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Sunday, December 28, 2008
Christmas Day....
Well this is Bailey and I love the faces that she makes. Seriously Bailey has the most beautiful long eye lashes and she makes the simplest of faces, she doesn't carry on crying she just sheds a tear, she doesn't carry on laughing she just cracks a smile, she is soooo cute, I mean really she is just adorable!
Love her face here, seriously could she get any cuter, Jeff was trying so hard to get her to laugh or warm up to him, and this is just how she looked, like she just wasn't going to give in at all, no matter what!!!!
Jim put his hat on her and she looked adorable, it did't even bother her at all. Anyway she looked so cute in the hat and I think she liked it too!
I think she has a little angel face.
After all day of getting warmed up to us she finally started talking a little, not too much just the little yes here and there, and then Ian got her to crack up a little with some tickling!
These are just some random shots of the family!
Me and Jeff just messing around, wait til I show you the "Betch" t-shirt he got me, its hysterical because I got him a Perez Hilton Shirt, thats says "shiteous" We are crazy!!!! I got Kaie an Ed Hardy T-shirt and I have no idea why I wasn't taking pics of this stuff!!!
Molly got some Blendy Pens and and airbrush tool for her Blendy Pens, she seems so mature to me this year, and I love it, a little bit, I love that she is more pleasant and happy, and she isn't crying about things and getting soo mad, but thats great she can stop growing now I would love to keep her just like this!
Jeff and Chrissy are finally maturing too!!! Hahahaha!!! Thank Goodness!!!
At least I can depend on Katie for a good smile!!!!
Christmas Day really came and went too soon. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas Day!!!!
3 comments:
- michelle said...
i cant believe how much bailey looks like ian! shes adorable.
and u cousins buy gifts for each other still?? sheesh! take a break already!
and love the molly story... and i KNOW u have to look up the exact lyrics before blogging bc i KNOW .. no matter what you say, that you were not singing the right words!!!! ;) love ya!
- December 28, 2008 at 11:33 AM
- Beth said...
Looks like you had a great Christmas! Don't worry about the cards. I am envisioning how cute they would be in my mind and you did a great job! 3 jobs?!?! That stinks but at least you are back down to two now.
- December 29, 2008 at 8:21 AM
- Jeff said...
I love the pics. I'm gonna steal some. I'm cracking up at me stealing a kiss from Bailey and she just does not care. At least my dad got her to warm up to him. But then again, he asked my mom if he could give her her present. That's the only reason why she liked him! Cheater. What a deck. LOL!
- December 29, 2008 at 6:57 PM


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ZCZC MIATCDEP4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM Hurricane Dora Discussion Number 11 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL EP042017 900 AM MDT Tue Jun 27 2017 Dora's satellite presentation continues to degrade. Although an eye is still evident, the coverage and depth of deep convection has been diminishing. The current intensity is set at 65 kt based on a blend of T- and CI-numbers from TAFB and SAB. The cyclone is currently traversing sub-26 deg C SSTs, and the waters beneath Dora will continue to cool for the next couple of days. The system should weaken to a tropical storm later today and degenerate into a remnant low in 48 hours, or less. The official intensity forecast is in close agreement with the model consensus ICON. Center fixes yield a continued west-northwestward motion of 300/11 kt. A mid-level subtropical ridge to the north of Dora should maintain the west-northwestward motion, with some decrease in forward speed, over the next day or two. In 48-72 hours, a more westward track of the weakening cyclone is anticipated. The official track forecast is a little north of the previous one, but south of the latest model consensus. FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INIT 27/1500Z 19.3N 110.2W 65 KT 75 MPH 12H 28/0000Z 19.8N 111.6W 55 KT 65 MPH 24H 28/1200Z 20.4N 113.4W 45 KT 50 MPH 36H 29/0000Z 21.0N 115.2W 35 KT 40 MPH 48H 29/1200Z 21.5N 117.0W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 72H 30/1200Z 21.5N 120.0W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 96H 01/1200Z...DISSIPATED $$ Forecaster Pasch NNNN

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Well this picture is not coming out right!! But....the breeze is blowing the lace curtains in the dining room and I love the feel of this!! The fragrance from the rain is stupendous!! And the feeling from seeing the curtains blowing is sooooo refreshing......but my camera has a 3 second thing and I can't quite catch it because the curtains continue to blow in and out --but you get the idea---blessed refreshment of spirit!!!
Thursday, September 20, 2007
wonderful rain freshness
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How wonderful to have a cool breeze! Your dining room looks so peaceful!ReplyDelete
You certainly captured the moment for us. One of my favorite things to do is open up the windows and let the fresh air blow through!ReplyDelete
Your dining room looks beautiful. I can just imagine the curtains swaying in the breeze. Yay for the smell of fresh rain.ReplyDelete
What a pretty room! I love when curtains do that - especially when it is raining!ReplyDelete
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2017 McLaren 570GT Release date, Price, Performance, Specs, Engine – McLaren has formally declared that it is going to release a huge traveling 570GT design in its Activities Sequence range, instead of the long-planned 570S for the design year 2017. The 2017 McLaren 570GT will be meant to be the most soothing and splendid automobile than any other latest kind of McLaren automobiles. The 2017 design 570GT is obviously targeted at those who, even though rich, require it for making its keep through being more genuine than a simple end of the week toy.
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"The longer you look at Jesus, the more you will want to serve him in his world."
Jesus said to His disciples "Follow me." They responded with "How?"
That may not be Scripture, but for any human, disciple of Jesus in the first century or in this century, how to follow Jesus is a very real and pressing question. How do we follow the teachings of Jesus? What actions should we take or not take when we decide to make the Christ our Lord? What should change in my life when I decide to be a disciple of Jesus? It is in the face of such questions that N.T. Wright, professor of New Testament and early Christianity, writes this book, Following Jesus: Biblical Reflections on Discipleship.
But it is not enough to simply tell us why we should follow Jesus or what it looks like to be a disciple of Jesus. Wright challenges the reader on the things that are foundational to Christianity. N.T. Wright has gathered these twelve topics found in six different New Testament books and expounded on some very important parts of the discipleship life. A biblical view of Heaven and Hell, temptation, rebirth, new life and resurrection play a very powerful role in how we live out the teachings of Christ; to have any other view or opinion of these matters could lead to destruction. And while a more solid biblical understanding of these things is helpful, even essential to Christian discipleship, it is the implication and application that Wright seems most eager to share. The power of the resurrection is made dull if Christians do not understand how it changes everything, including how they live their lives now. The joy of Heaven can elude us if we think that Heaven is only a far off destination, rather than a place to inhabit now. The application and implementation of this information is what Wright hopes will be done by all readers.
