Brandys 4th of July Party (Lotsa pics)....

Stephanies Toes!

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Maybe I should have entitled this "Better Late Than Never"...

As noted 2+ weeks ago, we had gone to Brandy and Johns on the 4th of July. This is the first time I have gone to their 4th of July party since Brandy bought the farm- 
It was much easier to go when they lived only 3/4ths of a mile down the road. hehehe


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The back of the farm...

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They keep it so well cared for, even with all their animals-
And how cool to have all those outbuildings too!

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Driving in, to be welcomed so nicely by this little guy...
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Near to the sidewalk to the house-
I think he must light up at nighttime.

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We were also welcomed by this little guy!
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If I remember correctly, this is Timmy!

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I only wore a plain old flag shirt... 
John had the right idea though.

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Tracy on far left, then Joe, John, and Brandy
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Another great Tee-shirt  hehehe

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The cooks were very busy!
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Nothing "store bought" on this grill either
Those hot dogs, brats, and burgers, were ALL homegrown!

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Punk wanted out of the car, and after I asked John, she gained her freedom.

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To diminish any hard feelings, she had to meet their dogs first!
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None were too excited about meeting each other).
But no fur flew either!  hehehe

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As Casey and Punk walked toward me, there was an awful noise. (one of those completely unexpected moments that leave you wondering what to do on the spur of the moment).
Overlooked had been the fact that one cat considered the shed "her" home.
Add to that the fact that this cat had just had kittens in that shed.

The 'awful noise' was the cat; only protecting her young- While Punk kept turning in circles to either remove the cat from her face, or to be able to see what the heck was going on?!
Punk has Mr. Sputty here at home. While they play, and on occasion the cat literally hangs from her face, she really has never been attacked by a cat. She had been a "cat~attack" virgin...
She only lost a bit of DNA. No harm. No foul.

Meanwhile, Greg and John, and Johns friend shared a couple of laughs.

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Johns friend actually hails from the same part of Chicago
where Greg was born and raised.

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Add a few more brothers in law, and the conversation was even more animated!
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Inside the shed, Brandy had her hands full serving the kids and making sure everyone had what they needed.

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(I think this was just the 1st time that I was told
where to put my camera)
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Over on the west side of the shed was another conversation.
And much relaxation too!
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Miss Ashley, very overwhelmed when Mama Cat had attacked Punk, stayed near to me for a time. Always nice to talk to her and to learn what is happening in her world!

She'd come to me in tears over the cat/dog fiasco.

And looks so much better here!

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Ain't we cute?!

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She even borrowed my camera to take a picture of her mom!
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From around the corner, and through the grapevines!
What a great shot!

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John came out to say hi to Casey- 
For some of them, this was the first time that they have seen Casey since her surgeries.
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John and Casey
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And what does Greg think when another man has his arm around his Casey?
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Yeah. OK. He's kinda cute too.
(I guess).
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Miss Brandy had to run to town for a few more supplies. But took a very special few moments out of her busy day to show Isaiah the animals.
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Isaiah's first reaction was the smell in the barn. That is something, having been raised on the farm, that I never give another thought to.
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What a precious reaction though
Isaiah touches a bunny for the 1st time!

For more farm animal pictures, please CLICK HERE.

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He even got to learn where eggs come from!
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Brandy took time to show Isaiah and his Mama the animals in the pasture!
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 I was a long way from them when I snapped this picture..
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Isaiah looked the animals over, and then returned to the party.

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While I was snapping a few pictures from a distance, I was surprised to have this turn up in one of those pictures.

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The little flirtman!

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A few moments later to have snapped this picture too!
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And there is Isaiah once again
pushing the object of his affections on the swing!
Jason and Stephanie supervising.

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At one point Brandy had noticed the pastured animals reaching just a little too far under the electric fence... Sure enough the current had been broken.
We walked back up to the barn together.
She pointed out the old wooden silo that has seen better days-

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And only remaining "up" by a few cables at this point...

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From the opposite side
to see where the cattle have rubbed all the paint of the silo too

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A very good time was had by all! Only sorry that I didn't really get as many pictures as I'd wanted- Of all the kids, and grandkids too.
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Miss Britney had come to love The Punk too!

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I did get many, just not of everyone.

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I also knew it was time to get going
when Greg started taking pictures of me taking pictures!
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We had a great time!!!!  Thank you Brandy and John!

Love to All;

XOXO
Me

Damn Doctors.

Rating:	★
Category:	Other

Mad about the way I was treated this week...
But OH, the things we take for granted-
...Like walking, sitting, reclining without pain.

Remember last week when I didn't want to be taking the f00kin' Oxycodone that my doctor had prescribed?
Well, I did try it. (This, only after trying to NOT take anything except aspirin as I had run out of the vicoden over a week ago).

This oxy crap kept me awake until 5:30 the next morning. (After that point, I had gotten a few hours of sleep).

When I was at the doctor last week, he told me to call him this week and to let him know how I felt.
I called on Wednesday- I told him what had happened. He told me this was not a side effect.

SO? (No, I didn't say that, but I sure as hell wanted to).
For whatever reason all these stupid narcotics have ALWAYS kept me awake instead of knocking me out.
I have always been that way. I do not know why.

He told me to keep taking it. That he wanted me to have some relief.
(WHAT)?
Hmmm If I don't take it, then there is zero relief- Kinda chop logic there Doc- (but no, once again, I did not say a damned word back at him). I think at that point I was so surprised that he wouldn't exchange these meds that it shocked me.

Mad at the end of our short (curt) conversation, I hung up.
(I only wanted to be able to "move" -even walk around- a little WITHOUT fear of falling to my knees- I wasn't trying to move the freakin' earth- Nor did I think I should be pulling teeth just to want to walk a bit)...

I wrote the following at 3AM the next morning...


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Good Morning Doctor;

CaseyAnne had left your email address tacked onto the poster board in the back room when she moved out. I hope you don't mind that I am contacting you this way.

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I am writing to ask again that I not take the oxycodone drug.

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I am wide awake once more in the wee hours of the morning, and worse, my back is killing me. I napped for a while yesterday evening, waking about 11- I have been up ever since...

* Am I tempted to take still another pill, thinking maybe the next one won't keep me wide awake, and that maybe my back might get an hour or two of relief?
Yes, I am very tempted to try again.

* Will I take it? I definitely prefer not to.


I understand that this oxy drug is supposed to be stronger than the vicoden.

I should have done this research last week Friday, but did not.

With my history of epilepsy, the gallbladder disease, and the head injury as a child, I just don't think this is a good drug for me to be on.

When we spoke yesterday, you said that I was getting too much acetaminophen if I took the two hydrocodone at bedtime. (I also would take 2 during the day- for a total of four every day).

Why then would Dr. Jackson have increased my dosage to "1 or 2 tabs every 6 hours as needed" as she did on 7/6/09? (Her dosage was the only way I got any sleep when we had to go back to Minnesota last week).

Your words about too much, and her dosage, truly scared me into doing a bit of research (because I sure as heck don't know about this stuff).

This is what I learned. (Please let me know if this is incorrect).

"It is important to avoid taking more than 4 grams (4000 mg) of acetaminophen per day. (This includes other sources of acetaminophen, including many prescription pain medications and many non-prescription cold and cough remedies)."

The amount either of you gave me, (yourself and Dr. Jackson), vs the amount I took, was well within those guidelines; especially since I do not take anything else that includes acetaminophen.

Additionally, I do not drink, so I believe my liver is in good enough shape to tolerate either prescription dosage.

Again, please let me know if this information is incorrect.

Incidentally, the oxy drugs are the reaction, what gave Casey a seizure while in the hospital, and what had been making her heart rate go to 200+ a year ago in March. (More, that was all designated as "medically insignificant" by Dr. Hujuet (sp) at St Marys)...
Granted, she had been on two different kinds of "oxy" for a few months, but I just don't think that I should be taking that chance.

