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Recently, news outlets and the World Health Organization have stressed that a global pandemic could break out at any given time in the future… and that the world is not ready for such an event.
But there seems to be reason to rejoice. A new study has outlined the best 20 places to hide if you wish to survive the outbreak.
A series of strict norms were considered for identifying these bug-out spots.
And public heath doctors were the ones to draw the final conclusions.
Small islands, although legitimate places to hide, were ruled out of the equation due to the lack of basic resources required for sanitation and supporting the needs of modern humans.
The lead scientists of the study, Professor Nick Wilson and Dr. Matt Boyd, determined which were the best candidates after allocating points to each particular element they found viable for survival.
Some of their criteria were the distance from other landmasses (in case of islands), natural threats, amount of available resources, the annual number of visitors, and their current level of social stability.
The research paper was published in the Journal of Risk Analysis and as it turns out, Australia was deemed the safest place to seek cover during a global pandemic, mainly due to the lush amount of food and energy sources.
The lead author of the study, Dr. Boyd, said that a worldwide pandemic could occur if deadly genetically-engineered organisms are released intentionally or accidentally by the humans who created them.
You probably know from one of my articles that DARPA is actively researching a "gene drive" which could selectively wipe out an entire species.
Boyd, adopting the prepper's mentality, considers that "we need to be ready for these situations," regardless of the uncertainty of WHEN or IF they'll occur.
The co-author of the study, Professor Wilson, also agrees that it's vital to plan ahead of such an event.
"It's like an insurance policy," he said. "You hope that you never need to use it, but if disaster strikes, then the strategy needs to have been in place ahead of time."
According to this recent research paper, the top five places to bug out during a pandemic are as follows: Australia, New Zealand, Iceland, Malta and Japan.
This doesn't mean the rest of the world is unsafe, nor that these places are safe havens… not by far.
If a major pandemic occurs, you most likely won't be able to travel with ease, especially to those distant places.
Therefore, the best solution is to improve your own local position and prepare your bug out spot ahead of time.
Of course, I've already discussed how you should arrange your spot in case such an event takes place.
To add extra layers of safety, I've prepared a list of items that you'll want to have on hand in order to boost your chances of coming out alive.
The list includes items for situations where you want to prevent the spread of infection and for curing those who have already contracted the sickness.
Items you should stock up on for fighting a pandemic
- Body suits and N95 Masks
- Thick plastic sheets and duct tape or painter's tape
- Cot that's easy to clean
- Durable high mill trash bags
- Hydration and electrolyte supplies
- Immunity enhancers (pine needle tea, Manuka honey, etc)
- High-quality disinfectants (soap, bleach, scrubbing tools)
- Latex gloves
- Several 5-gallon buckets to improvise a toilet
- A lot of water (recommended is 2 gallons for each person for 7 days)
Another step you can take is to choose one of the rooms of your house to serve as your quarantine room, preferably one with a toilet.
With these items at hand and a well-defined plan, your odds of surviving a major pandemic, regardless of where you're located, will increase exponentially.
Remember that preparedness is key, and will often make the difference between life and death.


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Earth or Terra is the root of this groups name. Remarkably quick, tenacious and clever, To survive, early Terriers needed those traits. Being sent "to the earth" after their quarry meant they had little support or help from their companions (be they canine or human), so raw gut determination would often make the call as to whether he would be home for dinner that night after chasing quarry into dens and tunnels. They are cherished and enthusiastic companions full of entertainment and sparkle. Research and knowledgable guidance and rearing are required for a Terrier to be a reliable companion for children.
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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.), the former Democratic National Committee chairwoman, has been under intense criticism over her retention of Imran Awan as a technology aide. While other members severed connections to Awan after he was accused of wrongdoing months ago, Wasserman Schultz retained him. He has now been arrested at Dulles International Airport in an alleged attempt to flee the country.
Awan is an IT staffer accused of a scheme to double-charge the House for IT equipment. He and his family have made millions of dollars on the House payroll working for Democratic members, according to a Politico report.
Today Wasserman Schultz fired him. However, her refusal to terminate the association seemed curious to many, particularly since he was barred from accessing the House's computer system since February. In the meantime, the Capitol Police and federal authorities were finding evidence of double billing for computers, iPads, monitors, keyboards and routers. Wasserman Schultz has also been accused of not cooperating with investigators and there are ongoing negotiations over access to her computer. After months of investigation, Wasserman Schultz is still in negotiation over access to her laptop.
Wasserman Schultz appears to be cursed in dealing with computer related issues. She resigned as Chair of the Democratic National Committee after hacked emails revealed that she was actively undermining Bernie Sanders in pushing the candidacy of Hillary Clinton. Despite the fact that the emails directly contradicted her statements to the public and the media (and she was one of the chief architects of the disaster in nominating Hillary Clinton), her constituents returned her to Congress.
Awan, 37, of Virginia, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to one count of bank fraud during his arraignment in federal court in Washington, D.C. He was mandated to wear a GPS monitor and submit to a monitoring plan with a curfew. He was also ordered to surrender all his passports.
Meanwhile, the counsel for Wasserman Schultz, the former Democratic National Committee chairwoman, recently began negotiating with Capitol Police for access to her laptop in the case. Until this point, she had resisted USCP efforts to look at her computer – even suggesting "consequences" for the agency if the computer was not promptly returned.
The criminal complaint and affidavit states that Awan bought a ticket to fly Monday to Doha, Qatar, and then Lahore, Pakistan. Awan is of Pakistani descent. He had a return flight booked for early January.


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By David Helvarg /Blue Frontier Campaign/ Blue Notes
Was this election good for the fish?
Mostly the answer is yes, also for democracy and government checks and balances.
Still, it's hard to argue that the ocean and climate played a significant role in most campaigns, even if these are issues of survival impacting our food security, jobs, health, where we live and the quality of our lives.
The policy and PAC group Ocean Champions claimed that early results showed 52 of 58 candidates they endorsed had won their House and Senate races, although many of those winners – like long-time ocean leaders Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Rep. Jared Huffman of California – were popular incumbents facing little serious opposition.
Ocean Champions can take pride in the fact that their chief "ocean enemy" Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a surfing pro-Russian reactionary (a formulation that could only make sense in the Trump era) went down to a narrow defeat in the long-time Republican bastion of Orange County California. Ocean Champions (a past winner of a Benchley Award) also could take pride in having a strong record of influence having spent just over $1.5 million in contributions over 14 years, proving you can do a lot with a little.
Unfortunately the oil & gas industry showed you could do a lot with a lot of money, spending $100 million in this election to defeat three state initiatives that had targeted fossil fuels while promoting renewable energy in Arizona, Colorado (home to the Inland Ocean Coalition) and Washington State.
Sea Party Results
Our 'Sea Party 2018,' project tracked a dozen races where ocean issues, particularly offshore drilling and coastal climate impacts, seemed likely to play a major role (See Blue Notes #169). Those results were mixed, but included a few surprises that made us grin like dolphins.
The biggest was the election of anti-offshore drilling Democrat (attorney & ocean engineer) Joe Cunningham in the 1st Congressional District of South Carolina, arguably the most conservative state in the nation.
Of course the South Carolina coast is also home to some of the most beautiful and bountiful stretches of salt marsh and beachfront on the eastern Seaboard – as I got to appreciate earlier this year as a guest of folks from the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League and others who value their way of life without a topping of oil.
Cunningham defeated a Trump supporter who had beaten Mark Sanford, an anti-oil drilling Republican in the party primary. Sanford had also been at our founding of the Sea Party in 2016. Interestingly, when I emailed congratulations to half a dozen South Carolina friends and colleagues who'd worked to turn the tide with Cunningham, three responded with variations on the word "miracle."
In the 49th Congressional district that straddles California's Orange and San Diego counties, another outspoken offshore drilling opponent, environmental attorney and clean energy advocate Mike Levin, won a solid victory in a military and republican stronghold, home to the Marine Corps' Camp Pendleton.
An aside – The Marines are pretty good stewards of their 17-mile stretch of California's Golden Shore. I once reported on an amphibious training exercise there during which rumbling armored vehicles and combat troops seizing the beach were redirected away from plover nesting sites by a squad of MPs stationed in the sand.
The nation's largest Navy base is in Norfolk Virginia also the sight of some of the most dramatic sea-level rise occurring on the eastern seaboard. In that coastal district Navy veteran Elaine Luria beat Navy veteran Rep. Scott Taylor to become one of three Democratic women to win house seats from Virginia. As part of her victory statement she promoted the port's future and new offshore wind energy development.
In coastal North Carolina where opposition to offshore drilling is strong Republican Representative David Rouzer – who says he'd accept drilling 30 miles offshore – beat Democrat Kyle Horton, even after Wilmington, the largest town in the district, was completely flooded during Hurricane Florence in 2018.
Unlike scientists, most voters still don't connect the drilling and burning of fossil fuels to the intensified hurricanes and other extreme weather we're now experiencing. In coastal Georgia's First Congressional District (that includes Savannah), Pro-drilling Republican Rep. Buddy Carter also won a third term election over "No drilling, period!" Democrat Lisa Ring.
The results were different in southeast Florida where Democrat Debbie Mucarsel – Powell defeated two-term Rep. Carolos Curbelo. As with the Florida Panther, the defeat of this anti-drilling 38-year-old Republican member of the House Climate Solutions Caucus marked the almost certain extinction of the once common "Elected Environmental Republican (EER)."
