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Conception and pregnancy (6)
Anticipating becoming a parent
Experiences of conceiving, IVF, surrogacy and adoption
Experiences of pregnancy
Becoming a parent (including through IVF, adoption and surrogacy): Preparation, information and support
Experiences of health services during pregnancy, IVF and surrogacy
Experiences of miscarriage
Labour and birth (5)
Labour and birth experiences
Social support during labour, birth and the early postnatal period
Experiences of pre-term birth, special care, stillbirth and death of a baby
Experiences of health and allied health professionals during labour and birth
Staying in hospital or a birthing centre after having a baby
Early parenthood (6)
Expectations of parenthood
Caring for a baby – feeding and sleeping
Social support in early parenthood
Experiences of health professionals in early parenthood
Negotiating housework and caring for children in early parenthood
Experiences of paid work and childcare
Perinatal depression and anxiety (10)
Experiences of depression and anxiety before becoming a parent
Identifying postnatal and antenatal depression and finding help
Understanding antenatal and postnatal depression
Experiences with health professionals for antenatal and postnatal depression
Experiences of medication for antenatal and postnatal depression
Experiences of hospitalisation for postnatal depression
Non-medical approaches for antenatal and postnatal depression
Social support during experiences of antenatal and postnatal depression
Antenatal and postnatal depression – men's experiences
Recovery and getting better after antenatal and postnatal depression
Becoming a parent – impact on identity and close relationships
Parents' experiences of meeting and bonding with their babies
Approaches to parenting
Messages to others (2)
Messages to health and allied health professionals
Messages to expecting and new parents
Perinatal depression is most commonly treated via psychological or counselling therapy, medication, hospitalisation, or a combination of one or more of these (see Experiences of hospitalisation for postnatal depression and Non-medical approaches to antenatal and postnatal depression). A number of parents we interviewed who experienced perinatal depression were prescribed or recommended medication, usually in combination with at least one other form of treatment.
Parents who were prescribed medication talked about their attitudes towards and experiences of taking medication including effectiveness, adjusting the dosage, side-effects, having to try different medications, what it was like stopping taking it, and duration of medication use.
Among this group, most people were taking antidepressants while a couple of people were prescribed anti-anxiety medication (for anxiety and/or depression) or antipsychotic medication. A few were taking two different medications at the same time.
Several parents who were prescribed medication for postnatal depression were reluctant to take it, for varied reasons. Some were unwilling to accept the diagnosis of postnatal depression, or were concerned about 'stigma' attached to taking antidepressant or anxiety medication.
Georgia described how her reluctance to take antidepressant medication was tied to her stigmatised view of 'mental illness'.
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So I think I rang up my local doctor the next day, he wasn't there. But I said to them, "I need to come and see a doctor". I said, "I think I've got postnatal". "Yep, yep, come in and see someone". So I did, just to talk to them. And I had a doctor's appointment with my doctor the next day. So I went back again to see him. I said, "I need to see you". He said, "Yeah, I know, I know". He said – I said, "You weren't here yesterday, I had to see someone". He said, "No I understand, you had to see someone". So he was, he could see where I was coming from, and sort of asking me questions and stuff.
And you know basically it was the first time you know, someone had said to me, "You're suffering from postnatal. What do you think of medication?" you know? "What do you think of having some medication to help?" And I said no. "No, no, I'm tired", which is what I think I kept saying the first time. "I'm just so tired. This is hard. It's the first time. First child, and this is the second child, I'm tired. No, no, I don't need medication. May be if I can talk to someone". So right, so he set up for me to see somebody. And I think that was about a week later. But I think within that week, I thought – I think I got my head around the idea that I have a mental illness and I might need medication. And it took me about a week. Then I went back to him and I said, "Okay, I'm ready to try some medication". I've come to terms with it. You know it took, it's taken me a while, and I think it's – you know it probably took me a lot longer. Probably I sat back and thought, 'Well actually it's taken me since my first child was born for me to understand all this'.
Maybe subconsciously I knew something was wrong but I didn't want to know. I didn't want it to be that. I just wanted it to be that it was hard work and I'm just going to have to deal with it. And because it was – maybe if I thought that and then – because I was – the idea – nobody in the family had a mental illness. I really didn't know anyone that had – close to me that had mental illness, and to me mental illnesses were stigmas. Back then. You know, to me things have changed a lot in the last five years about how we approach and deal with people who have mental illnesses, and you know maybe that. So I thought, 'I don't have a mental illness. I refuse to believe that'.
I – physically an illness to me is something – you know, back then, was something physical, it wasn't something mental. It just was something I couldn't approach or probably deal with, that that might be the case.
Other parents' concerns centred on fears about side effects of antidepressant medication, sometimes based on stories of other people's experiences. Some people worried medication would make them 'numb' or not 'feeling'. Melissa who experienced postnatal depression after her second child was reassured by her doctor that, 'the medication wouldn't do anything to me unless there was a chemical imbalance. That made me feel okay, that made me feel better.'
Zara's hesitation towards taking medication for postnatal depression was related to her experience of her mother taking medication for 'schizoaffective disorder'.
I'd been prescribed something called desvenlafaxine (PRISTIQ) and this time round it's a different antidepressant, it's called mirtazapine (REMERON). And I've always been strongly, strongly resistant to taking any antidepressants – I think because of my experience with my mother – so I've tended to go down the path of complimentary therapies and I know which have been effective up to a point but I think when it comes to an acute case then that's when pharmaceutical drugs are helpful.
But, I think the fact that I actually don't have a really serious mental illness like schizophrenia and what I am dealing with is just a low level mild thing – if it works then I don't mind. Because if it means that I'll be a happier person and therefore a happier mother and therefore generate a happier family environment, then, I'm happy to do that. I just remember mum being zonked out a lot and detached, removed emotionally from me, so I just don't want to repeat that.
A few women who were pregnant or breastfeeding were concerned about the effects of antidepressant or anxiety medication on their baby including Deb who had to try several medications before finding one that was 'right'. She described 'constantly being concerned whether or not [the medication was] going to be safe for my baby, for breastfeeding. It was sort of like, what was going to be the best of the bad options? Or would we continue to live the way that we were and who knows what would have happened? We couldn't stay in that experience. '
A couple of parents consciously avoided taking antidepressant medication. Tony had taken them for depression in the past and described feeling 'bland' while taking them, while Maree had mixed reasons for not wanting to take antidepressants while pregnant.
Maree, her midwife and her GP agreed she did not need to take antidepressants while experiencing antenatal depression.
My midwife said, "Whatever you do", – like she didn't want – she was a bit wary of putting me on to mental health and she was a bit wary of me talking to me – like she said, "Oh you know, if you do speak to your GP about this, make sure you make it very out there that you don't want to go on medication". She was like, "You know, you're pregnant – I think you should look at other things before you go on to medication". And she goes, "I don't want – like, you know, you're going to a medical person, I don't want them to be just like, 'Oh here, have some medicine to make yourself feel better'". She said, "You know, I think that you – it'd be better for you to talk it out with someone, let's look at some other options like vitamins and whatever else – like upping those things and improving your diet and stuff like that, before we go down that path".
So she goes, "Just make it very clear to your doctor that you don't want medication, it's not the path that you want to go". "Because", she goes, "'cause you know that's just a quick fix. It's – like it's covering up what you're going through". So when I went to my GP, I just said, "Oh you know, I think I've got depression. I spoke to my midwife about it, we don't want to go down the medication path". She goes, "Oh no, no, no, we're not going to do that".
I was quite happy that I spoke to her 'cause she – the doctor that I had was actually, she came – she has had a lot of – she has, also experience with working with mums and young children, which is why I went and saw – like had her – my daughter and my care. And so I was quite happy that I spoke to her about it because she – my midwife didn't even know about [clinic name]. So I told her about it and she was like, "Oh, great". And she like took all the notes and everything down so that she could use it in future things. Yeah, so no, no-one ever brought up medication really. So that was quite good.
Yeah, I was like, 'Nah, don't want medication really'. I have had friends that had the medication and most of them said that they either – they felt numb from it or they felt like it was a fake happy. So I was like, 'Yeah, I don't really want that'. Because one person said they got more depressed because they knew – like they felt their happiness was fake. So, it was like, well that's a big – not a very good thing for being depressed.
Not everyone was reluctant to take antidepressant medication. Some parents were taking medication for pre-existing depression and described needing to adjust their dosage when they experienced perinatal depression or distress. Daniel said he felt 'pretty low' after his twin sons via surrogacy died, and explained: 'I'd been on antidepressants for some years already at a low dose and when this happened and I was feeling fully suicidal, the antidepressants went up in dosage and I was more closely monitored by the GP for a while, until things settled down and I was able to reduce the dosage again.' Several mothers who were hospitalised for postnatal depression began taking medication while they were in hospital and discussed medication in the context of their hospitalisation (see Experiences of hospitalisation for postnatal depression). Other parents were open to taking medication 'in conjunction' with other forms of treatment.
Chelsea thought it was important to be 'open' to medication, to 'complement' other forms of treatment.
I think you do what you've got to do. I – that being said, I wouldn't have just taken medicine and not gotten any other support or treatment, because I think you need to do it in conjunction with other things, because if you're just taking medication – in my opinion if you're just taking medication but you're not actually working through, you know, your situation and that sort of thing, getting help, getting external help and support, and – I guess in my mind medicine is kind of to complement the treatment, not to just be the only treatment. And I guess that's been my experience as well.
