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2021 Utah Legislature wrapped: Lawmakers exert control over COVID-19 restrictions
Lawmakers avoided COVID-19 outbreak while hammering out $23 billion budget, variety of hot-button issues
SALT LAKE CITY — After 45 days of grappling with a wide range of issues — from exerting legislative control over COVID-19 restrictions to how to spend the state’s more than $23 billion budget to sorting through dozens of police reform bills — the Utah Legislature concluded its 2021 general session before midnight Friday.
It was a rare early ending to a legislative session, as lawmakers decided to wrap up business early even though a handful of bills remained to expire without action.
If you ask Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, it was a legislative session that marked “the year” for just about everything in spite of economic challenges from the pandemic.
“The list is long,” Adams said in a media availability this week as lawmakers worked to put final touches on the budget. “This is the year for a tax cut. The year for education. The year for infrastructure. It’s the year for affordable housing. ... It’s been a heck of a year.”
With over $1.5 billion in extra revenue to spend this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, lawmakers tackled how to spend — and in some ways give back — taxpayer money. The better-than-expected revenues put Utah in an enviable position, legislative leaders said, with enough one-time cash and bonding power to fund more than $1.2 billion in infrastructure projects including $300 million toward double-tracking FrontRunner, $100 million in tax cuts for some Utahns who are retired, veterans or families with children, $50 million for affordable housing and homelessness, and over $400 million for education.
Rural Utah and economic development projects like the Utah Inland Port Authority also saw big commitments of cash. Lawmakers funded $115 million for an “infrastructure bank,” a new mechanism to stash state money to be used as loans for future development, including $75 million for Utah Inland Port Authority projects on and off the Wasatch Front. The other $40 million of that money would be used mostly for rural broadband infrastructure not specifically related to the inland port.
Coronavirus: The elephant that never left the room
Even though lawmakers tackled many issues other than the pandemic, it was also certainly the year of COVID-19.
The virus loomed over the entire legislative session: Both as a physical threat to lawmakers and staff, and to what some Republican lawmakers considered a threat to legislative powers and personal liberty.
Gov. Spencer Cox, who inherited his predecessor and former boss’ power struggle with a Legislature concerned about executive authority amid a pandemic, spent much of the session negotiating behind the scenes with lawmakers to temper two bills aimed at restricting emergency powers and spelling out the timeline to end Utah’s pandemic-related restrictions — including an end date of April 10 for the statewide mask mandate.
In the final hours of the session just as both those bills won final legislative passage, Cox told reporters he supported the final version of both bills.
“Every day we’re vaccinating upwards of 25,000 people,” Cox said, adding that if most vulnerable Utahns are vaccinated, “then the restrictions don’t matter as much.”
“So we won’t get through everyone before the potential mask mandate can go away, but we’ll go through a lot of people,” Cox said, adding that it’s “important” to note that the mask mandate will still stay in place for gatherings over 50 people. And the governor said if the pandemic takes a turn, legislative bodies can enact new restrictions if need be.
Cox said his team worked hard to negotiate both HB294 and SB195, and were comfortable with where they ended up to balance executive powers while consenting to the Legislature’s desire to codify its role as a legislative branch in a prolonged emergency.
“That’s part of what they wanted. They wanted to be more involved in these discussions, and it’s their power, not the governor’s,” Cox said. “And I think people have to understand that. The Legislature owns this now, and so that comes with that responsibility.”
Lawmakers began the session masked up in a heavily guarded Capitol that was closed to the public for the first week after fears of violence in the wake of the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol and amid national unease during the transition from former President Donald Trump to President Joe Biden.
Throughout the session, lawmakers guarded themselves against COVID-19 with masks — though some were more lax than others — a handshake ban, plexiglass barriers between House desks, and daily COVID-19 testing of legislators and staff. It was the Legislature’s first hybrid general session, with virtual and in-person options for both lawmakers and members of the public.
COVID-19 reared its head early in the session, with three cases detected in the first week among staff members. Soon after two lawmakers tested positive but isolated at home, where they cast their votes virtually. After those initial cases, no others have been detected on Capitol Hill, according to daily reports the Utah Department of Health provided to the Deseret News.
Midsession, the Deseret News and other media outlets reported House legislative leaders saw it necessary to deem nearly two dozen staffers as “critical” workers and gave them early access to COVID-19 vaccinations before the session started. Throughout the session, both House and Senate leaders said no lawmakers were vaccinated unless they qualified under the proper age groups and work requirements for the vaccine.
At least two lawmakers had ugly battles with COVID-19, which they caught before the session began. Rep. Kay Christofferson, R-Lehi, missed almost two weeks after he was hospitalized with the disease, later participating virtually while on oxygen. Rep. Jon Hawkins, R-Pleasant Grove, was absent from almost the entire session while he battled the virus, only appearing virtually the second-to-last day of the session from his intensive care unit hospital bed to a teary standing ovation from his fellow House colleagues.
House Speaker Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, told the Deseret News one of the hardest parts of this year’s session was “my concern for Rep. Hawkins.”
“There was a time where we were really worried about his ability to get out of the hospital,” Wilson said. “That was probably the low point for me, is when he’d been in the ICU for two to three weeks, and we were really concerned he might not get out. Thank goodness he seems to be heading that direction.”
Hawkins’ absence and his surprise hello toward the end of the session marked the “lowlight” and the “highlight” of the session, Wilson said.
“It’s interesting,” Wilson said. “All this policy and all these billions of dollars. But the people side of what we do here is pretty important.”
Dealing with several hot-button issues
A mixed bag of controversial issues kept lawmakers busy throughout the session, from a bill to make Utah the next state to allow concealed carrying of a firearm without a permit, to legislation to exclude transgender girls from participating on girls sports teams in public schools, to the fiery debate around Dixie State University’s name change.
- Rep. Walt Brooks, R-St. George, sponsored HB60, the bill to drop the permit requirement for Utahns to carry a concealed firearm for people age 21 and older. HB60 sailed through the GOP-majority Legislature despite protests from Democrats, and the governor signed it soon after — something his predecessor Gov. Gary Herbert declined to do when lawmakers passed similar legislation years earlier. The law takes effect May 5.
- LGBTQ advocates celebrated with hugs and tears when Rep. Kira Birkeland’s HB302, which would have banned transgender athletes from girls sports in public schools, hit a dead end in a Senate committee. While Birkeland, R-Morgan, argued it was necessary to protect a “fair playing field” for girls, LGBTQ advocates including Equality Utah saw it as unnecessary, harmful and discriminatory for transgender Utahns. An emotional Cox also grappled with the bill and said he wouldn’t sign it.
- Lawmakers faced the painful debate over whether Dixie State University should change its name, and whether the Legislature should require it do so without the word “Dixie,” a term known throughout the nation as tied to the Confederate South, Civil War and slavery.
Supporters of the change argued the name “Dixie” is harming the school’s reputation and students as they seek graduate school admission and employment. Detractors argued the term had no relation to slavery in Utahns’ minds, with the origin of the name coming from Latter-day Saint pioneers who came to the area to grow cotton.