Their habitat has long been shrinking within the GOP. In fact many I've gotten to observe over the years such as Curbelo, Sanford, Wayne Gilchrest, Jim Saxton and Olympia Snowe were either eaten or displaced by their own when they failed to adapt to the loss of moderating conditions within the GOP. The last viable populations were extirpated in the mid-Atlantic and New England between 2008 and 2016.
Of course, Florida being Florida, the results of their races for Governor and a Senate seat went to a recount (surprise result – Al Gore is now President). What was actually surprising was that "Red Tide Rick" Scott, the outgoing Governor running for incumbent Senator Bill Nelson's seat, was not more vulnerable due to the backlash he generated by failing to address coastal pollution in the form of economically and ecologically devastating harmful algal blooms including this year's toxic red tides on the Gulf coast and blue-green algae blooms on the Atlantic side of the state.
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We are looking for an Android Software Engineer to join our engineering team at CraftJack to help us build great products. We will look to you as an important member of our small team as we tackle important challenges to keep our technology ahead of the curve. CraftJack's products reach millions of consumers and professionals in the ever-expanding, increasingly competitive home improvement services industry. We are a fully remote company and if you're ready to work with a dedicated team focused on cutting edge technological solutions, please join us!.
What is the vision for this role?
We're looking for a passionate Android engineer to help us evolve CraftJack's app into the main focal point for our customers and their leads. You'll be the first hire in a new mobile team and be responsible for shaping our mobile culture and technical decisions as we grow. We see our app as critical to CraftJack's future and we're looking for somebody to own mobile engineering and help fulfill our team's vision. Our existing app is small and is a highly modularized Swift codebase. We have continuous integration for builds and all App Store uploads are automated using App Center. A great fit for this role is someone who is ready to take an active part in architecting and building solutions using SOLID principles that can help our team produce software more efficiently and reliably.
What are we looking for?
- 5+ years of software development experience focused on Android development.
- An in-depth understanding of the Android ecosystem.
- A solid understanding of unit testing, TDD, and automated testing. We can't stress this enough!
- Shares a passion for crafting great UX on Android, according to Google's best practices.
- Experience with Kotlin is a plus (though our app is 100% Java).
- Experience working with databases using SQL.
- Familiar with AWS tools like Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB.
- Experience using api tools such as PostMan
- Familiar with software development methodologies; including Agile and Scrum.
- Exposure to using source control systems and workflows in a small team environment – preferably with Git and Gitflow.
- Be driven and positive with the ability to thrive and deliver in a fast-paced, innovative and creative environment.
What is the team like?
- We want to use the best tool for the job… if there is something better then let's try it.
- We are Agile and work in two-week sprints.
- We are disciplined when it comes to testing. We have a large suite of automated tests covering our web, backend, and mobile applications.
- We want to have fun at work. Work hard, play hard.
- We spend time training new people who join the team and adjust how we work together via retrospectives.
What would be my career trajectory?
As a company we have a very flat hierarchy. Your direct manager will be Ryan Ferretti (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanferretti) and his boss is our CEO, Chris Brown (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brown784). If you care about building experience by releasing great software, accomplishing goals, and learning new things, this is the right place for you. If you care about titles and meetings, this is not the right place for you. Our belief is there will always be "the next job" so push yourself to learn and grow in the time you are here.
What is work like at CraftJack?
CraftJack is an emerging online referral service that is an operating brand of HomeAdvisor, the leading online marketplace helping homeowners and home service professionals connect.
Think of CraftJack as a startup without all of the risks: no late (or missed) paychecks, no need to find your own expensive health insurance plan, no working for a tiny fraction of your market value. It also means no corporate atmosphere with strict dress code, no watered-down coffee, and no stuffy bureaucracy to drown out your ideas. We value every team member and if we hire you, it's because we think you can do great things with us.
We aren't going to sugar-coat everything. We have our challenges like every other business. Where we separate ourselves is having the willingness and motivation to take our challenges head-on before they grow.
Where is the office?
We are a fully remote company but also understand the importance of having a space to collaborate when necessary. We have a space in the Merchandise Mart in downtown Chicago that people can visit if they are in town. We have been fully remote since March 2020, so this role will continue to be remote first. We have a take-as-you-need vacation policy because we know how important it is for everyone to be refreshed when they come to work.
Compensation & Benefits:
- The salary band for this position ranges from $95,000 – $115,000 based on experience and interview performance. Compensation may vary based on factors such as cost of living
- This position will be eligible for a competitive year end performance bonus
- Full medical, dental, vision package to fit your needs
- Flexible vacation policy; work hard and take time when you need it
- Pet discount plans & retirement plan with company match (401K)
If you're excited about joining a collaborative, high-impact team, send us your resume to start the conversation.


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Black Headphone Jack Phone Audio Port For iPad Air 2
For sale is a replacement black audio jack for the iPad Air 2nd generation. If you can no longer hear sound through the headphones on your iPad Air 2 the headphone jack may be faulty and needs to be replaced, you can use this item to repair your iPad. The flex cable comes with new adhesive for a secure fit.
This jack is brand new, never used. The item is stocked in the UK and dispatched within 24 hours of receiving your order. Delivery is free to UK addresses, we send everything first class delivery. We also ship worldwide for a very low price. This item comes with a 90 day warranty. An 8 piece tool kit is available should you need it.
- Brand New Black Headphone Jack
- Adhesive
- UK Stock
- Free First Class UK Delivery
- £1 Global Delivery
- 90 Day Warranty
For iPad Air 2 16, 32, 64, 128 GB
For iPad Model Number: A1566 & A1567
Item Number: 821-00050-A


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Digital Marketing
Agency in Jeddah for your Business
Your customer has moved online, and so should you! Today the customer buying patterns have changed dramatically, and people are increasingly spending their time online on online activities and Social Media. Cipher Solutions goes where the customer is and provides an array of digital marketing services that are sure to boost your sales and increase your online presence
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Our digital marketing agency in Saudi Arabia is fit for pushing you to the top of search results, permitting you to reach your targeted audience and become more apparent to them. We run effective Digital Marketing campaigns using various tools and deploying combinations of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Content Marketing, Influencer Marketing, Content Automation, Campaign Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Optimization, and Email Marketing. Today it's a constant challenge to reach the customer as they are barraged with endless online content.
To reach the customer smartly we identify opportunities, plan a strategy, and then plan a course of action relevant to your product to ensure that you get the best bang for your buck.
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Dell Venue Pro 8 Windows 8.1 Tablet $199.99
March 11, 2014 | Microsoft, Windows 8, Windows Tablets | No Comments|
If you are looking for a deal on a Windows Tablet running 8.1 check out the Dell Venue Pro 8 at Tiger Direct for $199.99. They also have some refurb units for $179.99 for you to choose from. The Dell Venue Pro 8 has:
- 2GB of DDR3L-RS memory; delivers fast, consistent data throughput
- 8" HD Display; provides a smooth and intuitive touch navigation
- 32GB storage; saves all your files and other data
- Windows 8; includes the latest Windows operating system
Head on over to Tiger Direct (CLICK HERE) and check it out.
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How To timestamp downloads
Sometimes it is necessary to dynamically change the destination file/folder name. For example if you have a backup task scheduled which should put the files into a different folder each time it is started.
In this part we are getting familiar with the AddToQueue.exe command line tool.
KB: AddToQueue command line tool
The syntax to upload a local folder looks like that:
AddToQueue.exe copy folder c:\temp\backup {AEB81A25-62AB-4FB6-B25B-2C2A3F58ECE4}/temp/backup
where {AEB81A25-62AB-4FB6-B25B-2C2A3F58ECE4} is the FavoriteId.
Now we need to figure out the FavoriteId.
In this part we will figure out the unique FavoriteId for a particular favorite in SmartFTP.
KB: FavoriteId
Since we now have all the information to use the AddToQueue.exe tool, we can build our batch file which dynamically sets the destination name.
In this part we are going to create a scheduled task in the Windows Task Scheduler which runs the Backup.cmd we have created in Part 3. If you already automate your process with a batch file, this is not required.


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SOS to PM: Save Cockpit Country
It's an urgent message to Prime Minister Andrew Holness from the Cockpit Country Stakeholders' Group (CCSG): "Close Cockpit Country to mining, quarrying and prospecting in accordance with the community consultations already held and the recommendations of the University of the West Indies boundary study completed in 2013, and declare the region a national park.
"Cockpit Country is under immediate threat from bauxite mining, which would remove forest cover, block and pollute waterways, displace residents, threaten agricultural livelihoods, compromise air quality and threaten the health and well-being of thousands of Jamaican citizens."
A coalition of civil groups and concerned individuals is using the new petition portal at Jamaica House to get the requisite 15,000 signatures in 30 days to force the Government of Jamaica to review and respond to their Save Cockpit Country appeal. Today is day four of the countdown for the petition, which can be found at http://opm.gov.jm/participate/jamaica-house-petition/.
In a press release issued on Tuesday, the petition also calls on Holness to act quickly in establishing the boundary of Cockpit Country to include hydrology, geomorphology, biological diversity, culture and history, a matter on which the State has failed to act for more than a decade.
Now, CCSG is concerned that when Parliament resumes in September, the Cabinet is likely to take a decision to allow mining and quarrying in Jamaica's largest remaining natural forest, in order for bauxite interests to meet their quota.
