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Thursday, 21 August 2014

Healing dinner

We had Lainey and Paul over for dinner last night. They brought their teenaged nephew who was visiting from overseas, and their gorgeous 2 month old daughter.

I made this yum-um-my plum cobbler for the first time. Served warm with a little vanilla ice cream, it was devine. I would cut way back on the 3/4 cup of sugar added to the plums. They are sweet on their own. It was a nice change. I don't usually make desserts with plums, although now I wonder why I haven't before. I thought I would share.

(Sorry- I'm typing this on my phone and I don't know how to make this a link)

Lainey and Paul are the couple that I wrote about having the heart wrenching and almost failed adoption earlier this summer. We haven't been to see them earlier because we were away, but we've been communicating often.

Oh friends, it was such a perfect visit, at such a perfect time. We're so lucky to have them as friends.  Seeing them gushing over their little girl, and seeing D hold her (in the funny awkward/frozen way he does, lol) was so great to see. Holding that sweet tiny baby was was so therapeutic for me.

I loved listening to her share about which type of stroller she chose, and why, and so many little details of how they are parenting. It's the first time in a long time, (or maybe ever!) that I remember acutally enjoying this kind of dicussion. I think I am healing, folks!

The visit was perfect timing, and really helped wash away so much of yesterday's stress and anxiety. That is what we are after. That is why we have endured, and will continue.

They have the same social worker and agency worker that we have, so they can relate to so much of what we are going through. What helps also, is that Lainey is a social worker so she's really good at listening, not judging and offering support.

With the exception of D's mother, they will be the only ones (in 'real' life- I'm so glad to have all of you here too!) that we will confide in about specifics about the pregnancy and the birth parents. Our social worker has reminded us to use discretion, because much of this is our child's information. They should get to know their history before the rest of the world does, she says, and I agree.

I'm also keenly aware that some of my veggie-charting friends might judge this baby, even if they don't know they are doing it. I want to shield him or her from that as much as I can.

I feel like I'm becoming a Mama.  Tears are pouring out now.

  1. Sarah, you are already such a wonderful mama to this baby. I'm glad this dinner was so good for your soul.

  2. I'm so happy that you're at peace with your decision--I think you're right to be concerned, but it sounds like from what you're hearing and reading more than likely everything will be fine. I think your decision to move forward with the adoption is so wonderful--it's bringing tears to my eyes. Congratulations!

  3. From someone who knows.....don't worry about the use. It will be ok....

  4. I had been wondering how your friends' adoption story had turned out, and I'm so glad that they have their little girl home now, and that they could share their joy with you! It does sound like perfect timing for a much needed encouraging meeting.
    It hurts me, somehow, that you have to keep your child's details secret. I understand the reasons, but I wish our society weren't so judgmental.
    And it is wonderful to "see" you cry tears of joy.

  5. So happy to hear you had such a lovely dinner with your friends. I'm sure there was so much love and advise coming your way from them. Congrats to you guys for moving forward and congrats to them on their new little girl! xoxo

  6. I'm so glad that visit came at a perfect time and you were experiencing those protective mama bear qualities over your sweet-baby-to-be!

I'm interested in what you have to say


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Cheney’s Speech

He said:

“When President Obama makes wise decisions,” Cheney will say, “he
deserves our support. When he mischaracterizes the decisions we made,
he deserves an answer.”

“The responsibilities we carried belong to others now. And though
I’m not here to speak for George W. Bush, I am certain that no one
wishes the current administration more success in defending the country
than we do. We understand the complexities of national security
decisions. We understand the pressures that confront a president and
his advisers…”

“Right now there is considerable debate in this city about the
measures our administration took to defend the American people — and
especially about our methods of gathering intelligence. What I want to
do today is set forth the strategic thinking that drove our policies…”

But all I hear is:

In all seriousness, the idea that Obama and Cheney are somehow debating one another today, that the President of the United States and the widely loathed, completely discredited national crazy uncle who lives in our national attic and occasionally screams downstairs for his pudding are on some equivalent policy footing is a construct so silly it could only amuse the Washington press corps.

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  1. dan mcenroe says:

    Besides, doesn’t Cheney jump in front of a camera to talk about TERROR TERROR TERROR every day? If Obama waited for a day when Cheney wasn’t on teevee, he’d never make a speech again.

  2. pansypoo says:

    dickie is feeding off the fear of the republiklans and gaining popularity amongst the timid.
    and the gnews is helping them. WE NEED TO BE AFRAID! 9/11!!!11!!

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The year in politics – in quotes

Editor’s note: Over the next few days, First Read will be recapping the year in politics. Yesterday, we looked at the Top 10 political events of 2012. Today: the year in politics – in quotes.  "

Mitt Romney
: “I like being able to fire people who provide services to me.” (Jan. 9)

Rick Perry: “There is a real difference between a venture capitalist and a vulture capitalist.” (Jan. 10)

Gingrich: “No… [applause], but I will. I think the destructive, negative, vicious nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office, and I am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that.” -- Asked during a CNN debate if he’d like to respond to allegations by an ex-wife that he wanted an open marriage. (Jan. 19)

Gingrich: “By the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent base on the moon, and it will be American.” (Jan. 25)

“I’m not concerned about the very poor.” (Feb. 1)

Romney: “There are some things that you just can’t imagine happening in your life.  Uh, this is one of them.” [Laughter] – on Donald Trump’s endorsement. (Feb. 2)

Romney: “I was a severely conservative Republican governor.” (Feb. 10)

Foster Friess (Santorum supporter): “You know, back in my days, they used Bayer aspirin for contraception. The gals put it between their knees, and it wasn’t that costly.” (Feb. 16)

Romney: “It seems right here, the trees are the right height. I like seeing the lakes. I love the lakes.” (Feb. 17)

Romney: “Ann drives a couple of Cadillacs actually.” (Feb. 24)

Rick Santorum: “President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob!” (Feb. 25)

Romney: “I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners.” (Feb. 26)

Romney: “I like those fancy raincoats you bought, really sprung for the big bucks.” (Feb. 26)

“The best thing I can do for you is to tell you to shop around.” (March 5)

Romney: “I’ve got a lot of good friends — the owner of the Miami Dolphins and the New York Jets — both owners are friends of mine.” (March 12)

Eric Fehrnstrom (Romney adviser): “Everything changes. It’s almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and restart all over again.” (March 21)

Romney: "Russia, this is, without question, our number one geopolitical foe.” (March 26)

President Barack Obama:  “This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility.” – to Russian President Medvedev. (March 26)

Ann Romney:
“Well, you know, I guess we better unzip him and let the real Mitt Romney out because he is not!” – Asked by a radio host about the criticism that her husband “comes off stiff.” (April 2)

Hilary Rosen (Democratic strategist): “Guess what? His wife has actually never worked a day in her life.” (April 11)

Romney: “I’m not sure about these cookies. They don’t look like you made them. Did you make them? You didn’t, did you? They came from the local 7-11, bakery, or wherever.” (April 17)

Biden: “I promise you, the president has a big stick. I promise you.” (April 2012)

Ann Romney:
“Stiff, he’s not, he’s funny… There’s a wild and crazy man inside there.” (May 1)

Vice President Joe Biden: “I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties." (May 9 on Meet the Press)

