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To maintain the highest standards of excellence advancing collaborative and dynamic strategic enrollment practices that attract, admit, enroll, and retain students through graduation and beyond.
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Enhance our distinctive learning experience to produce talented graduates with the knowledge and skills essential for critical thinking, meaningful civic engagement, international competency, an appreciation for the arts, lifelong learning and the ability to lead and adapt in a rapidly changing world.
Objective D
Enhance the quantity and quality of dialogue with our various communities to ensure our academic relevance and distinctiveness.
- Enrollment Management and Communications and Marketing developed an orientation communications plan in which the university communicates monthly with prospective students who have applied for admission.
- Enrollment Management and Communications and Marketing developed the "Parents as Partners" newsletter.
Enhance student access to and successful participation in higher education through quality and innovative instruction and student life programs that increase graduation and career placement for a diverse student body.
Objective A
Improve the enrollment and retention of direct-from-high-school, graduate and nontraditional student populations.
- RaiderConnect, students' single point of contact for Enrollment Services, was opened in Fall 2013, providing integrated, student-centric enrollment services, streamlining their experiences in support of retention.
- From Fall 2008 to Fall 2010, Wright State's total enrollment grew more than 12 percent to a record of nearly 20,000 students. Despite a declining number of high school graduates in Ohio, the university saw a 10.7 percent increase in the number of direct-from-high-school students.
- By Fall 2010, Wright State had more than 6,300 students over the age of 24. These nontraditional students make up 32 percent of the university's student body.
- The university increased the number of international students from 605 to 788 between 2008 and 2012 and doubled the number of Chinese students, from 70 to 142.
- Established in 2009, the Wright State Graduation Fund provides scholarships to help financially needy students complete their degrees.
- The Office of Financial Aid created a need-based grant program to better serve students with high levels of financial need. This program is modeled annually to serve students who have need and to address enrollment/retention efforts.
- New direct-from-high-school freshmen are more prepared than ever, with an average ACT score of 22 and average high school GPA of 3.2.
- New transfer student enrollment increased more than 18 percent in the past five years.
- New Hispanic student enrollment increased more than 27 percent in the past 5 years.
- The College Readiness program delivered important content to high school students, including academic enrichment, non-cognitive skills, financial aid and literacy, application process, and cultural enrichment.
- The Division of Enrollment Management introduced new technology to streamline processes to better serve students.
- The Office of Financial Aid moved the university to Direct Lending before it became a federally mandated requirement, better positioning the office to enrich processing capabilities and streamline loan processing.
- The Office of Financial Aid enhanced the automation of packaging and loan processing in Banner to expedite service.
- The WINGS Express Portal was enhanced to allow students to finalize financial aid processing and to allow quicker disbursement of financial aid.
- The Office of Financial Aid expanded student service capabilities, including new online processes, extended hours of operation, and better customer service training for staff.
- During Fall 2012, the Academic Performance Scholarship Program was enhanced to better serve students who meet certain aspects of academic merit.
- The Deans' Scholarship Program was created to recruit high-quality academically prepared students.
- The Choose Ohio First Program, which is fully funded by the state, attracted additional students to Wright State University for STEM disciplines, students with disabilities, and graduated/professional students. This program grew in scope and has assisted with the recruitment and retention of high-quality Ohio students in various disciplines across campus.
- Orientation delivered student-focused activities, peer connections, information about transitioning to college, academic success resources, and tools to foster adjustment to the physical campus environment. New students are also introduced to opportunities for service-learning, study abroad, diversity, and career development.
- Freshmen Convocation attracted well-known and inspirational guest speakers: Rocsi Diaz, 2013; John Legend, 2012; Eric Klien, 2011; Ishamel Beah, 2010; and Chris Sacca, 2009.
- The Division of Enrollment Management hosted nationally recognized enrollment management expert David Kalsbeek of DePaul University, who shared best practices in financial-aid leveraging, in 2011 and 2012.
Objective B
Enhance the academic success of students.
- Undergraduate Admissions, the College of Education and Human Services, the United Latin American Citizens, and the Hispanic Catholic Ministry collaborated on a recruitment initiative to tutor elementary Hispanic students.
- In 2012, the Diversity Inclusion Committee offered student scholarships for products addressing the impact of diversity on their professional development.
Expand our scholarship in innovative and targeted ways to address regional, national and global needs.
Objective C
Foster discovery at all levels in the educational pipeline (K–16+)
- Summer enrichment courses attracted students in grades K–9 to campus.
- The Upward Bound precollege program enhanced the academic skills of eighth-, ninth- and 10th-grade students from first-generation college and low-income families.
- The student organization Black Men on the Move operated a mentoring program at Thurgood Marshall High School in Dayton.
- Wright State hosted the 2012 Ohio Mathematics Contest for students in grades four through 11.
Provide leadership to promote and support social, cultural and economic development within the region through our collaborations with local, state, national and global partners.
Objective B
Enhance the university's presence with the Dayton/West Central Ohio regions, and beyond, in ways that benefit communities.
- A program designed to provide college scholarships over 10 years for up to 500 academically promising local high school students from low-income families was launched by Wright State and Sinclair Community College. Wright State will provide financial support from privately raised funds for 20 students a year, beginning in 2017.
- The College Readiness program assisted community schools with increasing students' educational access, opportunities, and readiness, providing a successful transition to college. This project promotes Wright State's position as an innovative community-engaged institution by partnering with other community and state organizations.
- The College of Education and Human Services awarded 16 mini-grants in 2011–12 to support faculty involvement in partnership efforts.
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For one week in June, two University of St. Thomas students forged lifetime friendships and brightened the lives of children with neuromuscular diseases.
Sarah Lutz, a junior education major, and Rosemary Tran, a senior biology major, served as counselors at the Muscular Dystrophy Association Summer Camp from June 6-12. The MDA Camp builds bridges and breaks barriers for young children with muscular dystrophy and related diseases. Each year, MDA supports roughly 90 summer camps across the country at no charge to families. The camps provide a place specially designed for people who have limited mobility or use wheelchairs.
Lutz first volunteered at MDA Camp as a service project at St. Pius X High School and she was inspired to return for the third time this year. She spent the week with nine-year-old College Station-native Dontaveon Pool.
"MDA Camp is just an incredible week," Lutz said. "You walk away with such fulfillment in your heart knowing that you're helping the campers and their families," Lutz said. " I get so much more out of it than I could ever give."
She sees this rewarding experience as an extension of her education to become a teacher.
"As a classroom teacher, I'll be working with children who have physical disabilities," Lutz said. "MDA Camp taught me how to approach different situations with students. I now know how to connect to students and engage children with disabilities in the classroom."
This was the first year that Tran volunteered as a counselor. Her camper was Cameron Zuntag, a nine-year-old boy who uses a wheelchair.
