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F. M. J. Martens, J. P. F. A. Heesakkers, "Clinical Results of a Brindley Procedure: Sacral Anterior Root Stimulation in Combination with a Rhizotomy of the Dorsal Roots", Advances in Urology, vol. 2011, Article ID 709708, 7 pages, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/709708
Clinical Results of a Brindley Procedure: Sacral Anterior Root Stimulation in Combination with a Rhizotomy of the Dorsal Roots
The Brindley procedure consists of a stimulator for sacral anterior-root stimulation and a rhizotomy of the dorsal sacral roots to abolish neurogenic detrusor overactivity. Stimulation of the sacral anterior roots enables micturition, defecation, and erections. This overview discusses the technique, selection of patients and clinical results of the Brindley procedure. The Brindley procedure is suitable for a selected group of patients with complete spinal cord injury and detrusor overactivity. Overall, the Brindley procedure shows good clinical results and improves quality of life. However, to remain a valuable treatment option for the future, the technique needs some adequate changes to enable analysis of the implanted parts, to improve revision techniques of the implanted parts, and to abolish the sacral dorsal rhizotomy.
1. Introduction
The Brindley procedure consists of a stimulator for sacral anterior-root stimulation (SARS) and a rhizotomy of the dorsal sacral roots to abolish neurogenic detrusor overactivity. Stimulation of the sacral anterior roots enables micturition, defecation, and erections. The Brindley procedure is suitable for a selected group of skeletally mature patients with complete spinal cord injury and detrusor overactivity, who do not respond adequately to conservative treatments of the detrusor overactivity. Patients with severe autonomic dysreflexia or detrusor-external sphincter dyssynergia will benefit especially from the dorsal rhizotomy. Patients with incomplete injury will lose their sensory function due to the dorsal rhizotomy and have the risk to experience pain sensation during stimulation due to an incomplete rhizotomy. The technique, selection of patients, and clinical results are discussed in this overview.
2. Brindley Stimulator
The Brindley system is composed of an external and implanted part. The implanted part consists of electrodes, connecting cables, and a receiver block. Patients have to position an external stimulating device on the skin over the implanted receiver to evoke stimuli. The receiver does not have a battery. Electrical stimuli are evoked by radiofrequency waves. With the availability of separate stimulation of the sacral levels and various stimulation settings, it is possible to set various stimulation programs to optimize micturition, defecation, and penile erections.
A tripolar electrode cuff is used for intradural stimulation of the sacral anterior roots. A three-channel implant is composed of two books. The upper book contains three parallel slots for S3 (one slot) and S2 roots (two slots at one channel), and the lower contains one slot for S4 roots. Each slot contains one cathode in the centre and an anode at each of the two ends to avoid stimulation of tissue structures outside the slot. The two-channel implant allows stimulation of two root levels or sets of root levels. The four-channel implant has the same configuration as the three-channel implant but allows independent stimulation of four sets of roots. The choice for the number of channels depends on the number of different rootlet combinations that have to be stimulated. Each channel is connected to the subcutaneous receiver block by a silicone-coated cable.
Extradural electrodes are used in patients in whom intradural electrodes could not be placed due to, for example, arachnoiditis or a previous intradural electrode implantation that failed. Some centres prefer to use extradural electrodes primarily for nearly all patients. The extradural implant has three helical electrodes at its end, which are also configured with a cathode between two anodes.
3. Poststimulus Voiding
Most of the small diameter parasympathetic efferent nerve fibres for innervation of the bladder are located in the sacral anterior roots (S2–S4/5). Small-diameter nerve fibres need a higher stimulus for their excitation than large-diameter fibres. Consequently, electrical stimulation of the anterior roots for detrusor contractions also causes contraction of the urethral sphincter due to stimulation of somatic large-diameter nerve fibres. This prevents emptying of the bladder. To overcome this problem, poststimulus voiding is used. The time to relax of striated muscles of the urethral sphincter is shorter than the relaxation time of smooth muscles of the detrusor. When intermittent stimulation pulse trains are applied, the difference in muscle relaxation time can be used to achieve a sustained detrusor muscle contraction with intervals of urethral sphincter relaxation (Figure 1). These intervals in between stimulations allow a decrease of the urethral sphincter pressure while a high intravesical pressure remains. This results in poststimulus voiding with an intermittent pattern of the micturition flow. A comparable mechanism has been used for defecation.
4. Dorsal Rhizotomy of the Sacral Nerves
Sauerwein structurally expanded SARS with a dorsal rhizotomy (deafferentation) of sacral roots S2 till S5 [1]. A dorsal rhizotomy is important because it suppresses neurogenic detrusor overactivity and detrusor-external sphincter dyssynergia [1, 2]. This results in a low-pressure bladder without reflex contractions of the detrusor and subsequently continence. Moreover, it reduces autonomic dysreflexia [2, 3]. Therefore, a dorsal rhizotomy can also be applied in combination with intermittent catheterization to empty the bladder without implantation of a Brindley stimulator [3].
5. Patient Selection
Patients need to have intact efferent nerve pathways to the bladder and a bladder that is able to contract. Contractions of at least 50 cm H2O in males or 30 cm H2O in females need to be present during filling cystometry [4]. If no sufficient spontaneous contraction occurs, suitable patients can be selected by rectal stimulation according to electroejaculation procedures or direct needle stimulation of the sacral roots to provoke bladder contractions.
Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging is used to exclude arachnoiditis at the level of the conus and cauda equine or other neurological disorder of the spinal cord. Patients with active or previous arachnoiditis are not suitable for intradural electrode implantation.
6. Implantation
A laminectomy from L3-L4 to S1-S2 is done for an intradural rhizotomy and intradural implantation of the electrode cuff. The dura and arachnoid are opened at midline to expose the sacral nerve roots. The anterior and dorsal components of the roots, especially relevant anterior roots for micturition, can be identified intradurally by electrical stimulation of these components while monitoring the effects on detrusor activity, blood pressure, and somatomotor responses. A rhizotomy of the identified dorsal sacral roots is done. The anterior sacral roots are positioned into the electrode cuff. The connecting cables are subcutaneously tunnelled to a subcutaneous pocket for the receiver.
Implantation of extradural electrodes requires a laminectomy from L5-S1 to S3-S4. The dorsal rhizotomy is done at the level of the ganglia of S2-S5. Electrical stimulation tests are used to identify the anterior and dorsal components of the sacral roots. The extradural electrode is implanted and fixated to the nerve using a strip of silicone rubber sheet which is sewn to itself and surrounds the nerve. The connecting cables and the receiver are implanted the same way as the intradural procedure.
7. Clinical Results
Table 1 shows an overview of publications on the clinical results of the Brindley procedure [3–20]. These results comprise both the Brindley stimulator, which enables stimulation for micturition, defecation, and erections, and the dorsal rhizotomy to achieve continence. The use of the Brindley procedure for micturition and defecation, and the ability to evoke erections are summarised in Figure 2, including urinary continence rates. No accumulation of results is possible due to the overlap of results of several reports, especially the multicentre reports.
|This overview includes several multicentre studies () which include overlapping results with the reports of various single centre studies. Therefore, no accumulation of results is possible.
(−), unreported data or incomplete data for calculation; UTI, urinary tract infection.
