Angie Pontani is ready to get back to the stage The Trenton-native and Brooklyn-based neo-classical burlesque queen will be making her long-awaited return to the Garden State on Saturday when her Burlesque-A-Pades troupe visits the intimate confines of the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick the longtime producer and star of Bulesque-A-Pades took a break from performing earlier this year when she and her husband celebrated the September birth of their daughter After making comeback appearances in New York City and Philadelphia this December shows which she described as “like therapeutic medicine,” Pontani is coming back to the stagelights of her home state being a new mom and the mom of such a little tiny baby that make it difficult to find time in the day for anything else,” Pontani said my husband and I spoke and we both agreed that this is really what I love to do and I want to continue to do it — obviously modified but that just makes it that much more exciting to do these shows.” Pontani said she and Newman work together so she can find the time to put in the necessary work for production (“I’m spending a lot of time at home bedazzling and rhinestoning while the baby is sleeping,” she noted with a laugh.) Pontai is returning to the world of burlesque refocused “I want it to be bigger and more exciting.” she is bringing in some heavy-hitters to deliver some serious shimmy and shake to the George Street Playhouse stage Along with a handful of performers familiar to local audiences — the Maine Attraction Calamity Chang and host Albert Cadabra — Pontani is enlisting the services of Dallas-based Missy Lisa and members of her Ruby Revue including Ginger Valentine and Renee Holiday While Burlesque-A-Pades’ regular New Jersey home was the now-closed Asbury Lanes in Asbury Park for their New Brunswick appearance the troupe will be in the seating setting of George Street it’s the same show and it’s the same kind of experience and we really do get the same reaction,” Pontani said when you’re in a bar or some place like the Lanes but we really encourage that in the theater shows as well so you’re still sitting in the theater and maybe you’re feeling like you’re having a more grown-up experience but the audience is still hooting and hollering and yelling and being an active and fun part of the show.” INFO: 732-246-7717 or www.georgestreetplayhouse.org Metrics details Potential adverse drug event (PADE) is a medication error with the potential to cause associate degree injury however that does not cause any injury or as a result of the error being intercepted and corrected and preventability of PADEs among hospitalized adult patients at Jimma Medical Center A prospective observational study was conducted among hospitalized adult patients at a tertiary hospital in Ethiopia Logistic regression was performed to identify factors predicting PADE occurrence P-value < 0.05 was considered for statistical significance The mean ± SD age of the participants was 43 ± 17.6 years Number of medications (adjusted OR = 5.12; 95% CI: 2.01–13.05; p = 0.001) anticoagulants (adjusted OR = 2.51; 95% CI: 1.22–5.19; p = 0.013) anti-seizures (adjusted OR = 21.96; 95% CI: 6.57–73.39; p < 0.0001) anti-tuberculosis (adjusted OR = 2.2; 95% CI: 1.002–4.59 and Elixhauser comorbidity Index ≤ 15 (adjusted OR = 6.24; 95% CI: 1.48–26.25 p = 0.013) were independent predictors of PADEs occurrence About one-third of patients admitted to the hospital experienced PADEs Hospitalized patients are more likely exposed to polypharmacy Patients who have PADEs are likely to have a longer hospital stay and an increased risk of morbidity and mortality there is no prospective observational study that followed patients admitted in the ward to identity the incidence this study aimed to determine the incidence A prospective observational study was conducted among adult patients admitted to inpatient medical wards or units PADEs during/before admission were not included in the calculated incidence they have occurred as prescribing (ordering) The training was given to data collectors on the data collection procedure and research objectives data was checked and cleared in EpiData to exclude ambiguous comorbidity (Charlson’s comorbidity index) Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24 and Microsoft Excel (2010) were used for analysis Multivariate logistic regression was performed to identify independent predictors of PADE occurrence A p-value of < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant The outcome of the study was reported as PADEs incidence per 100 admissions and per 100 medication orders; severity of PADEs; the percentage of PADEs in stages of medication use (ordering/prescribing “PADEs incidence per 100 admissions: The total number of PADEs identified divided by the total number of admissions; multiplied by 100” “PADEs incidence per 1000 patient-days: The total number of PADEs identified divided by the total number of patient- days multiplied by 1,000” “PADEs incidence per 100 medication orders: The total number of PADEs identified divided by the sum of medications ordered multiplied by 100” Ethical clearance & approval was obtained from the institutional review board (IRB) of Jimma University with the reference number of IHRPGD/550/19 It was based on the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards written informed consent was requested and received from the patient Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study Among the patients involved in the study, 171 (53.6%) had a previous medical condition. Diseases of the circulatory system 88 (51.46%), infectious and parasitic diseases 48 (28.07%), and endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases 25 (14.62%) were the common previous medical condition of the patients (Table 3) Based on documented and available data, 166 (52%) patients had a history of medication use in the 3 months before the study period. One hundred eight patients were on medication during admission. Most of the patients were on cardiovascular medicines 79 (73.15%), antibiotics 28 (25.93%), and antiviral agents 28 (25.93%) (Table 5) Severity of PADEs. Microsoft Excel (2010) https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/previous-versions/microsoft-excel-2010 was used to generate the figure factors associated with PADEs were analgesics ECI ≤ 15 and previous hospitalization in the past 3 months and anticoagulants were independent predictors of PADEs Area under the receiver operating characteristics (AUROC) = 80.2% (95%CI: 74.9%- 85.4%) (Fig. 3). Receiver operating characteristic curve for the PADE occurrence. The area under the curve was 0.802 (95% CI: 0.749–0.854). The straight diagonal line represents reference (no discriminative ability). IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 24.0. 