"I learned so much from my camper," Tran said. "He is so strong and courageous and he can do so much on his own. He truly lives life to the fullest."
Tran's said her background in biology gave her greater insight into the physical aspects of her camper's disability.
"My biology classes helped me understand muscular dystrophy and how it affects Cameron and many others," Tran said. "Working with the campers gave me hope for future treatments and showed me that what we do in the lab has the potential to impact the lives of so many people with neuromuscular disabilities."
MDA is the nonprofit health agency dedicated to curing muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseases by funding worldwide research. The Association also provides comprehensive health care and support services, advocacy and education. MDA maintains medical clinics nationwide for adults and children with muscular dystrophy and related diseases.
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Re: How to destroy a diesel in one easy step...
Oil pressure failure is probably the single most destructive event.
Install an audible alarm - you can easily build one yourself from an old automobile relay and automobile horn. Last one cost be about $6 in total, in 1995, and it is still workingfine.
Overheating is next, I suppose. Keep an eye on your motor coolant temperature.
On the point of timing belts. Do not install a marine diesel with an OHC engine. Simply avoid the type. Install an OHV motor (pushrods). Marine diesels do not rev high enough to justify an OHC motor. Avoid. Leave the type for motorcycles, or performance automobiles.
Keep the oil clean.
Be careful with prolonged cranking.
I made a decision a long time ago to remove the engine side covers so I could keep an eye on what was happening in there constantly. I have the luxury of instant access to the motor and I can check the vital signs before they get out of hand. You would be surprised what a wee bit of constant TLC can do.... hand on gearbox to check temperature, constant checking of engine mounts, hand on cylinder heads, on the exhaust elbow, hand on the electrical fuel pump to check it is working, and a big oil pressure gauge staring me in the face. I can even tell when I need an oil change - it drops below 30 psi on a long run.
Also, with the engine exposed perhaps I can get an earlier warning of a fire in there? Perhaps.
Re: How to destroy a diesel in one easy step...
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So this happened to you? Did it completely kill the engine?
Many a diesel rig was fueled with diesel and driven away. Apparently it makes sounds that aren't so good.... but it never destroyed one that I know of.
The procedure was for the company's mechanic to invent new names for you and try them out to your face. He then would drain the fuel system and pull the head of the engine. Apparently the gasoline would all evaporate and he could just put the head back on, refill the system and carry on. He always said that putting diesel in a gas engine was worse because it wouldn't evaporate. This was also the reason, he said, that at the pump the diesel nozzle won't fit into a gas engine's fill port but a gas nozzle will fit into a diesel fill port.
Re: How to destroy a diesel in one easy step...
Another tricky one...
My Volvo MD2020 started overheating, at the point of stalling. It ran fine for years. I tried today to repeat the event at the dock, without actually stalling. Guess what?! The heat exchanger cap is busted...or something. After running the engine in gear for 15 min. at 2500 rpm, I noticed a trickle coming out of the heat exchanger overflow. Spatten Octoberfest bottle was right there, so I commandeered it to act as an overflow container.
It started filling up slowly, but when I slowed down to an idle, the overflow started gushing, and dumped about half a quart... So, the engine is losing its coolant... A friendly lobsterman suggested bad heat exchanger cap... I was looking at it and thinking to myself.... this piece of spring and rubber could kill! And not only the engine, but the people on board, in the right circumstances...
Re: How to destroy a diesel in one easy step...
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Not watching the dock boy fueling your deisel tank with gasoline.
Re: How to destroy a diesel in one easy step...
Have your transmission seize outside of Ensenada on the way to Baja Naval for a bottom job.
Have the folks at Baja Naval remove the transmission and send it to the states to be rebuilt.
Have the folks at Baja Naval reinstall the transmission with the pressure plate installed backwards.
Run the engine for 16 hours.
Result 1 seized Yanmar 4JHE.
Try to get to the friendly folks at Baja Naval to cover the cost of the rebuilt diesel - fruitless.
Repower the boat with a new Yanmar 4JHE - a few thousand more then rebuild.
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Re: How to destroy a diesel in one easy step...
Originally Posted by davidpm View Post
I just had a long conversation today with an experienced diesel mechanic and he said it is important to mix coolant 50/50 before putting it in the engine. He said if you pour in one gal of straight coolant the a gal of water it will not mix properly in the engine and the engine can rust and or freeze.
I thought that was not obvious.
Re: How to destroy a diesel in one easy step...
Running your engine with a bypass oil filter system. Take it out before it springs a leak and you destroy your engine while running with insufficient oil pressure.
Re: How to destroy a diesel in one easy step...
Hi all,
The boat I just sold was prevented from overheating in the following way by the previous owners:
After forgeting to open the cooling seacock and causing some damage, they ALWAYS put the ignition keys on the handle for the seacock. That way you could not start the engine without touching (and opening) the cooling water. I adopted their practice and never forgot to open the cooling line before starting the motor. Also, I replace the impeller every year. Very cheap insurance against some of the problems discussed here.
Cheers, Bill
Re: How to destroy a diesel in one easy step...
Treat it too good by running at low rpm. With a Yanmar, This will surely result in glazed piston walls and a low hour smoker requiring a hone and re-ring...ding, ding, ding.
Re: How to destroy a diesel in one easy step...
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It was a little Kubota 2 cyl (Westerbeke). We sailed it into Bellingham, where I mocked up a new alternator bracket out of cardboard, took it to a local machine shop and they had a new replacement bracket cut out in about a half hour. Then I marinetexed the the timing belt cover back together and ran her that way for another four years.
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Heading into the last 20 minutes on Tuesday evening I really felt like we were getting ever closer to heading through to the Semi-Finals yet again.
When playing against a club, however, that can call upon an array of experienced world-class talent for their 'second string', there is always a chance they will show one moment of class to deliver a killer blow.
For much of the tie I felt we looked extremely comfortable and created pretty much all of the few chances during the game. We looked ever stronger as the game went on and it was this alone that had me heading into the latter stages with confidence.
Events at Old Trafford last night showed what a good performance it was and with maybe more of a cutting edge on the night I have no doubt we would be in the last four. One thing's for sure, the continued development of players such as Manny, Francis, AOC and Ignasi is extremely encouraging.
It wasn't to be however, resulting with one of our enjoyable roads to Wembley coming to an end for another season.
The long trip to Wigan comes next for what we all hope will be a noisy and successful afternoon. We have a 'mixed' record up there so that alone should demonstrate we will have to be at our best to come away with the three points.
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North Carolina hunters might be able to hunt longer, with more types of weapons, and in some cases on Sundays if several proposals announced at Wednesdays wildlife commissioners meeting are approved.
The sweeping changes in regulations particularly for deer hunting would affect hundreds of thousands of hunters in the state.
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Create a single deer season for the state. Now, there are four main regional seasons. The new season would be the same as the current eastern deer season, which this year will run Sept. 13 to Jan. 1.
