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House of Paine
Iona College will host a gathering of national and international scholars for presentations and discussion on the life, legacy and ideas of a long neglected Founding Father of the United States, Thomas Paine. In addition to 34 papers delivered in 12 sessions of scholarly presentations, the conference will feature a keynote speech by Lewis Lapham and a presentation of the play Citizen Paine, as well as receptions at the Thomas Paine National Historical Association Building and the Thomas Paine Cottage. The conference is open to scholars, students, and the general public.The link above offers more information on the conference, including schedule, possible accommodations, and registration forms.
There's a meme among Paine scholars and fans that he's been "long neglected" or "forgotten." I don't buy it. There's been a steady stream of Paine biographies, studies, and collections for decades. Only a handful of Revolutionary figures have more name recognition than Thomas Paine, especially when we consider that he played no major role in the run-up to the Revolution, the military victories, or the federal government.
In the past decade alone, we've seen the following books about Paine:
- Kenneth W. Burchell, Thomas Paine and America, 1776-1809 (London: Pickering & Chatto, 2009).
- Joyce Chumbley and Leo Zonneveld, Thomas Paine: In Search of the Common Good (Nottingham: Spokesman Books, 2009).
- Gregory Claeys, Thomas Paine: Social and Political Thought (London: Routledge, 2003).
- Paul Collins, The Trouble with Tom: The Strange Afterlife and Times of Thomas Paine (New York: Bloomsbury, 2005).
- Seth Cotlar, Tom Paine's America: The Rise and Fall of Transatlantic Radicalism in the Early Republic (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2011).
- Jack Fruchtman, The Political Philosophy of Thomas Paine (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009).
- Christopher Hitchens, Thomas Paine's Rights of Man (New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006).
- Jane Hodson, Language and Revolution in Burke, Wollstonecraft, Paine, and Godwin (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007).
- John P. Kaminski, Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion (Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002).
- Harvey J. Kaye, Thomas Paine and the Promise of America (New York: Hill and Wang, 2005).
- Ronald Frederick King and Elsie Begler, Thomas Paine: Common Sense for the Modern Era (San Diego: San Diego State University Press, 2007).
- Edward Larkin, Thomas Paine and the Literature of Revolution (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005).
- Scott Liell, 46 Pages: Thomas Paine, Common Sense, and the Turning Point to Independence (Philadelphia: Running Press, 2004).
- Craig Nelson, Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations (New York: Viking Press, 2006).
- Mark Philp, Thomas Paine (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).
- Sophia A. Rosenfeld, Common Sense: A Political History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2011).
- Vikki J. Vickers, "My pen and my soul have ever gone together": Thomas Paine and the American Revolution (New York: Routledge, 2006).
- Bernard Vincent, The Transatlantic Republican: Thomas Paine and the Age of Revolutions (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2005).
John Dickinson of Pennsylvania, author of Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, the most influential American political essay before Common Sense. In addition to writing that book and "The Liberty Song," Dickinson was an important delegate to the Continental Congress, top official of Pennsylvania's wartime government, and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. Dickinson was on the losing side of the debate over the Declaration of Independence but on the right side of the debate over slavery.
In the past decade only two new books focused on Dickinson: Jane E. Calvert, Quaker Constitutionalism and the Political Thought of John Dickinson (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008); and William Murchison, The Cost of Liberty: The Life of John Dickinson (Wilmington, Del.: ISI, 2012).
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Jan Simara (European Champion 2012) - one more interview
Q. Was it the first time you beat Ilya Shikshin? I know you played him before in the Insei League on KGS (Ilya was one of the teachers) and in friendship games on Go servers
A. We played already about 4 or 5 games in real tournaments. And this was my first win, but i had good chances already in second game when i was 4-dan (last european Ing cup i think). I beat him few times on KGS, but these are just internet games.
Q. I think, you won the final game, because it was peaceful and Ilya is not as good at peaceful games, as in fighting.
A. Well, if im good at some part of Go, its fighting as well :). So i dont think I won because we didnt fight much. If u see our first game in main (7th round) u wouldnt propably had this opinion. It was very agressive game by both sides and i felt, fighting was equal (in the end he was dead but i didnt realized i had extra liberty in about 8 moves short variation so i was who died). I think i won because generally he was in bad shape and i was in good one.
Q. I feel that the final pairing was very comfortable for you. Ilya played with Surma and Debarre. You played with Burzo and Lisy. Do you think so too?
A. My score with Cornel was 1:8 at the moment (i won with him only once in china, in team tournament) and Pavol Lisy is young super dangerous prodigy who knows me very well, which means its even more dangerous, so i really doubt it was personally good pairing for me :)
Q. What do you think about my proposal: Let the #1 after the preliminary choose the opponent for 1/8, so he can choose the weakest partner. #2 will have the second choice and so on.
A.This is good idea i think. But mainly they shouldnt try to avoid pairings of players who already played in main. Thats the most stupid stuff in this system, because its clear that many of them already played (there isnt 200 players who fight for top 8...) and KO is just new tournament.
Q. I saw that you played lot of offline tournaments during the last few years. Do they help you to improve your Go? Please describe other ways you study Go
A. I like to play offline tournaments so i visit them quite often. But im really not one who can judge if i improved or not :)
Sometimes i replay top pro games, and time to time i open a tsumego book, but in last years, i didnt study seriously at all. I would like to , but at my age, its already worth to study something what I can use in real job :/. I really hope that can be changed by some new european pro system!
Q.What do you think about your chances of defending the title in 2013?
A. Haha, Im sorry but cannot answer this question. I never count chances and these kind of stuffs. I will just come and try my best again :).
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Conservation and Environment in Peru: Monthly Updates
Monthly Update - May 2006
The time has come once again to update you on the latest goings-on at Taricaya but before I start I am pleased to announce that we are set for a record year in the jungle as we have officially received reservation number 115 for 2006 and the number keeps rising. With such huge interest in the project it is hardly surprising that we reached capacity earlier this month and have had to build a new bungalow at the centre to accommodate the extra volunteers. With one bungalow finished and another on the way it is fair to say that life in the Amazon is as hectic as ever. The problem with the update, as usual, is where to start?!?
At the very start of May it was time to pack our bags and head off on our biannual trip up the Tambopata to the world famous parrot/macaw clay lick. As on previous excursions to the Colpa (clay lick) the trip was spread over four days with the first night spent at "El Gato", the second at the "Chuncho Colpa" and then the final stop at the larger clay lick "Colpa Colorado". This left the fourth day as a full day's boat ride downstream back to town riding the strong currents as opposed to fighting them as on the first three days. The weather was kind and, fortunately, the new tents were not put to the test of a true tropical deluge. "El Gato" waterfall always provides us with a great spot to rest on the first evening and after swimming and dinner it was an early night as we left civilization further behind on day two. The "Chuncho Colpa" turned out to be more active than the larger Colpa further upstream and the volunteers were treated to both a visual and audio display from various different species of parrot and macaw. Disappointingly, the final stop at the Colpa Colorado did not provide the abundance of bird life we had seen on previous visits but nonetheless some birds did visit the clay cliffs towering in front of us and the adventure of camping three days from Puerto Maldonado meant that a good time was had by all and our second trip later in the year will give other volunteers a chance to experience the wilderness of the Tambopata-Candamo National Park.