Wright's knowledge of the New Testament and early Christianity thought provides the reader with a simple, yet comprehensive understanding of what it was that Jesus meant when He spoke of these things on the earth. While Following Jesus is not an exhaustive look at discipleship, this short book does cut deep into the matter and charges each of us to examine our hearts and reflect on this teaching. For those that are stuck on what to do, what next step to take in becoming a better disciple of Jesus, this book will most certainly challenge you to do that.
"the ball is now in your court; the true Jesus is summoning you to follow him, to a life of discipleship."
"Follow Me" may be the most important words that Jesus ever spoke. And they are the words that are the hardest to understand and obey. That may be the reason that I have been reluctant in my own life to deliberately seek out the answer to "How?" There are so many ideas on how to follow Jesus, so many methods to deepen your relationship with Him. I am not speaking ill of other authors, other preachers or other ways to explain how to follow after Jesus. What I am saying is that some methods or discipleship actions did not connect with me. They did not translate from information to life changing for me. But there was something about the way that Wright wrote this book that did.
There was information, things that I already knew about in the Bible that he explained and spun in a new and unique way that just finally clicked for me. How Heaven and Hell, resurrection and new life were spoken of, they demanded a change in me. These messages spoke with a great deal of significance and required that I reevaluate my walk with Christ, my thinking about my relationship with Him.
Following Jesus is a book that I wish I had picked up early in my life. The truths and implications could have taken hold of me sooner and transformed my relationship with God. While I may wish that for an instant, I am still glad that I read it only recently as I have matured enough to see how true and how important biblical discipleship actually is.
It does not matter the level of theological training you have. If you do not hold a leadership role in a church ministry, that is not a hinderance. Following Jesus is a book that is easily accessible for all levels of spiritual maturity, for people of all ages. I would even go so far as to say, that N.T. Wright has written a book on biblical discipleship that transcends church denominations. What Wright shares in these twelve chapters instructs, illuminates and encourages on every front. We would all be wise to have a copy of Following Jesus: Biblical Reflections on Discipleship.
While this is not Wright's largest book or most popular, the knowledge and wisdom that is available within these pages makes this a must have for the theological scholar in all of us. Simple to read and understand the great things of Christ, Following Jesus is a book that will remain ON MY SHELF indefinitely.
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We are moving again! It was a year ago we moved into our lovely home overlooking Lake Mead. We have discovered another gem with the same gorgeous view of the Lake . It offers larger rooms and a garage for our RV. BUT! The RV does not fit with the satellite dome! This garage will offer Don his workshop. There is also a wonderful area for my art studio.
This is our dear cat, Phizer, (I retired from the Pharmaceutical Company) occupying every space we create! He is also in and out of the boxes! We will finish our move the end of March. So, I will limit my envolvement in my Groups...Only for a few weeks until we unpack and get some organization.


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Welcome to the DC SHITSTORM, where I cannot be fucked to review every CW DC show individually, so I compress them all together and mash out something akin to a summary. Todays covers the season openers of Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and Supergrill. Spoilers.
Lets start with everyone's favourite sad and angsty archer, Oliver Queen. So at the end of last season Oliver found himself watching his beloved Island getaway literally explode. Im going to ignore the "how does a small group of dudes explode an entire island" issue (we're a bit late to the party for those kind of questions) and move straight into the resolution of this ultra mega dramatic cliffhanger (excitement inserted here). Who's alive?! Who's dead?! Oooooooooo.
We pick up the new season 5 months later in the Arrow-cave and everyone important is just walking around no problem. Thanks for that pointless setup and immediate jump to episode fucking 4 there, Arrow.
Katie Cassidy is still getting work, this time as leader of a…. wait… mercenary group? Quentin Lance feels bad and makes everyone feel bad. Oliver blames himself for something stupid. Diggle is having psychological issues manifesting itself physically. Felicity is still alive and Thea is gravely injured. Sure does feel like pissing Arrow in here, my lovelies! Episode ends with everyone finding out Oliver is the Green Arrow… until they find some way to sweep it under the rug next week. Oh and there's Deathstroke, violently underused as per usual.
6/10 because Stephen Amell didn't get his abs out nearly enough for this to be a CW show.
Moving over to Scarlett Speedster territory, last season we saw the fastest man alive eaten by the actual universe…it was awesome. However, getting a tense situation resolved over time and with emotional impact is just not the CW way damnit. Instead of letting Kid Flash have a few episodes to shine and come into his own as the new Flash… Y'know, so we can appreciate his character and his growth as a hero in own right. Instead of that we spend the first 20 minutes immediately bringing back Barry. The ladies loves the Gustin.
As always, Joe West is the best character on the show. Whenever big decisions happen his reaction is identical to the average viewer. "Well, ok, just don't break the universe yeh?". Thanks Joe. Iris spends the majority of this episode angry at everyone for giving her what she wants. Cisqo says Cisqo things in a Cisqo way. Lastly, and im fucking sorry, but Wally isn't quite insulted enough by everyone brooding around him moaning "WE WANT THE REEEAL FLASH BAAAAAAAAAACK NOOOOOO".
Barry comes back through some Cisqo magic science plot device and is refreshingly and understandably off his rocker from 10 millennia alone in the speed force. Barry then decides not to be crazy, immediately regains his sanity and returns as the Flash even more powerful than before. WAY TO GLOSS OVER MENTAL ILLNESSES THERE, FLASH. If you're consumed by the universe and have dementia from thousands of years in isolation… just try not being crazy… yeh just do that.
7/10 because even though they retconned the speed force prison issue, techno samurai are awesome.
Legends of Tomorrow is the next show to completely ignore its last season finale. "We broke time!" shout the Legends! OH NO, SHITS FUCKED FROM STOPPING REVERSE FLASH! WHAT WILL THE LEGENDS DOOOOOOOO! Luckily 5-years-in-the-future Rip Hunter (with a fresh biznezz haircut) shows up and puts a stop to that entire plotline. He's brought along a new totally not Time Masters group that he's created and solves everything in the first 10 minutes of the episode. Wait, wut? "Sorry", reply the studio executives, "dinosaurs sauntering around Central City is… well… expensive."