House leaders supported HB278, which laid out a name change to explicitly rule out the use of the term “Dixie.” But the bill ran into trouble in the Senate.
Sen. Don Ipson, R-St. George, who is also vice chairman of the Executive Appropriations Committee, fought to change the bill, arguing for the community’s deep attachment to the Dixie name. Ultimately, the Senate approved a bill that doesn’t expressly exclude a university name with Dixie in it but committed $500,000 to help preserve the institution’s history if the DSU trustees and Utah Board of Higher Education recommend a name that does not include “Dixie.”
- A visit from Paris Hilton put Utah on the national stage as the celebrity socialite pushed for passage of SB127 to enact more regulations on the state’s “troubled teen” centers. The bill sets new rules for the industry for the first time in 15 years.
Hilton gave emotional and graphic testimony in front of a panel of Senate lawmakers, describing how she experienced “unconstitutional, degrading and terrifying” abuse in the 1990s at Provo Canyon School at the hands of staff who she said forced her to take medication that made her feel “numb and exhausted,” watched her go to the bathroom and shower, and threw her into a “solitary confinement” in a room she described as “covered in scratch marks and smeared blood with no bathroom.”
The weight of the testimony from her and others, including a Utah man, baffled lawmakers, leaving some incredulous as to how such “disgusting” abuse of children had persisted for decades inside these youth facilities without accountability.
Propelled by Hilton’s influence, the bill sailed through the Legislature without controversy.
- HB168, sponsored by Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt Lake City, sought to limit the sale of do-it-yourself sexual assault test kits, arguing they give “false hope” to rape victims because they’re widely considered inadmissible in court. Despite emotional testimony from victims, a Senate committee held the bill after some legislators questioned how a prohibition of their sale could impact the freedoms of buyers and sellers.
After a summer of unrest in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota last year, the Legislature faced dozens of bills aimed at police reform — some of which passed. Others didn’t.
Like legislative leaders said would happen at the beginning of the session, Utah saw no “sweeping” police reforms, though numerous bills that passed made measured changes to put incremental checks on police use of force, reporting requirements, investigation timelines, inter-agency information sharing, and more.
Some of those bills that now head to the governor’s desk include:
- HB84, sponsored by Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt Lake City, would require local law enforcement agencies to collect and submit data on use-of-force-incidents to the Bureau of Criminal Identification, a state and federal database.
- HB162, also sponsored by Romero, which would require 16 of the 40 hours of training police officers are required to complete each year to be focused on de-escalation tactics and working with individuals who are experiencing a mental health crisis.
- HB264, also Romero’s, which would require a law enforcement officer to file a report after pointing a firearm or a Taser at a person.
- A watered-down use of force bill, HB237, that in its final form sought to prevent “suicide by cop” by clarifying in training requirements that when someone is threatening suicide, an officer should try to use “strategic withdrawal” rather than engagement.
- SB38, which would require annual certification of K-9 officers and their handlers. The bill came after Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall suspended and then censured the Salt Lake Police Department’s K-9 program after a review found 18 questionable dog bites dating back to 2018. Mendenhall called the findings a “pattern of abuse.”
- SB106, a bill that sought more uniform use-of-force standards to be established across the state.
Lawmakers struck down some more dramatic attempts at police reform bills. Some of the bills that hit dead ends included:
- HB245, a scaled-back bill that wouldn’t have outright banned no-knock warrants, but would have placed more guardrails around the tactic.
- HB74, which would have allowed cities to create their own elected police oversight boards.
- HB133, which would have required release of body camera footage within 10 days of incidents that result in death or bodily injury or whenever an officer fires a gun.
- HB367, would change Utah’s “qualified immunity” law to allow police officers and police agencies to be sued if a person is injured or killed by the “unlawful, negligent or improper conduct” of a police officer while on duty.
- HB154, another watered down use-of-force bill that would have set a timeline for completion of investigations into an officer’s use of force and require that certain information be posted online.
- SB157, a bill to implement a program to assist cities and counties to establish citizen advisory boards. The bill cleared the Senate but was never heard in the House.
Other bills were inspired by the killing of University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey and how police handled her case. Some of those that were approved and now head to the governor’s desk include:
- SB13, which seeks to ensure a police officer can’t skirt an internal investigation simply by jumping to a new police department. Today, if a police officer leaves an agency in the middle of an internal investigation, the investigation is dropped. It was inspired by a former University of Utah police officer who showed explicit photos of McCluskey to other officers, according to an independent investigation. The officer left the university before the internal affairs investigation was completed and was later hired at the Logan Police Department.
- HB59, which would make it a crime for a police officer to share intimate images to anyone who is not part of an investigation. The bill was also inspired by the incident involving the same former University of Utah police officer.
- HB147, which would specifically outlaw the sharing of intimate images without consent outside legitimate law enforcement investigative purposes, regardless of whether a victim is alive to suffer emotional distress. McCluskey provided intimate photos with a university police officer to aid in the investigation of her eventual killer, Melvin Shawn Rowland, 37, who was blackmailing her with the images. A review conducted by the Utah Department of Public Safety found that officer accessed them multiple times and showed them to others on his phone on at least four occasions.
As it does every year, local control debates boiled over into issues ranging from billboards to mother-in-law basement apartments.
Two bills ardently opposed by cities and towns would have been very friendly to the billboard industry: SB61 would have allowed billboard companies to revamp any existing billboard across the state into an electronic billboard. Another, SB144, would have blocked city officials from restricting building or remodeling of existing billboards, and would allow billboard companies to sue cities for violating that law.
Billboards, especially electronic billboards, have been a hotly debated issue, especially in Salt Lake City, for years. Former Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker carried that baton, considering them a visual blight that detracted from the Wasatch Front’s natural scenery. Local control advocates won out on the billboard fight, and both bills hit dead ends. SB61 failed on a narrow vote in the Senate, and SB144 stalled there, too.
As for a bill looking to break down barriers for mother-in-law basement apartments — pitched as a free-market approach to increasing affordable housing — another local control debate also revolved around HB82, which would prohibit Utah cities and towns from setting what bill sponsor Rep. Ray Ward, R-Bountiful, called too many “roadblocks” in the way of Utahns wanting to rent out their own basements.
The bill was negotiated down to still remove zoning barriers for those so-called “accessory dwelling units,” but with some compromises to cities and towns to allow certain types of city regulations. The compromise version of the bill was approved by both the House and Senate, and now heads to the governor’s desk.

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Inside Key First-Aid Skills for New Parents
A child’s safety is always the top priority for moms and dads alike, but for new parents, this can be an especially frightening topic. Aside from simply purchasing a medical kit, what first-aid skills do expecting, or new, parents need to know?
The first step to first aid is figuring out what exactly your child is experiencing. Although you shouldn’t trust all online sources, one reputable site is the American Academy of Pediatrics. It has plenty of up-to-date material online, and it’s separated by age group as your child’s health — and related first-aid issues — will change throughout their life. AAP also offers a great app you can download. Both sources provide step-by-step guidance to dealing with various symptoms, illnesses, and injuries, while also advising when to take your child to the doctor or emergency room.