Not long after returning to the centre we were off again, this time to Lake Sandoval. The lake is about 40 minutes upstream from Taricaya and the main attraction is a family of giant otters (Pteronura brasiliensis) known to inhabit the lake. These are the largest members of the otter and weasel family (Mustelidae) and can reach two metres long including the tail. The trip was just an overnight one with accommodation in a rustic lodge run by a local family I have known for years. Upon arrival we took boats out on the lake and enjoyed the sunset accompanied by a wide variety of resident birds and an inquisitive family of brown capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). The next morning we were back on the lake at dawn to encounter wildlife around every corner (herons, kingfishers, macaws and bats. to name but a few) but alas no giant otters. After a leisurely breakfast we decided on a swim before heading back to Taricaya and, amazingly, out of nowhere appeared the family of giant otters cruising across the middle of the lake. They were in no rush and the volunteers got to spend a priceless half an hour watching the adults fishing whilst the youngsters seemed much more interested in frolicking in the water than the food regularly offered them.
After two such amazing trips you would be forgiven for thinking that there was little or no time for some honest hard work at the centre itself but the opposite is true. Suitably revitalised after the breaks the volunteers attacked the work at the lodge with gusto and the projects continue to proceed as planned. The animal release program has continued to receive the lion's share of our time and we now have two brand new macaw enclosures and a remodelled enclosure for the pale-winged trumpeters (Psophia leucoptera). The four blue and yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) have moved into their new home, temporarily accompanied by the three chestnut-fronted macaws (Ara severa) whilst the three scarlet macaws (Ara macao) have moved into the other new enclosure accompanied by our baby paca (Agouti paca) who had chewed a hole in the curassow enclosure. You would be justified in thinking that maybe a cage full of large-beaked birds is not necessarily an ideal environment for a young rodent but the paca is nocturnal by nature and spends the day tucked up in its nesting tube and becomes active whilst the macaws sleep at night. The accommodation is temporary as we are planning on building a rodent pen after completing the small parrot cages next month. In this cage the paca will be joined by our latest resident in the animal release program; a baby brown agouti (Dasyprocta variegata) currently being housed in the nursery.
Elsewhere in the animal release program we received two new primates; Wally, a white-bellied spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth chamek) and Lucas, a brown capuchin monkey (Cebus apella). Plans for June include modifying the old macaw enclosures and converting them into one large enclosure for the primates giving them plenty of space to play whilst providing enough space so that the different species can keep out of each others hair (or fur in this case!) until new mammal enclosures are built later in the year.
It is with great satisfaction that I can now report on the conclusion of the mist netting and bird investigation project. By the end of the twelve study weeks Mauricio and I have successfully captured and ringed 519 birds from over 60 different species. Now we must start with the data interpretation with the goal of presenting our findings at a prominent ornithological conference in Venezuela at the start of next year. I am very optimistic that we will create a stir, albeit a small one amongst such bird-watching greats, as Taricaya appears to have several species either considered exceptionally rare in Peru or not previously noted in the region where we are located. Either way the hours spent checking nets, the countless injuries from furious captives and the inescapable insects cannot deter from a truly great achievement and hopefully an equally significant one that can put Reserva Ecologica Taricaya on the map within the relevant circles.
I would be amiss to finish this report without mentioning two fantastic sightings in the reserve over the last four weeks. I cannot take credit for the photos as I was not fortunate enough to be with the specific groups at the right time but some very lucky volunteers saw a Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) on a night-walk whilst others saw a red brocket deer (Mazama Americana) at Anaconda Colpa.
June promises another month of hard work both at the farm and with the animal release program and perhaps more excitingly we will receive a herpetologist from Arequipa, Daniel Neira, who will help us initiate a reptile/amphibian investigative project similar to the bird study with similar goals of finding out what we really have at Taricaya in the form of snakes, lizards, frogs toads, etc...We will also receive the Global Vets of 2006. Last year's students were very helpful with our application to the Peruvian government for status as an animal rescue centre (we are still waiting for the official go-ahead 12 months later!!!) and I am confident this year's group will help us with our farm residents (goats, sheep, donkeys and guinea pigs) and our neighbours animals also.
Stuart Timson
Conservation Manager
Taricaya Research Centre
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Chase Sapphire Reserve Approval Odds
I defaulted on a Chase Credit card almost ten years ago. About a year after my default I settled my balance at a discount to avoid a judgment. I have since improved my credit score and I have been able to obtain a few other credit cards.
I recently was approved for an Amex Platinum card automatically online. I have also been automatically approved for a Barclay Advantage Card as well as a Citi Advantage over the past few years all automatically. When I applied for this chase card I received a message that the application was under review and that they would get back to me with a decision. Does Chase keep a blacklist when you have previously defaulted? I have 720, 740 and 770 fico scores from my most recent credit report and don't carry a balance on any other cards.


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Louis Tomlinson's sister, Félicité Tomlinson, has reportedly passed away, TMZ reports. She was 18.
According to the site, the former One Direction member's sister died after suffering a heart attack. TMZ reports that Félicité passed away on Wednesday, March 13, at her apartment in London. She reportedly collapsed and was unable to be revived by paramedics.
Félicité was a model and fashion designer with a 1.3 million following on Instagram. According to reports, she had plans to publish a poetry book.
The tragic news comes after Louis lost his mother to cancer in December 2016. His mom, Johannah Deakin, was just 43. The singer, who is the eldest of 7 siblings, recently released a heartbreaking song dedicated to his mother called "Two of Us."
Louis has since pulled out of a performance on a BBC charity show called Comic Relief.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Louis, his family and all those affected.
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Both cards fit the current challenge at The Pink Elephant....except for one small detail. When I read the challenge this afternoon, I looked at part of it wrong. The challenge is to use two patterned papers, 3 buttons and snowflakes....for some reason I read it as "a" button...not 3. So, my cards only have a button on each one...hopefully I won't get thrown to the sharks. ;) Tee hee! It is also based on Taylored Expression Sketch #96...which is a FAB sketch. Check it out if you haven't already!