I have a copy of the initial note that I gave you about my medical history and would include it here, but it is on my old computer. I cannot get that old computer hooked up right now; it weighs a ton and is on the floor in the back room.
I do believe you kept a copy of that in my chart.

Once again I thank you for your time.
Please contact me at 920-639-2001

Sincerely,
Anne DeGrave


This is what I learned online:
"Before using Hydrocodone, tell your doctor if you are allergic to any drugs, or if you have:

* asthma, COPD, sleep apnea, or other breathing disorders; liver or kidney disease;
* a history of head injury or brain tumor;
* low blood pressure;
* a stomach or intestinal disorder;
* underactive thyroid;
* Addison's disease or other adrenal gland disorder;
* curvature of the spine;
* mental illness;

or

* a history of drug or alcohol addiction.


Before using Oxycodone, tell your doctor if you are allergic to any drugs, or if you have:

* asthma, COPD, sleep apnea, or other breathing disorders;
* liver or kidney disease;
* underactive thyroid,
* curvature of the spine;
* a history of head injury or brain tumor;
* epilepsy or other seizure disorder;
* low blood pressure;
* gallbladder disease;
* Addison's disease or other adrenal gland disorders;
* enlarged prostate, urination problems;
* mental illness;

or

* a history of drug or alcohol addiction."


The above info copied from here: http://www.drugs.com/

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Funny. In a very odd sort of way...

After I sent him all of this, I had a prescription in my hands within hours.

Go figure.

XOXO
Me

Simple Question for You.

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Have a good one!

XOXO
Me

Catch up day- Bear with me... XOXO, Me

The Trip. The Tree. (And The Tale of Them Both).

The butt of what we didn't need...

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Good Morning Everyone, and Happy Weekend too!
As you know by now, Casey had a very happy conclusion when she saw Dr. Sutherland-
NO MORE INSULIN!  (Still thanking God for that)...

But there were a few other things that caught my camera's attention for one reason or another...

After she was done, we saw these 2 guys were working hard.
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Concrete is heavy heavy work
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Or maybe I should say, "HARDLY WORKING?

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Just send the other guy away and whip out a book!
No way to tell what this obvious foreman was reading either.

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But I did wonder if he was the one holding up 6 miles of oncoming traffic?
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Then there was THIS place...
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C'mon- You have to pull in...
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Whew! `It was a gas station, and NOT a front for a whorehouse.
(Or maybe it was where that guy bought his book)? 

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Not really wanting to relieve ourselves at that station, (would YOU HAVE?); we opted for the next "Park and Potty" (rest stop) up the road...

Even Punk needed a bit of relief.


Obviously stumped, (no pun intended), she had to ask...

" But Mama, what IS it? "

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She was SO happy that she saw a tree,
that she just HAD to take a picture.

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Casey is such a little kid sometimes.  Now that she has my old camera, she takes many pictures too.  (She just never gets around to uploading them).
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A car wash at Shell to remove all the illegal alien bugs...
And to allow us to see out just a little bit

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More catching up in a bit-
Unless Casey pulls in. (Then I'll probably get beat up for telling y'all about the "tree"). hehehe

Love to all!

XOXO
Me

Now let's see how soon before she gets to this blog...
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Yup, Still giggling....

Propofol Recall, ~Hmmm... Can you add?

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm172474.htm
This is one of the drugs found in Michael Jackson's home.
If I add 2+2, this would be very suspicious...

Note: I am NOT saying this specific brand was in his home, but the question arises.

XOXO
Anne

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Teva Pharmaceuticals USA issues a voluntary user-level nationwide recall of Propofol Injectable Emulsion 10 mg/mL 100 mL vials, lot numbers 31305429B and 31305430B



Contact:
Denise Bradley
denise.bradley@tevausa.com
215-591-8974



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - July 16, 2009 – Teva Pharmaceuticals USA is initiating a voluntary recall of Propofol Injectable Emulsion 10 mg/mL 100 mL vials, lot numbers 31305429B and 31305430B. The product lots identified are being recalled due to the presence of elevated endotoxin levels in some vials within these lot numbers.

Teva has been notified of 41 propofol-treated patients who experienced post-operative fever, chills and other flu-like symptoms. Based on available information it appears that all febrile or flu-like reactions were self-limiting with spontaneous resolution.

Adverse health effects, such as fever, chills, or rigors, are possible with exposure to product with elevated levels of endotoxins. Serious adverse effects, such as disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, acute respiratory distress syndrome, shock, and death, are possible with exposure to product with high endotoxin levels.

For use as an anesthetic agent, propofol should be used only by professionals trained in the administration of general anesthesia. For sedation of intubated, mechanically ventilated patients in the Intensive Care Unit, propofol should be administered only by persons skilled in the management of critically ill patients.

Customers who have Propofol lots 31305429B and 31305430B in their possession are instructed to cease using the product and return it to their distributor.

Teva Pharmaceuticals USA is voluntarily recalling the aforementioned lots. FDA and CDC have been apprised of this action.

Consumers with questions may contact 1-866-262-1243 from 8:00 am – 8:00 pm EDT Monday – Friday.

Any adverse reactions experienced with the use of this product should also be reported to the FDA’s MedWatch Program by phone at 1-800 FDA-1088; by fax at 1-800-FDA-0178; by mail at MedWatch, HF-410, FDA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20852-9787, or on the MedWatch website at www.fda.gov/medwatch.



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Harry Potter and the All-Day Pass

http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/radicalmiddle/default.aspx
Jul 16 2009
Harry Potter and the All-Day Pass
(because nothing says hogwarts quite like central Florida)...


All the press and fuss over the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince — haven’t seen it yet; can’t wait; counting down to a Saturday afternoon screening once Adam gets back from camp — got to me wondering about the status of the Harry Potter theme park, announced a little over two years ago and threatened slated to be built in Orlando, Florida.

Turns out the abomination thing is right on schedule and slated to open in Spring 2010.
Universal Orlando even has a brand-new teaser web site that includes (old) news, a gallery of Early Conceptual Renderings, and a page to sign up for early email updates that includes not a single reference, joke, or allusion to owls.
It’s all very corporate and sparkly — by which I mean, uninspired and dreary — and it convinces me all the more that this site, which could (and, of course, should) be so filled with magic and wonder will instead be filled with product and dross.

It also reminds me of the post I wrote at the time of the initial announcement — one that I stand by, and that still amuses me, to this day:

I'm intrigued by the news out of London today that J.K. Rowling has given the go-ahead for a Harry Potter theme park to be built in Orlando, Florida. I'll admit that the idea of walking around a full-scale construction of Hogwarts, complete with enchanted ceilings and moving staircases and peevish poltergeists swirling overhead, gives me a kick. But that kick lands squarely in my pants as soon as I imagine climbing to the top of Gryffindor Tower, looking out one of the windows, and seeing some roller coasters and a couple of waterparks in the distance.

If someone's really going to do this — and if it really is, as the press release promises, intended to be the world's first immersive Harry Potter themed environment — then the damned thing shouldn't be built in great, flat, hot, sunny, mega-Muggled, uber-commercialized central Florida. The Black Lake shouldn't be man-made, the Dark Forest can't have palm trees, and Hagrid's Hut should not be a couple of miles from Disney World, down the street from an IHOP and a Ramada Inn. It should be in rural England, first of all. But if it must be in America, then it should be somewhere reasonably remote, surrounded by lakes and trees and mountains, nestled in a setting that may not be exactly as Rowling has described it, but that is close enough to evoke the proper senses of magic and mystery and ethereal distance from our everyday lives. And you should only be able to access the grounds by rail, by riding on a replica of the Hogwarts Express and then walking, or perhaps riding in a boat or a horseless carriage, all the way to its oak front doors.


