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My grandmother is Laura Elaine Champion, daughter of Mattie Grace Ezell, sister to Clara Vesta Ezell.
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Do you need a quick Holiday decoration? Are you looking for a really cute gift idea? This quick and simple 5 Minute Mason Jar Christmas Decor combines the best of these two ideas. Not only does this project make for a quick and simple Christmas decor but it is also beyond cute. If you really wanted to, you could give it away, but I don't think I will be parting with mine. I have a slight obsession with Mason Jars and this one is too cute. Let me show you just how easy it is to create this very simple project. Let's get started!
Supplies Needed:
- Soft Snow
- Little Christmas Tree
- Mason Jar with Chain Lid (These can be found at Michael's)
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Step 1: Hot glue the tree to the inside bottom of your mason jar.
Step 2: Fill with a fair amount of Soft Snow and hang!
Yup, it's really that simple. You could have a couple of these hanging in a large window, one on either side of a fire place, or perhaps several hanging from a tree. The possibilities are just endless.
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Free Sandia Mountain Natural History Center Geology of the Sandias
August 2, 2013 by Tania
Filed under Attractions, Sport & Leisure
The Sandia Mountain Natural History Center is usually closed to the public, but on the first Sunday of each summer month until October 2013 the center runs a series of open days. Visitors have free access to explore, hike, take in the scenery, try geocaching and enjoy the monthly themed activity or presentation.
That means the Sandia Mountain Natural History Center in Cedar Crest is open to all this Sunday August 4, 2013, from 9 am to 4 pm, and admission is free. The next open and free dates are September 1 and October 6.
Usually the 128 acre piñon-juniper forest with over 5 miles of walking trails is only open to school groups, but this Sunday anybody can turn up to hike, spot wildlife from the observation deck and bird blind, do geocaching, or even take a picnic.
At 10 am on August 4, there will be a presentation on Geology of the Sandias. I went to one of their recent presentations and it was very interesting, then I traipsed around the trails with Mr Cheap. It's a great opportunity to get outside and enjoy the land – and it's always a little cooler up in the East Mountains!
Sandia Mountain Natural History Center open day:
- When: Sunday August 4, 2013
- Time: 9 am – 4 pm. Presentation at 10 am. No registration required to visit.
- Where: Sandia Mountain Natural History Center, Cedar Crest
- Price: Admission is free!
Sandia Mountain Natural History Center is located at 60 Columbine Lane, Cedar Crest. Take exit 175 from
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Tim Going directly to HFiles has the following pitfalls: 1. You'll miss out on data that's in the memstore and has not been flushed to an HFile yet. 2. If you have deletes, you'll probably see the data from some HFiles where the data resides since a compactions hasn't taken place to throw it out yet. 3. Different values owing to different versions residing in different HFiles. In short, you miss out in the reconciliation that gets done at the RS level. If all you want to do it MR jobs over the data in HBase, why not consider flat files and just run em over that? Maybe run Hive queries, since you mentioned that. Why use HBase at all? (I'm not trying to shoo you away from HBase. Just curious what you are trying to accomplish) Amandeep On Feb 9, 2012, at 12:19 AM, Tim Robertson <email@example.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Can anyone elaborate on the pitfalls or implications of running > MapReduce using an HFileInputFormat extending FileInputFormat? > > I'm sure scanning goes through the RS for good reasons (guessing > handling splits, locking, RS monitoring etc) but can it ever be "safe" > to run MR over HFiles directly? E.g. For scenarios like a a region > split, would the MR just get stale data or would _bad_things_happen_? > > For our use cases we could tolerate stale data, the occasional MR > failure on a node dropping out, and if we could detect a region split > we can suspend MR jobs on the HFile until the split is finished. We > don't anticipate huge daily growth, but a lot of scanning and random > access. > > I knocked up a quick example porting the Scala version of HFIF [1] to > Java [2] and full data scans appear to be an order of magnitude > quicker (30 -> 3 mins), but I suspect this is *fraught* with dangers. > If not, I'd like to try and take this further, possibly with Hive. > > Thanks, > Tim > > [1] https://gist.github.com/1120311 > [2] http://pastebin.com/e5qeKgAd
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JERUSALEM (Jun. 13)
Outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Premier-elect Ehud Barak visited the home of a Jerusalem family Sunday whose 15-year-old son was murdered last Thursday by another teen-ager.
The visits came as increasing public attention in Israel was devoted to the growing wave of juvenile violence.
The murder of Gilad Raviv in Jerusalem on June 10 took place only a few days after the murder of Yevgeny Ya'acobovitz, also 15, in Nazareth. Raviv was stabbed to death by another youth, who later said he had reacted to insults against him.
Five youths were detained in the murder of Ya'acobovitz.
A recent survey carried out by Israeli educational television showed that 92 percent of children encounter some form of violence at school.
In reaction to the survey's results, educational television will air special programs encouraging tolerance.
Even as politicians and experts argued about the cause of this wave of youth violence, another related incident occurred Saturday, when a 56-year-old man suspected of having wounded a 29-year-old man following a quarrel between their 7-year-old children was detained in Ashdod.
The discussion of the incidents and the solutions proposed to the problem are similar to the national dialogue that occurred in the United States following the April massacre in a Colorado high school.
Assa Kasher, one of Israel's leading philosophers, said Sunday that the violence among youths reflected the general level of violence in the society. "Youths regard part of the behavior of grown-ups as a license to kill," he said.
Public Security Minister Avigdor Kahalani suggested that knives in schools should be confiscated.
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This is an Old Peg Wooden Doll Jointed Hand Carved in Tan Checked Dress Hand Painted 9 Inch. This doll is hand-carved and jointed at the shoulders, hips, and knees. It is interesting to note that one foot was carved a little smaller than the other. Another interesting feature is the narrow waist and round curved hips. All the joints are working correctly. The legs, arms, and head were painted a creamy white, the hair is brown with a dark oval in the back to simulate a period hairstyle (some wear to the paint). The doll is unmarked. Her homespun tan checked dress was made for her and was machine and hand stitched (there is some aging/staining to the fabric). She has hand-painted features, including blue eyes.
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Inclusive, innovative and passionate about what we do
Dragon Hall Trust is a forward thinking charitable organisation supporting young people, residents, business and community groups in Covent Garden and Holborn.
Dragon Hall Tech Hub has been created to ensure children & young people get the chance to play, explore and develop with groundbreaking technologies. To address the inequalities that exist in access to these innovations and help to Bridge the Digital Divide.
We offer social, educational and recreational activities, giving everyone the opportunity to play and explore with 3D printers, Virtual Reality headsets, coding, augmented reality programming, app design, radio production, sport and dance classes and access training and business development – there's something for everyone!
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ESOL classes - women only
Fridays at 11am to 1pm, English for Speakers of Other Languages for women only
Under 5s Drop In
Wednesday at 10am to 2pm, Friday mornings
Pilates for the over 40s
Tuesday mornings from 10:30 to 11:30, join Rosy Sanders for Pilates. No need to book just drop in. Only £5 per session!
Covent Garden Choir
Tuesdays from 11:30am to 1:30pm. Join Gerry and sing songs from the shows! Everyone welcome to come and join in, no experience necessary
About us
Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust is a charity organisation serving the needs of local people with a specific focus on children, young people and older residents.
Our work covers a large geographical area, from Russell Square in the North to the Thames in the South and from beyond Grays Inn Rd in the East to Soho in the West. Dragon Hall is in the Holborn & Covent Garden Ward of London Borough of Camden – with many users and supporters originating in Westminster and beyond.
Within this large area Dragon Hall offers the only open access play and youth work provision.
We also take our tech work to schools, other centres, libraries and many other spaces across London.