Instructions: Fold white cardstock in half to make card base and round the bottom corners. Punch holes in the shape of an arc to a block of kraft cardstock and round the bottom corners. Adhere to the front. Round the bottom corners of a block of snowflake paper and adhere to the front. Round the top corners of a block of white cardstock and adhere to the front. Add ribbon around the seam, and tie a button to the middle of the bow with twine. Cut the figure skater and layers at 4.5" using the Cricut Expression and Winter Woodland cartridge. Adhere together and attach to the front of the card. Accent with white puff balls and pearls. Stamp "Baby It's Cold Outside" inside the arc using ruby pigment ink. Finish the sentiment with letter stickers on the white cardstock block.
This next card uses the sketch for Just Us Girls Challenge 14. I actually did this card twice. I did it last night with different papers....and it was a hot mess. It was awful...I hated it. So, this afternoon I sat down with it to figure out what I didn't like about it. For this version, I used completely different papers, I didn't use the background layer for the text, and a different accent cut....and it is SO much better. I think the biggest difference is the papers though....sometimes colors and papers just don't work out!! So remember that....if you hate a card you make, try to rework with different product. Now I love this card!!
Instructions: Fold kraft cardstock in half to make card base. Round the corners of a patterned paper block and adhere to the front. Punch a scallop border to brown cardstock, and cut a thin strip. Adhere to the bottom of a strip of snowflake paper, and adhere to the front. Round the top corners of a block of kraft cardstock, and adhere to the front. Cut the lettering and shadows at 3.5" using the Cricut Expression and Winter Woodlands cartridge. Layer together and adhere to the kraft block. Add a ribbon and bow to the right side of the card, and accent with a button & pins. Cut the ice skate accent and layers at 2" using the Cricut Exression and Winter Woodlands cartridge. Layer together, accent with pearls, and adhere to the front. Finish accenting the card with jewels.
I bought something at Target tonight that was just meant to be. I have wanted one of these for three years, but wasn't willing to cough up $250 for one:
Well, I better get going for now. I hope that your Monday after New Year's has been a fabulous one!! Talk to you soon! ♥
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This year Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrates one hundred years of the Spirit of Ecstasy, the famous flying lady mascot that has inspired owners, enthusiasts and Russian tuners alike.
We're told that to mark this "year of celebration," every Ghost and Phantom produced at the home of Rolls-Royce in Goodwood will bear a Spirit of Ecstasy with the inscription Spirit of Ecstasy Centenary –- 2011. This will be etched into the base of each statuette, in a specially selected font ITC Willow.
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Lamar Odom has checked himself into rehab!
After a tumultuous couple of weeks, with marital strife, (including cheating scandals), a DUI, and more, Lamar has finally realized that he needs serious help for his drug and alcohol addiction.
Two sources shared with People that Lamar entered rehab yesterday, and according to TMZ, Khloe Kardashian had no idea that it was going down and has been kept in the dark about the whole thing.
I wish Lamar the best and hope the Kardashians' spin team can just let him get help in peace and not send stories to the media every three minutes.
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VESTAL, N.Y. — The University of New Hampshire men's basketball game snapped a nine-game losing streak and picked up its first America East win of the season with a 63-45 victory at Binghamton on Saturday.
Ferg Myrick scored 16 points with 10 rebounds to lead UNH (5-14, 1-6 AE), while Chris Matagrano had 12 points with 10 boards.
Binghamton dropped to 3-17 overall and 1-6 in conference action. UNH is at Maine on Wednesday.
On the women's side, Morgan Frame scored 23 points and pulled down eight rebounds to lead UNH to a 60-52 win. UNH improved to 7-12 overall and 2-5 in America East. Binghamton fell to 3-17, 2-5. UNH hosts Maine on Tuesday.
Gymnastics wins tri-meet
DURHAM — Austyn Fobes placed first in vault and all-around to propel the University of New Hampshire gymnastics team to a tri-meet victory against Brown and Temple on Saturday afternoon at Lundholm Gymnasium.
The Wildcats, who were competing in their first tri-meet of the season, improved to 4-1 by topping the Bears (191.750) and the Owls (190.225). Brown slipped to 3-2 and Temple fell to 0-9.
Fobes notched first place in the vault with a 9.825. Jen Aucoin won the uneven bars with a score of 9.875. Kayla Gray won the balance beam with a 9.875. Machado won the floor exercise with a 9.825 for the top spot. Fobes won the all-around gold with a 39.175.
The Wildcats return to action when they take on George Washington and Yale in a tri-meet Feb. 3.
Ski teams shine at Colby Carnival
DURHAM — Annika Taylor finished second in the 5K classic Nordic race to lead the women's Nordic team to its third straight race victory to begin the EISA season, and the University of New Hampshire skiing team is in third place following Saturday's second day of action at the Colby Carnival.
UNH, with 584 points, trails Vermont (731 points) and Dartmouth (627), with Middlebury (540.5) currently in fourth place.
The Wildcats, who won the 15K freestyle and the 3K prologue at last weekend's St. Lawrence Carnival, made it a perfect three-for-three in women's Nordic racing this year by totaling 115 points to edge Dartmouth (112 points) and UVM (109) in Saturday's 5K classic. Taylor earned 47 points by virtue of her runner-up time of 17 minutes, 43.1 seconds. On the men's side, New Hampshire's men's Nordic team finished in fourth place in the 10K classic with 91 points. Per Lindgren was the top Wildcat with a finishing-time of 25:57.7 for seventh place (35 points).
UNH roundup: Basketball teams sweep Binghamton
VESTAL, N.Y. — The University of New Hampshire men's basketball game snapped a nine-game losing streak and picked up its first America East win of the season with a 63-45 victory at Binghamton on Saturday.


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U of I's 117-Year-Old Telescope Getting Repairs
Like anything that's 117 years old, the telescope in the University of Illinois' observatory could use a little work. This summer, it will get it.
A crew dismantled the telescope this week and is sending it to a business in Pennsylvania that will work on it.
Professor Bryan Dunne is assistant chair of the astronomy department at the university. He told The News-Gazette in Champaign on Tuesday that while the telescope hasn't been used for research since the 1960s it's still used in introductory classes and public open houses.
The observatory is a National Historic Landmark because of pioneering work done there in the early 1900s by astronomer Joel Stebbins to record the brightness of distant stars.
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Snow Crash
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I just finished the book Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. Yes, for the first time. It had some interesting ideas; not "they might be true" interesting, but "what if they were true" interesting. The idea that all our major religions are based on stories about exceptionally remarkable people which have evolved into more grandiose tales over millenia of oral tradition is probably not far from the truth. Just looking at something like Iliad it's obvious how quickly an oral tradition can embelish extraordinary deeds until they're superhuman. Add to that the modifications stories undergo as they're filtered through the ever shifting styles and zeitgeist of the people telling them, and the tendency for people to rely on supernatural explanations when natural explanations fail them, and we can almost see the skeleton on which our religious myths have been built.
