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Thrombophilia is a disorder of hemostasis in which there is a tendency forthe occurrence of thrombosis. This tendency can be inherited or acquired. In general, heritable thrombophilia is associated with a predisposition to venous, not arterial, thromboembolism.
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Lupus anticoagulants (LA)
- Dilute Russel’s Viper Venom Test (screen and confirm)
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Anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) IgG IgM
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Clinical manifestations are nonspecific for APS so diagnosis is reliant on accurate detection in the diagnostic laboratory of the three aPL markers.
Should be repeated after at least 12 weeks to confirm the persistence of antibodies.
The Scientific Subcommittee on Lupus Anticoagulant/Phospholipid-dependent Antibodies of the International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis established the classification criteria for APS. It is comprised of two criteria: a clinical criteria and a laboratory criteria. APS is considered present when both criteria are met.
Clinical Criteria for APS (at least one event)
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Miyakis S, Lockshin MD, Atsumi T, et al. International consensus statement on an update of the classification criteria for definite antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). J Thromb Haemost. 2006;4:295-306.
Devreese KMJ, Ortel TL, Pengo V, de Laat B, Subcommittee on Lupus anticoagulant/ Antiphospholipid antibodies.
Laboratory criteria for antiphospholipid syndrome: communication from the SSC of the ISTH. J Thromb Haemost. 2018;16:809-813.
Guidance from the Scientific and Standardization Committee for lupus anticoagulant/ antiphospholipid antibodies of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis.
Update of the guidelines for lupus anticoagulant detection and interpretation.
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A key distinction, mentioned by Dubin (1979, p. 227), is “leadership at a distance.” When Dubin was writing, there was little research on this topic. More recently, however, there has been an upsurge in leadership-at-a-distance work. We see a major review by Antonakis and Atwater (2002), following an earlier one by Napier and Ferris (1993), along with work by authors such as Shamir (1995) and Waldman and Yammarino (1999).
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Woody Harrelson found War for the Planet of the Apes shoot ‘daunting’
Woody Harrelson felt as though he was going to work in a city every day he arrived to film War for the Planet of the Apes.
Woody Harrelson found filming War for the Planet of the Apes to be “daunting”.
The American actor has joined the franchise for the upcoming third instalment as Colonel, a ruthless leader of humans who battles the ape army, led by Caesar (Andy Serkis). Directed by Matt Reeves, who helmed the last movie Dawn of the Planet of the Apes back in 2014, Woody was grateful to join the action universe in the blockbuster.
“I’m like, ‘Geez I can’t wait to see the third one!’ and little did I know I’d be in it,” he told Collider of being a big fan of the franchise. “So I feel really lucky to be a part of it. I think Matt is an incredible, gifted, super smart filmmaker. I don’t think there’s a lot of people who can pull off what he’s doing, it is so humungous.
“It was a bit daunting, I must say, at first. It took me a little while to get used to it because it was definitely the biggest thing I’ve ever been a part of, it was like going to work at a city, literally.”
Woody also heaps praise on Andy, dubbing him an extraordinary actor and a “great human being”.
The Zombieland star has landed another life-changing part recently too – he’s set to appear in an upcoming Star Wars movie. The Han Solo spin-off is adding more names to its cast, with Alden Ehrenreich playing the title hero while Donald Glover and Emilia Clarke also star. Woody will be playing the mentor to the young Han Solo, a position he embraced in The Hunger Games movies.
“It’s mind-blowing. I can’t really... you know, I never would’ve imagined that I’d get this opportunity so I’m really pumped about it,” he gushed. “I really like those directors (Phil Lord and Chris Miller), I think they’re really great.
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A Christmas display for a sick child wrecked by vandals was rebuilt with the help of her local paper.
Jamie-Leigh Harrington, from Gravesend, suffers from a rare bone and lung disease called lymphangiomatosis which means she may not live to see another Christmas.
But uncaring vandals destroyed the display of festive decorations outside her home just four days before her 11th birthday.
When the Gravesend Messenger reported the tragic tale, the community answered the call to arms and helped rebuild the display.
Editor Denise Eaton said: “We turned this phenomenal event around in just two days, arranging Christmas lights, inflatables, band, choir, mayor, police area commander, Father Christmas, toys, and even real snow, to realise a dying girl’s Christmas wish.”
Staff at the paper spent a frantic two days telephoning local organisations and businesses while calls offering donations and cash deluged the office – some from as far away as Germany.
Around 200 volunteers spent four hours at Jamie’s home putting up lights, inflatables, a tree and even real snow.
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The story even attracted interest from the national media when The Sun newspaper dispatched a reporter to Gravesend who was roped into assembling a reindeer.
Mayor of Gravesham Coun Pat Oakeshott, who attended the surprise, said the community should be full of pride.
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Editor’s Note: I wrote this magazine piece on wine and civility 13 years ago, after 9/11. However, the search for civility in everyday life has more resonance than ever, with the riots in Ferguson, ISIS, Jian Ghomeshi, Gamergate, unfettered consumerism, and the mysogenous micro-aggressions that women face daily on social media. I welcome your thoughts here: never lose is your voice. In Vino Civilitatis The trouble with moderation is that it’s hard to get excited about it. Until now. After September 11, moderation seems to be rarer than a California cult cabernet. Finding the moderate and the civilized in everyday […]
Courtney Henderson, sommelier at the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Frank Restaurant in Toronto, shares tips on pairing wine with art, finding the gems on a restaurant wine list and the artist with whom she’d love to share a great bottle. What makes your wine list unique? We have thirty red wines, thirty white and six sparkling, with six by the glass for red and white and three for the sparkling. More than 85 percent of them are Canadian. We feature Vintner Quality Alliance (VQA) wines that includes lots of local gems such as Niagara’s 13th Street Pinot Gris, Nyarai Sauvignon […]
My friends know that I write about wine for a living; and over the years, they’ve sought my counsel as earnestly as they’d a physician friend for advice about their ailments. Sometimes even the savviest wine lover encounters situations so fraught with anxiety, they make her wish she could crawl into a bottle and pull the cork in after her. So from one who has been thrust into the role of a vinous Agony Aunt, here are some guidelines. These suggestions may not be the classic Miss Manners answers to vexing vinous events, but they might just get you through […]
Director James Cameron recently bought Beaufort Winery in Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia for an undisclosed price. (Wouldn’t we like to know.) Cameron joins a growing roster of movie celebrity winemakers. Husband-and-wife team, Susan and Jeff Vandermolen, founded the winery in 2006, and will consult for at least a year. James, the director of blockbuster movies such as Avatar ($2.7 billion), Titanic, Aliens and The Terminator, wanted to buy agricultural land in the region as a way of spending more time with his family in Canada; he was born in Chippewa, Ontario. Even though winemaking wasn’t his first […]
CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes had done a hilarious parody of the blockbuster movie starring Tom Hanks, “Captain Phillips” in a sequel entitled Captain Phillips 2: The Sommelier Pirates (thanks to my favourite reporter at CBC for sending this ;) Here’s the previous round of wine quotes if you’re thirsting for more. All the best stories have three things: Once Upon a Time, Happily Ever After, and a glass of wine somewhere in the Middle.
