so was the redness. The next day, almost all of them were gone. So I went an tanned tonight after my workout without using the lotion, and I had an ever worse breakout. Now my chest is even more covered, a few popped up on my stomach, back, neck, arms, shoulders and ass. My traps are covered as well. I immediately showered with soap and treated the infected area with the anti-itch cream. Hopefully the breakout will subside again.
Again, i'm not quite sure if these are pimples or what. They are little bumps randomly spread out. After the break out, most of the bumps were red like pimples. After showering and applying the cream, the bumps are now tan like my skin, but clearly visible. They itch slightly, but not too bad. Does anyone know exactly what the breakout is? Also, what is the main cause of it? Obviously I am going to stop tanning for the time being. Should I stop tanning permantely? Any help is appreciated. I'm a 19/m.
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i think its pimples because sometimes when im putting some lotion or oil in my chest or in my back there this little spots of red growing on my back and on my chest. What I did was check on this website and tried thier product, I knew the site because of my friends, I tried it and boom!!! :) it did subside and slowly it was all gone, if you have time try to check it out: edit
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shower after your workout and scrub- it helps open your pores. Then go tanning. It should help. Even if you work out and then Tan your body is still sweaty and has cloged poors. You want to open up the poors before you tan.
Could also- if it keeps happening be a reaction to the Tanning beds. Not everyones skin likes it...some people are allergic to the sun- maybe you are slightly and the bed is just making it pop out.
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im not sure if this is the same for everyone, but tanning can cause acne in the long run.
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i had the same problem, but only on my chest, but little red bumbs scattered all over my chest! i do believe it was from tanning bed, only tanned for like three sessions, and last summer i dont remember having this problem, im starting to believe my skin has gotten xtra sensitive ever since turning thirty! ive been using sarna lotion for about three days.. no relief yet! i see it as well as long as the breakout is not on my face! however i always cover my face in the bed anyways! Thank god for that move! let me know if there are otc remedy for this .. seeing that i cannot afford dermatologyattention
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Sounds more like hives to me if they are gone the next day..not acne. Acne takes alot longer to dissapear..plus you said they itch. Maybe you are developing some new allergies to something you were accustomed to before.
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I have tumid Lupus and skin disorder and of course my doctor told me not to tan bc they don't like it anyway, but I did anyway and wow I sure wish I would have listened to them because I suffered itching all night after every session so I just gave up tanning, She also told me I couldn't be in the sun unless I had the strongest SPF on. All those little bumps your talking about is the same thing that is all over me after I get out of the tanning bed everytime with or without lotion, and they even wipe my bed down with reg water thinking it was the sanatizer
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When I am out in the sun too long I get little bumps on my shoulders and back as well... I also thought they were acne or my skin reacting from too much sun exposure... Though I am not sure either./: though mine do not itch... Jst feel like they are warm... Not so much burning like a regular rash or anything... =(
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Itchy Rash After Tanning...
There is a difference in rashes. For example: Someone here mentioned they got tiny red bumps after only 3 sessions? That sounds more like heat rash. There is another term for it. If you gradually increase your time in the T bed as recommended by the manufacturer, noting everyone has a different skin type & some should not tan indoors or out at all, you probably won't get the rash. I know both because of being guilty of wanting to see immediate results & pushing it & being a tanning salon owner for 6 years.
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After taking the first two games in the quarter-final against the fourth seed for just nine points, Walker allowed Egyptian maestro Shabana - the 30-year-old from Giza who held the world number one ranking for 33 months - back into the game
It was Walker's first win over Shabana - who held the world number one ranking for 33 months - in five meetings since November 2004 and was sweet revenge for his four-game loss to the left-hander in last week's British Open.
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The season is over and while it felt during some weeks it was crawling along, the end now seems to have come quickly. I guess I was so excited for this crap fest to be over I willed it come fast. The reunion will be brilliant, but for now we will see them off with a bang. By bang of course I mean there will be a lot of crying without tears.
We begin with Kandi who is rehearsing for her musical, which opens in two days. Todd joins her and says the tickets sales are slow. Todd tells Kandi about his meeting with Joyce and it is annoying because we are supposed to think he told her about this now, not at the theater. The editing on this show sucks. Then they talk about getting married.
Kandi asks him if he has an attorney to help with the pre-nup. Kandi lists all the ways she is wealthy, and all the ways Todd is not. He says he will sign it as long as it is fair. There is nothing fair when one is rich and one is not. We know they got married last weekend so Mazel Tov to the newlyweds. I hope they live happily ever after.
Cut to the memorial service for Kenya's beloved dog Velvet. Very sad, and no real tears, but when Cynthia refers to Velvet as a he not a she, the look Kenya shoots her is priceless. Kenya sobs and it is all quite sad. The video montage of Velvet is lovely and I cannot imagine how it must break Kenya's heart to have watched her dog die. Rest in Peace.
