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NY/NJ transportation continues its state of emergencyWritten by Mischa Wanek-Libman, editor
New York and New Jersey rail transit remains in a state of emergency while crews work at a non-stop pace to repair damage and restore service.
New Jersey Transit's River Line resumed service on Oct. 31. However, due to significant damage to the state's public transportation network, including a power failure at NJ Transit's rail operations center, which controls its rail lines, rail service on the North Jersey Coast Line, Raritan Valley Line and the Main Line remains suspended. Also out of service is the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail and Newark Light Rail service, which both experienced washouts, debris damage, flooding and wire damage.
The lone bright spot in the NJ Transit system is its bus service, which is 80 percent recovered.
"This is tremendous progress," said Transportation Commissioner and NJ Transit Board Chairman James Simpson. "We are not out of the woods by any stretch, but we will continue working around the clock to further restore service where we can safely do so. On behalf of the entire NJ Transit family, we appreciate the patience and understanding of our customers during this difficult time."
Moving across the Hudson River to New York, enhanced and fare free service will be available on Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad and the NYC subway, "providing commuters with additional travel options as the current transportation state of emergency continues."
Metro-North crews made progress clearings tracks of debris, inspecting critical infrastructure and repairing damaged components and is operating close to regularly scheduled service on the Hudson Line between Croton-Harmon and Grand Central Terminal and close to regularly scheduled service on the Harlem Line between Southeast and Grand Central Terminal. On the New Haven Line, close to regularly scheduled service is being provided between New Haven and Grand Central Terminal.
The recovery work by LIRR crews, while taking place throughout the LIRR system, is focused on returning service to the LIRR's four largest branches – Port Washington, Ronkonkoma, Babylon and Huntington. Those four branches have hourly service and LIRR is also operating on the North Shore in Nassau and Suffolk, down the center of Long Island through to Ronkonkoma and along the South Shore through to Babylon.
Additional service on the subway includes the 5 Shuttle and M service from 34th St/Herald Square to Jamaica Center/Parsons-Archer.
"As we have said from the beginning, we will bring service back on a gradual basis as we are able to do so. The subway system will be a shifting landscape for some time to come," said MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota. "But we are making steady progress toward some level of normalcy."
Additionally, partial 7 train service is in operation, running between Main Street and 74th-Broadway, where customers can transfer to Queens Boulevard F and M trains for the trip into Manhattan. The additional subway service will take some of the strain off the MTA bus network, which was the first service to be restored, but has been slowed by street conditions and heavy use.
"More work needs to be done to restore normal rail and subway service, work that will take several weeks in some areas to fully complete. Downed trees and wires are still being removed from tracks of both the LIRR and Metro-North Railroad. Crews must repair washed out sections of track, and pump water out of several under river subway tunnels and at both the Hugh L. Carey and Queens-Midtown tunnels. We are working around the clock and appreciate your patience," the MTA said.


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It's not often that a fan of the NFL witnesses a schematic evolution. The league, in general, is pretty bland when it comes to scheming but as of late, we've seen a shift on the offensive side of the ball. The indoctrination of the zone read-option and further implementation of spread formations has helped teams win games, as most recently witnessed by the Super Bowl bound San Francisco 49ers, and will alter the way defenses will prioritize positions.
It's my belief that interior defensive linemen are going to take precedence over exterior linemen, thus also placing more emphasis on the interior offensive line positions. Both are becoming more important than ever before because of the evolution of the base running game and short passing game. Quarterbacks are getting the ball out in a hurry with three step drops while ball-carriers are taking handoffs from quarterbacks on read-options that leave defensive ends and linebackers unblocked.
If a defense is going to slow down either of the above, they're going to have to push the pocket from the inside. Quarterbacks are poor passers when they face pressure from the inside, and if a defense is going to slow down the read-option, they're going to have to have interior defensive linemen that can reset the line of scrimmage.
Because of the importance that is or will be placed on interior linemen on both sides of the ball, I will be taking a hard look at the positions in the Senior Bowl. The game has a lot of talented blockers and the ones that interest me are as follows:
Dallas Thomas – OT/OG – Tennessee – The Volunteers blocker is probably not the top offensive lineman for most but he's not short on talent. Thomas has spent time at left tackle and guard during his four year collegiate career and impressed in both areas. He does not have great flexibility but it's good enough to play at the next level. He moves his feet well, showing the ability to slide and mirror pass-rushers on the edge. Most importantly, Thomas does an exceptional job of anchoring against the bulrush, as he plays with a wide base and good technique. This is one area that he'll be able to show off during the Senior Bowl because there are a couple of power rushers he'll take on, namely BYU's Ezekiel Ansah and Clemson's Malliciah Goodman.
Larry Warford – OG – Kentucky – A right guard at Kentucky, Larry Warford dominated opponents with quick hands, bone crushing power and surprisingly light feet. He is somewhat of a squatty blocker, checking in at 6'3", 333 pounds, and does an exceptional job of anchoring against defensive tackles. He also is mobile, possessing the quickness and athleticism to execute reach blocks as well as get out into space and take down moving targets. Furthermore, he does a good job of sliding his feet when mirroring rushers. If or when Warford tightens up his technique and extends his arms consistently, he'll be a very good guard at the next level.
Ezekiel Ansah – DE/OLB – BYU – Switching to the defensive side of the ball, Ezekiel Ansah was unknown going into the college football season by most but now most are familiar with him. The man who calls himself a "delicate flower" is inexperienced but very powerful, with the bulrush being his signature pass rush move. He's also instinctive, as he recognizes when to get his hands up to deflect a pass or get off a block to locate the ball-carrier. Moreover, he moves well and can make plays down the line of scrimmage. He's still learning how to play the game however, but he has the tools to be a good player at the next level. In some ways, he reminds me of Justin Tuck of the New York Giants.
Kawann Short – DT/NT – Purdue – Defensive tackle Kawann Short has had some critics the last couple of seasons, namely my colleague Josh Norris, but it's hard to deny his talent. He's one of the most talented prospects at the Senior Bowl because he has very good initial quickness, overwhelming power and an impressive burst. He's known for penetrating into the backfield whenever he wants – that is, whenever he wants. He has a tendency to run hot and cold during games, which I hope he won't do this week as he has a chance to make himself a grand sum of money.
Datone Jones – DE/DT – UCLA – Last of the bunch, UCLA's Datone Jones has flown under the radar but is going to be a riser when it's all set and done. He's 6'4", 280 pounds and exceptionally quick off the line of scrimmage. He is frequently playing with low pad level and a dangerous forward lean that is truly on display when he boosts it with a sudden burst. He has played various techniques during his time at UCLA, ranging from the zero technique to the five. If there's one major concern with Jones' game, it's that he tends to fall on the ground too much. This is partly due to his discussed forward lean and not to be mistaken for a lack of balance.
Overall, the five trench players above are some of the top athletes in the entire draft class. They all move very well, are versatile, athletic and possess a lot of power. It's these traits that personnel men will look to add to their team come April because they're necessary to execute and stop the newly implemented schemes by coaches.


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2013 Schedule
NEW YORK - The Columbia volleyball program and head coach Jon Wilson have released its schedule for the 2013 season. The Lions will have 23 regular-season games, including three tournaments pitted against fierce competition.
Columbia opens with three matches on the road at the Northwestern Wildcat Challenge in Evanston, Ill. from September 6-7. The Lions will take on host Northwestern, Belmont and Boise State in the two-day event.
Two more tournaments await the squad upon their return to the East Coast, including their own Columbia Invitational, which will be held Sept. 13-14 in Levien Gymnasium. The Lions will play a series of three matches against non-league opponents Boston College, Fordham and Binghamton.
Columbia wraps up non-conference play on the road at the Virginia Tournament in Charlottesville, Va. from Sept. 20-21 vs. host Virginia, William & Mary and Seton Hall.
The Lions kick off Ivy League play Saturday, Sept. 28 in Ithaca, N.Y. when Columbia takes on Cornell in a 2 p.m. matchup. They will also host the Big Red on Saturday, October 26 at 2 p.m.
Columbia will play each Ivy League twice. In all, Columbia is set to host seven Ivy League matches in Levien Gym, beginning with a Penn and Princeton weekend from Oct. 4-5 before wrapping up the regular season with Harvard on November 15 and Dartmouth on Nov. 16.