The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them. – John Buchan Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art. – Ralph Waldo Emerson No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Taste is the common sense of genius. – Victor Hugo Beauty fades, but dumb is forever. – My Grade 5 Teacher Here’s the previous round of wine quotes if you’re thirsting for more.
When I went to listen to Oprah Winfrey talk last night, I expected to hear cliches about believing in yourself and taking a positive attitude. However, her insights were incredibly more practical, grounded, and ultimately, inspirational. She used the rise and fall and rise again of her own network to make her advice concrete: “I live a big life,” she observed. “My mistakes show up on the evening news. But that can force you to dig deeper, move in a new direction and do the next right thing.” She also talked about Sheryl Sandberg, the former COO of Facebook whose […]


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45 minutes into our trip, the trailer blew a tire. We unearthed the jack, loosened the lug nuts, and unloaded only half of the trailer to get to the spare. Which was flat. Thankfully the blown tire was still holding air. The radials had ejected themselves with enough force to set the fender a bit askew, but the lower levels of rubber were still holding strong. We could limp her to the next town to find some air; not a problem.
Except for the dead battery that greeted us upon re-entry into the truck.
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TAMPA — For the first time in its history, the Old Seminole Heights Neighborhood Association has kicked out three of its members — and not just any three.
Two are the most immediate past presidents, Randy Baron and Susan Long. The third is Christie Hess, named the Tampa Police Department's 2008 Citizen of the Year.
The neighborhood bylaws say an executive board can "expel members whose actions or conduct embarrass or jeopardize the best interest" of the association.
Their excommunication-worthy offense?
They started a charitable foundation.
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Some neighborhood associations are small, loose. They may have the same president for years. Might go months without a single quibble.
Then there is Old Seminole Heights. Members: 600. Annual budget: $50,000. It has an executive board of nine officers and more than a dozen subcommittees. Almost every move it makes requires a vote.
Decisions take time and often prompt fierce debate, at meetings, on the Internet and in the few square miles the neighbors all share.
Sometimes, it gets personal.
The issue in question: the newly formed Seminole Heights Foundation, a charitable organization formed so that people could make tax-exempt donations for neighborhood improvements like park benches, new trees and historic street lamps.
Baron, Long and Hess started it outside the association, on their own. Instead of exclusively serving one neighborhood's boundaries, they'd cover a bigger area of Seminole Heights, which includes two other associations.
They applied for nonprofit status and reserved two .org Web domains: SeminoleHeightsFoundation and OldSeminoleHeightsFoundation.
The board didn't know any of this until a news release had gone out. Members were livid.
For more than a decade, the association had discussed creating a foundation. In the fall, it created a committee to research it, hiring a lawyer, consulting with professional fundraisers, writing bylaws. Baron was on that committee.
Had he stolen their plans?
The association hired a lawyer, who sent a letter to the three foundation members accusing them of "usurping" the ideas of the association's board.
At a general membership meeting mentioned in an April Times story, the issue was aired. Foundation members kept quiet as neighbors accused them of illegal activity and the use of "insider information." Others called for peace.
That night, the association's president, Jeff Harmon, called for everyone to move forward and leave this behind.
Then, at a board meeting in May, a vote was taken by its nine members — an unexpected one.
Unanimously, and for the first time ever, the Foundation Three were expelled.
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Baron, Long and Hess got calls from people at the meeting that night. They hear one made a motion, the other seconded, and they were out.
A week later, they still hadn't officially been notified by the board.
"There was no notice. There was no due process. There's been no explanation for what it means," Baron said.
He says he attended his first association meeting a week after he moved to the neighborhood and has missed only one since. Baron says he doesn't know what to call himself anymore. If he's been voted out of the neighborhood, is he still a resident?
In the three years he served as president, and the year that Long followed, the two built up the neighborhood's reputation in the city. Seminole Heights was chosen as a testing ground for form-based zoning. The neighborhood celebrated code enforcement victories. Starbucks moved in.
Since their presidencies, both Baron and Long have been appointed to citizen boards by the City Council and the mayor.
Harmon, the association president, said the board talked the decision through. He said it was painful. He said the three have remained silent and refused to negotiate with the association about the foundation.
"It's not like this is over dislike," Harmon said. "This is over action. I mean, this was done to us. It was done to the board. It was done to the committee."
He said its bylaws didn't require them to bring the issue to a general membership vote. The three who were expelled will get an official letter and their $10 dues, he said.
City neighborhood guidelines say an association's membership should be open to all residents, but neighborhood liaison Shannon Edge says they exist to prevent discrimination. After checking with the city attorney about the actions of Old Seminole Heights, she said the association has a right to expel members.
"What we're trying to do is put a stop to this infighting," Harmon said.
Meanwhile, another group of neighbors, feuding over the proposal of a new historic district, has threatened to secede from the association.
It, too, has hired a lawyer.
Alexandra Zayas can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org or (813) 226-3354.


The Florida House of Representatives adjourned its annual session on April 21, three days ahead of the scheduled end date.
House Speaker Steve Crisafulli (R) thanked the state representatives for their “patience as we work through a really incredibly unusual session” before declaring Sine Die.
The House adjourning ahead of the established May 1 end is due to the budget impasse with the Senate over Medicaid expansion.
With the House session officially over, the Single-Sex Public Facilities bill (HB 583), or “the bathroom bill”, has died and will not move any further.
