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The development of the university's annual operating budget is led jointly by the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) and the Vice-President (Administration). The budget development process is coordinated by the Financial Planning Office. The Financial Planning Office also provides guidance to senior leadership, academic units and administrative units in support of short and long-term financial and strategic planning while preserving the long-term financial health of the organization.
Budgeting basics
With total revenues of more than $900 million, the University of Manitoba is the largest post-secondary educational institution in the province.
Annual budget development process
Approximately two-thirds of the university's total revenue is recorded in the university's general fund, which funds its academic, administrative, operational and ancillary costs. The remainder of the revenue is recorded in the restricted funds, which support the capital expenses, research and other special activities, and staff benefits and trust funds.
The annual budget development process occurs over several months. Priorities are identified and shared, institutional data is used to inform tuition revenue projections, and preliminary planning parameters establish a starting point. Academic and administrative units prepare detailed operational plans and budgets for review by various individuals and committees.
Financial Services collaborates and consults with relevant stakeholders to prepare a university-wide restricted funds budget.
The Financial Planning Office plays a central role coordinating and overseeing the overall development and consolidation of the annual operating and restricted funds budgets.
Consolidated budget
The university consolidated budget is approved by the Board of Governors each year. Below are the Board of Governors submissions and additional documents which support budget and planning transparency, accountability and communication to the members of the university community.
These resources have been developed to ensure the university community has access to the organization's financial and planning information, including linkages to related and relevant information that assist in our decision-making.
The university budget serves two purposes:
- It is an estimate of income and expenditures that the university will incur over a fiscal year.
- It is a resource allocation tool, in that the university budget model allocates resources to units based on a formula.
The budget represents the culmination of many months of planning and the decisions of academic, ancillary and central units. Through the annual budget development process, planning assumptions related to revenue and expenditures are developed and informed by relevant economic factors, risk assessments, university and provincial policies, collective bargaining agreements and, but not limited to, provincial direction.
Additional budget information
The budget submissions for each year has a corresponding budget framework until the 2018-19 fiscal year. For example: The 2018-19 budget submissions correspond with the 2018-19 budget framework.
Please note there is no budget framework or supplementary information for the 2020-21 or 2021-22 fiscal years.
Resource allocation
Resource allocation is among our most important annual initiatives. This process allows us to operationalize our strategic priorities and ensure we are appropriately supporting student success, research and scholarly work, and our academic mandate overall.
The Financial Planning Office's role
The Financial Planning Office supports the resource allocation process, which is led by the Provost and Vice-President (Academic). Some of our main responsibilities include:
- Participation in the development of the annual request to academic and administrative units for the submission of unit priorities and plans.
- Review of all unit planning submissions for reasonableness to inform and guide institutional budget development and resource allocation decisions.
- Participation in the development of long- and short-term fiscal strategy and planning options to achieve the university's strategic objectives.
- Development of materials in support of the budget development process to assist with decision-making to ensure appropriate resource allocation.
- Participation in the alignment of the university's resources with academic priorities and key strategic initiatives through analytical review of operational strategy, performance results and resource allocation strategy.
- Preparation of budget, financial and other reports for distribution to various groups such as the Budget Advisory Committee (BAC) and Executive Budget Committee.
Budget model
Guiding principles
In 2018/19, the university implemented a redesigned budget model with the objective of moving the university's annual resource allocation process and financial operations toward the following core goals:
- Align resource management, planning, and allocation with the University's mission and strategic priorities
- Enhance collaboration between and within academic and central support units
- Incent creativity, innovation and the pursuit of revenue opportunities to position the University for a strong, sustainable future
- Promote fiscal understanding, responsibility and accountability throughout the University
- Be straightforward and transparent
More about the budget model redesign
Budget model development and review
In fall 2015, a number of key stakeholders were convened for a series of conversations on the topic of reviewing and redesigning the budget model.
A Budget Model Redesign Steering Committee was then formed, charged with examining UM's current approach to resource allocation and developing a set of recommendations for a new resource management, allocation and planning process. That included the design and implementation of a new technology-based budget and planning solution to streamline and improve the financial planning and management of resources.
Budget model description
The Budget Model Redesign project culminated in the university moving from an incremental base budget model to a more decentralized hybrid model, first applied to the 2018-19 budget.
The current model incorporates three primary components:
- Academic and ancillary units
faculties, schools and ancillary units, to which revenues are directly allocated in support of teaching, research and service activities. - Central support units
units such as Student Services, Research Services, UM Libraries, Information Services and Technology (IST) and Financial Services. These units' costs are allocated to academic and ancillary units based on a defined set of cost allocation variables. - University fund
This is created through a common fee (or tax) on select revenues. It is used to support the university's strategic priorities and operations.
More about the budget model
Driver-based allocation is a key concept of the budget model. The allocation rules help portray our internal economy here at the university and, particularly with the revenue allocations, help direct or incent behaviour.
Revenue allocations
Revenue that is planned centrally is allocated to academic units based on one or more variables referred to as drivers or directly to the unit generating the revenue. That revenue is currently limited to the operating grant and most tuition.
Because revenue is planned centrally, academic units are responsible for managing within their approved budget. Fluctuations in actual tuition and operating grant revenue against plan are monitored and managed centrally.
Units are also responsible for budgeting some revenues directly themselves. This includes course-related fees and all of the income-funded activity and various grants and revenues from industry partners and from federal and provincial governments.
Central cost allocation
Central cost allocation is another fundamental component of the model. Allocating costs to the academic units is intended to enhance transparency around costs incurred to operate the university.
Central unit net costs are allocated to academic units using a set of allocation variables. For the purpose of allocating costs to the academic units, central support units are grouped into nine cost pools. These nine cost pools do not represent a reorganization of reporting relationships, but rather a grouping of "like" units for the purpose of allocating each cost pool's net costs via a single allocation variable.
Each academic unit receives cost allocations based on its proportion of the driver assigned to each cost pool. Drivers do not always have a direct link to the types of expenses or services offered by the support units in each pool. The model is not intended to perfectly allocate expenses. The number of costs pools, the support units included in each and their associated drivers were determined by the UM Steering Committee in consultation with deans and directors to arrive at a model that met the guiding principles.
The University Fund
The final main element of the budget model is the University Fund. Designed to address university strategic priorities and operations, it is funded by a 17.75 per cent participation rate on tuition (undergraduate, graduate and distance), differential fees, and provincial operating grants revenue. Additional contributions come from investment income and revenues earned from the International College of Manitoba and Ancillary Services. The funds are used to invest in strategic priorities, including mission-critical subvention.
2023 budget model review
As we approached the five-year mark of the budget model's implementation, the university conducted a comprehensive review to assess our success in meeting or moving toward the goals outlined in our guiding principles.
The solicitation of feedback from stakeholders began following a budget overview presentation by President Benarroch and CFO & Comptroller, Mike Emslie at a Town Hall on 28 September 2022. Members of the university community were invited and encouraged to provide their feedback on the current budget model and budgeting process.
The consultation process was managed by the external consultants who assisted the University with the planning and implementation of the current budget model. A Budget Model and Budget Process Review Steering Committee has been established to review recommendations gathered through the course of the review. Subcommittees will also be formed to discuss implementation of key recommendations that emerged from a synthesis of our community's reflections on the budget model and our annual budgeting processes.