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And this is no joke. Sharon also got engaged over the holidays. Sharon is Davido's elder sister and also the CEO of Beautique. She is a big girl in this town *smiles*. Congrats Sharon! Big congrats.
News..Exclusives..Relationships..Everything You Need To Know & YES The Word of God
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Photos: Sharon Adeleke is Engaged
And this is no joke. Sharon also got engaged over the holidays. Sharon is Davido's elder sister and also the CEO of Beautique. She is a big girl in this town *smiles*. Congrats Sharon! Big congrats.
63 comments:
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 17:57
Congrats!!! I pray For such news IJNReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 17:58
With all of this I'm repeating your YES!!. She will marry you and please don't forget these gestures after the wedding.ReplyDelete
Watch and learn my brothers.
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 18:05
Who cares if she's a big girl ,next!ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 18:23
LOL, Abi..? "Big girl in this town"..which town? Ijebu Ode abi Okitipupa...mtchewDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 18:06
Ladun why did u blur out a part of the pics? Plus ur story no complete. You shld have told us who she's engaged toReplyDeleteReplies
I guess Ladun blurred part of d pix cos she famzed d pix from another site with (probably) another blogger's signature.Delete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 18:06
She's pretty shaReplyDeleteReplies
She's average looking!Delete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 19:50
Better looking than you pealie with your frog eyes. means you are below average. You have hidden the frog eye picture again? low self-esteem.Delete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 00:56
Shet!!! Pealie!! Why they always going in on you, though? Bwahahahahahaha. You forget that you had your pic up, and MANY (more like, ALL of us) were not impressed. Do not throw stones. LOL!!Delete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 10:47
lol......Pealie who is so ugly has the nerve to call someone average looking . hahhahaha , abeg shiftDelete
Put up your own damn pictures and stop hating because im extremely beautiful with sexy eyeballs. JEALOUSY-JEALOUS!!!Delete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 13:33
hahahahahahahaha. Sexy Eyeballs! Sexy Eyeballs!!! Did anyone hear that? Pealie, you are a fool! I don't hate on people but i will hate on you today and the only reason is because you are so mean when it comes to other people's looks. I've noticed that horrible habit both here and LIB. Get rid of that stinking habit and see how people's attitude will change towards you.Delete
PS: Loose the baby fat while at it.Toodles.
O no pealie, someone did LIE to you ooo. You are far from bEen extremely beautiful. IT is a long walk from where u areDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 22:32
frog eyes pealie. you look like a cheap hooker with that cheap weave and frog eyes.Delete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 18:14
Ladun wassup wif d TIPEX and black marker?ReplyDelete
B a proffessional and credit whoeva u stole d pics from
Like I said in d okorocha's daughter's post..
Be u a Whale or a HIPPO..
Once u r rich or attached 2 a famous name...
Husbands will come in folds!!
Dis is such a case!!
P.s..I aint saying she a hippo thou!!
Billie jean
Congrats to her.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 18:21
AT least give creditReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 18:32
HOW CAN YOU COVER A WATER MARK???ReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 18:37
Lollll! That is the gold digging brother that she has been spending on and taking on holidays na, not impressed!! Lagos rich kids bewareReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 18:40
Yes she is,her engagement party was on christmas day!...i happen to know her P.A!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 22:27
We no ask uDelete
- happyhausabunny08 January, 2013 23:51
Omg! You know her P.A! That's amazing! I commend you on this achievement...smhDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 18:40
She's not a big girl. Omo baba olowo is what she is. Big girls are hustlers. She's not, born with wealth.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 02:06
Oro lo so. You are telling the truthDelete
- Anonymous13 August, 2013 13:45
well i'd rather go with a thoroughbred with blue blood that a bloody hustler with no pedigree who's just started seeing money 2 years ago.Delete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 18:51
So u covered her nose and painted part of d fingers why?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 18:53
Ohh I get it she stole d pics from another blog pshewwwwReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 18:55
Ladun on fire in 2013. Keep it up darling.ReplyDelete
Lol. In the past I've called you Olodo, lazy girl etc. But you are darling now, until you start messing up.
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 19:01
SO BECAUSE OF DAVIDO SHE IS NW BEEN SEEN AS A CELEB ABIReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 19:17
Wow! Mbok mine is on d way. #gurls rock#ReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 19:24
Lovely skinReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 00:58
I def agree.Delete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 19:38
Congrats to her. Now waiting on the amebo's to come and reveal all the details about the future husband.lol.ReplyDelete
- scorpion08 January, 2013 19:40
Nicely carved eyebrows.ReplyDelete
- Laduns biggest fan08 January, 2013 19:55
The white and black marks are tacky biko. It's easy to photoshop them and come out looking normal. Learn how to do it Ladun. If you need tips, ask.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 20:17
More on d engager.. Mmmh from reliable sources the boy buy expensive ring but e dey drive old range dey live for rented 2 bed aprt in 1g4..(Packaging noni) Na wetin guys dey call investment.. Sharon people go pay back the money 4 all the investment hahaha!!ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 14:44
So living in a 2 bed room apt in Victoria Island and driving a Range Rover na small thing? Akuna is that you? Abeg, move on, the boy has moved on.Delete
na wa o,GOD will save us from the influx of these so called "CELEBRITIES" in one family we have a really annoying hip hop artiste,we have his daddy's marriage drama,conniving brother who set manager up to be sacked another celebrity too,bloggers have BLESSED us with the latest celebrity in their family the elder sister whose claim to fame is being the elder sister and owning a businessReplyDeleteReplies
- Laduns biggest fan08 January, 2013 20:50
Ha! Ha!! Lucabracee. To think there are Adelekes who are now more popular than Serubawon is funny. That's life!!! They have to thank Davido for it.Delete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 21:46
Is your name obomola???????????????????? I don catch you lol I'm still investigating though...Delete
@laduns biggest fanDelete
i tire o,funny thing is that less than 10yrs ago the man with all his money was just known as "one of serubawon"s brother"davido has brought him out and forced him and the family down our throats
do your research well o I'm not obomola or obama lol
@lucabracee ... Yes he is "one of serubawon"s brother" but he is the ejanla .. sponsoring the campaigns and oiling the machinery .... Serubawon don melo as politics money no dey come again .... Dem Papa na 2nd republic senatorDelete
Dem don chop our commonwealth ..... GOD help us
you are right,you know them well I'm from same state and my dad and elder bros have had association with them since the time of SERUBAWON for governor…remember when he flooded osun state with daewoo racers,helicopters e.t.c
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 20:50
Haba! Ladun! After all the kudos. You like to fall hand shaReplyDelete
This your black marker, white marker blurring is the tackiest thing you've done since owning a blog. Mscheeeeew
Good girl. At least you know go marry pesin husband. Well done Sharon. Your marriage shall be blessed with lovely kids and peace of mind and most importantly Gods love. *Hugs*ReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 22:17
Ladun issorai. I will soon get engaged to the love of mƴ life and I'd send y☺u the pics to post okay. But pls no forget to add me and the guy pics.ReplyDelete
Did someone say who ɑm I? Well, those are mƴ sentiments exactly with this piece. What makes her a celeb? How does she entertain us or put food on our table?