The “bathroom bill” would prohibit individuals from using public facilities that align with their gender identities, and instead have them use facilities based on their gender at birth.
Four other LGBT bills that have not been voted on in the House also die with this session.
House Bill 33, which would revise the Workforce Act to include sexual orientation and gender identify as protected classes, and House Bill 83, which would outlaw “conversion therapy” to be used on minors, will not be moving forward this year.
The other bills, one for a state wide domestic partner registry and one to repeal the language preventing county clerks to issue marriage licenses, may not even be needed after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage comes out.
The Supreme Court ruling is expected at the end of June.


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June 2023 capital markets outlook and risk metrics
Although some global inflation indicators continued to improve in May, central banks signaled their readiness to continue to hike interest rates, which weighed on bond markets and economic growth expectations.
Confidence in China’s economic reopening waned, as foreign investors shed their positions in Chinese equities. The MSCI China index fell 8.4% in May and is down 14.8% on a one-year annualized basis.
The MSCI Emerging Market index outperformed Chinese stock markets and developed non-US equity markets.
After a strong start to the year, developed non-US markets printed negative returns in May.
The US equity market had mixed results in May. Mega cap and large cap technology companies benefited from an AI-fueled burst of investor enthusiasm while small and mid-cap stocks posted negative returns.
Investors continued to favor growth stocks with the Russell 1000 Growth index posting a 20.8% return year-to-date while value stocks struggled with negative returns.
Deteriorating growth expectations weighed on commodity prices in May, with natural resource stocks suffering a steep sell-off. Infrastructure and real estate equities decline during the month as well.
Most fixed income markets posted negative returns in May with the notable exception of short-dated T-bills as uncertainty regarding future policy rates and inflation dampened enthusiasm for bonds.
The Fed’s statement in May offered some potential for a pause in the rate-hiking cycle, but subsequent economic data appear to indicate continued economic demand and tight labor markets that could indicate the need for still higher rates in the future.
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Silver Surfer #9 (Marvel Comics)
So what’s it about? Check out our preview.
Why does this book matter?
This is the best place to find Mike Allred and Laura Allred’s current work. Add in Dan Slott’s incredible sense of fun and exploration and this is a must read series.
Fine, you have my attention. What’s good about it?
This issue weaves in the very real threat of humankind destroying our Earth via pollution through the exploration of a mysterious planet. On top of that there’s a clever mind bending moment for Dawn that sci-if fans will love. Slott has Silver Surfer and Dawn explore completely destroyed planets, only to find a Jetsons-like planet that turns out to be the third try for its people; you see, they trashed the previous planets, but now live perfectly fine (that is, if you’re cool with throwing away your body)!
Later on in the issue, Silver Surfer rushes to save Dawn and it’s a nice way of showing he’s still capable of hurting innocent folks (if his hand is forced). It’s also a sign he’s truly in love with Dawn. The mind bending threat Dawn faces is just quirky enough for this series and should have fans wondering what it’d be like to be in Dawn’s shoes.
It’s the Jetsons!
The Allreds continue to put on a show. Surfer looks as good as ever and there’s some interesting translucent visuals used later in the issue to convey the dilemma for Dawn. Later, when a great machine is shown, Mike Allred draws it with incredible detail, which starkly contrasts the more simplistic look of the characters. Plus the powers cosmic show up which always look rather cool.
It can’t be perfect can it?
There’s a big focus on the grossness of humans and how they excrete waste which seems to stand out. It’s a neat way to show how even Silver Surfer thinks human bodily function is gross, but the focus seems to get away from the point the book is making. The icky nature of human waste is shameful apparently and it doesn’t quite jive with the rest of the narrative.
Is It Good?
Silver Surfer and Dawn go on an adventure that informs the reader in a clever way that pollution is real and protecting our environment should be our highest goal. Slott and Allred have created a wacky and weird premise to wrap this very serious story in, which makes for a trippy science fiction twist.
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A novel coronavirus, the causative agent of the current pandemic of viral respiratory illness and pneumonia, was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China. The disease has been given the name, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The virus at last report has spread to more than 100 countries. Much of what we suspect about this virus comes from work on other severe coronavirus respiratory disease outbreaks – Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). MERS-CoV was a viral respiratory disease, first reported in Saudi Arabia, that was identified in more than 27 additional countries. The disease was characterized by severe acute respiratory illness, including fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Among 2,499 cases, only two patients tested positive for MERS-CoV in the United States. SARS-CoV also caused a severe viral respiratory illness. SARS was first recognized in Asia in 2003 and was subsequently reported in approximately 25 countries. The last case reported was in 2004.
As of March 13, there are 137,066 cases worldwide of COVID-19 and 1,701 in the United States, according to the John Hopkins University Coronavirus COVID-19.
What about children?
The remarkable observation is how few seriously ill children have been identified in the face of global spread. Unlike the H1N1 influenza epidemic of 2009, where older adults were relatively spared and children were a major target population, COVID-19 appears to be relatively infrequent in children or too mild to come to diagnosis, to date. Specifically, among China’s first approximately 44,000 cases, less than 2% were identified in children less than 20 years of age, and severe disease was uncommon with no deaths in children less than 10 years of age reported. One child, 13 months of age, with acute respiratory distress syndrome and septic shock was reported in China. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, children present with fever in about 50% of cases, cough, fatigue, and subsequently some (3%-30%) progress to shortness of breath. Some children and adults have presented with gastrointestinal disease initially. Viral RNA has been detected in respiratory secretions, blood, and stool of affected children; however, the samples were not cultured for virus so whether stool is a potential source for transmission is unclear. In adults, the disease appears to be most severe – with development of pneumonia – in the second week of illness. In both children and adults, the chest x-ray findings are an interstitial pneumonitis, ground glass appearance, and/or patchy infiltrates.
Are some children at greater risk? Are children the source of community transmission? Will children become a greater part of the disease pattern as further cases are identified and further testing is available? We cannot answer many of these questions about COVID-19 in children as yet, but as you are aware, data are accumulating daily, and theand the are providing regular updates.
Afrom China gave us some idea about community transmission and infection risk for children. The Shenzhen CDC identified 391 COVID-19 cases and 1,286 close contacts. Household contacts and those persons traveling with a case of the virus were at highest risk of acquisition. The secondary attack rates within households was 15%; children were as likely to become infected as adults ( ).