"Every Jamaican should be concerned about the fate of a forest that holds a great deal of biodiversity, history. It protects the water sources for probably half of western Jamaica and it is valuable for the farmers, for all of the residents of that area, compared to what will happen if it were opened up to mining and quarrying. The cutting of roads will destroy the whole ecosystem which is really unique. I mean, it has a lot of amazing plants and animals. It is the home to 95 per cent of the population of our endangered black-billed parrots and most of our yellow-billed parrots too," Wendy Lee told The Gleaner. She operates the Seven Oaks Sanctuary for Wildlife in Runaway Bay, St Ann.
For Diana McCaulay, chief executive officer of Jamaica Environment Trust, the government's silence on the matter is a cause for worry.
"The public does not know whether this amount of bauxite can be supplied without going into Cockpit Country and at the end of the day, they still haven't made a decision about the boundary, and so the issue is still not settled. Cockpit Country is still not protected and there is so much at stake - the water supply, the biodiversity, the people, the agricultural land, the livelihoods, the alternative livelihoods like ecotourism and so forth," said McCaulay.


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Video: Trucker Convoy Swells in Size as It Rolls East Toward Washington, DC
A truckers' convoy, inspired by Canada's Freedom Convoy, began making its way across the U.S. starting in California on Wednesday.
The group is calling for an end to the COVID-19 mandates and the state of national emergency prompted by the pandemic, which was first declared by then-President Donald Trump in March 2020 and just renewed by President Joe Biden last week.
By Friday afternoon, "The People's Convoy," as it has been dubbed, had crossed Arizona on Interstate 40, which parallels much of the old U.S. Route 66, and reached Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The group is posting its progress on Facebook.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the convoy consisted of dozens of trucks by the time it reached Kingman, Arizona, Wednesday, where the truckers spent their first night.
In video posted Friday that appeared to be on I-40, perhaps outside of Flagstaff — based on the mountains, snow, and evergreens in the shot — the convoy extended as far as the eye could see.
US convoy for freedom rolling towards DC via Arizona. pic.twitter.com/6twhOEAFeL
— Adalia Brand (@BrandAdalia) February 25, 2022
The Peoples Convoy has posted the route they will take on its website. They planned to overnight near the New Mexico/Texas border Friday night and then head on to Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and finally arrive outside Washington, D.C., by Saturday, March 5.
DAY 1: The "People's Convoy" departs today, February 23 from Adelanto Stadium, CA. The route plan has them arriving in Washington DC the evening of Saturday, March 5th. Here is the planned route across the country. #PeoplesConvoy pic.twitter.com/S3opPKABk0
— Glenn R. Stutzky (@stutzky) February 23, 2022
Organizer Mike Landis said in a video posted on the group's website that the convoy is "about our freedoms as Americans."
"I have two young sons," Landis added. "It's about what their future is going to look like and hopefully my grandchildren's."
The US convoy for freedom from California to Washington DC now 2k trucks and civilian vehicles long today. pic.twitter.com/BEx0Mm8Z2d
— Adalia Brand (@BrandAdalia) February 25, 2022
Landis said that "COVID was an issue in the beginning. Nobody knew what it was."
However, the time for pandemic restrictions has long since passed, he argued, based on the knowledge available how to effectively treat the sickness.
"We have had the emergency powers enacted, which is in the Constitution," Landis said. "[W]hen it is enacted, it cancels the Constitution for the duration that it is enacted."
The National Emergencies Act grants the president, as the nation's chief executive under the Constitution, the power to declare a state of national emergency.
Landis argued the impact of it is to curtail the freedoms Americans have under the Constitution, like the freedom of speech.
Canadian Prime Minister Justice Trudeau invoked his nation's Emergencies Act to clear Freedom Convoy truckers who were protesting COVID mandates from Ottawa last week.
He ended the emergency declaration on Wednesday, saying "existing laws and bylaws are now sufficient to keep people safe."
"What we aim to do at The People's Convoy is get this emergency powers act revoked," Landis said, meaning the current use of it in relation to COVID-19.
"There's no need for it. We can prove it with science through the doctors," Landis added.
The group seeks to end COVID vaccine mandates.
"You want a vaccine, take it. That's the whole point of this. It's about freedom: Your freedom to choose what you feel is best for your life, within the morals and guidelines of our Constitution," Landis said.
Ron Coleman, 61, a trucker from Reno, Nevada, told Reuters, "This is for our freedoms, our human rights. Enough is enough."
The People's Convoy is currently rolling through Arizona, and every overpass is packed with supporters! pic.twitter.com/A41mHUH8Hl
— Dean Flying V (@dean_flyingV) February 25, 2022
Biden reportedly will announce in his State of the Union address Tuesday a change in COVID policies, saying the virus is less of a threat now, but the country should not completely return to pre-pandemic norms.
When it arrives in Washington on March 5, The People's Convoy does not plan to go into the district, but to stay on the Beltway that surrounds the capital city.
Landis encouraged people to continue to join the convoy, regardless of the type of vehicle, or come out and support it as the truckers roll across the country.
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Alaskan Klee Kai are a breed that continue to grow in popularity.
The breed was started by Linda Spurlin in Alaska in the early 1970s before she made her unique dogs available to the public in the late 1980s.
Celebrities such as singer Miley Cyrus, actress Sophie Turner and football coach Bill Belicheck have put the breed in the spotlight over the past few years.
Alaskan Klee Kai were bred to be companion-sized versions of the Alaskan Husky.
However, these little dogs come with their unique set of challenges, including poor recall and separation anxiety.
We spoke to Alaskan Klee Kai Association of America president Alicia Bieder to learn more about Alaskan Klee Kai and tackle some commonly asked questions about the breed.
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1) What is an Alaskan Klee Kai?
The Alaskan Klee Kai is a companion sized dog often referred to as a smaller version of their northern ancestors, the Alaskan Husky. While they do have many northern breed traits, they are a very unique breed with individual quirks and temperaments.
2) What is the origin of Alaskan Klee Kai?
The Alaskan Klee Kai was developed in Alaska by Linda Spurlin and her family in the early 1970s through late 1980s. The Spurlins carefully selected dogs who met their high standards for appearance and soundness. In 1988, they made the Alaskan Klee Kai available to others. Mrs. Spurlin originally called her new breed the Klee Kai, but in 1995 it was changed to Alaskan Klee Kai to denote their place of origin.
3) Are Alaskan Klee Kai purebred ?
They are purebred, which means, you can only get an Alaskan Klee Kai by breeding two Alaskan Klee Kai together. There is a massive misrepresentation in social media and on many websites that there a several breeds put together to "make up an Alaskan Klee Kai." This belief does a disservice to the creator and the many breeders that have been selectively breeding for the last 30 years. The breed has been breeding true for over 15 generations.
4) What colors are Alaskan Klee Kai?
Coat colors in shades of black, gray or red are acceptable provided that the facial mask is distinct and clearly visible, and there is a contrasting lighter color on the bottom half of the dogs face, throat, chest, breeches, feet, legs and underside.
5) What is size of Alaskan Klee Kai?
It is intended that the Alaskan Klee Kai remain a small to medium-sized dog. Height is measured from the withers to the ground. Weight should be proportionate to height and bone structure, appearing neither too heavy nor too thin.
Toy Variety: Up to and including 13 inches.
Miniature Variety: Over 13 inches and up to and including 15 inches.
Standard Variety: Over 15 inches up to and including 17 inches.
It should be noted that we no longer gauge an Alaskan Klee Kai's size by weight although many stay in the 15lb-20b range.
6) When do Alaskan Klee Kai stop growing?
Klee Kai seem to reach adult height by one year of age but often their bone structure continues to mature until approximately age two.
7) Do Alaskan Klee Kai shed?
YES! There is a running joke amongst owners that AKK shed twice per year. The first time is January-June and the second time is July-December. While this is indeed typical, different coat types shed in various ways. Additionally Klee Kai may "blow coat" during seasonal changes.
8)Are Alaskan Klee Kai hypoallergenic?
9) How often do Alaskan Klee Kai need grooming?
This answer is very dependent on coat type. Some AKK need brushing weekly, some may only need it while blowing their coats. In a show ring, the breed is presented in a completely natural condition except that trimming of hair between the pads and around the feet to present a neater appearance is permissible. Alaskan Klee Kai do not tend to hold a dirty smell like many dogs and can get by with minimal bathing. Proper ear and nail care is a must, just like with any breed.
10) Do Alaskan Klee Kai talk?
These little dogs have quite a lot to say. They talk, they sass, they howl, they bark, and they "pity whine" to get their point across.
11) Are Alaskan Klee Kai good pets?
Alaskan Klee Kai are great pets for the right type of dog owner. They are not for the faint of heart and will require dedication to proper training and socialization from a young age. They have specific quirks that are sometimes hard to manage (like separation anxiety and poor recall) so the breed should be researched and well understood before adoption.
12) Are Alaskan Klee Kai good with cats?
Just like with any breed, this really depends on the individual dog and the training it had during puppyhood. Some Klee Kai have a high prey drive, some do not.
13) Do Alaskan Klee Kai have health issues?