Allocation calculations
Find a brief description of how the revenues and costs for the UM budget are pooled and what drives the allocation of those pools to the academic units.
Revenue allocation
Provincial operating grant
Base operating
- 65 per cent unweighted tuition results
- 30 per cent sponsored research expenses (three-year average)
- Five per cent adjusted faculty and graduate student FTE
- 100 per cent direct to unit
- 100 per cent direct to unit
Undergraduate tuition fee revenue
Program-based fees
- 100 per cent direct to unit
Credit-hour-based fees
- 85 per cent faculty of instruction
- 15 per cent faculty of student record
Graduate tuition fee revenue
Program and credit hour fees
- Direct to academic units
Non-academic unit fees
- Percentage of direct allocation
Continuing fees
- Graduate student headcount
Distance tuition and other student revenue
Distance tuition
- Distance credit hours
University-wide fees
- Total student head count
Other miscellaneous fees
- 100 per cent direct to unit
Cost allocation
Cost pool or allocation |
Driver |
Academic | Credit hours by student major (taught to) – total |
President, External, Indigenous | Faculty and staff full-time equivalent (FTE) |
Information technology |
Faculty, staff, and student (Fall Term) head count |
Administration | Total direct expenses (including restricted) - clinical expenses removed |
Facilities | Net square footage occupancy - all units |
Research | Sponsored research expense (three-year average) |
Student services | Credit hours by instructor (taught by) - total |
Annual budget cycle
The university's annual budget development process includes the following steps and groups with primary accountability and responsibility for their completion.
Collect data and develop assumptions
Purpose: Forecast and allocate university revenues in the model and collect variable data.
Participants: Financial Planning Office, Office of Institutional Analysis and the budget management committees.
Timing: May to June.
Develop central support unit budgets
Purpose: Review central support unit budgets and allocate costs.
Participants: Central support units, Financial Planning Office and the budget management committees.
Timing: June to October.
Develop budget requests
Purpose: Collect funding requests from academic and ancillary units.
Participants: Deans and ancillary units.
Timing: June to December.
Finalize funding decisions
Purpose: Review funding requests and set university budget.
Participants: Financial Planning Office, executive leadership and the budget management committees.
Timing: December to May.
Monitor throughout fiscal year
Purpose: Update the forecast based on current data and emerging information.
Participants: All units are involved, as well as Financial Services and executive leadership.
Timing: April to March.
Roles in the budget process
Financial Planning Office and Financial Services
Develop institutional fiscal projections, including estimates required by the provincial government.
Coordinate budget process, including support for the budget model.
Monitor and report actuals and forecast to the UM Board of Governors and provincial government.
Office of Institutional Analysis
Generate enrolment projections.
Create budget model driver data.
Produce other data (student, faculty, tuition) in support of budgeting.
Office of the Provost
Guide planning and coordination of academic programs, enrolment, academic hiring and other processes and initiatives that inform and support budget planning.
Central unit leadership
Develop proposed budgets based on budget planning parameters and other budget development guidelines.
Present to Central Unit Allocation Committee.
Monitor and manage within approved budgets.
Deans and directors
Develop faculty or school plans and priorities in context of institution-wide priorities and plans.
Determine faculty or school operational requirements.
Direct unit budget development.
Manage approved unit budget, including resource allocation within the faculty.
Business managers
Analyze unit budgetary requirements in relation to budget guidelines and unit plans and priorities.
Develop unit budget requests within UM Plan.
Support unit leaders in budget planning, resource allocation within the faculty or unit, and in-year financial monitoring.
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Andre M. Mura represents plaintiffs in class actions and mass torts including in the areas of consumer protection, privacy, and products liability. Before joining Gibbs Law Group, Andre was senior litigation counsel at the Center for Constitutional Litigation PC, where he represented plaintiffs in high-stakes appeals in state supreme courts and federal appellate courts.
Andre has been honored twice with a California Lawyer Attorney of the Year Award: in 2023 for his involvement and success at trial in Patz v. City of San Diego, and in 2019 for his work in the California Supreme Court in De La Torre v. CashCall. He is on the Board of the Civil Justice Research Initiative of Berkeley Law, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a member of the Lawyers Committee of the National Center for State Courts, a Trustee of the National Civil Justice Institute, past Chair of the American Association for Justice's LGBT Caucus, past Trustee of the National College of Advocacy, and a member of Williams College's Latino/a and BiGLATA Alumni Network.
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Aging of United State
Every 2 years, thousand of older Americans tell their stories. Quietly, compellingly, they answer questions about every aspect of their lives-how they are feeling, how they are interacting with family and others. They do this as participants in the US. Health and Retirement Study (HRS), one of the most innovative studies ever conducted to better understand the nature of health and wee-being in later life. The HRS's purpose is to learn if individuals and families are preparing for the economic and health requirements of advancing age and the type of actions and interventions-at both the individual and societal levels – that can promote or threaten health and wealth in retirement. Now in its second decade, the HRS is the leading resource for data on the combined health and economic circumstances of Americans over age 50.
During each 2 year cycle of interviews, the HRS team surveys more than 20.000 people who represent the Nation's diversity of economic conditions, racial and ethnic back grounds, health, marital histories and family compositions, occupations and employment histories, living arrangements, and other aspects of life. Since 1992, more than 270.000 people have given 200.000 hours of interviews.
Objectives and design of the HRS
The HRS collects data to help:
- Explain the antecedents and consequences of retirement.
- Examine the relationships among health, income, and wealth over time.
- Examine life cycle patterns of wealth accumulation and consumption.
- Monitor work disability.
- Examine how the mix and distribution of economic, family, and program resources affect key outcomes, including retirement, "dissaving", health declines, and institutionalization.
The HRS Longitudinal Sample Design
Oldest Old, or Ahead, was fist administered in 1993 to a nationally representative sample of Americans age 70 and older (strictly speaking, born in 1923 or earlier). Again, in the case of married couples, interviewers were conducted with spouses. About 8.000 people were interviewed as part of the 1993 ahead survey. These individual were re-interviewed in 1995.
The original HRS and ahead surveys were integrated in 1998, and the consolidated project is now referred to as the Health and Retirement Study. The new group of survey participants (including spouses) were added in 1998. The fist group consists of people in the age group that falls between the original HRS and ahead sample. Born between 1924 and 1930 and raised during the Great Depression, these participants are called the Children of the Depression Age, or CODA cohort. The second group added in 1998 was the fist "refresher cohort" brought in to replenish the sample of people in their early 50s as the War baby cohort, consisting of people born between 1942 and 1947 and their same-age or younger spouses.
The past and projected evolution of the HRS sample, including surveys years for the different participant cohorts. In the future, the research team plans to supplement the sample with groups of younger people as they reach their 50s. For example, participants born between 1948 and 1953-the early years of the post-World War II baby boom – were added to the HRS sample in 2004. By continuing to "refresh" the sample, the HRS will provide along term source of data on the transition from middle age to the initial stages of retirement and beyond.