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With such delicious body lines as these, the HSC already looks
the part of a supercar.
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All-aluminum frame. Aluminum and carbon-fiber body panels. Sleek
Midmounted V6 engine. What does this call to mind? Acura NSX,
Introduced 14 years ago, the NSX is one of the few Hondas that
doesn't adhere to the company's practice of redesigning its
cars every four to five years - it's still basically the same
car it was back in 1991. Though still exhilarating to drive
by any reasonable standards, this $90,000 supercar is no match
for the similarly priced Viper or Corvette Z06, while comparatively
inexpensive cars like the Nissan 350Z and Mitsubishi Lancer
Evolution make it seem way overpriced for what you get. Though
few details were given at the Tokyo show, the HSC seems to be
a glimpse of a long-overdue successor to the NSX.
Honda says the HSC "delivers output in excess of 300 horsepower,"
which is a must for a supercar in this day and age. Shifts are
made with either an "easy-to-operate" dial shifter or paddle-shift
levers - we would assume this indicates the use of a sequential
manual transmission rather than a conventional manual gearbox.
Indeed, press literature suggests that the HSC is a car that
makes its high-performance threshold accessible to drivers of
varying abilities. The cabin bears no signs of deceased Preludes
and appears fully modern and driver-oriented with individual
gauge pods, heavily bolstered seats and liberal use of carbon
fiber, aluminum and nubuck.
Why Should You Care? Will the NSX finally get a redesign? The
HSC seems to be a hazy picture of the direction the company
might take with its supercar. A future production version could
pick up this concept's styling cues and, perhaps, a sequential
Somewhat industrial in appearance, the cockpit is strongly
driver-oriented with readily accessible gauges and heavily bolstered
Honda F1 sets land speed records
All week long, the Honda Racing F1 team has been out at the
Bonneville Salt Flats pursuing a lofty goal: setting a new Formula
1 car land speed record over
the Bonneville flying mile with an average speed of 400 kph.
Honda simply called the mission the Bonneville 400.
The instrument being used to make the attempt was a V10-powered
Honda 007. For the runs out on the salt, the car was outfitted
with an upright rear fin instead of the standard wing, and also
employed the use of a parachute to help slow itself at the completion
of each attempt. Driver Alan van der Mewe was behind the wheel
for all the early-morning record runs, and through the course
of the week, Alan, the team, and the car have broken F1 class
records three times.
During today's final set of attempts, the Honda produced two
land speed records for Formula 1 cars. Over the Bonneville flying
mile, the car hit an average speed of 397.360kph (246.908mph).
The second record set was over the flying kilometer, where it
averaged 397.481kph (246.983mph).
The magic 400 kph average remained out of reach, though earlier
this week, the car did hit 400.454 kph on one pass of the measured
mile. It wasn't able to match the feat on the return trip, unfortunately.
While disappointed that they didn't set the record at 400, all
parties involved deemed the week a success. Given the time and
effort that they put into the event and the challenges they
faced running an F1 car on the salt flats, you can't help but
Sales of HondaJet Off to Impressive Start After 3-day NBAA Convention
Honda Aircraft Company today announced that it received well
over 100 individual customer orders with deposits for the $3.65
million HondaJet during the National Business Aviation Association
(NBAA) convention in Orlando, Florida. The company began sales
of its advanced light jet on October 17 and has experienced
demand in excess of expectations over three days of sales.
"We are extremely pleased with the early customer
response to HondaJet. In addition to the strong demand we have
experienced from individuals, we are negotiating with a number
of fleet customers as well," said Michimasa Fujino, president
& CEO of Honda Aircraft Co., Inc. "Due to this overwhelming
response, we are now considering an increase in our production
plan to meet the needs of our customers."
HondaJet will be produced by the Honda Aircraft Company at a
dedicated manufacturing facility in the United States. Toward
this end, on October 11 of this year, the company submitted
its application for type certification of HondaJet with the
Federal Aviation Administration.
Setting new standards for performance, quality and comfort,
HondaJet introduces a series of new technologies that signify
a revolutionary departure from conventional light jet designs.
Its most unique and recognizable feature - the over-the-wing
engine mount (OTWEM) configuration - liberates precious fuselage
space for increased room in the cabin and cargo stowage, while
significantly reducing aerodynamic drag at high speeds for major
improvements in performance and fuel efficiency.
HondaJet features a class-topping cruise speed of 420 knots
with an IFR range of 1180 nautical miles , and a 30-35 percent
gain in fuel efficiency at cruise speed versus other jets of
comparable performance. HondaJet's luxuriously-appointed cabin
is about 1-foot longer than even larger light jets and features
a fully-private lavatory.
"Clearly, our customers
understand that HondaJet creates new value by combining class-leading
speed, comfort and fuel efficiency... matched by the promise
of Honda's reputation for the highest quality," said Fujino.
A sales network incorporating five regional sales groups has
been established for sales of HondaJet - HondaJet East, HondaJet
Southeast, HondaJet Midwest, HondaJet Southwest and HondaJet
Northwest - operating 14 offices around the country to provide
HondaJet customers with a superior sales and ownership experience.
The company will also establish a network of service facilities
within 90-minutes flight time from any location in the U.S.
Honda Develops Advanced VTEC Engine Combining High Power and
TOCHIGI, Japan 09/25/2006
Motor Co., Ltd. has further advanced its VTEC (Variable Valve
Timing and Lift Electronic Control System) technology with the
development of the Advanced VTEC engine, which achieves high
performance along with outstanding fuel economy and lower emissions.
The new engine combines continuously variable valve lift and
timing control with the continuously variable phase control
of VTC (Variable Timing Control). Honda plans to release a production
vehicle equipped with the new engine within three years.
This new system permits optimum control over intake valve lift
and phase in response to driving conditions, achieving improved
charging efficiency for a significant increase in torque at
all engine speeds. Under low to medium load levels, the valves
are set for low lift and early closure to reduce pumping losses
and improve fuel economy.
In combination with optimized intake components, these advances
in control technology result in world-class dynamic performance
along with approximately 13 percent* improvement in fuel economy.