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 22:29
you people are jealous human beings. Be happy for her maybe God will bless you with your own. How is Yomi a gold digger? has he stolen from you before, then again you have nothing. I hate when people come on blogs abusing a honest working man all because his babe has family money.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 23:20
that's right. what's wrong with marrying a rich girl she won't be a liability as well.Delete
awww bless herReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 23:02
Kai, una no fit hide una jelousy! o ga o! If you are happy for her yours would come too. Silly thingsReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 00:10
Women try investigate well before you jump inside marriage. Honest hardworking Ke, hustler wey relocate to find greener pastures! Girls ooo Shine ya eyesReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 05:33
They tell you the truth.. Her servants call it jealousy, years from now the truth would come out. Gbam! This boy came from Yankee less than a year ago looking for greener pastures. Meets girl in 4 months and engages her. I too pray for desperate people girls be careful in our rush to marryReplyDelete
Ladun u can suck up sha! "She is a big girl in this town *smiles*" who CARES???ReplyDelete
Congrats GalReplyDelete
Good One there Gal SharonReplyDelete
Great One Sharon So Happy for youReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 18:08
congrat oooo.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10 January, 2013 02:31
Love the rose petals and bath tub sturvs, dreamy.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11 January, 2013 13:22
he dumped this akunna babe for sharon, akunna wanna die when dis haf happen. months later e don engage sharon. who no like better ting? dis lof is too stronk oReplyDelete
- DontHate12 January, 2013 17:29
Smh..Oloshi ni gbogbo awon haters yi o... May God give u something worthy of celebration in ur lives so u can move on from hating!And as for Ladun, continue "congratulating" Sharon.. Ur reward is where it is, cos you're the No.1 enemy of state.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous19 January, 2013 05:09
Akunna Matata...be happy(singing).lwkmdReplyDelete


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This is not a hypothetical case study. It is a real nightmare that several pet owners have lived through after their dogs were given a rabies, a distemper, or a DHLPP (Distemper, Hepatitis. Leptospirosis, Parainfluenza, Parvovirus) vaccine. Some of these dogs had to be euthanized because of IMHA. One of the dogs bled to the point that it had to be put down. Some veterinarians believe there is a causal relationship between these vaccinations and IMHA. The vaccine manufacturer has denied any responsibility.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
This is not a hypothetical case study. It is a real nightmare that several pet owners have lived through after their dogs were given a rabies, a distemper, or a DHLPP (Distemper, Hepatitis. Leptospirosis, Parainfluenza, Parvovirus) vaccine. Some of these dogs had to be euthanized because of IMHA. One of the dogs bled to the point that it had to be put down. Some veterinarians believe there is a causal relationship between these vaccinations and IMHA. The vaccine manufacturer has denied any responsibility.
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- AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 4:07 PM
As a veterinarian for over 20 years in a busy small animal practice I would like to comment on this topic. Unfortunately, this can of worms is now opened. The RARE disease, also known as Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia is indeed RARE. Parvo and distemper ARE NOT RARE, and in many areas of the country are epidemic, and equally, if not more fatal. AIHA does not cause hemorrhage, but red cell destruction, so the bleeding dog, had something else,(maybe immune mediated thrombocytopenia). There have been NO conclusive studies that show vaccines CAUSE these diseases. More studies are needed, but the problem actually seems to be the dog's own immune system and how it responds to the vaccine. In cats, that may develope a tumor called fibrosarcoma, there is increasing belief that it is genetic, and hopefully a "tumor-causing" gene will be identified.
Vaccines are blamed for pretty much everything that can possiblly go wrong with a dog throughout it's entire life. Think more genetic! I see no more immune mediated diseases in vaccinated dogs, I see just as much thyroid disease in unvaccinated dogs. I have vaccinated thousands of dogs and cats. I have many very old patients that I have vaccinated throughout their lives.
We (veterinarians)see animals die a horrible death from distemper and parvo, and they're not always puppies. Please don't start yet another vaccine scare! Remember the 2 yr old Dalmatian special that got a group 2 one day, then the next day had diarrhea before going into the group ring, so she was pulled. She died within 48 hours of parvo. How many dogs were exposed unknowlingly exposed? The handler lost 2 more dogs before the ordeal was over.
Since most breeders and show people vaccinate their own animals, the veterinarian's first experience with that sick animal may be when it is SICK. So it's anyone's guess if the animal was healthy or not, and properly vaccinated, and where the vaccine came from (it makes a difference).
But bottom line, think problem with your dog's immune system, and NOT the vaccine when an unproven vaccine reaction happens. AIHA can happen from ANYTHING!
So my spiel, is not about making money, but doing what's best for the pet. If this was just about making money, I can make a whole lot more treating a dog with parvo ONE time, than I can from a whole lifetime of vaccinating it. (I added this because I'm tired of hearing how the only reason vets vaccinate dogs is for money).
Respectfull, Cara Campbell,DVM
- douglas hymanMarch 30, 2011 at 6:04 PM
The purpose of the post was to gather information. I can't believe a Vet would opine on why a dog had to be euthanized without knowing the dogs medical history and it's vaccination history.ReplyDelete
No one said anything about Vets vaccinating dogs for the money.
Thank you, Dr. Campbell, for bringing our attention to the rarity of this condition. Yours is a valid argument for not only vaccinating our beloved pets to keep them healthy but also for health testing prior to breeding.ReplyDelete
When I read the original post, I thought that it sounded like something that attorneys were attempting to scare us with in an effort to form a class action suit & make money off of unfortunate circumstances. When I looked up the website, I found that indeed they are attorneys.
I certainly hope that our dog community doesn't succumb to their opportunity to make a quick buck!
Robin Henderson
AKC Breeder of Merit
- MkowalczukMarch 30, 2011 at 9:30 PM
Having had a healthy 11 year old Irish Terrier bitch succumb to IMT and IMHA I have been second guessing why this happened. Was it vaccines, was it genetic, was it stress? The only answer I could squeeze from the specialists was "we just don't know". Well that's not good enough. This condition was swift and devastating to my bitch. So I am happy to contact these individuals if it will promote research into this condition. One lesson I did learn was to do titers on my dogs. It was a tough one to learn but it's the only way I know where I can at least take precautions against this happening to my other beloved redheads.ReplyDelete
- Carol BeuchatMarch 30, 2011 at 10:52 PM
Billy, I am shocked to see this on the Dog Show Poop website. No medical procedure is without risk. It may well be that some animals will respond badly to a vaccination (or the owner will assume that is the causal problem). But without vaccines, ALL dogs would be unprotected from these diseases, and many, many would die. The best person to advise someone about the risks and benefits of vaccination is their veterinarian, not an attorney (or a website for dispersal of dog show results). Billy, I come here to keep up with the dog show scene. I rely on reliable sources for veterinary information relevant to my dog. If this post was alerting this community to some new disease vector we should be aware of, and indicated we should contact OUR VETS for information, that would be one thing. But this post has no place here.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 11:49 PM
Counselors, my opinion was a professional opinion based on years of education and experience and what was written. I am most certainly qualified to have an opinion on this topic.ReplyDelete
I also have a genuine concern for the health and well being of my patients. I bold heading VACCINE ALERT is just the type of thing that injects fear into people.
What exactly is your reason for your information gathering? Are you doing research? If so, which vaccine manufacturer?
Cara Campbell,DVM
- Elaine ThomsonMarch 30, 2011 at 11:52 PM
IMO - there is a time and a place for everything, and while vaccinosis or vaccine induced disease is the proverbial elephant in the room, I do not believe it belongs on this forum.ReplyDelete
Parent clubs, all breed lists and health lists are the appropriate forum.
- Lisa A.March 31, 2011 at 2:31 AM
A dog I breed died from IMHA. The owner's vet gave him a rabies vaccine and DHLPP all on the same day. He was only 3 years old and this did not have to happen to him. It is not rare, it does happen due to over vaccination and loading a dog up with vaccines without properly spacing them out.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 31, 2011 at 10:47 AM
Of course a vet is going to say that this illness is rare and the vaccines are not to blame.She also needs to remember that what is the protocol for her particular breed may not be the same for other breeds.I have a breed that is highly sensitive to everything so you have to be very careful.The breed that I have you can't even wash them if they get sprayed by a skunk because if it gets into the blood stream it will kill them.My breed can't even take stuff to prevent ticks and lime disease.Whem my breed gets very ill they go down hill very quickly.ReplyDelete
- Carol BeuchatMarch 31, 2011 at 12:19 PM
I think it would have been more useful for this post to say that IMHA is a response of a dog's immune system that results in destruction of red blood cells, which is not a good thing. This immune response can be caused by many things - cancer, parasites, infections - things that trigger the dog's immune system. The way vaccines work is to stimulate an immune response to a particular vector. There is apparently some evidence that vaccines can also result in IMHA.ReplyDelete
But this post explains none of this. Instead, it pushes the "vaccine scare" button ("Vaccine Alert"!!!) then makes a loose association between dog vaccines and a scary illness called IMHA. There are people who will see "vaccine" and "IMHA" and think vaccinating their dogs is dangerous. Thousands of families are not vaccinating their children based on scary anecdotes and some bad science. Word got out that there is a mercury-based chemical used as a preservative in vaccines (thimerosal). Somebody (a since-discredited scientist) suggested that it caused autism and the scare was on. Thimerosal is used as a preservative in many things - contact lens solutions, nasal sprays, tattoo inks - and there is no hysteria over these things. But for vaccines, the damage has been done.