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TNA will tape its second half of Impact tapings tonight at the Impact Zone in Orlando. Last night, TNA taped the first half of TV and you can check out the complete spoilers from that set of tapings. Tonight, TNA will finish their TV tapings which will take them into their No Surrender PPV. Be sure to check back to WrestleZone tonight as we will have spoilers posted from tonight's set of Impact tapings.
Source: PWInsider.com
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I took my Laptop PC apart and now the CPU dont start...HELP!
yo. I took my Laptop PC apart. now it does not power on. At all. It wont start with a charged battery or with power from the wall.
When I was taking it apart, I just took off the back and the monitor (flip top kinda off. Just disconnected the wires but I reconnected everything back perfectly.
The laptop is a HP Pavillion zv5000 with XP. My wife happens to have the same one, so I took my hard drive off and tried it on her PC and it worked fine. but then when I plug it into my pc it like tries to start up but it cant. I can hear it kinda try to spin, but then not. The lights all turn on normal on the keyboard but then the MONITOR doesnt turn on at all?
How do I figure out what the problem is? Is it the screen? I know its not the battery or the hard drive, cause Ive tested that on my wife's PC. What else could it be?
you might need to go back in. I suggest, if you can find someone that took it apart and has pics, look for that. I will see if I can get you a link of a take-apart on it to help you.
Have you reseated the RAM stick(s)? What about any other stuff (Wifi Card, etc...)? I hardly doubt it's the harddrive, and the fact that it spools up means the board is working somewhat.
is the CPU removable/on card? If it is, you might need to go into it and reseat it.
my first suggestion is RAM. clean the contacts on the RAM with a rubber eraser. That should take off any dirt on it. Be sure to make positive than any rubber residue is off the tabs on the RAM.
If that doesn't work, you might need to delve into the machine a bit more at the hardware level and just re-seat everything. Check cables, make sure they are snug. If the keyboard pops up (through tabs) or is removable easily (through screws) that would be the first place to start.
What were you doing that required going into your machine?
As comfortable as I am with a laptop and working on them, I would NEVER intentionally go into one unless it is having problems. I hope you weren't going in just for a casual browsing...
see if this helps:
HP Pavilion ze5400 Dismantle
The laptop may be different, but the concept is the same. as you delve in, you will notice the similarities. Just be sure you get every screw in that you took out.
I just got a ZD8000 today that I am working on. Has the same problem. I have come to the conclusion that the motherboard needs to be replaced. Sorry, looks like you did something you shouldn't have done. Now you gotta get a new motherboard
I think that changing the motherboard is the easy way. Its like your car doesn't go in reverse and some guy says, "change the transmission" instead of fixing the problem.
Do you know what would cause a motherboard to go wrong? Does just taking the screws out do this? I wouldnt think that. I made sure that the screw wasnt holding a charge an all.
Here's one thing, I didnt replace each and every single screw though, but it is held together. Could that be causing the issue?
I wouldn't give up on it that easily, but then again there are two laptops under my desk right now that do exactly the same thing.
However, from what you described, it's possible the machine is in fact powering up, and you just can't see that it's doing it. The ribbon cable connecting the LCD in a laptop is very, and I mean VERY sensitive. Getting bent over, folded, plugged in improperly, etc could have killed it. Or it could be not fully seated/connected.
Here's what you do. Take all PC Cards, hard drive, CD/DVD, battery, and RAM minus one stick, out. Plug a monitor into the VGA out, and see if it appears on the monitor. There may be some button sequence you have to push to get it to use the monitor instead of its LCD.
This gives you loads of possible things that could be a fix; and leaves the LCD and its circuitry and cables out of the equation. Hopefully you see it power up, and you can go from there.
If that doesnt work, you could disconnect the motherboard's battery and wait awhile to let it reset BIOS-related stuff.
All the screws should go back in. Laptops flex, and that flexing without proper support could crack things.
Did you wear an anti-static wrist strap? Did you drop anything? Did you take it down to the bottom plastic or just pull what was required to do the job?
-- Macinjosh
P.S. While you're technically right that replacing a motherboard is replacing all that stuff to fix what is probably one tiny component on it that's failed... replacing the board is cheaper and more comprehensive than replacing that tiny component. Exhaust all possible avenues prior to replacing it though, there's a good chance something just needs connected better/properly.
Ok thanks y'all. I will give it a shot and let u know how it goes.
Ill try to replace all the screws and I think the keyboard is the one with the ribbon, the laptops LCD is connected via 2 little cables that actually click in. Those are in. What I havent tried is resetting the RAM. thats the first thing I will do. Wish me luck! This laptop cost me about $2600! (2.5 years ago).
correction my weezy says they were closer to $1700.. its still alot!


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May 5, 2010
G.S. Cosmeceutical Celebrates 12 Years In the Skincare Industry
Livermore, CA, May 5, 2010 — In 1998, G.S. Cosmeceutical USA, Inc. began as a small, home-based operation with a handful of clients and a big dream. Today, the Bay Area-based custom contract manufacturer has proliferated into one of the skincare industry's most highly respected formulators and manufacturers of anti-aging cosmeceuticals, OTC skincare, body care, naturals and organics, and baby care products.
The secret to G.S. Cosmeceutical's success? "Integrity and collaboration with the client, staying current with the latest ingredient technology, and lots and lots of hard work," says CEO, President and Chief Scientific Officer Gogi Sangha.
On May 5, 2010, G.S. Cosmeceutical marked its 12th anniversary with a festive barbecue luncheon for its 45 employees at the company's 60,000-square-foot Bay Area formulation and manufacturing facility.
Despite a hard-hitting recession and many changes to the industry, the FDA-registered, cGMP-compliant custom contract manufacturer has witnessed steady growth over the past 12 years, building its Research and Development team with 6 globally versed chemists and expanding production capacity with a state-of-the-art tube filler installed last year. G.S. Cosmeceutical continues to stay current with unique anti-aging innovations, including the use of plant stem cells and breakthrough skin whiteners.
Most recently, the contract manufacturer ramped up its sales/marketing efforts with a heightened trade show and website presence, including a recently produced video, which can be found at www.gscos.com/gogis-promise.com.
About G.S. Cosmeceutical USA, Inc.
G.S. Cosmeceutical USA, Inc. is a privately-owned contract manufacturing company. Headquartered in Livermore, California, the company is a leader in providing R&D, manufacturing and warehousing services to physicians, cosmetic entrepreneurs, corporate manufacturers, beauty start-ups and leading professionals in the spa and beauty industry. The company formulates across a broad range of categories, including anti-aging skincare, body care and hair care, organic- and natural-based products, paraben-free cosmetics and over-the-counter (OTC) cosmeceutical products.
For additional information, please contact Andrea Sercu, Marketing Manager of G.S. Cosmeceutical USA, Inc. at 925-583-1426 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 925-583-1426 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or visit http://www.gscos.com/.


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Alanis Morissette is back in the studio working on Flavors of Entanglement, her first new studio album since 2004's So-Called Chaos. A lot has happened in the interim -- including a well-publicized split with her fiancee, actor Ryan Reynolds -- and yes, in addition to more vast political concerns, she's talking about her life on the album. "Writing about my own personal relationships is my favorite thing to do 'cause it's the only thing I can really comment on with any kind of conviction or authority," she says. "I guess I could have fictionalized this whole record, but that wouldn't have been fun for me."
While Flavors maintains some of So-Called's buoyant sound, according to Morissette, "There's a nice cross-section on this one. There's so much joy and levity -- and then there's kind of rock bottom, 'Holy shit, I am a broken woman' moment." Morissette tapped Guy Sigsworth (the former Frou Frou member who's worked with Seal, Bjork and Madonna) as a co-writer, with hopes of expanding her sound. "I think there's more technological aspects to it on a sonic level than ever before," Morissette tells Rolling Stone. "I love to dance so there's a lot of loops and beats on this record where you can dance your face off."