Allow bow hunting and falconry on Sundays on private land.
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Move the opening of turkey season to the first Saturday of April statewide, which would extend the season by about a week.
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Allow the hunting of coyotes at night with the use of artificial lights.
In dove hunting, raise the daily bag limit from 12 to 15; on opening day only, allow shooting to start at noon, and, for the rest of opening week, allow shooting to start a half-hour before sunrise.
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I had a P-23 when my girls were 6 and 8. The interior space may be small for adults but was great for the girls. Significant advantages over the Bluejacket and Bluenose are a table, bunks and a head! Children do not like to need to pee and be stuck in a boat with no toilet!
If you have 5000 US then that is about 7500 Beaver Bucks. I bought a P-23 in fabulous shape for 6500Cdn. I sold it 2 seasons later for 5500 because I had committed to buy a larger boat and needed the P23 sold NOW!
P-23 go for 5500 - 7500 Cdn. This is well within the numbers you stated. Tanzer 22 is almost a sister ship of the P23 and can be had for 5000Cdn and up. There are many boats in this size and age range available in Eastern Canada, esp this time of year. Visit marinas and yacht clubs and look on the bulletin boards.
The P-23/Tanzer 22 have large self bailing cockpits perfect for day sailing, they have a flat unencumered deck for sail handling and they also have a decent though small cabin to keep the children out of the elements and even allow them to nap. On several occasions we went for evening sails with friends in Halifax Harbour and the children went to sleep in the vee berth when they were tired. Even better is that the cabin is the size of a child''s playhouse and there is space for colouring and other activities for your children below.
There are many different 22 and 23 foot boats of varying ages for sale in Eastern Canada. They make excellent day sailors and even overnighters for a couple with young children.
You need a boat with a HEAD!
Good luck.
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Several years ago we were in your exact same position, except we''re in maine and have only one daughter (then 4). We wanted to be able to do overnights, so we looked at boats with small galleys, heads, and table. We looked at Pearson Ariels, Pearson Tritons (great boat!) another Pearson from that era with a bigger cockpit & smaller cabin (can''t remember the model), Bristols, and finally we found a 1975 Tartan 27. We bought her for $4000. She was a great boat for us, pretty forgiving and safe, with roller furling jib, a keel-centerboard and good layout, and a huge cockpit (self draining!). We did many overnights on her and my daughter loved it. However, we soon needed more room and moved up to a Tartan 30 the next year!
Have fun!!!
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Hello all, if the goman 20 you were looking at is the same boat that is lying in Gold River, it seems to have significant title issues that don''t appear to be resolvable. Be carefull !
There be dragons...
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M. Paul - several thousand Tanzer 22 were built in Canada between 1970 and 1988? They have a large cockpit and are heavy stable boats that would fit your price range (check out www.tanzer22.com)
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pearson seems likes nice boats. there''s a 1980 26''er for sale near me. good condition. too small for my needs though. so I passed. although it''s only $3500, including trailer. bad time to sell a sailboat now I guess.
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sorry, the Catalina is the swing keel model...What is that! Is it ok?
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How about a Catalina 22? I saw one for sale in the paper today...( I''m trying to find something decent nearby to avoid any accesive transportation, hence my small choice list!) Anyone?
Thanks, again
need boat advice...new to sailing!
My family''s first boat was a Pearson Ensign, which can be found in your price range. We were very happy with this boat. These boats are 22 and 1/2 feet long and have a full keel. They were built mostly in the 1960s and 1970s but there are still many around, and still some racing fleets. They were very solidly constructed. They are not fast by today''s standards (because of the full keel) but are very forgiving and have a very large cockpit that is comfortable for a family and guests.
You will not find many listed for sale on yachtworld.com and other similar web-sites (because of their comparatively low prices), but a Google search will get you to official and unofficial web-sites devoted specifically to them, and to Pearsons, generally.
need boat advice...new to sailing!
Would suggest that in cold Canadian waters, a self-bailing cockpit is a good idea. If you like the P23, the thing to do is to make an offer of what you can afford for it. Even if the asking price is much higher, they might be under pressure to sell quickly, and (surprise!!) accept your offer. The worst they can say is no, and even then, you''re no worse off for having tried. The alternative is to keep looking.
With two daughters of my own, my advice is to get the largest possible boat you can afford, because you will need it desperately in five years or less. My personal slant is towards the J/fleet. Though J/24''s in your price range might be pretty tired, if there are some in your area, one of them might make sense. Their large cockpits and decks are ample for cruising and daysailing, and they''re fun to sail. Not much headroom or privacy, though, and if they''re not available where you are, the point''s moot.
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Thanks for your advice Jeff, the only problem for me is that the p23 is slightly out of my price range, and I''m not sure if I can swing it.....I went and looked at the Goman Express 20 today, and I liked it...The cockpit was fairly big, and it seems fairly well laid out( read... it seems more basic, and less daunting to one as unseasoned as myself!) It''s kind of boxy looking, but somehow that''s reassuring to me....I ''m not sure I need or want a full cabin ( galley and all) although I''m sure my wife( and daughters) would appreciate a head! Am I being short sighted?...Any feelings at all about this boat?
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It's only my 5th day on the slopes so need to just keep the passion and get the right technique down from the beginning so i don't get some nasty habits that stick with and can't be changed.
|Hit up whistler today and changed up my step up a little by moving to a +12 -9 with a 12 degree high-back lean forward. Didn't have any pain in my knee at all over the 4 hours i was boarding and the foot pain was fine, only thing i found was that i think i'm tightening my boots too much and my feet are getting a little numb from that, and also that instead of bending my knees to go to my toe side, was kinda standing on my tippy toes to do this. Hence putting pressure through my both my feet and making them sore. So its just a matter of working on technique. It's only my 5th day on the slopes so need to just keep the passion and get the right technique down from the beginning so i don't get some nasty habits that stick with and can't be changed.
As the others have said, you need to play around with your stance a bit. I have no idea what stance width/angles I started out with but, over the years, I've settled into 12/-12 on a 23.5" width. I tried +15 on the front for a while, but I felt it in the inside of my lead knee after half a day. Personally, I like a duck stance so that I can really get low without feeling like I'm tucking one knee in behind the other, but that's just me.
One thing that I would suggest is to take a measuring tape to your existing stance and write it down somewhere. Tweak one of your variables and ride for a while. See what your knee says. Just don't go all crazy and change everything in large increments all at once. You'll be chasing your stance all over the place in no time by doing that.
I would have someone take a look or a quick video of your riding, dont do anything different than you would normally do when you get video'd. it's possible you may be trying to 'face' the fall line with your body instead of your head.