The Brindley stimulator is used for micturition in 73% to 100% of patients during followup. These are considerable percentages, but it should be noted that this includes patients who use additional methods to empty their bladder. Additional methods comprise intermittent catheterization, abdominal straining (Valsalva manoeuvre), abdominal compression (Credé manoeuvre), or suprapubic tapping for reflex contractions. Stimulation that is not always completely successful can be found back in the percentages of patients that have less than 50 mL residual urine after stimulation for micturition. These percentages are lower than the percentages of patients that use the stimulator for micturition. Overall, the percentages of patients having urinary tract infections and the frequency of urinary tract infections decrease after the Brindley procedure compared to the preoperative treatment.
The Brindley stimulator is used for defecation in 29% to 100% of patients in different degrees. Not all patients achieve complete evacuation of defecation using only stimulation. Some patients need laxatives in addition to prevent constipation or enable defecation. Many patients only use the stimulator to get the defecation into the rectum, to enable digital evacuation.
Erections can be evoked in a substantial number of patients, but results vary considerably. This can be explained by the relatively low number of patients that actually use the stimulator to evoke erections for sexual intercourse (0–32%), due to qualitatively inadequate erections for sexual intercourse or deterioration of the stimulation effect over time.
Autonomic dysreflexia mostly decreased after the Brindley procedure as a result of the dorsal rhizotomy. Only a few studies reported stimulation-induced autonomic dysreflexia.
Continence is achieved in 57% to 100% of patients, and bladder capacity increased. However, continence is not only achieved by a dorsal rhizotomy. Results on continence also included additional treatments, like anticholinergics and stress incontinence surgery.
8. Discussion
The ultimate treatment of neurogenic disorders of the lower urinary tract would be resolvement of the neurogenic disorder that causes the bladder problems to restore the innervation of the bladder. As long as this causal treatment is not available, symptomatic treatment options are required.
Intravesical Botulinum toxin A injections are an evolving option in the current treatment arsenal. At the time when this paper was written, approval for urological application was expected within short time. However, the Brindley procedure has several advantages for suitable patients compared to Botulinum toxin A in combination with intermittent catheterization, especially if not only the urological properties of the treatments are taken into account. Spinal cord injury comprises a variety of coherent, physical problems. Therefore, management of multiple organ dysfunctions should be advocated. The Brindley procedure does not only enable continence and micturition, but also complete defecation or improvement of defecation pattern, penile erections, and reduction of autonomic dysreflexia and spasms. Patients become less dependent because they do not need assistance for intermittent catheterization anymore and can empty their bladder whereever and whenever. When the treatment options are discussed with a patient, this more extensive application of the Brindley procedure should be mentioned.
The Brindley procedure generally shows good clinical results for restoration of function in spinal cord injury patients with multiple organ dysfunction, including bladder, bowel, and erectile dysfunction. Moreover, the Brindley procedure improves quality of life [20, 21]. However, it is not a procedure that is easy to apply in clinical practice. Firstly, not every patient is suited for the procedure and the success depends on selection of appropriate patients. Prerequisites are a complete spinal cord lesion since neurostimulation can cause pain in incomplete spinal cord lesions, an intact sacral motor neuron pathway enabling stimulation of the bladder, and a detrusor muscle that is capable to contract on stimulation. Secondly, a dorsal rhizotomy and implantation of a Brindley stimulator is complex and not a routine procedure for urologists and should be reserved for specialized centres. Thirdly, the technique is also prone to failures, including the external and implanted components. Analysis of the external components is easy to apply. Currently, a straightforward solution for analysis and revision of the implanted system without major surgery is not available in every country. This can be explained by national legislation with respect to certain aspects of the surgical procedure for revision of the implant, like burning the insulation of the implanted electrode cables. This excludes these patients from the thorough analysis of the implanted components and revision surgery to restore function of their stimulator. Nowadays, most patients have become increasingly familiar with intermittent catheterization and bowel rinsing. They accept the dysfunction of the stimulator more frequently because they remain continent due to their dorsal rhizotomy in combination with controlled emptying of their bladder and bowels.
A main issue for patients who consider a Brindley procedure is the irreversibility of the rhizotomy, and the possibility that future treatment options are not within reach anymore. Although SARS can restore penile erections after a rhizotomy, qualitative useful stimulation of erections is not possible in a substantial number of patients. Therefore, the dorsal rhizotomy should be replaced by a less invasive procedure to abolish detrusor overactivity. Continuous or conditional neuromodulation could be one of the solutions [22, 23]. Sacral posterior- and anterior- root stimulation combines neuromodulation and SARS without a rhizotomy of the dorsal roots for micturition. These new developments are, however, not generally introduced as a standard treatment. Sacral posterior and anterior root stimulation effectively suppress DO but do not result in complete emptying in all patients due to persisting detrusor-external sphincter dyssynergia [24]. This requires development of techniques that prevent backward stimulation when the anterior roots are stimulated to enable selective detrusor stimulation, like selective anodal block and high-frequency block [25–28].
9. Conclusion
The Brindley procedure shows good clinical results and improves quality of life. However, to remain a valuable treatment option for the future, the technique needs some adequate changes to enable analysis of the implanted parts, to improve revision techniques of the implanted parts, and to abolish the sacral dorsal rhizotomy.
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Dogs with cavities can be harmful to your pet. Not only is your puppy dealing with pain but also dealing with possible infections.
Unlike humans, when we have a cavities we can call the dentist and have it looked at and the proper procedures done. A dog cant quit call the dentist or tell you to call. So its very important that you keep a close eye on your canines mouth.
With neglect of doing this you are allowing your canine to suffer. Dogs with cavities can become more susceptible to infections even diseases.
Dogs With Cavities – Infections
As infection sets in because of a bad tooth. Your loved one can become moody. If you have ever had a infected tooth you know how it feels. Its very painful.
Like mentioned before, your dog cant call the dentist or tell you to call. But they can tell you in their own way. Watch for things like, lose of regular appetite, they may stop playing as much and so on.
Take a look inside their mouth, every now and then. See if they have swelling, bleeding of gums, or an obvious cavity. If so get them to a vet.
If your canines tooth becomes infected for a period of time it could lead to more severe medical conditions.
- Gingivitis – Inflammation of the gums.
- Periodontitis – Inflammation of the tooth socket and gums.
- Pyorrhea – a disease of the oral cavity that attacks the gum and bone
Just to list a few. It is also said that extreme pain can cause anxiety in your puppy.
Dogs With Cavities – Diseases
Pyorrhea is a disease acquired from lack of oral hygiene. As the cavity worsens over time, bacteria keeps entering the blood stream causing more severe health problems in your loved one.
Heart disease and Kidney failure have also been linked to Periodontitis.
As bacteria enters your puppies blood stream, it will adhere to the valves around the heart. This can become fatal to your dogs health.
Just by taking a few good measures you could add more years to your canines life.
Dogs With Cavities – Preventive Oral Health
There are things you can do to prevent this from happening to your pooch. To help protect your dog from falling a victim of pain and bad oral health try these few options:
- Brush your pups teeth regularly
- Oral care dog foods
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- Regular vet checkups
Preventing your dog from getting cavities will be beneficial to you and your loved one. Not only does it keep your dog from being in pain but also saves you money from them expensive vet bills.
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UPDATE: It must have been a minor Snapchat glitch because the views are showing once again in July 2015.
It has been a few days since I have posted a story so I don't know if this is just a glitch or if Snapchat has taken away views from stories. Generally, I receive about 100 views if the first two or three minutes after I post a story. Today – zilch. Not one single view. I even clicked through to the screen where you can see who view your stories and nothing. Not a single view or a single screenshot. Here is what it looks like:
I thought maybe I had changed who cold view my stories but it is still set on everyone. I guess we will just have to wait and see if other people are finding that their views are not showing up. Have you had issues? Is Snapchat showing you views on your stories? If not, when did Snapchat stop showing views?