And then, if they're really, really going to do it right, they need to pull no punches (or spells, or hexes) in the creation and execution of their immersive, narrative-inspired thrill rides.
Because we'll all want to go on the the
Watch Your Parents Get Killed By Voldemort ride,
the Get Chased and Bitten By a Giant, Demonic Basilisk ride,
the Have Your Soul Sucked Out By a Horde of Dementors dark ride,
the Watch Wormtail Kill Cedric and Then Cut Off His Own Right Hand roller coaster,
the Your Head Hurts More Than Ever and You Have to Watch Some Crazy Witch Kill Your Godfather attraction,
and the Cower Beneath Your Invisibility Cloak as Dumbledore Dies and Plummets Seven Stories to the Cold, Hard Ground attraction — which would, of course, be followed soon after by the Attend Dumbledore's Funeral and Feel Like All Hope is Lost music and magic show.

And then, if Book Seven unfolds as I think it must, you can end your fun-filled day with the Die an Excruciating Death Like Harry So You Too Can Save the World thrill ride extravaganza, before buying a couple of souvenirs at the Whomping Willow Gift Shop (Our Prices Can't Be Beaten, But You Can!)
and returning to your cars on a Fawkes the Phoenix Afterlife Shuttlebus.

That sounds like some sure-fire family fun, that does. And no matter how truly intense or immersive it became, it sure would beat the hell out of watching a Quidditch match, played on the Minute Maid Pitch at Amway Arena, only an hour or so after you'd finished eating breakfast at Stuckey's.

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This guy has the proper perspective, wouldn't you agree?
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XOXO
Me

The Death of The Hornet- (Deliverance)?

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Good-Something;
It is near to 3 in the morning, but since I haven't slept a wink, it can't be morning...


Oka said she would love to know the story of the car. So here goes. 

One of my old AMC Hornets.  (I had 4; just couldn't get enough).

This one in particular; I swear it was either possessed, or built on a Monday. Though I never knew which. When I bought it, it was about 5 years old. And it ran real good for the 1st year and a half.
Since I had never had a problem with an AMC, (and because I could fix darn near anything on them), when it began to not start I erroneously thought that between myself and Dad we would figure it out.

Not starting however, turned out to be a bigger problem than the 2 of us put together. After a time, we had just about rebuilt the darn thing!

It would never not start when I was away from home. Only in the parking lot.
And it didn't matter if it was cool or warm, or 10 degrees below zero, or 90 degrees above.

When it didn't want to go, it simply would not start.

Every now and then, jamming the "prndl" up then back into a park position would do the trick. (This one was an automatic, and with that, supposedly a step up for me).
Yeah right.

We never did figure it out either. It took me a while to get the money for a different car at that point too; and with 3 little kids, it was tough to walk to the stores.

Does "difficult but not impossible" ring any bells?

And so we did. And we would take the city bus if need be.

I couldn't just call my parents either- Retired or not, they still only had one car. And if that car had left at 4 AM to go to Kewaunee to fish, then it was hopeless to even want to go anywhere that day. 3/4's of the time Dad was gone fishing, catching up on all those years he was tied to home milking cows.

One afternoon, I had a dentist appointment for all the girls, and Dr. Staehly's office was clear on the other side of town.
Dad was off fishing, and everyone I knew (with a running vehicle) was working that day. I had to cancel that appointment- A huge time slot for any dentist...

Mad as I was, I went out there a bit later in the afternoon.
I turned the key. It fired right up.
Not needing to go anywhere else until later, I shut it off.

That night was CCD for the kids- We were running late, and so I would take them.
Long story short, Miss Helen from streetside in the lower courtyard ended up bringing them. When I called her again to pick them up, it came as no surprise to her that my car wouldn't start then either.

It must have come as no surprise to our managers, who had seen me get out of the car, kick it twice, hard, swear, and then throw myself on it, beating it with my arms and legs. I heard the laughter all the way from Russ and Shirleys kitchen!
She'd come to the door after I had gotten that out of my system, and had tears in her eyes from laughing so darn hard.

I laughed too then, but that was the last straw-
The one day too many that it wouldn't start...

I thought of too many of my morning coffees, ruined, as I would look out and across the courtyard...
My eyes would settle on that massive piece of crap car in the parking lot.
(Helluva way to start my days).

In between husbands, I had been dating a very nice man who offered to tow it out here with his pickup. (Legal or not, it was the only way to get that damned car out of my sight).

After trying for a few days, on and off again, and finding it wouldn't turn over, I finally called my friend. I tried starting it twice before we chained it up behind his truck.

As we pulled in the yard here, I dared to turn the ignition one more time.

The damn thing started!  (Too little, too late).

No car had ever made me so mad before then. (Or since for that matter).

We unchained it- still running, and I backed it in next to the old corn crib.
I shut it off.
That is exactly where it stayed.

I told Pa I was done messing with it, and not to even bother.

In those days, Dads friend was co~owner of S & L Implement, and they also sold new and used cars. 
Dad called Harry Slezewski-
Would he be able to find me a car?
Yes!!! He even had one on the lot!

My friend Beth was then VP of the old bank in Suamico. Would she be able to write something up?
Yes! I took out a loan the very next day. 

That was in May of that year-

Every time I came out to visit, that silly car was just sitting behind the corn crib; its front end just peeking out of the uncut lawns.
To this day, I swear it was evil.
The mechanic that lived inside of me would ensure that I would walk out there and look at it. And think.
(I think that damn car possibly leered right back at me too).

...And lead us not into temptation...

At one point I had the 12 gauge shotgun real handy.
And the 'think' went off in my head like a giant light bulb.
Smiling, I found that I just couldn't help myself.

As I went out the door, Mom wanted to know what I was doing, (as she was already reaching for her little Kodak disc camera).

I remember saying that I was going to shoot the damned thing.

I also remember hearing her holler after me, "WHAT THING?"

...But deliver us from evil...


Taking a deep breath, aiming, and telling Mom she would only get one shot of me with her camera, I pulled that gun tight to my shoulder...

Not too many things have felt so good as when my index finger twitched and that gun discharged...
I never looked at it after that.
Nor did I ever feel that evil coming from it again.
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Photo dated June, 1984

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So there ya have it!
A girls gotta do what a girls gotta do.

Love to all

XOXO
Me

Wish me luck... I cannot stand being 'grounded' any more. I am taking Punkie to the woods, come hell or high water. Love to all. XOXO Me

More Dry Milk Products and Links...

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm171489.htm
If YOUR pantry contains items with whey powder OR dry milk, kindly toss the items.

XOXO
Me

Note too this is instant dry milk produced during the past TWO YEARS!
Damn, hey?