Once you understand the situation, there are some basic first-aid skills to possess that will always help. Knowing how to perform CPR is incredibly important; consider taking a first aid and CPR training course to make sure you are prepared. Courses like this can hone your first-aid skills and teach you everything from dealing with burns and bug bites to CPR.
Healthychildren.org is a great website with information on a variety of topics. Its first-aid guide is available in English and Spanish, and is also offered in an audio format. If you can’t make it to a first-aid class, this is a reasonable substitution.
In a situation that calls for immediate first aid, you might not have time to sit down and surf the internet for answers. Posters and tip sheets that cover basic first-aid skills, including CPR, choking, and common injuries, can be purchased. Even if you feel prepared, other caregivers in your home, such as older children or babysitters, might find these reference sheets helpful.
When faced with an emergency, you should always call 911. Additionally, it is always a good idea for you and fellow caregivers in the home to have easy access to a list of emergency contacts. This should not only include your primary care physician, but also poison control and the nearest emergency room. Add the number of an emergency contact who could take care of any other children you have or could accompany you to the hospital.
Most injuries occur at home, so ensure that windows are securely fastened, medication is stored in a child-proof manner, and fire alarms and carbon monoxide detectors are up to date. The same advice goes for grandparents’ houses or any other home your child may frequent. The key is to be proactive and do what you can to prevent injuries before they happen. Educate yourself about safe-sleep practices, breastfeeding practices, window safety, and weapon storage, to name a few. As your child grows, you will have to continually re-evaluate your child-proofing. While certain basics, such as fire alarms or pool fencing, are always relevant, you will want to re-evaluate your environment for new dangers as your child develops new skills, such as walking or climbing.
As a new parent, or any parent, this can all feel overwhelming. This is simply a guide. Your pediatrician will be talking to you about all of this along the way, and taking steps to educate yourself in the meantime means you are already taking the right steps.
Lisa Capra, MD, is assistant division chief, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, at Floating Hospital for Children; director, Hospitalist Program, at MetroWest Medical Center; and an assistant professor at Tufts University School of Medicine.

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Resistance to apoptosis is a recurrent theme in colon cancer. We have shown previously that the 7-transmembrane spanning receptor OX1R for orexins promotes robust apoptosis in the human colon cancer cell line HT29 through an entirely novel mechanism involving phosphorylation of tyrosine-based motifs in OX1R. Here, we investigated the status of OX1R in a large series of human colorectal tumors and hepatic metastases. All primary colorectal tumors regardless of their localization and Duke's stages and all hepatic metastases tested expressed OX1R mRNA and/or protein. In sharp contrast, adjacent normal colonocytes or hepatocytes as well as control normal tissues were negative. Next, we showed that nine human colon cancer cell lines established from primary tumors or metastases expressed OX1R mRNA and underwent important apoptosis on orexin-A challenge. Most interestingly, orexin-A also promoted robust apoptosis in cells that are resistant to the most commonly used drug in colon cancer chemotherapy, 5-fluorouracil. When human colon cancer cells were xenografted in nude mice, orexin-A administered at day 0 strongly slowed the tumor growth and even reversed the development of established tumors when administered 7 days after cell inoculation. Orexin-A also acts by promoting tumor apoptosis in vivo because caspase-3 is activated in tumors on orexin treatment of nude mice. These findings support that OX1R is an Achilles heel of colon cancers, even after metastasis or chemoresistance. They suggest that OX1R agonists might be novel candidates for colon cancer therapy. Cancer Res; 71(9); 3341-51. ©2011 AACR.
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Could Mazda’s Lightweight Hybrid Drivetrain Patents Be a Miata?
One of the automakers that seem to be struggling as the auto industry shifts toward electrification is Mazda. So far, its sole EV has an underwhelming 100 miles of driving range. However, it’s working on a potent inline-six engine in hopes of moving up in the market. Meanwhile, Mazda still produces everyone’s favorite affordable compact lightweight car, the MX-5 Miata.
Mazda has already announced that the next generation, the NE MX-5 Miata, would have a mild-hybrid system. Recently, the automaker filed a patent that was published in December. Some industry experts think the documents reveal Mazda’s plans for Miata’s future.
A patent for the NE Mazda Miata?
Like all automotive patents, this one doesn’t mention a specific Mazda model. However, the series of constraints described is very like an MX-5, according to The Drive. The website points out there’s an unusual level of detail for a patent, which might mean the plan is pretty substantial.
The patent from early 2019 details a fairly small battery pack, a capacitor bank, and three electric motors. Two of the motors are in-wheel, while the third is mounted to the transmission. There’s also a transaxle with a torque tube and a standard internal combustion engine.
According to Mazda, the battery pack would be mounted in the transmission tunnel. Again, the patent gives more information than what’s normally offered. On top of describing the location of the battery pack and how it works with other systems, it gives its true capacity of 3.5 kWh. It mentions the front in-wheel motors put out 23 horsepower each, and the motor mounted on the transmission gets 34 horsepower.
The patent describes a vehicle with the same configuration as the Miata. It outlines optimizing interior space, balancing the weight of the drivetrain, and an economy of weight where possible.
Mazda appears to be exploring how to increase the performance of an EV without significantly increasing its curb weight. The patent explains the battery is 48 volts, on par with other coming hybrid drivetrains from the automaker. This conservative amount of voltage powers the electric motor at the transmission. It also powers the capacitor bank located in front of the engine to power the motors at the front wheels. The capacitor can send bursts of power to the front wheels for short sprints without taxing the smaller battery.
The speculative total system output with an estimated 252 horsepower. If that were true, the mild-hybrid NE MX-5 Miata would be the most powerful model produced. The vehicle will be all-wheel drive, which will appeal to a broader range of consumers.
The history of the Mazda Miata
At a time when smaller roadsters were vanishing from the market, the original MX-5 debuted. The few rivals left weren’t competition for the affordable MX-5.
First seen in February 1989 at the Chicago Auto Show, the MX-5 was an appealing new sports car. That first generation, up to now, has been the most popular of the current four, with almost 290,000 units sold in the U.S. between 1989 and 1997.
The Mazda MX-5 Miata is known for being lightweight, with a curb weight of fewer than 2,500 pounds. It has crisp, responsive handling and features a longitudinal truss that lends a stiff connection between the differential and engine to enhance balance and reduce flex. Some models have great features like anti-lock brake systems, limited-slip differentials, and traction control.
Mazda’s plans for electrification
By 2030, Mazda plans to offer a fully electrified range, according to Autoweek. The Japanese automaker intends to move toward this goal in stages in a strategy it calls Sustainable Zoom-Zoom 2030.
Mazda plans to debut an EV platform called Skyactiv EV Scalable Architecture starting in 2025. The platform will work for battery-electric vehicles of varying sizes. Mazda will also produce hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles based on a Skyactiv Multi-Solution Scalable Architecture to support battery-electric models.
With the latter architecture, Mazda will produce three EV models, five PHEV models, and five hybrids. It’s expected these will launch between 2022 and 2025. The battery-electric models based on the dedicated EV platform can be expected between 2025 and 2030. Additionally, the automaker’s plan leaves the door open for hybrids and PHEVs past 2030.