I'd definitely be – I'd just be open to any sort of treatment people suggest, because like I said everyone's situation is different. What works for me doesn't necessarily mean it's going to work for someone else. But just being open. Don't shut off any channels of assistance just because it's not what you overall think, you know. I mean I understand some people are really against going to medicine, that sort of thing, but why cut back the channels you have to get better? – in my opinion. Why hinder yourself in any way?
Like just – and just because you have a pre-conceived notion that if you're taking medicine for a mental health issue that it's a bad thing. It just seems ludicrous to me. But that also could be because growing up I had family with mental health issues and if they didn't take their medicine it was a nightmare. So I guess, you know, I've had that sort of upbringing. Yeah. I'm not saying everyone should pop a pill, I'm just saying that if it's – in the circumstances, if your healthcare professional is suggesting you try something it can't hurt to try.
Several parents said it took some time before they noticed any effects of the medication they were prescribed and commented that antidepressants or anti-anxiety medications were not a 'magic pill' or a 'quick fix'. Others did experience medication taking effect quickly.
Elizabeth said waiting for several weeks to see if her antidepressant medication was having any 'impact' was difficult.
Antidepressants are a bit of a strange beast. They're very different from other kinds of medications I've been on. You know, you go on antibiotics and you see that, you know, almost instant improvement, 48 hours and you're starting to feel better, and it doesn't work like that with antidepressants. It was hard waiting for a prolonged period to see if they even had any impact, you know, to wait six weeks when you're feeling really depressed and not coping is hard. And then – and then upping your dose again is more of a – a statement that okay, I'm still not coping so I need a higher dose, so it's that recognition that things still aren't right and I'm not doing well and, so it was, it was difficult to admit needing to go up to higher dosages, but ultimately if that's what's going to help you get through then you do it.
Erin said anti-anxiety medication took effect quickly. Together with counselling and supportive GPs it helped her recovery from postnatal depression and post-traumatic stress after surviving a life-threatening event during childbirth.
I went in to my doctor and I just said to him, "I – this is what happened and I'm not good. I'm not coping and I'm not," – and he basically looked at me and said, well – because naturally I chose to go in after hours. Like, you know, so he wasn't prepared to – to get the whole mental health plan and stuff up and running. He just looked at me, because I was a mess, and he said, "Do you need to be admitted?" And I said, "No, I think I can – I can manage until Monday, but I need to be – I need to be seen, because I – yeah, I'm not in a good place at the moment". I really wasn't. I was running on no sleep. I couldn't – I just couldn't function.
So – but, yeah, I'm just really lucky that I had, you know, a great birth trauma counsellor and a great other counsellor up here, because they were two separate entities. I had someone who was specialised in birth trauma and – and then just a regular psychiatrist, I think.
So – and of course my GP has been fantastic as well. Oh, I can't rave enough about – like, seriously, the city GPs that I had – oh, these guys are amazing, because they're just – well, because you're in a small town, they know – they know you. They know you. So, yeah, I've been really lucky.
They put me on LEXAPRO (escitalopram), I think a 10 milligram dose. And I noticed it straight away, that it just – I felt like I was up here, you know, when I came home and it just brought me right down to a level of [clicks fingers]. You know, there were no – because I was really – I was just riding – a rollercoaster that I could not get off. It was just hideous. Whereas now everything's just, you know, cruisy. It's good. I'm looking forward to being – to coming to the day where I can say, "Yeah, I don't need it anymore". But I think the doctors are all more concerned that I get through the surgeries and everything first, in that respect of my recovery, that… you know, it would be silly to wean off it.
A number of parents described going through an extended process of trying different medications or different dosages until they found the right combination. A couple of people had experiences that made them feel worse, including Georgia: 'The second one had a really negative effect. It actually pushed me worse. I realised I was just sitting on the couch. I'd just stare and I wouldn't talk. And I think it was a couple of days on the medication then we sort of realised that maybe it was the medication.'
Deb tried two other antidepressant medications before finding one that suited her. Even then, she had to adjust the dosage.
Sertraline (ZOLOFT) was the first one. Basically I couldn't keep myself awake. I couldn't – I would literally just fall asleep. I was so exhausted that I would go to bed at seven o'clock and then I would still find it difficult to wake up in the morning. So I went back to the doctor, because I felt that wasn't working, and she sent me to the psychiatrist, which was really – really helpful. He tried decreasing my dose and giving me another medication called Reboxetine (EDRONAX), which is when I felt like I was going to have a heart attack. I couldn't see, I couldn't hear properly. I couldn't hold anything, so I'd drop it. I was shaking.
And we went to the doctor and it was a hypersensitivity and I basically had to ride it out and wait for it to finish. So then he changed my medication to – can't remember what it's called. Just gone blank. Oh, that's it, Dothiepin (DOTHEP).
It felt too low. When I first started taking it, I felt really good, and after about probably five days I could notice that I was slipping back. One of the biggest indications for me when I'm going to experience a bad period, is that I don't do the washing up. If I get up in the morning and I haven't washed-up I sort of think back to how I've been feeling and that I need to get on top of things again. Because if I let things like the kitchen or the washing get on top of me, I find it harder to do everyday things. But I blow them out of proportion as well. Like, I can't do anything until the washing-up has been done and it's just ridiculous. So we've increased my medication since and that's been really helpful.
I started on 75. I then increased – no, I started on 50. I then increased it to 100, which was the dose that he wanted me to be on initially. And when that happened I ended up sort of swinging right back to feeling my absolute lowest again and unable to cope with anything. So we cut it back to the 50, then I've since increased it to 75 and not long – probably four weeks ago – increased it to 100 and I feel like it's working a lot better now.
Several parents suggested that they judged medication to be 'working' when they felt back to their 'normal self' or 'more like myself'. Others only noticed the effects of medication when they tried to alter their dosage or stop taking it.
Melanie 'didn't feel different' while taking antidepressant medication, but 'went downhill very quickly' after she stopped taking it.
So I started the medication and it – it was quite good at the start. I did have a lot of side effects but I just sort of pushed through them.
He was treating me for depression and with LEXAPRO (escitalopram) and I knew someone else that had been on LEXAPRO (escitalopram) and they had a very good experience with it and I'd done a bit of research on the internet as well and most of it was very positive. And so I started on it and the side effects I had were I was very, very tired, really tired, and just feeling a bit, just a bit strange. Like I wasn't quite in reality. Some of the side effects can be a worsening of symptoms but I didn't really have any of that. But I definitely had, just feeling really spaced out. Probably like I was on drugs or something. It just – yeah and very tired and that type of thing.
But I pushed through it and I felt quite good for a little while but then I just plateaued and didn't really – didn't really feel any different. I mean I didn't feel amazing but I didn't feel bad. So I don't know if that's how the medication is supposed to work but other people I've spoken to sort of said that they felt really positive and I didn't really feel positive, I didn't feel negative, if that makes any sense. I just – I didn't really feel – I thought I didn't feel different and then my partner and I got it into our minds that we wanted to have another child [laughs] so – so I went off the medication and we tried to get pregnant and it happened very quickly, but I had another miscarriage early on. And then when I came off the medication I really went downhill very, very quickly.
And I suppose at that time I realised that maybe the medication was helping more than I realised so – and plus having the miscarriage it was upsetting. I mean it was very early on but still – and it happened so many times.
I did consult – we did consult with the GP. He – he was concerned with me going off the medication, but I actually, I suppose, tried to convince him that I was fine and that I – cos I actually, I suppose, tried to convince him that I was fine and that I – because I actually felt like I was okay. So yeah, he – we spoke about LEXAPRO (escitalopram) during pregnancy and he was probably more supportive of that side of it, but I sort of said, "No I'm fine, I'm right". So I probably went off it of my own accord, which looking back was probably a bit silly.
So maybe the miscarriage was a blessing in disguise but that was hard to deal with. It was hard to accept that it'd happened again. It was probably about the sixth time it had happened. So yeah, so I then decided to go back on the medication and I saw the GP and he recommended that I go up from 10 milligrams to 20 milligrams. So I thought, you know, I have to just do whatever it takes. I mean things were really good with my son at this point so – but I was still very focused on him, I suppose. And I think the part that I was now starting to struggle with was balancing things out.
Side effects were mentioned by a few people, both in relation to taking and stopping taking antidepressants. These were diverse and included feeling 'dizzy', 'flat', tired, experiencing a worsening of symptoms of depression, 'shaking', and a loss of 'sexual function' or libido. Elizabeth accepted the side effects of her medication, explaining: 'in the end I guess you balance it and you say well, if it's going to make me feel better in terms of mental health, that I can cope and that the world's an okay place then you accept those side effects that you have. And that was how it came out for me. I was much better to be on the antidepressant with the side effects than not'.
Most parents who had been prescribed antidepressant or anti-anxiety medication for postnatal depression were still taking it at the time we talked to them. Some were concerned about how long into the future they would need to remain taking medication, or described being questioned by others about this.
Anna described the double standard she felt existed about long-term medication use for physical conditions as compared with for 'mental illness'.
And the same applies to medication, there's still a lot of stigma associated with the medication and you know, aren't you strong enough to do this by yourself without the help of medicine and you – again you look at it and you go, okay if I told someone that I had blood pressure issues, they'd be like – and I have to be on medication for the rest of my life, they would say, "Ah bad luck, you know, don't worry, at least you know the medication's there". I've made a choice that I want to stay on the medication for the rest of my life because I don't want to risk having a relapse.
And I do get asked the question, "Well what's the matter, can't you do it by yourself?" And when I do explain to them like that, you know, "Would you ask me that if I came to you and said I – look I've just found out I have a blood pressure issue, I'm going to be on this medication for the rest of my life, you wouldn't be asking me this question". And that's the biggest thing that for people to look at mental illness as an illness that happens, happens to be affecting your brain. And therefore just be kinder to yourself about that. And if we all do that then the stigma will naturally disappear, and – which is the reason why you know, I'm willing to speak up and say it's all right to talk about it because it's another medical condition.