I also liked the idea of an ancient language which arose from our brain structures. Interesting to think of the consequences that would have on linguistic research, but it doesn't seem too likely.
The ending of the book was disappointing, since almost nothing was resolved with any of the characters. We don't even know who lived and who died. It desperately needed an epilogue. I was also rather disappointed with the three or four chapters which consist entirely of Hiro explaining everything that was going on. That part felt like the end of a Scooby Doo episode, right before they say, "Well, that about wraps it up. There's just one more thing. Let's see who the monster really is. Why, it's old man Wilfred!!" Neal Stephenson seems to be a good writer sometimes, but at times he simply fails.


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Is the 21-year-old legal drinking age effective in curbing alcohol use and abuse among young people today? That was the question debated by James Fell, senior program director at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), and Dr. John McCardell, founder and president of Choose Responsibility and former president of Middlebury College during the Alcohol Responsibility Conference held in Orlando last week.
Both presented strong arguments and an impressive amount of data, but an important aspect of McCardell's position may have been overshadowed by the statistical back-and-forth. McCardell recently spearheaded the Amethyst Statement, a document signed by 135 college and university presidents in 2008 that calls into question the effectiveness of the 21-year-old legal drinking age (LDA). While the Amethyst Statement and McCardell have been condemned by groups such as PIRE and MADD as calling for a return to the 18-year-old drinking age, what McCardell is really asking is whether the current climate of binge drinking by young people demands a re-evaluation of the 21 LDA. Further, he suggests that states be free to experiment with variations on the 21 LDA by releasing them from the 10 percent highway funds penalty put in place when the federal LDA was signed into law in 1984.
Fell's position that the 21 LDA is effective in reducing drunk driving is well-supported; no one can argue with the tremendous strides made on that front in the past 25 years, and the 21 LDA, while not the only element at work on the problem, did play an important role. But McCardell shed light on an emerging problem – binge drinking – an issue as equally frightening as the high rate of drunk driving that prompted the call for a higher, nationalized minimum drinking age in the early 1980s.
Different times may call for a different approach to addressing such a multi-faceted problem as alcohol abuse. We live in a nation where we can and should question the relevance of existing laws and regulations, under a government designed to enable such debate and discussion. We also live in a nation that vilifies alcohol through legislation, regulation and taxation, while at the same time we glorify drinking as a rite of passage into adulthood or celebrate it as an element of sophisticated culinary enjoyment. As a professional involved in the alcohol industry and as a parent of a teenager, I often find the dichotomy unnerving.
It's time to talk about our nation's "issues" with alcohol. They are many, and they are complex. Let's begin the discussion by taking a hard look at this reality: people under age 21 are drinking – research confirms it and any informal survey of 18- to 20-year-olds will verify it – and they are doing so in tremendously unsafe ways. What's the best way to significantly reduce that abuse? How do we create a nation of adults who responsibly enjoy alcohol should they choose to drink it? How do we ensure that our laws effectively address the problems of the day?
Note: As you ponder those questions, consider reading Garrett Peck's new book, The Prohibition Hangover (Rutgers University Press, September, 2009), and also a commentary by McCardell and a rebuttal from a group of authors, including Fell.


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Memory Eternal! Naseeb Saliba
MEMORY ETERNAL! NASEEB SALIBA of St Nicholas Cathedral/Los Angeles, CA, an honorary member of the Archdiocesan Board of Trustees, has fallen asleep in Christ. Mr. Saliba was preceded in death by his wife Cleo. He will be buried from St Nicholas Cathedral/Los Angeles with the Funeral Service scheduled for 7:00PM this Wednesday, May 28th. Condolences may be sent to The Naseeb Saliba Family - 4435 Petit Avenue - Encino, Ca. 91436. May God grant him rest in the bosom of Abraham, and may He grant you long life.


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In most cases it will be possible to visit the person who has died in the chapel of rest before the funeral and say your last goodbyes. Some people find this helps them come to terms with the death, especially if it was unexpected.
It is entirely up to you if you wish to visit the body or not; at the time of arrangement, a Doves Funeral Directors funeral arranger will discuss this to help you make the right decision for you. They will agree a suitable day and time for you to visit, this is usually a couple of days before the funeral ceremony, once all of the legal documentation has been completed by the doctors or coroner.
Once the coffin or casket has been decided upon, you will be asked to choose what you would like the person who has died to be dressed in. This could be their own clothes or one of our range of gowns which complement the style of coffin or casket. If you choose own clothes, we would need a full complement, (including underwear). Shoes may also be worn for visiting but may need to be removed at the final stage before cremation depending upon the material – your arranger will advise you.
All the people entrusted into our care are treated with the utmost respect and dignity. Prior to being placed in the coffin or casket, they will be washed, shaved, dressed, their features set and hair styled, regardless of whether visiting is to take place or not.
However, if you do wish to visit the person who has died in the chapel of rest, we would strongly recommend hygienic treatment, commonly known as embalming. This is for three reasons:
Presentation – so the skin tone can be restored and enhance the appearance. Preservation – to slow down the deterioration process which naturally occurs to the body. Prevention – to stop the spread of infection or contamination to both yourselves and our team members.
Hygienic treatment is a highly skilled procedure carried out by fully trained professionals; your funeral arranger can talk you through the process in more detail if you wish.
If you can provide us with a photograph of the person who has died, we can try our best to style their hair as they would have worn it, and for ladies we can apply make up.
Visiting someone in the chapel of rest may be a daunting experience, especially if you have not been through the experience before. You do not have to go through this alone; we are happy to accompany you into the chapel and stay with you as long as you like. During your visit you may wish to place items into the coffin such as letters, cards, teddy bears, flowers, poems or personal items. This is absolutely fine, the items will then remain in the coffin when it is closed and stay with the person who has died for the rest of their journey.
HM Coroners
In some cases, the person who has died may be referred to HM Coroner for further investigation. This is usually if the death is unexpected, due to an accident or surrounded by suspicious circumstances. If a person has not been treated by a GP or hospital in the 14 days prior to death, then they will automatically be referred to the Coroner. Sometimes a post mortem may take place to determine the cause of death; if this occurs you will be fully informed by the Coroner's Officer and we can answer any questions you may have. A post mortem will not alter the appearance of the person who has died or prevent them from being prepared in the same way.
Religious wash and dress
If as part of your religion you would like to wash and dress the person who has died yourself, this can be arranged. We can organise a suitable day and time for you to have exclusive access to our facilities and provide any necessary assistance.