I'm all for any efforts that might result in better care for our pets. I'm all for efforts to make sure drug manufacturers are exercising due diligence to make their products as safe as possible. And if they won't do it on their own, I'm all for using our legal system to pursue them. If there is credible evidence that a dog vaccine might be a problem, then we should get to the bottom of it.
- AnonymousMarch 31, 2011 at 12:33 PM
Remember folks that No One forces you to come to this an read the information that is provided. So with that being said if one does not like the content being conveyed, click the X at the top right and close the, page.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 31, 2011 at 1:56 PM
Thank you, Dr. Campbell & Carol Beuchat. In particular, I'd like to point out that Carol has NO "dog in this hunt." She does, however, have a scientific background, one that values issues like cause & effect. And Dr. Campbell, as a DVM, is familiar with the principle of risk v. benefit.ReplyDelete
I'm reminded of all the hysteria (yes, I said "hysteria") about human pertussis vaccination because of claims that it led to autism. These claims have now been thoroughly discredited by leading medical researchers, but guess what happened? A lot of young parents stopped vaccinating against whooping cough, and we've seen a large increase in the incidence of pertussis, and a bunch of dead babies. Happened to a newborn at my church--she was too young to have immunity, but the pool of older unvaccinated kids is now large enough that the risks of babies getting pertussis are now raised. And when babies get pertussis, they frequently die.
Patty Harbison
- AnonymousMarch 31, 2011 at 3:05 PM
Re the poster at 10:47am, who says among other stuff, "I have a breed that is highly sensitive to everything so you have to be very careful...." Has it occurred to you that MAYBE there's a problem with your breed? If the breed is truly vulnerable to death if you wash skunk-smell off them, maybe just maybe you should think twice about perpetuating this breed??? Like, maybe we have a moral obligation to our dogs to NOT deliberately breed animals that can't deal with everyday life?ReplyDelete
Sheeze, let's not make things so very easy for PETA and the animal-rights extremists! Just saying..
Anonymous, because I don't want to be in the crosshairs of fanatics.
- MkowalczukMarch 31, 2011 at 3:35 PM
I'm a bit shocked at some of these reactions. I belong to way too many list servs to count and this is the first I have heard of this research. As I mentioned above, since one of my dogs was affected by IMT/IMHA I am interested in offering my experience to whatever valid research projects are going on. I'm glad you posted this because I would not have known about these contacts.ReplyDelete
I still vaccinate my dogs if they need it. I'm a little nervous when I do but that's understandable given my experience. But I'm also nervous as a breeder because what if the problem is genetic? What risks am I assuming by continuing these lines that I use? Because the experts cannot provide a reliable answer, I spend lots of time being nervous! So, thanks again for taking this sidebar. Those of us who are interested in IMT/IMHA have a chance to participate. I hope it works out.
- AnonymousMarch 31, 2011 at 7:54 PM
The link is not to a "valid research project." The link is to a for-profit Michigan law firm that's on a nationwide hunt for plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit they want to file.ReplyDelete
I don't have a dog affected by this but it sounds awful. Legitimate scientific research is always a good idea. That's not what's going on here.
- AnonymousApril 1, 2011 at 1:53 AM
It is very sad that you lost your dog, but it is highly unlikely that vaccines are the cause. As the DVM whom has a formal education and experience with canine disease process said, it is more probable that your dog had an existing immune issue that the vaccines did not cause. Your and others pursuit for "investigation/research" when something unfortunate has happened is the very cause of a crippled health care system we humans get to benefit from. This pursuit is short-sighted and a slippery slope. Vaccines save lives. Your attempt to correlate events in time with an outcome does not prove or suggest a correlation of events (ie. your dogs death with vaccination). That is not how we show correlation or cause in science. I am again sorry for your dogs loss. Please, consider that maybe it might not be the vaccines. Can you prove that it wasn't something else? If you can prove that first then maybe you have an argument.
- Patti WendlingApril 1, 2011 at 4:54 AM
Lawsuit's happen all the time in human medicine when bad things happen so why would this issue be such a big deal? I would hope that more people would be interested in the vaccine issue and the health and well being of their dogs.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousApril 1, 2011 at 12:20 PM
I would love to know what breed it is that was referred to as so overly sensitive as to not even be able to wash skunk spray off of them!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 1, 2011 at 1:56 PM
Titers anyone?ReplyDelete
My 5-year-old dog developed IMHA two weeks after being vaccinated and had to be euthanized after a hard-fought, exhausting and expensive battle 8 months later.
The ER vet who cared for her when she presented with the disease said it probably was caused by the vaccines. The internist who took over her case said it probably was caused by the vaccines. And the general vet who inoculated her quit giving vaccines altogether as soon as he learned she was ill.
Had I been given options that included titers, I may not be writing this today.
This is a terrible, terrible disease that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. We need to know more about it. We need to learn how to successfully treat it. That may mean challenging a vaccine company to produce a safer product. It may mean asking the veterinary community to rethink its vaccine protocols. It DOES mean dog owners and breeders must be better informed to make the right decisions for their dogs.
- AnonymousApril 1, 2011 at 7:25 PM
IMHA is not *caused* by vaccines. It is caused by a dog's faulty immune system and the inappropriate immune response leading to the anemia can be triggered by vaccines (or cancer, or insect bites, or parasites, or some medications, or...). Roughly 60-70% of all cases of IMHA have no apparent cause. There is a strong genetic link to IMHA as well as other autoimmune diseases -- breeders should be looking there in addition to implementing conservative vaccine protocols and titering.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 1, 2011 at 11:42 PM
I was not going to comment on this until I read the attack, for lack of a better word, on breeds that have sensitivites to vaccines. "Has it occured to you that maybe there is a problem with your breed?" We CREATED vaccines-how is being sensitive to being pumped full of unnatural chemicals a PROBLEM? I vaccinate my dogs-purely because the risk of contracting distemper and parvo are far greater then having a reaction, but my breed cannot get the Lepto vaccine, as they have a known higher rate of reaction. I don't see this as a "problem" whatsoever, and to imply that we shouldn't be breeding them purely because of vaccine sensitivity is ridiculous.ReplyDelete
I find this particular post something that really shouldn't be on a dog show results blog. I can understand if it was something un-biased, and educational, but it is by lawyers seeking money. There are risks in EVERY thing we do, even just walking outside of our houses (or heck, even staying in them). This post will just scare people into thinking we don't need vaccines, and just create more dogs getting the diseases the vaccines prevent. Lord only knows we need more fear in our lives.
- AnonymousApril 2, 2011 at 6:39 PM
A few comments.ReplyDelete
1) What breed is so fragile that you can't even wash skunk spray off of it? It would be great to know to make this public knowledge if it is indeed (cough) true.
2) where is the scientific literature listing breeds that can not be vaccinated against leptospirosis?
3) IMHA does not cause bleeding.
4) Douglas Hyman is a lawyer. I am not sure what his motives are for collecting information about adverse reactions following vaccination (though I certainly I have my suspicions). I will toss this bone to him: If you are engaging in valid scientific research about vaccination and IMHA, you better be able to cough up a protocol about what hypothesis you are testing and how you intend to test that hypothesis. Otherwise, I will go with my gut feeling that is not so subtly stated in your solicitation, that you are out for money. Besides, did anyone else notice that Mr. Hymen started by talking about IMHA, but later noted that he would collect information about dogs suffering "health problems or irregularities" after vaccination? This is not focused, scientific research. I would encourage Billy to post any scientific protocol you can share.
5) Lisa A. - this will sound horribly insensitive, but in addition to your dog getting rabies and DHLPP on the same day, the dog was exposed to a number of other immune-system stimulants, including food and many other things in the environment. Why do veterinarians make the knee-jerk reflex to blame vaccines? Did they do any special tests on your dog?
6) Parting shot: There is a lot the veterinary community doesn't know about IMHA, but to solicit information without an clearly stated objective is irresponsible.
-A veterinary epidemiologist (and yes, I will agree, IMHA is a devastating disease that affects purebred dogs and mixed breeds - I would love to solve the puzzle, but blaming vaccines without other evidence is wrong).