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Жак Гио (; 17 мая 1810, Шамбери, Первая Французская империя — 26 апреля 1876, Париж, Третья Французская республика) — французский живописец.

Биография

Ранний период
Жак Гио родился в 1810 году в семье выходцев из Марселя. Однако родители будущего художника ещё в молодости решили перебраться в Париж. Его отец —  (1777–1846) — трудился сначала приглашённым актёром театра Комеди Франсез, а затем с 1831 года стал членом труппы. Его мать — Мария Луиза Виктуар де Брек, также была актрисой.

В Париже юный Жак Гио рано проявил способности в рисовании. Его первым учителем стал Луи Этьен Ватле. Этот мастер научил юношу искусству пейзажа, рисунка, акварели и литографии. Затем начинающему художнику преподавал Леон Конье, профессор Школы изящных искусств в Париже. Он сдружился с учеником и помимо прочего обучил основам архитектурной композиции.

Начало карьеры
Первым серьёзным заказчиком начинающего живописца стал барон Исидор Жюстен Тейлор, который попросил сделать серию литографий на тему «Древняя Франция» с налётом романтизма. Эта работа повысила интерес художника к истории архитектуры. Вскоре Жак Гио стал активным участником созданной бароном Ассоциации художников, скульпторов, гравёров и архитекторов. Позднее деятельность этого союза курировал .

В этот период на творчество Жака Гио оказал значительное влияние художник-пейзажист Жюль Дюпре. Одновременно Гио тесно сотрудничал с другом детства карикатуристом Жаном Гранвилем, который скончался в расцвете сил в 1847 году. После смерти Гранвиля, власти его родного города Нанси обратились к Гио с просьбой посоветовать скульптора, который смог бы изготовить бюст усопшего. Гио обратился к своему другу Антуану Лорану Дантану, который и создал памятник.

Признание
В 1834 году Гио получил свой первый крупный заказ: семь медальонов с историческими сценами по мотивам акварелей  и Адольфо Роэна. Созданные картины должны были украсить Наполеоновские залы Версальского дворца, преобразованного в середине 1840-х годов по распоряжению короля Луи-Филиппа I в .

За свою карьеру Жак Гио 34 раза принимал участие в престижных выставках Парижского салона (с 1831 по 1876 год). Его картина «Ле Па Баярд в Динане» была куплена королём Луи-Филиппом I в 1836 году и помещена в его личную коллекцию в Лувре. В 1866 году Гио стал первым художником, который получил признание «вне конкурса». Поводом оказалась написанная им картина «Бастион в Пальме». Также художнику дважды вручали медали — в 1843 и в 1846 годах.

Гио много путешествовал. В 1833 году он отправился в своё первое большое турне по Италии. В 1847 году Жак надолго обосновался в Ницце, где стал преподавать искусство рисования. Во время частых поездок живописец побывал в Швейцарии, Бельгии, Голландии, Испании и Германии. Причём Гио любил совершать продолжительные прогулки по горам и долинам. Кроме того, он очень часто посещал французское побережье Ла-Манша, а также берега Атлантического океана и Средиземного моря.

Художник создал множество литографий для издания Le Tour du monde.

Проживая в Ницце, Гио написал большое количество акварелей по заказу богатых иностранцев. Среди покупателей его работ были великая герцогиня София Шведская и графиня Потоцкая. Одновременно художник являлся корреспондентом газеты L'Illustration и писал репортажи о прибытии в Вильфранш-сюр-Мер российской императрицы Александры Фёдоровны.

В 1860 году Жак Гио и его семья прочно обосновались в Париже. В 1865 году его пригласили вместе с другими художниками для реставрации галереи Серф во дворец Фонтенбло. Там он восстановил фрески с 14 видами королевских резиденций и парков с высоты птичьего полёта.

Последние годы
До последних дней Гио продолжал путешествовать, периодически навещая Ниццу, а также бывая в Испании на острове Майорка. В 1870-х годах он много времени проводил в регионе Бретань в компании со своей подругой художницей .

В это же время в Париже Гио принимал активное участие в оформлении галереи Бинанта. Он работал над 27 из 36 заказанных картин. Среди них — «Сцены из гражданской и военной жизни во время осады Парижа в 1870 году». Часть работ хранится в Париже в музее Карнавале.

Жак Гио скоропостижно скончался 6 апреля 1876 года в Париже.

Семья
В 1836 году художник женился на Луизе Тремери, дочери парижского гравёра. В браке родилось пятеро детей, в том числе Жорж Франсуа Гио (1840–1893), известный художник и архитектор.