Obama: “He probably got out a little bit over his skis, but out of generosity of spirit. … Would I have preferred to have done this in my own way, in my own terms, without, I think, there being a lot of notice of everybody? Of course. But all's well that ends well." (May 10)

"I met a guy yesterday, seven feet tall. Yeah, handsome, great big guy, seven feet tall! Name is Rick Miller—Portland, Oregon. And he started a business. Of course you know it was in basketball. But it wasn't in basketball! I mean, I, figured he had to be in sport, but he wasn't in sport." (June 6)

Obama: “The private sector is doing fine.” (June 8)

Obama: “The highest Court in the land has now spoken. We will continue to implement this law. And we'll work together to improve on it where we can. But what we won’t do -- what the country can’t afford to do -- is refight the political battles of two years ago, or go back to the way things were.” – on the health-care law being upheld, 5-4, by the Supreme Court with Chief Justice Roberts being the deciding vote. (June 28)

“Lemon. Wet. Good.” -- asked how his lemonade was. (July 4)

House Speaker Boehner: “The American people probably aren’t going to fall in love with Mitt Romney.” (July 7)

Obama: “If you’ve got a business – you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” (July 14)

Romney: “There are a few things that were disconcerting.” – Romney on the London Olympics security preparations. (July 26)

David Cameron: “Of course it’s easier if you hold an Olympic games in the middle of nowhere.” (July 26)

Romney: “Culture makes all the difference. Culture makes all the difference.” – on why the Palestinian economy is worse than Israel’s. (July 30)

“I’m not a business.” – on why he’s not releasing his taxes. (Aug. 9)

Romney: “Join me in welcoming the next president of the United States, Paul Ryan." – introducing Ryan as his vice presidential pick. Romney came back on stage: "Every now and then I'm known to make a mistake. I did not make a mistake with this guy. But I can tell you this. He's going to be the next vice president of the United States." (Aug. 11)

Paul Ryan: "I got a new bow last year. … Oh, I got a new chainsaw. It was nice. It's a Stihl." -- asked by People magazine what his last splurge was. (Aug. 12)

Biden: "They gonna put y’all back in chains." (Aug. 14)

Romney: “The fascination with taxes I paid I find to be very small minded.” – at a news conference he arranged on Medicare using a white board. (Aug. 16)

Todd Akin: “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” (Aug. 19)

Ryan: “I’m a Catholic deer hunter. I am happy to be clinging to my guns and to my religion.” (Aug. 21)

Biden: “I’ve got a little bumper sticker for you: Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive.” (Aug. 21)

Ann Romney: “I love you womeeen!!!!” (Aug. 28)

Ann Romney: “Tonight, I want to talk to you about love.” (Aug. 28)

Chris Christie: “Tonight, we’re going to choose respect over love.” (Aug. 28)

Neil Newhouse (Romney pollster): “We’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers.” (Aug. 28)

Romney: “Four years from the excitement of the last election, for the first time, the majority of Americans now doubt that our children will have a better future. It is not what we were promised.” – Romney acceptance speech. (Aug. 30)

Clint Eastwood: “What? What do you want me to tell Romney? I can't tell him to do that. That. He can't do that to himself.” (Aug. 30)

Clinton:  “Listen to me, now. No president — no president, not me, not any of my predecessors, no one could have fully repaired all the damage that he found in just four years.” And: “It takes some brass to attack a guy for doing what you did.” – DNC convention speech. (Sept. 5)

Jennifer Granholm: “Well, in Romney's world, the cars get the elevator; the workers get the shaft.” (Sept. 5)

Obama: “America, I never said this journey would be easy, and I won't promise that now. Yes, our path is harder, but it leads to a better place.” – convention speech (Sept. 6)

Romney: “It’s disgraceful that the Obama administration’s first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks.” (Sept. 12)

Romney: “I think the best answer is as little as possible.” -- when asked what he wears to bed at night. (Sept. 14)

Romney: “Middle income is $200… 250,000 or less.” (Sept. 14)

Romney: “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it.” (Sept. 17 – when the video was first unveiled)

Benjamin Netanyahu: “Where should a red line be drawn? A red line should be drawn right here.” – speaking before the U.N. talking about Iran’s capability for a nuclear weapon and using a red marker to draw a red line on a diagram of a bomb. (Sept. 27)

“And congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your anniversary. I’m sure this was the most romantic place you could imagine — here with me!” -- first presidential debate. (Oct. 3)

Romney: “Look, I’ve got five boys. I’m used to people saying something that’s not always true, but just keep on repeating it and ultimately hoping I will believe it.” – first presidential debate. (Oct. 3)

Romney: “I like PBS, I love Big Bird. I actually like you, too.” -- to moderator Jim Lehrer of PBS in the first presidential debate. (Oct. 3)

Obama: “Well, Jim, I want to thank you, and I want to thank Governor Romney, because I think was a terrific debate.” (Oct. 3)

Biden: “With all due respect, that's a bunch of malarkey.” (Oct. 11)

Brad Sherman: “Do you want to get into this?” -- to fellow Democrat Howard Berman with whom he was competing for a redistricted congressional seat. (Oct. 11)

Romney: “I went to a number of women’s groups and said: ‘Can you help us find folks,’ and they brought us whole binders full of women.” (Oct. 16)

Obama: “Please proceed, governor.” (Oct. 16)

Tagg Romney: “You want to jump out of your seat and rush down to the debate stage and take a swing at him.” – said of President Obama after a debate in which the two candidates exchanged verbal barbs and got in each other’s space. (Oct. 18)

Obama: “Obviously, I had an off-night.” – to Jon Stewart in reference to his first debate performance. (Oct. 19)

Obama: “Well, governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets.” (Oct. 22)

Richard Mourdock: “Life is that gift from God. And even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen.” (Oct. 23)

Obama: “If you say you love American cars in the debate, but you wrote an article called ‘Let Detroit Go Bankrupt,’ you might have Romnesia.” (Oct. 23)

Obama: “The second thing I'm confident we'll get done next year is immigration reform. And since this is off the record, I will just be very blunt. Should I win a second term, a big reason I will win a second term is because the Republican nominee and the Republican Party have so alienated the fastest-growing demographic group in the country, the Latino community.” (Oct. 24)

Romney: “The President's campaign has a slogan: it is ‘forward.’ But to the 23 million Americans struggling to find a good job, these last four years feel a lot more like ‘backward.’ We cannot afford four more years like the last four years." – Romney economic speech (Oct. 26)

Christie: “The president has been all over this and he deserves great credit” – on the response to Hurricane Sandy (Oct. 31)

“Don't boo. Vote! Voting is the best revenge.” (Nov. 4)

Romney: “I pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation.” – Romney concession speech (Nov. 6-7)

Obama: “Tonight, in this election, you, the American people, reminded us that while our road has been hard, while our journey has been long, we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back, and we know in our hearts that for the United States of America the best is yet to come.” – Obama victory speech (Nov.6-7)

Romney: “The president’s campaign focused on giving targeted groups a big gift — so he made a big effort on small things. … You can imagine for somebody making $25,000 or $30,000 or $35,000 a year, being told you’re now going to get free health care, particularly if you don’t have it, getting free health care worth, what, $10,000 per family, in perpetuity, I mean, this is huge.” (Nov. 14)

Stu Stevens: “[H]e was a charismatic African American president with a billion dollars, no primary and media that often felt morally conflicted about being critical.” (Nov. 28)

Tagg Romney
: “He [Mitt Romney] wanted to be president less than anyone I’ve met in my life. He had no desire to . . . run.” (Dec. 22)


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The essential fatty acids contained in flax seed oil ensure basic cellular health in all animals.  Research shows that essential fatty acids (EFA) are as important to the health of our pets as vitamins and minerals.  Without EFAs, the cells will not form or function correctly.  These essential acids are responsible for helping the body perform biological functions and they are the building blocks for prostaglandins.  These are the things that regulate the hormones and the nervous and immune systems.  They also play a part in cardiovascular functioning.