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CALGARY — Canadian small business owners' confidence dropped sharply in June to its lowest level since July 2009.
But the latest Business Barometer, released Thursday by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, said that in Alberta confidence held steady during the month.
"The good news is confidence level among entrepreneurs in our province is holding steady. The bad news, obviously, is the large drop in the national confidence numbers that appears to be driven by weakening domestic demand," said Richard Truscott, Alberta Director for the CFIB.
At 68.6 points, the June outlook of Alberta's entrepreneurs remains almost unchanged compared to May. Alberta continues to have the most optimistic small business owners in the country.
"We'll have to wait for next month's results to see the impact the floods in southern Alberta will have on the optimism of our province's business owners," said Truscott.
The percentage of business owners describing the general state of health for their business as "good" jumped eight points to 46 per cent in June, compared with only nine per cent who said it was bad, down five points from May.
Hiring expectations in June were virtually the same as the previous month. In June, 32 per cent of Alberta's independent business owners surveyed said they were expecting to hire full-time staff, compared with only seven per cent predicting a reduction.
The shortage of skilled labour remains their top challenge for business owners with 38 per cent of entrepreneurs saying it is limiting their ability to grow sales or production.
The drop in national optimism levels in June is centred almost entirely in Ontario and Quebec (56.8 and 55.3, respectively). Nationally, the barometer dropped to 59.4 points from May's 62.1 points. It was the fourth consecutive monthly decline in Canada. Confidence remains strongest in Alberta (68.6), with Saskatchewan (67.3) edging up. Newfoundland and Labrador (66.3) and British Columbia (65.6) are also above the national average. There is little change in the under-performing Maritimes, with New Brunswick (59.2) hanging around the national average, and Nova Scotia (53.6) and Prince Edward Island (53.3) lagging behind.
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Meanwhile, a report released by Deloitte on Thursday said chief financial officers in Canada and the United States are feeling much better about the North American economy and believe it will continue to recover for at least another year.
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Well this past weekend we traveled to Minneapolis to attend 2 graduations. Both of Jon's cousin's graduated, one from high school and one from college. I have been with Jon for 8 years and I had never been to their house so it was a fun experience!! Since we were in the area we stayed at Jennifer and Chris's house and that was also a fun time to see them again.
Cameron and Angie
Since I run a bakery I am always fasinated with cakes and other bakery items and this is what they did (very cute idea)!!
Here are more fun photos!
Then the rest of Saturday and some of Sunday was spent at the Vance household and they have a little river, stream (whatever you want to call it) right next to there house and that is when I got the camera out.....watch out!!
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First let me start by congratulating YOU along with myself.
Not only do WE run our own "Amazing Race" on a daily basis but we have won many times over.
We've all gotten lost and argued with our partners in the car, we have all missed flights, made flights, missed connections and eaten bugs (intentionally or otherwise).
We all juggle a zillion different tasks in a single day and when we finally get home and are ready to have a good meal, a glass of wine and a sound sleep; it's completely unfair that Phil isn't waiting in our bedroom with a million bucks in hand and a free trip to Spain.
I'll tell you what's harder than The Amazing Race - OUR AMAZING RACE.
How AMAZING is it that we take care of our children, spouses, parents, spouses parent's (there should be a jet ski thrown in for that one), house, career, dog, cat, Goldfish (constantly needs replacing), health and wellness (make that another glass of red wine and some dark chocolate) the pick ups and drop offs, the sleep outs and sleep overs, the special occasions that include the entire whacked out family and let's not forget intimacy (which is really something that may only exist from our late teens until about 40 at which point it becomes difficult to figure out whether intimacy is defined by love making or eating dark chocolate).
I love the part at the end of the Amazing Race where one of the team members has to complete some sort of puzzle showing all the countries visited and the order thereof.
Listen, if you pay me $1 million, I will recite for you all of the countries I have visited, all of the schools and camps I attended, all of the jobs I have had, all of the boyfriends I have endured and when I reach that red carpet in the middle of nowhere but always by a magnificent castle and I am greeted by Phil and some poor innocent person who has been uprooted from their home and forced to wear a costume they never actually wear; I'll gladly accept the win and I will do so for ALL of US.
And by the way, I still haven't figured out if Phil is real or just a hologram but what I have figured out is that HIS taxi driver and HIS flight are far superior to anyone else's and that is why he is always at the finish line first and that my dear friends is truly AMAZING.
PS: Bam and I strongly agree there should be a Leonberger edition of the Amazing Race because this remarkable breed would win - paws down. WOOF!


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East Grand Nursing Home built around 1910 (addition in 1962) and was located at 130 East Grand Boulevard near the corner of East Jefferson Avenue, on Detroit's lower east side. East Grand Nursing Home was originally built in 1910 as a private residence. In 1947, the castle-like mansion was converted into an assisted living residence for the elderly. East Grand Nursing Home served the elderly residents of Detroit and helped them with the tasks of daily living. There were doctors and nurses that were located on site to help provide medication and ongoing care to the residents. East Grand Nursing Home was a huge, three-story house that was designed in a Victorian architectural style.
The exterior of East Grand Nursing Home was made of stone masonry, light brick, and featured a sandstone façade. The main entrance into East Grand Nursing Home was a covered-porch area that featured white, columns that lined the entire porch area. The façade of the second-floor, above the main entrance, was made of narrow, flat, sandstone-blocks that also had stone masonry details featured throughout the second-floor façade. The center window of the second-floor featured stone-columns, one on each side of the window, and was also bordered in a stone-arch. The other windows of the second-floor were all rectangular windows and they were also bordered in stone quoins. In between the second-floor windows, there was intricate, stone details of garlands, shields, and curlicues. The third-floor did not have any façade, but the three triangular, peaked, dormer-windows allowed one to see that there was indeed a third floor. The most prominent exterior feature of East Grand Nursing Home was the three towering turrets that extended over the height of the building's rooftop cornice. The was one turret on each side of the building, and one turret in the front, middle of the building. The front, middle turret was he most recognizable because it was covered in ornate, stone detailing. The cornice of East Grand Nursing Home was flat, and featured a peaked rooftop above the cornicing. The roofline of East Grand Nursing Home actually featured four, separate rooftop peaks (three for the turrets and one for the main section of the house). The exterior of East Grand Nursing Home was extravagant, as it was a beautiful mansion in the early years and an gorgeous elderly home in the later years.
In 1962, East Grand Nursing Home was outgrowing the house and built an addition, which was an adjoining building next to the house. The two buildings were connected by a passageway. The residents were then moved to the addition and the home became mostly administrative. The addition at East Grand Nursing Home was a two-story, brick structure that was designed in a Colonial style architecture. The façade of the building featured a main entrance that was bordered in a white, carved out, curled-style pediment. Each of the exterior windows on both of the floors all were crowned with a white, rectangular pediment and featured white shutters on each side of the window. The cornice of the addition at East Grand Nursing Home was flat, white cornicing that featured square dentils throughout the cornicing. The rooftop of the addition was a flat-style roof. East Grand Nursing Center was known as one of the better assisted living homes throughout the entire Detroit area.
In 2011, East Grand Nursing Home was closed by the State of Michigan after numerous citations were found on an inspection. East Grand Nursing Home had also started to receive complaints from the residents and some of the conditions were subpar. East Grand Nursing Home was eventually bankrupt and was forced to close their doors.