The genetic health of this breed should be watched and managed carefully. Alaskan Klee Kai are currently enrolled in the CHIC (Canine Health Information Center) program. The following tests are necessary for an AKK to earn it's CHIC certificate: Autoimmune thyroiditis, Patellar luxation, Cardiac Evaluation and Eye examination by a boarded ACVO ophthalmologist. We do encourage breeders to do a blood panel for this breed that includes CBC & Chemistries, which determine healthy numbers regarding the liver and kidney health of their dogs and a Thyroid profile. Due to patella luxation issues in the smaller breeds, this should also be part of the annual exam, as well as a cardiac exam. We still have some FVII carriers (blood clotting disorder) in the breed but they have been mostly eliminated through the years by attrition but we continue to test when an FVII carrier produces pups so we are aware and take precautions regarding who we pick as breeding partners.
14) What is Alaskan Klee Kai life expectancy?
Approximately 15-18 years.
15) How many Alaskan Klee Kai are there?
AKKAOA recently obtained full count records from UKC stating how many Klee Kai puppies have been registered (litter and permanently) annually since they were recognized in 1996. Per the report, UKC has litter registered less than 10,000 puppies total! The number of litters has increased steadily over the last 22 years, however, up until 2007 less than 400 puppies were born per year. Still less than 1000 puppies were born even last year (2018).
16) Can Alaskan Klee Kai live in hot weather?
Yes, they can be comfortable in any climate. Their coats protect them from both the hot and the cold which is why it is important to NEVER shave them. While they can withstand any reasonable temperature, they are creatures of comfort and if their human is hot, they are likely hot too.
17) Are there Alaskan Klee Kai rescue?
Since the breed is highly protected there are few surrendered to rescue, however, the Alaskan Klee Kai National Rescue is a fantastic resource for helping Klee Kai in need.
18) How many Alaskan Klee Kai breeders?
There are approximately 50 AKKAOA breeders worldwide. Most are located in the USA. AKKAOA breeders have all agreed to follow a Code of Ethics that describe good breeding habits. The club believes it is important to be accountable for producing healthy, purebred dogs in a clean and safe environment.
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New York: The Delta variant of the coronavirus may cause more severe illness than all other known versions of the virus and spread as easily as chickenpox, media reports quoting an internal document from the US health authority said.
The document from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) outlines unpublished data that shows fully vaccinated people might spread the Delta variant, first identified in India, at the same rate as unvaccinated people, reports said.
The contents of the document – a slide presentation – were first reported by The Washington Post on Thursday.
Dr Rochelle P Walensky, the director of the CDC, acknowledged on Tuesday that vaccinated people with so-called breakthrough infections of the Delta variant carry just as much virus in the nose and throat as unvaccinated people and may spread it just as readily, if less often.
But the internal document lays out a broader and even grimmer view of the variant.
The Delta variant is more transmissible than the viruses that cause MERS, SARS, Ebola, the common cold, the seasonal flu and smallpox, and it is as contagious as chickenpox, according to the document, a copy of which was also obtained by The New York Times.
The Delta variant — originally known as B.1.617.2 — might cause more severe disease, according to the document.
The immediate next step for the agency is to acknowledge the war has changed, the document said.
The document's tone reflects alarm among CDC scientists about Delta's spread across the country, the NYT quoted a federal official, who has seen the research described in the document, as saying.
The agency is expected to publish additional data on the deadly variant on Friday.
The CDC. is very concerned with the data coming in that Delta is a very serious threat that requires action now, the official said.
There are roughly 35,000 symptomatic infections per week among 162 million vaccinated Americans, according to data collected by the CDC as of July 24 that was cited in the internal presentation.
But the agency does not track all mild or asymptomatic infections, so the actual incidence may be higher.
Infection with the Delta variant produces virus amounts in the airways that are tenfold higher than what is seen in people infected with the Alpha variant, which is also highly contagious, the document noted.
The amount of virus in a person infected with Delta is a thousandfold more than what is seen in people infected with the original version of the virus, according to one recent study.
The CDC document relies on data from multiple studies, including an analysis of a recent outbreak in Provincetown, Massachusetts, which began after the town's Fourth of July festivities.
Walensky told CNN that the Delta variant "is one of the most transmissible viruses we know about. Measles, chickenpox, this — they're all up there."
And she said everyone in schools — students, staff and visitors — should wear masks at all times.
"The measures we need to get this under control — they're extreme. The measures you need are extreme," Walensky said.
"The bottom line was that, in contrast to the other variants, vaccinated people, even if they didn't get sick, got infected and shed virus at similar levels as unvaccinated people who got infected," Walter Orenstein, who heads the Emory Vaccine Center and who viewed the documents, told CNN.
But vaccinated people are safer, the document indicates.
"Vaccines prevent more than 90 per cent of severe disease, but may be less effective at preventing infection or transmission," it reads.
"Therefore, more breakthrough and more community spread despite vaccination," the document adds.
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Objective This paper aims to study if vaginal breech delivery is associated with increased risk for neonatal mortality (NNM) or cerebral palsy (CP) in Norway where vaginal delivery accounts for 1/3 of all breech deliveries.
Design Cohort study using information from the national Medical BirthRegister and Cerebral Palsy Register.
Setting Births in Norway 1999–2009.
Participants 520 047 term-born singletons without congenital malformations.
Main outcome measures NNM, CP and a composite outcome of these and death during birth.
Results Compared with cephalic births, breech births had substantially increased risk for NNM but not for CP. Vaginal delivery was planned for 7917 of 16 700 fetuses in breech, while 5561 actually delivered vaginally. Among these, NNM was 0.9 per 1000 compared with 0.3 per 1000 in vaginal cephalic delivery, and 0.8 per 1000 in those actually born by caesarean delivery (CD) in breech. Compared with planned cephalic delivery, planned vaginal delivery was associated with excess risk for NNM (OR 2.4; 95% CI 1.2 to 4.9), while the OR associated with planned breech CD was 1.6 (95% CI 0.7 to 3.7). These risks were attenuated when NNM was substituted by the composite outcome. Vaginal breech delivery was not associated with excess risk for CP compared with vaginal cephalic delivery.
Conclusion Vaginal breech delivery, regardless of whether planned or actual, and actual breech CD were associated with excess risk for NNM compared with vaginal cephalic delivery, but not with CP. The risk for NNM and CP in planned breech CD did not differ significantly from planned vaginal cephalic delivery. However, the absolute risk for these outcomes was low, and taking into consideration potential long-term adverse consequences of CD for the child and later deliveries, we therefore conclude that vaginal breech delivery may be recommended, provided competent obstetric care and strict criteria for selection to vaginal delivery.
- breech delivery
- epidemiology
- cerebral palsy
- perinatal mortality
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Strengths and limitations of this study
More than 500 000 births included in the study.
Prospectively recording of the data in the two registers
Restriction of the analyses to singletons at term without congenital malformation
The number of infants with adverse outcomes in breech were low.
Register-based data have limited ability to address explanatory factors.
The delivery of a fetus in breech position is a controversial issue.1 The Term Breech Trial (TBT)2 reported lower perinatal mortality and morbidity of fetuses in breech position following planned caesarean delivery compared with planned vaginal delivery. The study had great impact, changing clinical practice in a number of countries.3–6 However, the conclusion of the TBT was criticised by several experts.7–9 The Norwegian Board of Health invited a group of national experts to review the evidence underlying these recommendations. The expert group reviewed the literature published between 1980 and 2001. Taking into account the much lower perinatal mortality in Norway than that reported in TBT, they concluded that vaginal breech delivery would still be safe, provided careful selection of mothers, qualified clinicians and adequate fetal assessment.10 Therefore, approximately 1/3 of fetuses in breech position in Norway are still delivered vaginally.6 In a prospective study in France and Belgium, Goffinet et al compared vaginal delivery with planned caesarean delivery in breech. They concluded, in line with the Norwegian recommendations, that vaginal delivery is a safe option when strict selection criteria are followed.11 The controversies of mode of delivery have also been reflected in studies of the long-term outcome of infants born in breech position. Several studies reported that infants born in breech had increased risk for cerebral palsy (CP).12–15 Although it was unclear whether the mode of delivery affected this increased risk,16–18 it has been suggested that planned caesarean delivery may prevent some cases of CP.12 13
In the vast majority of previous studies on adverse outcome of vaginal breech delivery, the comparison group has been caesarean breech delivery. However, the main results of these studies do not take into account the risk for complications of caesarean delivery in later pregnancies both for the mother and for the child. There is also an increased awareness of later health problems in children born by caesarean suggested in recent reports.19 Therefore, to assess if vaginal breech delivery as currently practised in Norway can be characterised as safe, the appropriate comparison group of breech deliveries should be vaginal cephalic birth; which is the natural way of giving birth. In line with this, a recent systematic review and meta-analysis of breech deliveries recommended that comparative studies of vaginal breech with vaginal cephalic deliveries should be undertaken.20
The aim of this study was therefore to explore if singletons without congenital malformations born vaginally at term have higher risk for stillbirth, neonatal mortality (NNM) and CP if they are born in breech position compared with cephalic position.