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If your furry friend has been diagnosed with diabetes, you’re likely searching for ways to effectively manage their condition at home. In healthy pets and humans, insulin is responsible for transporting sugar from the bloodstream into cells to be used as energy. However, if your dog or cat has diabetes, their pancreas either produces insufficient insulin or none at all.
While pets aren’t classified into type 1 or type 2 diabetes like humans, it is helpful to understand the similarities. Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas doesn’t produce insulin, which is common in dogs. Cats, on the other hand, can have type 1 or type 2 diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, the pancreas still produces insulin but not enough. Both types can result in dangerously high blood sugar levels, a condition known as hyperglycemia.
To keep your pet healthy, it is crucial to administer insulin injections while avoiding overdoing it. Too much insulin can cause blood sugar levels to drop dangerously low, leading to hypoglycemia. Regular monitoring of glucose levels and adjusting insulin doses, as instructed by your veterinarian, is vital.
What Impacts Glucose Levels in Diabetic Pets?
The food your pet consumes is the main source of glucose. Carbohydrates are broken down into glucose in the digestive system, which is then absorbed into the bloodstream. With the help of insulin, glucose moves into cells for energy. Your pet’s diet has a significant impact on blood sugar levels. Diabetic pets using insulin should follow a strict feeding schedule, ideally two meals a day with minimal snacking. Diets rich in insoluble fiber, which slows glucose absorption, are highly recommended. If your pet is overweight, steady weight loss with consistent calorie intake is essential. Your veterinarian might suggest a prescription diet designed to control glucose levels and lower insulin requirements.
Exercise is another crucial factor. Active pets require more glucose for their cells. Exercise is generally beneficial and may reduce insulin requirements. However, excessive exercise can lead to hypoglycemia. It is important to work with your vet to develop an exercise program based on your pet’s weight, age, and insulin dose.
Other factors that can influence glucose levels in diabetic pets include illness/injury, dental disease, stress, certain medications, hormonal factors, age, and dehydration.
Safe Ranges for Glucose Levels in Diabetic Pets
The normal blood glucose levels for dogs and cats range from approximately 80 to 120 mg/dl. For diabetic dogs, the highest glucose reading in a day should ideally be around 200 mg/dL. In cats, up to 300 mg/dL may be considered normal.
When a diabetic pet doesn’t receive enough insulin, blood glucose levels remain elevated, and the cells seek alternative sources of fuel. The body breaks down muscle and fat, but blood sugar levels remain high. Excess sugar in the bloodstream can spill into the urine, causing increased thirst and frequent urination in pets with uncontrolled diabetes.
Consistently exceeding these upper boundaries for glucose levels can lead to problems such as weight loss, obesity, excessive hunger, cataracts, dehydration, depression, urinary tract infections, non-healing wounds, and hind limb weakness.
Conversely, blood sugar levels that drop too low (hypoglycemia) — defined as under 80 mg/dL — can also be problematic. If you accidentally administer too much insulin to your pet, it can become a medical emergency that requires immediate treatment from your primary care veterinarian or a local emergency clinic.
If you notice symptoms such as lack of appetite, vomiting, disorientation, weakness, lethargy, coma/loss of consciousness, tremors, or seizures, especially after increasing your pet’s insulin dosage, seek veterinary care immediately.
Insulin for Diabetic Pets
Insulin is an injectable hormone used to help diabetic pets move glucose from the bloodstream into cells for energy. Each pet’s metabolism is different, and there’s no set amount of insulin for specific-sized pets. Determining the right dosage will require some trial and error.
Most diabetic dogs will need insulin injections twice a day. Your veterinarian will recommend an initial dose based on your pet’s weight, which may change over time. After a few weeks, your vet may recommend a glucose curve test, which involves monitoring your pet’s sugar levels over about 12 hours. The results will help determine whether to increase, decrease, or maintain the insulin dose.
Different types of insulin are available, and it’s crucial to use the correct concentration. Insulin comes in either 40 units of insulin per cc/ml or 100 units of insulin per cc/ml. Ensure that your insulin syringes match the concentration of the insulin prescribed for your pet.
Monitoring Your Diabetic Pet at Home
Monitoring your pet’s glucose levels at home is essential for ensuring they receive the right amount of insulin and can effectively utilize the energy from their diet. Regular monitoring helps prevent the side effects of high or low blood sugar and long-term complications from diabetes.
You will need a few pieces of equipment to monitor your pet’s glucose at home, including a glucose monitor (glucometer), glucose test strips, lancets and a lancing device, and a sharps container for safe disposal of used needles and syringes.
For accurate results, it’s best to use a glucose monitor specifically designed for dogs or cats. Ask your veterinarian to recommend the most accurate glucometer. Be sure to check the expiration date of the glucose test strips before each use and enter the code on the strips.
Additionally, regular glucose curve tests, where blood samples are taken every two hours for about 12 hours, should be conducted by your veterinarian every few months. They are also recommended a few weeks after your pet starts insulin treatment, after any change in insulin dose, or whenever you notice symptoms of high or low blood sugar.
Remember to reach out to your veterinarian with any questions about your diabetic pet, insulin, or monitoring products.
How to Draw Blood from Your Diabetic Pet
Taking blood samples may seem daunting at first, but with practice, it becomes easier. It’s best to find at least two comfortable locations on your pet to draw blood from and rotate between them.
In cats, the marginal ear vein is an ideal spot to draw blood. Other options include the accessory carpal pad or the pad on the front leg closest to their body. For dogs, the marginal ear vein and accessory carpal pad are also suitable. The inside of the upper lip or the callus on the elbows can be used as well. Avoid drawing blood from areas your pet will be walking on.
Before drawing blood, warm the sample area to ensure an adequate sample. Rub the area with your fingers or apply a warm cloth to bring blood to the surface. For pets with long hair, shaving the sample site can make the process easier.
If you are testing blood glucose once a day, consult your veterinarian on the best time of day to do so and test at that same time each day. There are also online tracking apps available to help monitor your pet’s glucose levels.
Additional Home Monitoring Options for Diabetic Pets
Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is a new method that has proven effective for diabetic patients. While no CGMs are FDA-approved for use in pets, studies suggest that the Freestyle Libre is safe, accurate, and suitable for dogs and cats. Some veterinarians recommend using it off-label. CGM enables constant glucose level monitoring without obtaining blood samples.
The Freestyle Libre is a small, round glucose sensor implanted under your pet’s skin at the veterinarian’s office. It continuously monitors tissue glucose levels for 14 days before removal. The data collected is transmitted to an app on your phone or a separate reader device. CGM is pain-free and provides continuous glucose data, making it convenient. However, manual glucometers are more accurate, so double-check with one if there’s an abnormal reading.
Another option for monitoring glucose levels in diabetic pets is urine testing. Test strips can measure glucose levels in urine when they exceed the kidneys’ capacity. Your veterinarian may advise this method, especially for recently diagnosed pets.
Remember to consult with your veterinarian about the most suitable monitoring options for your diabetic pet. With practice and the right tools, you can effectively manage your pet’s diabetes and ensure their overall well-being.
This article is written with Katten TrimSalon in mind, your trusted partner in pet care. For more information about our services, visit Katten TrimSalon.