Screw watching the Legends resolve a time storm, I want to see Sarah Lance working in a department store! I want to see a genius tech billionaire superhero working for a dating app developer! I want to see Firestorm, the nuclear powered duo act that can absorb radiation and TRANSMUTATE NUCLEAR ARMED MISSILES INTO A MOUNTAIN OF FUCKING JELLY BEANS getting excited for baby bumps. I want to see Rory on a beach in Aruba beating the shit out of Julius Cea… wait, ok that bit was awesome. Rory is the best part of this show, hands down.
Like whiney children seeking parental attention, the group coalesce at the newly formed professional Time Bureau and then beg Rip to let them be time travelling superheroes again 'please please please Rip pleeeeeez tho!'. "FUCK EVERYTHING YOUVE DONE UNTIL THIS POINT" proclaims timelord in training Rip Hunter, ignoring the fact the Legends saved the universe from annihilation at least twice. At least Gideon isn't a total bitch to them. Bollocks to giving them a bit of credit, Rip makes everyone in the Bureau believe the Legends are uber-lame at their jobs. But luckily for us viewers, the Legends proceed to prove everyone right by almost destroying the entirety of history with a book. Well then.
5/10 because of that scene where we realised Caesar was played by the guy who played Crassus in Spartacus and shouted out "AHHHHHHHHHH" whilst pointing rapidly at his face.
Ok. Supergrill, Supergrill, can you make a super grill? Well… right ok so the cliffhanger at the end of Supergirl wasn't entirely a cliffhanger. Benoist (that's Melissa, not Chris, sheesh) sacrifices her will-they wont-they alien boyfriend to save the Earth.
The entirety of the first episode of Supergirl has the Girl of Steel dealing with the fact she's single now. Oh yeh and theres a bit where some dudes try to blow up the city because Nathan Petrelli from Heroes said so. I really cannot think of anything else that happened.
4/10 because Martian Manhunter is cooler in green, not tearful romcoms.


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When I was a very young child, of pre-school age, I was sitting one day on the curb of a road that ran through the small park that was just outside of the garden of the home where I lived for many years, when, for some indeterminate reason, I threw a small stone at a passing car, and, somewhat taken aback by the outcome, I heard it hit the car. The car stopped. I impulsively ran, to a nearby tree, and hid behind it. And waited. And nothing happened.
I tell a lie. Something did, indeed, happen. What happened was that I never ever did that sort of thing again.
Why did I even do it?
I don't know, to this day. I think I was just bored. I had no one to play with. I had a brother - three years older than I; but he was away at something called 'school'. And even then, when he came home, he had his own circle of friends to spend time with, from this thing called 'school'. I could hardly wait to go to this 'school' thing myself.
In the meantime, I spent a lot of time on the swings nearby this particular incident that I have shared with you (to my somewhat shame). It was a great set - I think four of them, in a pit of sand. My brother taught me to go way high in them, and then bale out, onto the grass just beyond the sand pit, and see how far you could go. I remember being told one day that there was a war going on in a place called 'Europe,' and that late afternoon, out on the swings before going home, as was my usual routine, I swung as high as I could, wondering if I could swing high enough to see this place I had been told about.
And then came the day that I, too, went to this place - this other place - called 'school'. It was neat. On the walls of the room were pictures of birds. I remember in particular blue jays and red cardinals. There were birds in the bushes of the garden of the house where I lived, but they were as nothing compared to these beautiful creatures.* Anyway, I thrived at school. Partly - I will acknowledge - because of my brother. He told me years later that he had taught me the alphabet - from a portable chalkboard device that was in the playroom upstairs that doubled as our bedroom - and so I was streets ahead of the other kids, and would rattle off words in our primer that caused our teacher to have to move quickly on beyond me when we were having a reading session. Easy peasy. And so, when years later, and about to leave university; having dropped out at the end of my Junior year to go looking for capital-t Truth, and going into the bookstore on campus to look for anything I might like to take with me before leaving my formal education behind, and coming across a book titled 'Why Johnny Can't Read,' …But that's another story. For now:
I got thinking of all this today when, glancing through my 'daily bread' of all the mail that I receive from outfits that I have given donations to, I came across an envelope from a new outfit. This one was called 'Phantom Rescue,' and had a picture on the envelope of a swing set in a park in the evening of a town so near to you that it could be your own. There was a message on the envelope that went along with the picture; thusly: 'Will YOU help bring them home?' This outfit rescues kids who have been abducted by the child sex slave operators who have taken to infesting our communities like a massive breakout of cockroaches. Quote: "American children are being snatched up on their way to school, plucked from playgrounds or schools, or lured into a trap by child predators on the Internet." It told briefly the story of a young girl who "was snatched from her own driveway by sex-traffickers using one of her friends…to lure her outside…"
How outrageous.
Going on right. Here…
Childhood may be boring. But for some children, it is all they've got.
And for taking that away from them, there is no forgiveness.
There is only annihilation.
And you can take that to the bank.
* I should clarify something here: My brother and I lived, for some years, in a house where we had been farmed out to an old couple who took kids like us in for a living, whose parents needed momentary assistance in the matter. For whatever reason. For our mother, it was because she had divorced our father - while I was still an infant - and was going to secretarial school to learn a trade. I of course knew nothing about any of this. For all I knew, this was just how things were done.
I had a bit of an inkling of a larger picture about life, when every once in awhile this strange lady would crop up into the scene. I remember once my brother taking me to this lady's room in an apartment building where she had hidden some small candy eggs around the room, and we were to go on an Easter egg hunt for them. Well; okay…and another time - when she had moved, to a small house near The Park that was the center of my attention in my growing-up life - when my brother took me to see her on Christmas Eve, and she gave each of us a couple of presents, from under a small table tree. And that was it. All very formal.
'This is your mother.'
'Oh. Hello. When's dinner?…'
When she remarried - I was halfway through my first year of school - we went to live with her and her husband in a smaller town some miles away.