In this population-based study, perinatal data of all children born in Norway from 1999 to 2009 were retrieved from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway (MBRN), and combined with information recorded in the Cerebral Palsy Register of Norway (CPRN). The 11-digit personal identification number unique for every Norwegian citizen was used to link information from the two registers. The MBRN records demographic variables, as well as information on maternal health before and during pregnancy, interventions and complications during delivery and neonatal outcomes. Registration in this register has been compulsory since 1967 ensuring prospective recording of this information at birth.21
The CPRN is an informed consent-based national quality register established in 2006, and aims to record detailed information on all children with CP born in Norway since 1996.22 Information is reported at diagnosis at 5 years and at 15–17 years of age. Neuropaediatric habilitation centres in Norway provide summary and detailed data about the children. A validation study indicated that 80% of children with CP in Norway born in 1999–2009 have detailed information in the CPRN.23
We excluded children born preterm (before week 37), multiple births, children with congenital malformations, children in transverse lie and those with lacking information on mode of delivery (figure 1).
Study variables
The predefined main outcome measures were stillbirth, NNM and CP. Stillbirth and NNM were defined according to the WHO.24 Stillbirth was further divided into those who were dead before birth (antepartum) and during birth (intrapartum). CP was diagnosed and confirmed at 5 years of age according to the definition and classification proposed by the Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe.25 Paediatricians at the neurohabilitation centres in Norway completed the information of each child on a standardised form. Since fetuses who die antepartum usually are delivered vaginally, stillbirth was not included in the analyses of risk associated with mode of delivery. However, since intrapartum death, NNM and CP may share the same causes we, as a secondary outcome, also calculated a composite adverse outcome variable comprising the sum of intrapartum death, NNM and CP.
Information on maternal age, parity, gestational age, mode of delivery, the child's sex, birth weight and Apgar scores were collected from the MBRN. Newborns with a birth weight below −2 SD of the population mean weight26 for gestational age, adjusted for sex were defined as small-for-gestational age (SGA).
Analytical approach
First, we assessed the risks for stillbirth, NNM, CP and the composite outcome for children born in breech compared with cephalic position, independent of mode of delivery.
Second, we explored the risks for NNM, CP and the composite outcome according to 'actual mode of delivery' by comparing vaginal or caesarean breech delivery with vaginal cephalic delivery.
According to the Norwegian Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics, vaginal breech delivery can be recommended if gestational age is at least 34 weeks, estimated birth weight is between 2000 and 4000 g and no maternal and fetal contraindications for vaginal delivery exist. An essential premise of this recommendation is that the obstetric department is capable to perform immediate caesarean delivery and that trained paediatric personnel are available. Thus, some of the planned vaginal breech deliveries will be converted to a caesarean delivery during the birth process. The analysis of actual mode of delivery will therefore not evaluate these recommendations of vaginal births correctly, since the caesarean group will be a mixture of both planned and emergency caesarean delivery, and the vaginal group will comprise only those not changed to a caesarean delivery during birth.
Third, we therefore repeated the analyses, but now we compared the outcome of planned mode of breech delivery at admission to the obstetric department with planned vaginal cephalic delivery. We divided cephalic and breech births into the two categories originally planned vaginal and caesarean deliveries, based on the initial handling of the birth, using information on how the birth started (spontaneous, induced or by caesarean delivery) and how caesarean delivery was recorded (as elective, emergency or planned). Births that did not satisfy these criteria were categorised as planned vaginal delivery.
The three outcomes, NNM, CP and the composite adverse outcome variables, were then assessed related to the four exposure groups: cephalic position and planned vaginal births (reference group), cephalic position and planned caesarean delivery, breech position and planned vaginal births and breech position and planned caesarean delivery.
Finally, we explored if the risk for NNM, CP and the composite outcome differed between children born by vaginal delivery and caesarean delivery or between planned vaginal delivery and planned caesarean delivery within the group of children who were born in breech.
Statistical analyses
IBM SPSS software for Windows V.22 was used for data analyses. Differences in proportions between groups were analysed using the χ2 test and prevalence rates with 95% CIs were calculated according to Newcombe and Altman.27 In the estimates of the prevalence of NNM, stillbirths were excluded and in the estimates of the prevalence of CP, stillbirths and children with postneonatal CP were excluded. We used logistic regression to estimate ORs with 95% CIs for adverse outcome of children in breech position at birth, using cephalic presentation as the reference. Moreover, we explored the roles of potential confounders including maternal age, parity, gestational age, child sex and SGA status in multivariable logistic regression analyses based on a priori knowledge and directed acyclic graphs methodology.28
Patient involvement
No patients were involved in setting the research question or the outcome measures nor were they involved in the design and implementation of the study. There are no plans to involve patients in dissemination.
A total of 650 968 children were born in Norway during the study period. The study population of singleton children born at a gestational age of at least 37 weeks in either cephalic or breech position and with no congenital anomalies comprised 520 047 children (figure 1). A total of 841 (2 per 1000) of these were stillborn. Of the live born, 239 (0.5 per 1000) died in the neonatal period, and 552 children were diagnosed with CP. Of the latter, 32 had a postneonatal cause of their CP, resulting in 520 with congenital CP (1 per 1000 live born).
Among the 520 047 included children, 16 700 (3%) were in breech and 503 347 (97%) in cephalic position (figure 1). More mothers in the breech group were nullipara, and higher proportions of their infants were female, were born SGA and had low Apgar scores (table 1). The mean gestational age of children born in breech was 39.1 weeks compared with 39.7 weeks for children born in cephalic position. Of the 16 700 women with a fetus in breech 7917 (47%) were planned for vaginal delivery, while 5561 (33%) actually delivered vaginally. The corresponding figures for planned caesarean delivery were 8783 (53%), while 11 139 (67%) actually delivered by caesarean. For women with fetuses in cephalic position, 94% were planned to vaginal delivery while 90% delivered vaginally; 6% were planned to caesarean delivery and 10% delivered by caesarean.
Children born in breech had increased risk for stillbirth, NNM, CP and the composite outcome compared with children born in cephalic position (table 2). Sixty-eight of the stillborn children (7 in breech and 61 in cephalic position) died during delivery.
According to actual mode of delivery, children in breech, regardless of whether they were born vaginally or by caesarean delivery, had a nearly threefold increased OR for NNM compared with children born vaginally in cephalic, while the OR for CP was 1.7 (CI 1.0 to 2.8) if the child was delivered by caesarean delivery (table 3). As expected, children delivered by caesarean in cephalic position had higher prevalence of NNM, CP and the composite outcome compared with vaginal cephalic delivery, reflecting that caesarean delivery in this group is mainly done in high-risk births (table 3).
According to planned mode of delivery, vaginal breech delivery had an estimated 2.4 (CI 1.2 to 4.9) times increased risk of NNM and a 2.1 (CI 1.4 to 3.1) times increased risk of the composite outcome. Planned caesarean breech delivery had an estimated 1.6 (CI 0.7 to 3.7) increased risk of NNM and a 1.5 (CI 0.9 to 2.3) times increased risk of the composite outcome, both compared with planned vaginal cephalic delivery (table 4). The prevalence of CP in planned vaginal breech and in planned caesarean breech delivery did not differ significantly from planned vaginal cephalic delivery (table 4). Among children born in the cephalic position, the prevalence of NNM, CP and the composite outcome was higher among those born by caesarean than among those born by vaginal delivery.
In analyses restricted to the 16 700 children in breech position, the risk for NNM was not increased among infants actually born by vaginal delivery compared with caesarean delivery, while the OR for NNM in the group where vaginal delivery was planned was 1.5 (CI 0.5 to 4.3) compared with planned caesarean delivery (table 5). The risk for CP was not increased for children born by vaginal delivery compared with caesarean delivery regardless of actual or planned mode of delivery (table 5).
Multivariable analyses adjusting for gestational age, parity, maternal age, sex and SGA did not substantially affect any of the associations described above (data not shown).
In this national cohort study of term singletons without congenital malformations, we found that vaginal breech delivery, regardless of whether it was planned or not, was associated with an excess risk for NNM and with a composite outcome of intrapartum death, NNM and CP, compared with cephalic vaginal delivery. However, also children who had actually been delivered by caesarean had excess risk for NNM and the composite outcome compared with those who were actually born vaginally in the cephalic position, whereas a 60% increased risk for NNM, and a 50% increased risk for the composite outcome among those born in breech by planned caesarean delivery did not reach statistical significance, compared with planned vaginal cephalic delivery. A slightly higher prevalence of CP among children in breech was not statistically significantly different from children born in cephalic position regardless of mode of delivery. The risk for the composite outcome of intrapartum death, NNM and CP associated with the breech position was attenuated compared with the risk for NNM
Regardless of mode of delivery, the absolute risks for the adverse outcomes of breech births were low, ranging between 0.7 and 1.0 per 1000 live born for NNM, and it may be noteworthy that the prevalence rates for all adverse outcomes associated with vaginal breech delivery and with caesarean breech delivery were of similar magnitude.
Strength and limitations
Strengths of the present study are the large number of births and the prospectively recording of the data in the two registers. Nonetheless, among children in breech position, the number of children with the adverse outcomes NNM and CP were low, and the results of the analyses restricted to children in breech should therefore be interpreted with caution.
We restricted the analyses to singletons born at term and without congenital malformations, limiting the possibility of confounding by these factors. Multivariable analyses suggested that maternal age, parity, the child's sex, gestational age and SGA did not confound the associations between breech position and adverse outcome.