Veterinarians have been recommending flax seed oil for dogs for quite some time.  The fatty acids offer a host of health benefits.  (Keep in mind that although we are discussing dogs here, the benefits also apply to cats, you’ll just need to vary the quantity accordingly).

One of the primary benefits of giving your dog flax seed oil is the shine that the skin and coat develop.  In addition to making the coat shiny and healthy, flax seed oil is believed to help skin conditions.

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Take dogs that have a problem chewing at their fur - with patches of skin possibly missing - this is often because of the itchy, dry skin associated with a lack of essential fatty oils. While there are topical ointments and processes you can use to temporarily relieve the itching, by using flaxseed oil poured over your dog’s food, the problem is being treated from the inside out.

There should be very positive results within about a month.    The dosage that most pet owners have found to be effective is approximately ½ to 1 teaspoon added to the dog food. (The exact amount varies depending on the weight of your dog as well - a bigger dog will obviously require a larger dose of flax seed oil).

If your dog is struggling with dry, itchy skin, you can temporarily relieve symptoms by bathing your pet it a mild baby shampoo, then following with pet conditioner.  For extreme cases, you can use your own (hypoallergenic) hand lotion.  Also, brush the skin with a gentle brush.  This will help your pet deal with the itching until the skin starts to get moisturized.

Flax seed oil isn’t only good as a skin treatment.  It has also been shown to have anti-inflammatory properties as well.  Used by both humans and dogs, flaxseed oil appears to improve mobility in both dogs and humans.

What’s more, flax seed oil has the ability to help regulate other important body functions in your dog, including blood pressure, kidney and artery function, as well as calcium and energy metabolism.

Importantly flax seed oil also contains lignin.  This is a compound that is believed to have powerful cancer fighting, anti-fungal, and anti viral properties.  There are many references available of diseases being defeated by combining flaxseed oil with cottage cheese when traditional medicines would not work.

One doctor claims that using flax seed oil for dogs (and people) in order to treat cancer can be both preventative AND a curative.  With the absence of linolic-acids in the normal “western” diet, we have seen an increase not only in cancer, but in many other chronic diseases.  Fortunately, this discovery has been an easy treatment to carry over to pets.  Simply adding flax seed oil may be a lifesaver for your dog.

Omega Fatty Acids in Flax keep your dog Healthy.

Flax seed oil for dogs can be purchased in smaller bottles, which is preferable unless you are treating a large dog population.  It needs to be stored in a cool, dry location.  The fridge is the most desirable storage location.  It is also available in capsule form.  If you choose to buy the capsules, you will either need to convince your dog to swallow pills, or you can break them open and put the oil over the food.

This is a highly unstable oil if exposed to light, heat, and air.  Manufacturing and packaging is important to ensure that you can preserve the product.  Cold pressed flax oil is preferable, as this helps to keep the delicate molecules in place.

When looking at your flax seed oil, it should be a deep, rich gold color … like liquid sunshine.  It will have a pleasing smell and light nutty taste.  If it has gone rancid, throw it out.

With so many potential benefits, this is a highly recommended supplement, not only for your pets!  Adding flax seed oil to you and your pet’s diet may have some results, even more amazing than what you had imagined.

From the Blogosphere:

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To keep your dog healthy and happy requires being familiar with the type of breed.

Choosing a Healthy Puppy

When choosing a new dog, you need to be very familiar with each breeds’ temperament.

Nutrition For Active Dogs

Dogs who are moderate to extremely active need nutritional boosts.

I have a puppy with health issues and I can’t keep

We adopted him from a friend. His parents were both healthy.

Dog Care Tips For Happy

Dog Care Tips For Happy, Healthy Dogs.

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Sunday, December 9, 2012

A day in the life of a watermelon
and its guts being consumed by our mouthessszz

Sorry guys looks like old habits die hard and I'm back to monthly posting

I'm gonna be completely honest I don't have much to say except for the fact that my arms and legs are giving way from vinyasa this morning

brain farting atm

Also I am slowly adding to my knit craze even though its 40 degrees
I can't really help it - markets are so good especially when they're filled with trendy ladies getting rid of things that make you go "why are you getting rid of this"

*ps; I want to make you guys a diy video so either shoot me ideas or anything you'd like to see feature in a video.. this probs won't be a regular thing so I'm giving you the chance to take advantage of me

小猫 said...

This would probably take a lot of time but a a mini-diy series would be super cool! Like if you demonstrated basic construction skills like cutting fabric or making patterns.

I'd love to see how you make your gorgeous handmade bikinis! Thanks for the post, love hearing from you no matter how sparsely and sporadically.

Demelza Duder said...

Yeah... Basically just some of your tricks and tips that you have to make the clothes that you do. I would love to know how you made that striped dress?

Anna said...

YUM I love watermelon!!!

I wrote a post about the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2012, could you please check it out?

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hypnotized-poison said...

beautiful picts as always xx

JJ said...

The pictures are awesome as always! For the DIY video, I think that anything you're going to tell will be useful hahaha :D

Rachel, Cold Knees said...

awesome pics, I would love some watermelon right about now.. x

maud said...

Stripe dress, bikini, basic t shirt pattern, that lace top, basically any of those would be lovely if you have the time. I have a soft spot for those pieces. >.<

Samone Mann said...

i want to see you make the a.wang inspired bralet!!!!!

Valery said...

I love your posts!
And you have me craving for watermelon now, haha.

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Now Showing on Cable: “Green Lantern”

Premiering this weekend on HBO was one of last year’s quartet of big budget superhero movies, Warner Brothers’ and DC’s “Green Lantern”. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Mark Strong and Peter Sarsgaard, the movie underperformed at the box office and was derided by critics (it sits at 27% on Rotten Tomatoes).

It was also one of my very earliest reviews, and I enthusiastically sang its praises.

Now that nine months have passed, public consensus has been arrived at, and I’ve had a chance to re-watch it, have I downgraded my opinion?

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Ok. First off, I have to admit. I’m not the most unbiased reviewer in the world, here. Everyone who knows me knows I’m a huge comic book nerd. So it’s totally possible that someone who doesn’t know who Tomar Re is going in to this – and thus doesn’t have a minor nerdgasm when he shows up – might not like this movie as much as I did.

But in this day and age, do non-fans really need to be versed in the lore going in? Even if you’ve never read a comic book in your life, don’t you know who Green Lantern is? And even if you didn’t, didn’t the marketing campaign tell you enough?