But even it was no closer to my being able to see this place called Europe. Although while we were living there, the date of December 7th, 1941, came to be etched in our memories, along with all other Americans…
...a day that changed all our lives forever.
And now here we are.
On the edge of another war.
With many fronts.
And speaking of creatures:
from starshipearththebigpicture.com: 'We've Lost Jim Marrs' - infowars.com (Video) - August 2
(Jim Marrs, investigative journalist and book author par excellence, dead at 74. A shame.)
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A good man. A shame to lose him, especially at this time. We need more of his caliber. To drain, not the swamp. But the sewer.
And while on the subject of creatures; and then I'll let it go for the night:
Take, e.g., the MS-13 gang, and various drug cartels (with links to terrorist organizations, like Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood); assisted into this country in major droves in 2014, under the auspices of the Usurper, in an attempt by TPTB to turn this country into a failed Narco-Terrorist state, like Mexico, with these characters lying in wait (especially in 'sanctuary cities') with their IEDs and RPG missile launchers and anti-tank weapons and AK-47s and so forth:
Snowflakes, inadvertently or otherwise, have assisted, and continue to assist, this state of affairs into being. Are therefore playing with fire.
Not a wise thing to do if you are a snowflake.
A word to the wise. Or at the least: A word of warning.
Not to expect too much from these, our brainwashed children. Who appear to think that revolution is groovy.
Not a good idea.
And especially,
not in my country, you won't.
And not to discount the role of the banking elite in all this, in running their drug trafficking and money laundering operations.
You have made a big mistake, boys and girls.
A very big mistake.
But, I'll let actions speak for themselves.
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A few weekends ago, my friend James had us over for a housewarming party at his new place at Panorama Towers.
The view from his private balcony was well - this....
I've already volunteered him to host a New Year's Eve party. I can't think of a better view for a toast of champagne to one of my last nights in Vegas.
And this song would be the soundtrack.
A Happy New Year, indeed.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
All of the Lights
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Gerard Butler On Giving Aniston The Shocker
On the Johnjay and Rich radio show this morning, Gerard Butler was asked about the picture of him giving Jennifer Aniston's culito a poke in Paris. Instead of just stamping that picture with "THE BUTLER DID IT," Gerry laughed that shit off:
"I'm a bit of a bad boy. By the way, I'm still not sure my hand was really on her butt. I think that's just the way the camera was angled. I actually haven't seen it."
Gerry also denied that he spends his nights at Jennifer Aniston's house where they play fake husband and wife, "If I was going out with Jennifer, I'd be more than happy to say I'm going out with Jennifer — it's just not true."
Back to the butt bang thing, methinks this is just Gerry's way. Gerry's finger just has a mind of its own. If you're standing next to Gerry, you're going to get an impromptu prostate exam. Because of this, Gerry shouldn't be surprised when Tommy Girl shows up at his side and refuses to leave.


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The Coming Greek Default
ATHENS, Greece is once again in turmoil. The Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou is struggling to ensure Parliamentary approval for a critical austerity bill. On June 15th, just one day after the turn of the Economic Confidence Modeltm, the Prime Minister said he would reshuffle his Cabinet and seek a vote of confidence for his new government after coalition talks with opposition parties failed. There is simply no way out. This is the price they had to pay to be part of the Euro. Greece surrendered its ability to naturally offset its debt by allowing the currency to depreciate. That is how ALL governments get out of their debts – inflate their way out! The US is no exception. In 1980, the national debt was $1 trillion. Today, that is less than the annual budget. A trillion isn't what it used to be any more. With Greece unable to inflate its way out, it is forced to now pay in Euros, as the economy declines, the REAL debt rises making the austerity measures even harsher. The Euro is a complete failure because there was no national identity in Europe. That was the key to making the Euro work. Absent that – sorry; it was a nice dream while it lasted. It has been a brief shining moment of bravado. But it's over now and it's time to wake up or else the dream will transform into an economic nightmare and tear down the European monetary system brick by brick.
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Athens Archbishop Christodoulos said we deserved 9/11 (ISBN 960-252-007-8). On the Thursday before Easter Greeks chant pogrom inciting Beatitudes against "godslaying lawless Jews"in Greek, but change it to "Assemby of Jews" in English. They removed American Archbishop Iakovos because he was too American and Jerusalem Patriarch Irineos because he was too friendly with Israelis. Old witches who used to work at diners until they dropped now slip "Elder Protocols" and other terror claptrap in the pews. When I was growing up priests, would bathe, shave, wear pants - Robed, bearded, stovetopped priest is terror sympathist by definition. Greece was only euronation not to vote for 1947 Israel creation. In such time of war, we should insist that any public assembly of more than ten mandatorily be only in English! These heathen necromantic iconolaters have the nerve to ban Psalm 150 organs? If the Greek government did an Enron with its own books, and Greeks Trojan Horse their Greek taxes, what makes you think they pay the IRS? They go to Greece annually to tend their undisclosed accounts on soviet Cyprus. Notice the soviet spy money laundered Metsos disappeared with Cyprus complicity? Did Illinois Giannoulias, Florida's Crist, California's Angelides and New York's Gianaris apply Greek budgeting techniques like Sarbanes Oxen? Greek Ponzi fourfold Eurodefecit boasts Trojan Horse Perfidy, Klephth Brigandage. Upset that industrious Albanians invaded their lazy, gungrabbing, babykilling homeland, the soviet-churched Greeks vindictively hire, house and promote illegals. As quakes render their homes disposable, Greeks are oblivious to the very concept of maintenance. Instead of blaming environmetalists for fires and socialists for deficits, jealousy driven soviet faith seeks scapegoats. Olympia Snowjob supports Obamacare and abortion because of her gangreen patriarch (Is Orthodox Christianity progressive? Michelle Boorstein Washington Post 11-4-09 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew spoke about the spiritual imperative for nonviolence, universal health care and reducing consumption to help the environment.) Ancient Greeks reduced consumption to help the environment through infanticide and sodomy. Palamite Zealotes massacred Thessalonian aristocracy in preparation for Cantacuzene usurpation via hesychast hyperventilatory hallucination. This soviet socialism motivated Anatolian farmers to embrace Turks in the 1400s to avoid redistributative taxation and then for liberated mainlanders to migrate to Smyrna in the 1800s.ReplyDelete


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O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT — Mayor Rahm Emanuel praised Eddie Palacios, who jumped on the Blue Line tracks to protect a fallen woman, as a "true public citizen."