By 2012, East Grand Nursing Home was quickly broken into and was scrapped for any metals and other valuables. It was also in 2012 that an announcement was made that a private investment group was going to purchase the former East Grand Nursing Home and turn it into a transitional home for prisoners that had been released on parole, however, it never happened.
As of 2015, the former East Grand Nursing Home still sits abandoned. There are no current plans for the property.


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About Bruce VanWyngarden's Letter from the Editor on the Civil War (and civil rights) ...
Man, it's great to see someone grab a machete and hack through the thick brush of douchebaggery. Splendid!
I was the only white speaker eight years ago, when the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition held a rally in what was then Forrest Park. Rev. Al Sharpton spoke, the late D'Army Bailey spoke, as did others. We were right then, and recently, events have proved us right now. What was written in this article well encapsulates what I said then. It is an excellent piece of truth-telling, nicely exampled. To be brave and even brilliant in a malevolent cause is still damnable, at best pathetic, but never glorious.
Charles Ingram
About Jackson Baker's cover story, "Into the Sunset" ...
My goodness. I guess "we the sheeple" are being hornswoggled by politicians who don't understand the ramifications of moving an old dead guy from under a bronze statue in a park to the cemetery he and his wife got disinterred from about 100 years ago.
I almost never argue about what to do with 100-year-old corpses. It's not something that comes up in conversation all that much. As long as he isn't in my back yard, I'm probably good with it.
But Elmwood sounds fine for Forrest. It's a nice place. He has friends and family there already. And give Shiloh the statue. They have a lot of antique bronze out there already. Problem solved.
Holding on to the symbols of disunity, oppression, and bigotry won't accomplish peace and unity between peoples. Since the white South was irrefutably wrong in seceding and using the excuse of Reconstruction to terrorize black people and white Republicans, and subsequently using Jim Crow to resubjugate Southern black people after the North gave up trying to make white Southerners behave civilly, then white Southerners should, as a gesture of conciliation, give up these retrograde attempts to whitewash history. Tell the real history, not the fake history the white citizens who erected the statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest in 1905 have concocted out of the ether.
Kilgore Trout
Don't we have bigger fish to fry in this city than to worry about a dead man who is not doing anyone any harm right now? If you don't like the statue, go to another park. We have several nice ones.
Just for the record: Confederate soldiers, sailors, and marines who fought in the Civil War were made U.S. veterans by an act of Congress in 1957, making all Confederate veterans equal to U.S. veterans. Additionally, under U.S. Public Law 810, approved by the 17th Congress in 1929, the War Department was directed to erect headstones and recognize Confederate gravesites as U.S. war dead gravesites. So, in essence, when you remove a Confederate statue, monument, or headstone, you are, in fact, removing a statue, monument, or headstone of a U.S. veteran.
Fred Paul
About licensing guns ...
Cars are so dangerous they can kill. That's why we require a license — not to own one, but to use one. You must be age 16, get training, pass a written test, pass a road test, and get retested every so often for the rest of your life. And if you want to drive anything bigger (trucks, buses, bulldozers, etc.), that requires a different license, one that's more difficult to attain, again from a state-certified system. No one has a problem with any of this.
So why don't the same kinds of laws apply to guns? Cars kill by accident, but guns kill by design. That's why the police have to have serious background checks and lots of practice, testing and retesting, all by a state-certified system, before they are allowed to carry a gun.
All gun users should have to get training then a license. There should be small-gun and large-gun licenses. Ammunition should be sold in quantities appropriate to the purpose of the gun. If you think you need a 100-round magazine to shoot a deer, you really need more practice.
Like alcohol and tobacco, firearms should be heavily taxed, but all gun-safety devices should be tax-free.
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Facebook says it would totally never use its patent to spy on you with your phone's mic
A patent from Facebook came to light earlier this week, depicting technology that Facebook would use to quietly activate a user's microphone in order to listen to them as they watch ads. How hard can I "nope" out of that?
The details: The patent, filed earlier this month, was originally discovered by Metro. It describes a process by which secret messages embedded in TV ads, inaudible to the human ear, would trigger your smart device to record you while the ad was playing. It would then send the audio to Facebook, in order for it to hear your reaction to the ad. You can view the patent here, complete with stick-figure ballerina.
Facebook Deputy General Counsel Allen Lo said in a statement to Engadget that the company filed the patent "to prevent aggression from other companies," and it would never be included in a Facebook product, ever. Take that as you will.
The context: The idea that Facebook is listening to users is a long-standing theory based on how uncannily its ads seem to target things they believe they've mentioned in passing. Mark Zuckerberg addressed this in his Congressional testimony, calling it a "conspiracy theory…that we listen to what's going on on your microphone and use that for ads" and dismissing it flatly (one of the few questions he gave a decisive answer to that day, I might add).
I've even fallen into this mindset myself: I once mentioned Blue Apron briefly to my mother, only to see Blue Apron ads on my Facebook feed within a day. There are other explanations, though. I could have searched something about the company without remembering. Or I could have lingered on a post about them on Facebook, which Facebook mistook for curiosity (no offense, Blue Apron). Facebook's data collection is so subtle and pervasive that I doubt it needs the audio of my actual conversation to figure it out.
That being said…
Why it matters: Zuckerberg dismissing this as a "conspiracy theory" seems rather laughable, now this patent has come to light. Facebook's insistence this patent is something they're filing so they can never use it isn't exactly reassuring, either.
The creepiest thing about the patent is the idea it can record any ambient audio while the ad is playing. If used, this would be a massive invasion of privacy. And what would prompt the listening to stop? Suppose I turned the TV off in the middle of the ad — would the listening continue indefinitely? Just looking at this patent makes me uncomfortable, and the fact that Facebook — not a company historically known for keeping its users' secrets on lock — would be the company holding it, even more so.
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I picked up a new toy a few hours before my show. My bike had been in the shop for a few days with a broken spoke and to get a new chain and cassette (the latter of which was a special order item), and I decided to try out a 2012 model Trek. Ended up using my old bike as a trade in and coming home with the new ride pictured above. With this kind of reckless spending, I needed a garage/psychedelic rock kind of night.
Here's my playlist for April 26, 2013, along with a few words about each song/band:
"Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys" by Black Lips off Black Lips / Icky Blossoms (Record Store Day 7″ Single)
I love this cover of Willie Nelson's famous tune. Black Lips give it a substantial nod, throwing in a little slop and plenty of garage, making it the perfect opener for tonight's show. After picking up this Record Store Day single last week, I wrote some words about it.
"Django" by Federale off The Blood Flowed Like Wine
I really dig the spaghetti western meets psychedelic rock thing Portland's Federale have created. The Blood Flowed Like Wine features two very complimentary yet distinctly different sounds. One is instrumentally-focused with occasional accompaniment of whistling, the other is songs like "Django".
"The Gifts You Hide" by The Soft Hills off Chromatisms
I covered The Soft Hills back in February, noting the following:
(The Soft Hills) mixes psychedelic rock with shoegaze sensibilities for a very heavy sound, but — and listening to it again, it may sound funny to say this — they do it so lightly, so delicately. It's a contradiction that The Soft Hills have mastered throughout Chromatisms.
You get that here in "The Gifts You Hide".