Green Lantern is the quintessential Super Hero Movie. And by now, we should all know what we’re getting when we go to a super hero movie. Superhero movies are uncomplicated affairs. It’s Good Guy vs. Bad Guy. If its an origin story, you get the added bonus level of how the Good Guy got their powers. In this case, a dude gets an alien ring that gives him super powers, flies to the sourceworld to learn how to use it, and then he fights villains. It isn’t “Inception”. It wasn’t meant to be.

So the question then becomes, was it a GOOD superhero movie? And the answer is, resoundingly, YES. One of the best.

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Ideas on fast food businesses have been increasing throughout the years. For decades, many food companies have started making frozen food products like pizzas, chicken wings and hot dogs. The fast paced lifestyle of many people prompted a revolution in fast food chains, especially food trucks. One of the most popular businesses nowadays is operating a taco truck.

How can you describe a taco truck? It’s really a truck modified to serve tacos to street customers. The idea behind a taco truck is to serve food fast and at an affordable price. People now search for options of purchasing their own taco truck, looking to start their own business. That’s why there is a demand for food trucks at the moment. But what should be looked for in a taco truck for sale?

A good truck is essential to the success of a food truck business. First impression does matter in the food industry. That’s why in looking for a taco truck for sale, make sure that it is designed for easy customization. To minimize long-term costs, a taco truck for sale can be changed and upgraded promptly when necessary with minor costs.

Next, a taco truck for sale must be able to accommodate all of the business needs. Much of the ingredients used in making a taco should be frozen or refrigerated, that’s why it is necessary to have a refrigerating compartment. Generally, a taco truck for sale means good business when it’s started. It minimizes time and cost compared to restaurants. Because of mobility, you can move the truck to events and functions, like outside baseball games. To start a business from a taco truck for sale is a big opportunity but a tough responsibility. So, in looking for a taco truck for sale, it is essential to look for the right features.

Prices of a taco truck for sale often range from $7,000 to $10,000. A basic taco truck for sale usually has a fryer, grill, compartment sinks, fridge, steam table and even a water heater. A taco truck for sale should also have the capability of withstanding various weather conditions especially when food is easily affected by temperature.

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I decided to make pumpkin cheesecake bars today. However, as I was reading through the recipe, I thought it called for 2 cups of sugar when it actually called for 1/2 a cup. Of course, I didn't realize this until just after I had mixed it into the cream cheese. I hoped for a bit that it might still be salvegable as a cheesecake, but I've given up on that. However, I do think that possibly it could be a good icing that I could freeze and use later. Right now it's 1 lb of cream cheese and 2 c sugar. Can I use this as is or should I add something to it?

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Author Notes: This is one of many little cooked salads, my Moroccan mother serves almost every shabat or holiday feasts. The ingredients are not very extraordinary but the flavor is. The spiciness of the harissa is very crucial so don't skip on it. I make my own harissa and I would be happy to share the recipe upon request (the recipe is very simple), other wise you can find harissa in any mediterranean store. Moroccan has very strick rules about how and when to serve food. This salad is only served on shabat or holiday but I like to brake the rules, I make it on weekdays as a side to a sandwich or as a snack.Shelly's Humble Kitchen

Serves 4 - 6 as a mezze

  • 10 Medium carrots
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped parsley
  • 3 Medium garlic cloves - crushed
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice (1/2 lemon)
  • 1 tablespoon Harissa
  • Sea salt
  1. Wash and peel the carrots, and slice them into ¾ inch rounds. To cook the carrots you can either steam them in a steaming pot, or you can put them into a sauce pan with two cups of water and cook with a lid on, on medium-low heat, until the carrots are soft but not too soft, for about 15 minutes (make sure not to over cook them). Drain and let them cool.
  2. Add the carrots and chopped parsley into medium salad bowl.
  3. to make the dressing, put the rest of the ingredients into a small bowl and mix it together. Pour the dressing over the carrots and toss gently. Serve immediately or keep in the fridge up to five days. The salad can be served cold but I think it tastes better in room temperature.

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It was already a bit bizarre when the United States offered a $10 million reward on Monday for information leading to the capture of Hafiz Saeed, the founder of the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba who is accused of orchestrating the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

After all, Saeed isn’t exactly in hiding. As the New York Times reported yesterday, he lives in a well-known compound on the outskirts of Lahore and appears frequently at public rallies throughout Pakistan. (You can send my $10 million check to 1899 L St. NW., Washington D.C. 20036. Thanks!)

But things reached the level of high farce today when Saeed held a press conference essentially daring U.S. authorities to come arrest him:

The 62-year-old former engineering and Arabic professor appeared on stage at a specially convened press conference in the Flashman Hotel, close to the headquarters of the Pakistan army in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.

“If the United States wants to contact me, I am present, they can contact me. I am also ready to face any American court, or wherever there is proof against me,” he told reporters in the hotel named after a fictional colonial hero.

“Americans seriously lack information. Don’t they know where I go and where I live and what I do?” he said. “These rewards are usually announced for people who are hiding in mountains or caves. I wish the Americans would give this reward money to me.”

There was evidently some U.S.-India diplomacy behind the oddly timed reward U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman announced the bounty during a visit to New Delhi. But it still seems a little odd to essentially highlight Washington’s inability to apprehend a suspected terrorist living in plain sight in a country that’s ostensibly a U.S. ally.


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Lotus Notes and Domino use the Notes Storage Facility (NSF) database to store e-mails, appointments, tasks, contacts, notes, etc.

MIME types

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File signature

The NSF has the following file signature: hexadecimal: 1a 00 (which is often followed by: 00 04 00 00)

File types

NSF defines an on-disk structure (ODS) version.

  • 16 (Notes 1.x, 2x)
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  • 43 (Notes 6, 7 and 8)
  • 48 (Notes 8)
  • 51 (Notes 8.5)

One significant change in the Record Relocation Vector (RRV) seems to be introduced in format revision 22.

The NSF basically is a collection of Notes. A Note in concept is similar to that of an object or item; mainly a container for data and metadata. Notes are used to store a vast variety of items, e.g. emails, documents, appointments, log-entries, data-views, forms, etc.

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Wal-Mart to the Rescue

A hat tip to Colby Cosh of Canada’s National Post, for (once again) highlighting one of the few success stories in the response to Hurricane Katrina.

That’s right; the same big-box retailer that Democratic politicians love to hate was actually one of the most effective organizations to respond to the storm. While FEMA fumbled through its initial response, Wal-Mart was delivering thousands of truckloads of needed supplies, providing a life-line for battered communities and their residents. Some local leaders in Louisiana and Mississippi believe residents actually owe their lives to Wal-Mart, not the federal government.

Mr. Cosh’s conclusions are based on a new study, authored by economics professor Steven Horwitz of St. Lawrence University of New York, and recently published by George Mason University’s Mercatus Center. Analyzing the response to the storm, Dr. Horwitz found that Wal-Mart (and other large retailers) were far more flexible (and adept) in meeting the challenge of Katrina.