The new engine is also exceptionally clean, with exhaust emissions
that meet both U.S. Environmental Protection Agency LEV2-ULEV
regulations and Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and
Transport requirements for Low-Emission Vehicles, with emission
levels 75 percent lower than those required by the 2005 standards
(based on Honda calculations).


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The Western Australian Government and Water Corporation has completed a $15.2 million project to install a new two and a half million litre water tank, new booster pump station and other supporting infrastructure in the town of Kondinin.
As part of this work, around 18km of upgraded water supply main was built to connect the new tank and pumping station to the Great Southern Towns Water Supply Scheme (GSTWSS).
This work will improve the water supplied to the communities of Kondinin, Hyden and Karlgarin more effectively than the previous pumping station. The new tank, booster pump station and treatment plant has been built on a new site and around 80 local workers were involved in this Water Corporation project.
In 2017, Water Corporation delivered a $35.6 million project to construct a pump station and pipeline connecting Stirling Dam to the GSTWSS, which services 44 towns across the Great Southern including Hyden, Karlgarin and Kondinin.
The project enabled water from Perth’s Integrated Water Supply Scheme to be pumped to the GSTWSS when needed to secure water supply for these towns, as the impact of climate change continues to impact rainfall.
Western Australian Water Minister, Dave Kelly, said the project was an important step in securing water for rural towns and communities.
“This financial year, the McGowan Government, through the Water Corporation, will spend $66.8 million across the Great Southern and Goldfields and Agricultural regions on water, wastewater and drainage projects,” Mr Kelly said.
“This project will improve the quality of water supplied to the towns of Kondinin, Hyden and Karlgarin, with the new concrete water tank providing covered storage.
“Local residents and businesses will also experience better water flow as the new water supply main has a greater capacity.”
Agricultural Region MLC, Laurie Graham, said reliable water supply is crucial for the people of Kondinin, Hyden and Karlgarin he welcomes the upgrades.
“Most of us don’t think twice about turning on the tap to access a clean, reliable water supply at home or at work,” Mr Graham said.
“So it’s great to see that the Great Southern Towns Water Supply Scheme making that a reality for more of our farming communities.”


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Back to the future for Eskom as it seeks to plug 1.3bn ton coal hole *Photo by* Dylan Slater Primary energy division GM Dan Mashigo
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State-owned electricity producer Eskom is going back to the future as it seeks to close an estimated 1.3-billion ton coal shortfall that it calculates will arise over the remaining life of its coal-fired power station fleet.
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As part of the board-approved strategy the utility will progressively replace short-term coal supply agreements with long-term coal contracts in an effort to avoid a repeat of the shortages that are currently afflicting the utility, which every year burns some 116-million tons.
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Primary energy division GM *Dan Mashigo* reports that, as of December 10, stocks have been restored to 28 days across the fleet as a result of accelerated procurement efforts and a lower-than-expected coal burn, owing to the underperformance of some generation units.
Unplanned outages and breakdowns at several units resulted in a sustained period of load-shedding in early December and warnings that the risks of rotational power cuts would remain in place until at least the end of March.
Mashigo says 35 new contracts have been concluded since January for the supply of 94-million tons of coal, 18.6-million tons of which would be supplied during the 2018/19 financial year.
Eskom has also made progress with its plan to buy four-million tons of emergency coal, which should increase overall stock levels to 37 days by March 31, 2019. Contracts for 2.7-million tons have already been concluded and negotiations are under way for the 1.3-million-ton balance.
“Currently, eight power stations are below the grid code requirement of 20 days and two have less than ten-days stock.”
*COST-PLUS INVESTMENT PLAN*
The long-term strategy also prioritises investments at its five remaining cost-plus mines, reversing the controversial ‘bread versus bakery’ strategy that favoured arms-length supply agreements over investments in mines established with the specific purpose of supplying the nearby power station with coal using conveyor belts.
No capital expenditure estimate has been released for the cost-plus mines, but Eskom indicates that the investments will unlock 223-million tons of coal between 2020 and 2035 and reduce its overall shortfall to about one-billion tons.
The cost-plus mines are contracted to supply Eskom with 55-million tons yearly, but are only currently supplying at a yearly rate of about 40-million tons, owing to an underinvestment in the operations.
“The coal strategy has been revised to revert Eskom’s coal supply to dedicated long-term coal contracts for the life of the stations, with preference for conveyor-delivered coal,” Mashigo explains, revealing that Eskom is also optimistic that the closed Arnot colliery, which was built to supply the Arnot power station, could be revived in the not-too-distant future.
Where cost-plus investments and contract extensions are not feasible, however, the utility will seek to extend existing contracts that are aligned with the remaining operating lifespans of the stations.
Eskom believes there is potential to restore supply contracts from the three Tegeta-linked mines, including Optimum. The operations, which are contracted to supply 8.5-million tons yearly, went into business rescue in early 2018. Their failure to supply at contracted levels has been raised as a significant factor by Eskom in the depletion of coal stocks during 2018.
The balance of the uncontracted coal, Mashigo says, will be sourced through open tenders.
The utility is concerned, however, about an increase in competition for Eskom-quality coal from power stations in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and South Korea.
“Eskom is no longer always a customer of choice for our grade of coal, with some miners indicating to us that they have various seaborne opportunities.”
*ROAD TO RAIL*
Where supply contracts involve the transport of coal, Eskom will actively encourage rail over road haulage. In fact, Mashigo reports that it is already working on various solutions with Transnet, premised on the State-owned freight logistics group providing new rail solutions developed on a build, operate and own basis.
Over the coming three to five years, Eskom has a goal of diverting half of the 40-million tons currently being transported by road to rail.
It is at an advanced stage in finalising a rail solution to redirect coal from Medupi, in Lephalale, to the Kendal power station, in Mpumalanga. Eskom expects to rail about 1.4-million tons of Medupi coal yearly to Kendal, where compatibility tests have already been completed. Similar tests using Medupi coal at the Majuba power station proved unsuccessful.
Owing to construction delays at Medupi, a coal surplus of around 15-million tons has arisen. To reduce the surplus, rail infrastructure at Exxaro’s Grootegeluk mine will be used to load one coal train a day for use at the Kendal power station.
Mashigo insists that the economics of railing coal from Limpopo to Mpumalanga have been considered. He adds that the cost of Medupi coal has been found to be competitive relative to Kendal’s next best alternatives, owing to the fact that the Medupi surplus is a “sunk cost”.