Among the songs making the cut are "Underneath," which deals with communication breakdowns, and "Not As We" ("You know how you can resist hitting rock bottom for a long time? That song just goes 'ok, I'm going. All the way down' "). And even though it (accidentally) got her a whole heap of attention, don't expect the album to feature Alanis' hilariously mournful version of the Black Eyed Peas' "My Humps." "The law is such that whenever I think no one's going to give a shit, sometimes, they do. And vice versa, by the way," she says.
The singer does admit her days of covering nonsensical songs are far from over -- but she won't reveal her next target. "There's a few songs that have been cracking me up lately that I might have to dabble in," she says. "Let's just say [one of them] has to do with misogyny. And I don't even know the title of the song so I'm not even withholding. I gotta find out and interpret it probably within the next couple weeks." The Canadian songstress anticipates finishing the album within the same window, and then shifting her focus to some upcoming film projects, like her role in the adaptation of Philip K. Dick's Radio Free Albemuth, as well as working on a book.


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Now you can check the status of any case in Supreme court through its website, by just giving the case number, parties' name or the date of the case.
Here is the link: http://www.supremecourt.gov.pk/cst/default.asp
Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry inaugurated the online case status software, recently. The software aims to facilitate both the advocates and the litigants, who can inquire the status of their cases online on a daily basis. The searches will only work on the case fixed for hearing before the court as per final/supplementary cause lists.
Through the software, the CJP wishes that each and every case heard by the courts should be made available online.
Here is an example of details that this software will provide – clearly the information provided is very brief, but let's take this initial step towards digital documentation of all information and then presenting it online.


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Infographic: Where The Wild Things Shouldn't Be – Visual Documentation of Animal Vehicle Collisions Factoids
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Every year, the United States spends billions in medical, road-repair and vehicle costs due collisions between vehicles and animals, not to mention the trauma of all of the human and animal lives that are lost. But is anything being done about this problem? The professionals use their expertise to help shrink the number of animal-vehicle collisions (AVCs) and the resulting horrific consequences. This infographic gives some background on the problem of AVCs and presents some of the solutions currently deployed to mitigate this growing problem.


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What happens if I am married?
If you are married or living with someone as a couple we will only assess your financial resources. If both of you are going into care, we will assess your finances individually to work out how much you will have to contribute towards the cost of your own care.
If you are married and going into residential care, and receive an occupational pension, personal pension or payments from a retirement annuity contract, we will ignore 50% of that pension if you choose to transfer that share to your partner who is staying at home. However, this may affect the state benefits that your partner can receive.
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Le 03/04/2012 09:20, Christoph Päper a écrit : > Tab Atkins Jr.: > >> 2) Treat !important like normal, and have it effect the cascade > > Of course. 'var*' should not behave differently than every other property – not more than absolutely necessary that is. I agree. First, as an implementer, I don't like special-casing when the same code could for everything. But also for authors: more complex cascading rules (the declaration that "wins" is not the same if the name starts with "data-"?) are more difficult to understand/remember/map to a mental model.Received on Tuesday, 3 April 2012 07:30:33 UTC
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Franny at the emergency clinic
My new puppy, Frances Q Smith, has a malformed vulva and is going to need
— wait for it —
It's that rare beast, and actual instance of irony in the wild. One despairs of actually ever hearing something truly ironical again after fifty million instances of brain-dead sarcasm called irony.
Goodness! That is so ironic!
Yes, the elusive instance of true irony. Poor pup! I hope she makes a full and speedy recovery.
She's adorable, though!
You made that up. I hope.
Irony is not dead? Yay.
But boo for Ms. Frances, who will undoubtedly have to wear one of those horrid collars for a short time. But if the surgery fixes the malformation and makes it both easier and more fun for her to lick herself, then yay x 2.
(1) That's totally fucking ironic!
(2) What the fuck is that plaid shit in the photo?
(3) I hope poor widdle Frances suffers as little as possible and recovers quickly and fully.
If you're not going to breed her, why does she need corrective surgery?
I second pheeno's question.
If her vulval malformation is interfering with urination or causing repeated vaginal, urethral, or bladder infections, then it would need to be corrected regardless of whether she is going to breed.
Somewhat related: I once had a male cat whose frequent and painful kidney stones forced our vet to give him a sex change. I wish I could give you more info on exactly why and how his sex was changed, but I'm afraid I was 8 years old at the time, so I really couldn't tell you.
It's funny, anyway. This cat still lives with my dad, by the way. He's gotta be at least 16 or 17 by now, but he's Siamese, so I'm sure he's got at least another 5 years in him yet.
Those are some serious motherfucking pants!
Out at the horsebarn resides a goat that had serial problems with his boy parts. Eventually the barn owner took him to the goat surgeon, and believe me, those are hard to find.
Poor ol' goat got a sex change and now he pees vigorously straight out backwards. You need to be mindful of where he is. Most of us have gotten urinated on.
How about some horse pix?
I think I had a pair of bermuda shorts in that plaid once, when I was oh about 10. From what I've seen lately, I think that makes it "vintage."
(It just ain't right to walk into an antique store and see a great wall of covers from LPs you remember having sex to.)
Any chance of nicking the breeder for part of the surgery cost? Plus pain and suffering? Poor puppy.
My cat is so fat that her flesh protrudes around her vulva and provides the same microbe-friendly folds of flesh that young Fran has. Plus, she doesn't clean back there cuz she's, well, fat. So I shave her fur back there.
That's right, folks, my cat sports a Brazilian.
She's also on a diet, for those that are interested, but hasn't lost an iota of weight.
Jill – please share the source of those pants. I want to learn to ride, and some rocking plaid shit would make my day.
Information to save puppy from predatory vet:
1.) yogurt and cleansing wipes
2.) first estrus
3.) then spay
That is some ridiculous twist of fate, no? Poor ole' Fran.
Them pants is unreal.
My dog Maddie had reoccuring UTI's as a puppy. Sure makes the house training era extra super special.
If you are going to do the corrective surgery, talk to your vet about letting her go through her first heat cycle before spaying. There's research that shows that it reduces the chances of having chronic UTI's for life. It seems to have worked for Maddie, but she didn't have any extra folds of skin.
(Waiting to spay until a puppy is a year old may also reduce the chance of joint problems later on too.)
So this little puppy has a hormone problem. As in, none yet to speak of, which would be about natural, no? Then when she goes into heat, she'll need other interventions from the friendly vet. Estrogen, perhaps? For some kind of imbalance. Doggy menopause will be yet another vet intensive experience. I'm surprised it took them this long to get on the medicalizing female dogs gravy train.
On what species do you imagine labiaplasty surgeons train? Vet schools use dogs. Why let all that improvement go only to human females.
vaginitis no more thanks to natural diet
This "predatory vet" shit is starting to bug the fucking shit out of me. I have dealt with many small-animal vets over the years, and every single one of them has been a kind and compassionate person who genuinely loves companion animals, and wants nothing more than to ameliorate suffering and help keep our pets healthy.
Where are you coming up with this shit?
Subdued plaid? That's just wrong. I hope it's more eyesoreful when you look at the whole pants. Having survived the 70s once I prefer the rerun be comic.