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The LMS Experience
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Inspiring young minds is what we do.
Little Medical School inspires young minds by sharing our passion for learning, health and careers in medicine. Through hands-on activities, role-play, and interactive demonstrations, children explore the exciting world of healthcare. All programs are written by experienced educators, board-certified physicians and trained healthcare professionals. Our classes are led by a trained Little Medical School® Instructor.
At Little Nursing School, students will assume the role of a nurse and learn the important roles nurses play before, during and after surgery, the parts of the blood, and how to treat broken bones. Est. 2013
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At Little Medical School, students will assume the role of a doctor and learn how the body and organs work, how to use medical instruments, administer first aid, and even tie knots like a real surgeon. Est. 2009
At Little Pharmacy School, students will assume the role of pharmacist and learn prescription education, the importance of medication safety, and how medications are made. Est. 2015
At Little Veterinarian School, students will assume the role of a veterinarian and learn how to preform a nose-to-tail exam, the importance of proper nutrition, preform a tick check, and identify animal body language. Est. 2016
This program is an advanced Little Medical School for middle and high school students. Students will learn about skin, blood, surgery techniques, how to read an EKG, and the process of becoming a pre-med student. Est. 2016
At LMS – Sports Medicine, students will explore the roles of an athletic trainer and orthopedic surgeon and learn how to diagnosis and treat common sports injuries such as sprains, strains, and athlete's foot. Est. 2016
At LMS – Future Pediatrician, students will assume the role of a pediatrician and learn how to hold a baby, do a head-to-toe exam, change a diaper, and keep a baby safe. Est. 2016
At LMS – Wilderness Medicine, students will learn about some of the dangers in the wild such as bug bites, snake bites, and poisonous plants and learn how to splint a broken leg, tie a tourniquet, and filter dirty water. Est. 2017
At Little Dental School, students will assume the role of a dentist and learn about dental anatomy, oral hygiene, and how to prepare and fill a cavity. Est. 2018
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One final step before a law passed by the Legislature becomes Law is for it to scale the final formal process of the Executive Assent. The Assent signifies the readiness and eagerness of the Executive Arm of Government to implement the said Law.
However, in the course of this, a lot of Politicking and shenanigans play out. Despite the legislative time and resources that the two arms of the National Assembly with a majority of the 469 Elected Representatives making a decision on behalf of the people, it still behoves on the President of the Federal Republic or anyone he so designates to assent to a Bill already passed by the National Assembly towards becoming law or otherwise. Many a time, one hears of bills and legislative proposals being in and around the legislative process since the 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th National Assemblies; yet still present till now in the 8th National Assembly without becoming law due to the withholding of assent.
Sections 5 and 9 (1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended speaks on the responsibility of the Nationality Assembly even as it involves lawmaking for the Federation and accords this prerogative of Assent even on Constitutional Amendments to the Executive Arm and in fact the President. This is side by side with Section 2 of the Interpretation Act Cap 123 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria which provides that "an act is passed when the President assents to the bill or the act, whether or not the act then comes into force". This inherent power is actually meant to ensure that only the best of laws are made for the people.
However, this power has both been used and abused at different times in the course of the last 17years of our nascent democracy leading to a repetition in the legislative process – a waste of time, energy and resources for many rather important bills which could have become law. Many a times as well, petty politics and pecuniary interest remains the major reason why some laws aren't assented to. This selfish and insincere approach to Governance has continued to the very bane of our underdevelopment.
According to Senator Solomon Ita Enang who currently serves as a Presidential Aide on National Assembly Matters (Senate), the number of bills so far assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari in the course of the tenure of the 8th National Assembly has surpassed the number of any Assembly since the return of democracy in this Republic. Bills which President Buhari has assented to include the Prevention of Crime Amendment Act, Water Resources Amendment Act, National Judicial Institute Amendment Act, Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers Amendment Act and the Endangered Species Amendment Act amongst others.
Furthermore, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo SAN acting on behalf of President Buhari withheld his assent to four bills passed by the National Assembly. Two fo these bills, the Dangerous Drugs Bill and Currency Conversion Freezing Order Act Amendment Bill actually emanated from the House of Representatives; was concurred with by the Senate and forwarded for assent while the other two, the National Lottery Bill and the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Fund sprang from the Senate itself. There is however a silver linen in this in that for the first time; at least to public knowledge, an Ag. President Osinbajo on behalf of the Executive Arm wrote to Senate President Bukola Saraki of the Legislative Arm in respect of this decision and clearly spelt out why and how such decision to withhold assent was reached.
This improvement which attested to the great rapport between both arms also continued when on Wednesday 5th April, 2017. Senate President Bukola Saraki during Senate Plenary constituted a committee to look into the issues raised by the Acting President leading to the withholding of the Presidential assent and to fashion out modalities towards ensuring they are adequately met and the law assented to pronto. This step turned the entire situation into a Win – Win for both arms of Government as they indeed worked in the spirit and letters of the Constitution for the overall interest of the Nation in ensuring that the best laws are made for the people.
Nevertheless, pundits have noted again and again that it is not the absence of good laws that makes us seemingly stagnant as a nation but the actual lack of political will for implementation of law or the selective implementation of same depending on whose interest is at stake. This trend has to stop. At this time in our democracy it is indeed pertinent that the Media, Civil Society Organizations, Pressure Groups and NGOs focused on Ideal Democratic Tenets and Good Governance ask questions about what happens to several bills from first, second readings to committee work, third reading and even after final passage by the National Assembly.
As a foundation has been laid in respect of an open transparent communication process for assent to legislative bills to become binding laws or the withholding thereof between the two arms concerned, we should never go below that in ensuring the best practicable laws are enacted for the good, freedom and protection of the citizens, their privileges, rights and the society in general.
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Later that morning my father's cousin gave us the summons which was written in Hebrew. We could read the date and the time and we concluded I had to go to the police station in Etzion settlement at 8:00 a.m. on the same day. I did not go to school and instead I went to the police station with my father. We arrived at the station at 7:30 a.m.
My father and I were allowed into the police station compound where we waited until around 10:00 a.m. Then we were taken to another part of the police station where a soldier searched me in front of my father. He made me lift my shirt up exposing my back and my belly. Then I was taken inside the building with my father where we both waited. At around 10:30 a.m. an interrogator took me to a room but he did not allow my father to accompany me.
There were two interrogators in the room and they had a computer and a voice recorder. As soon as I entered one of the interrogators told me I was a member of a gang made up of 10 boys who throw stones and Molotov cocktails at soldiers. I denied the accusation and told him I do not throw stones. The interrogator laughed sarcastically. Then the two interrogators started to chat to each other in Hebrew. Then they both looked at a photo album and one of them said to me he had a picture of me and the other one agreed the person in the photo looked like me. They did not show me the photo.
Then one of the interrogators wanted to know why I lied to him. He told me telling lies was forbidden in his office. He told me if I told the truth he would send me home. I told him I do not throw stones and that I am focused on my school work. This lasted for about 15 minutes and then I was taken outside where I waited in the sun. The interrogator told me to shut up and not to say a word and that if I did soldiers would take me to the basement and beat me up.
About 15 minutes later I was taken to another room. The interrogator told me he wanted to send me to Ofer prison and that I had the right to speak to a lawyer. He called a lawyer for me and the lawyer told me not to worry and not to confess even if they show me photographs. He told me they would try to scare me but that I should not confess.
A short time later the interrogator took me to another room and told me to turn my face to the wall. Then the lights were turned off and I was left by myself in the dark. I could hear the sound of the door lock when the interrogator left the room. Then somebody kept turning the lights on and off. It was a scary atmosphere. Sometime later, not so long, I was taken back to the first room.
The interrogator then showed me a photos of a boy and told me it was me. I denied it. Then he showed me more photos. Then he brought my father in and showed him the photos before telling him to leave.
After my father left the room the interrogator told me my father had confirmed one of the photos was of me. I agreed that it was me in one of the photos but before I could finish my sentence to say the photo did not show me throwing stones he interrupted and told me I had confessed.
Then the interrogator started showing me more photos and wanted me to tell him the names of the boys in the photos. I told him I did not know any of them. Then he focused on two boys and told me he was sure I knew them and wanted me to give him their names. When I told him I did not know them he raised his voice at me and accused me of lying. I was scared of him when he raised his voice at me. He then pulled out his gun and put it in my face and cocked it. I froze and could not utter a word. He screamed at me asking me why I was not saying anything.
Then he told me my father was going to pay a fine of 500 shekels and I would then be released. He took me outside and made me sit on a seat for about 30 minutes. During this time I was taken to a room and somebody locked the door. That person stayed in the room and started to type on a computer. Then he took four photos of me and took a DNA sample from my mouth. Then he wanted to take my finger prints but I refused. He did not ask me to sign any documents.
About 30 minutes later I was taken outside where I met my father and we both went home. It was around 3:00 p.m. My father told me a policeman gave him a summons for me to go to Ofer military court on 11 June 2019 at 10:00 a.m. for a hearing. The summons was written in Hebrew.


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Mike Maneluk (born October 1, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger.

Playing career
Maneluk played three seasons for the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League and one for the Canadian National Team before becoming a professional. He averaged nearly a point per game in the American Hockey League with the Baltimore Bandits, Worcester IceCats, and Philadelphia Phantoms over the course of his career. Maneluk won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as MVP of the 1998 Calder Cup Playoffs, and led the league in scoring in the 1999–2000 season.

He went to Switzerland for the 2001–02 season, playing with HC Lugano in the Swiss National League for four seasons. He then joined EV Zug, and played several seasons with the team. He played for EHC Basel in 2006-2007 and HC Davos in the 2007–08 season. After a stint with HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League, he finished his career in the Swiss B-League.

Maneluk played for Team Canada in the Spengler Cup (Davos) on 5 occasions as well as in the Men's World Championships. In 85 career NHL games, Maneluk scored eleven goals and added ten assists.