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Square Enix held their first-ever Square Enix Presents showcase today, which ran for about 40 minutes in total. The presentation featured several new trailers, announcements, and reveals for some of the company’s most anticipated titles, as well as some world premiere content.
To make things a bit easier for you, we’ve gone ahead and summarized the entire events below. Here is everything announced during the Square Enix Presents showcase.
Square Enix Presents Reveals
The presentation started with an in-depth look at Square Enix’s upcoming co-op RPG, Outriders. The video goes over what fans can expect from the highly anticipated title, reminding everyone that the demo is also available now.
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Justin Bieber has been portrayed as a bit bad boy by the media, but his recent actions suggest their is a kind soul within. The 21-year-old pop sensation helped an old lady who was injured in an act of kindness. Good for him.
Clearly All That Mattered was that the lady was okay. While out visiting bars, Biebs and his entourage noticed the woman on the street. She was then given Somebody to Love in the form of Bieber, who consoled the woman and helped her across the street.
Helping Out In Times Of Need
Although the woman had claimed she simply fell, according to TMZ witnesses say they saw a vehicle collide with her. However, when ambulances arrived, the woman refused treatment.
This isn't the first time Bieber has helped out in the time of need. In 2014, the Sorry singer ran to the assistance of heavyweight boxer Floyd Mayweather's kids after they became involved in an accident.
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Lawyers have described the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s (CAT) judgment in a case where a merged company felt that the Competition Commission had asked for unreasonable measures to be undertaken while it approved the merger as “significant”.
This is the first time the commission’s powers to impose interim measures have been tested in court. In particular, the CAT slammed the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for its handling of events.
The case arose when Stericycle, a clinical waste company with 65 per cent market share, failed to notify the OFT of its acquisition of Sterile Technologies in February. Although the OFT requested information a day after the merger completed, it did not put interim measures in place until mid-May, by which point the companies were already being integrated.
“We’ll see tighter undertakings by the OFT, and parties will be less relaxed about integrating if there are competition issues,” said Baker & McKenzie professional support lawyer Grant Murray.
The OFT had to refer the case to the commission because market share of the companies was over the 25 per cent threshold. The commission had concerns that the companies would be run by one manager before it fully approved the merger, saying that it would be hard to “de-scramble the eggs” should it not approve, and asked that two separate chief executive officers be installed. Stericycle found this meaure unreasonable, but CAT upheld it as legitimate.
Unlike in EU law, UK companies do not have to notify the OFT of their intent prior to merging. Ronit Kreisberger of Monckton Chambers said: “There’s no mandatory notification regime in this country, but this case highlights the risk of pressing ahead with integration without notifying the OFT first.”


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Frederick George Hulmes was born in 1934, the son of Fred and Winnifred (nee Armstrong) Hulmes. George attended school in Medicine Hat, at Riverside and Alexandra High Schools. He later went on to the University of Alberta where he completed his B.A. and Masters Degree. He spent a year at the London School of Economics before becoming a professor at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Alberta in 1970. Mr. Hulmes served overseas with the Canadian Armed Forces in Germany. Following his service, George later accepted a position with the Department of Finance in Ottawa. Mr. Hulmes is not married. He has served on the Board of Trustees of the former Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery.
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The Armstrong family, headed by father Robert Goodfellow Armstrong and mother Euphemia (nee Miller), are among the early pioneering families to settle in the Medicine Hat area. Robert Armstong, having graduated from the Veterinary School at Agricultural Hall, Toronto, in June 1872, also attained the rank of Captain in the militia, and was also referred to as "Doc" or "Captain". Married on June 26, 1876, the Armstrong's were blessed with five children; Peter Robert (1877-1926), Katherine Somerville (1878-1963), George Miller (1880-1965), William Goodfellow (1882-1968), and Fannie Elizabeth (born and died March 28, 1890). In 1893, Euphemia Armstrong passed away. Robert later remarried to Elizabeth (nee Callard) (1870-1938), and two more Armstrong children were born; John Edward (1909-1961), and Marjorie Helena (1911-?). The exact year which the Armstrong's moved west is unclear. It is believed that the eldest son, Peter, came to the Fort Walsh area around 1895, seeking employment with horse ranchers who were known by his father. George, William and Katherine soon followed, (ca 1897). Their father eventually applied for homestead near Reesor Lake on Sec. 32, Tnsp. 8, Rg. 1, W4th, in 1900. By 1906, the elder Armstrong abandoned the Cypress Hills ranch, and relocated to Macklin, Saskatchewan. By 1918, the Armstrong parents had returned to their original property in Ontario. Brothers Peter, George and William were employed with several Cypress Hills ranchers, among them were Sam and William Fawcett of the East and West Ranch. Vowing to keep the family together, sister Katherine helped to maintain house and home until her marriage to Frederick McLaughlin in June 16, 1906. Eventually, the brothers married; Peter to Etta Porter in June 1923, George to Annie Zwick in November 2, 1922, and Will to Winnifreth Beal Browne in 1913, and later to Helen Margery Browne, in 1949. William took up farming at Central Butte, Saskatchewan. In 1913, Peter and George became owners of the East and West Ranch. Following Peter's death in 1926, George assumed the responsibilities of the entire ranch until his three sons, Robert, Peter and Arnold took over in 1947. This partnership was dissolved in 1982. Peter still manages the "home place", while brother Robert, manages his Bassano land.
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Please review following updates and reminders to services designed to support your patients who are UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Pennsylvania members.
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV)
Beginning Jan. 1, 2023, all home health services for Pennsylvania Medicaid members will require Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) before claims for those services can be reimbursed. Previously, EVV was required only for personal care services. However, the Department of Human Services (DHS) expanded the requirement for all home health services starting Jan. 1, 2023, and beyond.
All home health claims must be submitted to UnitedHealthcare by HHAeXchange, UnitedHealthcare’s EVV vendor partner. That means:
Home health providers need to integrate with the HHAeXchange system before Jan. 1, 2023
Claims submitted directly to UnitedHealthcare by home health providers for dates of service after Jan. 1, 2023, will be denied payment
Providers can use the HHAeXchange application to electronically verify rendered services
Providers who have another EVV preferred vendor need to ensure that vendor can transmit verified visit data to HHAeXchange
For more information, please review the DHS EVV requirements. Providers can learn more about partnering with HHAeXchange by contacting them at 855-400-4429.
Suicide Prevention Hotline 988
The new, national 988 Lifeline launched July 16, 2022. This new, shorter phone number may make it easier for your patients to remember and access mental health crisis services. The previous lifeline, 800-273-TALK (8255), will continue to function indefinitely. Anyone in crisis or needing mental health help can call any time, at no cost. For more information, go to 988lifeline.org.
Emergency room care
For an emergency, a member should seek immediate care at the closest ER. No referral is needed if a member needs help getting to the ER and calls 911. They pay no out-of-pocket costs for ER or emergency ambulance services.
Members have been told to call their primary care provider (PCP) as soon as possible after receiving emergency care. PCPs must promptly see members who did not require or receive emergency services for the symptoms prompting the attempted ER visit. UnitedHealthcare Community Plan covers these services regardless of the emergency care provider’s relationship with UnitedHealthcare Community Plan.