"Humans Be Swayed" by Thee Oh Sees off Moon Sick
I covered this EP last week and here's what I had to say about this track:
"Humans Be Swayed" is frantic and über-catchy. Loud, swirling guitars meet with playful vocal hooks. Here we hear melody driven by bass guitar and vocals. It is one of two songs leaning post-punk on the EP, and, undoubtedly, the more notable.
"Candy Clock" by Thee Oh Sees off Moon Sick
And about "Candy Clock":
"Candy Clock", too, is equally catchy but a bit more laid back and hints of a late-60s, early-70s style of psych-rock/pop. With plenty of la las, occasional emphasis on percussive toms, and a jangle-worthy guitar riff, "Candy Clock" is the EP's jaw-dropper.
"Summer in the City" by VietNam off VietNam
VietNam has a new album out this year, which is pretty exciting given their last one drew a crap-ton of hype and was released way WAY WAY back in 2007! That previous album was self-titled and included this song, "Summer in the City". Now, I haven't heard anything off the new LP, but you bet I'm planning to soon.
"G 4 A G" by JJUUJJUU off FRST
After a few listens to JJUUJJUU, I simply had to cover the band, which I did earlier today (being April 26) here. This is monumentally energetic, sonic psychedelic rock at its finest.
"Sleepwalker" by Moon Duo off Circles
I love that thick psychedelic sound, packed with energy and borderline overwhelming with noise. Like JJUUJJUU, Moon Duo certainly fits the mold. "Sleepwalker" is off last year's LP Circles.
"Maryanne Rising" by MMOSS off i
I still haven't given MMOSS's 2012 LP i a full listen, only dabbling in the LP here and there. I need to change that, especially after discovering "Maryanne Rising". Such a great song!
"58th Street Fingers" by Gap Dream off Gap Dream
I can see Gap Dream's self-titled debut becoming one of those albums I listen to intensely for a month or so before letting it slip into the abyss of my collection, only to re-discover it half a year later in a recurring pattern. Opener "58th Street Fingers" is likely to forever be my favorite, too. I'm ecstatic that I was able to grab this one on clear vinyl.
"Mirror" by Maston off Shadows
I became obsessed with Maston after watching their video for "Messages". Shadows, like Federale's The Blood Flowed Like Wine, can be split into two categories one of which is instrumental. Maston, however, produces jangly psych-pop in both these sides.
"Dreambuilding" by GOAT off Dreambuilding (7″ Single)
I love the energy behind Swedish psychedelic band GOAT. The first half of the song sets the pace with wild and crazy everything: guitar, vocals, cowbell. The second half throws it out the window for a truly gnarly guitar solo. Super easy to see why Sub Pop signed these folks. I'll be covering this single soon, so stay tuned for more!
"Presence of Mind" by The Fresh & Onlys off Long Slow Dance
When I reviewed Long Slow Dance last year, I had this to say:
Long Slow Dance is, for the most part, a departure from the rough and the grit of Play It Strange for something I can only describe as a bit more contemporary. I know, right!? It sounds strange to say that, given The Fresh & Onlys' occasional penchant for noisy, rambunctious (albeit not overly so) psychedelic rock.
It's an odd statement, but it fits. Read the full review here. Check out the video for this song:
"Summertime" by Girls off Album
I always forget how diverse the music of Girls can be. Christopher Owens is a phenomenal songwriter, and it shows in his ability in a song like this, "Summertime" off their debut LP Album, which transforms multiple times throughout, from an upbeat garage pop song that morphs into a space-y almost post-rock drone before dropping into a heartfelt ballad to close out the track.
"See You There" by Psychic Ills off One Track Mind
Along with The Men's New Moon and Darlings' Perfect Trip, Psychic Ills' 2013 LP One Track Mind is right up their in the running for my favorite album of the year (thus far). Sacred Bones has done a phenomenal job putting out truly amazing releases, two of which are noted here. "See You There" is one of many high points on this album.
"Without A Face" by The Men off New Moon
These lyrics get me every time: I saw a man without a face / I think about him everyday. The way these lyrics come off, effortlessly, emotionless. It makes them all the more powerful. As of right now, New Moon has my early vote for album of the year.
"Rain On" by Woods off Songs of Shame
Each time I hear "Rain On", I think the following thought: I need to listen to "Songs of Shame" more. I've had this LP for ages, but have only given it an embarrassingly few listens.
"Run Like the Hunted" by Wymond Miles off Under the Pale Moon
Wymond Miles, of course, is the guitarist for The Fresh & Onlys and Under the Pale Moon is his solo debut. With each listen, I get more and more into this album. Current favorites: "Lazarus Rising", "You & I Are of the Night" and "Run Like the Hunted".
"Hazel" by The Woolen Men off The Woolen Men
"Hazel" is the Woodist debut by The Woolen Men, though the band has a few prior recordings under their belt. "Hazel" is my current favorite off the LP, thanks to a catchy riff, prominent tambourine and plenty of vocal hooks. Sample the song over at Pandora.
"Vomit" by Girls off Father, Son, Holy Ghost
I'm a huge fan of the video for Girls' song "Vomit". It begins with sexy shots of a cherry red '64 Mustang. Being a car guy, this excites me. While I don't see much in the way of coinciding themes between the song and the video, but I don't care. "Vomit" is one of the better tracks from Girls, right up there with "Hellhole Ratrace" and "Laura".
"Change" by The Legends off Call It Ours (7″ Single)
The Legends' 2004 debut LP Up Against the Legends remains one of my all-time favorite albums — definitely a top 3. "Call It Ours" is the album's opening track and one that received single-status. "Change" is the second track on the album's B-side and it follows the LP's other songs in its upbeat nature. It's easy to hear why it didn't make the album — doesn't quite fit — but it's still among my favorites.
"Where Damage Isn't Already Done" by The Radio Dept. off Lesser Matters
Sleepy lyrics backed by plenty of fuzzy pop, "Where Damage Isn't Already Done" was the song that made me fall in love with The Radio Dept. My discovery of this band came on a Labrador Records binge, shortly after becoming obsessed with The Legends.
"Stare Back" by Wax Idols off Discipline & Desire
Oakland (yes, you read that correctly) band Wax Idols have moved their dark post-punk sound from Hozac to Slumberland for their new release, Discipline & Desire. "Stare Back" is the LP's opening track. The album came out one month ago today (i.e. on March 26).
"Hypnotic Regression" by Girls Names off The New Life
It seems this show has been comprised of label groupings. We've heard pairings of bands off Woodsist, Burger and Sacred Bones. Now with Wax Idols and Girls Names, Slumberland Records. Girls Names transformed between their first record and The New Life, expanding to a four-piece and creating a deeper, darker sound, which you hear here on "Hypnotic Regression".


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Ella and John have shared a wonderful life for more than sixty years. Now they're on the run from their doctors and middle-aged children, who just want them to go gently into that undignified night of old age.
In their trusty camper van, the pair embark on a forbidden vacation of rediscovery along Route 66. Though time is catching up with them, Ella is determined that together they'll make it to their final destination for one more carefree day together, even if it is their last.


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Take Me to the Pilots '16: ABC's 'American Housewife'
[I'll remind you at the top of every single one of these: These entries are not reviews. They're gut reactions to not-for-air pilots that could change in big and small ways between now and September or October or midseason. Full reviews will come then. They'll be longer. And more carefully considered. The opinions may even change. Who knows?]