- AnonymousApril 2, 2011 at 9:25 PM
Thank you last poster. That's what I tried to state in my original post, but you did it better. I get a little riled up about this topic. My goal is to do what's best for my patients (which includes my own dogs), not what some attorney thinks I (veterinarians) should do. Cara Campbell, DVMReplyDelete
- R WileyApril 2, 2011 at 10:30 PM
I replied privately to the email address supplied, and received a response. After Bing'ing Hyman Lipitt, I was distressed to see that they were a law firm. Whether you knew it or not, one would think that a law firm soliciting potential members for a class action, would at least offer this information in their solicitation. And yes, it is a solicitation, it is not a request for case studies, or for scientific research. You would think that their would be laws against this type of activity.
- AnonymousApril 3, 2011 at 12:41 AM
I have nothing to contribute to the IMHA discussion but do have to say that I agree with someone who posted earlier about breed reactions to Lepto. We refuse to vaccinate our dogs for it AND have it in our contract that dogs we bred are not to have it (or the contract is void should something happen) after having two severe reactions in unrelated dogs. Luckily, working in a veterinary clinic, we caught both anaphylactic reactions and were able to save the dogs.ReplyDelete
I do not have any scientific research to prove the breed sensativity - only anecdotal: there was a SIGNIFICANTLY higher rate of reaction to Lepto in my breed in our clinic, regardless of breeder, bloodlines, etc. And it was also significantly higher with one brand of vaccine versus others.
I agree that if a breed as a whole is so sensative that washing it after it has been sprayed by a skunk kills it that perhaps breeding programs need to be seriously re-evaluated... but vaccine reactions? They're a part of people, too. Should be stop allowing people to breed who have reactions to vaccines and/or medication simply because their body won't handle something that is produced by man? I certainly hope not, since I have severe medication reactions in some cases and hope to have children...
- AnonymousApril 3, 2011 at 6:17 PM
Veterinary epidemiologist again....ReplyDelete
I am still curious why these folks who claim their breed is more sensitive than others to the lepto vaccine refuse to name their breed. What is the hold up? I admit, I am a skeptic, but I would love to see the literature demonstrating a breed predisposition to such a reaction. Perhaps if you won't name the breed, you could provide a reference for the rest of us if it does exist?
I agree, dogs have a higher rate of reactions to bacterins than other vaccinations, but I would like to see the evidence - scientific - that certain breeds are more predisposed. I am always open to learning more, but this masquerade does nothing to make me reconsider how I practice.....
- AnonymousApril 4, 2011 at 12:18 PM
@April 2, 6:39-I think the person who left the comment about skunks meant the chemical that is used in the shampoo.I show collies and they are highlighly sensitive to alot of different things including different shampoos and other things.Here is a link to what I am saying: http://www.colliesproblems.com/collie-allergiesReplyDelete
Collies are also allergic to Ivermectin.Here is a link to that http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/announcements/invermectin/ownerinfo.html
There are also many other drugs that collies are allergic ranging from morphine to acetromazine to yxlazine.
I am fortunate enough to a vet that deals with other collies and have a major vet hospital in the state that has a vet that owns collies also.Some people are not fortunate enough to a have a vet that deals with their particular breed alot or have a major vet hospital where one of the vets own their breed. So please be kind to those people even if you don't agree with them.
- AnonymousApril 4, 2011 at 12:38 PM
I forgot to add in my comment at 12:18pm that different lines in my breed(collies) are allergic to different things.In the invermectin issue only about 35%-40% of collies are allergic to this particular breed.The link is telling you just to be careful and keep an eye on it if you own collies.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 5, 2011 at 10:29 AM
Years ago I had a 4 year old bitch that died from complications due to Immune-medicated Thrombocytopenia. After her death, I was told there had been others of her bloodline who suffered from AIHA as well. Now-a-days, the veterinary literature names my breed as being more susceptable to AIHA and Immune-mediated Thrombocytopenia. IMO, (and others as well) there IS a genetic link.ReplyDelete
I agree that this site is not the proper place to be discussing this topic and especially in preparation for a class action lawsuit. I do believe a vaccine might be a "trigger" for the expression of the problem but it is NOT the cause.
- AnonymousApril 5, 2011 at 3:12 PM
Well, I see that the "Vaccine Alert" is now in a column with the other ads, where it belonged all along. It is a solicitation for clients by a class-action lawyer.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 5, 2011 at 4:53 PM
@Dr.Cara Cambell-I just got this article in an eamil and wanted to know what you thought.I respect your opinion and its always good to get a second opinion from another vet. The link is: https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=bsp&ver=ohhl4rw8mbn4ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 20, 2011 at 3:42 AM
my 5 year old completely healthy 6 pound happy pup had a hep vaccination shot 2 months ago and today I come home from work and she can't move. I took her to the vet who administered the shot only to feel sick myself when he told me she has a fever of 104.5. Her vet insisted the shot was necessary with absolutely no prior health problems or any trace of the virus. There is no possibility in my eyes she acquired hepatitis from her surrounding environment or it being a hereditary issue. Tonight I cannot sleep because my best friend is in critical condition being pumped with fluids. the vet said sorry and she may not make it through the night. We need a miracle now. Any suggestions? Should I believe the vet caused this disaster?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 22, 2011 at 2:52 PM
There's no legitimacy to any medical "research" project funded by lawyers trolling for clients.ReplyDelete
Shame on Dog Show Poop for perpetuating fears to help lawyers make money from the dog fancy industry.
- AnonymousJuly 3, 2011 at 9:28 AM
I cannot believe there are breeders out there that justify breeding dogs that cannot be bathed following a skunk incident....what the hell is wrong with their immune system that they cannot be bathed??? Do they live in a bubble? How can we as the caretakers responsible for the perpetuation of healthy animals allow this....What have we done to the species that it comes to this? I am both a RVT and owner/handler/breeder of French Bulldogs. Dogs that are not sound (conformation and health) are not bred in order to only produce the healthies animals I can. I have to remember that these are pets first and foremost and if I am not able to do the best I can for my pets, then I should not be in the game. OMG, I am totally floored by this whole issue. I have seen puppies die horrible deaths from parvo. I saw an adult Dalmation die a horrible death from parvo. Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia can be caused by anything that triggers that dogs immune system. Most commonly seen in Female Cockers. As a RVT, my dogs are vaccinated but they are also regularly checked by my doctors before being vaccinated. We do not self vaccinate our children, do we? And as the mother of an autistic son, I still believe in VACCINES!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 22, 2011 at 5:03 AM
My 6 year old boxer became sick after 7 in 1 vaccine. Hives within 24 hours, followed by sore neck and swelling at injection site, decreased appetite and vomiting, then by 48 hours had bloody diarrhea, seizure. Dx immune mediated thrombocytopenia. Put to sleep 7 days after vaccination was given. Platelet count 6,000 and multiple blood transfutions.ReplyDelete


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When Joe Schilling and other local first responders attended a seminar on child car seat safety a few years ago, he and the rest figured it would be a waste of his time.
Far from it.
Schilling, of the Kirksville Fire Department and Adair County Ambulance District, and the others learned a lot, he said, and were stunned to find how far they were from properly installing a car seat. They returned to Kirksville with that knowledge, and for most of the last decade have been helping those in need keep children safe through the Car Seat Safety Program.
Thursday, Northeast Regional Medical Center CEO Eric Barber and Chief Nursing Officer Cindy Carter were on hand to present a $2,000 check to Schilling and the program. It was the third straight year NRMC has sponsored the program, which was originally supported by grants and aims to provide car seats to those in need, be it from financial stress, a car accident, home fire or more.
"If you're in need, if you have the paperwork to back it up that you have government assistance, then we have carseats available for you," Schilling said. "But we're also here for the people. If someone has a car wreck and their seat is no longer good, we've issued some for people like that. If they've had their homes burn and their cars were in their garages, we've helped with that. We're basically here to fill a need for the community."
The fire department also offers checks of carseats to make sure they meet current safety standards and are properly installed. In some cases, car seats have been provided through the program to those with a seat that has been recalled or doesn't meet those standards.
"We want to make sure every kid leaves here safer than when they got here," Schilling said.
Barber said NRMC's support of the program simply makes sense.
"Hospitals are always treating a problem after it happens, and we've shifted our focus to preventing problems from happening. This program certainly fits into that, as well," he said.
"I think it goes back to doing our part for the community and supporting programs that relate to the safety and health of the community. I think as the CEO of the hospital, I see this as something one of the largest employers in town should get behind."