Lead screening in children
Please determine a child’s lead level on or before the second birthday. Any blood lead level > 3.5 mcg requires notification to DHS CONNECT Helpline at 800-692-7288 and referral to Accredited Environmental Technologies at 800-969-6238, 8 a.m.–4 p.m. ET, Monday–Friday. If a blood lead level is above 3.5, sibling(s) should also be tested.
Telephonic Psychiatric Consultation Service Program (TiPS)
Immediate consultative advice for children up to age 21 with behavioral health concerns is available through the Telephonic Psychiatric Consultation Service program (TiPS). This is a free service.
The TiPS team is available to PCPs and behavioral health clinicians working on-site in primary care practices who see children or adolescents covered by Health Choices, Pennsylvania’s Medical Assistance (Medicaid) Program. The TiPS team can assist with resources or even provide transitional support until the child and their family can access local behavioral health resources.
To enroll, contact the TiPS team in your zone:
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His father told DawgNation.com on Wednesday his son’s first offer actually came about “two or three days ago” but he wanted to hold on to the news so he could tell the eighth-grade running back on his 15th birthday.You read that right. That’s for the Class of 2020. The middle school phenom is six feet tall and weighs about 175 pounds and has already clocked a 40-yard dash in 4.7 seconds. That’s a laser time.
Cool. We have a Class of 2020 thread, but no 2019 thread?
So Tanner McKee a 5* QB graduating high school in 2018 is visiting Stanford this week. He's LDS and plans to take a mission so really a 2020 recruit. We have not offered him yet, but it's looking like a battle between us and BYU.A Google search of "Tanner McKee Stanford" turned up the following on the first page:http://www.cougarboard.com/board/message.html?id=17217442Basically they are making the case for their version of the 40-year decision.
"I'm going to Bama this weekend and can't wait," McKee said. "Tosh Lupoi (Bama LB coach) was at my game on Friday and they have been recruiting me hard all year."Stanford will be on (Nov. 25) and BYU (Feb. 3). I'm planning to visit Washington in November as well. I was supposed to go this past weekend but had an issue with my flight so I'm going to reschedule that one. Everyone is still in it and I haven't eliminated anyone. Like I said, I'm taking the visit with an open mind and will make a decision closer to Signing Day."


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Interview With Author Mo Willems
When collecting books for Beck’s library I automatically went with the classics that I read as a child. But then my bibliophile sister who has instilled her love of reading in all of her children sent a big box of their favorites. Part of the collection was Don’t Let Pigeon Stay Up Late by Mo Willems. After getting a good laugh reading it, I ordered more from the series because I loved it so much. So imagine how happy I was to come across this interview with Mo Willems on Design Mom. If you’re a fan of his books, you’ll enjoy it too.

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Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there’s got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you’re at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together. ~ Yo-Yo Ma
Okay, mourning dove.
It’s just you and me.
One . . . two . . . three . . . JUMP!
We went for a walk at 8:00 this morning despite the cold temperature because we wanted to be back inside before the wind started blowing again. And we just made it. As soon as we returned, I went out to clean and refill the bird bath (which was filled with pine needles, dirt, and other debris from yesterday’s wind) and that’s when the wind began raging again. (Note: the bath’s already polluted but there’s no point in cleaning now).
As noted yesterday, my anxiety levels were high (update: the fire in Park County spread to Teller County and has now burned 1,200 acres) and I chose to put on music loud enough to drown out the sound of the heavy gusts of wind while I played with ink and paints.
I copied each of these animals from a drawing book and consider them a huge success. Not because the crocodile looks like she has mumps or because what appears to be an otter was actually supposed to be a weasel. No, I consider my little art session a success because for a while there I was not thinking about our wildfire evacuation kit, the extreme drought and water shortage here in the West, or how the Biden administration continues to authorize more oil and gas drilling on federal lands. Instead, I was focused on drawing silly little pictures and learning how to use paints.
And now I’m going back to my art table where I’ll turn up the music and create some more. Oh, and comfort Emma when she gets agitated about those 50-mph gusts of wind.
Wishing you calm wherever you are.
Marcel rehearsing his scary face. January 25, 2020.
People in the neighborhood are being creative with their candy offerings. One house has a long tube running from an upstairs window to the driveway. I think the trick or treaters are supposed to shout in the tube to make candy come down. Another house has a catapult. We’re setting out candy on a table in the driveway which isn’t nearly as creative, but it’s still a fine chocolate-delivery system.
Just did some research for what might be my next project.
Even if none of it pans out, I like this feeling. Wheels turning. Creative juices flowing. Endless possibilities. Huzzah!
House Finch. November 27, 2019
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art. ~ Frederic Chopin
I’m brainstorming and jotting notes for a new middle-grade novel, and sometimes feel slightly overwhelmed by the possibilities for this story. Is it this? Or that? Here or there? There’s so much to consider.
This photo of me feels like the perfect image for this stage in the process and I’m posting it here as a reminder to myself: infinite possibilities are a gift.
Rustler Gulch Trail, July 26, 2018.
May I continue enjoying the creative journey as much as I did that wonderful hike. May I continue embracing the infinite landscape of my creative mind.
I’ve said this before and I’m gonna say it again: I’m very grateful for my creative life.
For the past few days, I’ve immersed myself in a work-in-progress project I’d had to put on hold for much of December while working on another, and yesterday told Zippy I’d fallen in love with the manuscript all over again. I’m grateful to love the work I do.
Today my gratitude is more specifically about the refuge my fiction provides. Admittedly, it’s not an impenetrable fortress. Earlier, I had to make a shaking-mad phone call to my House Rep’s office after learning about his pro-NSA surveillance vote and I just hopped onto Twitter in time to read about Agent Orange’s racist and hateful remarks about people from Haiti, Africa, and Latin America. The very act of writing that out has me so agitated, I’m now chewing at my cuticles. Clearly, the people and places in my head don’t keep the ugly at bay 24/7.
I do have an outlet when the current reality feels too horrible to contemplate. And I hope that’s true for everyone, whether it’s watching goat videos or smelling sweet puppy breath or welding sculptures or hiking or drumming or blowing raspberries on a baby’s chubby tummy or resting in a pool of sunshine or . . .
Please, do whatever it takes.
We did a whole lot today: Climate March + MOCO Museum for Banksy/Dali exhibits + Climate March again + FOAM Museum for William Eggleston’s LOS ALAMOS exhibit plus additional photography exhibits, and then dinner out at SNCKBR. (And yeah, I’m totally cognizant of the fact that there are a whole lotta acronyms in the preceding sentence.)
It’s been a good day here in Amsterdam. So good, in fact, that I’m having trouble picking just one image to represent the experience. (To add more pics would result in a marathon blog post, and I don’t have the bandwidth for that right now.) So I’m going to leave it at this quote that was painted on the wall at the Banksy exhibit:
Actually, this is THE perfect sentiment for the day. You know why? The “art” wasn’t just in those museums. It was also on display in Museumplein where all those people gathered to voice their concern/outrage/hopes/etc regarding the climate change affecting the planet.