I second the skepticism of anti-vet people. Two of my friends will be attending vet school next year, and I've never met anybody who is as dedicated to animals (and the environment generally) than those two. One is planning, vaguely, to go into small animal practice, and one wants to work with fish farms to create sustainable farms (or something). My dog's vets are wonderful people who are very concerned with his wellbeing, and have been clear about not wanting to medicate unless necessary. Nevertheless, I put him on prozac at my vet's suggestion and he's a far happier, less anxious, less violent dog because of it. And the vet suggested we use it as a training technique, to convince him while on the meds that other dogs are not all trying to kill him (or me) and then wean him off after a summer of dog parks and long walks.
I love my vets.
And I hope your pup's ironical surgery goes well.
What a face! I'm glad she has you as her Protector. Nice to know that some things work out OK. So damn cute.
Bet that breeder has some nasty Karma headed his way…um, viagra blindness, possibly?
Basically, it seems like Fran's bits are akin to a pug's face, except the closeness to the urinary tract makes the chance of a UTI very very high. I'm glad that they caught it, and I hope Fran does OK. Also, I feel bad if she's been peeing in the bunkhouse because she probably can't help it. Up with Fran, down with lacking in feck breeders!
this is why i can't have pets – if i had a dog who needed this surgery, i would have to give the dog away, because i can't afford such a thing, and even if i could, i am not physically capable of wrestling with pet to make pet take meds, clean areas that need cleaning, etc.
i know that this has to be really sucky, right now, both for you and puppy (she's so CUTE!); but it has, at the very least, stiffened my resistance to my friend who has puppies to hand out…
my lack of pets aside – wow. just, wow. and, wrt irony: this also makes me wonder if it is possible that some labiaplasty is necessary for women – sure, we only hear about the ones where the women claim they did it for the looks – but is it possible some of these women were having real problems that the labiaplasty helped? i'm going to have to do some research
serious question – if a woman really really really hates the way that her labia looks, if she really thinks it looks deformed and etc, is it really bad, if she can afford it, for her to be able to "fix" it? how is that functionally any different than me wanting breast reduction surgery because i wear a fraking FF size, and have since i was 13? i only know one person in real life who got labiaplasty, and she was fairly young (19? around there) and she did it because when she wore underwear – not *thongs*, regular-type underwear, the "granny panties" type – her labia hung down *outside* the underwear – she couldn't wear pants that weren't very loose, because everyone would see her labia, she couldn't wear swim suits at all – she was very very self-concious about it, and suffered many UITs and yeast infections before the surgery – but after, they stopped almost completely… i know why *I* am, in general, against labiaplasty – in most cases, the only reason for the surgery is to match an "ideal" that is, itself, unreal and digitially manipulated, and generally only to please a male partner, not yourself. those reasons offend me – but not my labia, and if it makes a woman happy to have her labia changed to please a guy, well, that's fucked up and i will keep trying to change the world so that women can stop feeling like they have to change to please men. that's where my problem is – the fact that so many women feel pressured to get a surgery done just to please a man.
but if it will genuinely help the person who gets the surgery… like a breast reduction would help me (and everyone who has ever gotten one)
In response to your overheated protestation. (Methinks etc.)
What planet do you live on? COI between vets and the medical industry is common knowledge. And unacceptable.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association,
May 26, 2009
Dear Sir,
The relationships between the corporate sector, and in particular with drug companies, and private medical practitioners, hospitals, and medical schools, are being called to question by the Institute of Medicine in the US (1).
Is a similar examination called for in the veterinary sector where comparable corporate interests may be at play and affect the quality of care and services animal patients receive? It would seem that there has been a lack of due diligence over the role of diet, specifically, highly processed pet foods (2) in many contemporary health problems of companion animals. The same may be said about the routine application and so called 'preventive' treatments with anti-flea and tick topical products that only now are being fully evaluated by the Environmental Protection Agency (3). Was due diligence also lacking, in part because of inadequate information and understanding, with dog and cat vaccinations? Until recently the universal protocol of giving dogs and cats annual 'booster 'injections of multivalent live and genetically engineered vaccines met resistance when ever questioned.
Corporate sector partnering in academia even includes chairs and professorships named after the donating company at many veterinary colleges. What role such partnering may play in contributing to the grave consequences of poor diets, over-medication, and hyperimmunization in companion animals by deferring to vested interests and by claiming lack of scientific proof of harm from such practices, is an open question. Academia should not be exploited to garner public credibility, nor should the market place become the final arbiter of what is acceptable.
Examining possible conflicts of interest may be difficult, considering the partnership of the American Veterinary Medical Association with Fort Dodge and Merial pharmaceutical companies, and Hill's Pet Nutrition, who together have pledged $4.5 million in support of AVMA programs and services over the next four years (4). But this difficulty could become a confluence of interests once the health and well-being of companion animals are first and foremost on the agenda. The content of both the JAVMA, and its equivalent with the British Veterinary Association's (BVA) Veterinary Record, increasingly addresses issues concerning animal health and welfare, including nutrition and vaccinations.
In the UK, the government and the BVA have chosen to focus on the health and welfare problems of a genetic origin, primarily in pedigree dogs. Some critics believe that this is a massive displacement, since it is the genetic susceptibilities to dietary diseases and vaccinoses (adverse vaccination reactions) in specific breeds make them the canaries for the canine population at large (5). The appropriate use of vaccines, (6), various 'preventive' veterinary drugs, prescription diets, and the adequacies of manufactured cat and dog foods, also need to be considered if the mandate of the British government is to protect the health and welfare of companion and other animals, not just better regulate breeding practices. British dog breeders feel they are the scapegoats and are taking all the blame for the myriad and costly health problems in today's canine population. The same can be said for the major ailments in the feline population, where poor diets and adverse drug and vaccine reactions similarly take their toll according to Hill's former Director of Technical Affairs, veterinarian Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins Esq.(7)
Of course there are confluences of interest that can benefit all and this would be forthcoming I believe when there is a more integrated approach to animal health and welfare. This could be developed from a bioethical basis (8) by veterinary teachers, researchers and practitioners, a Council for Veterinary Bioethics being one response to the call for an examination of possible conflicts of interest within the profession.
(1) Sternbrook R. Controlling Conflict of Interest—Proposals from the Institute of Medicine. Published at http://www.nejm.org, April 29th 2009 (10. 1056/NEJMp0810200).
(2) Fox MW, Elizabeth Hodgkins and Marion E. Smart. Not fit for a dog: the truth about manufactured dog and cat food. Fresno, CA, Quill Driver Books, 2009.
(3) AVMA News. Topical flea and tick products come under EPA scrutiny. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2009; 234: 1228.
(4) AVMA News. AVMA enters into multimillion-dollar partnership with companies. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2008; 233: 219.
(5) Dodds WJ. Vaccination protocols for dogs predisposed to vaccine reactions. J Am Animal Hosp Assoc 2001; 38: 1-4.
(6) Schultz RD, Ford RB, Olsen J. and Scott F. Titer testing and vaccination: a new look at traditional practices. Vet Med, 2002, 97: 1-13 (insert).
(7) Hodgkins EM, Your Cat: Simple New Secrets to a Longer, Stronger Life,
New York, Thomas Dunne Books, 2007.
(8) Fox MW. Veterinary bioethics, pp 673-678, in Complementary and alternative medicine, Schoen AM and Wynn SG., eds., St Louis, MO, Mosby, 1998.
Michael W. Fox, BVetMed, PhD, DSc, MRCVS
Fox's Pen Inc.
2135 Indiana Ave N., Golden Valley, Minnesota
why would you spend six years studying if you didn't feel passionate and care about animals?? i have never met a vet that wasn't kind and caring. i am thinking about becoming a vet myself, if i can handle the studyload.
poor puppy, she'll be right though. glad it was finally discovered and she shall soon pee properly again and be without pain.
also ironical is too a word! har har
Irony of the week? week?! year is more like it.