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* Diamond Crystal® English Toffee Cappuccino, 12-ounce foil pouch
* (Lot numbers: B015J50218, B045J50218, 015JCA0218, 045JCA01 and 045JCA0218);

* Diamond Crystal® Malted Milk Powder, 12-ounce foil pouch
(Lot numbers: 003JBA0521, 092JCA, 092JCA0521, 092JCB0521, 127KC, 127KCB, 192JCA0521, 192JLA0521, 247JCA0521, 274JCA, 274JCA0521, 276JCA0521, 341HCA0521, 346HCA0321 and 346HCA0521);

* Diamond Crystal® Nonfat Dry Milk, 5-pound foil pouch
(Lot numbers: 009JDB8262, 010JDA8262, 022JDA8262, 022JDB8262, 026KDB8262, 027KDA, 027KDA8262, 027KDB8262, 047KDB8262, 048KDA8262, 048KDC8262, 063JDA8262, 063JDB8262, 063KDB, 063KDB8262, 064JDA8262, 064KCC8262, 064KDA8262, 064KDC8262, 077KDA8262, 077KDB8262, 085JDB8262, 086JDA8262, 086JDB8262, 096KDA, 096KDA8262, 096KDB, 096KDB8262, 097KDC, 097KDC8262, 105JBA8262, 105JBA8262, 105JDA8262, 111KDB, 111KDB8262, 129JAB8262, 131KD, 131KDB, 132KD, 132KDA, 136JDA, 136JDA8262, 136JDB8262, 136JSA8262, 140KD, 140KDA, 140KDB, 141KD, 144JDB3043, 158JDA8262, 158JDB8262, 161JDA8262, 167KDA, 167KDB, 169JDB, 169JDB0262, 169JDB8262, 169JFB8262, 169JFB8262, 170JDA0862, 170JDB8262, 192JDA8262, 225JDA8262, 227JDA8262, 227JDB8262, 262HDB8262, 263HDA3862, 263HDA8262, 263HDB8262, 269JDB8262, 274JDB8262, 276JDA8262, 281HDB8262, 282HAA8262, 282HDA8262, 288JDB8262, 292HDA8262, 292HDB8262, 292HDC8262, 305HDA8262, 305HDB8262, 315JDB8262, 316JDA8262, 316JDA9262, 318HDB8262, 332JDB8262, 336JDB8262, 337JDB8262, 339JDC8262, 341HDA8262, 341HDB8262, 345HDA8262, 354HDA8262, 354HDB8262, 358JDA8262, 358JDC8262 and 359HDA8262);


* Diamond Crystal® Oatmeal Variety Pack, 55.6-ounce pouch
(Lot numbers: JUN2610I83, JUN2610I8A, JUN2610I8B, MAR10I8A, MAR1810, MAR1810I, 18MAR10, BBMAR1810, MAR1810I2A, MAR1810I8, MAR1810I8A, MAR1810I8B, MAR1810I8M, MAY1810, MAR1910I8A, MAY2810, 052810, MAY281018B, BBMAY2810, MAY2810I, MAY2810I8A, MAY2810I8B, MAY2810I8E, MAY2810I9P, MAY282010, OCT09I8B, CT2309, BBOCT2309, OCT2309I, OCT2309I2B, OCT2309I8A, OCT2309I8B, OCT2309I8C, OCT2309IB, OCT2309KA, OCT23I8B, OCT2709I8B, 107029, OCT2309, OCT2509, SEP009SA2, SEP0309KA2, SEP0809K, SEP0809K2A and SEP0890KA2);


* Diamond Crystal® Raspberry Vanilla Cappuccino, 12-ounce foil pouch
* (Lot numbers: 049KCB0235, 049KCC0235, 049KCC0255, 060JCB0235, 155KCA, 208HCA0235, 231HCB0235, 260JCA0235, 282HCA0235, 311HCB0235, 326JCA0235, 326JCA0255 and 331HCB0235);


* First Cafe Original Cappuccino, 12-ounce foil pouch
(Lot numbers: B015J29364, B015J50204, B028J50204, 015JCB0204 and 028JCB0204);


* First Cafe White Chocolate Caramel Cappuccino Mix, 12-ounce foil pouch
(Lot numbers: B015J50291, B020K50291, B027K50291, B031J50291, B071J50291, B316H50291, B341H50291, B365H50291, D015J50291, V134K50291, 015JCA0291, 020KCA, 020KCA0291, 027KCA, 027KCA0291, 031JCA0291, 222HCA0291, 228HCB0291, 267JCA0291, 316HCB0291, 341HCA0291, 365HCA0291 and 391HCA0291);


* Grindstone Cafe™ White Chocolate Caramel Cappuccino, 12-ounce foil pouch
(Lot numbers: B004J50313, B015J50310, B015J50313, B021K50313, B034K50313, B129J50313, B152J50313, B219J50313, B232J50313, B287J50313, B295J50313, B299J50313, B299K50313, B303J50313, B326J50313, B365H50313, D015J50313, D129J50313, D299H50313, D326J50313, M179J50313, V021K50313, V287J50313, 004JCB0313, 015JCA0313, 015JCB0204, 021JCA0313, 021KCA, 021KCA0313, 037KEB0913, 120KCA, 129JCC0313, 287JCA0313, 295JCA0313 and 326JCB0313);


* HHL™ Vanilla Instant Breakfast Drink, 5.4-ounce pouch
(Lot numbers: V03129, V03129-2, V031292, V03208, V03208-1, V032081, V06117-1, V061171, V08018, V08018-2, V080182, V08317-2, V083172, V103081, V10318, V10318-1, V103181, V12117-1, V121171, V121171-1, V127B and V132117-1);


* Monarch® Nonfat Milk Powder, 5-pound foil pouch
(Lot numbers: 009JDB8265, 010JDA8265, 011JDA8265, 011JDB8265, 027KDA8262, 027KDA8265, 027KDB8265, 033JDA8265, 048KDA8265, 048KDB8265, 060JDA8265, 063JDB8265, 063KDA8265, 063KDB, 063KDB8265, 079KDC, 079KDC8265, 082KDC8265, 085JDA8265, 085JDB8265, 097KDA, 097KDA8265, 097KDC, 097KDC8265, 111KDB, 111KDB8265, 112KDC, 112KDC8265, 120JDA8265, 122JDA8265, 122JDB8265, 123JDA8265, 131KDA, 131KDB, 135JDB8265, 136JDA8255, 136JDA8265, 136JDC, 136JDC8265, 141KD, 141KDA, 143JDA8265, 167KD, 169JDA8265, 169JDB8265, 193JDB8265, 202JDB8265, 226JDB6265, 226JDB8265, 227JDA8265, 228JDB8265, 240HDA8265, 250HDA8265, 263HDB3265, 263HDB8265, 263HFB8265, 264HDA8265, 272HDB8265, 276JDA8265, 288JDA8265, 289JDA8265, 292HDB8265, 306HDB8265, 315JDA8265, 315JDB, 315JDB8265, 318JDB8265, 337HDA8265, 337HDB8265, 354HDB8265, 358JDA8265, 358JDB8265, 360HDA8265 and 364HDB8265);


* Rituals® English Toffee Cappuccino, 12-ounce foil pouch
(Lot numbers: 060JCA0273 and 560JCA0273); and
* Rituals® Original Cappuccino, 12-ounce foil pouch
(Lot numbers: 030JCB0275 and 030JGB0275).

Customers with questions or concerns about the recall may contact Diamond Crystal Brands Inc. at 800-654-5115 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET.

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Nutrition Global, LLC recalls certain batches of SNI Pro Whey, SNI Pro Mass and Sci Labs Mass Fuzion Dietary Supplement bearing LOT numbers as shown below because of Possible Health Risk
Click for more info...
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm171500.htm

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***Cakes, etc...

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm171298.htm
PLENTIFUL PANTRY RECALLS ALMOND POUND CAKE WITH CINNAMON SAUCE, 741; ALMOND POUND CAKE, T2940; BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE HEALTH RISK

Plentiful Pantry of Salt Lake City, Utah is recalling the following products:

3,871 units of 741, Almond Pound Cake w/ Cinnamon Sauce

84 units of T2940, Almond Pound Cake

The above listed products have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.


The product is intended for wholesale/retail sale and was distributed wholesale/retail throughout the U.S. with UPC 660550007418.


T2940 Almond Pound Cake is packed in16 oz white poly pillow pack bags with 1 unit to a finished, ready for retail box, packaged 12 finished boxes to a master case. The following lot numbers and dates of manufacture are found on the white poly pillow pack bag inside finished box:
Lot 82025 Date of Manufacture 07/09/2008
Lot 82026 Date of Manufacture 07/09/2008
Lot 83505 Date of Manufacture 10/15/2008


Distributors/Wholesalers/Retailers/Consumers that have purchased any of these products are urged to produce a digital photo of any remaining product and forward the photos, along with the completed Recall Return Response Forms to info@plentifulpantry.com or fax to 801-977-8202 then destroy the product. Consumers may also contact Plentiful Pantry at 801-977-9077.