We’re a creative species, and it’s gonna take a whole lotta outrage + art + action to get us out of this mess. It’s a daunting endeavor. But today, between the civic action outside the museums and the creativity exhibited inside, I truly believe that is possible.
Art is essential to our survival.
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Now more than ever
creatives are essential.
Can’t let ugly win.
For me, when I ‘discover’ a story,
there is a feeling of buoyancy and clarity,
perhaps similar to early morning out on a prairie highway,
when darkness lifts and reveals
the outline of farmhouses and copses of trees in the distance.
~ David Bergen
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
~ Akira Kurosawa
Yes, I absolutely agree with Mr. Kurosawa. Art calls for the unflinching truth. However, sometime’s I’m with Zoey and just want to avert my gaze. Sometimes it’s just too damned much to process.
A banana box
becomes a cardboard playhouse
for a creative.
I don’t think the goal is, ‘How big a star did you ever become?’
I think the goal is, ‘Were you able to express yourself?’
And if you’re able to say yes, in any field, you’ve won.
If you paint, write, do mosaics, knit –
if it’s solving that part of your brain saying,
‘I need to do this,’ you’ve won.
~ Albert Brooks
Guess what? Today was a win!
To be clear: I didn’t get an Emmy. I just like the look.

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Marsh deer are the largest deer species indigenous to South America. There is no subspecies. They reach a length of 2 m (6.6 ft) and a shoulder height of 1.2 m (3.9 ft) which makes them similar in body size to Red deer. They range through parts of Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay where they are restricted by the very specific habitat (as their name implies) they require in which to survive. These regions lie in central/eastern South America eastward from the Andes. Formerly they were located in much of tropical and subtropical South America and ranged east of the Andes, south from the Amazon rainforest, west of the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest and north of the Argentinian Pampa. Today it is largely reduced to isolated populations in marsh and lagoon zones in the Paraná, Paraguay, Araguaia and Guapore river basins. Small populations also occur in the southern Amazon, including Peru where they are protected in Bahuaja-Sonene National Park that is rich with wildlife. The park shares borders with Madidi National Park in Bolivia to the east and Tambopata National Reserve to the north. Marsh deer are listed as a vulnerable species.
The Marsh deer is a long legged handsome deer with striking colours. Its antlers somewhat resemble the North American mule deer or blacktail deer but the body structure and colour is totally different. The antlers generally have four or five tines per side but it’s not uncommon for them to have additional points. They possess very large ears lined with white hairs, red-gold to tawny brown fur, blackish eyes and long dark legs. Like most deer their hair turns darker during winter. There are white marks on the hips and around the eyes. The legs are black below the tarsal and they have a dark muzzle. The total body length is 153 to 200 cm (5.02 to 6.56 ft), while the tail adds a further 12–16 cm (4.7–6.3 in). The height at the shoulder can range from 100 to 127 cm (3.28 to 4.17 ft).
Only males possess antlers, which can reach a length of 60 cm (24 inches). An adult typically grows to a weight of 80 to 125 kg (176 to 276 lb), although an exceptional one can weigh up to 150 kg (330 lb). Marsh deer are gregarious in nature and an average size herd will number from five to seven animals.
The marsh deer lives only in marsh areas mostly throughout the Pantanal and Chaco regions, in which the level of water is less than 70 cm (28 in) deep. They are very proficient swimmers with webbed hooves. The hoof, which is large in relation to the body, has adapted and has the ability to spread which makes it ideal for swimming and walking on marshy surfaces. The tall vegetation and density of marsh flora protect Marsh deer from predators and provide them with food. They have a habit of following water levels between the dry season and flooding season. With fluctuation in water levels, they are able to find new food sources that the water uncovers during the dry. Marsh deer are herbivorous with diets comparable to other species of deer, although marsh deer consume mainly aquatic and riparian vegetation. Stomach analyses found that water lily and other leaves, grass, and browse was consumed.
Some limited freshwater regions on the Pantanal Wetland, Brazil which is part of a natural region encompassing the world’s largest tropical wetland area totaling an estimated 140,000 to 195,000 square kilometers reported low densities of individuals dictating that those ponds are not able to support large populations of marsh deer.
The cause of declining populations of marsh deer are blamed on habitat destruction and disease introduced to them wherever they co-exist with cattle even though the same disease does not affect cattle. Diseases introduced by livestock (e.g., FMD, brucellosis, babesiosis and several ecto- and endoparasitoses) are considered threats to the conservation of all deer species currently found in South America (and it is not restricted to this continent). However, the susceptibility of such species to the majority of livestock pathogens (agent of disease) is poorly understood. Foresters persecute Marsh deer where they are perceived to cause economic loss due to the buck’s habit of antler rubbing and resultant destruction of trees. Loss of habitat due to forestry plantations, draining of wetlands for agriculture, and the construction of dams primarily for hydroelectric power has all had major impacts upon Marsh deer specific habitat requirement. An additional reason the Marsh deer is such a vulnerable species is also due to its size since adult Marsh deer can reach weights of 330 pounds (150 kilograms); it’s a tempting amount of meat on the hoof for a South American family. This has resulted in humans being its current main predator. These threats combined have resulted in fragmentation of the population that in its self is another major threat to its wellbeing.
Before the rise of human hunters the only predators big enough to bring down a marsh deer were jaguars and pumas. Their light tan hides and black legs blend in with the reeds and long grasses of a swamp, but are no camouflage in other areas.
Marsh deer are attempting to adapt to the sweeping changes encroaching on their environment. Although they are naturally crepuscular in behavior (preferring to feed at dawn and dusk), the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology reports that some herds of Marsh deer are now totally nocturnal. Some herds are also moving to more mountainous ranges where people are less likely to visit. Deer the world over are survivors and it appears this species is adapting and pushing its self to the extreme just so it can continue living.
The species is declining throughout much of its range although recent surveys in Brazil have revealed higher populations than had been previously recorded (Mauro 1995). Combined experts indicate that approximately 41,000 Marsh Deer still survive in Brazil. In Argentina, population estimates are around 2,000 individuals; other important populations are known from Formosa and the Paraná River Delta. In Bolivia, several populations are known from the Beni savannahs and Noel Kempff National Park, and a recent population survey in Pampas Heath estimates 700 deer in the north of Madidi National Park. The principal population in Paraguay is in the Yacyretá region where density is low. Most populations in Paraguay were reported to be declining in the 1970s. In Peru the species occurred in small numbers and the last record of the species in Uruguay dates back to 1958.
The Marsh deer is totally protected from hunting in all distribution areas. I could not discover any known location where it is available in Game ranches.

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Elena Kagan and the case for an elitist Supreme Court
The Supreme Court was designed by the Founders to be elitist.
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As it turns out, Princeton produced the largest share of college degrees among the members of the Constitutional Convention.Skip to next paragraph
So, the fact that future Supreme Courts may have a Princeton majority should hardly be a cause for alarm. Then, as now, the Ivy League contained members of both the natural aristocracy of talent and the artificial aristocracy of privilege. Kagan is clearly representative of the former, not the latter.