"this is why i can't have pets – if i had a dog who needed this surgery, I would have to give the dog away.."
This gave me a laugh because I feel exactly the same way. I don't do post surgical care, I faint at the sight of stitches, and if a dog throws up, I show them how it's really done. Just the same I now have five cats and two dogs.
I think the concern we hear from Sis is simply a well justified fear of the patriarchy, the medical establishment, and being female. They have a long history of messing with our lady parts, telling us we are diseased, and using us as guinea pigs. It's always good to have a healthy suspicion and do some research.
Ha! Oh, I choked on my muesli! But poor pooch: I hope it's painless and swift.
Ha! Oh, I choked on my muesli! But poor pooch: I hope it's painless and swift.
My best to that little cutie. My now 3 year old golden came from a reputable breeder with a new puppy UTI. She had traveled to me in a crate over a couple of days time and didn't ever soil the crate. My vet talked about the possible need for a surgical solution. I can't remember if she didn't think it was a pressing issue or if she wanted to wait to see if the dog physically changed enough as she matured. Knowing how miserable a UTI is,if she were getting no relief,I'd have been signing her up for surgery in a heartbeat.
Franny looks worried but maybe she's just not feelin the pants.
What?!? Plastic labia? Wuffor?
Does she really need vulvoplasty or just a perineoplasty? The latter would be a much more common procedure, and to those who are asking, yes, it is a conformational defect that causes health problems and it is better for the dog if it's corrected.
yttik: "…I think the concern we hear from Sis is simply a well justified fear of the patriarchy, the medical establishment, and being female. They have a long history of messing with our lady parts, telling us we are diseased, and using us as guinea pigs. It's always good to have a healthy suspicion and do some research."
Yup. Healthy suspicion is good. In general, I'm pro-choice, even if I wouldn't make the choice myself. It gets tricky, and we have to be wary, but if your breasts are so big and heavy that it hurts you a lot, or if your labia hurt you, I'm gonna trust you to do what you have to do.
I hope to Franny that I never get breast cancer, but if I did, and a mastectomy was necessary, I doubt I'd get any kind of cosmetic reconstruction. But I'm pretty old, and kinda poor, and I'd prefer to avoid the additional recovery time that's usually required for reconstruction. Your choice might be different.
It gets dicey, though, when purely cosmetic stuff is medicalized. The medical industry has no goddamn business inventing the term "micromastia" to encourage breast implants. If a friend of mine told me she was going to get breast implants, I'd hardly stop her, but I sure as hell hope she understands that she's simply altering her appearance, and not "curing" her micromastia. Genital plastic surgery strikes me as similar: undergoing it to make you feel less disgusted about your gross icky female parts is a horrible idea. Would I stop someone? How could I? But I will resist how such attitudes are used to change what's considered normal.
I have to go back to being pro-choice. If a friend of mine said she was going to abort her fetus because the sonogram revealed it wasn't the gender she wanted, her choice might threaten our friendship. But I would never stop her.
Gah. It depends on the situation, and that makes everything hard work, work, work. But life is hard work. Nothing ever gets decided once and for all, for certain, forever and ever, unless we're really willing to abandon our own agency.
But I have to say that if somebody's trying to persuade me about something on the basis of it being "empowering", expect alarms bells and sirens and flashing lights and me yelling all kinds of shit.
Meanwhile: Jill, please snorgle Franny for me, okay? Look at that beautiful little baby Lab face.
Poor sweet puppy.
Asshat breeder, I hope you give them an ear full.
Love the pants!
We've experienced or have had friends experience shady vets, including one that was somehow unable to diagnose vaginitis in our friend's puppy, nor a common mite infection, however, the majority of vets we've had we've really liked and have trusted. I'll admit the worst we've had is a passel of scratched corneas and an umbilical hernia.
I'll be thinking of Fran- I do wish her the best.
are those bondage pants? juuuuust kidding, they're cool.
Frances is the cutest thing ever.
"Ironical" is a word in the way that "functionality" is a word. That is, someone thought "function" didn't sound grand enough, they repeated "functionality" a great many times and now almost everyone accepts that the extra syllables are necessary.
In any case, it's not ironic that someone who rails against the horrors of labioplasty should have to get labioplasty done on her dog. It's incongruous. Or, if you are feel uncomfortable around little-used words, it's funny.
katrina: Why isn't this situation ironic?
Irony revolves around the perceived incongruity between an understanding of reality and what actually happens. Seems that's what's going on here.
Poor Fran! I hope the surgery goes well and solves the underlying problem.
Your male cat had PU surgery (perineal urethrostomy). Basically, they remove all or most of the penis and widen the urethra, which theoretically allows stones/crystals to pass more easily. It's really not a sex change, unless you think male = penis.
Poor puppy! Still, she's lucky to live with someone who cares enough for her and has the resources to deal with it.
Puppy-armpit-scritches and get-well wishes to Franny. Hugs all around to the other denizens of the Bunkhouse. Except the scorpions and the centipedes.
I am never sure of the ironicaliosity of anything any more, so I usually just say something like "OMG, that's weird", or "Noir much?" or (most often) "Huh.", which is the default.
Apropos of not much, I think that from now on, whenever I see plaid and cannot escape, I will see Franny's beautiful face, and it'll be okay.
I, for one, am confident that Jill has looked into her options with Frances and has determined that the surgery is medically indicated. I mean, this is an advanced patriarchy-blamer we're talking about–she's not going to have heard the vet say "labiaplasty" and just nodded like a bobblehead doll. So, best of luck to little Frances–I hope she feels better soon!
After my Daisy had a mass removed from her back end, we avoided the scary cone collar by putting some shorts on her–I had to sew some ribbon to the waistband, sort of like suspenders, and tie it to her collar. As I recall, they were plaid flannel boxer shorts. Sadly, I did not take pictures. Perhaps this information will help you.
This is just one example of the many vets who say puppy vaginitis is normal.
Puppy Vaginitis
Vaginitis is normally (sic) in puppy bitches from 4 – 10+ months of age (until their first season) and although it is often treated as an infection, which it is not, it is simply a condition caused by the normal sloughing off of cells and part of hormonal and developmental changes. I will not use any antibiotics internally for this problem – this is only a temporary condition and will pass as she matures. Here is part of a discussion with Dr. Hutchinson, one of the top reproduction specialist in this country. He is the Veterinarian we use for all our breedings.
Dr. Hutchinson -what is the treatment for puppy vaginitis & does it lead to problems later in breeding
DrHutch: Puppy vaginitis is a NORMAL mucous production in young bitches before their first heat cycle, the total treatment is warm water on a cotton ball and wipe these bitches DO NOT need to be on antibiotics it does NOT lead to infertility and it does NOT make them prone to pyometritis it is not an infection at all usually it's worse when the humidity is high.
To lean her up use: 1/2 teaspoon of OxEdrops in 1/2 cup of warm water, using a soaked cotton pad. You can do this 2 times a day."
why would you spend six years studying if you didn't feel passionate and care about animals??
By that logic, we shouldn't question human doctors either, because they work so hard to get their degree. Therefore, only the best and most caring persons would make it all the way to the end of the education and training required. Surely the jerks would be weeded out!
Of course, we know by now that's not the case–there's even been a few hair-raising examples brought up on this very blog of doctors who really failed it in the compassion and humanity department, especially where women are concerned.
As far as predatory vets go, I've had mostly great experiences with vets, but have also run into a couple who were truly in it for the money. Oh, they probably liked animals well enough–but not enough to give my pets attentive care, to make sure that dosages were marked correctly so that we were dispensed the correct amount of meds (I was still charged for the full amount, of course), or to actually listen to me when I explained my animals' symptoms. Fortunately, in both situations I was able to locate a better vet in time to help my pets, but surely in some remote or rural areas there's a limited number of options.
what the hell? this blog is alive again, yeah! i am so glad. is Twisty OK? i wish her all the best.