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Hot Chocolate...

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm171297.htm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - July 8, 2009 - BERKELEY, Calif. -- A nationwide voluntary and precautionary recall of Hot Chocolate Recovery Drink Mix from CLIF SHOT® sold in 40-gram, single-serve packets and 12-pack boxes with a “Best By” date of 19SEP09R was announced today because the powdered drink mix contains organic non-fat dried milk made by the Plainview Milk Products Cooperative, Plainview, Minn. Plainview recently issued a recall of certain non-fat dried milk products that were made on equipment found to contain Salmonella during an FDA investigation of the facility.

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Now please go check your cupboards!
From oatmeals to cappuccino, to hot cocoa/chocolate...
And especially if you don't think there is milk powder or whey in it.
(It does too make sense)...

ARRGGHHH...

I have to nap or something. I promise to catch up with everyone later today. (That is, if you are caught up with me)... XOXO, Me

Method to My Madness. (Maybe)?

Happy Saturday All;
Just a brief explanation before I try to go back to sleep...

I had said in yesterdays blog that I was afraid of taking the new meds prescribed to me by my doctor. (A few of you made me giggle at your own comments as to the solution to my refusal to take the drug)! hehehe


A year ago in March, Casey was in the hospital for yet another pancreatitis attack. At that point she had been on the oxycodone drugs- (1 long acting, and one type for her breakthrough pain).
It was during the course of that drug treatment that her heart rate had gone above 200 more than a few times.
It was during that hospitalization she had that seizure.
Caseys heart rate had remained above 100 for a long time.
"Medically insignificant" is what Dr. Hujuet at St Marys Hospital in Green Bay had called it. (CLICK for that story).

It was determined that the seizure, the tremors and other problems were caused by this drug.

This oxy crap is what my doctor has prescribed for me!
(Yes, he has my medical history).
But his line of thinking is that the other (hydrocodone, aka Vicoden) was not working for me.

• Know that I was hospitalized at 3+ years old.

I had fought the good fight to NOT come inside at supper time.  To deal with such a child, my dad, along with my foster brothers had begun chasing me- (we were all laughing and having a fun time with this)...

Long story short, I jumped off the front porch at one point, and cracked my head open.

At the hospital I was given an EEG, and it was determined that I was epileptic.
I took pills (dilantin and phenobarbital) for this until I was 18; and quit cold turkey when I got married, never having had any episodes before, during, or after. (Although Mama said I did, I do not remember).

BUT...

...IF this IS what caused Casey's seizures,
and IF I have just been "lucky" so far...
do I really want to take that chance?

It has always been my assertion that anyone who falls down and cracks their forehead open, requiring 7 stitches, would have an abnormal EEG.
Not being a doctor though I do not know.
Nor do I know why subsequent EEG's showed the need for continuing meds.

I look forward to your input...
Right now though I need to rest a bit-

XOXO
Me

Animal Cruelty (ASPCA).

If you are not sickened by any of this, please let me know so I can remove you from my friends list.

XOXO
Anne

Note too there are many individual links on every page I have copied.
Please take a moment go to the links to learn more about any topic.



"
The crowd's roar dulled to a hum as the next two fighters appeared...
The previous match had been short, as one contestant quickly outmatched his opponent, mauling him badly and tearing off an ear.

But this final fight matched two highly respected and feared combatants. They eyed each other warily as their handlers finished corner preparations.

Spectators came to the edge of their seats, and fathers lifted children to their shoulders for a better view as the judge stepped to the center, called the dogs to their scratch lines and yelled, "Let 'em go!"

A cheer arose as the dogs charged across the pit and violently slammed into each other, teeth flashing as they sought a vulnerable target.
The dogs came apart once, when the brindle appeared to give up, and turned for a moment.

They were returned to their scratch lines and held.
Both dogs were breathing hard and bleeding.

"Let 'em go," the judge called again.
If the brindle failed to attack now, he would lose.
But he was a game dog, and responded to an instinct bred into him over generations and nurtured through training.
As the brindle charged across his line, his opponent's handler released him with the encouragement,
"Finish him, Bo."
Tired and weakened by his wounds, the brindle was slow to meet Bo's ferocious attacks.
Bo grabbed the brindle's right front leg in powerful jaws, bit and twisted.

The "snap" of breaking bone was heard as the brindle was flipped onto his back, while Bo sought a better grip on his opponent’s throat.

Remarkably, as the judge ordered the handlers to break the dogs, the brindle tried to crawl after Bo, still intent on fighting.
His handler gently wrapped him in a blanket, saying, "No more, boy. It's over."
"
Stolen from here:
http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/dog-fighting/history-of-dog-fighting.html

For more than a century, humans have deliberately pitted dog-aggressive dogs who will instinctively give their all in staged fights against one another. Why are animal welfare advocates no closer to ending this brutal bloodsport?

This fight could have occurred in any state, in a barn or a city warehouse.
The participants could have been Caucasian, African American or Hispanic, and the year could have been 1897 or 1997. Since the 1800's, dog fighting has attracted the attention and admiration of royalty, politicians, doctors, farmers and police officers, as well as the wrath of animal protectionists, who have fought hard to end it. Yet achieving a better understanding of this bloodsport, rather than simply condemning it, must precede any real effort at wiping it out...

Read more about the history of dog fighting...
http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/dog-fighting/history-of-dog-fighting.html

Cruelty Glossary
*** Farm Animal Cruelty Glossary about the same (below)...