Due to an ever pressing issue where my body feels the need to slowly kill itself, my joints are all screwed up, including my neck. If I turn the way I should, it hurts and thus, I have a bit of a body turn which hindered my ability to ride properly. I knew this as when I would go fast and get abit down in my position, this would force my body more forward and I found I had more control then.
I finally put two and two together and that was some of my issue. This also caused my left knee (reg rider) to be fatigued more after 6 hours of riding with a few 20 minute breaks and a few on the hill breaks , on top of the lift breaks. I figured well my arthritis couldnt be that bad already. Sure enough I had too much twist on my knee all day.
Try to lean back just a tad, turn your head a bit more left and this 'should' set your body in line with the board better.
A lesson from a good instructor with your concerns up front should allow them to point out your stance flaws; however, I havent seen many snowboard instructors out east that know what they are talking about so, thats another topic depending on where you are. I believe there is a certification to look for but dont remember what it is. Hitup snowolf on these boards, he'll tell ya
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Don't make me put down my walker and school you like we did in the oldie-times - +30/+30 and an onion in our pocket for a snack later! ;-)
Kids these days. Haha!
+30/+30, may as well just tie 2 skis together.
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Good bent knee athletic stance helps, arthritis, not so much
Kids these days. Haha!
Also 15/15 is not a very extreme duck, you may even find comfort going wider like 18/18.
Canted or not and stance width also will affect you.
Is the pain in the outside of your front foot? Try moving your bindings apart 1/2" at a time. Just a little can really alleviate this pressure, especially with canted bindings.
Good bent knee athletic stance helps, arthritis, not so much
I'm 43 so take that into consideration - how in the world people ride with a stance like +15/-15 is beyond me! My knees would separate and my hip flexors snap!! Then again, when I started riding it was normal to have positive angle on front and back foot, all Euro-carver style!
Now, before I go back to throwing cats at people who come into my yard - I'd re-iterate what others have said - you need to tweak the binding angles a bit. Nothing wrong with +15/-15 if it suits your riding style and is comfortable but clearly you are having problems. I'd start dialing back that negative angle on the back foot until you find a happy place.
|I rode 12 front and -6 rear last year. I then switched it to 15 and -9 this year. Rode it for 2 weekends like that and finally realized why I was having constant knee pain and riding like shit. So I switched it to 15 and -3 on the slope. Loved it and rode very, very confident with no knee pain. Decided to go to 15 and -6 yesterday after a full board tune. Not as good. So 15 and -3 it will be. You have to play around with these things.
|In my experience, a little foot pain is part of the deal until you get warmed. You can loosen your boots and bindings to help that. Knee pain is not natural. You may be aggravating a pre-existing injury. Your stance angles and width will usually affect your quads and hips more than anything else.
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Bill to ease firing teachers on sex related issues blocked
Original post made by Newspaper reader, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Jul 8, 2012
State Sen Padilla, D-Pacoima, because of a sting of teacher abuse cases. crafted legislation to improve the discipline process for the worst. Sen Bill 1530 passed SENATE 33-4, with support of CA school boards and administrators ! Then it was off to ASSEMBLY committee which was heavily lobbied by union LOBBYISTS !! CTA against streamlining the process for related to sex, drugs, violence. The existing bill requires evidence of less than four years, and a panel including an administrative law judge and TWO TEACHERS on sex violence & drug cases. New bill 1530 would eliminate two TEACHERS on the termination panel,and allows related evidence over 4 years.
The bill is supported by boards and administratiors throughout CA
and with the huge SENATE VICTORY, it was expected to pass thru the
Assembly COMMITTEE. But, it was killed in committee by one vote... Eastbay DEM Assemblywoman JOAN BUCHANAN, voted against the bill that
would have made it easier to protect children. This legislative session has now ended. Ms Buchanan says she'll look at it later.
This legislature is now closed. The big 33-4 Senate victory was for nothing. Union member Buchanan would not vote to ease the process for these EXTREME cases. if she won't even vote to clean up these hard-core cases, she'll obviously never allow terminating really
LOUSY classroom teachers either. Union might not let her win next
election if she forgets for a second, just who runs this show !
FIRST, it's protect the teacher, apparently. I learned this info in today's CoCoTIMES Sunday editorial. Editorial is available on the Times website,.
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 8, 2012 at 8:06 pm
Protect your own at any cost, regardless as to the crime they may have committed. Way to look out for the kids and consider their safety and needs first.
Union pervs......Protect your dues paying members.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 8, 2012 at 9:55 pm
I hope this community remembers this vote on election day. Buchanan is the poster child politician whose purpose is to vote whatever the CTA wants, no matter how needed a law is. Buchanan would rather see sex offenders as teachers than protect our kids. Buchanan is also the "education" representative that would not even vote to support the oversight needed by the federal government for California to receive educational funding a couple of years ago. The unions wanted no oversight and their puppet Buchanan does whatever they say.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 9, 2012 at 8:55 am
Joan Buchanan's NO vote killed it in the Assembly, after the Senate had so overwhelming passed it. She says she'll deal with the issue later....after how many other children suffer from these cases.
Union first.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 9, 2012 at 9:59 am
"deal with it later", like the pension issues.
On Buchanan's website she lists three priorities: Education, Jobs and the Economy, and Government Reform. I guess she was not clear on wither her priority was to improve or hurt these issues. I guess if her intent was to hurt those issues, she is truthful in saying those are her priorities.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 10, 2012 at 8:59 am
UNIONS ARE BEING DEFEATED ALL OVER THE US. Buchanan cares about the re-election and the re-election only. She doesn't care about the kids. Vote her out.
a resident of Dublin
on Jul 10, 2012 at 12:24 pm
Until unions all over the region, state, and country can prove they can be trusted, we are going to see ugly results such as this. This blockage has permanently damaged my faith in anything the CTA does. We NEED to fire pedophile educators at every level. The CTA has yet to prove that this needed legislation will take away their rights. Money talks way, way too much on this urgent issue. Shame on CTA!
a resident of Parkside
on Jul 10, 2012 at 5:02 pm
So the teacher hasn't yet been found guilty?! That really shouldn't have any bareing on whether he is to be kept on at all. And lengthy drawn out procedures to make sure some school administrator doesn't act in an arbitrary manner? Just a corrupt union ruse. Just like jury trials. Who needs them? If there accused, there guilty. Thats what my Daddy always told me.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 10, 2012 at 9:04 pm
When did you find out who your daddy was? I didn't see any news on the ow about this mystery being solved.
a resident of another community
on Jul 11, 2012 at 9:05 am
How in good conscience can a legislator vote against a law that would remove sex and drug offenders from our schools. Clearly, political agendas, and support of teachers unions unduly influenced the vote of Buchannon. Shame on the CTA for opposing laws that protect our children from predation, and shame on the politician that voted the law down. She should be voted out, but frankly, I see little hope. We tend to elect and re-elect this kind of twit, and her ilk, with monotonous regularity.
a resident of Downtown
on Jul 11, 2012 at 9:42 am
It has been clear for some time that Joan Buchanan is a union puppet who does not put our kids' education first. Now we see that she also does not put our kids' safety first. She puts the UNION first. Here is the good news: in just a few months we can vote for Al Philips - a man of principle who WILL put education first.
a resident of Downtown
on Jul 11, 2012 at 10:40 am
A dear reader, my name is Al Phillips and I am running against Joan Buchanan in November. This bill was overwhelming supported by both parties. Why? Because it was the right thing to do! This bill provided due process to teachers and empowered local school boards to have flexibility to terminate a teacher after a horrific crime had taken place against a child, Really Joan? As a Legislator, we must strive to add creditability to a crumbling, deteriorating and under performing schools. We must do everything in our power to protect those that cannot protect themselves from predatory teachers.