Analysis of the association between mode of delivery and adverse outcome after breech delivery is challenging. Selection to vaginal delivery is recommended on strict criteria and is therefore expected to identify pregnancies with low risk for adverse outcome compared with those selected for caesarean delivery. Furthermore, some of the planned vaginal deliveries will be converted to an emergency caesarean delivery intrapartum, increasing the risk for adverse outcome in the caesarean group. A comparison of adverse outcome between vaginal and caesarean deliveries would therefore be expected to favour the vaginal delivered group. While this was the case for children born in cephalic position (tables 3 and 4), the ORs for NNM were similar or even higher in the vaginal compared with the caesarean delivery group for children born in breech. Thus, caution is needed in the interpretation of the lack of difference between vaginal and caesarean delivery.
We categorised according to actual mode of delivery and planned mode of delivery, which is essential to evaluate the national recommendations. Although the risk for NNM and the composite outcome was higher for actual than for planned caesarean delivery, as would be expected if the classification was correct, we cannot rule out some errors in this classification. Since the forms of the MBRN are completed immediately after birth, it is possible that some deliveries originally planned as caesarean delivery may have been misclassified as emergency caesarean delivery. The latter is expected to be associated with higher risk for adverse outcome, and such misclassification would therefore erroneously reduce the risk associated with planned caesarean delivery. This misclassification would be expected to have most impact on the risk associated with planned breech caesarean delivery. A similar misclassification is also possible for planned vaginal cephalic deliveries, but in this case, the effect is negligible considering the large number of vaginal cephalic births and the low proportion of cephalic caesarean delivery. Thus, the lack of statistical significance of adverse outcome between planned breech caesarean delivery and planned vaginal cephalic delivery should be interpreted with caution.
Finally, the use of register-based data has limited ability to address explanatory factors, as suggested by Goffinet et al.11 In their prospective study of breech deliveries, they found that 33 (26%) of 129 cases with severe neonatal complications had non-lethal major or minor malformations that sometimes explained the neonatal complications.11 We cannot rule out that some undiagnosed or unrecorded malformations may have contributed to the higher proportions of children with adverse outcomes among those born in breech than among those born in cephalic position in our study.
Comparison with other studies
Our findings regarding excess risk for stillbirth29 and NNM associated with breech presentation are consistent with earlier findings,30–32 and an excess risk for NNM was also reported in recent studies including children born after the TBT2 in Denmark4 and in Norway.6
We found a slightly higher risk for NNM in planned vaginal than in planned caesarean delivery, and this could be considered to be consistent with the results of the TBT. On the other hand, the overall interpretation of our findings is that the risk for NNM was largely independent of mode of delivery, and this interpretation is not consistent with the results of the TBT. First, the different designs of the two studies may explain the different findings. The TBT was a randomised controlled trial considered to be the gold standard, while our study is an observational study. Nonetheless, the much lower perinatal mortality in Norway compared with the TBT may also explain some of the diverging results in the two studies. Moreover, to be eligible to participate in the TBT, women had to have a singleton live fetus at term (≥37 weeks gestation) in breech without any known lethal fetal congenital anomaly. Women were excluded if there was evidence of fetopelvic disproportion, or if the fetus was judged to be clinically large or to have an estimated fetal weight of 4000 g or more, hyperextension of the fetal head or other fetal anomaly or condition that might cause a mechanical problem at delivery. Women with contraindication for labour or vaginal delivery such as placenta praevia were also excluded.2 These criteria are similar to the criteria for vaginal breech delivery recommended by the Norwegian Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics. However, in the TBT, a higher proportion of women (43%) selected for vaginal delivery needed caesarean delivery compared with our study population where only 30% of those selected for planned vaginal delivery needed caesarean delivery. One may therefore speculate that the probability for adverse outcome in the planned vaginal group in the TBT was higher than in our study. Instead antenatal acquired vulnerability may have played a larger role in our population.
The lack of excess risk for CP associated with breech position at birth is consistent with four studies published before the TBT but inconsistent with four other studies. We are not aware of studies addressing the association between breech presentation at birth and CP in populations born after the TBT.2 A follow-up study of 923 children included in that trial did not have the statistical power to address this severe, neurodevelopmental outcome.33 Two earlier studies, including one from our own group, also found some evidence that the risk was associated with vaginal delivery.12 15 The lower risk for CP in the present study, compared with our previous Norwegian study12 could be explained by the larger sample size, better quality of the data in the MBRN21 and better ascertainment of cases in the CPRN in the present study.23 Nonetheless, it is also possible that changes in the delivery of breech births in Norway including an increasing proportion of fetuses born by planned caesarean delivery6 may have improved outcome and may reflect better selection of mothers for vaginal delivery.
The overall higher risk for stillbirth and the higher proportion of infants born SGA among children born in breech than in cephalic position may suggest that fetuses with antenatal acquired risk factors for adverse outcomes are more likely to present in breech than in cephalic position at birth. On the other hand, the slightly higher ORs for NNM and for the composite outcome among children born vaginally than by caesarean delivery both when restricted to the breech group as well as when compared with vaginal cephalic delivery may suggest that fetuses in breech are more likely to experience complications during birth if they are born vaginally than if delivered by caesarean. This interpretation may be further supported by the fact that women selected for vaginal breech delivery would be expected to have a particular low risk for complications during birth. Thus, a combination of antenatal acquired risk factors for neonatal death with increased vulnerability to the birth process is probably the most likely explanation of our findings.
Regarding CP, antenatal factors are considered to be involved in 90% of the cases with CP,34 and one might have expected an excess risk for CP in breech births, similar to that of NNM. The much lower risk for CP among children in breech, not statistically different from cephalic position could therefore suggest that antenatal factors increasing the risk for NNM are different or at least not completely overlapping with antenatal risk factors involved in the causal pathway leading to CP.
Taking into consideration the very low absolute risk for NNM and CP, the increasing evidence for acute and long-term maternal complications35 and for later health problems among children following caesarean delivery,36 37 our results suggest that vaginal delivery in selected cases may be an option for women with a fetus in breech position. This option requires that strict criteria are followed including access to competent obstetric care. In addition, a secondary advantage of having a certain volume of vaginal breech deliveries is that obstetricians retain their competence for unexpected vaginal breech deliveries. In the discussion with the pregnant mother and her partner regarding choice of delivery mode of a fetus in breech, the relative risk for NNM should be explained but related to the very low absolute risk. Moreover, it may be appropriate to emphasise that adverse outcome probably to a large degree is caused by antenatal acquired insults and that there are potential advantages of vaginal birth over caesarean delivery for long-term health of the child and the mother. Regarding obstetric care, awareness of the excess risk for fetal death should be emphasised, and studies are warranted to optimise antenatal follow-up of mothers with a fetus in breech.
Caution is needed if results of observational studies are included in the development of clinical guidelines, and more studies are needed to support our results. On the other hand, a new randomised controlled trial in our part of the world is unrealistic as it would require the participation of 20 000 women with a fetus in breech to document a difference in NNM between mothers selected for planned vaginal and planned caesarean delivery.10
Nonetheless, the higher risk of NNM among planned vaginal deliveries than for planned caesarean delivery compared with cephalic delivery warrants further studies, including perinatal audits and prospective studies as suggested by Goffinet et al.11
Vaginal breech delivery, regardless of whether planned or actual and actual caesarean breech delivery were associated with excess risk for NNM and for a composite outcome of intrapartum death, NNM and CP, compared with vaginal cephalic delivery. The risk for adverse outcome in planned caesarean breech delivery did not differ significantly from planned vaginal cephalic delivery. However, the absolute risk for these outcomes was low. Taking into consideration potential long-term adverse consequences of caesarean delivery for the child, the mother and for later deliveries we therefore conclude that vaginal delivery may be offered to women with a fetus in breech, provided competent obstetric care and strict criteria for selection to vaginal delivery. Our findings did not support the notion that some cases of CP may be prevented if all fetuses in breech are delivered by caesarean delivery.
The authors thank the Cerebral Palsy Register of Norway (CPRN) and the Medical Birth Registry of Norway (MBRN) for the data. A special thanks to all the children and parents participating in the CPRN.
Contributors SB analysed the data, contributed to study design and data interpretation and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. GA was principally responsible for the data from the CPRN and revised the manuscript. MM contributed to the data interpretation and revised the manuscript. PR contributed to the research hypotheses, study design and revised the manuscript. SH contributed to the data interpretation and revised the manuscript. DM contributed to study design, the data analyses, data interpretation and revised the manuscript. TV proposed the research questions and contributed in the interpretation of the data and the revision of the manuscript. He is the guarantor of the study and accepts full responsibility for the work and the conduct of the study. All authors approved the final version of the submitted manuscript.
Funding Supported by a grant from The Liaison Committee between the Central Norway Regional Health Authority (RHA) and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
Competing interests All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form at www.icmj.org/cio_disclosure.pdf (available on request from the corresponding author) and declare: no financial support from any organisation for the submitted work; no financial relationship with any companies that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous 3 years and have no non-financial interests or relationships that may be relevant to the submitted work.
Ethics approval The study was approved by the Regional Ethical Committee for Medical Research in Mid-Norway (ref. 2011/754).
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
Data sharing statement The protocol is available on request from the corresponding author at: email@example.com.


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This recipe is one of the all time faves at The Farm! I have some wonderful clients who gave me a beautiful butternut squash the other day and as soon as my husband saw it, he was thinking "gnocchi". Today he came in the house for lunch and saw the pot of milk cooking for the ricotta and I could see the "Happy Light" turn on! He's easy to please. This is one of those recipes that you need to carve out the whole day for. No, it doesn't take the entire day, but you'll definitely need to whole day for each step and the resting periods needed in between the steps. I promise that you won't be disappointed though and this will quickly become an all time fave at your home too!