• Animal Cruelty: Acts of violence or neglect perpetrated against animals are considered animal cruelty. Some examples are overt abuse, dog fighting and cockfighting, and denying a companion animal the basic necessities of care, such as food, water or shelter.
• Animal Hoarding or Collecting: Obsessive/compulsive disorder in which individual keeps a large number of animals-sometimes more than 100-in his or her home, and neglects to care for the animals and the home environment; "collectors" are usually in extreme denial about the situation. Technically, hoarding can be considered a crime, as it is a form of neglect.
• Animal Welfare Act: Act passed into law in 1966 that ensures that pets and animals used in research and for exhibition purposes are provided humane care and treatment. The act also assures the humane treatment of animals during transportation in commerce and outlaws the sale or use of animals who have been stolen.
• Backyard Breeder: Individual whose pet either gets bred by accident, or who breeds on purpose for a variety of reasons-a desire to make extra money, for example, or to let the children witness "the miracle of birth." The animals involved are usually not tested for genetic or health.
• Battery Cage: A wire cage, measuring no more than sixteen inches wide, in which four or five hens are housed. These cages are lined up in rows and stacked several levels high on factory farms. This system of production has been outlawed by countries in the European Union.
• Branding: The practice of burning an identifying mark onto the body of an animal using an extremely hot iron stamp, or “brand,” pressed hard into the animal’s flesh for several seconds without anesthesia. Ranchers use brands to distinguish their cattle and hogs from those owned by others.
• Broilers: Chickens raised for meat consumption on modern factory farms. These birds have been selected or bred so that their bodies grow very rapidly. Learn more about our efforts to protect animals in factory farms.
• Bullhook: Tool commonly used in the training and management of elephants. According to accounts by several former Ringling Bros. employees and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), elephants who perform in Ringling Bros. circuses are repeatedly beaten with sharp bullhooks.
• Canned Hunts: The canned hunt is a practice in which hunters pay fees to shoot and kill exotic animals in a confined area from which they are unable to escape.
• Charreadas (also Charrerias): Rodeos popular in Mexico and the American Southwest. Aspects of this sport—specifically, the two events known as colas (bull-tailing) and manganas (horse-tripping)—are considered by many to be extreme cruelty. Horse-tripping has been banned in California, Texas, New Mexico and Maine.
• Cockfighting: A blood sport in which two roosters specifically bred for aggressiveness are placed beak to beak in a small ring and encouraged to fight to the death.
• Debeaking: A process that involves cutting through bone, cartilage and soft tissue with a blade to remove the top half and the bottom third of a chicken’s, turkey’s or duck’s beak. This measure is taken to reduce the excessive feather pecking and cannibalism seen among stressed, overcrowded birds in factory farms.
• Declawing: The act of surgically amputating the entire distal phalanx, or end bone, of an animal's toes. The surgery is non-reversible, and the animal suffers significant pain during recovery. Declawing has been outlawed in many countries in Europe.
• Downers: Animals headed for slaughter who become too sick or injured to walk unassisted. The Downed Animal Protection Act outlaws the practice of transporting downers to auctions and stockyards for slaughter and requires that these animals be humanely euthanized.
• Ear Cropping: The cropping of a purebred dog's ears to conform to a breed standard. Although this unnecessary cosmetic surgery is regularly performed by some veterinarians, it is often done by untrained individuals, without anesthesia, in unsterile environments.
• Electric Cattle Prod (also called a Hotshot): A device that can deliver an electric current to an animal. It is used to stimulate movement in animals; commonly used with livestock and in rodeos. When animals are poked with the electrified end, they receive a high-voltage, low-current electrical shock. The short shock is not strong enough to kill a large animal, but is enough to cause some pain.
• Factory Farm: A large-scale industrial site where many animals raised for food—mainly chickens, turkeys, cows and pigs—are confined and treated with hormones and antibiotics to maximize growth and prevent disease. The animals lead short, painful lives; factory farms are also associated with various environmental hazards.
• Felony Cruelty: Animal cruelty is considered a crime in all 50 states. But in some states it is taken more seriously-and carries a felony charge, rather than a misdemeanor.(Look up your state's animal cruelty laws. See link below).
• Feral Cat: A cat too poorly socialized to be handled and who cannot be placed into a typical pet home; a subpopulation of free-roaming cats.
• Foie Gras: To make this pricey gourmet delicacy, birds are force-fed enormous quantities of food three times daily via a pipe that is inserted into the esophagus. This leads to enlargement of the animal's liver and sometimes rupturing of the internal organs, infection and a painful death. The process typically lasts up to four weeks, until the birds are slaughtered. Learn more about our efforts to protect animals in factory farms.
• Forced Molting: Process by which egg-laying hens are starved for up to 14 days, exposed to changing light patterns and given no water in order to shock their bodies into molting. It is common for 5 percent to 10 percent of hens to die during this process.
• Hog-Dog Fighting (also called Hog-Baiting or Hog-Dog Rodeos): A blood sport in which a hog or feral pig is mauled by a trained fighting dog in an enclosed pen. Because its legality, as determined by state anti-cruelty laws, can be vague, many states, particularly in the American South where hog-dog fighting is more common, have passed laws specifically criminalizing it.
• Intentional Cruelty: Intentional cruelty occurs when an individual purposely inflicts physical harm or injury on an animal; usually an indicator of a serious human behavior problem..
• Internet Hunting (also called Remote-Controlled or Computer-Assisted Hunting): Combines video shooting games with the power of Internet technology to allow a remote computer user to kill real animals. At the game ranch that the “hunters” see on their monitors, a gun is mounted on a robotic tripod controlled by their computer mouse. Animals are lured within close range with food, at which time the armchair hunter can line up a shot and “fire” at will. Legislation has been passed to ban Internet hunting in many states.
• Killer Buyers: Middlemen who travel from horse auction to horse auction, purchasing any horse they can. They eventually sell these animals to slaughterhouses for human consumption, but regularly subject horses to cruel and inhumane treatment-i.e. beating them, depriving them of food and water.
• Leghold Trap: The steel-jaw leghold trap is most often used to trap wild animals who are killed for their fur, such as beavers, lynx, bobcats and otters. Trapped animals usually do not die instantly, and are left to suffer intense pain, dehydration and starvation. Sometimes dogs and cats who are allowed to roam outdoors are also caught and killed in these traps.
• Neglect: The failure to provide an animal with the most basic of requirements of food, water, shelter and veterinary care. Neglect is often the result of simple ignorance on the animal owner's part and is usually handled by requiring the owner to correct the situation.
• Pit Bull: A great deal of confusion surrounds this term. This label is used for a type of short-coated large terrier, anywhere from 40 to 80 pounds, characterized by wide, powerful jaws and a muscular, stocky build. Some of the dogs that fall under this category are purebred-either the American Staffordshire Terrier (the "AmStaff") or the American Pit Bull Terrier; term is often used for pit bull mixes.
• Premarin: A hormone replacement therapy drug made from pregnant mares' urine, collected from horses who are confined in stalls for half the year, strapped to urine collection funnels.
• Pound Seizure: The transfer or sale of shelter animals to research facilities of any kind, including those that engage in scientific research and experimentation. The ASPCA is unalterably opposed to this practice. As of 2004, 14 states and many communities prohibit pound seizure either by state law or local regulation.
• Puppy Mill/Kitty Mill: Breeding facilities that produce large numbers of purebred dogs and cats. The animals are regularly sold to pet shops across the country. Documented problems of puppy mills include overbreeding, inbreeding, poor veterinary care and overcrowding.
• Soring: Abuses to show horses include painful "soring," whereby a mechanical or chemical agent is applied to the lower leg or hoof of a horse, for the purpose of "enhancing" the animal's gait, forcing him to throw his front legs up and out. This is often done to Tennessee Walking Horses.
• Stray: A currently or recently owned dog or cat who may be lost; usually well socialized but may become wary over time. A stray's kittens or pups may be feral.
• Spent Hen: After one or two years of producing eggs at an unnaturally high rate, female fowl in factory farms are classified as "spent hens.” No longer financially profitable, they are slaughtered.
• Tail Banding: A method of docking an animal’s tail in which a rubber band or similar ligature is wrapped tightly around the tail at the desired point of removal. This cuts off the blood supply to the end of the tail, which atrophies and usually falls away after a few days. Banding is legal in the United States, and is frequently practiced by laypersons on dairy cows.
• Tail Docking: The cutting of a purebred dog's tail to conform to a breed standard. Although this unnecessary cosmetic surgery is regularly performed by some veterinarians, it is often done by untrained individuals, without anesthesia, in unsterile environments.
• Tenectomy: An operation performed on cats that severs the tendons in the toes so that the cat is unable to extend her nails to scratch. Owners who choose to have this surgery performed must clip their cat’s nails regularly, as the cat is unable to maintain them herself.
• Tethering: The act of chaining/tieing an animal, usually a dog, to a stationary object as a primary means of confinement. Tethering is a risk factor for aggressive behavior and dog bites.
• Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR): A method of managing feral cat colonies that involves trapping the animals, spaying or neutering them, vaccinating them and returning them to where they were found. The ASPCA promotes this ethical and humane practice.
• White Veal: From birth to slaughter at five months, calves used to produce "formula-fed" or "white" veal are confined to two-foot-wide crates and chained to inhibit movement. They are fed an iron-and fiber-deficient diet resulting in anemia; the lack of exercise retards muscle development, resulting in pale, tender meat.