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New NICE guidelines on RAMarch 9, 2009 at 9:56 pm | Posted in Me, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | Leave a comment
Tags: arthritis, DMARD, doctor, GP, hospital, New NICE guidelines, NICE, NRAS, nurse, nurse practitioner, occupational therapist, physiotherapy, RA, Rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), rheumatology
Well it seems that NICE (the ironically named and aforementioned National Institute for Clinical Excellence in the UK) have done an about face on their original 'if you try one anti-TNF and it doesn't work, tough. You can't have another one, ner ner ne ner ner'. They've released new guidelines which are actually very positive. Of course it doesn't mean that all rheumatology departments will agree with or follow their guidelines but I suppose it's a start. Here are some of the positives (IMO), and it's only a very select few that resonated with me:
- Newly diagnosed people should be offered a combination DMARD therapy straight away, including methotrexate, ideally within three months of persistent symptoms. Well I don't think I know ANYONE in the UK that was diagnosed within three months of persistent symptoms, let alone given the combination therapy option, but I'm glad if that's going to change.
- A level of what is acceptable disease control should be agreed with the patient in advance and worked towards. HA! I'll believe that when I see it. The nearest we come to discussing acceptable levels is 'Really you're not too bad. I see much worse people in here every day.' Well yeah, and there are people much worse off than me in Africa, and indeed round the corner, but that doesn't mean I have to be content with my lot!
- Quoting direct from the NRAS site (www.rheumatoid.org.uk) "People with RA should have access to a multidisciplinary team (MDT); this should provide the opportunity for periodic assessments of the effect of the disease on their lives ( such as pain, fatigue, everyday activities, mobility, ability to work or take part in social or leisure activities, quality of life, mood, impact on sexual relationships) and access to a named member of the MDT (for example, the specialist nurse) who is responsible for coordinating their care." Well yeah, I have access to a multidisciplinary team. Like any team, some are fabulous (physio that I see now, occupational therapist, even if we don't share a sense of humour, rheumatology nurse at the GP surgery), and some aren't. One that isn't is the one who would no doubt be 'coordinating my care', gawd help me, if that happened; the RA Nurse Practitioner at the hospital. I can imagine quite vividly what her assessment would be like. She would read off a form in a board voice, 'Are you depressed? No? Good. Do you have sex? No? Good.' And of course what's required is that thing they don't have time for at hospital, a CONVERSATION!
And don't get me started on the patient guidelines – well, if you know me you know I will no doubt get started on the patient guidelines when I have time and feel up to it, but just for now I'll say they're absolutely appalling, patronising, insulting …you get the idea. I asked Arthritis Care for a copy. They were wonderfully efficient and friendly and sent me a copy return post, but having received them I took one look and went straight to the NICE website to find the health care professionals' version – THAT actually told me things. I am sorry I caused paper and Arthritis Care money to be wasted. The patient guide had lots of nice white space and simple bullet points that told me that as a patient I should definitely have the right to treatment, possibly with drugs. (OK, I exaggerate, but thin doesn't even begin to describe the level of information!)
Here's a a link to the patient guidelines if you want a laugh or cry. And here's a link to the healthcare professional guidelines if you actually want some information.
I'm probably being a bit harsh, but it surely can't be that hard to have something really, really simple with links or (see page whatever) if you want further detail, instead of assuming all patients are clueless. It's as bad as the hospital rheumy nurse giving me the very useful methotrexate book and saying, 'but really there's more information here than you need'. I think I should be allowed to decide that.
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Canadians hoping to blow off economic anxiety with cigarettes could get burned, according to new research linking smoking with significantly higher-than-normal stress levels.
Drawing on data from 2,250 adults, Pew Research — a non-partisan American think-tank — found half (50 per cent) of all smokers claim to experience frequent stress in their lives, compared with just 35 per cent of ex-smokers and 31 per cent of non-smokers. Even controlling for basic demographic traits such as sex, age, education, income and parental status, the researchers say current smokers are still significantly more likely than non-smokers and quitters to have self-reported stress.
With a survey showing a quarter of smokers worried about the recession are smoking more, and another 13 per cent are delaying quitting for the same reason, experts say the new report reflects an urgent need to debunk the "mythic relaxation response" of cigarettes.
"Many smokers perceive smoking as a way to calm stress, when, in fact, what they're doing is satisfying nicotine cravings and withdrawal," says Rob Cunningham, senior policy analyst for the Canadian Cancer Society. "In many respects, smoking — or the delay in having a cigarette — is the cause of stress."
Cunningham believes Pew's report supports the need for more educational messages about the link between stress and tobacco use. At the same time, he's not convinced the deepening economic turmoil will necessarily increase smoking rates in Canada, which have remained flat (roughly one in five people) since 2005.
"Clearly, a recession is bad news for Canada," says Cunningham. "But less disposable income may be a motivator to quit, or not start."
But Debbie Mandel, author of Addicted to Stress, says she's concerned the recession will cause people to "revert to old bad habits of self-soothing," including the use of tobacco products.
"There's insufficient publicized information about the stress smoking causes, as opposed to the mythic relaxation response it induces," says Mandel, citing such pop-culture imagery as smoking after sex.
The Pew report draws on data from a nationally representative U.S. poll in mid-2008, when economic anxiety was still months from peaking. It leaves open the question whether stress is a byproduct of using cigarettes or if smokers are predisposed to anxiety.
"(Smokers) tend to be lower on the classic socio-economic scales, and some of that correlates with stress," says Paul Taylor, director of Pew Social & Demographic Trends. "But we did a regression analysis that tried to hold those factors constant, and we still found an independent relationship between smoking and reports of being stressed."
Vince Harden, a smoker for nearly 40 years, is skeptical of the findings and points to the fact that tobacco rations were given to soldiers during the Second World War as an aid to relaxation. If his stress is any higher than the non-smoking population, the Winnipeg man says, it's not because of cigarettes, but rather the "anti-tobacco people" crusading against their use.
"Smokers were doing just fine before everyone started bashing us," says Harden, 55.
According to the Pew report, about a quarter of smokers consider themselves "very happy," compared with more than a third of quitters and nearly four in 10 non-smokers. When asked about family life, smokers were also less likely to report being "very satisfied:" about six in 10, compared with seven in 10 non-smokers and quitters.
Health Canada declined to comment on the report. The data, collected by Princeton Survey Research International for Pew Research, is considered accurate within 2.3 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.


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The dispute between Selectmen Christopher Hillman and Pauline Conley spilled into the public realm at the selectmen's meeting Tuesday night during discussion of board policy on chain of command.
Conley said she had overheard yelling inside Town Administrator Robert Pontbriand's office on the evening of Nov. 2. Conley said she saw Hillman emerge, followed by Pontbriand. That evening, Pontbriand informed Conley that an "agitated" Hillman entered his office and said that he wanted to "murder" someone and that "he had a list."
Hillman acknowledged after Tuesday's meeting that he used the word "murder."
"I say it all the time," he explained. "I said it today."
He added that he means it as a figure of speech.
Later on Nov. 2, Hillman sent selectmen an email stating that an "evil" selectman was working to "derail" a benefit for a local cause. Hillman wrote, "I think if I were that person I would lay low for a while for safety sake."
Hillman's email, obtained by Nashoba Publishing, a group of weekly newspapers owned by the same company that owns The Sun, continued, "You should be ashamed of yourself, and I have to ask -- do you have a soul, or is it more like a big empty void that you feed by trying to make others look bad?"
Conley confirmed that Pontbriand told her he'd spoken to each selectman and the chief of police after Hillman's "murder" statement.
"Now I don't want to hear that from any member of this board again," Conley told colleagues.
Conley said she would not file a formal complaint, because under the Open Meeting Law, any disciplinary inquiry can be held in private.
Further, Conley said Selectmen Chairman James Fay tried to keep her from bringing up the issue in public. Conley asked for the issue to be put on Tuesday's agenda. Instead, Fay suggested changes to the board's procedures, including how to handle email communications and the board/administrator chain of command.
Selectman Frank Maxant said he'd heard "on multiple occasions" that Conley's concerns would be aired publicly. Maxant told Fay, "You were throttling her."
On the idea of singling out one selectman for reprimand, Fay said, "I needed to skirt that issue very carefully. If you make a complaint against a public official ..."
"This discussion was to allow her to do that," Maxant said. "It sounded like you weren't going to allow her to do that. She was to have an opportunity to address her issue."
Conley sits next to Hillman at board meetings. Though Fay told Conley he would "physically move your chair," the seating configuration remains the same.