Unique Features Of The HRS
Among the HRS's important contributions to the study aging and to social science research:
- The HRS offers the scientific community open access to in-depth longitudinal data about adults over age 50, enabling researchers to explore critical aging-related concerns.
- The study's broad national representation allows it to look at the older population in general, as well as the great diversity and variability of aging.
- The HRs helps researchers to investigate both current issues and changes over time.
- The HRS permits researchers to probe the impacts of unexpected health events, such as a cancer diagnosis, heart attack, stroke, or the onset of chronic disease on other aspects of individuals' lives.
- The HRS, along with other studies worldwide that were based on the its design, allows for comparisons of trends in aging and retirement worldwide.
The Allocation of HRS Interview Time By Road Topic
The HRS specifically focuses on:
- Economic Circumstances: Sources and amounts of income, the composition and amount of assets and entitlements to current and future benefits such as those provide through Social Security, Medicare, employer pension…
- Occupations and Employment: Occupation and employment information collected by the HRS covers job characteristics, job mobility, attitude toward retirement…
- Health and Health Care: The HRS collects information about chronic illness, functional ability, depression, and examines health related behaviors such as smoking, alcohol use and exercise.
- Cognition: The HRS is unique among large surveys in its use of direct measures of cognition, drawn from established clinical instruments.
- Living and Housing Arrangements: The survey explores the relationships between people's living arrangements and the availability or use of long term care services such as nursing home residence, services offered to residents living in the other housing arrangements, and special housing features for people who are physically impaired.
- Demographics and Family Relationships: The HRS gathers standard demographic facts such as age, racial/ethnic background, education, material status and history and family composition.
The HRS: A Model For Other Countries
Many nations, particularly in Europe, are further along than the United States in population aging, and they have found the multidisciplinary, longitudinal nature of the HRS appealing as a way to obtain a holistic picture of health and retirement trends in their graying population.
The success of the HRS and ELSA has spawned a major international study that now tracks health and retirement trends in Europe. Share the survey of health, ageing and retirement in Europe – involves Sweden, Denmark, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy and Greece. Approximately 130 researchers from the participating nations have been organized in to multidisciplinary country teams and cross nation working groups, assisted by a number of expert support and advisory teams.
Population aging is also becoming a major policy concern in developing countries. The HRS concept is being applied in the Mexican Health and Ageing Study (MHAS), the fist such effort in a developing country. The MHAS is a prospective panel study of Mexicans born prior to 1951. Its 2001 baseline survey was nationally representative of the older Mexican population and similar in design and content to the HRS. A second round of data collection was undertaken in 2003. In addition to the range of issues that can be considered using HRS data, the MHAS offers an opportunity to explore aging and health dynamics in the context of international migration.
The HRS and SHARE concepts have also been emulated in Eastern Asia. South Korea is already planning the second wave of the Korean longitudinal study on Aging, while planning for initial waves is well advanced in China, Thailand, Japan and initial planning for an Indian HRS has begun.


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The Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S. said he does not believe the Taliban is seeking "retribution" against Afghans, contrary to American intelligence, according to emails obtained by Politico.
Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan said in exchanges between the U.S. and Pakistan that the Taliban "were not seeking retribution, and in fact were going home to home to assure Afghans that there will not be reprisals," based on "ground observations," Politico reported.
U.S. State Department official Ervin Massinga noted that "he has seen reporting to the contrary and hopes the Taliban do not seek revenge."
The sensitive, unclassified emails showed the U.S. is attempting to pressure Pakistan to cooperate in the fight against terrorist groups, such as ISIS-K and Al Qaeda, Politico reported.
Pakistan has been helpful to the U.S. when fighting groups like Al Qaeda, Politico noted, but U.S. officials regularly accused Islamabad of aiding the Afghan Taliban.
The Pakistani government suggested that it deserves more public recognition of the country's role in aiding Afghan refugees who attempted to cross the border into Pakistan now that U.S. air rescues have stopped.
"It's clear that the Biden administration from the top levels seems to have pretty deep reservations about Pakistan, born of years of experience, and is not willing to either give Pakistan a pass or kudos for anything that Pakistan might like," Daniel Markey, a South Asia specialist and former State Department official, told Politico.
Massinga and Khan met on Aug. 26, the same day as the ISIS-K terrorist attack in Kabul, Politico reported. Khan offered his condolences and the use of Pakistani medical facilities. (RELATED: CENTCOM Says It's 'Unclear What May Have Happened' In Kabul Drone Strike That Reportedly Killed Civilians)
"Acknowledging the tragedy, Massinga underscored the mutual interest Pakistan and the United States have in targeting ISIS-K and al-Qa'ida," the description of the meeting stated, according to Politico.
President Joe Biden has yet to speak with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, Politico reported.
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Euromoney produced a rich seam of data throughout 2015 to inform and support our coverage of key issues that have affected financial markets and the banking industry.
Over 40,000 institutions participated in Euromoney Research Group's benchmark rankings this year — polls that tackle opaque markets where it is often difficult to assess client priorities and bank performance. And over 400 sovereign risk experts participated in Euromoney Country Risk. This crowd-sourced risk data flagged up potential sovereign downgrades or upgrades months before they occurred.
Data from Euromoney's benchmark rankings has proved granular enough to pin point what different types of clients want from their banks and how their priorities vary across the regions and the countries that those banks operate in.
For example, over 23,000 companies representing annual gross revenue in excess of $1 trillion of sales participated in the 2015 cash management survey.
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14th Edition
Special Prize to the
71st Venice International Film Festival
The OPEN Prize 2014 is awarded to
Rä di Martino
Award ceremony: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
Villa degli Autori, Venice Lido
Arte Communications launches the 14th edition of the OPEN Prize, on the occasion of OPEN 17. International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations.
The institution of this award, conceived in 2000 by Paolo De Grandis and Pierre Restany, developed parallel to OPEN, the International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, which opens its seventeenth edition this year on 28th August. The prize will be awarded to a director taking part in the Venice International Film Festival whose work reveals, in an unprecedented way, a fruitful interest in the fascinating theme of the mutual interaction between art and cinema, two art forms which live on image and are nourished by the desire to express emotions.
The OPEN 2014 Prize, a work conceived and realised by the Artist Mark Aspinall has been awarded to Rä di Martino.
The jury, chaired by Paolo De Grandis, explained why he was chosen:
«To the works of Rä di Martino, a video artist who skilfully plays with the languages of art. His ironic and surreal gaze captures bizarre stories to tell tales of human fragility, among theatre, music, literature and the cinema. He judiciously articulates codes and quotations, moving expertly between the techniques and tools of the arts.
In particular, the cinema is both protagonist and object of investigation and reflection for Rä di Martino. So in his works we can catch, glimpse, perceive or stumble across stories, places, words, echoes of the cinema that has become a collective memory and thus a kind of alphabet: coded signs that tell new stories or new old stories in the artistic video dimension».
Previous winning directors were Joao Botelho with the film Quem es tu?,Julie Taymor with Frida, Takeshi Kitano with Zatoichi, Marziyeh Meshkini with Sag - haye velgard,Stanley Kwan with Changhen ge (Everlasting Regret), Jia Zhangke with Dong, Peter Greenaway with Nightwatching, Philip Haaswith The Butcher's Shop,Michael Moore with Capitalism: A Love Story, John Woo, the Director Marco Müller, Robert Redford and Serena Nono.