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Apple's new iPad 2 is currently so popular that it's difficult to buy. Along with its impressive hardware however, there are a few weak spots and a couple rough edges in its current software release.
iPad evolution
In 2002, Apple followed up on the original iPod by offering a second generation with a touch control rather than a mechanical scroll wheel, support for Windows, and twice the storage capacity. In 2005, the company's second generation iPod mini delivered an improved battery and new colors. In 2006, the second generation iPod shuffle got smaller and doubled in capacity. In 2008, the second generation of iPhone got a cheaper case, a lower price, 3G and GPS features.
All of those original products were hits, and all of their second generations were incremental advances that helped them to grow in popularity. This year, iPad 2 builds upon Apple's most successful new product launch ever with a dramatically new light and thin exterior, a major jump in speed (incorporating the latest generation of mobile baseband and Application Processor chips with twice the RAM and up to eight times the computing power), and major new feature additions that include Verizon 3G support, dual cameras and suite of apps that support them (ranging from FaceTime to PhotoBooth, and the separately available iMovie), a new gyroscope like iPhone 4, slick new Smart Cover options, and finally the ability to output both HDMI video from apps as well as a video mirroring mode, which projects anything you have on the screen to an HDTV, in either landscape or portrait orientations. All of this was done at the same price points as last year's model.
The new iPad 2 is significantly lighter (1.33lbs, 600g vs 1.5lbs 680g) than its predecessor, a difference that is obvious when you handle it. While the first iPad felt surprisingly heavy for its size, the new model seems much more comfortable to hold, particularly when lying down being lazy with it. The size has also been pared down slightly in each dimension, but particularly in thickness (9.5×7.31×.346 in or 240×186×8.8 mm vs 9.56×7.47×.528 in or 243×190×13.4 mm). It's remarkably thin, and given its size, it's hard to believe how rigid and substantial it feels.
Apple's complete revamping of the iPad in less than a year has no precedent, even in the fast moving world of consumer electronics where chips regularly gain large leaps in performance and storage capacity every year. Comparing the far more limited jumps of the second generation of the Macintosh (which took two years to materialize), Newton Message Pad (which wasn't significantly improved for four years), Palm Pilot (which didn't get a big upgrade for three years), game consoles (rarely improved within five years of entering the market) and other consumer electronic devices (including Apple's own iPods and iPhone noted above) reinforces this: iPad 2 is a very aggressive leap for a brand new product.
iPad limitations
As popular as original iPad has proven to be, there are still a few obvious limitations. For starters, it's modeled after the iPod as a peripheral you attach to iTunes.
This is both a blessing and a curse, as it means you can't use iPad as a computer replacement; it's not a netbook in tablet form. To begin using it or to update its software or sync certain types of content, such as photos, you have to plug it in to a full blown computer. On the other hand, this also greatly simplifies content sync and backup, sparing Apple from suffering the same cloud sync data failures that have hit Microsoft, Palm, Google, RIM, Nokia and other vendors who have depended entirely upon a design that saves their mobile users' data in the cloud. If Apple's MobileMe has problems, it doesn't prevent you from using your iPad.
Apple has also maintained a blistering pace of software and operating system development, which has resulted in iOS 4.3 delivering marked improvements in browser performance and lots of bug fixes. However, it has also introduced some new bugs, including a new, annoying inconsistency in the Home button, which doesn't always immediately return the user to the Home screen as it has in the past. The system also seems more likely to stop responding for a few moments, something I've never before witnessed in an iOS device.
Because it runs iOS, iPad can't do a variety of things you can do on a Mac (or Windows PC), such as install your own fonts or other plugins, add Flash support to the web browser, or install apps from any source apart from the official App Store, or save documents to specific file system locations. It's also less flexible with printing or file sharing. However, the flip-side to these kinds of limitations is that iPad is refreshingly simple.
That makes it very easy to support and difficult to mess up (and easy to recover if things do go wrong). It's also very easy to keep up to date with both OS and app updates and security patches. There's also very little threat of malware, and viruses are virtually impossible to encounter, thanks to the sandboxed, signed environment for apps and Apple's curated software store. There are also no issues with extension conflicts or plugin management and no real app compatibility issues.
The post-PC iPad
While certainly a personal computer, iPad is so different from what we expect of a PC that it actually makes sense to call it a "post-PC" device. This is the computer for people who want to use technology, not manage meta-technology. While there are lots of new competitors trying to deliver a tablet that can compete with iPad, they all seem to be trying to do this by being more like PCs, rather than actually following Apple's lead in delivering something that solves new problems and discards old legacy baggage.
As long as you approach iPad as a post-PC device rather than expecting it to be a drop in replacement for a PC (whether a notebook or netbook or Slate PC-like device), few of the iPad's limitations will irk you. The ones that remain will be related to Apple's iOS development (meaning they should be addressed quickly, given the company's record-setting turnaround on both completing and delivering prompt updates) or the company's design decisions.
You can't, for example, opt for a fancy camera on the iPad, because Apple thinks its tablet is best suited for capturing decent quality video rather than snapping the very good photos iPhone 4 can capture. On the other hand, you can use your own camera of choice and upload photos via the iPad Camera Connector adapter. Apple has similarly opted to provide VGA and HDMI output via external connectors rather than sacrificing the iPad's thin design, something you can't bypass after purchase. Fortunately, Apple's design decisions/limitations are smart enough to be hard to argue against, particularly given the iPad's low price compared to all of its would-be competitors.
As with Apple's other products, when you buy an iPad you're partly paying for integration, which means that its various components work well together, but also that you can't pick and choose which details you'd like to be different. Over the last decade, the market in general has voted with its dollars for Apple's integrated approach in post-PC devices like the iPod, iPhone and iPad, with each of those having no single competitor that can attempt to rival its popularity.
Within these kinds of post-PC devices, integration has proven even more important than in the integrated Mac vs open PC market, where Apple has had significant success, but nowhere near the dominant position it has built up among its mobile offerings. Apple seems to be working to keep its iOS devices simple and approachable, with features such as AirPrint and AirPlay, both of which offer very little in terms of complex configuration, but can be powerful solutions as long as you don't stray too far outside of the ecosystem Apple has designed its products to serve.


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Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Braised Chicken with Mui Choy
This was actually a remake of a leftover mui choy (preserved veggie). My hubby ordered a "mui choy gau yook" from a friend and we finished all the "gau yook" (5 layers pork/ fatty pork) and left with lots of mui choy. It was too salty and the spices were a bit too strong for my taste. Our friends suggested me to make soup with the mui choy but I thought I would make a chicken dish with it instead.
All I did is chopped some drumsticks, added in a little oil in a pot and gave the mui choy some quick stirs. Then, added in the chicken, stir a little. Added in water to cover half of the chicken and a tablespoon of dark soy sauce and let it simmered in low heat for an hour. Lastly added in a little sugar. It turned out to be a delicious chicken dish. What a great use of the leftover mui choy!
11 comments:
- tigerfish said...