Show: American Housewife (ABC)
The Pitch: "The Middle ... Atlantic"
Quick Response: If ABC's Speechless is in the Black-ish/Fresh Off the Boat/Modern Family category of comedies that arrived confidently and fully formed, American Housewife is in the Real O'Neals/Goldbergs (depending on how you feel about that pilot) category of ABC comedy pilots with great bones and a huge amount of work to do. I'll leave out the title, which is generic and speaks very little to what this show is. Let's start at the top, where the wildly talented Katy Mixon is stuck with a voiceover that's constantly repeating and overemphasizing things the audience could figure out for itself. My notes say, "I get it already" repeatedly and I can't think of any time the voiceover made me laugh. It could/should be scrapped or de-emphasized. Once Mixon's character doesn't need to keep repeating she's on the verge of becoming "The Second Fattest Housewife in Westport," maybe weight can become just one of many things obsessing her, but here it's a mania and that's before you get to how much sense it makes coming from a Mixon-shaped package. Mixon's comic timing, perhaps in the Top 10 of current TV comedy actresses, gets a couple laughs from a character who is too frequently awful-awful instead of funny-awful, a problem that plagues nearly everybody here. Julia Butters shows real potential as complicated youngest daughter Anna-Kat, but the show needs to find a way to define the character and her set of obsessions and compulsions, which isn't the same as diagnosing her and just saying, "Oh, she's autistic" or what-have-you. The Middle, a show I watch only rarely but one American Housewife clearly yearns to emulate, has done a reasonable job of that with Brick the times I've tuned in. When it comes to the neocon middle son, everybody involved here has to go back and watch 50 episodes of Family Ties to see why Alex P. Keaton was charming/tolerable/funny, and this kid, thus far, is not. At all. And I'm sure the oldest daughter (played by the marvelously named Johnny Sequoyah of Believe) will be OK when the show moves beyond its pilot sense that defining a 13-year-old female character mostly by her breasts is a good idea. Ditto with Diedrich Bader as the patriarch of the family, whose character-defining desire to have sex with Katie when she doesn't want to isn't as cutely presented as creator Sarah Dunn apparently hopes. But Mixon, Bader, a couple of the young actors and snippets of sharp dialogue have me hoping that after it recovers from a bad case of pilotitis, American Housewife could better channel the things that work.
Desire to Watch Again: Moderate. I stuck with The Goldbergs through shout-y and erratic early episodes and it's pretty steadily above-average in every way now. The Real O'Neals hasn't gotten there quickly, but there were a couple episodes in the second half of its first season that lived up to its potential. I give shows chances. This will be no exception.
Take Me to the Pilots '16: Fox's 'The Exorcist'
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THE hunt for a knifeman is continuing after a suspect was eliminated by police.
Witnesses to the 2am attack in Slater Street, Liverpool, identified a man in his mid-30s as the culprit.
He was arrested on suspicion of stabbing a 26-year-old man seven times as he got into a black cab.
But analysis of CCTV footage has shown the knifeman to be someone else.
The original suspect was charged with violent disorder.
Police now hope clubbers and late-night revellers will help trace the attacker.
City centre crime manager detective chief inspector John Colligan said: "There were a lot of people in this area at the time of the attack and some may be able to help us.
"They may know who the knifeman is, where he went afterwards or what prompted him to stab the victim.
"If so I would urge them to ring us in confidence."
DCI Colligan said the attack was frenzied and that the knifeman wrenched open the cab door and dragged out his victim, stabbing or slashing him in the neck and back.
Surgeons operated on him after the attack early on Thursday but he is now believed to be recovering at home.
No motive has yet been established.
The victim was heading home to Fazakerley after enjoying a few beers in several city bars with a friend, said police.
An off-duty police officer needed stitches to a facial cut after stepping in to help.
At least one other person was also slightly injured as they wrestled with the knifeman who then fled the scene.
Forensic experts in white overalls combed the Slater Street area near the junction with Seel Street and Bold Street.
In particular they were looking for the weapon, but it is not known if anything was found.
Police will continue to scour CCTV footage captured by several cameras to build up a clearer picture of the incident.
-Anyone with information can ring police on 0151-777 4057 or the free and anonymous Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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Ambassador James Nicholson, who represented the Bush administration to the Vatican when the war in Iraq began seven years ago, has often told the story of hosting a delegation of Iraqi bishops in Rome shortly after the 2003 invasion. When Nicholson greeted the bishops at the steps of the ambassador's residence, as he tells the story, they said to him, "Thank you for liberating our country."
That may have been their sentiment seven years ago, but the bishops seem to be singing a different tune today as the U.S. withdraws its final contingents of combat troops.
The United States has "betrayed its duty to bring peace and security" to Iraq, according to Chaldean Auxiliary Bishop Shlemon Warduni of Baghdad, in an interview on Friday with the Italian daily La Stampa. The Americans leave behind "an Iraq worse off than the one they found seven years ago," said Warduni, who's widely regarded as the most charismatic voice among the Iraqi bishops.
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Court remands woman caught with Cannabis
Juaso (Ash), Feb 28, GNA - The Juaso Circuit Court presided over by Mr Justice Alex Obeng Asante has ordered an unemployed woman caught with cannabis, weighing 183.97 grammes, to be held in prison custody.
Nana Akua Tenewaa is facing a charge of possessing narcotic drugs without authority.
She pleaded not guilty and would re-appear on March 8.
Police Detective Inspector Bismark Peasah told the court that On October 23, last year, a police officer was detailed to arrest Tenewaa following a formal complaint of theft made against her by one Stephen Antwi.
She was reported to have stolen GH¢500.00 and a cellular phone from the room of the complainant but she proved elusive.
However, on November 24 she was arrested holding a black polythene bag containing the dried leaves in the room of her lover.
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Is it ok to put her in the kennel when in this crazy state? She seems to like her kennel and I do not want to make her think it's a punishment? Should I invest in a playpen? Thank youAugust 14, 2020 at 12:06 pm
Steffi Trott
So the problem with putting the dogs into the kennel when in the "crazy state" is that often they are not able to calm down enough to be ok in the kennel. Then they perceive the small space as frustrating and get even more wound up.
Of course, you know your dog best and should try it out if you think she can calm down in the kennel (if she already has a strong positive association that might work). If that works – great, keep on doing that!
However, often puppies are just WILD and can calm down better with a little more space such as in a playpen.
Before you invest in one, you can however try it out by e.g. using some big cardboard boxes and a corner of a room to make a makeshift playpen and see if she can tone it down in there.August 14, 2020 at 12:09 pm
Maya Hendin
How long should the puppy be in the play pen during this state to effectively interrupt the behavior?August 25, 2020 at 9:28 pm
Steffi Trott
So ideally your dog would settle down by being in the pen with having something really delicious to chew, and then just chew for a while and "chill out". However long he enjoys chewing is good, and after a half hour or so you probably have to take him outside to potty anyway (if he is a young puppy). If you cannot engage him with his chew right away, do not let him out – at this point he is probably even more crazy. You can wait a little and usually once we restrict their access to biting us and racing around they settle pretty quickly and start to entertain themselves with their chew.
To summarize: it is not so much how long you let him in the pen in terms of actual time (like 5, 10 or 15 minutes) but in terms of changed state of mind.