Ricotta Squash Gnocchi
2 lb butternut squash
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 c whole milk ricotta
3/4 c freshly grated parmigiano-reggiano
3 tsp coarse salt
1 1/3 – 2 1/3 c flour
3-4 tbsp unsalted butter
10 fresh sage leaves
coarse salt
1/3-1/2 c freshly grated parmigiano-reggiano
1) preheat oven to 375. cut squash into 1/4's lengthwise. place on a parchment lined baking sheet. cover with parchment & foil and back for 1 1/2 hours. let cool slightly. remove seeds and scoop flesh from the skin into a clean kitchen towel. squeeze out approximately 3/4 cup of juice and discard.
2) in a large bowl, combine egg, ricotta, squash, flour, parmigiano, salt and 1 1/3 cups flour. mix until well blended. add more flour and knead gently until the dough is soft. place in a clean bowl and dust with flour. cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2-3 hours.
3) to form the gnocchi, cut off a piece of dough the size of an orange. flour your hands and roll out a rope about the thickness of your finger. cut into 1 inch pieces. using the back of a fork, place the piece of dough at the top of the tines and with light pressure use your thumb to roll the dough down the tines. repeat with the remaining dough.
4) melt butter in a large skillet, when it begins to foam, add the fresh sage. turn down the heat.
5) boil the gnocchi until they rise to the surface, 1-2 minutes. let cook 30 seconds more. add to the skillet and toss to coat with the butter and sage. season with salt and add a handful of cheese just before serving.


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The TNT REIGN SC, is an extra-large single man ladder stand, that offers all the comfort for those long all day hunts, at a height that most hunters are comfortable with, while offering all the benefits of being at 18 feet, where scent and sight become non factors. It boasts a very large water, mold, UV and rodent resistant flip-back Superior Comfort Teslin seat and backrest.
The Reign SC also features a flip-back footrest and a flip-back, one-piece camo covered/padded shooting rail and armrest.Nylon washers in all pivot points, allow for a totally silent hunting experience.
The use of vinyl coated "D" pins, heavy duty mounting ratchet hardware, light duty stabilizing hardware and our heavy wall square tubing ladder rails, ensures unparalleled stability and quietness.
***Meets or exceeds testing standards set by the ASTM and the TMA (Treestand Manufacturer's Association).
- Rugged steel construction
- Full-body, four-point Certified FAS (Fall-Arrest System)
- Flip back Teslin seats, and backrest
- Camo covered padded shooting rail and armrests
- Stand Height: 18' to shooting rail
- Platform Size: 22" wide x 17" deep
- Weight Capacity: 300 lbs.
- Ladder Sections: 3x heavy gauge square tubing rail
- Seat Height: 20"
- Fasteners: 1 HD "S" hook ratchet strap assembly, 2 LD stabilizer ratchet strap assemblies
- Tree Size: 9' - 20" tree diameter
- Weight: 56lbs
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It was 2005 when we first introduced you to Inland Empire representer, Bossolo.
The then aspiring artist was at that point releasing his latest album "My Bloc" which featured production from, amongst others, Fingazz and Young Tre who has produced for Westside Connection
In the years that followed Bossolo kept his presence in the streets at the top of his agenda with his mixtapes and shows across the state. In September 2007 we confirmed he was dropping his solo album "Broken Glass Shattered" as well as showcasing label Bloc Hustle Muzic.
The success of the project – which included the tracks
Since then Bossolo has had a successful independent career releasing albums most years via his label Bloc Hustle Inc and website including projects alongside Spice 1, Daz Dillinger, Big2DaBoy, Big Syke, Truth Hurts, Playa Hamm and more as well as many solo releases.
Today we are pleased to announced that Bossolo is BACK on Dubcnn at long last with a brand new album. While it's great news to have new Bossolo music on Dubcnn, the release is surrounded with sadness that tragically Bossolo lost his son Jordan Lee to cancer late last year.
Lee was diagnosed with Stage 4 brain cancer "Glioblastoma" and Bossolo and his family set up the Jordan Lee Foundation to raise money for his treatment and support, sadly Lee died in October 2012.
The tragedy struck Bossolo and his family hard and recent months have inspired him to come up with the title of his new album as "Everything Ain't Always In Color" – Bossolo recently explained the meaning;
Everything you see in life ain't what it always cracked up to be,just because kids see rapper's pushing Bentleys on B.E.T don't mean that artist is rich and ain't going throug no problems the media just sugar coats everything to make it seem like every rapper in America is balling with major money and that simply ain't the truth.
The 15 track LP, which can be bought here, features appearances from Big Fase 100, Redrum781, Kokane, Ms. Toi, Babee Loc and Truth Hurts. We have been sent one of the Kokane featured records from the album entitled Never Fux With No Bustaz – listen below and then cop the album here.
01) Intro (Everything Aint Always In Color)
02) Never Settle (Feat. Big Fase 100& Redrum781)
03) Poppin Bullets (Feat. Kokane)
04) Hustle Don't Stop (Feat. Ms.Toi)
05) Conspiracy Theory (Feat. O.Y.G Redrum781)
06) Holiday
07) 1,2,3,4 Raggae song (Feat. Ms.Toi & Babee Loc)
08) Never Fux With No Bustaz (Feat. Kokane)
09) If I Was White
10) They Lable Me A Menace
11) Hollywood
12) Survival
13) I Will Not Loose
14) Raise Ur Cups Up (Feat. Truth Hurts)
15) Bossolo's Groove
Never Fux With No Bustaz (Feat.Kokane)


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Zero Waste Initiative
Given our passion for the health and welfare of pets everywhere, BlogPaws is committed to educating our influencers and helping them leverage their influence to encourage pet parents to adopt a 'zero-waste' mindset. We are honored to work with Only Natural Pet and the Pet Sustainability Coalition to get the conversation started and to take the first steps towards making our yearly conference as close to 'zero-waste' as possible. Here's a timeline of news, announcements, and preparation of this dynamic undertaking:
Pet Bloggers Conference Keeps the Environment Clean: The BlogPaws conference is aiming to be 100% recyclable throughout the weekend, with their "Zero Waste" initiative. The conference is a place for pet bloggers to network with other bloggers and learn how to enhance their blogs.
The Lazy Guide to Living That #ZeroWaste Pet Friendly Life by BlogPaws 2017 Zero Waste Ambassador, Jodi Chick. Ever since, their goal has been to reduce at much waste as possible at the conference. Partnering with Only Natural Pet and the Pet Sustainability Coalition to get this done, over the course of the conference staff worked hard to ensure attendees recycled where they could, composted whenever possible and made as little trash as possible. This year they were able to divert a whopping 96% of waste from the landfill and send the rest out to be recycled or composted.
BlogPaws Conference Reduces Carbon Paw Prints in Record Numbers: Combined efforts at the BlogPaws Conference focused on achieving as close to a "zero-waste" event as possible, one that reduced the environmental footprint of the conference by diverting waste from the landfill, and by educating conference participants about waste issues related to the pet industry.
Pet Bloggers Announce 2016 Zero Waste Project Results: BlogPaws, Only Natural Pet, and the Pet Sustainability Coalition (PSC) recently embarked on their second zero waste initiative during the BlogPaws Pet Blogger and Social Media Conference held in Chandler, Arizona, for three days in June.
BlogPaws Poised to Go Green for Second Year: Sustainability involves methods that do not completely use up or destroy natural resources. No matter who you are, what pets you have, or how big or small your blog is, on this we can all agree: Sustainability is crucial to our planet's future.
Be an Environmentally Friendly Pet Owner You don't have to change the world when it comes to being environmentally friendly, but you can make changes to yourself and the way you live; if everyone does that, it just might change the world! This post offers advice and tips on what you can do to be a "green pet owner."
BlogPaws Celebrates Earth Day 2015 with an unprecedented movement never before seen at a BlogPaws Conference. We are going green and plan to strive for a near zero-waste initiative in Nashville with our 500 attendees. BlogPaws, Only Natural Pet, and the Pet Industry Sustainability Coalition (PISC) announce a partnership to launch a zero-waste initiative for the 2015 BlogPaws Pet Blogger and Social Media Conference scheduled for May 28-30 in Nashville, TN.
PSC and ONP Partner with BlogPaws: BlogPaws is the largest professional network of pet bloggers and social media enthusiasts. BlogPaws is a part of Pet360 Inc., an integrated media company devoted to everything pets, providing pet parents the trusted information, products and advice they need to raise happy, healthy pets. Now we're adding "going green" to our list of achievements!
Eco-Friendly Targets Pets and Their Parents: Here's a basic primer on what you need to know, fun facts about why going eco-friendly is the right thing to do, and some ways on how you can get involved in preparation for the conference.
BlogPaws Aims for Zero Waste at BlogPaws Conference: Here on The Fill, we have written many articles about zero waste. Those articles mostly pertain to cities and companies and how they are contributing to the principle. However, in this edition, we would like to recognize a blogging community that is putting forth sustainable efforts in their seventh annual conference.
BlogPaws Takes 2015 Conference to Greener Pastures: Official press release announcements 10/14/14 and Pet360 release.