He retired from ice hockey in 2009 and he left Switzerland and returned to Canada. He now resides in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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NYTimes Blames Jailed Filmmaker for Criticizing Muhammad: 'After Fueling Deadly Protests, No Regret'
November 26th, 2012 3:33 PM
Taking a strange, hostile stand toward free expression, the journalists at the New York Times assumed an amateurish YouTube video sparked deadly riots in the Muslim world, and asked the imprisoned director if he had any regrets for making the movie.
Monday's front-page report from Los Angeles came from Serge Kovaleski and Brooks Barnes and appeared in print under the guilt-assuming headline "From Man Who Insulted Muhammad, No Regret." The headline on the front of nytimes.com: "After Fueling Deadly Protests, No Regret."
Jim Treacher at the Daily Caller provided a reality check:
No, a stupid YouTube video did not "fuel deadly protests." The NYT knows this, and later in the story there's the usual "some say otherwise" equivocation, but telling the truth outright would be bad for Obama.
The self-styled Newspaper of Record just asked a guy if he regrets exercising his right to free speech.
The NYT devoted six reporters to a 2,400-word piece on a guy who made a YouTube video, based on the underlying assumption that he's the bad guy in all this, just like Obama said. If only they cared that much about the actual murder of our ambassador to Libya, and the Obama administration's neverending stream of lies about it.
Kovaleski and Barnes left no doubt they had no sympathy for the anti-Muslim filmmaker, serving prison for a purpotedly unrelated reason, while spreading unflattering personal details about Nakoula and also spreading the story that the film "fueled deadly protests across the Islamic world." They asked the jailed director if he was sorry for what he'd done (but what had he done, exactly?):
Fuming for two months in a jail cell here, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula has had plenty of time to reconsider the wisdom of making "Innocence of Muslims," his crude YouTube movie trailer depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a bloodthirsty, philandering thug.
Does Mr. Nakoula now regret the footage? After all, it fueled deadly protests across the Islamic world and led the unlikely filmmaker to his own arrest for violating his supervised release on a fraud conviction.
Not at all. In his first public comments since his incarceration soon after the video gained international attention in September, Mr. Nakoula told The New York Times that he would go to great lengths to convey what he called "the actual truth" about Muhammad. "I thought, before I wrote this script," he said, "that I should burn myself in a public square to let the American people and the people of the world know this message that I believe in."
In explaining his reasons for the film, Mr. Nakoula, 55, a Coptic Christian born in Egypt, cited the 2009 massacre at Fort Hood, Tex., as a prime example of the violence committed "under the sign of Allah." His anger seemed so intense over the years that even from a federal prison in 2010, he followed the protests against the building of an Islamic center and mosque near ground zero in New York as he continued to work on his movie script.
Nakoula, a shady fellow, indeed tricked participants into believing his movie was to be a sword-and-sandal epic. But did those "deadly protests across the Islamic world" include the ones Americans remember: The deadly assault on four Americans in Benghazi? The Times obliquely suggests maybe not -- in paragraph seven.
There is a dispute about how important the video was in provoking the terrorist assault on the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the United States ambassador and three other Americans. Militants interviewed at the scene said they were unaware of the video until a protest in Cairo called it to their attention. But the video without question led to protests across the globe, beginning in Cairo and spreading rapidly in September to Yemen, Morocco, Iran, Tunisia, Sudan, Iraq, Pakistan, Lebanon, Indonesia and Malaysia.
The Times is far less unforgiving, even supportive, of offensive anti-Christian artwork.
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Middle East Brief 139 (Summary) — China's economic and diplomatic ties with each of the eight states that border the Persian Gulf rapidly expanded over the past two decades. This occurred despite conflicts and diplomatic tensions among those states and the heavy dependence most of them have on the United States for their external security. And China, so far, has largely avoided being drawn deeply into the complex politics of the region. In this Brief, Nader Habibi explores the reasons for this growth in China's trade and investment with Iran, Iraq, and the monarchies of the Gulf Cooperation Council. He analyzes the motivations and strategic calculations of the Gulf states while emphasizing China's ability to contribute to economic diversification programs and link infrastructure projects to its global Belt and Road Initiative. Habibi concludes by discussing factors that might limit further expansion of Gulf-China economic ties, including increasing U.S. concern about China's growing influence in the region.
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ASA Weekend Preview for August 5-7
Series and Tracks In Action Near You
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An exciting weekend is scheduled all across the United State for ASA Racing. Three of the top ASA series will be in action and many ASA Member Tracks have tight point battles in different divisions. Great racing is expected all weekend long.
Here is a look at what is happening this weekend.
ASA SANCTIONED SERIES
ASA MIDWEST TOUR
Iowa Speedway (Newton, IA)
The Super Late Model stars of the Midwest will be the headliner on Friday night for the Sandvik Coromant 150 presented by Clinetool. This will be the third visit to the Rusty Wallace designed 7/8-mile oval. Tim Schendel won in 2008 and Chris Wimmer won the event in 2009. Green flag is scheduled to drop at 8:00pm with a post race concert featuring Jamey Johnson.
www.asamidwesttour.com
ASA NORTHWEST SPRINTCAR RACING SERIES
Ephrata Raceway Park (Ephrata, WA)
The fast asphalt winged sprint cars will be in action this Saturday night for the Rebel Jackson Memorial. Matt Hein holds a three-point lead over Sierra Jackson in the standings. Andy Alberding is only 15 points behind the leader as they reach the halfway point of their season.
www.nsraracing.com
ASA IRA SPRINT CAR SERIES
Dodge County Fairgrounds Speedway (Beaver Dam, WI)
The fast 410-winged sprints will be in action on the half-mile clay oval this Friday night. Billy Balog will be coming into the event with a 30-point lead over Mike Reinke.
www.irasprints.com
ASA MEMBER TRACKS
ACE SPEEDWAY (Altamahaw, NC)
Join us this Friday, August 5th for Friday Night Racing at its finest with the Dick Shirley Chevrolet Late Models, the Strutmasters.com Limiteds, the King's Auto Salvage Extremes, Street Stocks and the Mini Trucks. Gates open at 5:30pm. Admission is $12 for Adults, $8 for Students/Seniors with ID and free for kids 12 and under.
www.acespeedway.com
BIG COUNTRY SPEEDWAY (Cheyenne, WY)
Big Country is back in action this Saturday night. The Grand American Modifieds, High Plain Mods, Sportsman, Late Models, Super Stocks, Mod 4's, Warriors, Super Lite Trucks, Bombers and Circle Drags will be in action. Racing starts at 6pm.
www.bigcountryspeedway.com
CORPUS CHRISTI SPEEDWAY (Corpus Christi, TX)
The Front Runners, Bombers, Super Streets, Sport Mods and Gocarts are in action this Saturday night. Plus there will be free kids rides in a stock car after the races and $1.25 Miller Lite and Coors Light all night long. Gates open at 6:00pm with racing at 8:00pm.
www.ccspeedway.org
DESOTO SUPER SPEEDWAY (Bradenton, FL)
It is SYSCO Night this Saturday night. The Mini Stocks, Mod Minis, Flyin 4's, Bombers, Magic 4's, Pure 4's, and Trophy Dash Cars will be in action. Racing gets underway at 7:00pm SHARP!
www.desotosuperspeedway.com
DILLON MOTOR SPEEDWAY (Dillon, SC)
Dillon Motor Speedway will be closed this coming Saturday, August 6th for a summer break. We'll see you at our next race on August 13th.
www.dillonmotorspeedway.com
EAST BAY RACEWAY PARK (Tampa, FL)
ASA sanctioned racing returns to East Bay Raceway Park on Saturday, May 28, 2011. The program will include Q Auto & Injury Attorney Limited Late Models, Street Stocks, Daytona Antique Auto Racing Association, Street Stocks,Outlaw 4s, Motorstats.com 4 Cylinder Bombers and Dirt Daubers. Action gets underway at 6:30pm.
www.eastbayracewaypark.com
GRAYS HARBOR RACEWAY (Elma, WA)
A great night of dirt track racing is scheduled this Saturday night. The Modifieds, Midgets, Hobby Stocks and Hornets will be in action. The Super Late Models originally scheduled will not be competing this Saturday night.
www.graysharborraceway.com
HARTFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY (Hartford, MI)
It is Autograph Night along with Powder Puff Spectator Drags this Friday night. The UMP Late Models, UMP Modifieds, Stock Cars and Pure Stocks will be in action. Gates open at 6pm with Racing at 8pm.
www.hartfordmotorspeedway.net
I-25 SPEEDWAY (Pueblo, CO)
The biggest Late Model race of the season is Saturday night, as they will be competing in a 100-lap Roger Nelson & Mark Zickafoose Memorial. Plus, the third annual Pit Stop competition along with the Sportsman, Mini Stocks, Charger Figure-8, and Street Stocks will also be in action. Racing starts at 6:00pm.
www.i25speedway.com
ILLIANA MOTOR SPEEDWAY (Schererville, IN)
The 11th Annual Race Fest is this Saturday night. The HOSS Outlaw Winged Sprints will be in action plus a night of features with five divisions racing. Gates open at 4:00pm with racing at 7:00pm.
www.illianaspeedway.com
INDE MOTORSPORTS RANCH (Wilcox, AZ)
For the latest information, please visit their website.
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LEBANON I-44 SPEEDWAY (Lebanon, MO)