The OPEN exhibition has been held for seventeen years, coinciding with the Venice Film Festival, confirming the precise intent to strengthen the bond that exists between art and the cinema; the creation of OPEN Prize bears witness to this close and fertile relationship.


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Russia intends to set up a military base in the Bosnian Serb-dominated part of Bosnia to counter NATO in the Western Balkan region, according to an article by Germany's 'Die Welt'.
Russia has donated six MiG-29 fighters to the Serbian military and the donation of 30 BRDM-2MS armored scout vehicles and 30 T-72MS main battle tanks with logistics support is underway, a press release by Serbia's Defence Ministry on Wednesday said.
"The news brings the aspirations of Serbia to modernise its army and with that to bring its own arms industry back into focus," said the article, carried by Deutsche Welle.
"That is potentially explosive – as Serbia relies on Russia, a country which showed in Ukraine its decisiveness to expand its sphere of influence with armed force," said the article by Boris Kalnoki, Die Welt's correspondent in Budapest.
He wrote that Serbia had "under the dictator Slobodan Milosevic waged wars against Croatia and Kosovo, and in the Bosnian war helped the Serbs there."
"Having this in mind, announcements of Serbia's Government that it will attack Kosovo if necessary, if that country forms its own army, sound especially threatening," he wrote.
The article says that the parliament in Pristina decided in December to form an army, partly because "Serbia is arming itself."
"That is part of the overall arming in eastern and central Europe," he wrote, adding that Poland, Hungary and Bulgaria are accelerating the modernisation of their arsenals stemming from Soviet times.
But he also wrote that Croatia aims to buy F-16 fighter jets to replace its old MiG 21's.
"Considering that this represents the strengthening of NATO in the region, it is not surprising that Russia is counteracting. While NATO mostly relies on Albania, Kosovo and Croatia in former Yugoslavia, Russia is concentrating on Serbia and Republika Srpska, the Serb entity in Bosnia" he wrote.
The US has one of its biggest military bases in Kosovo, Bondsteel, and Russia wants "to build its military base in Republika Srpska," he assessed.
The article reasons that, since Serbs are economically weaker than the EU members in the region, "Moscow is giving them arms as gifts: Serbia gets, apart from the tanks, six MiG 29 fighter jets, Belarus gives them another eight."
This will result in Serbia having the strongest air force in the region, it said.


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Join us for an evening featuring Columbus-based vocalist, Laura Camara, accompanied by Eric Everett Jazz. Tickets for this show are $15 each. This event will also be livestreamed on BOP STOP's Facebook page at showtime. Accessing the stream is free but donations are encouraged and directly support the band. To donate, select "Donation: Livestream Attendee" as your Ticket Option above and follow the steps below:
Vocalist Laura Camara (formerly known as Laura Brunner) in an American performer, composer, arranger, and educator. Musically trained as a multi-instrumentalist, Laura is perhaps most known for her powerful voice, musical versatility, and innovative improvisation. Laura is an award winning jazz vocalist and has performed at top jazz venues and festivals around the world such as The Montreux Jazz Festival, The Boston Pops Jazz Festival, and the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Program at the John F. Kennedy National Center for the Performing Arts. Laura has also been a featured artist for many high profile performances including headlining The Ubud Village Jazz Festival in Bali, Indonesia and performing for the Thai Royal Family in the Jazz For The King Concert in honor of the King of Thailand's birthday. Laura has been a featured profiled artist on WGBH Boston's National Public Radio and New York City Web Series Capsulocity.
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Prague is a popular destination in central Europe. Its unique architectural design and avant-garde arts have attracted many art enthusiasts as well as tourists from all over the world. From this bohemian art city, Zuzana Kubickova, a new graduate from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague has already drawn attention from international fashion magazines such as ELLE and Harper's Bazaar.
She is certainly talented and there is something more than just technique and design which distinguish her from her fellow graduates. So what makes Zuzana so unique?
(Zuzana Kubickova:ZK, Utsushi Suganami :UT)
UT: How do you describe your design, what is the uniqueness of your clothes?
ZK: I don't make clothes for fashion. I think designing clothes is like creating a story. Every design has its own message to it and once a dress is made, it becomes a medium to convey the message. For me, designing is a means to express my philosophical and theoretical ideas.
UT: Do you have any particular philosophy and theory you refer to?
ZK: I often refer to geometry because I am interested in the forms and structures of organic nature. I think that this theory can be expressed in many forms, for example, it can be expressed in cubistic forms, or it can be something to do with relativity or it can refer to the organic system of nature. Geometric elements can be found everywhere in daily life, so I try to collect ideas every time that I find something interesting that can be put into a story. It takes time but it is an important process for my creation.
UT: Interesting, but how do you transform your theories into a piece of clothes?
ZK: For example, the collection called Zima is inspired by the geometric form of snowflakes. The cubic collection is inspired very much by crystal forms of the Czech cubism in design and architecture. For me it was an experiment to see how a human body can be dressed on the basis of cubic theory. And also natural elements like light, rain drops etc are taken as a part of the design of the dot collection.
UT: Well, your clothes have a special message born out of geometry. Maybe we can say that your design is unique because the theory is combined with a personal story? But does this explain why you do not go into the retail industry?
ZK: Yes, I enjoy the process of making a piece with clients because it is as if I am creating a story with them. Each dress has its own expression and this expression tells a story. It is a warm, humane part of the clothes design and thus I can make my clothes a little more personal, maybe a little more unique.
It is probably true that her attempt to translate the universality of geometry into the art of fashion design makes her designs unique. By crossing between the territories of both philosophy and design, Zuzana Kubickova's approach to fashion design could be said to be a new mode of art in itself.
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The main tools to know in architectural services are several, but, the very first tool you need to know about today's architectural services is also the most important one: BIM.
BIM stands for Building Information Modelling. Most architects continue to work with yesterday's tools and with two-dimensional drawings that are prone to interpretation. The loss of information, or lack of, is truly unimaginable.
However, when working in Building Information Modelling and on the tools of an expert that is also a professional in construction, the level of detail and of analysis achieved is far better and more complete than an ordinary one.
The problem solution that goes into the design is completely different and you as a client will be enjoying a new experience with visuals that will let you actually understand and imagine the house you are being presented.
So, when you finally decide to build your dream house, remember that the main tools in architectural services exist, but it is always highly recommended to have a company to trust and that will give you the best advices to build your house.