Oh wait. Were you guys calling me out for ableist hate speech?"
If that was to me for asking why the surgery: No. I just couldn't figure out what a malformed vulva would get in the way of if she wasn't going to be bred. I figured she could potty fine, but wasn't sure. Hadn't thought of infections.
Katrina, you really can't give Jill shit for using "ironical." (1) It's in numerous dictionaries as an accepted variant of "ironic," so the lexicographers recognize its wide use. Language changes over time, and the English language is not a static thing. Shakespeare's coinages were new concoctions in his day, after all, and now they're 400-year-old words. (2) Criminy, you think Jill wasn't using the word to be funny? The woman who uses words like "empowerful" and "taqueau"?
Maybe you can have them insert a pair of "neuticles" while they're at it. And thanks for giving me an opportunity to use that word today. http://www.neuticles.com/
Jill, when you wear those pants Fran Q. needs feelyboppers.
Alix: I'm not.
But even if she had, if you ask a vet who does surgery if surgery is what is recommended, I'd lay odds you'll hear in the affirmtive. Tt's how they earn their living. Do we ask Mr. Toyota if Toyotas are the best cars?
I usually want to steal Jill's styling fashion, but I'll pass on the plaid pants. LOL!
I'm glad that Fran is in good hands now. She is soooo cute!
I usually want to steal Jill's styling fashion, but I'll pass on the plaid pants. LOL!
I'm glad that Fran is in good hands now. She is soooo cute!
The only reason I clicked on comments was to say "Hey, nice pants." I also detect a whiff of excellent boots, but it's hard to be sure. Y'all plaid haters can go suck a lemon, mang.
I can't speak for the USA but I can assure you that here in Britain 'ironical' is most certainly a word – an oft-used one as well. Both the Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries confirm its legitimacy.
I believe those are what _The Official Preppy Handbook_ called a "go-to-hell pair of pants."
Hope the pup recovers quickly.
"…I pity you, and the chuckleless days your social circle must endure for lack of an acquaintance in humorous plaid pants."
But wait. I have you. Babe. In your very fine and witty plaid pants.
I suspect my fear of plaid is congenital, having skipped a few generations, and taken a cultural side-street. Family lore has it that my great-grandma on my mom's side fled Aberdeen, Scotland because she couldn't abide the sound of bagpipes.
I don't really hate plaid, but Jill, I think I may feel the same thing you feel when you hear the phrase "a nice tailored suit", which is basically, uh-oh.
Not so much a plaid hata; it's just that I really was a Catholic schoolgirl for 16 years and got my lifetime lethal dose way back then.
Plaids and paisleys, yes; bagpipes, no.
What rotten luck. Hope she has a speedy and easy recovery.
Poor Frances.
"But even if she had, if you ask a vet who does surgery if surgery is what is recommended, I'd lay odds you'll hear in the affirmtive. Tt's how they earn their living."
…are there actually vets out there who don't do surgery? I mean, spaying and neutering is about as bread-and-butter as it gets.
So just a wipe twice/day with these OxEdrops and she'll be OK? That's cool. So if she gets an infection, can she use Betadine like I had to?
Jill, you don't think there was any abuse by some pervert on Frances? This is really something she was born with? Is this Breeder on the up and up? Other customers have problems with female pups? I only ask because men can be sadistic. Just asking.
"To (c)lean her up use: 1/2 teaspoon of OxEdrops in 1/2 cup of warm water, using a soaked cotton pad. You can do this 2 times a day."
The author of that website sells these vaunted "OxEDrops", which turns out to be a 5% solution of sodium chlorite, a.k.a. bleach, the shit they use to make paper white. She suggests that OxEDrops are excellent for human consumption, too.
Don't worry about Fran, folks. If I can keep her vadge sludge-free with mere hygiene, she won't be going under the knife. But I won't be bleaching her weewee.
Whatever. The point I was trying to highlight was it's NORMAL, generally resolves upon first heat followed by spaying, happens with Great Danes, Labrador Retrievers, Bull Mastiffs, and other largish breed dogs. I guess they grow into their vages about the same time they grow into their paws.
I need to invent a new cocktail and call it "plaid hatas." I'm feeling inspired!
That is the same time they stop chewing on the house.
Laughingrat; good point re my statement.
The best part about the Neuticals website is the product page.
Hey, wear some fake cat balls on your ears!! That'll really attract them down at the local!
Re neuticles: ARE THEY SERIOUS? I mean, I've heard of men getting all wispy and emotional over their dog getting neutered (which, come on. If that's the ONLY THING a man is allowed, nee required to get emotional over, that is really a sad state of affairs), but to go so far as to buy your dog, whose only concept of reality is in real time, in other words, dogs live in the present and can't imagine the world different than it currently is, a fake set of balls to make the dog feel better around his friends is just…pathetic.
I think these men have issues. And when my girlfriends go on about how cute it is that their husband/boyfriend is upset about getting the dog/cat neutered and doesn't want them to do it, I tell them to get real and tell their husband/boyfriend to quit being a ninny and why does he have castration issues?
How did you know she had a UTI?
Did she have a Lab test?!!
…Or perhaps a cat scan?…
neuticles? oh wow. poor bruno the low riding dachshund.
I don't hate plaid. I love feelyboppers.
Good work Helen!
I have heard about neuticals, but I thought it was a borderline "Onion" pet rock phenomenon, but now I see from the link that it's for real, and that the veterinarians who are endorsing it (mostly with faint praise) are doing so because at least it gets the boy doggies in to be neutered.
But it's not just as easy to slap a few balls on the dog while he's being neutered as it is to neuter the feller, period, and on that basis, I object on the grounds that it is burdensome, irrelevant, and only funny if it's never really done.
Now: to people who know dogs way better than I do: is it common practice among dog lovin' folk to let female pups have a first heat before spaying? Or is this more important if she's going to be a working dog of some sort? That is, is it unnecessary for most companion dogs?
Lastly, and only barely within shoutin' distance of topicality: I have never understood why male humans are so fond of sitting with their legs all sprawled out. I get it that it's a dominance thing, an owning of space, and a symbolic display of what must surely be the most impressive cojones ever placed in evidence. But it doesn't seem like a behavior that is consistent with survival, because, I mean, it's all right there, and you never know when I am carrying my phaser (which I sometimes do even though I can vaporize stuff using only my brain). Or even when somebody's notebook will suddenly fall at a painful angle. Maybe the danger is part of it. "These cojones are so manly that I can risk anything, because I has them."
Oof. Oh, wait. I said "lastly", but I lied. I have goats across the road! They are on the job! They have been deployed to eat everything on the steep hillside (but especially the noxious invasive broom plants). They are happily chewing away, enclosed by a movable fence and watched by a human and a workin' dog, and OMG, they are all different kinds of goats, and so adorable.
Larkspur, when I encounter such males sprawling around, particularly in the seat next to me on public transit, I make sure to take up my full seat of room. It amuses me no end to see whether they give up and stay in their own space (which a surprising number do).
Your male cat had PU surgery (perineal urethrostomy). Basically, they remove all or most of the penis and widen the urethra, which theoretically allows stones/crystals to pass more easily. It's really not a sex change, unless you think male = penis." — Shelley
Thanks for the info. Like I said, I was just a little kid, and all they told me was "sex change". I would, however, like to assure you that I don't believe male = penis. If I did, I doubt I'd be bothering to transition (since I could never be a "real man" anyway).
And now I better post this, before I start waxing poetical about the nature of gender, and what exactly constitutes a "real man" if not anatomy.