I have not tried this combination before but I can sense it is very delicious (since I enjoy Mui Choy with Braised Pork Belly).
- November 09, 2010 10:43 AM
- Unknown said...
What a lovely recipe!
Have a nice day,
- November 09, 2010 11:17 AM
- Belinda @zomppa said...
I love the flavor that it adds!
- November 09, 2010 1:05 PM
- Unknown said...
awh..too bad i kinda dislike muy choy, i prefer ham suen choy :)
- November 09, 2010 4:07 PM
- Anh said...
What a quick and delicious idea. I am a big fan of preserved vegs, but it's hard to find a good one isn't it?
- November 09, 2010 5:07 PM
- Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover said...
never add mui choy to a chicken dish before, this method sound good and yummy.
- November 10, 2010 3:22 AM
- Little Inbox said...
Mui Choy with chicken is totally a new combination that I've heard so far. Normally I braise mui choy with pork belly and garlic. :P
- November 10, 2010 6:29 PM
- Smoky Wok (formerly Tastes of Home) said...
What a great use of leftover mui choy! I think mui choy is my fav preserved vege hehe..great use with the chicken :)
- November 11, 2010 9:12 AM
- Beachlover's Kitchen said...
like mui choy too...maybe the used the salty mui choy instead of sweet mui choy!! great leftover !! now you make me want to cook mui choy too!!haha!
- November 11, 2010 9:36 PM
- pigpigscorner said...
I always pick the mui choy! So good with rice!
- November 12, 2010 9:47 AM
- noobcook said...
I like mui choy. this is comfort food to me :p
- November 14, 2010 10:07 PM


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Customary Law of Succession in Nigeria and the Rights of Women: Need for Reform
Nigerian women are regarded as chattel, like table, tank, deep freezer, spoon, etc and so they suffer untold hardship resulting in cumulative breaches of their human rights – civil, political, social and economic. This paper will highlight the plight of women in matters of succession under customary law to show that there is no gender equity in this area.
Enemo, Ifeoma
Source publication:
CALS Review of Nigerian Law and Practice, Vol. 3(1).


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The Mets were headed into this series with a two game winning streak, hoping to accumilate some victories against the rival Phillies.
Boy, did that go wrong.
The most noteable defect the Mets percieve is their lack of offense. They only generated 3 runs during the ENTIRE SERIES. Their pitching hasn't been stellar either.
In the first game of the series, Livan Hernandez gave up seven runs to the World Champs. He never gave the Mets a chance in this game.
The second game signaled the Mets' offense woes, by leaving the pitcher Fernando Nieve to drive in their only run. How is it possible that your starting pitcher is driving in runs, where are the bats?
The only game the Mets probably had a chance to compete in was the final one. Santana was on the mound and took the reigns of this ball club as best he could. He allowed two runs in seven innings and calmed the Phillies' offense.
But the Mets' offense took a rain check, and only showed up for four hits. They were plagued by double plays and unable to hit off Joe Blanton. Even with the cool red Mets hats, the ball club looked as awful as they have during the past few weeks. The vision that any Mets fan would loathe and spite, is the site of getting swept without any contest by the Philadelphia Phillies,
The Mets seem like their heading onto a road to perdition especially against their next opponents. Before the All-Star Break, the Mets have to deal with the best team in MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The teams face off tonight, at 7 p.m.


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|Guys at the Camellia Grill from Kitchy Cooking
1. Paula Deen is nearly 70 years old and raised in the deep South. One would be hard pressed to find a 70-year-old Southerner (or 60 or 50 or 40 for that matter) who hasn't used a racial slur in some form or another. (It is not right, but it is a fact.)
2. All week "brand" consultants said Deen should have just lied under oath. (That is the kind of brand one wants, the kind that lies under oath. Though most Southerners would be inclined to lie about it.)
3. The woman who caused Deen to be deposed offered to drop her harassment suit... if Deen would pay her 12 million dollars. (Who's harassing who?)
4. While Deen was being dropped by the Food Network, Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich, and Graham Elliot, the three judges on Masterchef were accused by several female contestants of sexual harassment. This was not featured on CNN. P.S. Masterchef is thinking of dropping the segment that it filmed with Paula Deen. (As an aside, Masterchef is show about home cooks. Most of the people on the show are like Paula Deen, they are trying to find a way to improve life for their family. Many are single parents. Recently, Joe Bastianich stood next to his mother and threw food at one of the contestants because he didn't like his pasta. (If Bobby Deen had thrown food at someone, I'll just bet his Mama would have slapped him!)
5. Speaking of the Food Network, it seems a bit ironic that they are "horrified" by a racist comment but rarely feature African-American chefs on any of their shows. Only one of their regular programs is hosted by African Americans. As Mama might say... Deeds not words.
6. The Camellia Grill in New Orleans has all male, predominately African-American waiters. The dress code is white jackets and black bow ties. Hooters employs and all female waitstaff who are required to wear short shorts and skintight Hooters shirts.
7. Edward Lee spoke out about Deen. He had filmed a show for her and was not glad that it would not air. He said of Paula Deen,
"In my infinite innocence, I was excited for it. I was flattered that Mrs. Deen would even ask me on her show. I felt like we connected the Old and New Southern values through a dialogue of food – albeit in light-hearted and sugar-coated cooking skits. I dare say, I felt proud. In light of all the noise that surfaced this week, I realize there is still a deep ravine between the two and the opinions of many this week was an exercise in tearing apart rather than building bridges. Mrs. Deen was gracious, friendly and funny. Unfortunately, none of those qualities trumps racism."
I am sure Lee is in no way innocent. He learned to cook from a Korean grandmother and if he is honest, he heard some pretty racist things in his kitchen. Clearly instead of gracious, funny, friendly, Deen should have shouted obscenity at Lee and thrown pasta at him. Then maybe she would be respected.
8. If the "N" word is the most horrific pejorative in the English language, why do people in their teens, 20's, 30's use it so often? For weeks I hear Kanye West and Jay-Z sing Niggas in Paris. At the 55th Grammy Awards the song won best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song. Perhaps if the word is so offensive EVERYONE should stop using it. (I do understand the intellectual argument for reclaiming, but Jay-Z wins a Grammy?)
9. In case you missed it because you were too busy watching Paula Deen, the United States Supreme Court struck down the Voting Rights Provision and sent Affirmative Action back to the lower court. Chief Justice John Roberts will, however, keep his job.
10. There is no dialogue about race in America because no one wants to be called a racists. Because it easier to fire someone from the Food Network (who admits to telling the truth) than it is to look at the racial makeup of the Food Network. Because using the "N" word can get you fired or win you a Grammy. Because the South is hotbed of lingering racist behavior if you cook there, but if you vote there, it is one big melting pot devoid of any racism.