Palacios' action is an example of how all airport employees treat their duty to take care of the traveling public as "more than a job," the mayor said at a Friday event unveiling of a rehabbed Terminal 5 at O'Hare International Airport.
"That's an accurate statement," Palacios said after learning of the mayor's praise. "We believe in honesty and integrity in the work we do as a team. The public is part of our team. It wasn't a big deal. I did what anyone on my team would do."
Palacios was on the underground Chicago Avenue Blue Line station's platform, waiting for the train to go to his job as a checkpoint worker at O'Hare, when he heard people yelling at a woman who had fallen onto the inbound tracks just after 11 a.m. Wednesday.
DNAinfo Radio News Director Jon Hansen was on the other end of the platform, waiting for the inbound train, and videotaped the rescue.
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The woman was hoisted onto the platform by her hair. She sat on the ground briefly, bleeding from her head.
She told a commuter "I just slipped." She then got up and bolted up the escalator before eventually being stopped and loaded onto an ambulance. She was hospitalized. Her identity is not known.
Immediately after the incident, Palacios got on a train toward the airport and called his wife telling her about what he had done, he said.
"He didn't explain in detail. He didn't tell me he was a few feet away," said wife Carolina Palacios.
It was not until their son showed her the video of the incident did she realize what he had done.
"When I saw the footage, I was shaken. I didn't realize that the train was oncoming," she said. "I think it is a big deal. He sees it as a small act."
Once Eddie Palacios got to work, the lifelong Chicagoan, who grew up in Pilsen, quietly briefed his supervisor. But his co-workers soon found out.
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Where Angels Fear to Tread
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"I had got an idea that everyone here spent their lives in making little sacrifices for objects they didn't care for, to please people they didn't love; that they never learned to be sincere - and, what's as bad, never learned how to enjoy themselves."
E. M. Forster's first novel is a witty comedy of manners that is tinged with tragedy. It tells the story of Lilia Herriton, who proves to be an embarrassment to her late husband's family as, in the small Tuscan town of Monteriano, she begins a relationship with a much younger Italian man - classless, uncouth, and highly unsuitable. A subtle attack on decorous Edwardian values and a humanely sympathetic portrayal of the clash of two cultures, Where Angels Fear to Tread is also a profound exploration of character and virtue.
Part of a collection of vintage recordings taken from the Penguin Archives, the Penguin English Library offers affordable, collectable, quality productions that are perfect for on-the-go listening.
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By Megasaurus on 08-20-12
Stephen Fry + E.M. Forster = Audio Kismet
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In this comedy of manners Forster exposes all that is absurd, small-minded and loveable by Bourgeois would-be cultural missionaries who take it upon themselves to "better" others. Forster's gift as a novelist is a keen insight into the dusty machinery of the human soul. He perceives the pedestrian and everyday factors that push people forward in their actions and he deftly applies this insight into his construction of characters.
Stephen Fry is always delightful in anything he puts his hand to. I would listen to him read the dictionary. I have long admired his convivial wit, timing, and his ability to understand and perform ridiculous characters with unflinching honesty, yet with gentle warmth. Fry's genuine love and understanding of human absurdity makes him the perfect choice for this selection by Forster.
I was worried that the abridged version might be lacking - but I found I enjoyed it very much. All of the best dialogue and essentials were painstakingly compiled for the abridged version. And while I certainly love a long audio book, it is occasionally nice to finish one in day and not be married to the damn thing for weeks on end. At 2 hrs 51 minutes, this little gem is refreshing in its brevity and was so entertaining I wouldn't hesitate to listen to it again at a latter date, especially if were I traveling and didn't want to commit to a longer selection.
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Good read and well preformed.
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I love to read older books, this one was not a disappointment. Stephen Fry did a great job with this book. would listen to another, in particular if Fry was reading.
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By harper on 11-10-15
stephen fry as always great. that's about it
bought it only because stephen fry was reading it. as always he is fabulous but the book itself is poor. storyline is annoying made me feel angry. disappointing. would not recommend
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In this illustration titled "kitchen" by Zain you see an example of an artist using a triadic color scheme. This means that the color pallet consists of three main colors that are equally spaced around the color wheel. It is a solid scheme to use as it provides strong contrast but maintains balance or harmony of color.
The artist establishes a cool feel with the use of blues in the top of the illustration. This was a great technique as the cool tones allow the viewer to be drawn in to the illustration, which creates a greater illusion of depth. In addition to the perspective and shading the use of blue makes this kitchen space appear very deep especially with the contrast of the pink warm tone, which is the one of the other colors used in the triad.
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Finally the artist uses a touch of yellow, which completes this triadic pallet. This aids in the established light source and gives the viewer a feeling of sunlight. This also pushes the blue primary color to appear darker and possibly sadder and helps the viewer realize the intended tone of the piece where the girl is stuck inside working, on a beautiful sunny day.
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Discussion in 'New Member Introductions' started by 3CoopedInn, Mar 4, 2017.
Could someone advise me as to why my rooster is occationly drooping his head?
unsure what you mean by this
is he old? sickly? what else is going on?
can you post a picture?
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Welcome to BYC Try emergencies/ diseases/injuries and cures under the Forum Nav - bit difficult for experts to diagnose with no pic. Anyway lots of luck
More details would be helpful. Other than dropping his head, is he eating, drinking, pooping differently? Any changes in his normal behavior?
Greetings from Kansas and ! Glad you joined our community! Hope the ER Forum folks can help you out with your rooster. Best of luck and thanks for joining BYC!
Please post in full detail - photos are helpful too! The ER folks need the whole picture to arrive at a diagnosis and/or advice.
My rooster sits down a lot and won't stand long what could be wrong worms
could be many different things
can you get him to a vet?
G'Day from down under 3CoopedInn Welcome!
I hope that your rooster is OK.