It's probably wrong that I laughed at the irony. But I did it anyway, and I'm sorry.
Fran is completely, utterly, bowl-over adorable. I hope that she has a fulsome recovery within the blink of an eye.
Also, when I was but thirteen or fourteen and a regular horse-rider, my most fervent desire was to own a pair of plaid jodhpurs with almost exactly that pattern. All the cool kids had them, but I had plain navy and my parents laughed in the face of my request for new ones. In rural England in the 1990s, your trousers were all the rage.
Poor Franny's fanny! Better you than me, I won't be wiping any canine behinds, no thank you.
As much as I'm a fan of the labia, I'll make a quick mention that foreskins are hunted down with much more gusto. I see it as a feminist issue myself, as mothers are most often their child's genital protectors, while proud fathers are quick to hack off the neonate's delicates and bully women into silence over the issue. Makes me sick.
For the record, a mild solution of chlorine bleach is a-ok on living skin. Makes a good cheap anti-bacterial/microbial cleanser for all sorts of things.
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I'll raise you one. I have a cat who gives herself brazilians. Oh, yes, she does. She plucks her own fur clean up to her chest area. I've taken her to the vet. The vet shrugs and says she probably did it for "whatever" reason long ago and keeps up with it as it's a behavioral pattern now.
Anyway, she's got a cleanly "shaved" tummy and "down there" area now. One which she seems determined to keep that way.
I try not to judge.
Dang, if I could give myself a Brazilian with your cat's technique, I might sport one myself.
All you need is twenty four hours a day, seven days a week to pluck yourself clean with your teeth! 'Tis easy!
Gayle! I have a male cat who does the same thing! He looks like he has a monkey butt. I can't get him to stop. He looks all scrawny and weird and people think he's got mange or something, but, he just wants to lick the damn fur off. I can't tell you how relieved I am to hear that he's not the only cat in the world that does this.
"I can't tell you how relieved I am to hear that he's not the only cat in the world that does this."
A friend of mine's got a cat who's been sporting the shorn-alpaca look for over a year on account of overzealous self-grooming. She's had some success in lessening the behavior–poor kitty use to have a full-body mohawk–by giving the cat occasional hormone injections.
Not having any pets (and I am not a dog person really but if I could have a dog as spectacularly adorable as Fran I would probably do it, UTIs and all), I'm not in a position to comment on those, but I would like to note that not only is "ironical" not some sort of coinage designed to make "ironic" sound more important, it is actually OLDER than "ironic" by some fifty years. Most words in English that end in "-ic" also have a form that ends in "-ical" and vice versa, such as "magic/magical" and "politic/political", one notable exception, ironically, being "surgical".
I had a cat once that would lick off her hair in patches. She looked piebald. Vet said it was anxiety and we gave her mild tranqs for two weeks. She never did it again.
Oh the irony indeed:
Pup gets fairly common poor hygiene/developmental infection that will very likely improve and resolve with time and diligent hygiene.
Blogger exploits fatty skinfolds for good self-referential ironic copy.
Ensuing set of home-baked recipes (dog "breeding" appears to be an especially fecund source of internet regurgitated tripe)throws up a single undisputed (in this blog, that's the irony) assumption; that oestrus is an essential part of a bitch's development and with the whiff in that assumption that it cures a lot of things.
Fact: A bitch spayed (this is complete removal of ovaries and uterus, same as Twisty/Jill experienced) before her first oestrus has her risk of developing breast cancer in later life reduced almost to nothing.
Fact: Breast cancer is the most common malignant cancer in bitches (around half of them – the cancers that is, not dog deaths in total) It is also as nasty to treat as it is in humans.
Fact: A bitch spayed after her first oestrus has her risk of developing breast cancer later in life increased 7-fold from that of the bitch who is spayed before first oestrus.
Fact: A bitch spayed after her second oestrus joins all those who are never spayed in her lifetime risk of developing breast cancer. Their risk is not small, increases between ages 2 and 5-ish and isn't the point of these figures. It is around 25 percent of all unspayed bitches after 6 years of life who will develop mammary neoplasms and around half of those cancers will be vicious and malignant.
Take home point: Spaying before oestrus reduces the finite risk of developing breast cancer (whatever the cause and whatever the environment) by more than 24 percent; it almost reduces the risk to negligible. It's the best thing you can do for your bitch.
Waiting for even a single oestrus changes that risk to only a roughly 16 percent better one. You feeling lucky, dog owner?
Anecdotal evidence is that pups with conscientious mothers (clean their pups a lot and supervise pup's own cleaning habits as they develop), and those whose early days are spent in well-cleaned kennels with good contact with their mothers, aren't prone to juvenile genital and urinary infections.
Jill appears to be that ideal conscientious mother to make up for a poor start.
The rough road of cleaning up after widdling female pups? Better to be a little slack about bitches widdling inside until they are ready to train themselves. They come to it quite a bit later, infections or not, than little dog pups. Old newspaper makes an excellent carpet ;-)
Disclaimer: I have a veterinary nursing qualification and have worked as one in a teaching clinic and in small animal practices. Dogs, cats and assorted uncaged birds live with us.
It's the same with pups. Getting my male dogs fixed as soon as possible cut down his chances of prostate cancer considerably.
Alas, my stinky old weinie dog has prostate *issues*, but at least cancer ain't one of em.
His stinky issue would clear up if he'd stop eating cat poop.


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Resolution against vouchers on Victoria school board agenda
Jan. 16, 2013 at 10:03 p.m.
Updated Jan. 16, 2013 at 7:17 p.m.
A resolution calling for the Texas Legislature to reject vouchers, taxpayer savings grants and tax credits will be a topic at the next Victoria school board meeting.
The resolution states, "diverting public money away from public schools is an inefficient use of scarce resources."
School Board President Tami Keeling said board member Michael DiSanto brought the statewide resolution to the attention of VISD Superintendent Robert Jaklich earlier this year.
"We will be speaking to the Legislature as one through this resolution," Keeling said. "It's a good way to make your voice heard on an issue."
At Thursday's meeting, board members will also review progress made during the 2011-12 academic school year.
A public hearing about the Academic Excellence Indicator System report will be conducted by Susanne Carroll, VISD's executive director of curriculum, instruction and accountability.
"We are going to show the demographic changes of our school district," Carroll said.
A growing Hispanic student population, a slight decrease in the drop-out rate and attendance will be among the many issues Carroll plans to present at the meeting.
Additionally, Carroll will present what plans the district has moving forward into the new year.
English as a Second Language students are among the district's priorities.
"The Hispanic population is already a majority of our student population," Carroll said. "We've moved from pulling a student from a class to an ESL teacher to sending teachers to the students so they don't miss out on classroom instruction."
Carroll said the district also hopes to have at least one certified ESL teacher at every grade level on every campus.
"We're not there yet, but we're getting very close," Carroll said.


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The Memphis Tigers have been one of the 20 best programs in college basketball over the past decade. They were in the NCAA Tournament nearly every season, and even made a Championship game and two Elite Eight appearances. Making the tourney has been easy for the Tigers because they were in a weak Conference USA. They were good enough anyway, but it just made it easier.
But now, the Tigers are in a major conference, the American Athletic Conference, so the regular season will no longer be a cakewalk. On Thursday night, Memphis lost 83-73 to Connecticut, meaning the Tigers have now lost back-to-back home games for the first time since 2005.
Memphis is used to playing Rice and UAB — you know, teams that make it easy to keep long home winnings streaks alive. They are not used to playing Cincinnati and UConn in back-to-back home games. Neither of these losses are bad losses, and neither will have any ill effect on the Tigers' seeding come tournament time; however, the fans at FedExForum are still growing accustomed to losing at home.