The Score:
Paula Deen
Still Working
Gordon Ramsay
Joe Bastianich
Graham Elliot
John Roberts
Antonin Scalia
Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas
Samuel Alito


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Archivi del mese: novembre 2014
Lose weight and lose brain: from Biante of Priene to Voltaire, why I write a blog on wordpress
Dear Weight Loss,
your nickname perfectly interprets the most famous explicit written by Umberto Eco "stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus" (Il Nome della Rosa) I would suggest this book. it has been translated into over 40 languages; you can easily choose your favorite, online too.
I think you really know what a blog could be: your diary, an autobiographical novel, an hobby, the place – all over the world a more open – where you can collect notes, aphorisms, concerns, comments, thoughts, ideas, problems, points, images, concepts, visions, concerns, notions, worries, anxieties, conceptions. And share them or not, if you believe your posts may not be of interest.
But I don't think you've only lost the weight, Dear Loss: you lost the critical capacity, the deal in a curious way with the other, the different; with success and failure, between news and propaganda, between thinking and replicate. Between being original and ape.
The environment is therefore an area of particular concern to my business. I've read up on nuclear issues since College. That's all. I read articles on Reuters Press Agency, i summarized and rewrote the core news on my blog. This is exactly what happens in every newspaper in the world every day. I do not care how many clicks or how many followers can visit my blog; I'm interested in what I feel, what I believe, what I dream and how the blog would help me and at the same time might help someone who shares the same thoughts, the same interests, the same vision. Or not. You're free, unlimited and open to argue your opinions, not to shoot judgments or invent subtle insults disguised as criticism: I believe in the philosophy of Voltaire, but I can not explain how I feel about not being able to share this with you. Because of how I am, I could never write this kind of comments like yours. The origin of Western philosophy goes back to a sentence of Biante of Priene, the most famous of the Seven Sages. He said he preferred to judge a matter between two enemies, rather than between two friends, because in the first case would be procured a friend while in the second case one of his friends would be turned into an enemy. He argued that the sweetest thing for men is the hope and the thing most rejoice is the gain; also advised to love others like we were destined also to hate them, because most of the men is evil. He was asked to write a sentence wise on the pediment of the Temple of the Oracle at Delphi, and he engraved: "οἱ πλειστoι κακoί (the majority is bad)." The most are bad, that the majority of people is bad, or better yet the majority is bad. And you've discovered with your comment from a side.


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Red Sox - 000 004 032 - 9 13 1JD Drew is ready to play some ball. Two days after belting a three-run home run, Mr. OnFire clubbed a grand slam, leading Boston to victory. (The game ended about 9:15 AM Boston time.) Box and recap.
Yomiuri - 100 100 000 - 2 7 0
Jed Lowrie also homered, Coco Crisp tripled, and Kevin Cash, Julio Lugo, Brandon Moss and and Bobby Kielty doubled. The Dominican Duo went a combined 1-for-6.
Tim Wakefield (5.2-5-2-1-3) threw 74 pitches. Hideki Okajima pitched a scoreless seventh inning.


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Opinion: 'America Didn't Invent Plastic Surgery'
Writer Euny Hong rebuts criticism of CBS anchor Julie Chen's decision to have eyelid surgery. Photo credit: Associated Press.
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... I ... I ... the show you a side by side of the dramatic this surgery really was ... I mean if you look at that after ... that ... eyes are bigger ... I look more ... alert ... um I ... seem ... more expressive more expressive ... than how do you have how do you feel well backed yourself right now well now it's like I sometimes wonder ... but I will say it was Wed night ... after I had that Dion ... everything kind of ... the ball to roll for me ... for welcome back to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel that was CBS anchor Julie Channing ... talking about her decision to get double eyelid surgery to advance her Korea or ... the comments of sparked a really big debate about Rachel reassignment surgery ... and prompting an app that in this morning's Wall Street Journal From author uni Hong ... he's got the book the birth of Korean cool walk into the future forthcoming from piquant or uni at welcome to the show thinking ... on how this turned into a discussion about race because Telis situ leaching and she says ... I'd I did this to look better ... he is a visual medium what what's what I was this discussion that way ... I ... might be based on the assumption that only white people are suppose to get plastic surgery ... um I can say that other people get it to win in Korea they have a separate duty standard and has nothing to do it swung to a white otherwise the plastic surgery she would crumble under the weight of malpractice fears the easy bit of this recipe criticism for its own issues getting the surgery to look why they ... use in the op ed that ... it's because of that it has nothing to do was was looking like right exactly that would be a separate surgery which is not practiced by me and I mean I've had it done and come out about this and I'd ... I don't think that that would of been successful or Michael ... well he won a surprise than any we've seen fads in Asia for example that the classes in Hong Kong with oil and seasoning didn't catch on here or is it just ... isn't because those trends don't ... really come to America my shirt because we'll talk about this much whining this first one is this thing called discretion ... I vetoed the end of the year I think that people are not aware that did ... the bike just be different countries in Chile with are not aware that other countries have their own QD standards on Aintree a few years ago was that it had black black eyes ... and they had black context I don't remember contacts and I remember any trend in Korea with the goal is to let clients ... know it so this is sort of an odd criticism but ... let's let's stay on the topic of a culture ... of it are we not familiar with but say the surgery or eat ... a probably because we don't see them in the American media ... he'll turn on your favorite shows and see ... fashionable Chinese factional Koreans in the same weensy ... fashionable waits for fashionable blacks ... it's part of the anti has always been a little bit behind the trends um because a lot of money is involved in American TV compared to other countries than ... they try not to take big risks but I think part of that was also the site surgery is so subtle ... that people are surprised it themselves they did notice that ... and they think that if it's not visible the mess the Center for its reason for the next ... is it in a patronizing element here too ... to say that God she knew she ... would we should be able to calculate and ... how she looks and and and and say what's good what's bad and sad is is that also factor in him ... while I think it's just not sporting to accuse people of feeding themselves ... on that side of the most insulting part of all of this actually ... mean speaking only for myself I don't and raise the funds they receive twelve and a new admitted in public okay ... on one what we have reactions got to be up and and ... in people agree with you learned anything surprising amount of the reader with ... the most surprising thing was their reaction to what I said it was the big reveal that I had the ... if the procedure dot Naeimi dot it felt like they had come out as straight or something I can really understand the reaction in all ... IAC will really that that that encourage everybody to read the op ed and read her book it's coming out ... soon the birth of Creek walking in the home thanks much being


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My dog's Penis BLEEDs !! help !!!!!!!