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There's an app for pretty much everything these days, and now there's one that will turn a smartphone into a burner phone: i.e. a disposable phone not associated publicly with you.
My testing confirmed that the app does pretty much that: It creates a "software" prepaid phone. After verifying my device's phone number via an SMS message, Burner gave me a choice of several different pricing options for creating a burner, including a free trial.
Once I chose a name for my new phone line, Burner let me pick an area code and then assigned a phone number. It was as simple as that, and a moment later I made my first Burner call.
Calls and SMS messages are easy. Basically, I inputted the phone number I wanted to call, and Burner opened the iPhone dial pad, with a Houston, Texas phone number already dialing — that's where the company is headquartered — and dialed. Other than the display showing a Houston phone number dialing (while actually dialing the number I wanted it to) it worked just like a normal phone call. SMS messages were also just as easy, although you need to read SMS messages to your Burner number within the Burner app.
There is one drawback in the design of the Burner system: When someone calls your Burner number you see that Burner number in the Caller ID. This is useful in that you know it's a call to your Burner, but you don't get to see the number calling you until you go into the Burner app. You won't want to do this while your phone is ringing.
The app's design is clear, straightforward and extremely simple to use and understand. It even includes SMS message history and call logging features, much like I've come to expect from smartphones. I encountered one bug: While trying to buy more credits a spinning wheel appeared that stayed on the screen even after the menu finished loading. I had to reboot my phone to get rid of it. But, other than that the app functioned as advertised. It even includes a voicemail for burner numbers with a standard greeting.
Greg Cohn, founder of Ad Hoc, which makes Burner, described many possible uses for the app, including dating, Craigslist transactions, Twitter posts — things that often require user-to-user anonymity. Burner, according to Cohn, is not meant to take the place of encryption, and the company keeps records of calls and SMS messages, so don't assume you're leaving no traces.
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham -1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis is a historical fiction novel told through the eyes of Kenny, the middle child of Wilona and Daniel Watson. When Kenny's older brother, Byron, gets into too much trouble in Flint, Michigan, the family decides that it is time to take Byron down south to Birmingham, Alabama to live with Grandma Sands. The novel comes to a climax as the family bears witnesses to the 16h Avenue Church Bombing of 1963. This novel is great for middle-school kids. I also recommend the audiobook version narrated by LeVar Burton, which is very engaging.
Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin is the nonfiction depiction of the white author's experience of traveling on Greyhounds and hitchhiking throughout the South passing as a black man. The author, under the care of a professional, altered the tone of his skin to resemble that of a black man. The book was published in 1961 during the height of racial turmoil in the country, particularly the South. In this novel, Griffin is able to depict the difficulties imposed on African Americans by societal norms, particularly in the South, from a first person perspective. For me, this book was an eye-opening surprise as Griffin provides an initial reaction and conscious explanation of the prejudices that blacks faced in the 1960's.
Kindred by Octavia Butler. While not based in the 1960's this time-traveling historical fiction novel takes place between 1976 and 1815. Dana, and her husband Kevin, have moved into a new apartment (her husband is a white novelist which plays a key role later in the book). While unpacking, Dana becomes dizzy and when she recovers she is outside, near a river, in 1815 where a red headed boy is drowning in the river. As stated before, this book is not based in the 1960's but provides thematic insight on race and discrimination in both the 1970's and the 1800's and how the plight of black people has not changed much within these two completely separate periods of time. Butler continues to be one of my favorite authors and Kindred one of my favorite books.
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News that the FCC has been proposing to set aside spectrum for municipal broadband Internet access has a lot of people piping up, both pro and con. It's a brave idea, and quite possibly a doomed one.
First off, this isn't exactly news. It's the newest incarnation of the "white space broadband" proposal the FCC floated back in 2011, where the spectrum freed up by the switch to digital over-the-air TV broadcasting could be used for everything from municipal Wi-Fi to as-yet-uninvented networking technologies.
The ultimate nightmare scenario for the telcos isn't hard to envision. The FCC reserves that spectrum for the development of an entirely new wireless technology, with the power and speed of Wi-Fi and the mobility of 4G LTE, and which is reserved for municipal use. But the odds of that ever happening, in whole or part, are terribly slender. Here's why.
The first and most obvious challenge: the existing for-pay providers of wireless broadband. Well, of course: the idea that a taxpayer-funded service could come along and undercut what they have to sell to people -- even if not in every market they currently service -- scares the daylights out of them. AT&T has been one of its biggest enemies, especially since it's sinking tons of money into upgrading its own wireless bandwidth allocations, and wouldn't want to have that money go to waste.
The second challenge is the technology to be used. The FCC plans to use some 195 MHz of spectrum in the 5 GHz band (802.11n), which is already in use. The FCC notes that "because the 5 gigahertz band is already used for other purposes by both federal and non-federal users, the effort will require significant collaboration with other federal agencies". But they're not the only ones: the auto industry is also concerned the use of said spectrum might infringe on the signal space for a vehicle-to-vehicle warning system that's currently being developed. The National Association of Broadcasters also has it own concerns.
The third challenge is the time and effort involved to actually build the network. The whitespace proposal has been on the table for years, with the only antennas actually erected to make use of it so far being a pilot program in Wilmington, North Carolina. And that was only because they were one of the first cities to make the transition from analog to digital TV, thus freeing up the needed spectrum. (There's also the question of whether or not the current generation of client devices could handle such a network. I suspect the answer will have to be "yes", to speed adoption.)
There's yet another reason reserving that bandwidth for public use is problematic: selling it off would generate sizeable revenue for the government. The Columbus Dispatch claims the auction of this bandwidth could generate some $15 billion, although some companies (e.g., AT&T) could also be barred from bidding or could only acquire certain amounts of bandwidth. Companies like Google and Microsoft have been lobbying hard to keep the spectrum public; AT&T and other telecoms have been pushing lawmakers to allow the spectrum to be sold.
Both sides can make strong cases for why their approach is best. The telcos could argue that having such frequency in private hands would allow it to be developed far more thoroughly and quickly than if it were a public resource. The Googles and Microsofts could make a case that putting that spectrum into private hands only means that many more ways for your broadband bills to be jacked up.
Thing is, if it does take years and billions of public dollars to create such a network, that might actually undercut one of the telcos' competition arguments. Municipal broadband would be too limited (and perhaps also slow) to really pose a threat to the likes of AT&T, since anyone who really needed quality broadband wireless would be more than willing to pay for it.
I would love to see municipal wireless broadband available with the same ubiquity as water and electricity. The last century saw us bring the latter to just about the whole of the country. Network access has become as valuable to the average citizen as electricity itself, so it's high time we took the idea of municipal Internet seriously. But we can't kid ourselves into thinking it'll be fast or easy.
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This is the first of two stories we're doing this week on organ transplants. See the second story, What Air Traffic Can Teach Us About Kidney Transplants
Ashley Dias, 26, is waiting for lungs. She has cystic fibrosis and needs a lung transplant to survive. She's got a tracheostomy tube in her neck so she can only mouth out words.
When doctors come to see Ashley in her hospital room at the Cleveland Clinic, she has only one question. She pulls out a marker and writes in enormous capital letters, as if it's the only thing she's ever wanted a voice to say:
So far, there is no news on lungs. Ashley's still waiting.
Ashley's doctor, Marie Budev, has 124 patients on the waiting list for a lung transplant. The doctor desperately wants all of them to get transplants. But there aren't enough lungs to go around.
Scarcity is a problem with organ transplants in general. And, unlike other scarce resources, organs can't be bought or sold. So doctors have had to develop systems to figure out who should get transplants and who should wait. Coming up with a system that works well is very tricky.
Consider the story of what happened with livers.
Before 2002, being in the intensive care unit bumped up patients on the waiting list for livers. The assumption was that patients in the ICU were sicker. But in March 2002, the rules were changed, and being in the ICU no longer affected a patient's place on the list. Suddenly, far fewer liver patients were in the ICU.
In other words, doctors had been putting liver patients in the ICU not because they needed to be there, but simply to increase their chances of getting a liver.
"I care more about my patients than I care about patients in another city," says Dr. William Carey, a liver specialist at the Cleveland Clinic. "And it clearly is in the interest of my patient to get transplanted however I can make that happen."
Carey says his job is to do what's in the best interest of his patient. But it's also a doctor's job to do no harm. And in this case, a doctor acting in the best interest of his patient can cause harm by forcing other patients to wait — or worse.