If your puppy is really, really crazy you can also try tethering him: putting a leash on him and tying him up to e.g. a table leg. Again, the restricted motion will let him not continue with "spiraling out of control". The first times you tether him he may take longer to settle, but after a few times it will be pretty quick.August 26, 2020 at 2:46 pm
Morgan Mendel
This actually happens to us a lot while outside on walks (we live in a city). He gets into this crazy barking, biting, attacking mode. What do I do when we are out on a walk? Should I pick him up and carry him home (he does typically stop if I pick him up -but I worry this is giving him a reaction). Please advise! 🙂September 17, 2020 at 11:29 pm
Steffi Trott
Is this a reaction to some kind of stimulus he encounters, such as a loud noise, traffic nearby, dogs approaching etc.?September 18, 2020 at 6:39 am
Hi Steffi! We are having some biting issues with our 14 week old Border Collie pup. He primarily crazy bites me and my partner some of the time. He is completely fine with other adults, kids and other dogs. He does get bite-y during play time, but it seems more to be play turned into a crazy bite as he will not focus on any toy around him, even his favorites, and will go for my hands, arms, and if I stand or move away my legs and feet. We have had him since 8 weeks and only started your puppy program 2 weeks ago. I hope I have not reinforcing his crazy biting behavior by trying to offer different toys before putting him in his pen or crate.
It has also been difficult finding chew toys that he likes. He loved natural chews like bully sticks, beef bones, and antlers… but after a couple weeks of chewing them he got very sick and had an emergency trip to the vet. Our vet recommended not letting him have bully sticks or beef bones until he is older because his stomach is too sensitive for them now. She recommended to only give him nylon bones or frozen Kongs with pumpkin or kibble in them. He has no interest in nylon bones. He will take a Kong most of the time, but he doesn't really chew them. He will lick the pumpkin out and then be done with it, or bat the Kong around with his paws to knock all the kibbles out and then be done with it. We have even tried adding a tiny bit of peanut butter and that will keep his interest for a little while, but I don't want to have to give him a ton of peanut butter each day!
I'm not sure if licking and knocking a Kong around for 5 mins at a time if fulfilling his chewing needs. Hoping you have some advice for this!September 23, 2020 at 12:59 pm
Steffi Trott
As far as the chewing – I agree, 5 minutes are not enough. It sounds to me as though what you put into the Kong can be improved. First of all, don't put the kibble in there as is, because that doesn't even encourage the puppy to chew – he will just paw it as you say and be done with it.
If you want to put kibble in there, soak it in water and use a food processor to chop it up it and put the resulting puree into the Kong. I would add some extra tasty parts as well, like some shredded cheese, chicken, ground beef, spray cheese, peanut butter etc. Pumpkin by itself is not really super tasty for a carnivore. I think if you add more flavor to it the puppy will chew longer!
When you say he gets crazy biting during playtime – what toys are the favorite toys that you are using?September 23, 2020 at 7:36 pm
Okay great, thanks for your suggestions!
We took your advice in the 'Play Biting' lesson and got the biggest, softest toys we could find. He does have some other favorites from before we started this course. His favorites are a 3 foot long fluffy, homemade tug toy, a 'Go dog' plush toy (40 cm long), a small Kong 'Wubba' toy (20 long cm), and a tug made out of fire hose material with a squeaker in the end (30 cm long).
He has many other fluffy plush toys that are on the smaller size that I try to avoid playing tug with to avoid an accidental bite. He loves fetching and chasing those toys, and will run around with them in his mouth and shake them back and forth like crazy when he's excited. I've tried throwing one of the small plush toys for him to chase when he starts to bite, and even one of his favorite toys but it seems like he goes from play time to 'crazy bite' time with no warning.September 24, 2020 at 8:18 am
Steffi Trott
So I would say if you are already playing with a toy that is really big and soft, and he still redirects at your hands, I would end the play session right then. BCs are very very excitable, high drive dogs – and as puppies they can definitely be intense! If you cannot "save" the session by using something that should be a lot more appealing than the hands, then play needs to stop at that point.
A big danger with both play biting and crazy biting is that it is SO MUCH FUN for the dog once he gets into it. So interrupting the behavior in order to keep him from enjoying it will be very important.
Another question form my side – does he mainly satisfy his playing desire with you guys? Or does he have any doggy friends he plays with?September 25, 2020 at 5:48 pm
Yes, he definitely gets that look in his eyes that he is having a blast nipping and biting me.
He mostly plays with us, lots of fetch and tug. He has a few doggy friends but tends to be drawn to older dogs who don't want to play with him (mostly just barks at them and jumps around).
We had set up a park date with a friend's 5 month old Doberman puppy. He was interested in her and tried to initiate play with her but when she tried to play back he was a little surprised and hid behind my legs! He warmed up to her as we were walking and would follow her around and chase a ball with her but didn't play the way puppies typically do.September 26, 2020 at 5:59 am
Steffi Trott
Thank you, that is good information. So often for puppies that have a lot of chase/wrestle desire, playing with other puppies or playful adult dogs regularly can "take the edge off" a bit. But it sounds like he still has to warm up a bit more 🙂
How is he with the recall lessons (if you have tried them already)? Does he seem to enjoy this kind of long chase? Maybe you can satisfy his big need for chasing and playing with that as well (in addition to the "close range" tugging)?September 26, 2020 at 12:29 pm
We have been playing the 'Food Chase' and 'Food Chase to Handler' games, as well as running with a tug and having him chase us at the park. He loves all of these games!
As for the doggy playtime, do you think off leash dog parks are okay to let him meet and play with other dogs? I have never really taken my dogs to off leash parks, but he hasn't really clicked with any of the dogs or puppies we know.September 26, 2020 at 2:51 pm
Alice Pace
My 8 week old Scotch collie has an inner shark that comes out in the yard. Usually I can redirect but occasionally he becomes out of control (usually as soon as he goes out). Should I pick him up and carry him inside to his crate or just make sure I always have a toy to redirect with me?October 5, 2020 at 4:57 am
Tara Fears
I'm at a loss with the biting (14 week schnoodle). Most times it's directed at my kids. They are becoming pretty scared and cautious around her. I have picked her up and put her in her pen. But she seems to get even more crazy in there…so much that she now can climb out and the pen doesn't restrain her.. I've hesitated to put her in her crate for various reasons (wanting her to enjoy her crate and not associate it with negative behaviors, and it also probably is not being big enough for her when she's in this mood) but I don't know what else to do. She seems to really enjoy going for my kids feet and it's becoming a very regular thing any time the kids are around her.October 6, 2020 at 10:11 pm
Steffi Trott
I absolutely agree that going after kids' feet is not acceptable. Sometimes puppies develop this attitude of just going "super crazy" when certain people (mostly kids) are around and they are indeed uncontrollable.
First of all, separating the puppy when this happens from the kids will be crucial. I agree about the crate – is there any other way she can be restrained? Maybe in a different room or separated by a very high baby gate?
Secondly – are the kids at all interested in playing with the puppy or do they mainly want to do their own thing? If the kids are interested in interacting with the puppy, you can help them train with him – such as the attention games from the beginning of this course or maybe teaching one of the tricks or lie down or an enrichment game?
Puppies LOVE kids and often try to get any interaction with them that they can get, so if you can help them have mutually beneficial and fun experiences together that would be great.
If they are not really interested in training/playing with the puppy, then I would keep them separated and only have them together when you know the puppy will be tired and calm. That way we can guarantee that 100% of the time they spend together, the puppy is in an appropriate mood and won't nip. Preventing the behavior from being repeated and rehearsed is crucial. E.g. you could have the puppy behind a high baby gate, then take the puppy out for a walk and a playtime and a training time. That should make a 14 week old puppy very tired! At that point, you could let her be with the kids with a delicious chew toy so that she rehearses being around them, but minding her own business, being calm and (probably) eventually falling asleep.October 7, 2020 at 6:38 am
Tara Fears
Thanks for all your suggestions! I am working on finding a better solution for an area I can safely separate her from my kids when she gets really nippy.