As Horwitz discovered, Wal-Mart and building supply chains like Home Depot and Lowe’s began mobilizing for the storm well in advance. Wal-Mart’s emergency operations center started preparing for Katrina prior to the storm’s landfall in Florida, days before it struck the northern Gulf Coast. Home Depot made similar preparations, pre-positioning supplies in areas threatened by the storm. Contrast that to the ineptitude of state and local officials in Louisiana, who were still debating a proposed evacuation order--two days before the hurricane arrived.

While political leaders fiddled, Wal-Mart had 45 truckloads of water, generators and other needed items waiting at its distribution center in Brookhaven, Mississippi, only two hours from the coast. As soon as the hurricane passed, the trucks were on the road. In many locations, Wal-Mart tractor-trailers were the first “relief convoys” encountered by storm survivors.

Horwitz also notes that Wal-Mart granted wide latitude to its local and regional managers in providing disaster aid. In one Louisiana town, an employee drove a forklift through the door of his Wal-Mart store, to obtain bottled water for a local nursing home. Another outlet became a temporary barracks for police officers whose homes had been flooded by the storm.

But perhaps the best example of Wal-Mart’s empowerment policy occurred in Waveland, Mississippi, a community that was heavily damaged by the hurricane. Unable to reach her superiors, assistant store manager Jessica Lewis decided to run a bulldozer through her store, collect essential supplies that weren’t water-damaged. The supplies were then stacked in the parking lot and given away to local residents. Ms. Lewis also broke into the store’s pharmacy locker to supply critical drugs to a local hospital.

While Wal-Mart’s efforts were largely ignored by the media, they weren’t lost on local residents or political leaders. In an interview with Tim Russert on “Meet the Press” just days after the storm, Jefferson Parrish President Aaron Broussard noted that Wal-Mart had delivered three truckloads of bottled water, only to be turned back by FEMA bureaucrats.

He also quoted the area’s colorful sheriff Harry Lee who observed, “[if] the American government had responded like Wal-Mart has responded, we wouldn’t be in this crisis. The mayor of Kenner, Louisiana credited the company’s deliveries of food and water in preventing the widespread looting that occurred in New Orleans and other locations.

From Horwitz’s perspective, the lesson of Wal-Mart and its Katrina response is abundantly clear. He believes future disaster relief operations should be de-centralized, with a far greater role for private sector responses. With their superior supply-chain management, delegation of authority and willingness to take risks in a competitive market, the big-box retailers can rapidly move large quantities of supplies to affected areas and improvise when necessary, adjusting to meet changing needs or particular local requirements.

By comparison, government organizations like FEMA are highly centralized and hide-bound, encumbered by layers of bureaucracy and red tape. Not only did FEMA rebuff offers of assistance from Wal-Mart and other retailers, it also rejected volunteer doctors, fearing potential liability issues. Against that backdrop, is it any wonder that Wal-Mart beat the feds to New Orleans?

In fairness, Dr. Horwitz observes that one federal agency was effective in the aftermath of Katrina. The men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard rescued more than 24,000 people in less than two weeks and assisted in the evacuation of 9,000 from hospitals and nursing homes damaged from the storm.

Why did the Coast Guard succeed when so many federal agencies failed? With its streamlined organizational structure, strong institutional culture, knowledge of the local area and empowerment of junior personnel, the Coast Guard had more in common with Wal-Mart than its parent bureaucracy, the Department of Homeland Security. Not surprisingly, Horwitz believes the Coast Guard and FEMA should be removed from DHS, a proposal we heartily endorse.

Almost three years after Katrina, the central Gulf Coast is still rebuilding, and the federal government’s failures have become the stuff of legend. Yet, relatively few Americans know about Wal-Mart’s role in saving lives and helping thousands of victims in Katrina’s aftermath. As Mr. Cosh notes, that doesn’t exactly fit the media stereotype of Wal-Mart:

We are told that the company thinks of its store management as a collection of cheap, brainwash-able replacement parts; that its homogenizing culture makes it incapable of serving local communities; that a sparrow cannot fall in Wal-Mart parking lot without orders from Arkansas; that the chain puts profits over people.

So, it’s little surprise that the American press has largely ignored the Horwitz study, which was posted more than a week ago. U.S. readers who want to learn more about Wal-Mart’s response to the Katrina disaster must go to the Mercatus Center website. Or a Canadian newspaper.

Derf said...

I went through a hurricane in the Florida Gulf Coast a few years ago. In the town of Destin, FL the first supply columns were from bank chains. The banks have similar resources of (local satellite)communications, local managers with wide initiative, and ... money!

If you wanted ice and water, you went to the bank parking lot. I saw this lesson in action years ago. -- FJD

boinky said...

the Popular Mechanics issue on the huge rescue response shows a vast contrast to what the MSM reported...

Consul-At-Arms said...

I've quoted you and linked to you here:

Mad Fiddler said...

First, Thank you for posting this. I will link to your website on some other locations.

A very great part of the problem is that the mainstream alleged news media have a very specific agenda --- i.e., to depict the current administration in the worst possible light.

Since "Freedom of the Press" as practiced in the last few decades has come to mean "The Press is not accountable to anyone for whatever it chooses to do," the so-called journalists who flocked to New Orleans were only interested in finding scenes that supported their pre-conceived narrative. In addition, the questions raised and then smugly answered by these alleged journalists show they have no understanding of the actual planning and implementation of disaster preparedness or relief efforts.

In other words, they are incapable of recognizing effective work, because they live in a fantasy world that still believes in the tooth fairy. They seem to believe there is an unlimited supply of rescue helicopters, crews, and fuel, machines that can fly perfectly well in 175-knot winds so as to be able to rescue victims even before the hurricane has passed, if only the racist, stupid, evil BusHitler Republicans weren't deliberately keeping them grounded to ensure the genocidal sacrifice of New Orleans African Americans.

Or, to be a little less sarcastic, they have never considered the effects of a hurricane --- the tens of thousands of trees blown over, blocking the roads needed for any trucks attempting to make a convoy to the many thousands of victims. In fact, any convoy needs to carry scores of chainsaws, and plenty of healthy volunteers to clear the debris from the roadway, and even construct temporary roadways and bridges where the hurricane has washed away the structures. That means truckloads of supplies and fuel just for the crews clearing the road, tents, water, port-potties, et cetera.

Maybe they would be happy if we had several standing civilian emergency response brigades, trained and equipped with small bull dozers to clear advanced landing fields for C-130's filled with relief supplies. What do we do with 'em if we go through a hurricane season like this last, without a single major hurricane making landfall on the U.S.?


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I'm trying to replace the outer tub on a Maytag 3000 front-load washer (MHWE300VF00), but I can't get the basket to separate from the outer tub. Can someone please tell me how to separate the outer tub from the basket?

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If you have the tubs split and the inner tub will not pull free from the bearing you may want to try a rubber mallet and block of wood.

Set the piece of wood on the top of the spin basket shaft, give it a tap and tub should pull free.

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Thank you for replying. I already tried to knock it out as you suggested. I started out tapping it gently and worked my way up to hitting it so hard that I split several 2x4s. It won't budge.

Is there nothing that holds it in?