Over to Phaedra, she has finished school and is a licensed mortician. Her son Ayden brings her a cake and it is fantastic. This is a cute kid. Apollo is a douchebag and Phaedra doesn't appear to like him much. She says he should have a vagina for one day to know how hard it is for a woman. I imagine Apollo has many vaginas in a day.
Jumping to Porsha, she has signed her divorce papers and the divorce is final. She says she miraculously woke up one day and decided she didn't want anything from him and said no to his money. Is she high? Does she think we believe her? I'm guessing he bought her silence. How the hell is she in that house without money from Cordell? Porsha is truly a moron.
Cynthia is trying to get her sexy on to surprise Peter. She has no game and it is embarrassing. Her husband is also embarrassing, so they are a good match. Peter arrives and like us, laughs at his wife. It is time for Cynthia to leave this show. I know she needs the money, and is harmless, but she is also not good television and her time here is done.
Cut to Nene, she is not feeling well and Gregg thinks it is gas. I like Gregg. We leave them quickly and go to the opening night of the musical. She is hoping for a sold out show and I imagine she will get one once they pull people in off the street. There is a montage of Todd how things work and it is hilarious. If I were him I'd be pissed, but it is funny.
Porsha arrives, Kandi has gas, and I am bored. This is an hour and a half special finale and I am bored not even an hour in. They are doing a lot of stuff on the musical. So I guess the goal is to shoe enough that people want more so they can sell DVD's. Another shameless promotion. Kandi keeps calling her shoe "legit", which is stupid and is unnecessary to say.
It is now opening night and I am falling asleep listening to Phaedra and Cynthia talk about nothing, and I want to pull my own hair out listening to Porsha tell us she is made to be on stage. Mama Joyce arrives with a bedazzled red carpet pole shoved up her ass and the play begins. It looks good but I'm not buying the DVD. Also, the audience is not full.
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|While the challenge of improving young North Americans' civic engagement seems to lie in the hands of schools, studying alternative ways of teaching citizenship education could benefit the current educational system. In this context, free schools (i.e., schools run democratically by students and teachers), guided by a philosophy that aims at engaging students civically through the democratic activities that they support, offer a relatively unexplored ground for research. The present inquiry is a case study using tools of ethnography and drawing upon some principles of complexity thinking. It aims at understanding students' citizenship education experiences during democratic activities in a Canadian free school. It describes many experiences that can arise from these activities. They occurred within a school that operated democratically based on a consensus-model. More precisely, they took place during two kinds of democratic activities: class meetings, which regulated the social life of the school, and judicial committees, whose function was to solve conflicts at the school. During these activities, students mostly experienced a combination of feelings of appreciation, concernment and empowerment. While experiencing these feelings, they predominantly engaged in decision-making and conflict resolution processes. During these processes, students modified their conflict resolutions skills, various conceptions, and their participation in democratic activities and in the school. Based on these findings, the study concludes that students can develop certain skills and attitude associated to citizenship education during these activities and become active from a citizenship perspective. Hence, these democratic activities represent alternative strategies that can assist educators in teaching about citizenship.
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When Josh Dawson (Tucker, Ga./Tucker) committed to Vanderbilt back in June, the recruiting process did not end for the 6-foot-4, 225-pound defensive end/outside linebacker. Several schools, including Georgia, remained in pursuit of Dawson, and as signing day approaches, he wants to take one last look to make sure he makes the right choice. Dawson will take an official to Georgia this weekend and to Vanderbilt next weekend (Jan. 20), and he is debating a visit to South Carolina as well.
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Embarrassed using WIC/FS?
This is not a post for bashing or telling someone they shouldnt have kids if they cant support themselves ect, becuase I am sick of hearing about all the bashing. I was just wondering if you do use either, if you get embarrassed doing so? I had to use WIC a couple years back because of a bunch of bad things happened at once and couldnt afford it, I got off as soon as I could, not only did I want to support myself but I didnt want any one else to see because i had shame in it
I used them but I don't now, I got a better job
I've used WIC, it definitely helps and there is no shame when you truly need it. People just need to stop being so judgmental of others/mind their own business because they don't know everyone's situations and they also don't know if or when something like that can also happen to them for them to need help too.
when i got first got wic i was embarresed....because i worked a full time job and so did hubby...but then i realized i help pay into it...and me and peanut get alot of help using it.....so now im not embarressed i just feel bad when i am taking forever when standing in line and others are lining up behind me
I'm not ashamed that I needed help, but at the same time, people are so judgmental that I couldn't help but feel a little bit worried that people were judging me at the grocery store.
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