One of the greatest violations of trust is when a teacher violates a child. But a bigger violation of trust, is when a Legislator protects the predatory teacher or fosters and environment for them to thieve. Vote for Al Phillips on November 6th to replace Joan Buchanan
a resident of Danville
on Jul 11, 2012 at 12:48 pm
Joan Buchanan has to go!!! We need legislators that will protect our kids and the community not the UNIONS!!!! This makes my stomach turn. The fact that Joan Buchanan who was on the school board for years would side with her union buddies over the safety of our precious innocent children is dispicable! She said she will deal with this later???? Really??? After the election perhaps?? After she gets her pay off?
It's clear that Joan would rather throw children to pedophiles than stand up to the UNIONS. If you care about children you must vote this woman out of office.
I for one am voting for Al Phillips. Anyone who does not protect our most vulnerable is EVIL.
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a resident of Parkside
on Jul 11, 2012 at 1:17 pm
I agree with Al Philips. The jury system is passe in this country. All accused should be treated as quilty until they drum up enough money to prove there innocence. What kind of country is this when a child's/parent's accusation isnt' treated as 100% evidence of guilt. Al and me are agreed. We shouldn't allow the accused to defend themself. Just fire him outright and let him rot. Just being union is bad enough! Thanks Al for your bravrey and courage on this issue.
a resident of Danville
on Jul 11, 2012 at 1:21 pm
This is why Joan Buchanan should be replaced. Our children should come before the unions!!!!!!!!!
We should elect
Al Phillips
a resident of Danville
on Jul 11, 2012 at 1:49 pm
This is what you get when you think that because a person (Buchanan) has worked "for schools" that she will always have the best interests of the schools and parents in mind. Same with our new supervisor, Candace Anderson. They are politicians first, and don't care a bit for the taxpayers or the communities, just the unions and the politics. Its disgusting.
a resident of Parkside
on Jul 11, 2012 at 2:10 pm
And, Al Philips, while you're at it, please clense our school system of all the gay teachers who are protected by the union. There presense in the classroom is an abomb-nation. No jury trial for these creeps. One single complaint and - BOOM - he's gone because we dont' want to waste taxpayer money defending these creeps.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jul 11, 2012 at 2:34 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
Fake Steve, tossing in more bs just to stir the pot. No one has suggested any such thing. Reminds me of some old lyrics: "Oh-oh, yes I'm the great pretender, Adrift in a world of my own"
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 11, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Steve, the 'PROCESS' of hiring and firing teachers must be brought to 2012 standards. The easiest and most fair is NOT granting TENLURE so early. For me, about 6-8 years in, or better yet never....like all the rest of us in CA, Do something wrong, or be incompetent at your job, and you are gone ...clean out you desk and turn in your keys ! ! Employer decides whenever he wants. Well, PARENTs, school boards, and principals, are the employers.. How does a union fit in to fair hiring and firing !! I don't get that ! CA LAW is an 'at will' state...that is 'employer's will'. But in CA education, it is strictly 'union's will'., forget the kids.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jul 11, 2012 at 3:26 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
And now fake Steve is switching to multiple personalities.
Read this one today? Web Link
a resident of Parkside
on Jul 11, 2012 at 5:04 pm
That's our girl, Kathleen! Never saw a witchhunt she wasn't first to jump out and lead the parade. And most of us intellagent ones are lined up behnd her. Want any dirt spred on past superintendance or new assistence just call on Kathleen and she'll lead us to the promissed land and with vengeants against all the incompitant teachers. Thanks for being hear when it counts!!! Pay raizes only for the compitant teachers after they bust up the union and start out at minumum wage like the rest of us.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 11, 2012 at 6:06 pm
Kathleen, this stuff happens all the time and the CTA's only response is to protect their members at all cost, and then use their political muscle to coerce people like Joan Buchanan to vote against legislation that would help to remove the predators from their hunting grounds - the schools.
When our elected officials can't even do the right thing for our children then we have all failed. How did we get so screwed up that protecting teachers takes priority over protecting innocent children?
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jul 11, 2012 at 6:32 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
Arnold, despite fake Steve's fake assertions . . . I wouldn't say this happens all the time. It certainly happens far too often, even if it was only once. Sadly, predators go where there prey is--as we've seen from priests to coaches to scouting programs to neighbors and family members. I'm not against due process. However, removing anyone accused of these crimes from access to the innocent is necessary. I think even the accused, when innocent themselves, can understand why.
a resident of Parkside
on Jul 11, 2012 at 9:45 pm
Kathleen the fake Stacey seems to think suspension-with-pay-pending-investigation is identical to firing someone based upon allegations. As long as it's a witch hunt, she'll be at the front of the parade. That's why we love her so!
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jul 11, 2012 at 11:07 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
Not what I said. Your love will forever remain unrequited.
a resident of Parkside
on Jul 12, 2012 at 7:05 am
As long as you or no one in your family is a public school teacher, you have nothing to fear from the head witch huntress, Kathleen. I respect her knows for dirt and rallying us behind her efforts.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jul 12, 2012 at 8:21 am
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
Fake Steve, do tell, what efforts?
a resident of Livermore
on Jul 12, 2012 at 9:10 am
Looks like it's time for Joan to be shown the door, she obviously doesn't understand the same as the people in charge at Penn State didn't understand. As for the CTA, when people get sick enough of the antics they continue to pull, they will also be shown the door someday.
a resident of another community
on Jul 12, 2012 at 4:23 pm
When will children's safety come first? How many more children must be victimized before we say enough is enough? How many more schools will follow the lead of Penn State? It looks like Joan really wants to protect predators rather than children. Until WE THE PEOPLE stand up and demand accountability, responsibility and integrity in office, we will keep getting the status quo. Its time to show legislators like Joan the door.
a resident of Birdland
on Jul 12, 2012 at 4:45 pm
liberalism is a disease is a registered user.
mr. mittens (aka fake Steve), want to protect pedophiles, since all gay activity must be protected, whether it's with children or willing (perverse) adults. He must defend his peers at all costs, regardless as to who they hurt......their political goals are just too important, to him......tolerance at all costs........