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I am actually trying to measure the speed of a simulated raindrop. Being new to arduino, any help to obtain the speed of the raindrop would be welcomed.
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/*This program computes the speed of a projectile using photo interrupter LED/transistor pairs,
   and displays the result on the serial monitor.
   The time elapsed between activation of two successive photo interrupters is measured.
   The distance between the respective sensors is divided by the time elapsed.
   The resulting value corresponds to the average speed during the interval between the two sensors.
   There are two photo interrupter pairs used to obtain average speed data.
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const int gate1Pin = 2;  //assigns the first photointerrupter to digital I/O pin 2
const int gate2Pin = 3;  //assigns the second photointerrupter to digital I/O pin 3

long startTime;
long travelTime;
float gateDist = 0.03;   //This is the spacing between gates in meters. The default
                         //is 0.03 m or 3 cm. This value should be adjusted accordingly
                         //if the gates are spaced closer or further apart. For example, for
                         //a gate spacing of 2.5 cm spacing you would need to
                         //replace 0.03 with 0.025, etc. for accurate result.
float travelSpeed = 0;   //the speed of traversing the two gates

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    travelSpeed = gateDist / travelTime * 100000000
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    Serial.print(" centimeters per second");

will this program work???

Note the time your first beam is interrupted. (T0)
Note the time your second beam is interrupted. (T1)
Telapsed = T1 - T0
Approximate speed (not accounting for any acceleration) = separation of sensors in metres / Telapsed in seconds
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You may also want to colour your "raindrop" with dye (food colouring?) so that it obscures the beams.

What do you have, what do you know? you can purchase optical sensors that may work if you can get your drop to fit....

Here available from ebay of course.
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You may want to use uS rather than mS, depends on your apparatus, but it will give you better resolution. Taking g and your distances, how quickly do you anticipate your droplet passing between the gates?
is it usual to measure in m/s  rather than cm (which i think are only valid in dressmaking)/s?

Did you write this code?

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- By lleonder [gb] Date 18.02.12 11:21 GMT
My girl is now on day 11 ( this is the day she successfully concieved her litter 2 years ago).  I am importing chilled semen from overseas so timing is everything!!
Anyway at the begining of the week her progesterone levels at day 6 were 0.2 Ng/l. On Wednesday they were 0.22 and yeserday Friday they were 0.8. We had hoped they'd be slightly higher and that the semen would be sent Monday for insemination Tuesday but after yeserdays result we have told them it wont be Monday now but are going to retest again on Monday.  I get the results back the same day but I'm still worried it may be too late.  After checking my girl this morning her bleeding is now not so red and starting to go thinner pinkish/straw colour.  Also my girls have starting pestering her and trying to hump her (I know a stud boy would be a better indicator).  I am now thinking should I tell the stud dog owner to go ahead with Monday collection anyway, should I wait and see what Monday brings?  Only problem being Mondays result would come to late for a Monday collection.
- By PDAE [gb] Date 18.02.12 11:40 GMT
WHo did ou have it done with?  I've had no problems with the results and times thatthey've given me so far. That's with Idexx.
- By lleonder [gb] Date 18.02.12 12:05 GMT
The lab is Edinburgh. Not sure of the name
- By klb [gb] Date 18.02.12 12:23 GMT
Ime progesterone is never wrong. Day 11 sound very early for AI, my girl wasn't ready until day 26 for her AI but that was with frozen not chilled semen. The waiting is agony but as you say timing is VITAL to a successful AI.
- By lleonder [gb] Date 18.02.12 13:35 GMT
I am usually a very calm person but this is so stressful! lol
I think Frozen is normally done a few days last than chilled.  What kind of success have you had with
Frozen?  I orginally thought of frozen as at least you can import it over in plenty of time etc, just thought that from
everything I could find out that it wasnt as high a success rate?
Thanks for your reply.
- By JeanSW Date 18.02.12 13:44 GMT

>After checking my girl this morning her bleeding is now not so red and starting to go thinner pinkish/straw colour.

I am not really sure why people still adhere to this belief.  The discharge does not need to be "straw coloured" for a bitch to conceive.

I have bitches that bleed heavily throughout a season.  During, and after mating.  And continue to bleed until the end of a normal season.  And give birth 8/9 weeks later.

Humping by my other bitches is normal, but they seem to do it even when my stud boy tells me that she isn't ready.  Boys are better at judging than girls!  I will use my boy to let me know the time before dashing off to the other side of the country to the sire of my choice.

Boys usually get it right.  Bitches will hump just because they're tarts!  :-)  :-)  :-)

And just because she conceived on day 11 last time, please don't think that all bitches have a pattern.  One of my bitches conceived on day 8.  And 2 years later on day 28.
- By lleonder [gb] Date 18.02.12 14:16 GMT
Hi Jean yes I know all these things are just small signs that may mean something and nothing, and your right all bitches are totally different and dont follow thier own or anyone elses rules.  My gut instinct is telling me that she's not far off ovulating even though yesterdays results should mean it is still 2-4 days away.
If I was using a stud in this country I'd have no problem and would tavel with a veiw to staying over for as long as it took but I'm not.  My bitches results were moving but still low yesterday but can I take the risk of waiting for the next blood results on Monday before arranging for the dog to be collected?  The dog lives over 3 hours from the clinic that are collecting him, he then needs to be seen by a ministry vet at another location for the paperwork to be stamped and then droped off at the fedex depo before 5 pm for next day delivery and they are 1 hour in front of us!  I am traveling at 6 am to get to the edinburgh clinic for 8 for them to rush the bloods through but we still wont get them back until lunch time at the earliest, making it too late for any collection to then be arranged that day.
- By klb [gb] Date 18.02.12 15:48 GMT
with a reading as low as 0.8ng /l on Friday your girl could easily keep you waiting until Wednesday for ovulation. Low levels progesterone can persist up to a week before reaching ovulation so retest monday and see where you are. Fresh chilled semen from young dog with good fertility should last 4-6 days but semen from older dogs or less fertile dogs may not last as long.

Frozen semen AI is done when ova have matured and ready to be fertlised as it doesn't live long post thaw. Unfortunatley I didn't get pups from my AI attempts ( 2) On both occassions my girl was blood tested pregnant and scanned in whelp for mulitple pups but started to reabsorb at 5weeks. She had litters pre AI and one post AI to natural service which were text book. No idea why she should have problems carrying AI litter -- perhaps something genetically didn't gel ?? Who knows.

Good luck , hold your nerve xx
- By JeanSW Date 18.02.12 15:51 GMT

You have my sympathies.  What a predicament.  I would go with blood results, but only you know your own  bitch.  Good Luck!
- By Brainless [gb] Date 18.02.12 17:14 GMT
For AI they like to inseminate two days after ovulation (when the ova have matured enough to be able to be fertisised), so even if she is close then you still have time.
- By mrsnewfie [dk] Date 18.02.12 20:04 GMT
Well I understand your problem. Progesteronlevels can quickly change from low to high and then it is to late.
First time my girl was  to be breed I went for the vets. advice.

My girl was 0,8 ng Wednesday (day 8 in heat) 3,7 ng on Friday and according to vet. Breed Tuesday and Wednesday.
Well on Saturday my male were nuts about her but I thought it was to early and followedvets advice.
On Tuesday (the day we should start breeding) she was at 16,7 ng and for her it was to late.
The blood had also become very light during the weekend when my male was interested.