http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/cruelty-glossary.html

DOG FIGHTING- GLOSSARY

• Barrels: Metal barrels are often used as shelter for fighting dogs. Placed horizontally, an entrance hole is cut out from one side, for the dog to enter and exit its shelter. Sometimes plastic barrels, attached to poles, are also used for this purpose.
• Bite Stick or Prying Stick: These come in a variety of shapes and sizes, but are usually short wooden sticks with tapered ends. A bite stick is inserted into the side of a dog’s mouth, and then manipulated to make the dog release its hold on its opponent.
• Cajun Rules: A detailed list of 19 rules covering all aspects of fights. The rules were created in the 1950s by G.A. “Gaboon” Trahan, a police chief in Louisiana.
• Campaign: A fighting dog’s career.
• Chains: Chains of varying length and weight serve a dual purpose; to confine a dog, as well as to strengthen their neck muscles.
• Champion: A dog who has won three or more fights.
• Convention: A large dog fighting event, sometimes with accompanying activities like music and food.
• Dogmen: Professional trainers and handlers.
• Gameness: A dogs tenacity and willingness to fight.
• Grand Champion: An undefeated dog with five or more wins.
• “Jenny” or “Cat Mill”: A projecting pole or spoke in which a dog is harnessed. A small bait animal is attached to the leading spoke to entice the dog.
• Non-Prospect: A dog who is deemed unqualified to fight. They are often neglected, abandoned or killed.
• Prospect: A young, aggressive dog identified as a potentially good fighting dog.
• Rape Stand or Breeding Stand: This is a stand used to strap and immobilize female dogs for breeding purposes.
• Roll: A dog’s first fight, takes place when the dog is around 15 months of age. The fight usually lasts about 10 minutes and allows handlers to measure each animal's demeanor.
• Scratch Lines: Lines in a dog fighting ring behind which the animals start in a match.
• Spring Pole: A spring pole usually consists of a rope, hide, inner tubing or tire, which is suspended from a large spring attached to a tree limb, rafter or pole. The dog is made to jump up and grab at it, and then hang suspended in mid-air for extended periods of time. It is used to reinforce the strength of the dog’s bite.
• Keep: The training a fighting dog undergoes prior to a fight. It typically lasts about six weeks.
• The Show: A cruel "contest" in which two dogs—specifically bred, conditioned, and trained to fight—are placed in a pit to fight each other for the purpose of entertainment and gambling.
• Treadmill or Slatmill: Used for endurance, strength and speed training. A slatmill is a treadmill whose running surface is composed of wooden slats.
• Washtub: Dogs are washed down in tubs immediately prior to fighting, to ensure they have not been coated with a noxious substance that may be harmful to the opposing dog.
• Weights: Weights are used for strength training as well, and can be attached directly to the dog’s collar. They can also be attached as long cylinders to chains, increasing the weight that the dog has to drag when it moves.

http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/dog-fighting/dog-fighting-glossary.html

Farm Animal Cruelty Glossary

• Animal Cruelty: Acts of violence or neglect perpetrated against animals are considered animal cruelty. Some examples are overt abuse, dog fighting and cockfighting, and denying companion animals the basic necessities of care, such as food, water and shelter.
• Battery Cage: A wire cage, measuring no more than sixteen inches wide, in which four or five hens are housed. These cages are lined up in rows and stacked several levels high on factory farms. This system of production has been outlawed by countries in the European Union. Learn more about efforts to protect animals in factory farms.
• Branding: The practice of burning an identifying mark onto the body of an animal using an extremely hot iron stamp, or “brand,” pressed hard into the animal’s flesh for several seconds without anesthesia. Ranchers use brands to distinguish their cattle and hogs from those owned by others.
• Broilers: Chickens raised for meat consumption on modern factory farms. These birds have been selected or bred so that their bodies grow very rapidly. Learn more about efforts to protect animals in factory farms.
• Debeaking: A process that involves cutting through bone, cartilage and soft tissue with a blade to remove the top half and the bottom third of a chicken’s, turkey’s or duck’s beak. This measure is taken to reduce the excessive feather pecking and cannibalism seen among stressed, overcrowded birds in factory farms. Learn more about efforts to protect animals in factory farms.
• Downers: Animals headed for slaughter who become too sick or injured to walk unassisted. The Downed Animal Protection Act outlaws the practice of transporting downers to auctions and stockyards for slaughter and requires that these animals be humanely euthanized.
• Electric Cattle Prod (also called a Hotshot): A device that can deliver an electric current to an animal. It is used to stimulate movement in animals; commonly used with livestock and in rodeos. When animals are poked with the electrified end, they receive a high-voltage, low-current electrical shock. The short shock is not strong enough to kill a large animal, but is enough to cause some pain.
• Factory Farm: A large-scale industrial site where many animals raised for food—mainly chickens, turkeys, cows and pigs—are confined and treated with hormones and antibiotics to maximize growth and prevent disease. The animals lead short, painful lives; factory farms are also associated with various environmental hazards.
• Foie Gras: To make this pricey gourmet delicacy, birds are force-fed enormous quantities of food three times daily via a pipe that is inserted into the esophagus. This leads to enlargement of the animal's liver and possible rupturing of the internal organs, infection and a painful death. The process typically lasts up to four weeks, until the birds are slaughtered.
• Forced Molting: Process by which egg-laying hens are starved for up to 14 days, exposed to changing light patterns and given no water in order to shock their bodies into molting. It is common for 5 percent to 10 percent of hens to die during this process. Learn more about efforts to protect animals in factory farms.
• Killer Buyers: Middlemen who travel from horse auction to horse auction, purchasing any horse they can. They eventually sell these animals to slaughterhouses for human consumption, but regularly subject horses to cruel and inhumane treatment—i.e. beating them, depriving them of food and water. Learn more about horse cruelty.
• Neglect: The failure to provide an animal with the most basic of requirements of food, water, shelter and veterinary care. Neglect is often the result of simple ignorance on the owner's part and is usually handled by requiring the owner to correct the situation.
• Premarin®: A hormone replacement therapy drug made from pregnant mares' urine (PMU), collected from horses who are confined in stalls for half the year, strapped to urine collection funnels. Learn more about Premarin®.
• Soring: Abuses to show horses include painful "soring," whereby a mechanical or chemical agent is applied to the lower leg or hoof of a horse, for the purpose of "enhancing" the animal's gait, forcing him to throw his front legs up and out. This is often done to Tennessee Walking Horses. Learn more about horse cruelty.
• Spent Hen: After one or two years of producing eggs at an unnaturally high rate, female fowl are classified as "spent hens.” No longer financially profitable for factory farmers, they are slaughtered. Learn more about efforts to protect animals in factory farms.
• Tail Banding: A method of docking an animal’s tail in which a rubber band or similar ligature is wrapped tightly around the tail at the desired point of removal. This cuts off the blood supply to the end of the tail, which atrophies and usually falls away after a few days. Banding is legal in the United States, and is frequently practiced by laypersons on dairy cows.
• White Veal: From birth to slaughter at five months, calves used to produce "formula-fed" or "white" veal are confined to two-foot-wide crates and chained to inhibit movement. They are fed an iron- and fiber-deficient diet that causes anemia; the lack of exercise retards muscle development, resulting in pale, tender meat.

http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/farm-animal-cruelty/farm-animal-cruelty-glossary.html

State Animal Cruelty Laws

Most animal cruelty laws vary from state to state.
Knowing your state's laws is crucial to help fight animal cruelty.
The ASPCA offers this online database with more than 550 animal cruelty laws -- and their penalties -- from all 50 states. This database, maintained by the ASPCA Government Affairs and Public Policy department, will be a dynamic resource for providing information relating to animal cruelty laws.
You can select your state, or even use our keyword search to find a specific topic.

• Disclaimer: The ASPCA is providing you this listing of state laws to assist you in reporting cruelty in your area. Your local and state police are generally mandated to enforce all laws in your state, including animal cruelty, even if these laws are not included in your state's penal code. Please contact them should you witness animal cruelty (including animal neglect), or have information regarding an incident of animal cruelty in your area. Please be aware that local law enforcement may have a limited familiarity with animal cruelty issues and make sure you inform the police of the specific section of law listed under the animal cruelty summary and provide them with the summary to assist them in their investigation.
• Please note: The ASPCA only has law enforcement powers in New York State. If you live in New York State, you may also contact your local or state police to report animal cruelty.

http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/lobby-for-animals/state-animal-cruelty-laws/

Top 10 Tips to Prevent Malicious Poisoning

Don't let your pet be the victim of a cruel act!