Lebanon I-44 Speedway will continue the 2011 season of ASA-sanctioned stock car racing this Saturday night, August 6, on the track's 3/8-mile high banked asphalt oval with another competitive racing show highlighted by a see-sawing Late Model championship points battle and a special 'Faster Pastor' race featuring four local ministers. Spectator gates will swing open at 5:00 pm, with the five-division stock car racing program scheduled to begin at 7:30.
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LONESOME PINE RACEWAY (Coeburn, VA)
The Late Models, Chargers, Pure 4's, Mod 4's, Street Stocks, and Renegades will be in action this Saturday night. Plus, the annual Faster Pastor Race with the church that brings the most of its congregation will receive a donation from LPR. The main gate opens at 4pm with qualifying at 5pm and racing at 7pm.
www.thepineraceway.com
MARSHFIELD MOTOR SPEEDWAY (Marshfield, WI)
A great night of racing is scheduled for this Saturday night as the Super Late Models will be competing in twin 25-lap feature events plus double points for the Bandits. The Super Stocks will also be in action with a $225 bounty on Ryan Hinner to try to end his win streak. No increase in admission. Racing gets underway at 6:30pm.
www.marshfieldspeedway.com
MERIDIAN SPEEDWAY (Meridian, ID)
The College of Western Idaho Professional Truck Driving 100 for Street Stocks sponsored by the same entity highlights Saturday's action at ASA-sanctioned Meridian Speedway. The SPI Sprintcar tour returns to the track for another series installment on a Racing For Smiles of the Northwest Night. RFSNW honors a child with a tour of the pits and the honor of trophy presenter all night long. ESI Express ASA Modifieds series leader Shelby Stroebel of Nampa, Idaho, will continue to chase the Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil ASA Member Track National Championship, and the Jr. Stingers will compete again. Also on tap is the Jack Links Snack Attack.
www.meridianspeedwayonline.com
NEWPORT MOTOR SPEEDWAY (Newport, TN)
The Late Model Sportsman division returns after a short hiatus to continue the heated battle for the top of the heap. David Flynn, Wayne Webb, and Zack Franks are locked up in a three-way battle for the points lead, which could have national implications. They will be competing in Twin 35-lap feature events. Plus the Street Stocks, Front Wheel Drive, Modified 4-Cylinder, Legends, Mini Cups and Trophy Dash Cars will be in action. Racing gets underway at 7:15pm.
www.newportmotorspeedway.com
NORWAY SPEEDWAY (Norway, MI)
The 111-lap Stateline Challenge for the Late Models and the Mid-American Stock Car Series highlight the racing action this Friday night. Qualifying at 5:30pm with Racing at 7:00pm.
www.norwayspeedway.com
ORANGE SHOW SPEEDWAY (San Bernardino, CA)
A fan will have a chance to win $25,000 this Saturday night. A full racing program is scheduled with a local radio DJ's race, Super Late Models, Late Models, Super Stocks, Stock Car USA, Pony Stocks, Factory 4's, Stock Car USA Figure 8's and Pony & Factory 4 mixed Figure 8's. If that is not all, there is also a drift exhibition. Gates open at 5:00pm with racing at 7:00pm.
www.californiaspeedjams.com
RED RIVER SPEEDWAY (Wichita Falls, TX)
The USST Trucks, Southern 4 Cylinders, Super Stocks, Thunderstocks, Chargers and Hornets will be in action this Saturday night. Gates open at 6:00pm with racing at 8:00pm.
www.redriverspeedway.net
ROCKY MOUNTAIN RACEWAYS (West Valley City, UT)
An action packed night of racing is scheduled for this Saturday night. The Sprints, Modifieds, Mini Cups, Figure 8's, and Figure 8 Trains will be in action. Racing begins at 6:00pm.
www.rmrracing.com
SHANGRI-LA II MOTOR SPEEDWAY (Tioga Center, NY)
It's Racing and Movie Night this Saturday night at the "Concrete Castle." The Street Stocks, Sport Mods, ASA Late Models, and Trucks will be in action. Then after the racing action, a big movie screen will be brought out to the track for a showing of "Days of Thunder." Racing will begin at 7:00pm.
www.shangrila-2.com
SKAGIT SPEEDWAY (Burlington, WA)
This weekend is the 22nd Annual Bob's Burgers and Brew 360 Nationals at Skagit Speedway. Defending champion Travis Jacobson will be here seeking his second straight title against the likes of Jason Solwold, Rod Perkins, Alan Munn and a host of others. Gates open at 5:30 pm with racing at 7:00 pm both Friday and Saturday August 5th and 6th.
www.skagitspeedway.com
SOUTHERN OREGON SPEEDWAY (Medford, OR)
The Modifieds, Late Models, Street Stocks, Dwarf Cars, and Mini Stocks will be racing this Saturday night. Grandstands open at 4:00pm with Racing at 6:00pm.
www.sospeedway.com
STATE PARK SPEEDWAY (Wausau, WI)
State Park Speedway will be back in action on Thursday, August 11 with a 75-lap feature for the Late Models.
www.stateparkspeedway.com
VIRGINIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY (Jamaica, VA)
Bill Sawyer's Virginia Motor Speedway returns to action this Saturday August 6th for host Pepsi, WXGM Night featuring four divisions of Virginia Army National Guard Dirt Series action. See the Victory Lap Late Model, Truckin Thunder Sportsman, Budweiser Modifies and the Collision One Limited Stock divisions. Come experience the raw, pure excitement that is dirt racing! Competitor gates for Saturday, August 6th will open at 4pm with spectator gates opening at 5pm. On track activities will begin at 6:30pm with hot laps.
www.vamotorspeedway.com
WILMOT RACEWAY (Wilmot, WI)
The Wilmot Raceway goes racing this Saturday night August 6th with a 5 Division program featuring Sprints, Modifieds, Mini-Sprints, Street Stocks, and F4s. Racing starts around 7pm.
www.wilmotraceway.com
YAKIMA SPEEDWAY (Yakima, WA)
AUGUST 6TH SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE RACES PRESENTED BY FEDERATED AUTO PARTS. Featuring The Burger Ranch Sportsman/Hobby Stock Challenge which will include 75 laps of racing, 50 laps with a break and then a 25 lap shootout. Also the H & H Furniture Purestocks, CWI Security & EZ Credit Auto Sales Hornets and the Mel's Diner Bump To Pass. Gates open at 4pm, opening ceremonies at 6pm with side by side racing action to follow.
www.yakimaspeedway.us
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Dog dies during ear cleaning procedure
STURGIS, Michigan -- A Michigan couple is considering legal action against an animal clinic after their dog died while he was getting a mundane ear cleaning procedure.
WNDU-TV reports, Rocky the two-year-old German shepherd needed to get his ears cleaned over at Fawn River Animal Clinic. But at some point during the procedure, Rocky died.
"It was very shocking to us. We had no clue that there was even a possibility of death," said Rocky's owner, Ashton Sutton. "They never explained anything to us. The call, it dropped my heart, you know? My heart sank."
This was absolutely devastating to hear, especially for Sutton and his fiancee.
"It's very hard, as me and my fiancee can't have children. So, that was our baby that had passed away on the table," Sutton said.
Fawn River says during the procedure, the dog wouldn't calm down, so they had to use an anesthetic.
They say they gave 8/10 of a cc of xylazine, which they say isn't enough to kill a dog Rocky's size. But then he started having issues breathing, so they gave him 2 ccs of xylazine, and when it wasn't helping, they used 2 ccs of dopram to help him breathe and then atolazine to reverse the effects of the other drugs.
"I didn't give him anything that should have been close to an overdose for his size," said John Lindamood, owner of Fawn River Animal Clinic.
While Rocky's necropsy is still in progress, Lindamood says Rocky most likely reacted badly to the anesthesia.
"Could have been allergies, could have just been the anesthetic results too. Got a lot of them and sometimes anesthetics just...you just can't predict the darn stuff," said Lindamood.
Before the procedure there was one thing missing from all of this - a waiver causing a whole legal mess.
"People come in and we tell them what we're going to do and what the risk is and everything else, but the woman that made it out didn't have anybody sign it. So I don't know. So she's not working here anymore," Lindamood said.
This has Sutton and his fiancee pretty upset.
"So, we're looking to get him shut down and just justice for Rocky," Sutton said.
Lindamood says he is sorry.
"Tell him I'm sorry. It's killing me about as much as it's killing him," Lindamood said.
But sorry isn't going to bring a life back.
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Names in the Neighborhood: LaVilla
Posted on August 10, 2015	by Wedgwood in Seattle History
In March 1945 during the final battles of World War Two in Europe, a homesick soldier wrote a letter to the Seattle Daily Times newspaper. Lieutenant Ralph A. Penington, age 34, was with the US Army's 10th Mountain Division in Italy. He told that after crawling into his sleeping bag one night, he had been able to drift off to happy dreams while reminiscing about his boyhood days as a newspaper carrier in northeast Seattle. Lieut. Penington wrote,
"It was twenty-five years ago this coming fall that I first started "in business" out in Morningside. At that time I was nine years of age and I believe I had the grand circulation of fifteen papers. Then as time went on I promoted Times circulation in Sand Point, LaVilla, Chelsea, Lake City, Cedar Park, Riviera and way points."
In 1920 when nine-year-old Ralph became a newspaper carrier, his family lived at 9404 25th Ave NE in the Morningside Heights plat from NE 90th to 95th Streets, 25th to 35th Avenues NE. Morningside had been named and promoted by a real estate firm but the Morningside designation gradually fell into disuse in the 1940's because of the rising popularity of Wedgwood as the new name for the neighborhood.
Ralph Penington's letter of 1945 gave the names of northeast Seattle communities which are still recognized today, such as Sand Point, Lake City, and Cedar Park as well as Riviera which is a street name along Lake Washington. Chelsea was the name of a store at 3400 NE 110th Street, present site of the Meadowbrook Apartments, and in the 1920's it was understood to mean the nearby residential area as well. Chelsea was replaced by the name Meadowbrook because of the golf course which opened in 1932 at the present site of Nathan Hale High School at NE 110th Street.
One of Lieut. Penington's northeast Seattle neighborhood designations, LaVilla, is unfamiliar to us now. Where was LaVilla?