text: Your Guide to Pasadena, Texas SHARE THIS TWEET THIS SHARE THIS COMMENT LOVE THIS 1 E-mail Pasadena, Texas is a bustling city with something for everyone to cherish and appreciate. Historically, Pasadena has always been an important player in the history of Texas. Originally, it has been the birthplace of free Texas state. Tourism-wise, the city has plenty to keep its locals as well as tourists occupied and entertained. It is full of action-packed, entertainment and fun for people of all ages and interests. Whether you're artistic, outdoorsy, fashion-forward, nature lover, history buff, a foodie or party animal, you'll find Pasadena has exactly what you desire, and then some. No matter where you go and what you do, you'll find warm and friendly hospitality. The cheerful places, amiable people and easy-going yet lively vibe will definitely make everyone grin from ear to ear. The city is truly a delight! Looking for travel information on Pasadena, Texas, you've come to the right spot. Take a look at the Pasadena Comprehensive Travel Guide General Information on Visiting Pasadena Getting In and Around Pasadena Did you know these about Pasadena? Pasadena Holiday Planner Best Places to Visit in Pasadena 24 Hours in Pasadena Pasadena Travel Videos Important Contacts to know in Pasadena Pasadena Map Guide


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Geriatric slips, trips and falls: 3 assessment considerations
On-scene considerations for EMS assessment for evaluating lift-assistance calls and making transportation decisions for geriatric fall patients
"Each year, millions of older people – those 65 and older – fall," the CDC reports.
Whether it's caused by body weakness, vitamin deficiency, balance issues, vision problems, or simply poor footwear, falls are no small stumbling matter.
In fact, death rates due to falls in the U.S. have increased by 30% from 2007 to 2016 for older adults, and at this current rate, could lead to seven fall deaths every hour by the year 2030, according to the CDC.
At the forefront of many falls by elder – geriatric – patients, is our response: an EMS presence.


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Step/Level 1 Live Review: Jan 3 - 7, 2017 (5 days) - Los Angeles, CA
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Tuesday, 7 July 2020
Ducks Got Big!
I can't believe how fast these ducks have grown! They are huge!
We moved them into a bigger pen the other day and it was far easier than moving chickens! The kids loved herding them as they waddled along (the ducks not the kids waddled).
For now they're living in the pig ark and a small gated pen around them.
They'll have the run of this whole 1/4 acre pen when they get bigger, but already they like getting out and doing a runner. Good job this breed can't fly!
My boy seems to have taken to them the most, he spends hours out there sitting on the gate talking to them.
We're currently trying to decided if we should hatch out another batch or not. That way we could have a breeding trio for next year and not have to buy in eggs, which can work out expensive.
What do you think? Next hatch should be more ducks or more chickens? Both would be to produce a breeding flock next year.
Posted by Kev Alviti at 13:42
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All looking great.ReplyDelete
100% yes to new hatch and ducks all the way. As much as we rely on the hens eggs for things, I much prefer the ducks! Although they are messy swines! We're in the process of moving ours to a small paddock too. Not sure when we will manage to get that finished but I am looking forward to it being done.
They look huge. What you feeding them with?ReplyDelete
River Cottage is being repeated on Foodnetwork channel at eight tonight. I always remember when you said you have met the great HFW.
Yep, a vote for more ducks. Better layers than chickens and far sturdier too. Plus, adorable.ReplyDelete
hatch more who knows what a 2nd wave of Covid could mean for more shut downs.ReplyDelete
I vote yes if you can. Not knowing the future, it is a wise investment.ReplyDelete
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn is ready for some Memorial Day fun in the sun.
The former International Monetary Fund head didn't let a little thing like house arrest get in the way of the start-of-summer festivities — he set up new patio furniture yesterday and was visited by his younger brother.
Flunkies outside Strauss-Kahn's $50,000-a- month TriBeCa townhouse were spotted removing boxes for outdoor-patio umbrellas.
The umbrellas will be perfect to shield the onetime French presidential contender from the sun — and prying eyes of the press — when he steps out onto his townhouse's elaborate planted terrace.
Strauss-Kahn, 62, is due back in court on June 6 and faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted of sexually assaulting a Sofitel hotel maid.
Maybe that's why he needed cheering up from younger brother Marc-Olivier Strauss-Kahn.
Dressed in slacks and short-sleeve button-down shirt and accompanied by a woman who appeared in her 50s, Marc-Oliver declined to comment.
The younger Strauss-Kahn is also a major player in the world of international finance.
He is a director at Banque de France and is a visiting senior adviser to the US Federal Reserve.
But, even as Dominique Strauss-Kahn enjoyed the weekend weather, fallout from his alleged sex attack reverberated in Paris, where two women — inspired by the courage showed by the alleged victim — made similar accusations against another allegedly pervy politician.
Georges Tron, 52, a junior minister for public affairs and a rising star of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party, quit yesterday after two ex-secretaries accused him of sexual assault.
"When I see that a chambermaid was capable of taking on Dominique Strauss-Kahn, I tell myself I don't have the right to stay silent," one Tron accuser told Le Parisien newspaper. "We must break this code of silence."
Tron earned the moniker "foot fetishist" and "Chinese masseur" by massaging the feet of 1,000 women, according to fellow ministers.
His two accusers, aged 34 and 36, claimed in criminal complaints that Tron assaulted them between 2007 and 2010 while they worked in the town hall of the Paris suburb of Draveil, where Tron is also mayor.
They said his massages turned into "very real sexual attacks" and were so traumatic that they contemplated suicide.
Although he resigned, Tron denied the allegations, and his attorney branded the accusers as "inveterate liars."
Back in New York, Strauss-Kahn's defense team employed Guidepost Solutions, a private investigations firm run by ex-federal prosecutors, to cross-check every statement in his accuser's allegation.
The private detectives may also delve into the accuser's immigration status, which hasn't yet been made public. Prosecutors have already said it would not be relevant to the charges that Strauss-Kahn attempted to rape her and forced her to perform oral sex.
In the 32-year-old accuser's African home country of Guinea, her mother said her daughter was near illiterate before coming to the US.
"She couldn't read, but she did receive a good religious education from her parents," her mother told the UK's Sunday Telegraph.


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ON THURSDAY, 17th October, a brand new concept store BLK & YLW in Geneva Old Town will be officially opened.
BLK & YLW showcases only creations MADE IN SWITZERLAND. The jewellery designer has her workshop at the back of the store and makes beautiful pieces at reasonable prices. Another local designer makes ladies garments and uses the leftover fabrics to produce children's clothes and any additional leftovers will be made into small bags.
We loved the idea of the silver spoons discovered on flea markets by a Zürich designer. She polishes them and engraves them with a bespoke name and date or words of your choice.
A lovely shop to find a gift for a friend or for yourself.
This store is one of many interesting little shops in our favourite shopping street in the Old Town – Rue Verdaine. Read our article about The Geneva Old Town's most charming street here.
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Leaky Gut Syndrom
Leaky Gut Syndrome is a weakening and inflammation of the intestinal wall. This can occur for several reasons, including strong laxatives, spices and too much coffee. Most importantly for Candida sufferers, the Candida yeast is often to blame. During a systemic Candidainfection, the Candidaroots can actually penetrate the intestinal walls and continue into the bloodstream. Herebye the membrane of the intestines gets permeable and Candida cells and food particles can enter your circulatory system. If food particles leak through the permeable intestinal membrane before being thoroughly broken down into hydrocarbons (amino acids, simple sugars and fatty acids), the immune system does not recognize the particle as nutrition. It 'sees' it as something that is foreign and must be broken down by specialized immune cells that clean up the blood (macrophages). Basically, it responds as it would to any foreign particle in the blood. If particles of a specific food are repeatedly leaked into the blood stream, your body will see it as a troublesome invader to contend with and will develop a memory of the food. Your immune system will now have specific antibodies ready to attack the next time it encounters the substance. Whenever the particular food is eaten, the immune system is triggered into defensive mode and we experience symptoms of intolerance or allergy. Hereby the hypersensitive state is created where your body will react to all kinds of substances and products. Even more concerning, these allergic responses put pressure on your adrenal glands and immune system, the very parts of your body that you need to fight off the Candida. So unless you get your Leaky Gut Syndrome under control, it will end up making your Candida overgrowth even more severe.
This condition can be even more common during recovery from a Candida infestation. As the anti-fungal therapy kills off the Candida, the roots (or mycelia) that hold them onto the intestinal wall shrink and are released from the intestinal membrane, leaving permeations behind.
Treating your Leaky Gut Syndrome
Food allergy can be a symptom of this relationship between Candida and Leaky Gut Syndrome, so you need to treat the underlying cause. You should follow the Candida Diet to reduce your Candida and restore the integrity of your intestinal walls. However there are a few other things you can do that will help.
First, here are a few things that you need to avoid, as they will place extra stress on your intestinal walls and increase the inflammation:
• Avoid powerful laxatives
• Avoid eating strong spices
• Avoid caffeine
Second, increasing your intake of soluble fiber will help too. This moves waste through your intestines more quickly and reduces the chances of it leaking into your bloodstream. Psyllium husks, dried beans and peas, and oats are all good examples. You can also try to eat more of your vegetables raw, as cooking tends to reduce the fiber content.
Another technique is to rotate your foods. The so-called 'rotation diet' simply means that you leave a gap of a few days between each time that you eat certain foods. For example you might have allergies to grains, but these may become more manageable if you commit to eating them only once every four days. This gives your immune system a break and reduces the chance of building up extra intolerances.