This time almost same senario.0.6 ng tuesday day 7 in heat. Friday 3,6 ng.  My male started to show interest that day and her bleeding   also started to become lighter.  She was breed that Friday and Sunday and Monday. On monday darker blood again , bleeding stopped Wednesday. Now I am waiting and hoping for pregnancy.

I would go for "gutfeeling" about this. You know your girl. Many goodluck wishes to you!!
- By Zajak [gb] Date 18.02.12 20:27 GMT Edited 18.02.12 20:31 GMT
I agree with Mrs Newfie.  My bitch sat at a low level (the level normally just on ovulation) for almost a week and then shot up much quicker than the average bitch (typically on a bank holiday weekend).  We had been told we would be fine re testing on the Tuesday, however levels by then were already 48 nmol (different scale than ng) and by the time we get the results well over 24 hours later we were too late to mate.  These things always seem to happen on a weekend don't they?  If we had gone by the "tester" stud dog then we would have gone Sunday or Monday latest, no wonder Wednesday evening was too late.  So the bloods weren't necessarily wrong but didn't work for us due to practicality issues.  Also goes to show that they don't all have levels that increase at the same rate.

If you have enough semen for 2 inseminations then I would go by your gut.

Good luck Mrs Newfie, hope your girl has taken this time.
- By lleonder [gb] Date 18.02.12 20:51 GMT
Thanks for all the replies :)
I have been so stressed about all this, if i'd known in advance how complex the whole thing from license to the final AI was going to be I wouldnt have done it, but as I am very particular and couldnt find the perfect match in this country I went with it.  My costs without stud fees are going to be around £1300. ( dont tell my husband!)
Anyway I have now told them to go ahead and collect on Monday for it to arrive Tuesday.  That gives me at least 5 days and possibly up to 7 with the chilled. I really feel if it was a natural mating I'd have left today to try her.  The only benifit I have is that even if she has shot up and ovulated today, the eggs take 2 days to reach maturity and that is when we would start the inseminations.  I'm told the eggs last 3-4 days after maturing?  so if thats right then we shouldnt miss it.  (fingers crossed)
- By Zajak [gb] Date 18.02.12 21:02 GMT
Don't mean to panic you but eggs last 2-3 days after maturing, some only 24 hours, some 3 days.  Basically you have around 4 days from ovulation, around 48 hours for eggs to become fertile and then they stay fertile for around 48 hours.  If ovulating today then you should (theoretically) be ok until Wednesday and then eggs may be starting to die off.  All individual to the bitch of course.
- By Brainless [gb] Date 18.02.12 21:14 GMT
That is why I opted to travel with the bitch for mating, and have her mated on alternate days for as long as she and the dog would be happy to.

As you say with all the palava and costs to do the collection transportation, handling and  AI, it seemed by far the better option.
- By JeanSW Date 18.02.12 22:27 GMT

>I have been so stressed about all this

You sound it!  {{HUGS}}  But it does sound as if you have the time, and we are all sending positive vibes.

None of us on here will breathe a whisper to your husband.  :-)  :-)
- By Brainless [gb] Date 18.02.12 22:45 GMT
My husband deosn't know the dogs costs either.
- By lleonder [gb] Date 18.02.12 23:12 GMT
Thanks I will keep you all posted how we get on.
- By mrsnewfie [se] Date 19.02.12 05:54 GMT
Thank you. She is going for a scan on Friday so then I will know.
- By LucyDogs [gb] Date 19.02.12 07:09 GMT
Sadly my husband is in charge of the accounts, so he knows only too well how much I spend on the dogs. I think he's almost reached the point of despair and giving up though! :-) Good luck with your girl!
- By lleonder [gb] Date 19.02.12 11:06 GMT
Good luck on Friday!  :)
- By mrsnewfie [se] Date 20.02.12 07:27 GMT
- By lleonder [gb] Date 20.02.12 18:31 GMT
Well took my girl at 8 this morning for her blood test. Spent most of the morning expecting a call to say re-test Wednesday!  But.....she had jumped to 4.9ng :)  Just as well as I had visions of the semen laying for 7days and then being no use!
Emailed the stud dog owner who has mailed me back to say the semen is now in the hands of Fedex, everything went well, semen was excellent and 1.5billion sperm ( havnt a clue if this is good or bad?)  So just need it to arrive here safely now and will be inseminating late tomorrow or first thing Wednesday and then again 2 days later.
thanks everyone for listening to my frantic rants.
- By Brainless [gb] Date 20.02.12 18:49 GMT
How exciting, the readign, what does it mean?  Does it mean she has already ovulated?
- By klb [gb] Date 20.02.12 19:09 GMT
4.9ng or 15.5nmol/l - I would read as ovulation impending or just occurred. Estimated breeding window 2  / 4 days. Personally would opt  for Wednesday / Friday insemination.  Hope all goes well and do let us know if you get pups. Who is doing your AI - just out of interest? Curious in case I try again with another bitch.
- By lleonder [gb] Date 20.02.12 19:14 GMT Edited 20.02.12 19:16 GMT
Thats what I was thinking going by what I found on here about progesterone readings.
I'm using Innovis in Edinburgh
- By Brainless [gb] Date 20.02.12 19:39 GMT
I see they have a centre at Malvern, now that would be wihin an hour and a half's drive for me.
- By klb [gb] Date 20.02.12 20:00 GMT
Thanks for that .. Off to mooch round the web site :)
- By mrsnewfie [se] Date 21.02.12 07:39 GMT
How exciting!! And your "gutfeel" was right.
From now it is possible that she will rise  very quickly in progesteron.

A breeder I know always starting to breed or inseminate(fresh semen) at around 5 ng then again at 8-10 ng and a third time after that. She has always gotten puppies except once.  That was with  a bitch who was breed 6 times and got pregnant 2 times with complications.

Holding my fingers crossed for you!! Keep us updated!!
- By welshie [gb] Date 21.02.12 12:34 GMT
i know this is probably a daft question but for the cost and worry of AI would it not work out around the same price to go to the stud dog?
Or is it a long long way?
- By Brainless [gb] Date 21.02.12 23:36 GMT
I found it cheaper and obviously more likely to succeed to travel, but mien is a medium size breed with no issues re transport by air.

Some airlines won't fly certain breeds, especially short nosed ones, have embargoes on carrying dogs May to Sept and any time it's over a certain temperature.

Some airlines can't accommodate anything over a 42 inch long x 30 inch high travel container, and this can be a real issue with larger breeds.
- By lleonder [gb] Date 22.02.12 00:36 GMT
Never even thought of flying.  Didnt fancy the 3 day each way trip by road.  I'm not keen on boats and the tunnel doesnt appeal to me either :)
My girl is 28in to shoulder and weighs  around 54kg so I'm guessing if I found any airline to take her it was cost a small fortune.
Well tomorrow morning is first insemination so fingers crossed it all goes ok.  Then the 28 day wait......what a killer that will be.
- By Brainless [gb] Date 22.02.12 00:56 GMT
Everything crossed.
- By welshie [gb] Date 22.02.12 11:34 GMT
yep keep us posted
- By lleonder [gb] Date 22.02.12 13:23 GMT
well had the AI done. All went well but they did comment that the sperm was now only 50% instead of the 80% it had been on Monday.  She did see she's seen lower produce pups but still not what I wanted to hear.  Going back Friday for next one.
- By klb [gb] Date 22.02.12 16:39 GMT
Fingers crossed, canine semen does seem very delicate in comparison with other animals. did you have TCI rather than vaginal deposit ? If so that should help as the swimmers won't have to swin so far !!!
- By Rhodach [gb] Date 22.02.12 17:29 GMT
WOW I didn't think it would go down so quickly, I thought it would be nearer the limit of the sample before the viable count would go down.