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Taylor Scott International News
Rising home prices in many metro areas in the United States have helped home owners build housing wealth in recent years, according to new research from the National Association of Realtors. But the continued decline in home ownership means the gains are going to fewer people and likely leading to worsening inequality in the nation. The NAR reviewed data on home ownership rates, changes in single family median home prices and a measure of inequality between 2010 and 2013 to estimate wealth and income inequality in 100 of the largest metropolitan statistical areas across the US. The findings reveal that over 90% of metro areas have experienced declining home ownership rates at a time when home values have risen and incomes have remained flat. According to the study, wealth distribution is seen as most unequal in metro areas with the lowest homeownership rates, including high cost areas such as Los Angeles, New York and San Diego. According to Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, home prices have steadily recovered in most metro areas in the past five years, providing a boost of $5 trillion in housing wealth from the downturn's cyclical low for home owners during this time. 'Home ownership plays a pivotal role in the US economy and has historically been one of the primary sources of wealth accumulation for middle class families,' he said. 'Unfortunately, due to an underperforming labour market, insufficient housing supply and overly-stringent underwriting standards since the recession, home ownership has plunged to a rate not seen in over two decades. As a result, the country has become more unequal as the number of homeowners has fallen while the number of renters has significantly risen,' he added. Yun explained that the inability for renter households to become home owners is leaving them behind financially. A typical homeowner's net worth climbs because of upticks in home values and declining mortgage balances. On the other hand, renters have likely seen increased rental housing costs and are less likely to have been active investors in the stock market's strong growth in recent years. NAR's study examined intensifying or lessoning inequality by measuring the change in the number of owners and renters during the recent period of rising home values. The findings show that an overwhelming 93 out of 100 analysed markets experienced a declining home ownership rate from 2010 to 2013. Because renters typically have much lower net worth than home owners, a metro area's low homeownership rate is associated with greater wealth inequality. As a result, Los Angeles, New York, Las Vegas, Fresno in California and San Diego were found to have the most unequal wealth distribution. 'Changes in wealth during this period are especially profound in high cost metro areas that have seen robust price growth. For instance, a typical home owner in San Jose, California, enjoyed an increase of $210,671 in housing wealth while renters were left behind and likely exposed to annual rent increases,' said… Continue reading →
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Climate change has added to the lexicon of weather events with scientists identifying five distinct new patterns that are occurring regularly across the planet, posing new threats to regions and cities.
The journal Environment Research: Climate has published a paper reporting that all pose lethal risks for people around the planet.
Scientists drew upon hundreds of "attribution" studies, or research that aims to calculate how climate change affected an extreme event using computer simulations and weather observations.
"We find we have a much better understanding of how the intensity of these events is changing due to climate change," said study co-author Luke Harrington, a climate scientist at Victoria University of Wellington.
Flash drought
While places such as California and East Africa are undergoing prolonged endemic drought, other regions are facing up to flash versions of the phenomenon, such as China, South Africa and the US. This is a soil moisture, or agricultural, drought that occurs extremely rapidly with little warning. The report cites the situation in Cape Town, as it narrowly avoided "day zero", when there would have been no water remaining in city pipes.
Fire weather
The worsening wildfires risk is manifest in megafires that burn more than 100,000 acres that have already substantially increased in many regions. Recent blazes in Canada, the US, Australia and other parts of the world have been made much more likely by climate change. Fire raged across the US state of New Mexico in April, after a controlled burn set under "much drier conditions than recognised" got out of control. The fires burnt 341,000 acres, causing deaths, harm to health from air pollution, billions of pounds of damage and harm to wildlife.
Super storms
Super storms more associated with the tropics are now occurring as high up the planet as Canada. There is also evidence that tropical storms are becoming more intense and even stalling over land, where they can deliver more rain on a single area. A greater fraction of those that do happen are the most intense category four and five "superstorms", and events such as Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy have been amplified by climate change. While climate change might not have made Cyclone Batsirai any more likely to have formed in February, it probably made it more intense, capable of destroying more than 120,000 homes when it hit Madagascar.
"There have also been several notable events amplified by climate change in recent years, including Hurricanes Irma, Maria, Katrina, Harvey, Florence, Sandy, Typhoons Haiyan and Morakot, and others. Additionally, notable recent seasons of high cyclone activity could not be explained without anthropogenic influence, including in the Arabian Sea in 2015, in the western North Pacific in 2015, and in the North Atlantic in 2017," the report said.
Scorching heatwaves
Scorching heatwaves also bring unprecedented misery. The disasters database shows that of 157,000 documented heat-related deaths from 2000 to 2020, just 6.3 per cent of them occurred in countries — many of them tropical — that are home to 85 per cent of humanity and 60 per cent of Earth's land. That is a result of poor measurement, not an absence of heatwaves.
In general, a heatwave that previously had a 1 in 10 chance of occurring is now nearly three times as likely — and peaking at temperatures about 1°C higher — than it would have been without climate change.
An April heatwave that saw the mercury climb above 50°C in India and Pakistan was made 30 times more likely by climate change, according to the paper.
Cold extremes are declining while heat extremes are increasing. "Pretty much all heatwaves across the world have been made more intense and more likely by climate change," said study co-author Ben Clarke, an environmental scientist at the University of Oxford.
Battering rainfall
Rainfall is also becoming more lethal, more often. A growing number of floods have been made more intense by the effects of rising temperatures on rainfall. Episodes of heavy rainfall are becoming more common and more intense because warmer air holds more moisture, so storm clouds are "heavier" before they eventually break.
"Since the 1950s, heavy rainfall has become more frequent and intense across most parts of the world, which is now known to be mainly due to human climate change," he said. "It hasn't strongly decreased in likelihood anywhere," the paper said. "The general trend is increasingly extreme rainfall resulting in destructive flooding over a large portion of the world's surface."


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Getting started with optical 3D metrology
Getting started with optical 3D metrology
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In this webinar, we will introduce you to the basics of precise industrial 3D metrology in metal forming.
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Getting started with optical 3D metrology
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What could be better than coming home to a comfortable and relaxing abode that's tailored to your needs and lifestyle? With the best budget smart home devices of 2022, you can make your home just that—smart! From automating your lights and appliances to adding security features, these affordable gadgets will have you living in high-tech comfort without breaking the bank. So, whether you're just starting out on your smart home journey or are looking for an upgrade on a budget, read on for our picks of the best budget-friendly devices to get you started.
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Best Budget Smart Speaker
Amazon Echo Dot (4th Gen)
If you're looking for an affordable way to add a voice assistant to your home, the 4th generation Amazon Echo Dot is a great option. It's one of the most affordable smart speakers on the market and it doesn't skimp on features, either. With Alexa built-in, you can use your voice to control compatible smart home devices, play music, set alarms, and more. This device has six microphones so Alexa can pick up voice commands from anywhere in the room. Sound quality has also been improved from the previous model, so you can enjoy your music even more. Plus, the new spherical design takes up less space on your counter or side table.
You can buy this on Amazon for $39.99.
Best Budget Smart Lights
Wyze Bulb Color
Not only are Wyze Bulb Colors some of the most affordable smart lights on the market, but they're also one of the easiest to set up. These LED bulbs let you connect to your home's Wi-Fi network and can be controlled using the Wyze app or with your voice, if you have a compatible Alexa Device or Google Home device. You can choose from 16 million colors to customize your lighting experience. It also has a vacation mode feature that will randomly turn your lights on and off while you're away to deter burglars.
You can buy this on Amazon for $15.17.
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Best Budget Security Camera
Wyze Cam v3
If you're looking for an affordable and reliable security camera, the Wyze Cam v3 is a great option. This 1080p HD camera offers clear video day or night and has two-way audio so you can communicate with whoever is on the other end. It also comes with built-in motion and sound detection, so you'll always be alerted of any activity in your home. Plus, it has a free 14-day cloud storage so you can review footage at any time. With its small and sleek design, the Wyze Cam v3 can be placed almost anywhere in your home without being obtrusive.