He insists, though, that Medupi coal is not seen as either a primary, or a long-term source of coal for Kendal.


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With spring break around the corner, this is a time when parents must think up of all sorts of activities for their kids. At this point, I’m sure a few movies on your shelf have been watched ad nauseum, so here are a few lesser-known movies that kids and parents can enjoy as a change of pace.
Bringing Up Baby
There is no better movie to get your kids interested in old cinema than this 1938 screwball comedy starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Grant plays a mild-mannered paleontologist who gets mixed up with free-spirited Hepburn the day before his wedding. She convinces him to come to her house to care for a tame leopard she has just acquired, at which point hijinks ensue. While there is plenty of snappy dialogue, there is also enough physical comedy, music, dinosaur bones, and adorable animals to entertain the kids.
My Neighbor Totoro
The great Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki just completed his final film last year, so pay tribute to this master by watching his 1988 masterpiece. The story concerns two young girls, Satsuke and Mai, who move to a new country home while their mother recovers from a long-term illness. However, their new home is in a magical forest where they encounter fantastical creatures called Totoros who lead the girls on enchanted adventures that help them understand realities of life. Your kids will fall in love with the beautifully animated creatures and be wowed by the magical realm Miyazaki creates. While this movie is a favorite of kids everywhere, really any movie from Miyazaki is an entertaining choice.
The Iron Giant
Brad Bird, creator of The Incredibles and Ratatouille, created this overlooked gem in 1999, just before he left Warner Brothers to join Pixar. Set in 1957 during the height of the Cold War, this film begins when an enormous iron robot from space crash-lands in the dense woods of a small town in Maine. A young boy named Hogarth discovers the robot and, after some initial fear, befriends him. With the help of a beatnik named Dean, Hogarth tries to hide the robot from concerned military officers who wish to destroy it out of Cold War paranoia. At its core, the film is a movie about friendship, with an ending that will have kids and parents feeling the tug of their heart-strings. Evoking the era, the gorgeous animation makes the entire film look like a Norman Rockwell painting.


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Feeding your dogs a Raw food Diet? How much should I feed my dogs?
Relax! You are not alone! All new Raw Feeders go through the same phase of not being sure about how much to feed your dog. Especially in India where this concept is relatively new!
Through these, and many more articles we will look at how to optimize the uses of raw food, the quantities to feed your pet and tips learned through years of raising and feeding raw food to dogs which will benefit your pets.
A recent trend that’s picking up pace for pet owners is Raw Feeding in India. This is the practice of feeding domestic dogs, and cats uncooked meat, bone and organs.
A dilemma though, is how much raw food you should give your beloved pet.
Let’s look at some important factors to keep in mind before putting your pet on a raw food diet.
It’s important to not go overboard with the raw diet, but we don’t want our pets being fed less either. For that, just like humans who are supposed to eat as per their height and weight, we can start by feeding our pets depending on their body weight.
Pups can be fed up to 10% of their body weight whereas adults 2-3% of theirs. So if your baby (and here we mean puppy) weighs 10 kgs., you can look at feeding her approx 1kgs. of food split into 4-5 meals in 24 hours. It’s important to keep in mind that the pup should be fed at periodic intervals through the day.
If your pup’s a large breed, it’s important to keep her lean and fit and therefore you must keep an eye on how much she eats. Remember that it’s not healthy to be overweight and this applies to our pets too.
Proper nutrition for puppies is extremely important! Bone disorders start in puppyhood. Feeding raw meaty bones
to a puppy is very important for their health. First, it allows them to grow slowly, this is crucial to avoid bone and joint disorders
. Raw food is biologically appropriate and the levels of protein, fat and calcium are suitable for their growing bones and muscles. The raw bone in a biologically appropriate diet provides essential calcium and will not interfere with vitamin absorption.
I personally initiate my pups onto a raw food diet as early as 4.1 weeks of age. Pups can switch over to a raw diet just like adults, starting with a Chicken Mash
and slowly adding new proteins, organs and meaty bones to the diet. Always remember that slow growth is the best; everyone wants their puppy to grow the fastest and be the biggest and healthiest looking puppy around. However by doing this you could be causing irreversible bone damage. If people comment on how “lanky” your puppy is, take it as a compliment on what a great job you are doing growing your pup slowly.
You should be able to easily feel your pups ribs with the palm of your hand. Puppies should eat 3-5 times a day until they are about 6 months of age. From 6 months to about 1 year they should be fed twice daily. Once they are fully grown they can then be switched to one meal a day. Also remember that your pup’s bones are still very soft, so avoid too much exercise and any high impact activities.
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Quantity to feed Adult Dogs:
The recommended amount per day for an adult is 2% - 3% but, you will need to monitor their weight and consider their age and activity levels. A dog that spends a lot of time outside may need a higher percentage.
Quantity to feed neutered dogs
Neutered dogs and bitches have a tendency to increase fat stores from before they were neutered. A dog that may have once required 3% to maintain their ideal weight may only now require 2%. As ever, we recommend keeping a close watch on your newly neutered dogs closely so that you can adjust their intake as necessary.
Know your pet:
Just like we make an effort to know everything about the people we love, we must also make efforts to get to know our pets in depth. In simple language, you need to know your pet’s breed inside out.
It’s good to invest your time and energy to read up on your dog’s breed; details like ideal weight for males and females are important as it will better your chances of making an informed choice.
Talk to other pet owners or with your breeder for more information but don’t make hasty decisions.
Body Condition score while determining if your dog is on the heavier side:
: How do we tell if humans are at their ideal weight, obese
:We use the BMI (Body Mass Index) to determine this.
Similarly we can use a ‘Body Condition Score’ to determine if your cat or dog is too thin or too fat. Without it, we would only be playing guessing games which isn’t a good way to deal with the situation.
The chart below can help to tell you if your pet needs a weight loss
or a weight gain diet i.e if you want to increase or decrease the quantity of feed to your dog.
Now, just like with humans, it’s important to understand how active our pets are. Chances are, and that’s just an assumption, that your dog doesn’t go out much except to poop or maybe run around a bit in the house or the garden; if you’re lucky to have one i.e.
It’s great if your dog has large, open spaces that he can use to run about or get proper exercise. Even so, you don’t want to end up overfeeding him.