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 12, 2012 at 4:58 pm
Joan Buchannan's vote is only a symptom of the larger problem. The real issue is the control the California Teacher's Association (CTA/Union) has over the school entire K-JC education system. Based on her vote, and I voted for in the last election, she won't get my vote the next time. But the real issue is the CTA which probably strongly suggested she vote the way she did if she wanted her career to continue.
The CTA has a ton of money and they use those funds to pursue their own agenda that puts their members first and all else second. Just a few years ago I wouldn't have made that claim but I've seen enough. Here is an article that supports my contention:
Defeat of Calif. teacher bill shows union power
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa slammed it as "cynical political manipulation," Los Angeles schools Superintendent John Deasy termed it shameful, but for the California Teachers Association, it was a victory.
The defeat Wednesday of a proposed law that would have made it easier for school districts to fire teachers in cases of sexual and other egregious misconduct has shone a spotlight on the strong sway of the California Teachers Association, widely considered the state's most politically influential labor union with more than 325,000 members….
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 13, 2012 at 9:37 am
So Paterno and Penn Pres put reputation ahead of students and Joan B puts protection of union teacher's lewd acts ahead of students protection. Her last day vote is on the record, and now lousy legislature is not in session. How to fix? tsk, tsk, seems Joan's appendages might be caught in the wringer.
a resident of Pleasanton Heights
on Jul 13, 2012 at 5:10 pm
Nosy Neighbors is a registered user.
Steve, (Fake Steve, Mr. Mittens, La Baug de Dousche` or whatever you are calling yourself these days)
Please, for the love of God (or what ever deity you profess to pay homage to) try the following.
Write whatever contrived dribble you seem to be spewing at the particular moment. Depress the F7 key to correct your 3rd grade spelling, tense and grammatical errors.
Reading the ramblings of a bumbling idiot is hard enough without having to proofread and edit everything first.
The rest of us
a resident of another community
on Jul 14, 2012 at 11:26 am
This is what we get from Government Schools when so many people accept bad ideas.
Government forces us to put our kids into the Schools' charge.
Government allows the Teachers' Collective to control policy and procedures due to the power of vote-buying and strike threats.
The Teachers' Collective protects its power against Government reasserting control of its Schools. It defends even pedophile members from Government's just due-process rather allow Government to assert its authority to protect our kids from them.
Rinse and repeat.
And we can't understand why "the system" is scewed up?
The answer, as usual, is FREEDOM. Denationalize Government Schools and return control to the customers -- us -- the parents of our kids!
You like how Government runs its schools? Just wait 'til you see how Government Medicine works! (Or, more accurate, won't work.)
a resident of another community
on Jul 14, 2012 at 11:32 am
Pardon me, "more accurateLY"
a resident of Birdland
on Jul 14, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Newspaper Reader's initial post is unclear. It is unclear about the law and unclear about what exactly it is meant to remedy.
It is amazing to me that so many would comment with a position on this without havng any facts or knowledge at their disposal. Newspaper Reader, for example, offers his vague and poorly worded post because he wants an excuse, any excuse, to spew hatred toward those he doesn't like. Teachers seem to have him extremely aggitated. I can see why. They appear to have done a poor job with him, based upon his unstable grammar and inability to articulate a clear thought beyond that of conveying a hatred.
Kathleen Reugsegger reads Newspaper Reader's pap as a call to arms and, by so doing, acts like the old village hag who wants so desperately to find attractive young women to castigate as witches. In this case, it is teachers.
The posters here could use some therapy, combined with a dose of humanity.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jul 14, 2012 at 12:38 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
Randy, You have to read my posts. I am totally against the troll(s) who posts regularly under multiple names. I'm not, however, against teachers. And I would want proper justice, preferably swift (this does not me a rushed judgment), for anyone who harms innocents.
a resident of Bridle Creek
on Jul 14, 2012 at 12:52 pm
To be fair, Randy, I've never known Staceleen to speak out against teachers. Sure, she'll relentlessly attack them from all sides--their salaries, pensions, place in society, benefits, schedules, right to free speech, and unions; she'll obstruct their funding and indirectly slander them, but she's been careful not to actually come out and directly say that she's against them.
As for posting under multiple names, well, I think we've all already made up our minds about the veracity of that claim.
a resident of Canyon Oaks
on Jul 14, 2012 at 1:40 pm
I think Randy Crane's comments are interesting. And I agree with most of them. Kathleen R's response I think only confirm's RC's points. She puts her opposition to trolls on the same moral plane as teachers being accused of sexual misconduct and to extant rules and regulations that already are in place that deal with such accusations. She clearly seems to be a bit out of touch with reality, unable to proportionalize people's comments.
Nurse Shark, I don't think you help matters any by goading Kathleen or Stacey or whomever she claims herself to be. Her inconsistencies and hypocritical statements show a lack of personal stability, and your jabs only serve to perpetuate the unhappy state she is in.
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Naruto: Ultimate Ninja is the first instalment of the Ultimate Ninja series released for the Playstation 2.
The game features a unique battle system with special attacks and various techniques that can be used. It also features several items, like kunai and shuriken. There are many multi-layered stages from around the Naruto universe, including Sunagakure, the Chūnin Exams arena, and the Forest of Death. In the original Japanese version, there were only 12 characters; however, Namco Bandai has added the ability to select both Cursed Seal Sasuke and Nine-Tailed Naruto as bonus characters. Although both of these characters were already in the Japanese version as transformations, Namco Bandai has separated them into separate characters. Due to this, both Naruto and Sasuke have lost their ability to transform into their advanced modes during battle. This is much like the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 transformation system.
The Story Mode consists of up to six battles divided by some dialogue in a manga style display. It loosely covers the events from Land of Waves Arc to Konoha Crush Arc.
The game's twelve stories are meant to depict the events from different characters' perspectives and as the result some of them deviates from the original source (such as Neji become the winner in match against Naruto).
Critical reception has been mixed, ranging from mediocre to somewhat high ratings. G4's X-Play gave Ultimate Ninja a three out of five for a creative comic book feel and stylish cell-shaded graphics, but complained that the controls are too simple and the English voices are "slightly questionable". Both IGN and GameSpot say that the game is easy, yet fun to play, and praise the anime/manga-inspired graphics.