You can buy this on Amazon for $35.98.
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Best Budget Smart Plug
TP-Link Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Plug
Smart Plug is one of the best budget smart home devices as it doesn't require any extra hardware or complicated installation. With this Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Plug from TP-Link, you can easily turn your regular home appliances into smart devices. All you need is a Wi-Fi connection and the free Kasa app to get started. Once set up, you can use your voice to control the plug with Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant. You can also set schedules and timers so your devices are only turned on when you need them. This compact and easy-to-use smart plug is a great way to make any home a little smarter without spending a lot of money.
You can buy this on Amazon for $12.69.
Best Budget Thermostat
Amazon Smart Thermostat
Another best cheap smart home technology that can add real ease to your life while also potentially saving you money on energy is a thermostat. The Amazon Smart Thermostat is one of the best smart thermostats for budget shoppers. This device can be controlled using the Amazon Alexa app or your voice if you have an Echo device. With this thermostat, you can set temperature schedules so your home is always comfortable when you need it to be. Plus, it's easy to install and comes with everything you need for a quick and simple setup.
You can buy this on Amazon for $47.99.
Best Budget Robot Vacuum
Eufy RoboVac 11S
Cleaning can be a dreaded household chore but with the Eufy RoboVac 11S, you can sit back and let this budget-friendly robot vacuum do all the work for you. Although it isn't the best robot vacuum you can buy, it more than holds its own against the competition and at a fraction of the price. This powerful little vacuum has 1300Pa of suction power to clean your, floors quickly and easily. Its super slim design lets it clean under furniture and in other hard-to-reach places. It also comes with an infrared sensor for evading obstacles and a drop-sensing tech to avoid falls. With a 100-minute run time, the Eufy RoboVac 11S can clean small homes on a single charge.
You can buy this on Amazon for $159.99.
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Best Budget Smart Display
Google Nest Hub (2nd Gen)
The Google Nest Hub is the ideal smart display if you are totally committed to Google's ecosystem or already own a lot of Nest devices. This 7-inch touch screen display lets you control all your compatible smart home devices in one place. Plus, with built-in Google Assistant, you can use voice commands to do things like play music, check the weather, set alarms, and more. The Nest Hub also has a built-in speaker so you can listen to music or podcasts without having to connect it to an external speaker. Google also supports more video services than Amazon on its smart displays, including Disney Plus and Paramount Plus.
You can buy this on the Google store for $99.99.
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Best Budget Video Doorbell
Ring Video Doorbell 2nd Gen
Video Doorbells play an important role in keeping your home safe and secure. This is one of the best budget smart home devices you should consider buying. The Ring Video Doorbell 2nd-gen is one of the best budget video doorbells you can buy. This battery-powered doorbell comes with a 1080p HD video camera, night vision, motion detection, and two-way audio so you can see and speak to visitors from anywhere. It's also easy to install by just connecting it to the wifi through the Ring app and mounting it with the included tools.
You can buy this on Amazon for $99.99.
Best Budget Smart Lock
Wyze Lock
If you always tend to lose your keys or forget to lock the door, then a smart lock is a great solution for you. The Wyze Lock is one of the best smart home devices you can buy. You can control this Bluetooth-enabled deadbolt using the Wyze app. You can also use your voice if you have an Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant device. With Wyze Lock, you can give keyless entry to family and friends, set up auto-lock and unlock schedules, and even receive alerts when your door is unlocked. Unlike other locks, Wyze Lock has a built-in gyroscope to know the position of the door. This allows the Wyze Lock to automatically lock the door when it's closed and unlocks it when you walk up to your door.
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Burtonsville, MD Psychics
How many people can say they've left a party having had their future told? Now your guests can! Book a Psychic to offer readings at your event: birthdays, themed parties, and social gatherings of all kinds. Choose the vendors you like best in the Burtonsville, MD area.
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Psychic Astrologer MD
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Hello I am the Psychic of Maryland. I have been providing readings and healings services since I was 12 years old so for 17 years I have been blessed whit a gift to see and understand the unknown, the healing services an...
Clairvoyant Lady
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Psychic since her childhood, Pamela has spent much of her life developing her skills to include 35 years as a certified, accurate psychic medium, and 40 as a professional astrologer. Clairaudient, clairsentient, clairvo...
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Hello, And thank you for taking the time to visit my profile my name is Paris I am Born, Gifted, Clairvoyant, Psychic Medium & Master Tarot Card Reader. & Energy healer. With my abilities, I am not only able to give clar...
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Lip Print Reader (Lipsology) - Tarot Card Reader - Palmistry - Handwriting Analysis (Graphology) Ariana is one of only 9 Certified Lipsologists or lip print readers worldwide and the only one, currently, in the DC area...
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World famous Tarot Reader, Palmist and Astrologer Randy Goldberg has been interviewed by CNN, Washington Post, and NPR for his intuitive gifts. Randy has a great deal of experience at entertaining and will have your gues...
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Lady of the palm goes to the sacred chamber of the great pyramid at Giza to gleam messages for clients. This meditation connects to your higher power to provide you with practical information. Palm readings follow the...
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Tarot By Thomas
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The Man Who Can Read Minds
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You may not know ANYTHING about him. He knows EVERYTHING about you. If you don't want him to know it, DON'T think it! James Scott, The Man Who Can Read Minds, will take your audience on a journey of the past, prese...
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Psychics Extraordinaire
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Psychic Medium Marla Edgar
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*Although it is a personal experience, there are always lots of laughs… I like to have fun with it as life is meant to be enjoyed! It's comforting that clients continually comment on my positive, uplifting energy and fre...
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Stephen Christopher (Mr Hypno)
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One of the BUSIEST ... MOST SOUGHT AFTER Hypnotists in the region! A SEEN ON TLC's "CAKE BOSS" THIS SEASON! A FAVORITE family entertainer at WOODLOCH RESORT ... VILLA ROMA RESORT ... ROCKING HORSE RANCH RESORT and MORE....
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Magical Memories Entertainment is a leading entertainment broker service offering a wide selection of local, regional and national acts. Planning events has gotten very challenging over the past few years. Weather it be...
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Magic By David is a full time entertainer, with 10 plus years experience. I specialize in childrens birthday parties , adult parties and stage shows. I magically make my white doves and bunny rabbit Appear. Every show I...
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Guaranteed to Keep Everyone Laughing! Hypno Lorenzo has worked very hard to have ALL POSITIVE CUSTOMER REVIEWS. His hilarious hypnosis show is one of the hottest tickets in entertainment today and will be remembered...
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55 Years for Two-Shot Goose Hunt
Barbara Crimond | Oct 18, 2022 | Comments 0
As each November gives way to December right around the dark of the moon, thousands of Snow and Canadian geese migrate to southeast Colorado to stop over and feed and for the past 55 years, numerous hunters have come to Lamar for the annual goose hunt.
Rose Ann Yates, one of the principals in the annual Two-Shot Celebrity Goose Hunt, recently recounted the origins of the event to the Lamar Rotary Club, an offering of the Rotary's "Still Standing" series recounting those long-lived business and events in the Lamar area.