Where are you, LaVilla?
The King County property map for the area near Lake Washington at NE 95th Street is marked with the deslgnation LaVilla.
A neighborhood designation which has fallen into disuse is the name LaVilla, although it can still be found on the King County property records for northeast Seattle along Lake Washington from NE 95th to 105th Streets. On the map shown here, the name "LaVilla" seems to be floating out into the lake by Matthews Beach. A humorous article in the Seattle Times newspaper in 2010 told that although LaVilla is marked on the property map, even Seattle's Department of Neighborhoods does not have LaVilla listed as a known place.
In this blog post I will float a theory about the origin of the LaVilla designation, and I will ask you, my readers, to decide whether my conclusion holds water.
Naming the neighborhoods
Many of the names of northeast Seattle neighborhoods such as Morningside, Laurelhurst, View Ridge and Wedgwood, were the creation of real estate promoters. Some of their ideas for neighborhood names came from natural features such as Cedar Park (cedar trees) and Meadowbrook (a meadow and a brook). Some neighborhoods were named in tribute to other places (such as Ravenna, Italy) or for a person's home town.
O. M. Merritt who had the Pontiac Shingle Mill near today's Sand Point, was from Pontiac, Michigan. Pontiac was strengthened as a place name in northeast Seattle when Thomas Burke set up a brick-making plant near Merritt's shingle mill. With these two industries plus the Lee Shipyard, in the 1890s there were enough people in residence at Pontiac to justify the establishment of a post office, the mark of Pontiac's becoming a "real place." There is even a Pontiac plat in Wedgwood because the land investor thought the Pontiac name close to Lake Washington would attribute its name to most of northeast Seattle at that time.
Sometimes a neighborhood or town name is derived from a family name such as Bothell. A more unusual choice is to use a person's first name, as was done when developer E. S. Goodwin named Hawthorne Hills, because he had bought the land from Hawthorne K. Dent. Goodwin chose a commemorative name, Victory Heights, for an area he platted just after World War One.
Another unusual name source is recorded for the town of La Conner, about 75 miles north of Seattle. A man had the town named in honor of his wife, Louisa Ann Conner, with the contraction of "La" for her initials.
We can measure "LaVilla" against the above naming options. Could LaVilla be a reference to a place or a person? There is a LaVilla neighborhood in Jacksonville, Florida, but I did not find any connection to Seattle's LaVilla. LaVilla can be a surname and although uncommon, LaVilla can also be a woman's first name. Another meaning of "villa" is a luxurious house, a country home for the upper class. In ancient Roman architecture a villa was a house in the hills where the owners could escape from summer heat. Today the term "villa" is not used as much, but in the early 1900s the word was used in real estate ads for a summer home or country cottage. An Internet search shows that today, some hotels, restaurants and spas are called Villa, implying a relaxing place of refuge.
Maple Leaf before LaVilla
McKees Correct Road Map of Seattle and Vicinity, 1894.
McKee's 1894 map of Seattle shows the branches of Thornton Creek which converge at Meadowbrook and then empty into Lake Washington at Matthew's Beach, and the map shows the line of the railroad which followed the shore of Lake Washington.
Founded in 1885, the winding course of the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad was marked by stops at the little communities of Ross, Fremont, Latona, Ravenna and Yesler (today's Laurelhurst). As the train line turned northward, there was a station at Keith (Hawthorne Hills) and at Pontiac (Sand Point).
On average the stations of the SLS&E Railroad were located about one-and-one-quarter miles apart. These stations were a place to pick up or deliver passengers, mail, freight and products such as lumber from the mill at Yesler or shingles and bricks from the factories at Pontiac. After Pontiac which was located at about NE 70th Street, the next railroad stop to the north is marked on McKee's map as Maple (or Maple Leaf) Saw Mill at NE 100th Street on the shoreline of Lake Washington.
An 1898 photo of the buildings at the former Maple Leaf sawmill site.
The Maple Leaf Lumber and Manufacturing Company was listed in the Seattle City Directories from 1890 through 1892. The company had a downtown office but there was also a notation that their sawmill and dock were located on Lake Washington. Stewart H. Seelye, vice president of the company, was listed in residence at Maple Leaf Station on Lake Washington and that he was also the mate of the steamer ship Edith.
With both a train stop and a dock at the site for shipping out lumber, the Maple Leaf Saw Mill did well, at least for a few years. It is typical for sawmills to be short-lived, because after all of the trees within easy reach have been cut down, the sawmill operation must move to another location.
In 1898 the Maple Leaf School was made up of children from two German immigrant families, the Fischers and Ohlands. Photo courtesy of the Blindheim family; used with permission.
Thus it was that the abandoned buildings at the Maple Leaf Saw Mill became the first Maple Leaf School, attended by the children of two German immigrant families, the Fischers and the Ohlands. This 1898 photo of the schoolchildren was taken by their teacher, Howard A. Hanson, who later became a well-known Seattle attorney and civic activist. The Howard Hanson Dam at Eagle Gorge was named in honor of his work for flood control.
The sawmill site was not the best location for a school and classes were conducted there for only a few years. The children later attended Yesler School on NE 47th Street near Laurelhurst, before coming back to their own street again, NE 105th Street in a school which was built for them and other neighborhood children. The two-room school building at the southeast corner of NE 105th Street on 35th Ave NE was officially named Maple Leaf. The land plat around that corner was developed as Wilson's Exposition Heights.
Becoming LaVilla
After the Maple Leaf Lumber Company sawmill listings in the Seattle city directories in the early 1890s, no railroad station at NE 100th was listed until LaVilla was shown as the new name in 1916. The "gap" in listings from 1892 until 1916, could mean that the station did not have a name or that it was not being used. Because of the time lag until LaVilla appears in other records, I concluded that the name did not have to do with anyone from the Maple Leaf Lumber Company in the 1890s.
The earliest reference to LaVilla is on the census of the year 1910. Five families, some of them related to one another, are shown on the census of 1910 with the notation of living at LaVilla. There were no women named LaVilla in the group or any other connection to the name. At that time, there were no house numbers in northeast Seattle, so for the census of 1910 LaVilla could have been a reference to the nearby railroad stop or to the dock at about NE 100th Street on Lake Washington. Tracing these families and others through property records shows that LaVilla came to mean the area from NE 95th Street to about 100th or 105th, not always right on the lake shore but nearby.
Imposing a present-day view over an old plat map, we see the old railroad depot shown in the lower right quadrant of this map. It was on what is now Lake Shore Blvd in the block north of NE 100th Street. Map courtesy of Shoreline Historical Museum.
The LaVilla Dock
The earliest newspaper reference to LaVilla was a classified ad which appeared in the Seattle Daily Times on May 28, 1911: "Bay mare, seven years old, weight 1,100 pounds, sound and true; also spring wagon and harness; all for $95. Take steamer City of Bothell or Harrington to Lavilla Dock, walk one block south. George F. Petersen."
In an ad on January 8, 1916, Mr. Petersen again had livestock for sale including "two fine young cows." The Seattle City Directory for that year listed George F. Petersen as a carpenter living at LaVilla Station (near the railroad depot) with his wife Amelia.
10020 Lake Shore Blvd, built in 1918.
By 1920 there were more houses in northeast Seattle near Lake Washington with people listing LaVilla as their address. In 1926 the names of people called for jury duty were printed in the newspaper and the list included Mary L. Hammond of LaVilla Station.
Mrs. Hammond and her husband Frank had built their house at LaVilla in 1918 and were still there when house numbers were assigned in northeast Seattle (about 1932), and then their address became 10020 Lake Shore Blvd. Frank Hammond, an attorney, was involved in northeast Seattle's bus company lawsuit beginning in 1937.
The LaVilla Dairy
Ole Blindheim and his cousin Ole Lowell (shown here with his son Herbie Lowell) used this wagon for their dairy business circa 1916. Photo used by permission.
The LaVilla Dairy building is at 10228 Fischer Place NE, just east of Lake City Way NE. In the 1920s local farmer August Fischer was phasing out of the dairy business but his forward-looking son-in-law, Ole Blindheim, envisioned a pasteurization plant and delivery of milk by motor vehicles instead of horse-drawn wagons. Ole Blindheim had chosen the name LaVilla while in business with his cousin Ole Lowell, with the name LaVilla Dairy marked on their wagon as pictured here in about 1916. This preceded the building shown below, which Ole Blindheim also named LaVilla.
Ole Blindheim's LaVilla Dairy building, 10228 Fischer Pl NE, is still in family ownership. Photo used by permission.
LaVilla was the name of the railroad stop and dock known to Ole Blindheim, and as an immigrant from Norway, he may have wanted a business name which showed that he was now part of the local neighborhood scene. When he built the brick building as a pasteurization plant, he named it the LaVilla Dairy, even though it was not located on Lake Washington by the railroad stop. Today there is also a LaVilla Meadows Natural Area behind the dairy building on Fischer Place, property which Ole Blindheim's son sold to the City of Seattle in 1993 as an Open Space Acquisition.