My kids really love playing with her and are sad it doesn't work out in a positive experience for them most of the time. I like the idea of having them help train though. That would be beneficial for all of us, I think.
I HAVE been letting my kids help me with the recall training exercises…but when they run off with a stuffed animal/toy for her to chase after, she skips the toy and just goes straight for the child (biting their legs, feet, clothes, etc.) – She seems to really love this exercise. But I don't know how to get her to quit going for the kids and start going after the toy.October 7, 2020 at 9:25 pm
Steffi Trott
Ah yes, I would let them help train … with everything that does NOT make them be perceived in a "prey drive related" way. At this point the recall exercises might be too close to her tipping point at which she just wants to go for their legs and clothes.
Especially the attention and sniffing exercises will be good to link them to something else than the chasing and running in your dog's mind. Maybe they can be in charge of setting up an enrichment game for her every day? The mindset she would be in for those would be very different to the chase/run/wrestle/bite mindset she has with them currently.October 8, 2020 at 6:34 am


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Drunk driver gets life sentence in car collision that killed couple
A drunk driver convicted of killing a husband and wife on New Year's Eve in 2010 was sentenced to 33 years to life in prison.
Jorge Alberto Molina, 29, apologized to the family of Kelvin and Demetria Dorsey who left behind five children before he was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Stephen Marcus on Thursday.
"He had such a disregard for life," Deputy Dist. Atty. Kennes T. Ma said. "He was traveling at speeds ranging from 55 to 100 mph before he crashed into their car."
Molina had a .21% blood-alcohol level when he was arrested on Dec. 31, 2010, following a brief high-speed police chase. The Culver City man ran a red light near Florence Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard about 11:30 p.m. and crashed into the Dorseys' car. He then got out of his car and, without rendering aid to his victims, tried to run away before officers arrested him, Ma said.
The force of the crash caused the couple's blue Infinity to flip on its roof, killing them, according to Ma. The Dorseys' five children range in age from 17 to 28, Ma said.
Molina, who had a prior DUI conviction, was found guilty of two counts of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of an accident by a jury in January. Molina admitted to drinking a bottle of tequila and six beers before driving that night. He also had a bottle of vodka in his car at the time of the crash.
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Just bought C 6, it appear to operate well on normal phone call and e-mail. came to GPS its a hich cup, the voice gardiance came on and off at its will.
please try this feather and share your experience.
manual is absolute useless, it only tell you functiona that it will do but not how?
areyon, 05 Aug 2010i Just bought 1 C6, so far no problem with the device and software but the only problem is whe... moregot my C6 3weeks ago,installed Garmin XT, workin find....installed RAM blower....my C6 workin fantastic
I wanna TV chat on this phone. Can I do that with Fring or other softwares???
Good phone at a good price! i love the slide out QWERTY better than any Android does. The disadvantages is on the touchscreen that still using resistive type, need a lil bit hard pressure to pick it. Overall it's nice phone and HEAVY! lol
Anonymous, 05 Aug 2010hi..plz sumbdy help me decide..i need to buy a ph (touch wid key pad)..Nokia c6 or Nokia N97 m... moreC6 vs N97 mini?
if you have more budget,better get N97 mini instead of low budget for C6.
Im gonna buy diz phone in da next 2days.or,maybe,2mrow
Man...i can smell diz phone...
hi..plz sumbdy help me decide..i need to buy a ph (touch wid key pad)..Nokia c6 or Nokia N97 mini..or sum odr option..
do let me knw..
i want to buy nokia c6 in india ....
but not yet released.......
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vijay, 05 Aug 2010where c6 is available....... plz plz plz plz plz tell me........ in philippines :D and i hoping to buy this week..
artpick, 03 Aug 2010i've been using this phone for almost a week and i find it good but then this phone has MAJOR ... moredon't worry about the video recording 'flaw' tat u mentioned.. most probably your video setting set to basic quality(or sharing quality,3GP).. tats y the time is only 35 seconds.. u try to set to widescreen high quality or aspect ratio high quality.. the recording time for both the setting should be 1.5 hours(if ur memory is enough).. haha..
areyon, 05 Aug 2010i Just bought 1 C6, so far no problem with the device and software but the only problem is whe... moreim also using garmin on my c6.. i used it more than a week dy.. no problem on the garmin software at all.. mayb there is some error on ur garmin software.. try to install a new one n see.. cheers
jay., 05 Aug 2010it depends on your budget. if you want the ultimate its n97 mini among your likings. look at t... moreplz jay tell should i buy samsung wave or lg bl40 chocolate ,which is better and how?plzzzzzz reply
[deleted post]i Just bought 1 C6, so far no problem with the device and software but the only problem is when i load garmin software in my memory card, the phone failed to switch on..maybe that Garmin software is not compatible with C6. but before i buy C6, i have do some survey to compare between N97 Mini and Nokia C6 and the result is, N97 type easy to 'hang' when we run the application compare to C6 bacause Nokia have do some improvement for this C6 about this problem. If anybody have any idea about this please comment.
hanief, 04 Aug 2010someone cn help me? i want to buyying a phone..but two phone i like.. N97mini & C6... cn s... moreit depends on your budget. if you want the ultimate its n97 mini among your likings. look at the followings.
N97 mini- 138g weight & 14 mm thickness.
C6- 150g weight & 17 mm thickness.
N97 mini- stereo speakers.
C6- mono speaker.
N97 mini- slide & tilt screen.
C6- slide.
N97 mini- more spaces between keys on keyboard.
C6- keys on keyboard are cramped together.
N97 mini- battery back cover has metal / steel finish.
C6- all plastic.
N97 mini- 8GB onboard memory apart from 250 MB in 'c' drive.(card upto 16gb)
C6- only 240 MB in 'c' drive.(card upto 16gb)
N97 mini- carl zeiss optics, dual LED flash.
C6- no carl zeiss, single LED flash.
N97 mini- microUSB port (charging).
C6- Doesn't charge off USB.
N97 mini- secondary camera records videos in VGA (640*480)@ 15 fps.
C6- secondary camera records videos in QVGA (320*240)@ ? fps.
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To all those having issues regarding battery life, what I did was to turn my unit to GSM mode not the dual mode coz i read somewhere in dual mode your unit connects to the internet even when ur not using it. Try Settings>Connectivity>Network>Network Mode then choose GSM. Mine lasted 3 days after switching to GSM. Hope that can help...
Jon, 05 Aug 2010Ok, when it comes to swapping your handset, were you within Nokia's DOA Period?
If not, gene... moreThanks Jon.
They doesn't said anything about Nokia DOA/ELF Service period when I report about replacement within a week malfunction after purchase. They just keep on saying that Nokia doesn't have any replacement policy. Do i need to report to Nokia centre or anything?because I don't have any clue how to get my rights.
disappointed custome, 05 Aug 2010I've bought Nokia C6 and for couple days,I recognized there was faulty on the touchscreen.and ... moreOk, when it comes to swapping your handset, were you within Nokia's DOA Period?
If not, generally speaking, phone companies will require that the handset to be sent away for repair at least 3 times.
If you bought the handset from a dealer then its different. Take it to the dealer, explain what happend, and see what they can do.
The reason why the big guns like Nokia, Samsung, LG and HTC dont swap handsets so easily is obvious.
Take it to get repaired, actually TRY to fix it, show Nokia your making an effort.
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