Lifestyle woes: Watch your dog’s lifestyle
If he’s Active:
Active here would mean that he has enough exercise daily; that he goes out of the house often and plays around and that there’s enough to keep him running and exercising all day. In that case, you might want to give him about 2% more than you would give a pet that’s not so active.
If he’s lazy
: You can define a lazy pet as someone who lies about under your chair or dining table all day. The only exercise this little (or not so little) brat’s getting is when he goes to relieve himself in the nearest bush. In this case, you do the opposite. Give him about 2% less than you would normally do.
If he works
: A working dog is a canine who isn’t merely a pet and actually learns and performs tasks to help or entertain humans. It could be multiple things that he does. For example, he could be trained to work livestock or guard sheep and protect them from wild animals like wolves etc. A good example is that of a Police dog; they’re sometimes called K9 units. They’re probably some of the most active, working dogs.
So, if you own a working dog, you could also give him between to 4 to 5% of their body weight. This also depends on the frequency of his activity, so be careful.
Most dogs fall between category 1 & 2. They might get anywhere between 1-3 hours of exercise a day and that‘s average we think. So for the ‘averagely active’ dogs we recommend 2-3% or at the most 2- 2.5% of body weight. It might happen that your dog’s activity meter fluctuates depending on circumstances, so you can move about his food intake accordingly.
The Circle of Life
The life cycle of a dog will naturally move from Pup to young adult, to expectant mother and then to a senior citizen if you can call it that.
Food intake must move with these stages too.
: They are like babies. They might want to eat as fast as they grow and while their cute little faces might melt our hearts, it’s important to not
let them grow obese.
You can put your puppy directly on to a raw food diet as soon as he’s weaned off his mother’s milk. Look up the adults of your pup’s breed and go with the expected weight.
As mentioned in the beginning of this article, you can feed your pup up to 10% of their body weight.
: As soon as your pup becomes an adult, stop with the 10% and tone it down to 2-3%
: Now this is a tricky one. We tend to overdo it with the mothers. As soon as you find out that your dog is pregnant, you can slowly move her intake up to 5% or more depending on the number of pups (if you do a sonography). You can also reduce it and we’ll let you be the judge of that.
When the puppies arrive, stay between 4.5-5 % and only
if required, increase the quantity. As and when the pups are weaned, move back to the original range.
The Senior Citizens:
If your dog is unable to participate in too much activity because of age, it’s important to remember that the food quantity too must be decreased. We don’t want your pet getting heavier with age as that will harm him in the long run.
Hopefully, you’re now better informed than at the start of the article about how much raw food is to be fed. Have a few more questions?
In our subsequent articles, we will address other topics about the raw food diet for our pets. Until then, let us know what you think, and hey! If you have any questions, you can write to us at firstname.lastname@example.org
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So Tasty Dump & Simmer Thai Style Coconut Chicken & Veg Curry must be one of my favorite food. Its not hard to make Dump & Simmer Thai Style Coconut Chicken & Veg Curry for my friends. Dump definition is – to let fall in or as if in a heap or mass. How to use dump in a sentence. Dump definition, to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
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|You need 2.5 pounds of bone-in chicken pieces (or you can use 2 pounds boneless chicken thigh and/or breast pieces cut into big chunks).|
|It’s 1/2 of a yellow onion cut into 1/2" slices.|
|About 4 slices of (about 1/8" thick) of fresh ginger root OR 1/4 teaspoon dried ginger powder.|
|Approximately 3 cloves of garlic, smashed OR 1/3 teaspoon garlic powder.|
|Take 1 of tomato, quartered.|
|Approximately 5 of Kaffir lime leaves OR the zest of half a lime or lemon.|
|Take 15 of basil leaves (Thai is preferable, but if you have some other kind, that's ok, too).|
|It’s of juice of half a lime.|
|Prepare 1 (15 oz.) of (or so) can of coconut milk.|
|Take of Thai chilies to taste (you can sub crushed red chili flakes – start with 1/2 tsp. for moderate heat and adjust as you like).|
|About 2 teaspoons of curry powder.|
|Take 2 Tablespoons of fish sauce.|
|You need 1-2 teaspoons of sugar.|
|You need 2-3 cups of chopped veg to add later.|
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|Dump all ingredients except for veg into a large pot or Dutch oven, and give it a few gentle stirs to incorporate..|
|With the pot covered, bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat and let it boil for 2 to 3 minutes. This should take 10 to 12 minutes or so..|
|Turn the heat down to low, and simmer the curry for 30 minutes, still covered..|
|Stir in your veg, turn the heat back up to medium, and continue to cook for another 20 minutes or so, 10 minutes with the lid askew, and another 10 minutes completely uncovered. After the first 10 minutes is a good time to adjust the seasoning for salt and heat..|
|That's it! Enjoy. :).|
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The year 2020 has few bright spots. Getting to celebrate National Veterinary Technician week with the best group of Technicians is one of them.
Back in the day I worked for a computer and general reference book publisher. We were working on the titles Dogs for Dummies & Cats for Dummies. I was able to bring my Australian Cattle Dog, Brisbane into the office frequently as inspiration. One day I said to myself, ‘why can’t I just work with dogs?’ That was the catalyst for me to go back to my Alma matter, Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine and get second degree in Veterinary Technology (now Veterinary Nursing). The rest they say is history.
It’s the little things that make work enjoyable. No matter what you do, where you work it’s the who you do it with that makes stressful, fast paced daily challenges easier to work through. I’m passionate about my job(s). Last year I returned, part-time, to my first real career love, Veterinary Technology/Nursing (more about that dual description later).
For me, the opportunity to work with the most well-honed group of Registered Veterinary Technicians I’ve ever experienced makes me doubly excited to celebrate National Veterinary Technician Week.
Over the past 20 years many pet parents I speak to didn’t know that veterinary technology is a profession. Years ago, I started making the comparison by stating we are the nurses of veterinary healthcare. When I told people that “I’m a veterinary technician”, I’d get a blank stare.
Compounding the confusion there is no national naming convention for our profession. Each state can credential and call us as they choose. When I started making the comparison of the RN’s of veterinary medicine, people had a frame of reference of what I actually did. Veterinary Technicians/Nurses are credentialed professionals similar to human nurses. Veterinary Nurses are also anesthetists, surgery technicians, radiology technicians, medical laboratory technicians, and dental hygienists.