Can I ask are the KC getting more relaxed about AI these days? Seems more posters mentioning it lately.

A friend in the US is using frozen sperm from a dog who has been dead over 10 yrs, someone recently used the same studs semen and got an over average size litter which was a surprise, it really is pot luck.
- By lleonder [gb] Date 22.02.12 17:51 GMT
Yes its trancervical insemination.  Was much like a natural mating in a way.  After they had inserted the semen they insert some other thing.  Inflate it a bit once inside and this causes the bitches uterus to contract as if in a tie, we had to hold hold onto her for 20 minutes during this so felt like a normal tie lol.
The kennel club are fine with this they only get funny if its to be done surgically and then have to have a good reason. If she goes on to have a litter then there is an extra form for registering a litter from an AI mating but its very simple.  Any puppies produced from a AI mating that go on to be bred from must produce thier 1st litter from a natural mating.
- By Rhodach [gb] Date 22.02.12 18:01 GMT
Thanks for that not that I am thinking of doing AI although there seems to be more talk these days of collecting from some of the best examples of the breed for future use.

Sounds like the balloon on a catheter being inflated in the vagina to simulate a males tie, never heard of this being done before, learn something new every day.

- By Jeangenie [gb] Date 22.02.12 18:30 GMT

>The kennel club are fine with this they only get funny if its to be done surgically and then have to have a good reason.

They also have to have given advance permission for any AI procedure, of course.
- By lleonder [gb] Date 22.02.12 19:51 GMT
You dont need advance permission anymore providing youve kept within the KC guidelines :)
- By Stooge Date 22.02.12 20:51 GMT

> Yes its trancervical insemination.  Was much like a natural mating in a way.

Transcervical means going beyond the cervical os so really a very invasive procedure and certainly not resembling a natural mating in anyway.  Do the Kennel Club guidlines really allow this? :confused:
- By Ells-Bells [gb] Date 22.02.12 20:55 GMT
Certainly looks as though it's ok - see
- By Stooge Date 22.02.12 21:08 GMT
Mmmm I am very familiar with human procedures involving the passing of fine instruments through the cervix and I know how uncomfortable it can be particularly where there has been no previous vagianal delivery.  Not something I would consider for a bitch I have to say.
- By klb [gb] Date 22.02.12 21:56 GMT
KC guidance changed some years ago, previously most AI was done surgical and you required written permission. When BVA supported Transcervical route as being less invasive the KC removed the requirement for prior permission as long as TC used. Any sugical inseminations require prior permission and if TC is not possible and surgical route used on the day supporting evidence is ( I believe) required before litter is registered.
- By Stooge Date 22.02.12 22:34 GMT Edited 22.02.12 22:37 GMT

> previously most AI was done surgical

I had always assumed it was performed by simply depositing a pipelle of semen high vaginally.  I can't imagine what the surgical method involved, can you explain?

>The General Committee will not normally accept an application to register an AI litter if the donor male is alive and domiciled in the United Kingdom,

I note that permission is still generally only given for imported semen.
- By lleonder [gb] Date 22.02.12 22:44 GMT
My girl isnt a maiden bitch but I can asure you my she was eating treats from my hand during the procedure, something she would not be doing if it was causing her pain!  I know of someone who used TCI on a maiden bitch last year and said she was absolutly fine with the procedure.
- By JeanSW Date 22.02.12 23:31 GMT
WOW I didn't think it would go down so quickly

I'm amazed that it is still 50% TBH, as I know from experience that equine semen drops fast.  Never looked at canine under a microscope, but wouldn't have thought there would be huge differences.
- By klb [gb] Date 23.02.12 17:15 GMT
Frozen or chilled semen has reduced motility or swim power, numbers of live sperm may be good but as they have reduced ability to swim, and they do not live as long after chilling (or even more life limited after freezing - a matter of hours rather than days) vaginal deposit is highly unlikely ( if not impossible) to result in pregnancy.

With surgical insemination there is a small incision to abdomen and the horns of uterus found and semen placed directly into the horn where the ripe ova are waiting ( if you have you timing correct) It is a short procedure,light GA and having had two done my girl was back home after a few hours and a bit woozy similar to having light GA for hip score. Wound was close with glue and was no more than 1 inch.

TCI requires no GA and is generally will tolerated by most bitches, even tiny ones. This deposits semen in uterus directly behind cervix so a bit more swim is required for sperm to meet egg.

You only require permission for surgical inseminations, no permission required for TCI with semen from dogs that have died or live outside UK. You cannot use AI if the sire is alive and resident in UK - Unless you have an Irish wolfhound stub over 8years Or if your stud of any breed is over 12 and has reduced fertility due to age related degeneration.
- By Stooge Date 23.02.12 20:25 GMT

> TCI requires no GA and is generally will tolerated by most bitches, even tiny ones.

It's the generally well tolerated that troubles me a little.  My experience is obviously with humans but the cervix is not designed to be dilated, indeed it's purpose is to protect the uterus from ingress from anything bigger than a sperm.  In women, any similar procedure generally results in uterine cramps at the very least and vasovagal attacks, even shock at worst.  Any dilation is generally performed with analgesia at least and often local anaesthetic if not a full general.
Whilst I can see that new blood from abroad is of great value to some breeds I do wonder if we forget this is just pedigree dogs for our own pleasure and therefore wonder if such invasive procedures are trully justified.
I'm sorry, but I cannot imagine under any circumstances the surgical procedure you describe being justified.
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    		System.out.println("Found: " + context);
    If transaction propagation for this method is set to "NOT_SUPPORTED", then it works and finds the right context. But if I set it to "REQUIRES_NEW", I am getting the following exception:

    java.lang.IllegalStateException: No value for key [ ource@1aa0e3b] bound to thread [main]
    at nSynchronizationManager.unbindResource(Transaction
    at org.springframework.transaction.compensating.suppo rt.AbstractCompensatingTransactionManagerDelegate. doCleanupAfterCompletion(AbstractCompensatingTrans
    at org.springframework.ldap.transaction.compensating. manager.ContextSourceTransactionManager.doCleanupA fterCompletion(ContextSourceTransactionManager.jav a:133)
    at atformTransactionManager.cleanupAfterCompletion(Ab
    at atformTransactionManager.processCommit(AbstractPla
    at atformTransactionManager.commit(AbstractPlatformTr
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.Transa ctionAspectSupport.commitTransactionAfterReturning (
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.Transa ctionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.jav a:117)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethod Invocation.proceed( :161)

    Has anyone had similar issue?

    Chunyun Zhao
    Last edited by Chunyun Zhao; Apr 15th, 2008, 06:43 PM.

  • #2
    Actually, there is another thread with a similar issue. It looks like there might be an issue with nested transactions. Please create a JIRA issue here. As far as I can see, there was no issue created by the guy in the other thread.