"Many, many people die on the waiting list," says Jason Snyder, a UCLA economist who has studied organ allocation. "It's a really tough problem."
Problems with organ allocation haven't been limited to livers. Budev, Ashley's doctor, says lung doctors realized a few years ago that they were also gaming the system.
In 2005, lung doctors followed the liver doctors and put in place a system that would, among other things, make it harder for doctors to work the system in favor of their patients.
The system for lungs scores patients on objective medical data, including how much extra oxygen a patient needs and how far she can walk.
"There's really no way for me to manipulate that score to put that patient higher on the list," Budev says. "There's really no way to game the system."
Doctors have added a key check to the system: They are audited very closely. So if a doctor tried to, say, put all his patients on more oxygen in order to move them up the list, they would probably get caught. If not for the audits, Budev says, she would be tempted to bend the rules to help patients like Ashley move up the list.
For a system like this to work, you need people like Budev who understand that they are tempted to game the system. And a group of independent people — the auditors — trying to keep those tempted people in check.
"That patient is everything," Budev says. "And that's why I think we can't be trusted."
This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.
And I'm Robert Siegel. There is a chronic shortage of organs for transplant, in this country. Over the years, doctors have tried to design equitable, transparent systems to decide who gets a new heart or lungs. But they keep running into one, very tricky obstacle - themselves. When it comes to organ transplants, a doctor's desire to do what's best for his patient can end up hurting someone else's patient.
Chana Joffe-Walt, of our Planet Money team, explains.
CHANA JOFFE-WALT, BYLINE: You have to understand the position doctors are in every day. You're a doctor, and you know there aren't enough organs to go around. But you also know your patients really, really well; patients who are sick, some of whom are dying.
So you're a doctor, and every day you meet someone like Ashley Dias. Ashley's waiting for lungs. She's 26 years old; has cystic fibrosis. She's got a tracheostomy tube in her neck, so she can only mouth out words - words her mom then repeats for her.
ASHLEY'S MOTHER: (Repeating) She just assumed ...with the machine...she would breathe normal.
JOFFE-WALT: At some point, Ashley gives up on speaking; and types a text into her phone, and hands it to her mom.
ASHLEY'S MOTHER: (Reading) As much as I text, I never seem to get my point across. And that's really frustrating.
JOFFE-WALT: Ashley grabs the phone back from her mom, and shakes her head at that last part. She didn't type "that's really frustrating." Her mom added that part - which seems to be really frustrating to Ashley.
UNIDENTIFIED DOCTOR: Hi. How are you?
ASHLEY'S MOTHER: Hi. I'm well, thanks. Yourself?
UNIDENTIFIED DOCTOR: I'm fine. Are you Ashley's mom?
ASHLEY'S MOTHER: I am.
JOFFE-WALT: When doctors do come to see Ashley, she only has one question. She pulls out a marker and writes in enormous, big caps, as if it is the only thing she has ever wanted a voice to say. ANY NEWS ON LUNGS?
UNIDENTIFIED DOCTOR: No. You will be the first person to know. OK? OK? It'll happen. It'll happen.
ASHLEY'S MOTHER: Thank you.
UNIDENTIFIED DOCTOR: All right? Have a great day. Take care. Nice meeting you.
ASHLEY'S MOTHER: You, too.
(To Ashley) See? You can't be discouraged. They all feel as confident as they can. So you do, too. You have to, OK? It's going to happen.
JOFFE-WALT: Ashley has no words for her mom at this point, mouthed or texted. She just sits back and continues waiting. And this - if you were a doctor - this is image you hold in your mind: Ashley waiting, when you're driving to work, falling asleep.
DR, MARIE BUDEV: There's 124 patients right now, on my list.
JOFFE-WALT: Ashley Dias' doctor is Dr. Marie Budev, at the Cleveland Clinic. She desperately wants Ashley to get lungs, and she also wants that for her 123 other patients.
How many of those 124 will get lungs?
BUDEV: It depends on who's dying out there; what organs are available.
JOFFE-WALT: And what condition the lungs are in. Car accidents - Dr. Budev says - can be great for hearts and livers, but not so much for lungs. The very best thing for lungs...
BUDEV: Either gunshot wounds to the head, that sort of thing; or strokes or bleeding. But we do take motor-vehicle accident patients, as long as their lungs aren't severely contused.
JOFFE-WALT: When they do get good lungs, there are rules - strict rules, about who gets those lungs; just like there are with hearts, kidneys, livers. But here's where the fact that doctors always want to help their patients, can become a problem. Consider the story of what happened with liver transplants.
JASON SNYDER: So before 2002, the waiting list was ordered in terms of the sickest person first.
JOFFE-WALT: This is Jason Snyder, an economist at UCLA, who has studied a bizarre finding from the liver-allocation system. Before 2002, to determine which liver patients were the sickest, they would measure people's blood; and look at whether or not they were in the intensive care unit, the ICU. For years, that was what determined your place on the liver waiting list.
SNYDER: Yes, up until March 1st, 2002.
JOFFE-WALT: March 1st, 2002, they changed the rules. They said, forget the ICU; we will only measure your blood. And almost immediately, the ICU got a lot emptier - which seemed to indicate that doctors were putting their patients in the ICU not because they necessarily needed to be there, but to get them bumped up the waiting list. And it's not just that it seemed that way. Liver doctors will tell you now, yeah; that's what we were doing. Here's Dr. William Carey, a hepatologist at the Cleveland Clinic.
WILLIAM CAREY: I mean, let's face it. I have patients. I want my patients to get transplanted. I care more about my patients than I care about patients in another city, in another part of the country. And it clearly is in the interest of my patient to get transplanted, however I can make that happen.
JOFFE-WALT: Doing what is in the best interest of his patient - Dr. Carey reminds me, that's his job. But here's what's complicated. It is also a doctor's job to do no harm. And in this case, doctors acting in the best interest of their patient, causes harm. It means other people's patients will have to wait longer. Here's Jason Snyder again.
SNYDER: It's not just an issue of waiting. Many, many people die on the waiting list.
JOFFE-WALT: So we're actually talking about a doctor making a decision that helps their patients, and potentially kills other people's patients?
SNYDER: Absolutely. I think it's a really tough problem.
JOFFE-WALT: It was clear to everyone there was a problem, not just liver doctors. Dr. Budev, Ashley's doctor, told me lung doctors realized they were doing a similar thing.
BUDEV: That patient is everything - and that's why I think we can't be trusted.
JOFFE-WALT: What's interesting about what you're saying is, you're saying you need to be controlled.
BUDEV: We do.
JOFFE-WALT: In 2005, the lung doctors followed the liver doctors, and put in place a system that would, among other things, control them; a system that would score patients on objective medical data only - how much oxygen a patient is on, how far he or she can walk.
BUDEV: There's no way for me to manipulate that score, to put that patient higher on the list. There is really no way to game the system.
JOFFE-WALT: This is the ungameable system Ashley Dias finds herself in today. She's actually near the top of the list - although she's small and probably needs pediatric lungs, which don't become available often. I asked Dr. Budev, what if Ashley wasn't near the top? There's really nothing you could do, to help her? Dr. Budev says no matter how hard you try to design a system that is completely resistant to manipulation, there's always some room.
BUDEV: I guess there is room for you to put everybody you have on 100 percent oxygen, and tell them to walk less - because that will increase the score.
JOFFE-WALT: But you don't do that?
BUDEV: We don't, and most people don't. The reason why is, we're audited very closely.
JOFFE-WALT: Do you think you would, if you weren't audited?
BUDEV: Um - I would be tempted to. I would be tempted to.
JOFFE-WALT: For a system like this to work, you need people like Dr. Budev, who understand they are tempted; and you need a group of independent people - auditors - trying to keep those tempted people in check.
Chana Joffe-Walt, NPR News.
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Come On Rangers! (1938, B&W): Roy Rogers is a Texas Ranger keeping law and order along the Mexico Border. As the Lone Star Republic becomes a state in the Union, the corrupt governor sees an opportunity to disband the Rangers in favor of the U.S. Cavalry, which has become little more than an organized crime mob under his command. Roy tries to reconcile his noble ideals with the Cavalry's lawless ways, but soon finds himself compelled to desert, which instead results in his court martial. Stars Roy Rogers, Mary Hart, J. Farrell and MacDonald Purnell Pratt.