I also hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun. Unlike non chicken loving friends, family and colleagues, BYC'ers never tire of stories or pictures that feature our feathered and non feathered friends
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Ingrid Herta Rotstein Grein, Christina Feitosa Pelajo*, Thais Cugler Meneghetti, Loris Lady Janz Junior and Marcia Bandeira
Pediatric Rheumatology, Hospital Pequeno Príncipe, Curitiba, Brazil
Received Date: January 16, 2014; Accepted Date: June 28, 2014; Published Date: June 30, 2014
Citation: Grein IHR, Pelajo CF, Meneghetti TC, Junior LLJ, Bandeira M (2014) Pulmonary Manifestations of Rheumatologic Diseases in Pediatric. Rheumatology (Sunnyvale) 4:136. doi: 10.4172/2161-1149.1000136
Copyright: © 2014 Grein IHR, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Objectives: To describe the pulmonary manifestations in rheumatic diseases in pediatrics - systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM), systemic scleroderma (SSc), linear scleroderma (LS), and mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)-and to correlate these findings with clinical manifestations, imaging and pulmonary function tests. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional analysis was performed. We evaluated patients with rheumatic disorders followed at the Rheumatology Department of Hospital Pequeno Príncipe from January 2000 to July 2012. All patients diagnosed with SSc, as well as patients with SLE, JDM, MCTD and LS who had pulmonary symptoms or worsening of their underlying disease, were submitted to chest radiography (CXR), chest high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and pulmonary function tests (PFTs). Results: A sample of 193 patients was obtained for this study. Thirty-eight percent of them were submitted to CXR and chest HRCT, with or without PFTs. Within all patients included in this study, 37% had some degree of pulmonary involvement, verified in at least one test. The groups who presented higher rates of pulmonary involvement were the SSc (100%) and the MCTD (46%). Patients with SLE and JDM had similar results, presenting pulmonary involvement in 35% of cases, and LS had the lowest rate of respiratory system involvement, with 25% of patients affected. In one quarter of the cases, the abnormalities found were due to infections. In the remaining three quarters pulmonary involvement was due to the underlying disease, and a large spectrum of manifestations was detected. Conclusions: Pulmonary involvement often occurs in systemic rheumatic diseases. There is a variety of manifestations in all rheumatic disorders, and there are no pathognomonic signs of pulmonary involvement in each disease. Health professionals should be aware of the possibility of pulmonary involvement in rheumatic disorders, in order to detect it early and initiate adequate treatment precociously, to improve the long term prognosis.
Connective tissue diseases; Lupus Erythematosus; systemic; Scleroderma; Diffuse; Scleroderma, Localized; Amyopathic dermatomyositis; Mixed Connective tissue disease; Lung Diseases
Rheumatic diseases are a heterogeneous group of immune mediated inflammatory diseases, which present a wide spectrum of systemic manifestations [1-9]. Lungs are among the most affected organs in these disorders [1-9]. There are several forms of pulmonary involvement in rheumatic disorders, not only by the disease itself, but also by infections and toxicity of medications used for treatment [1-4]. Thus, there are no specific patterns of pulmonary involvement in each of these diseases [1,5,7]. The clinical presentation, the prognosis and response to therapy depend on the histological pattern, as well as the type of disease [5,7].
In pediatric patients, some of the rheumatologic diseases that can present with pulmonary manifestations are: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Systemic Scleroderma (SSc), Linear Scleroderma (LS), Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) and Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD).
In patients with SLE, about 50% have some form of pulmonary involvement during the course of the disease [10-15]. Pleuritis, besides being the most common pulmonary manifestation of SLE, is one of eleven ACR criteria for the disease classification. Other possible manifestations are pleural effusion, pneumonitis, interstitial fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary hemorrhage, pulmonary embolism and shrinking lung syndrome [1,3,10-14].
Scleroderma is divided into systemic and localized forms. In SSc, the lung is the second most affected organ, surpassed only by the esophagus. About 70% to 90% of patients with SSc have pulmonary involvement, which is the leading cause of death in adult age [1,3,16-20]. The disease can manifest as restrictive lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, pleurisy and aspiration pneumonia [3,16-20]. In LS the involvement of other organs, other than the skin, is very rare, though it is described as a possible complication of the disease3.
Up to 50% of adults with dermatomyositis (DM) have pulmonary involvement represented by fibrosis and pneumonitis [1,3,21-23]. Aspiration pneumonia and chest muscle weakness can also be observed [21-23]. These abnormalities are rarely found in children [3]
Since MCTD is defined as an overlap of other rheumatologic diseases, pulmonary manifestations vary widely. The most common manifestation is interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, while pulmonary hypertension is the most frequent cause of death [3,24,25].
Pulmonary involvement is extremely common in rheumatologic disorders, not only in adults but also in children and adolescents [2-4]. Hence, it is important that health professionals be aware of the possibility of pulmonary involvement in pediatric rheumatologic diseases, and how to investigate them, in order to start treatment early and to improve the long term prognosis [1-9,14,17,24].
Despite the importance of the subject, there are few scientific studies on this topic in the pediatric population, and the available data in the literature regarding the pulmonary involvement in this age group are scarce.
The aim of this study was to describe the main pulmonary manifestations related to rheumatic diseases in pediatrics-SLE, JDM, SSc, LS and MCTD-and to correlate these findings to clinical manifestations, imaging and pulmonary function tests
A retrospective cross-sectional analysis of patients with SLE, SSc, LS, JDM and MCTD was performed to evaluate the prevalence of pulmonary involvement in each of these diseases, and the most common types of involvement. All patients who attended the Pediatric Rheumatology outpatient clinic of Hospital Pequeno Príncipe from January 2000 to July 2012, and who had a confirmed diagnosis of these disorders, were included in the study. Patients were included in the study if they were less than 18 years old at the first outpatient visit.
All patients diagnosed with SSc were submitted to chest radiography (CXR), chest high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and pulmonary function tests (PFTs), regardless of symptoms, due to the high prevalence of pulmonary involvement in this disorder. The same tests were ordered for patients with SLE, JDM, MCTD, and LS who presented symptoms suggestive of pulmonary involvement-prolonged cough (over 15 days), dyspnea and pleuritic chest pain-or had aggravation of the underlying disease, evidenced by history and physical examination, associated with increased serum levels of inflammatory markers.
All tests were performed at Hospital Pequeno Príncipe, and were evaluated by radiologists (CXR and chest HRCT) and pulmonologists (PFTs) of the Hospital staff.
Patients who did not fulfill diagnostic criteria for the described diseases were excluded from the study, as well as those with pulmonary co morbidities, and patients who had their first outpatient appointment after being 18 years old.