These are the same fans that once witnessed a 27-game conference win streak. Losing, especially at home, is not something that they are familiar with, nor something they want to become familiar with.
Shaking off the decade-long stench that is the Conference USA has been tough for the Tigers, but winning at home shouldn't be tough. Memphis has gone on the road three times in the American Athletic Conference and has won all three times, so it isn't the competition that has them flustered. For years, they were the big dog, the team that every other conference foe circled on the calendar, but now they are just one of several good teams.
When the Rices of the world would walk into FedExForum, they would be pumped up and ready to go. For them, playing on an NBA court in front of 18,000-plus fans is rare, but eventually the talent would play itself out, and the Tigers would emerge victorious. That doesn't happen with the Cincinnatis and UConns of the world. These teams play in NBA arenas, they play in front of large crowds, and their talent level is up to the task of challenging Memphis.
Maybe the Tigers are expecting their new foes to collapse at the thought of 18,000 screaming fans. Maybe they are expecting them to freeze when they notice NBA players in the stands watching them, and maybe they would if they were UTEP — but they are not UTEP.
Memphis losing at home is a big deal. It doesn't matter how good the team is that beats them. Memphis is a high-level program that routinely has high-level prospects at their games, especially local talent. When the Tigers lose with these kids in the audience, it puts a dent in their armor in the eyes of the recruits.
A team that was once invincible that could sell recruits on playing in a big city on an NBA floor with Beale Street right outside no longer holds much credence when they are losing at home regularly.
This is their first season in a new conference with a few other teams, so there is added pressure and new wrinkles to get used to, but the Tigers need to win at home against stiffer competition if they are going to prove to the media, fans and recruits that they deserve to be here.
Memphis has landed some big-time recruits in the Josh Pastner era even though the Tigers were playing a terrible schedule. Pastner could sell 20-win seasons, trips to the NCAA Tournament, trips to Maui or New York for preseason tournaments, but no one wants to go to a school that can't win at home.
Memphis deals with recruits that could go play at Rupp Arena, Cameron Indoor, the Carrier Dome or Allen Fieldhouse — these are arenas with a fan base and a home-court advantage, something the Tigers had once upon a time. For Memphis to keep up with the elite programs now that they are in a superior conference, they have to show that they can still own the court at FedExForum.
Robbie Marbury is a College Basketball writer for RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter @rmarbury


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Explanation - between 30 and 65mph while keeping the speed and rpms as steady as possible I can see on the TAC that the rpms rise by about 100 or so and I can actually hear it through my flowmaster exhaust. For instance at 40mph and 1400rpm I can see the TAC go up to 1500 then back down again this continues about every few seconds. At idle the rpms are steady. Above 70 I don't see this, it starts around back when speed drops to around 65. Neither the SES or check engine light are on. Anything simple I can check?
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Sporadic rains meant better growth for some Crossroads fields than others
July 30, 2013 at 2:30 a.m.
The end was near - for the grain crops, at least - as Brian Adamek covered his field row by row Friday, gathering up the corn and milo. The 2013 grain harvest was just about complete.
"I hope to be through Monday with all of this," he said via phone as he worked inside his combine. "Cotton is still about a month off."
A dry growing season brought lower-than-average yields for many people throughout the Crossroads, said Peter McGuill, extension agent with Victoria County's Texas A&M AgriLife Extension service. Still, sporadic rainfall means some crops fared pretty well.
He does not yet have acreage counts for Victoria County.
There is a flip side to that moisture, however. McGuill said that, for some, it has hindered the harvest.
"Some people have to wait for it to dry out now," he said. "It's like Murphy's Law. When we needed rain, we didn't get it. Now that we don't need it, it comes."
Jeff Nunley, executive director of the South Texas Cotton and Grain Association, said ongoing Farm Bill work in Washington, D.C., has kept him occupied and away from much of his work in the Crossroads. Still, he said, crops seem to be coming along.
The rain was a welcome sight for producers growing cotton, he said, noting that harvest comes in about a month. It didn't hurt the grain sorghum fields, either.
He said the region fared better than many areas to the south, where conditions meant crops were basically done at planting time.
Nunley on Thursday drove from Port Lavaca to Victoria and said he saw several combines running as farmers worked to get crops out of the ground.
"A lot of stuff comes out pretty fast. It always does," he said with a laugh. "Farmers will be talking to me about getting started; then I get busy. Next time I turn around, they're done."
As for Adamek, that first crop might be nearing completion, but he still has his cotton fields to deal with down the road.
This year's haul varied, he said, noting some of his fields got a good soak around Memorial Day. Others farther south, however, saw a 20 percent or so yield reduction.
Still, he said, that's how farming goes.
"It's all dependent on Mother Nature," he said. "We buy crop insurance to protect in the bad years, and while it doesn't pay everything, it gets us to the next year. We can keep going."


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Rainbow Necklaces - String some Froot Loops onto some braiding cord, yarn, or shoestring liquorice to create these edible rainbow necklaces. Your little leprechaun will love making and wearing this festive piece of jewellery.
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Clarke Cool On Owls Contract
Wednesday striker Leon Clarke insists he's putting thoughts on a new contract at Hillsborough firmly to the back of his mind.
The former Wolves man is one of a number of the current Wednesday squad who is out of contract at S6 at the end of the season.
His two-goal performance which helped the Owls to a vital 2-0 victory against promotion-chasing Leicester City at the weekend has certainly done his chances of a new deal no harm.
But the striker is just focussed on playing his part in guiding the Owls to Championship safety first - starting at West Brom tomorrow night.
'I haven't thought about it (my contract) to be honest. The only thing I'm thinking about right now is helping to keep Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship,' he told Teamtalk.
'We have another big game coming up on Tuesday at West Brom and, obviously, they're a very good side.
'They will come at us and play some good football but the manager will have us very well prepared.'
Clarke is set to keep his starting role for the trip to the Midlands.


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If you can't afford to buy a house in Edinburgh and at the same time you don't want to waste money on renting a house, then rent to buy is the answer for you. Many people are resorting to this option because falling house prices and tight fisted lenders are preventing first time buyers to enter the market. The rent to buy scheme was introduced by the government to facilitate people. At the same time a number of homeowners and private house builders introduced their own versions of rent to buy. Some of these options are really attractive.
Private rent to buy option in Edinburgh
Many homeowners and private house builder have introduced this option as a way of receiving income to pay for their own mortgage and at the same time moving towards selling the property. One the big advantage for tenants and first time buyers in this is that the rent paid is returned; this can be added to the deposit later. Hence you can take advantage of these private schemes, provided that they earn enough to cover the mortgage.
However the downside of this option is that you will be a tenant until the time you complete the purchase. So you might be living in your own home, free to use it in any way you like but your status will be of a tenant till complete payment.
There are many private rent to buy schemes and it is important that you seek help of a solicitor who can scrutinize the details and inform you of what you are putting yourself into.
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This is introduced by the government to buy the unsold developer stock and bring it for sale in the affordable housing sector. The main distinction between the two schemes is that in the government scheme you will be paying a discounted rent and not a market rent.
The way this scheme works is that you will rent a property in a development with the purpose of buying it, in a certain time span, anticipated to be three years. You will have to pay around 80% of the market rent or less; this means you can easily save for the deposit. Once you have collected the deposit by the end of defined period, you can buy a share in the property. You will now be on shared ownership and pay an affordable rent on the rest of the property.
The downside of this scheme is that if you cannot proceed with the purchase, the tenancy will not be renewed and eventually you will have to move out. Moreover this is aimed at first time buyers, earning about £60,000 and cannot afford to buy a property in the area that suites them.
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