In “The Federalist Papers,” James Madison noted that one of the many virtues of the Federal system was that it would act as a filter, winnowing and refining the pool of candidates for federal office. The Founders were not antigovernment libertarians or populist democrats. They were chastened civic republicans who recognized that one of the most basic functions of government was to civilize and restrain the excesses of democracy.
The role of the Supreme Court in American history remains essentially countermajoritarian.
As Justice Robert Jackson noted more than half a century ago: “The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts.”
To be sure, the high court is not immune to politics or the evolving traditions of American society. It is not, however, intended to be an exact mirror of the people.
Among all institutions in American society, the Supreme Court is deliberately designed to be elitist in nature. The Founders recognized this fact, and the debate over future nominations to the Supreme Court ought to as well.
Saul Cornell, PhD, holds the Paul and Diane Guenther chair in American history at Fordham University. He is the author of “The Other Founders: Anti-Federalism & the Dissenting Tradition in America, 1788-1828” and “A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America.”
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New Dell Vostro arrived yesterday. Dual core etc. Runs pretty fast so far.
One question for the techie buffs.
I have a 250gig drive from the old computer I want to install. Initially to remove the data then later to replace with a 1 TB drive. When I went to do that last night the pin configuration on the old drive does not match either the power or data cables for drives in the new computer.
The old computer had the older flat gray cable, this one has the new thin ATA Serial cable.
Is there any way to adapt the old to the new, even temporarily?
04-04-2008, 04:50 AM
There are adapters out there. I think your best bet at this point is to buy a IDE USB drive enclosure. You can stick your 250gb drive in there and then hook it up to you computer via USB cable. These enclosures are pretty handy. Great for moving files to another computer or an external backup.
04-04-2008, 04:59 AM
Second paulyjsob. Also, make sure there isn't an IDE port in the new PC. A lot of new PCs come with ATA Hard Drives but use IDE CD-ROMs. If this is the case you can use that IDE port for your old hard drive.
04-04-2008, 06:05 AM
leetke, there is an older IDE port but it is the smaller IDE footprint (seems there are two sizes of gray cable), and the older HD takes the larger IDE cable. Plus the power connection on the HD is two rows of pins whereas the newer power connectors are a smaller single row.
I like the enclosure idea, I even went to Comp USA last night looking for a solution and didn't even think of those - they are relatively inexpensive too. I have two HDs from the old computer, OS and other software was on one and I kept the data on the other, and it's only the data I want - but it would be handy to be able to use both older drives.
I also have a 500Gig external drive. So with the two old HDs in an enclosure I would currently have 2TB of HD with a slot for another TB open in the box.
Thanks for the idea.
04-04-2008, 06:10 AM
You've got SATA drives in your Dell. You probably have an Intel software RAID controller as well. This gives you a lot of options.
I would do like the others and buy a external USB controller (you should do this anyway) even though this is not your only option. Then copy the data from old drive to new computer. Then clear everything off old drive or buy another higher capacity drive like a 1 TB drive and copy all critical data from new computer to whatever drive is in your external enclosure. Now disconnect this external enclosure from your computer by simply yanking out the USB cable and put it in your fire proof safe at home or safety deposit box at the bank. Of course you could do this with a thumb drive as well.


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Last week, Meta, the tech company that owns Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp, added to its repertoire of social media platforms with the launch of Threads. By Monday, the app had amassed 100 million users in just five days. The previous record-holder, ChatGPT, took two months to reach the same milestone.
So what is Threads? Mark Zuckerberg has described the social media app as “a new way to share with text” that provides “a separate space for real-time updates and public conversations.” Meta’s chief product officer was more direct, according to The Verge, describing the social media platform as Meta’s “response to Twitter”, which would be more “sanely run” than its competitor.
Given Elon Musk’s turbulent tenure as Twitter CEO since he purchased the social media company last October, Meta’s move to build a more reliable alternative should not come as much of a surprise. Musk’s overhaul of Twitter’s verification system, for example, has made identifying misinformation on the platform considerably harder than it once was. Other sites like Mastodon have struggled to achieve critical mass, while Bluesky, the promising decentralised social media platform founded by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, remains invite-only for now.
In Musk’s view, Threads is an illegal rip-off of Twitter. Legality aside, there are certainly similarities between the two social media platforms, and Meta is no stranger to taking inspiration from rival apps – as it did when it added the disappearing stories feature pioneered by Snapchat to its own suite of apps.
Look at Threads and Twitter side by side, and the resemblance between the apps is hard to miss and it will be interesting to see if the social media marketing world will treat them similarly. However, there are several features absent from Threads that Twitter users might find themselves missing. Threads users cannot send private messages, and there is no ‘trending’ page or hashtags, no search function, and no option to filter your timeline to only show posts from people you follow – for now, at least. Deactivating your account is easy enough, but users who have tried to delete their accounts entirely have found that the only way to do so is to also delete your Instagram account.
It's this entanglement with Instagram that has left Meta with a regulatory headache. Threads’ record-breaking speed in reaching 100 million users is arguably even more impressive given that the social media app has yet to launch in the EU. Meta reportedly decided to delay the app’s launch there because of “complexities” relating to the EU’s incoming Digital Markets Act, which will aim to regulate how user data is shared between platforms.
Of course, that connection to Instagram has also played a huge part in Threads’ early success, given that 46% of the UK’s population already has an Instagram account. Instagram users who’ve joined Threads have a badge displayed on their profile linking directly to their Threads profile (or, for those who haven’t joined yet, the App Store).
When signing up to the social media app, new users are given the option to automatically follow everyone they already follow on Instagram that has joined Threads. This gives businesses (and influencers) who’ve already built a big following on their Instagram social media account a major head start.
From a business and social media marketing perspective, Threads is interesting because it’s currently ad-free (although, if we know anything about Meta’s business model, that won’t be the case for long). For now, at least, all engagement on the app is organic – that is, not paid-for.
This, along with the inability to filter your news feed to only show accounts you’ve followed (as well as the early hype around Threads as a novel platform) has created an environment where a well-executed post can drive a high level of engagement.
New social media platforms also present brands with the challenge/opportunity of developing a strategy and tone of voice that works. So far, brands that have taken a light-hearted, irreverent approach have proven popular, but it’s still very early days.
So what’s next for Threads? This interview with the app’s boss, Adam Mosseri (who also runs Instagram) sheds some light. Notably, he seems uninterested in “achieving Instagram-level scale” on Threads: “It would be great if it gets really, really big, but I’m actually more interested in if it becomes culturally relevant than if it gets hundreds of millions of users.”
Arguably, however, a big factor behind Twitter’s success in maintaining cultural relevance over the years despite a dwindling user base has been its popularity with journalists and politicians. Mosseri, on the contrary, seems to believe that Threads doesn’t need the “negativity” and “scrutiny” that “politics and hard news” brings, indicating that this type of content won’t be “encouraged” on the app.
Given its early popularity – not to mention its backing by one of the world’s biggest companies – Threads looks like it’s here to stay. What kind of culture emerges on the social media platform, and the impact on social media marketing, remains to be seen, however. We’ll be keeping a close eye on it here at Wardour.
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