Playable Characters
- Naruto Uzumaki (うずまきナルト, Uzumaki Naruto) (Playable in a Nine-Tails form)
- Sasuke Uchiha (うちはサスケ, Uchiha Sasuke) (Playable in a Cursed Marked form) (Sharingan)
- Sakura Haruno (春野サクラ, Haruno Sakura)
- Shikamaru Nara
- Hinata Hyūga (日向ヒナタ, Hyūga Hinata) (Byakugan)
- Gaara (我愛羅, Gaara)
- Rock Lee (Eight Gates)
- Neji Hyūga (Byakugan)
- Kakashi Hatake (Sharingan)
- Orochimaru (大蛇丸, Orochimaru)
- Zabuza Momochi (桃地再不斬, Momochi Zabuza)
- Haku (白, Haku)
Support-Only Characters
- Every character in the game has three ultimates they can choose from. The colour chakra that covers the character represents how much chakra it takes: Red = 1, Purple = 2, and Blue = 3. However, Nine-tailed Naruto and Curse Marked Sasuke only have the ability to do Blue ultimates.
- Jutsu are done with pressing a certain direction button two times with the attack button. Most jutsu in the game are attacking, but some characters like Kakashi, Haku, Shikamaru, and Neji have counter jutsu, in which they need to be attacked in order to use their jutsu.
- Unlike its future Storm successors, running on water costs chakra; if the player does not have enough chakra, they will fall through the water on stages where it is available, and will be treated just like if they fell off the stage.
- Although Nine-Tailed Naruto and Curse Marked Sasuke are very powerful in the game, they have been given big disadvantages compared to the other characters. Nine-Tailed Naruto is unable to use any items he picks up, meaning he cannot use support or battle items. Curse Marked Sasuke gradually loses health over time, but stops when he only has ten percent left.
- In one of Sakura's ultimates, she actually uses one of Kurenai's genjutsu techniques as her attack, the same Kurenai used when she fought Itachi in Konoha.
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|Ultimate Ninja series
|Naruto: Ultimate Ninja - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - Card Battle - Mission - Online - Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes - 2 - 3 - Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Impact - Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm - 2 - 3 - 4 - Generations - Revolution
|Uzumaki Chronicles series
|Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles - 2 - Naruto Shippūden: Legends: Akatsuki Rising - Naruto Shippūden: Kizuna Drive
|Path of the Ninja series
|Naruto: Path of the Ninja - 2 - RPG 2 - Naruto: Konoha Senki - Naruto: Konoha Ninpōchō
|Ninja Council series
|Naruto: Ninja Council - 2 - 2 (European Version) - 3 - 4 - Naruto Shippūden: Shinobi Rumble - Naruto Shippūden: Naruto vs. Sasuke
|Ninja Destiny series
|Naruto: Ninja Destiny - 2 - 3
|Clash of Ninja series
|Naruto: Clash of Ninja - 2 - 3 - 4 - EX - EX 2 - EX 3 - Special - Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution - 2 - 3
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|Naruto: Shinobi no Sato no Jintori Kassen - Naruto: Rise of a Ninja - Naruto: The Broken Bond - Naruto Shippūden 3D: The New Era - Naruto Shippūden: Dairansen! Kage Bunshin Emaki - Naruto Shippūden: Dragon Blade Chronicles - Naruto SD Powerful Shippūden
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Just want to update.. it was the food. Took a while (a few weeks) for it to subside after changing back to the blue buffalo that I used to give her. It also took some active effort to make sure she doesn't continue to lick to make sure.
Guess it's been a month now, she doesn't have any more redness or sores. I'm going to throw the bag of food out, which is waste it was a big 30lbs bag. Nature's Recipe grain free. I dont know if this particular bag is bad or if she's allergic to something specific such as the actual protein (it was duck) so I'm just going to be safe and avoid duck in the future also. She's had nature's recipe before (chicken) no problem.
Also she doesn't lick herself anymore even to groom because i stopped her from doing that when she's bored. Probably a good practice
Oh yeah I meant elizabeth collar, not a shock collar. That would be misuse and abuse to say the least
I took her to the vet and the vet suggested that it is possibly an allergy to the grass or carpet or something surface related. I agree. It is ONLY on her underside where her heel is, her hind toes and her crotch area. Basically the area that makes contact when she is sitting on something.
He suggested a cortisol shot but i wanted to give it a week to try to find and eliminate the source first. He was ok with this. He also suggested that everytime I go out in the grass with her I use wipes to wipe down her paws and her crotch area. I think the rest of her body is fine because the grass doesn't poke and irritate where there is a lot of fur. Her crotch and heels have very little hair and protection to begin with.
Second hypothesis is that it could be my room's carpet. We have hardwood everywhere but the rooms. She's always lying down or doing something near my feet and my carpet is kind of rough. I laid down a soft Egyptian cotton bed sheet all over my floor so we'll see if any of this makes a difference.
I also ordered vet wraps to stop her from licking. As far as I can tell, it's not getting worse and may be a little better. She has 1 wound between her toe that I'm cleaning and trying to get to scab but she keeps licking it when I'm not around so I'm waiting on those wraps.
I'm also considering getting her dog booties despite how ridiculous it looks for when we go outside. We have a major drought here in CA and the fields are not watered anymore to cut down on water use and a lot of the grass is dry and sharp now.
Working this on multiple angles, I'll update soon.
|Does your pup ever urinate on a hard surface? Pups are so low to the ground and have such sensitive skin that it could be urine splashing back and irritating the skin? Just a thought?
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|E-collar can mean Elizabethton collar as well.
An ecollar, or do you mean a cone? I hope you mean a cone
Good idea to visit the vet and get a diagnosis.
Ive been monitoring and she now has a red sore/blister between one of her toes. I dont understand it. I'm fairly certain it gets worse when she licks it and it is not healing because of it. It was ok and scabbing for a while and just right now I noticed that her feet were wet from her licking and it is bright red again.
I'm taking her to the vet tomorrow, maybe they'll prescribe some ointment. I'm hoping it's not mange or anything but we'll see. I'm going to guess though that they'll probably give her some antibacterial ointment and recommend that I put an e-collar on her or use vet wraps. But better safe than sorry.
Thanks everyone, I'm going to wrap the legs at night with some antibacterial so she doesn't lick it while I'm sleeping. and then keep an eye on it during the day time.
I have thought about raw diet. I actually fed my previous dog (died last year) raw diet as a way to combat her hot spot issue also. Maybe I'll go that route again but I remember it was very hard to keep up when I had a busy schedule.
Okay at this point I'm not sure if her sores are due to a microorganism or now just being prolonged due to the licking. Or it could be the pressure sores ..
I'm also going to look into a trial week of feeding her raw. With her I would have to feed her outside, she has a habit of taking a mouthful of food from her bowl and going into the corner of the room and eating it all over the floor. Ok with kibble but with raw chicken that'd be a health concern haha
Those spots look just like what my dog Lena used to have. After visiting the vet, I was told that the sores were from pressure points caused by laying down, and would likely never go away (She was obsessed with licking/chewing them, and the spots always looked really irritated). Lena also had redness and a pinkish rash in her crotch area (as well as those occasional red acne-ish bumps); which was diagnosed by our vet as a symptom of seasonal allergies.