The hunt's origins go back to 1966 when a local goose-hunting club decided to expand its operation into a celebrity goose hunt, given the thousands of geese that migrated through the area each year. Putting the event on the map would help generate local revenue and to that end, people such as Dan Sniff, Punch Bowen, Jim Higgins, Andy Wyatt, Dave Eddleman and others, in later years, Robert Yates contributed to the growth of the annual event.
Rose Ann Yates said the first year attracted the likes of famed actor Roy Rogers, sports celebrities such as Goose Gossage, regional governors and heads of corporations for the three-day hunt. Other notable attendees included Tippy Martinez, cowboy-poet Baxter Black, singer Hank Thompson, various actors from movies and tv as well as representatives from Dicks Sporting Goods, Cabelas and Winchester.
"It's grown to the point where we now have to turn away teams who want to take part," she said, adding that the hunt started out with just four shooters on four teams and they could only take two shots on site. That's changed over the years to now allow twelve teams with six shooters, but Yates explained the event is at its limit and she's had to turn away teams for the past several years.
"We've split the teams into several events that offer sporting clays on Wednesday, this year on November 30th, which includes the very popular evening public auction at the Lamar Eagles Lodge. Thursday features the morning upland hunt, so the events are split for the teams to get some shooting practice in over the two days." The fast-paced auction features complimentary beverages and food while the bidding gets very generous and the proceeds help many of the charities supported by the Two-Shot such as Lamar Area Hospice, Toys for Tots, Hunt for a Lifetime and Water for Wildlife. The Thursday banquet is a way of saying thanks to all the landowners for allowing the hunt on their properties.
"It would be almost impossible for us to do this each year without local volunteers, especially the guides who spend so much of their time coordinating with local landowners, digging the pits and literally traveling to other states to find the best hunting site," she explained, adding that the Rebel Roosters from Colorado Springs serve as the upland guides. Other organizations pitch in and benefit as well, including the FFA students from McClave who serve as cleaners and package the birds for the hunter's departure that Saturday.
"It's hard to determine just how many ways the hunt benefits the economy of the Lamar area. Everyone involved buys as many local items as they can and this runs from gas, lodging, restaurants, clothing, hunting supplies and even includes selling pick-up trucks," she explained. "Many of these hunters become life-long friends and enjoy their ties to the community," Yates added, saying she hopes to see a large turnout at the Eagles Lodge for the November 30th auction.
By Russ Baldwin
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Introduction to Meningitis in Puppies: What It Is and How They Get It
Meningitis is a serious medical condition that is caused by inflammation of the membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord. It can cause severe neurological symptoms and even death in both puppies and adult dogs, so it's important to be alert for signs of infection.
Puppies can contract meningitis as a result of an underlying health problem or certain viruses or bacteria. Bacterial infections are the most common cause of meningitis in puppies, most often occurring when bacteria enter through the blood stream or directly into cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Viral meningitis is less common, but may still occur from contact with other infected animals or from drinking contaminated water. In rare instances, parasites such as protozoa can cause infection in the central nervous system (CNS), leading to development of meningitis.
Once in the CSF, bacteria can quickly multiple, causing inflammation and swelling around the protective tissue covering your puppy's brain and spinal cord – known as the leptomeninges. Symptoms will vary depending on what type of organism has infected your pup, but generally speaking they include fever, loss of appetite, seizures, vomiting and disorientation. If left untreated, this swelling can lead to severe neurological issues including blindness and paralysis among other chronic problems.
It's important to regularly check your puppy for signs of illness, such as frequent scratching at ears or head shaking; these could indicate potential infection leading to possible meningitis development down the line. To accurately diagnose this condition requires a spiuy lumbar puncture coupled with bacterial cultures for confirmation if appropriate – this would ideally be done under anesthesia so that all results will be obtained correctly without hindrance from movement from pain due to needle insertion during testing procedure. Fortunately there are numerous treatments available that can significantly reduce chances for feeling lasting effects such as long term neck stiffness or chronic headaches depending upon how advanced infection has become before medical attention was obtained.
By understanding causes connected with puppy meningitis and acting on any suspicions early through veterinary visits you might just save life not only improve quality associated with it!
Step by Step Guide to Diagnosing Meningitis in Your Puppy
Meningitis is an inflammation of the inner lining (meninges) of the brain and spinal cord that can be caused by a variety of pathogens. If left untreated, meningitis can cause irreversible damage to your pet's central nervous system, including paralysis or even death. That is why it's essential to diagnose meningitis as quickly as possible in order to begin treatment and prevent long-term issues. Here's our step-by-step guide to diagnosing meningitis in your puppy:
1. Observe Symptoms: Keep a close eye on any behavioral changes in your pet when trying to diagnose meningitis. Some common symptoms include sluggishness, lack of coordination, fever, refusal to eat/drink, vomiting or seizures. If you notice any of these indicators, bring your pup into the vet for a checkup immediately – especially if several signs occur at once.
2. Take Your Pup's Temperature: A fever is one of the most telling indications that something may be wrong with your pup so taking their temperature should be part of any initial diagnostic process when you believe they might have meningitis. Healthy puppies should have a normal body temperature between 100 and 102 degrees Fahrenheit (38 -39 Celsius). Anything higher than this could indicate an underlying health issue such as meningitis and needs further investigation by a qualified veterinarian.
3. Perform Detailed Physical Exam: Next it's important for your veterinarian to perform a physical examination on your pup in order to assess their overall physical health and wellbeing more closely – paying specific attention to possible neurological abnormalities like abnormal reflexes or behavior changes associated with being sickeness or pain associated with inflammation near the brain or spine areas which often times accompany meningitis cases .
4 Get Imaging Tests Done : Depending on what is found during the physical exam imaging tests such as are MRI or CT scan may need to be administered in order to allow for greater insight into whether there is evidence of swelling , infection or other building blocks typically associated with signs of mensigites . It also helps discover if there are any underlying illnesses present which may have caused the condition initially in some cases .
5 Blood Samples & CSF Analysis : In addition , blood samples may need taken from your pup depending form certain infections related conditions so that specialized tests can determine what bacteria , virus , fungus etcetera has been identified which has infected either near vicinity areas adjacent tissue nearby affected area sites around the brain / spine locations where mensigites usually occurs too while testing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) using lumbar puncture will be used ddevise precise yet accurate diagnoses carefully choosing appropriate medical treatments accordingly based off those results determined in laboratory enviroment settings consequently afterwards ,
Common Causes of Meningitis in Puppies
Meningitis is an inflammatory disease of the protective membranes (meninges) that cover the brain and spine. Meningitis in puppies can be caused by a variety of organisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites. There are several common causes of meningitis in puppies; understanding its causes can help veterinarians make an accurate diagnosis and develop an effective treatment plan.
Bacterial agents are one of the most common causes of meningitis in puppies. Streptococcus pneumoniae and other species of bacteria can cause acute meningitis, characterized by sudden onset with fever and headache. Bacterial infections spread rapidly through the nervous system, eventually reaching the brain and spinal cord. The most common bacterial agent associated with meningitis in puppies is Escherichia coli (E. coli).