It’s Alphabet Soup
One reason it is confusing, even among the profession because of credentialing across the united states. There is an alphabet soup of credentials that fall under the title “veterinary technician”. Depending on the state you live in a credentialed technician could be:
- Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT)
- Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT)
- Licensed Veterinary Technician (LVT)
- Licensed Veterinary Medical Technician (LVMT)
- And in some states, there’s no credentialing at all
A Vet Tech/Nurse must graduate from an American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) accredited veterinary technician program, and then must pass the Veterinary Technician National Exam (VTNE), which is administered by the American Association of Veterinary State Boards (AAVSB). Whew! That’s a lot of acronyms, but each one represents a set of rigorous skills and standards that ensure the vet tech is prepared.
Veterinary Nurse Initiative
Currently there is an initiative to bring all credentialed professionals under one title, Veterinary Nurse. My alma mater has updated the degree program at the Purdue College of Veterinary Medicine from Veterinary Technology to Veterinary Nursing.
The idea isn’t new; “veterinary nurse” is the official title of professionals working in the United Kingdom and Australia. But in the United States, the concept is gaining momentum for the first time. The Veterinary Nurse Initiative (VNI), seeks to unite the veterinary technician profession one veterinary nurse title. It also hopes to standardize credentialing requirements and define scope of practice.
I’m a member of the Purdue College of Veterinary Medicine’s Alumni Board. This year I was invited to speak at the Veterinary Nurse Stethoscope Dinner, virtually of course; welcoming the incoming Freshmen to the CVM and the profession.
Although Veterinary Technicians/Nurses have our interests rooted in science, medicine, and problem solving we have compassion for animals as motivating force. This annual event is celebrated beginning the second Monday in October, and the whole month of October in Canada (just another reason to love our northern neighbors), recognizes Veterinary Technicians/Nurses for their contributions in pet healthcare. Veterinary Technicians/Nurses work closely with your veterinarian, assistants, practice managers, and other staff to ensure the best quality care for your pet.
Outside of the traditional small, large, or mixed animal practice you’ll find Veterinary Technician’s/Nurses working in the following:
- Veterinary Teaching Hospitals
- Academic Institutions
- Research Laboratories
- Animal Shelters
- Veterinary Sales and Marketing
- Public Health
- Wildlife Rehabilitation Centers
Until this 2019, there had been almost a 17-year gap between my working in private practice. There are many things I missed about practice, some I haven’t. Primarily the relationships with a tremendous staff, wonderful pet parents, and long-lasting relationships with pets. Those are the patients who stay with you.
For me it’s Duke Johnson, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier. The sweetest one I’ve ever met. He was just a big cuddle bug. He’s why I named our Pug Duke. Teddy, a Domestic Short Hair who had Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia. He was a frequent flyer at hour hospital and was always ready with a purr. Finn, a Norwegian Fjording horse. The first Fjording I met outside of Norway and my connection to his homeland made me enjoy his sweet demeanor even more. I’m quickly adding to my list with my new hospital. Truman, who I keep a picture of him in my office.
Back to Practice
Currently I’m working in a small animal private practice that rivals any I have ever worked or visited as a sales rep or marketing manager. Why, you ask?
- First, this is a practice where they utilize their technician/nurses appropriately. We get to do what we do best and veterinarians can do the three things they should do (perform surgery, diagnose disease, prescribe medicine).
- Second, they have several Fear Free Certified Professionals (including myself) on staff and are a Fear Free Certified Practice.
- Third, I’ve hit the jackpot as I am fortunate to work with the strongest group of Veterinary Nurses.
- Last but not least, wonderful clients and patients like Truman and his family.
Patients here get compassionate care rooted in best medicine. I am in awe of the command my colleagues have for pharmacology, dentistry, surgical nursing, being a nurse anesthetist, and they have mad microbiology and cytology skills. I haven’t always worked with people with whom I care to spend time with outside of work. This team, I have! Not often because I’m the old lady of the group but I have fun when I do.
The veterinary medical field attracts individuals who demonstrate a high level of compassion, empathy, and drive to care for others. Compassion Fatigue also known as secondary traumatic stress results from is the result of a medical caregiver’s unique relationship with a patient, through which empathy allows the caregiver to “take on the burden” of the ill or dying patient. Many inside our industry have stated we are having a crisis with Compassion Fatigue among veterinary professionals. We need to not just care for our patients but for ourselves. There are several new initiatives to help veterinary professionals to seek help when it is needed.
Utilization of Nursing Staff
I’ve moved around a fair amount and have I’ve always been in the animal health industry but I haven’t always had the inside dirt to pick a vet clinic for my four-legged kids.
Veterinary Technicians/Nurses are educated to assist veterinarians in many ways. They compile patient case histories, collect specimens, perform laboratory procedures, provide nursing care, assist in medical procedures, administer anesthetics, take radiographs, advise and educate animal owners, supervise and train personnel and much more. Pets get the best care when hospitals are staffed appropriately with the right team members doing the jobs they were educated to do.
Some of the things you might not see that a veterinary technician does for your pet:
- Assist in surgery and monitor anesthesia
- Perform lab work including Microbiology, Parasitology, and Hematology
- Take digital and film radiographs (x-rays) and perform ultrasounds
- Perform dental cleanings and dental radiology
- Post injury/surgery rehabilitation
- Provide emergency/critical care
- Handle and safely restrain a wide range of animal patients
- Educate pet parents on home care
When a clinic has the right formula for utilization of veterinary technician/nurses, your pet is going to have the right care for their particular medical or wellness needs. If you are looking for a new veterinary practice. Look for ones with credentialed nursing staff.
Thank Your Team
Veterinary Nurses are critical to the day-to-day function of veterinary practices and play vital roles in preserving animal health and welfare. High quality veterinary care occurs when Veterinary Nurses are utilized to the best of their abilities.
Veterinary Nurses are a fun lot to work with (If I do say so myself) we aren’t in it for the money or glory – none of that comes with the job. A simple thank you is an easy way to help celebrate National Veterinary Technician Week (we are always happy to accept sweets too).
Cheers to my colleagues around the world!
Happy National Veterinary Technology Week!


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