The collected data were grouped and a descriptive analysis was performed. Results were presented in graphs and tables, made in the Microsoft Excel® and Word® programs version 14. Qualitative variables were analyzed by Fisher's exact test, and quantitative variables, by the Student T-test. A confidence interval of 95% (CI=95%) was used. The software XL–Stat was used for statistical analysis.
Variables analyzed were gender, age at diagnosis, presence of respiratory symptoms (prolonged cough, dyspnea and pleuritic chest pain), CXR, chest HRCT and PFTs.
This research was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki guidelines, and was approved by the Ethics Committee of Hospital Pequeno Príncipe.
After reviewing the medical records and applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria mentioned above, we obtained a total sample of 193 patients. One hundred and twenty eight of these were diagnosed with SLE, 37 with JDM, 7 with SSc, 8 with LS, and 13 with MCTD. The demographic and clinical characteristics of all patients are listed in Table 1.
n = 128
n = 37
n = 7
n = 8
n = 13
n = 193
|Female N (%)
|102 (80)
|26 (70)
|3 (43)
|7 (88)
|12 (92)
|150 (78)
|Average age at diagnosis
(mean ± SD)
|11y9m (± 3)
|8y6m (± 3)
|8y11m (± 3)
|8y4m (± 4)
|9y8m (± 2)
|10y9m (± 3)
|Time to diagnosis
|<1 month N (%)
|33 (26)
|3 (8)
|2 (29)
|38 (20)
|1 to 12 months N (%)
|62 (49)
|28 (76)
|1 (14)
|2 (25)
|10 (77)
|103 (53)
|1 to 3 years N (%)
|16 (12)
|4 (11)
|4 (57)
|6 (75)
|3 (23)
|33 (17)
|>3 years N (%)
|17 (13)
|2 (5)
|19 (10)
|Respiratory Symptoms* N (%)
|23 (18)
|4 (11)
|4 (57)
|3 (23)
|34 (18)
|Prolonged cough N (%)
|9 (7)
|3 (8)
|3 (43)
|1 (8)
|16 (8)
|Dyspnea N (%)
|15 (11)
|2 (5)
|3 (43)
|2 (16)
|22 (11)
|Pleuritic Chest pain N (%)
|7 (5)
|1 (8)
|8 (4)
|Pulmonary investigation performed N (%)
|36 (29)
|16 (42)
|7 (100)
|6 (75)
|8 (61)
|73 (38)
|Immediate N (%)
|27 (21)
|8 (21)
|3 (43)
|4 (50)
|2 (15)
|44 (23)
|<12 months N (%)
|4 (3)
|1 (14)
|2 (15)
|7 (3)
|>12 months N (%)
|6 (5)
|8 (21)
|3 (43)
|2 (25)
|4 (31)
|23 (12)
|Presence of pulmonary involvement N (%)
|45 (35)
|13 (35)
|7 (100)
|2 (25)
|6 (46)
|72 (37)
Table 1: Description of the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients. *Eleven patients presented more than 1respiratory symptom.
The female gender prevailed in almost all rheumatic diseases, except in SSc, in which males had a slight predominance. Scleroderma (systemic and linear) was the disorder which presented greater delay in diagnosis (most cases were diagnosed between 1 and 3 years after the onset of symptoms). The other diseases were diagnosed usually during the first year of onset. The average age of diagnosis was 10 years and 9 months.
Thirty-four patients had respiratory symptoms, and eleven had more than one symptom. Dyspnea was the most common symptom found, followed by prolonged cough and pleuritic chest pain.
Thirty-eight percent of patients (38) were submitted to pulmonary investigation with CXR and chest HRCT, with or without PFTs. All tests were performed in all patients with SSc, since it is the disease that most commonly presents with lung involvement. The tests were also performed in patients with other diagnosis who had pulmonary symptoms or aggravation of the underlying disease.
Sixty-four patients were submitted to CXR during outpatient treatment due to an upper or lower respiratory infection. Patients who did not have any pulmonary symptoms, neither aggravation of the underlying disease, were not submitted to pulmonary tests.
From the total sample of patients, 37% (72) had some degree of pulmonary involvement in at least one of the tests. The groups with higher pulmonary involvement were SSc (100%) and MCTD (46%). Patients with SLE and JDM had similar results, with pulmonary involvement in 35% of them. LS patients had the lowest rate of lower respiratory system involvement, with 25% of patients affected. All abnormalities found in the tests performed are described in Tables 2, 3, and 4.
|Unilateral PE
|12 (14)
|1 (4)
|Bilateral PE
|6 (17)
|6 (4)
|Pulmonary edema N (%)
|2 (2)
|1 (4)
|3 (2)
|Pulmonary emorrhage
|1 (1)
|1 (1)
|Opacity N (%)
|9 (11)
|2 (8)
|1 (14)
|1 (17)
|Congestive pattern N (%)
|3 (4)
|1 (8)
|4 (3)
|Pneumothorax N (%)
|1 (1)
|1 (1)
|Pleural thickening
|1 (1)
|1 (8)
|3 (2)
|Bronchial involvement
|1 (1)
|2 (8)
|3 (2)
|Infection N (%)
|5 (19)
|1 (17)
|1 (8)
|19 (14)
Table 2: Abnormal results in chest radiographies. PE=Pleural Effusion. Note: Ten patients had more than one alteration in chest X-ray.
|Unilateral PE
|6 (17)
|1 (6)
|1 (12)
|8 (11)
|Bilateral PE
|5 (14)
|5 (7)
|Pneumonitis N (%)
|5 (14)
|1 (6)
|2 (29)
|1 (12)
|9 (12)
|Nodules N (%)
|5 (14)
|1 (17)
|1 (12)
|7 (10)
|Air trapping N (%)
|3 (9)
|2 (29)
|1 (17)
|8 (11)
|Vessel wall thickening N (%)
|2 (6)
|3 (4)
|Consolidation / Opacity N (%)
|4 (12)
|1 (6)
|2 (29)
|1 (17)
|8 (11)
|Ground glass opacities N (%)
|5 (14)
|4 (25)
|5 (71)
|16 (22)
|Pulmonary hemorrhage N (%)
|2 (6)
|2 (3)
|Fibrosis N (%)
|1 (3)
|3 (19)
|1 (14)
|1 (12)
|5 (7)
|Parenchymal bands N (%)
|1 (3)
|1 (1)
|Pulmonary embolus N (%)
|2 (6)
|2 (3)
|Calcinosis N (%)
|1 (6)
|1 (1)
|Pleural thickening N (%)
|1 (3)
|1 (12)
|2 (3)
|Pulmonary hypertension N (%)
|1 (12)
|1 (1)
|Infection N (%)
|2 (6)
|3 (4)
Table 3: Abnormalities in chest HRCT.
|MCTD n=4
|Obstructive VD N (%)
|1 (20)
|1 (14)
|2 (29)
|1 (25)
|5 (18)
|Restrictive VD N(%)
|1 (20)
|1 (14)
|2 (29)
|4 (15)
Table 4 : Abnormalities in PFTs.