Viruses are another common cause of meningitis in puppies; canine distemper virus (CDV) is particularly likely to affect young dogs due to their immature immune systems. Canine distemper infection starts with a high fever and followed by coughing, lethargy, loss of appetite, eye inflammation, vomiting and diarrhea; if left untreated it can progress to severe neurological symptoms such as seizures or paralysis. Other viral agents that may cause meningitis in puppies include parvovirus type-2 (CPV2), hepatitis A virus (HAV), adenovirus type-2 (AdV-2), coronavirus (CoV), leptospirosis virus (Lpv) and rabies virus (Rv).
Fungal infectionsare less common than bacterial or viral ones but still considered significant causes of meningitis in puppies. Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungus commonly found on contaminated surfaces like soil or bird droppings that may gain entry into the body through inhalation by your pet puppy. It usually affects puppies who have been exposed to contaminated areas such as farms or barnyards but has recently been linked to cases contracted at home after contact with wildlife like bats or birds nesting near residential properties. Once inside the body, C neoformans can cause severe headaches and other neurological symptoms indicative of fungal meningoencephalomyelitis—a potentially fatal condition which transmits rare forms of cryptococcosis throughout various organs including the central nervous system where it presents mainly as an autoimmune disorder akin to multiple sclerosis or lupus in humans..
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Preventative Care and Treatments for Meningitis in Your Puppy
Meningitis is an infection of the membranes (meninges) surrounding the brain and spinal cord that can be caused by a variety of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. It is important to recognize the signs of meningitis in your puppy as soon as possible and seek treatment quickly for the best results.
Preventative care for meningitis in puppies includes vaccinations against certain strains of bacteria that most commonly cause this disease, including leptospirosis, distemper virus, rabies virus and parainfluenza virus. It is important to following your puppy's recommended vaccination schedule carefully during its first year to ensure he or she is adequately protected from these diseases.
In addition to vaccinations, there are other things pet owners can do to help prevent their puppy from contracting meningitis. Keeping up on routine dental care helps maintain good overall health for puppies as well as reducing their risk for oral infections that can lead to meningitis. Maintaining good hygiene practices when handling pets is also essential; for example handwashing after spending time around other dogs or sharing food or toys with them help prevent spreading different types of diseases between animals.
Once prevention methods have been taken it is important to pay close attention to any signs or symptoms your puppy may exhibit that may suggest they may have contracted meningitis. Common symptoms associated with this condition include fever, lethargy, appetite loss, painful movements due to neck stiffness, seizures and sensitivity to light/sound stimuli; if noticed it is recommended you take your pup into see a vet immediately so they can begin treatment right away. Treatment typically consists of antibiotics which allow the immune system time and opportunity to fight off any remaining germs before immunization treatments may also be prescribed depending upon what type of meningitis was contracted initially.
Caring for your pup's health should always be priority number one – starting at birth it is best practice for all pet owners follow through on preventative measures such as regular vaccines updates and check ups along with recognizing warning signs early on if anything suspicious arises concerning potential health complications such as meningitis so proper diagnosis' can be made promptly allowing a better chance at successful treatment options down the road!
FAQs About Treating and Caring for a Puppy With Meningitis
Q: What is Meningitis in puppies?
A: Meningitis is an infection of the thin protective walls that surround the brain and spinal cord. It can be caused by a bacterial or viral agent, or it can also be present as a non-infectious inflammation from another cause. Symptoms can include fever, lethargy, headache, poor appetite, seizures and neck stiffness.
Q: How is meningitis treated in puppies?
A: Treatment will depend on what type of meningitis the puppy has. In cases of bacterial meningitis, antibiotics may be prescribed to fight off the infection and reduce symptoms. For viral disease, anti-viral medications may be prescribed to help control replication of the virus. In some cases, hospitalization for supportive care may also be necessary for severely ill puppies.
Q: Is Meningitis contagious in puppies?
A: Yes and no; most viral infections that cause meningitis are contagious among other animals while bacterial meningitis typically isn't considered to spread easily between pets or humans. However, all pet owners should practice good hygiene and keep their pets up to date on vaccinations to help reduce the risk of any type of disease transmission.
Q: How can I prevent my puppy from getting Meningitis?
A: To help reduce your puppy's risk of developing meningitis, it's important to practice good pet hygiene such as regular bathing, checking them regularly for signs of illness such as fever or lethargy and getting them vaccinated against common diseases that might result in meningitic inflammation (e.g., canine distemper). Additionally, avoiding exposure outside when possible (if you live in an area with high levels of airborne contaminants) can also lower chances for infections passing into your home through air particles.
Top 5 Facts About Causes of Meningitis in Puppies
Meningitis is an inflammation of the thin tissue layer that covers the brain and spinal cord. In puppies, it can be caused by a variety of different pathogens, such as bacteria, viruses and fungi. Here are five facts about the causes of meningitis in puppies:
1. Bacterial Meningitis – Bacterial infections are one of the most common causes of meningitis in young puppies, with Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria meningitidis being two frequent culprits. Puppies less than six weeks old have little to no resistance to bacterial infections and are especially prone to meningitis.
2. Viral Meningitis – Another common cause is viral infection with the canine distemper virus being a major contributing factor. Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) is spread through airborne particles or contact with secretions from infected dogs or wildlife animals, like raccoons and foxes.
3. Fungal Meningitis – Fungal infections aren't as common as bacterial or viral strains but they do occur with Cryptococcus species being most often involved in cases of puppy meningitis, typically transmitted by inhalation of soil dust containing fungal spores from bird baths or overturned flowerpots contaminated by bird droppings harboring these fungal species from affected birds.
4 . Parasites – A dog may develop symptoms of meningitis after being infected with certain parasites such as dirofilaria immitus (heartworms) or Babesia canis (a tick-borne parasitic protozoan). These parasites multiply inside the body of their host animal leading to inflammation and pets may demonstrate neurological symptoms among other systemic signs if infestation reaches dangerous levels for your pet's health.
5 . Trauma and Foreign Bodies – Traumatic injury involving foreign bodies causing head trauma is another cause of inflammatory changes to this fragile cranial structure resulting sometimes in seizures due secondary encephalomyelitis when brain cells become traumatized leading eventually to an important intercranial pressure elevation risk driven ultimately by adhesion build-up due primary response following foreign body entry into cerebral structures enhancing therefore inflammation which increases chances that infectious agents may then gain access driving this way more damage as time passes on even if present acute traumatic post-infectious state gets managed accordingly over time result also in weakened natural protective barriers allowing damaging components such as cytokines attributed for affecting here central nervous system causing thereafter permanent damage might result mostly on neonatal patients if care steps not deemed timely enough should you observe sudden changes please go visit your local veterinarian who will best advise you regarding certain individuals' unique subjects potentially impacted just like here described case study based references suggest whenever needed new owners/caretakers must bear knowledge that immediate diagnoses associated decisions related thereto shall be highly critical almost all times if consulting happens diligently trust yourself later adapt required doses acting according current state variations although purpose remaining same safe delivery owners need know expectations establish measures needed achieve same happy recovery lasting dog lifetime consider discussing those before selecting veterinarian sooner possible