For a couple of years, we managed her rash with allergy medication. Over time, her allergies grew more severe, and her "pressure sores" never got better. After more vet visits, we began to suspect that food allergies were developing, and we tried some different foods (none of which helped, she seemed to manage the best on Orijen). But I still wasn't satisfied.
After a TON of research, and talking with my vet, I decided to switch Lena to a raw diet. Within 3 (read: THREE) days, her rash and underside redness were completely gone. Within a week, her "pressure sores" were starting to grow hair, and after a month, you could hardly tell they were ever a problem.
I'm not saying raw is necessarily the answer for you, but definitely see what your vet says, and don't be afraid to ask LOTS of questions. Some trial and error with treatment/management of the issues may be in your future, depending on what you find out.
I hope your cutie pie finds some relief! (keep us posted!)
|Went through the same thing last month with Arson. What Flea/Tick are you using? His ended up being a flea allergy as I was using a not so great one and he ended up getting a few. Switched to First Shield Trio and 100mg benadryl twice a day (per vet) and he's fine now.
Happy Birthday, what a cutie!
Nope, that's not what I was thinking of. Probably your vet would be the best bet - good luck with your sweet girl.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Talent made Macy Keen a high school star, but hard work is what she needs to make a successful transition to college basketball.
A two-time state champion at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Keen was rated as high as the 37th-best player in the country as a senior. She was recruited by Florida State, South Florida and Tulsa before deciding to stay close to home and play for the Hurricanes, but her brief time at Miami has not gone the way most top recruits would expect.
Keen has played in just five of Miami's first nine games this season, averaging only 7.2 minutes per game.
"It's been tough on me," Keen said. "But I've just got to keep my head up and keep fighting to reach my goal."
That goal is to be a contributor, and eventually a star, for the Hurricanes. But Keen has a lot of work to do before she can fulfill her goal.
"I think it's a matter of getting to know so many plays," Keen said. "In high school, you get like six plays and here we have like 100 plays."
Assistant coach Octavia Blue can see the frustration in Keen at times, but she knows the 6-foot-6 center will fight through the tough transition and be better for it.
"I think every freshman is having that tough transition from high school to college," Blue said. "It's just a matter of Macy working on her skills, getting stronger and being able to process a lot. Sometimes it's hard for a student-athlete to come in and remember so many plays and defensive schemes. "
Keen acknowledges that she is behind when it comes to learning Miami's large playbook. But she is putting in extra time with Blue to make sure she is ready when head coach Katie Meier calls her name.
"I do a lot of film study with her and stuff on the court," Blue said. "When she's not in, I have her stand next to me and talk her through different schemes. It's a learning process, but she's handling it."
Beyond working with a Miami legend like Blue, Keen is very close to team captain Shawnice "Pepper" Wilson.
"Pepper helps me out a lot," Keen said. "She helps me learn the plays and in practice. I look up to her for everything."
The two forged a strong bond when Keen committed to the Hurricanes and now they consider themselves sisters.
"I didn't know her prior to her committing here, but once she got here, she and I became close," Wilson said. "She calls me her 'big sister.' We just developed a really good relationship off the court. I look at her like a sister, too."
Wilson is the perfect role model for Keen because she was in a similar situation as a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh. She was a highly-rated recruit who struggled to adjust to the college game just like Keen is experiencing now.
"I told her that it's not going to be an easy transition to come from high school into college," Wilson said. "I tell her to relax and not stress too much. She looks at me now and thinks I was always a big player, but I wasn't. I let her know that when I first came into college, my freshman and sophomore years weren't like the last two. She is not the only person who is going through this and I tell her that it will get better. I like to show her that we've all gone through it, but it gets better with time."
Blue, who was a two-time All-American and Miami's first WNBA draft pick, believes Wilson is the perfect player for Keen to follow.
"Pepper's work ethic is right where it needs to be," Blue said. "You take her in an individual workout and she is excellent. She has really good fundamental skills in terms of footwork and things like that. When I run post drills, I'll have Macy come in with Pepper so Macy can follow her lead. It's one thing for me to say something, but it's easier sometimes when you can see it run properly, you can understand it easier."
Beyond learning what to do on the court, Blue believes Wilson can be beneficial to Keen's development off the court, as well.
"I talk to Pepper quite a bit about being a mentor to Macy," Blue said. "I'm a coach and you don't always want to hear things from a coach. With Pepper being mature and a senior, I think she is a great mentor for her."
Keen is always around Wilson. Like any big sister, Wilson is aware that Keen looks up to her and she is always careful to set a good example for the freshman.
"Macy hangs on to almost every word I say," Wilson said. "I make sure that I am particular about what I tell her and make sure that I give her the right information to take in. Gradually, she is understanding it. She's a student of the game that wants to learn. She takes any type of coaching, whether it's from one of the coaches or from the players. She is very motivated and works hard. She gives us a lot of energy on and off the court."
Keen hopes to follow in Wilson's footsteps and become the Canes' starting center next season. As much as she is excited for the opportunity, she admits that she will miss one of her closest friends after Wilson graduates.
"I like playing with Pepper because I'm going to run into taller girls as my career goes on," Keen said. "Playing with Pepper in practice is making me better. I'm really looking forward to playing next year but I'm going to miss her."
Wilson is confident that Keen has the potential to be a great player. She just needs to continue to work on improving her game.
"I tell Macy all the time that she can have a great career here," Wilson said. "She can be way more successful than I have the past couple of years just because of her athletic ability and her quickness for her size. I can see her being very successful as long as she continues to work hard and put in the extra work with our coaches like she is doing now. She's just got to stay committed."
Commitment to excellence is something Keen is adamant about. She is putting in extra work outside of practice with Blue and Wilson to make sure she continues to develop as a player.
"I feel like I just need to keep working," Keen said. "I'm getting some minutes now and I've been working hard. I've just got to get better."
Blue has seen Keen progress in their individual workouts. She hopes that will translate to the practice court and eventually to games.
"It's just a matter of confidence," Blue said. "I've seen Macy do things in the individual workouts that she doesn't bring every day in practice. I tell her all the time that she will get her confidence from coming in and doing extra work because if you know what you're doing behind the scenes then you'll feel comfortable on the floor knowing that you put the work in. I see glimpses all the time of what she can be. I know her schedule is full, but I tell her to get in the gym whenever she can because it is only going to help her."
While most recognize that Keen is going through a trying time in her basketball career, Blue believes Keen's personal struggles have not affected her willingness to help the team. In fact, Blue feels Keen's positive attitude during a difficult time is what will ultimately help her succeed and become a great player.
"Macy's intensity and energy are special," Blue said. "One thing about that kid is she's a great teammate. She cheers everyone on. She has a motor. She has the tools. She can run and she plays with a lot of energy. She has a chance to be a player for us."