LaVilla's real estate promoters
In 1906 the Seaboard Security Company filed a plat called Lake Shore View for the land from NE 95th to 105th Streets next to Lake Washington. To file a plat means to acquire ownership of a piece of land, give it a name and lay out a plan for streets and for residential lots. The names of principals of the company were given to streets, such as Mead Street for F. F. Mead, and McLaughlin Street since Seaboard Security Company had worked with the McLaughlins to create Laurelhurst.
As they had done with Laurelhurst, the Seaboard real estate developers wanted an attractive name for their plat and they came up with "Lake Shore View." On the plat map the pre-existing train depot is marked at McLaughlin Street (NE 100th) next to Lake Washington, but with no station name written.
The plat of Lake Shore View was filed in 1906, covering the area from NE 95th to 105th Streets. The old street names are shown on the plat map. In the middle is McLaughlin Street (now NE 100th) and on the right is marked the railroad depot which was on today's Lake Shore Blvd.
On April 26, 1906, the Seaboard Security Company began to advertise vacant lots for sale in their new Lake Shore View plat in northeast Seattle. The first newspaper ad read,
"LAKE SHORE VIEW VILLA TRACTS: MAKE MONEY by investing your monthly income in the HIGHEST CLASS SUMMER HOME property on the WEST SHORE at Lake Washington. Right in line of the growth of the city, with the finest boat service on the lake. Bound to increase very rapidly in value….Fine beach and view. Close in; just north of the University……"
After having named their new plat "Lake Shore View," the Seaboard Security realtors seemed to have second thoughts because thereafter, the area was referred to as "Villa Tracts," and then LaVilla. That the LaVilla name became more commonly used, can be seen on the census of 1910, city directory listings of residents at LaVilla Station and newspaper ads like the ones put in by George F. Petersen, seller of livestock.
LaVilla: a fine view
These 1906 Seattle real estate companies were interlinked. The names of the principals are shown as street names on the Lake Shore View plat map.
Even though LaVilla was technically not the name of the plat of land, gradually the LaVilla name took over and became recognized. This is probably due in large part to the railroad stop and to the dock at the same site. As of 1906 when Seaboard began advertising, there was literally no way to get to the property via a road. The only sense in which there was a road, was the cleared path of the right-of-way alongside the railroad tracks.
Despite Seaboard's claim that LaVilla was "just north of the University," it actually was more than five miles and was far outside the Seattle City Limits. Sand Point Way NE and Lake City Way NE had not yet been put through, and there was no electricity or city water supply available in northeast Seattle outside the City Limits.
Seaboard advertised that LaVilla had a "fine beach and view." The good view would have been due to the removal of all trees by the Maple Leaf Lumber Company some years before, so that as a result no large trees had yet grown up to block the views of Lake Washington.
It is very likely that Seaboard arranged to repair and improve the old Maple Leaf dock so that potential purchasers could be brought by boat up Lake Washington to see the possibilities for summer homes at LaVilla. It is also probable that a sign was posted to help boats find the dock, and that may be how the property name got shortened from "Lake Shore View Villa Tracts" to Lake Villa and then LaVilla – the original name being too long to fit on a sign at the dock. We also know that the next train stop to the north of LaVilla was called Lake. Platted in the same year, 1906, the Lake City developers put up their sign at their railroad stop, so they might have had some competition with LaVilla as to the use of the word lake, and they wanted to distinguish the two developments.
The McLaughlin Realty Company, promotional brochure for Laurelhurst circa 1907. Laurelhurst Community Club records, Special Collections, UW Library. The man standing behind the car may be the McLaughlin's British chauffeur who drove clients to see the new Laurelhurst development.
Seattle, a city of booms and busts, had some real estate men who only stayed around for a short time and then went on to other cities. After coming from Detroit and spending about twelve years in Seattle, the McLaughlins of Laurelhurst moved to Cleveland and became well-known in the real estate community of that city. So too, in time the Seaboard Security Company ended its operations in Seattle. The last mention of the Seaboard company was in 1914 when Mr. Mead took all of his remaining Laurelhurst holdings plus some other properties, exchanged them for holdings in Los Angeles, and moved there.
Into the 1920s Seattle's LaVilla was understood as a place of summer homes and was advertised as such by other real estate companies, after Seaboard was gone. LaVilla was becoming more accessible due to the influence of the then-new Sand Point Naval Air Station. The presence of the station led to the development of roads, such as Sand Point Way NE, which made it easier to travel out to LaVilla. George F. Petersen, seller of livestock who also listed himself as a carpenter at LaVilla, may have been kept busy building summer cottages for the wealthy.
The Doyle family lived in a comfortable home on Capitol Hill but they retreated to LaVilla for a summer break.
In July 1921, an item on the society page of the newspaper read, "Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Doyle and three daughters have removed to their country home LaVilla on Lake Washington for the remainder of the summer." Mr. Doyle, foreman at Washington Iron Works, had a fine home at 1219 Sixteenth Ave East on Capitol Hill, just east of Volunteer Park. Well-to-do people of the 1920s believed it was healthful to get out of the city and "remove to a country home" for a few weeks in the summertime. With its romantic associations of getting-back-to-nature, LaVilla seemed to have had good name presence, as it was given as the summer home of the Doyle family without any further explanation of where "LaVilla" was.
What's in a neighborhood name?
There are many instances of neighborhood names in northeast Seattle which gradually transitioned to something else. The name of the village of Brooklyn, for example, platted and designated by a real estate developer, passed into disuse and became the University District. For the residents of the Lake Shore View plat from NE 95th to 105th Streets near Sand Point Way NE, the plat name did not capture the imagination as much as the concept of a villa did, and that may be the key reason for becoming LaVilla. Like the ancient Romans who built hillside villas for respite from summer heat, LaVilla on the hillside above Lake Washington had the association of a place of relaxation and health, especially as a community of summer cottages.
Today, LaVilla has become just a name which floats forlornly on the King County property map because LaVilla has lost its moorings to the railroad station and the dock. People no longer travel through northeast Seattle by train to the LaVilla Station, and there is no LaVilla dock or any small steamers carrying people and products around Lake Washington. Other neighborhood names in the area such as Matthews Beach and Sand Point have risen into greater recognition, and the name of LaVilla has drifted into forgetfulness.
Ralph A. Penington, newspaper carrier of the 1920s in northeast Seattle, survived to the end of World War Two in 1945 and was decorated for meritorious service with the 10th Mountain Division. He continued to serve in the military until he retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and he then started a second career as a college professor.
Al Blindheim, life-long Meadowbrook resident, 1924-2018.
Descendants of the Fischer-Blindheim family still own the LaVilla Dairy Building at 10228 Fischer Place NE.
Special thanks to David B. Williams, GeologyWriter, for starting me out in pursuit of LaVilla. Mr. Williams' book on Seattle's regrading projects, Too High and Too Steep, was launched on September 9, 2015. He has also co-written, with Jennifer Ott of HistoryLink, a history of the construction of the Lake Washington Ship Canal. His next book will be about Puget Sound.
Lake Washington Steamboats and Ferries, Wikipedia article.
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AFF Suzuki Cup | November 7, 2018
AFF Suzuki Cup 2018: New tournament logo explained
Last May 2, 2018, during the official draw of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018 an all new logo has been unveiled made up of geometric patterns. But did you know that the overall logo is made up of elements that represents characteristics that represent Southeast Asian football?
Let's break the logo down and explain what each and what each element symbolises.
A goal frame:
Fans with raised hands:
A (beating) heart:
All in all, with the elements combined, they are joined to form a sort of tapestry that represents pride, loyalty, football, rivalry and passion.
It is a fact that Southeast Asia as a region, is made up of nations that can be considered as one of the most passionate in the world when it comes to football, whether it be club football or international football. And it shows every time the AFF Suzuki Cup tournament is held and is the main objective that the logo is trying to convey.
Also along with the logo, there are four background colours or colour schemes that come with it. Each colour has a representation as well. Magenta (passion and energy), cyan (fresh beginning), green (vibrancy of a football pitch) and blue (topography of the region).
As per the AFF and Lagardere Sports, AFF's commercial partner, the new logo has been created "to ensure the brand remains relevant to the evolving attitudes, cultures, and trends in this digital age."
Come tomorrow, the 8th of November, all these elements will come to life as the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018 tournament finally kicks-off.
Photo credit: AFF Suzuki Cup
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