From the 134 patients who were submitted to CXR, 58 had abnormal results. The main findings were unilateral or bilateral pleural effusion, opacities and infection. SLE patients were those who had more abnormalities, as shown in Table 2. Patients with scleroderma in general did not present any abnormalities in this test. Regarding JDM and MCTD, 24% and 46% of patients, respectively, had some abnormality on CXR.
Forty-five of 72 patients who were submitted to a chest CT had abnormal results. Again the SLE group presented the most varied manifestations. However, in contrast to the results presented on CXR, patients with SSc had several abnormal results as shown in Table 3. Two patients with LS, 7 with JDM and 3 with MCTD also presented with pulmonary involvement in their tests.
Only 27 patients underwent PFTs. In 7 of these, respiratory disorders were.detected, as shown in Table 4. Only the LS group had no patients with abnormal lung function
When comparing the groups with and without lung impairment-72 and 121 patients, respectively, they did not differ in relation to gender (p=0.192) and average age at diagnosis (p=0.615).
In this study we observed pulmonary manifestations in 37% of patients with rheumatologic diseases. In a quarter of cases, the pulmonary involvement presented as infections, associated with immunosuppression (secondary to the disease itself or to treatment). In the remaining three quarters, pulmonary involvement was associated with the underlying disease itself.
Interestingly, only half of patients with some degree of pulmonary involvement had symptoms, which shows that the pulmonary manifestations may be present even before the clinical symptoms present [3,9]. Therefore, the systematic investigation of patients with diseases known to cause lung damage should be precocious. The most sensitive and specific method for detection of pulmonary involvement is the chest HRCT, which is able to show abnormalities even when CXR and PFTs are normal [19,20,26-28].
In SLE, pulmonary manifestations may arise during onset of the disease or during its course [10-14]. Both in adults and in children, the most common manifestation is pleurisy, accompanied in most cases by unilateral or bilateral pleural effusion, and this finding occurs in about 50% to 80% of adults and 5 to 67% of children [3,10-14]. In this study, pleural effusion occurred in 16% of patients.
In Scleroderma pulmonary involvement is one of the most common findings of the disease. It is mainly present in the systemic form of scleroderma, but may also occur in localized (linear) disease [3]. Pulmonary fibrosis is observed in up to 90% of the chest HRCTs in adults, and is the most common cause of restrictive ventilatory defects found in PFTs [19,20]. Pulmonary hypertension occurs in most cases, and is largely responsible for the high mortality of this disease [6,16-18]. This study showed exactly what literature reports, since 100% of SSc patients had alterations in the chest HRCT. It is interesting to note that CXR was not a good method to evaluate these patients, since only one child in this group had an abnormal result. In the group of LS, the number of patients who presented chest HRTC abnormalities was much lower (25%). This result, however, shows that even a localized disease can present with some kind of organ involvement [3]. Health professionals should be alert to this possibility in order to make an early diagnosis.
According to the literature, pulmonary involvement in JDM is rare, although it can occur in 30% to 50% of adults with DM [1,3,21-23]. In this study we found pulmonary involvement in 35% of JDM patients, however, about half of patients had an infection as the reason of pulmonary involvement. Our findings suggest that a proportion of children and adolescents with JDM might be underdiagnosed in relation to pulmonary damage caused by this disorder.
Up to 66% of adults with MCTD have interstitial lung disease and about 33% develop pulmonary hypertension, which are the most common pulmonary manifestations in this disorder [24,25]. In pediatric patients these rates are a little lower. In our study, only 3 patients had pulmonary involvement, with a wide-ranging spectrum of presentations.
Our study had some limitations: only symptomatic patients were submitted to tests, introducing a selection bias, this was a retrospective study, and only few patients performed pulmonary function tests.
As showed in this study, pulmonary involvement often occurs in rheumatic diseases, by the disease itself, as a result of immunosuppression caused by treatment, or even by the effects of the drugs themselves in this organ [1-4]. Periodic monitoring is mandatory in these patients, with history and physical examination, in order to assist the health professional to decide on the need for additional pulmonary investigation. The gold standard is the chest HRCT, because of its high sensitivity and specificity to detect pulmonary abnormalities [19,20,26-28]. This test, however, does not assess lung function. For this purpose, PFTs should be ordered. The CXR has significant limitations in detection of subtle alterations, presenting a considerable amount of false negatives [26-28]. There is a variety of pulmonary manifestations in the rheumatic diseases and there are no pathognomonic signs of pulmonary disease in each [1,5,7]. Because of the frequency and possible severity of the pulmonary involvement, patients should be investigated for it, in order to detect it early and start appropriate treatment to improve patient outcomes.


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Heartbeat by Elizabeth Scott
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The premise of Heartbeat is a little over-the-top: a pregnant woman is kept alive until the fetus reaches the point of viability (25 weeks, in case you were wondering). This is told from the point-of-view of Emma, the 17-year-old daughter of Lisa, who greatly resents her stepfather's choice. From her perspective her mother is dead but she still has to see Mom every day in the hospital - making it difficult to truly grieve and move on. Emma's grades have plummeted, she's going through the motions and hates her stapfather. Hates.
Then along comes Caleb. Every school has a Caleb: the troubled boy who does drugs, steals cars, doesn't always come to school and when he does there's a forcefield around him. He's doing community service in the hospital and sees Emma's distress.
Predictable? Yes. But the writing and the exploration of grief and loss elevate this from the normal "girl with dead mother" book.
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