I need some ADVICE!!.. I notice my dog's penis, near the tip, has some yellowish dicharge and the skin around there turn brown. I afraid it's infection. So i took him to the Vet., the Dr. thinks his penis is SWELLED up, gave him pain medicine and some antibiotics. He also took X-Ray to see if it's Kidney STONE and did Urineanalysis. So i gave my dog the med. and took him recheck later. Before the recheck, my dog's urine and the tip of the penis, has some redish discharge.. should be blood. To the Vet., result of the test, no kidney stone but his urine has some O type crystals. We have some special FOOD to treat the crystal. I ask the Dr. why He start to kinda BLEED now, he said maybe is couz of the "cathethrizion" that he used to get the urine. OK...
Until Monday, i got home... then my dog suddenly start BLEEDing alone the floor, and a Dark redish "GEL" is in the blood. I rush him to the Vet, and Vet. , he gave me some STRONGER antibiotic and just trash the old medicine.
Until NOW, my dog pee pee fine (no blood in urine)... it's just that he still has some DARK redish discharge at the TIP of his penis, which is dripping small read spots around my house.
To me, i really want to find out WHY my dog still BLEEDS. I don't have dog insurance. I paid $800 on my dog already for the 3 visits to Vet. MONEY is not an issue compare to the HEALTH of my dog. But it seems like the Vet STILL doesn't know what EXACTLY happens to my dog.
This really FRUSTRATED me !!!!!!
How many times do i need to visit Vet. AGAIN to really find out what
happen?? When is he going to stop bleeding ???
Please help me or give me some advice... thx !!!!!!
**also, i found this Question that some other person asked previously.
Bleeding from Penis - German Shepherd
Question: Dear Dr. Michael,
I am having a problem with my GSD "K-9". He is 3 years old and for about 4 months ago he was used as a stud. Now for abut 2 1/2 weeks ago he started to bleed, red fresh blood drops from his penis. I took him to the vet and I got some antibiotic and she gave him anti-inflammatory injection. He stopped bleeding after 3 days while taking the antibiotic. 2 days after the 7 days couse was finished he started again and with more blood droppes than before. Took him again to the vet same antibiotic and anti-inflammatory tablets. The vet wanted to check K-9 with some instruments (don;t know the name) but they don;t have it here. The vet said since it is red blood it must come from the end not further in, which makes sense. The vet is not able to do any
further tests that's is the reasons for why I contact you. What could it be? What should I look for? (He dose not have pain when he is urinating and there is no blood in the urine).
Please note I do like my vet she has helped me in many situations but this time I'm a little worried since it dose not seam to clear up and she has not got the facilities needed.
Looking forward to your advise. Thanks, Maggie
Answer: Maggie-
There are two things to think about when bleeding occurs from the penis. The first is an injury to the penis or some other part of the urinary tract leading to the hemorrhage. The second is a bleeding disorder that is affecting the entire dog but showing up as bleeding from the penis. It is important to note that occasional instances of small amounts of bleeding from the penis (several drops but enough to be noticeable) are not highly unusual in intact male dogs and often do not seem to cause any significant
problems. This is especially true when they are aware of a female in heat but not able to breed with her. It sounds like you are seeing more bleeding than this, though.
The most common problem leading to bleeding in intact male dogs is almost
certainly prostate disease. The prostate can be palpated in dogs by rectal palpation and if the prostate is greatly enlarged it would increase the likelihood of prostatic problems as the cause of the observed bleeding. The antibiotics are a good choice in this case. Prostate infections are often poorly responsive to antibiotics and they must be used for long periods of time in some dogs to get control of the infections --- it is not unusual to have to use antibiotics for 6 to 8 weeks. Prostate hypertrophy in the
absence of infection also occurs and can lead to bleeding from the penis. I think that this is probably the major reason that we see occasional bleeding episodes in some male dogs who never really seem to be ill from the problem. This is especially true of young male dogs who are sexually frustrated by the presence of a female in heat.
Injuries to the penis are not too unusual in dogs that have learned to masturbate in response to sexual frustration. It is a good idea to examine the penis for signs of injury whenever bleeding is seen. We have also seen injuries to the prepuce that were difficult to locate, including one dog who had managed to fun over a stick in just the right path to push it several inches into his sheath, where it caused a great deal of hemorrhage but was not visible.
Bleeding disorders are not especially common in dogs but German shepherds are one of the breeds that is prone to these problems, since there is a higher than usual rate of hemophilia in GSDs. Checking for a bleeding disorder with a coagulation profile or bleeding time tests would be reasonable.
It does help to have access to an ultrasound machine when the prostate is suspected to be the problem but it is reasonable to just treat for the problems that can be treated for and hope for the best when access to this type of testing is limited.
Good luck with this.
Mike Richards, DVM
So, did that answer your question?
Grow up! Or were you laughing at something else?
(I needed to add more 's so you would know for sure I was joking...)
I had to laugh, I have never seen anyone answer their own question before and in so much detail.
Hee Hee Hee
I wish we had more people like mcl. No more wondering if it's a joke or not, no more having to use the good ol' brain muscle...
You might want to take this info to your vet and see what he/she thinks. Regardless, please keep us posted so we know how it works out.
You don't have to agree with each other.
You don't have to even like each other.
But please, respect each other.
With one of my male - neurtered dogs - it was as a result of 4 bladder stones (note bladder - not kidney in dogs) and some crystals. He eventually had the stones removed during another surgical procedure and the special food dissolved the crystals. No recurrences.
Actually our family dog had bladder stones as well and I remember she would spot blood before they were removed. She was the size of a toy poodle and had three the same size and shape as large marshmallows. That was when she was about 2yrs. She lived to 14 yrs.
Wow, those were huge stones! Poor doggy!
bleeding penis
I have a 3yr 8mo intact male Rotti who was never bred. He is a 'finished' champion. I also have a spayed female in the house. Whenever the female gets frisky the male gets excited(sexually) he drips blood from the penis. That is the only time this happens and only recently started. This is not a constant problem, only when excited. he does not have von Willabrand Disease. Vet can't find a problem because he is not excited while at the vet office. Vet 'thinks' it will stop if he is neutered. I don't want to breed him with this but I don't want to neuter him ...yet. He is a finished champion and I wanted to produce more champions from him. Any idea's?
If there's a chance that this is related to his being intact, I would neuter him. Why take a chance on his health just for the sake of bringing more puppies in to this world where so many are unwanted/neglected/abused everyday. Sadly, it's sometimes the "lucky" ones who end up euthanized.
"Obey my dog!" - Mugatu
"Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!" ~ Theophile Gautier
"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole" - Ok... whoever said this has never had a sick or special needs baby. They ARE our whole life!
R.I.P. my sweet, handsome Thorin. You are missed dearly Dec. 25, 1999 - Mar. 4, 2012
The link is to a very similar problem on another board.
I think you should get a second opinion from another Vet before you do anything.
Have you posted on a Rotti board? Other folks active in breeding your breed might have valuable input.
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