The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center receives many calls from owners whose animals were maliciously poisoned—sometimes right in their own backyards.
APCC has provided the following tips to prevent this from happening to your animal companions:

1. Be a good neighbor! Please don’t allow your pets to have access to your neighbors’ yards and trash cans. If your dog is an incessant barker and/or howls and whines while you are away, you may want to work with an animal behaviorist or dog trainer to solve the problem. Should your neighbors have concerns, try to address them in a positive, constructive manner to avoid serious conflicts.

2. Is your pet allowed outdoors in your fenced-in or otherwise secure area? It’s smart to do routine checks of this enclosed area.

3. Be sure to remove unfamiliar or questionable items from the enclosure.

4. Supervise your pets when they are outdoors whenever possible. Do not allow your pets to spend significant amounts of time unsupervised outdoors.

5. Develop relationships with neighbors who have pets. You can join forces to create a neighborhood watch for the companion animals in the area. Be alert for anything out of the ordinary!

6. Provide a safe, confined area with a secure gate when pets are left alone outdoors.

7. Never let your pet run loose or allow him to roam free. Animals who are allowed to roam simply have more opportunities to get into potentially poisonous substances.

8. Teach your pet not to accept food or treats from strangers.

9. Report any suspicious behavior to local authorities. Remember, animal cruelty is a crime!

10. If you suspect that your pet has been poisoned,
call the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center immediately at:
(888) 426-4435.
 
For more information on substances in and around your home that could be potentially toxic to your pet, read what our experts have to say.

http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/top-10-tips-to-prevent.html

Talking to Kids About Animal Cruelty

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From cats to canaries, from Dobermans to dachshunds, our pets often seem to know how we feel. They comfort us when we're hurt, and make us happy when we're sad. They share our joy, and stay by our side when times are bad.

But, sometimes, some people are mean to animals.
How do you explain this to a child?

What Is the Impact of Animal Cruelty?
Mahatma Gandhi said, "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Animals feel pain and fear like we do, but they are often helpless victims because they can't say what happened to them. In fact, some people choose to abuse animals instead of people for this very reason! If we wish to create a humane society, we must stop cruelty against those who are most vulnerable-like animals.

Cruelty toward animals does more than cause other living, feeling beings to experience pain and fear. Like the death of a canary in a coal mine, violence toward animals can be an indicator that people are also in danger. Someone who commits animal abuse may have serious psychological problems.
Studies have found that many people convicted of violent crimes had a history of animal cruelty. Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, Andrew Cunanan, David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz, and Albert "Boston Strangler" DeSalvo were cruel to animals before they started hurting people.
Adults are not the only ones whose cruelty to animals can be a sign of deeper troubles.
Many murderous children and teenagers-such as Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold of Columbine High School-also have histories of animal cruelty.

Animals in homes with family violence are also often victims of violence.
One study found that animals were abused in 88 percent of the homes in which a child was abused. Another study found that 83 percent of families reported for animal abuse also had children at high risk of abuse or neglect. Although most of the abuse toward the animals came from the parents, about a quarter of abused children abuse animals.

What Can You Do About It?
"Animal cruelty is a national problem," says ASPCA Supervisory Special Investigator Annemarie Lucas. "Violence towards animals crosses all racial and socioeconomic lines and reaches from coast to coast." No matter where you live, there is a lot you can do to stop animal cruelty.

One of the most powerful tools we have for preventing cruelty to animals is education.
It is important to plant the seeds of kindness in children early, and to nurture their development as the child grows. Children not only need to learn what they shouldn't do, but also what they can and should do. When children see that their pets are happy and loving, it will make the child feel good, too. This in turn will help the children care for their pets' feelings.

However, since people don't always realize that they are being cruel, adults need education, too.
If you are not a teacher, please urge your local schools to integrate humane education into their curricula.
If you are a teacher, bring humane education into your classroom.
To help you, your local shelter may have outreach programs, education materials, camps, etc. You can also find plenty of humane ideas and activities on our children's website, ASPCA Animaland, and our site for educators, librarians and parents, ASPCA Education.

Every child is unique, and adults should use caution and careful thought when discussing cruelty with children.

• In general, children under four simply should not be exposed to cruelty.
• Two-year-olds can begin to learn that their actions make others-including animals-happy and sad.
• With two- and three-year-olds, discuss their own experiences and how they would feel if they were treated the way they treat their pets or other animals in their immediate lives. Help them relate not only the ways they would feel hurt, but also the ways they would feel happy.
• With all children under six or so, you may wish to help guide their hands so they can learn how to pet and hold their animal companions. Children do not have fine control over their movements and impulses—they will want to treat their pets with love, but will need a little help from you to do it correctly.
• Children who are between about four and six often begin to understand basic moral concepts, such as fairness. These children can learn to be kind to animals because the animals "deserve" it. Children may discuss injuries they have had themselves, but do not introduce discussions about other types of injuries. Try to limit discussions of animal cruelty to the simple fact that animals can be hurt; do not describe how they can be hurt (e.g., starvation, physical abuse, etc.).
• With most children who are six to ten years old, you can begin to discuss why someone might be mean to an animal-as long as you make sure the child always keeps in mind that it is wrong to hurt animals. In addition, do not let discussions of animal cruelty satisfy the morbid curiosity some children of this age may have. Children of this age often form some of their earliest memories and impressions about the state of the world beyond their families. It is very important that adults filter what these children perceive! Even if children witness violence as a "bad example" or as a way NOT to act, they are still witnessing violence, and can be strongly affected by it.
• Many children between 10 and 14 are exploring their self-image and reflecting upon their relationships with others. Studies indicate that children of this age are still strongly affected by violence, so discussions about animal cruelty should still be kept free of details about the violence. Nonetheless, the issue can be raised directly—if delicately—with most of these children. Adults should make it clear that they do not condone violence in their own thoughts and behavior. Children of this age are finely attuned to the words and actions of adults, and still rely on them as role models.

Parents, teachers, and trusted adults can also discuss with 10- to 14-year-olds how they would act if their peers or friends treated animals cruelly. By couching the advice in terms of what you would do if you were in a given situation, you can help children overcome peer pressure and follow what they know is right. These children may encounter others abusing animals—knowing that they are in the right and will be supported for standing up to it is very important at this age of strong peer pressure.

Again, with all children-even older teens-keep in mind the importance of modeling appropriate behaviors.
Our children do emulate us, even if they wouldn't admit it. If we treat animals cruelly or as unfeeling machines, our children will probably think that this is right or, at least, normal. The more a child identifies with an adult, the greater an impact that person will have on the child-in both good ways and bad ways.

Children who know of animal cruelty should tell an adult about it.
Make sure children know who they can trust—such as parents, teachers, police officers, etc.—and nurture their trust so they can tell you.

For an in-depth explanation of animal cruelty written especially for older kids, please visit the Real Issues section at ASPCA Animaland, the website for kids who love animals.

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RESOURCES
DeViney, E., Dickert, J., & Lockwood, R. (1983). The care of pets within child abusing families. International Journal
for the Study of Animal Problems, 3, 321-329.
Ascione, F. R., Weber, C. V., & Wood, D. S. (1997). Animal welfare and domestic violence: Final report. Logan, Utah: Utah State University.
Further Reading:
Ascione, F. R., & Arkow, P. (Eds.). (1999). Child abuse, domestic violence, and animal abuse: Linking the circles of compassion for prevention and intervention. West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press.

http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/talking-to-kids-about-animal.html