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Help with spring renewal and rebirth just a ways over the horizon But if anyone can convince you that the end-of-year holiday is worth rehashing so soon into the new year for good ol’ entertainment’s sake The gay raconteur and cultural icon was forced to postpone his annual Christmas show at the Birchmere by a full month with A John Waters Christmas now scheduled for Monday the one-man-show is always a highlight of the season especially because every year Waters comes up with new “There are always things that are going on in society and culture that you can twist into Christmas,” Waters told Metro Weekly before the 2021 edition the first in which he was able to really tackle the issue of “how COVID affected sex at Christmas.” Expect more along those lines this time around The season of love will also be celebrated at the Birchmere a few days before Valentine’s Day with “an all-star cast of today’s top teasers” as featured in the annual bonanza Burlesque-A-Pades in Loveland starring Angie Pontani who has been dubbed the International Queen of Burlesque and featuring a “stunningly gorgeous” boylesque artist and contortionist Mr Carly “DC’s Queen of the Blues” Harvey whose namesake is both a frequent Lady Gaga collaborator as well as Potani’s husband (2/11) the Birchmere has a pretty impressive lineup of coming attractions this winter mixed in with the many shows in tribute to legacy acts And then there’s the multi-artist tribute show to beat them all “Daryl Davis Presents: Thanks for the Memories 2022!,” with Davis’s six-piece band and special guests Angela Hill and Josh Christina remembering and paying tribute to Olivia Newton John playing through her 20-plus years of songs distinguished by her signature blend of R&B two “solo acoustic” evenings from the legendary folk artist Richard Thompson (2/24-25) Tony-winning Broadway veteran Stephanie Mills (3/10-11) The Birchmere will also present a few notable acts at downtown’s Warner Theatre several times the size of the intimate Alexandria landmark First up is a two-night engagement over Valentine’s Day from jazz sensation Gregory Porter (2/14-15 immediately followed by the first of two three-night engagements with the Tedeschi Trucks Band a 12-member blues/rock supergroup from Jacksonville Florida led by married couple Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi (2/16-18 Another Birchmere-presented show at the Warner is the “Together in Concert” triple feature of Shawn Colvin The Birchmere is at 3701 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, Va. Visit www.birchmere.com or call 703-549-7500 May got off to a sad start with news of the death of Jill Sobule The 66-year-old died in a house fire in Woodbury Sobule had been staying with friends while rehearsing for upcoming concerts in her home state of Colorado A longtime advocate and activist for human rights with near-annual performances in the greater Washington region including regular stops at the Birchmere and Rams Head on Stage and the whole concert-going and festival-going experience Spring 2025 in the DMV is shaping up to be a banner season And for those who're also fans of queer music and of seeing LGBTQ performers live in concert we're about to experience a real embarrassment of riches in that regard not just because of all those coming to town for WorldPride 2025 the number of out artists stopping through the area both before and after Pride this year is impressive who's got local gay hearts beating padam padam for sure Laura Jane Grace will all also follow suit and Cyndi Lauper will also return to have a little more fun -- and say farewell one more time with more -- a whole lot more -- than any before in our city's now 50-year history of Pride and the National Capital Region have plenty of reasons to be prideful all season long thanks to a steady and ever-flowing stream of LGBTQ and allied artists SAN DIEGO (AP) — Michael King threw a two-hitter for his first career complete game and the San Diego Pades shut out the Colorado Rockies for the third straight game It was the first time the Padres had shut out an opponent in a series of at least three games They beat the Rockies 2-0 on a four-hitter on Saturday night and 8-0 on a three-hitter on Friday night coming off consecutive seasons of at least 100 losses It was the 34th time that a team had shut out its opponent for an entire series of three-plus games since 1901 and the first since Cleveland did it against Kansas City in August 2017 They have the best record in the majors at 13-3 King (3-0) retired his first 13 batters before Michael Toglia singled with one out in the fifth He walked Hunter Goodman with two outs in the eighth and allowed a single by Ezequiel Tovar with one out in the ninth King threw a major league-high 110 pitches in the majors' second complete game of the season Nathan Eovaldi threw a four-hitter for Texas at Cincinnati on April 1 San Diego jumped on Kyle Freeland (0-3) for four runs in the first inning The Padres had three straight run-scoring hits with two outs — singles by Oscar Gonzalez and Yuli Gurriel The Padres turned a 5-6-3 double play to finish King's complete game Iglesias had his first game with multiple extra-base hits and RBIs since July 12 for the New York Mets against the Rockies Rockies right-hander Antonio Senzatela (0-2 5.14 ERA) is scheduled to start Monday night in the opener of a three-game series at the Los Angeles Dodgers Padres right-hander Dylan Cease is set to go Monday night in the opener of a three-game set against the Chicago Cubs AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB 68 mt of food assistance distributed in July USD 0.4 M six months (Sep 2022 - Feb 2023) net funding requirements in collaboration with the UN Resident Coordinator Office and the Ministry of Women officially launched a two-year project on social protection Project activities include the development of a shock-responsive social protection policy the design of a social registry and the delivery of unconditional cash-based transfer to 1,500 food insecure households in Bolama Bijagós WFP distributed 60 mt of food to 70,630 schoolchildren (>50 percent girls) in assisted schools that had not yet closed for the summer holidays in partnership with the Ministry of Health and partner NGOs identified and registered 20,000 children aged 6-23 months at risk of malnutrition in Oio who will participate in WFP’s stunting prevention programme WFP also trained 75 health staff (including 51 women) from all regions on how to provide nutritional support for people living with HIV and tuberculosis and partner NGOs kicked-off the implementation of an innovative project on climate security in 15 villages in Cacheu aims to mitigate security issues arising from climate change impacts on land and water availability by creating gender-inclusive civic spaces and implementing climate change adaptation solutions through Food assistance For Assets (FFA) WFP and its partners presented the project to local authorities civil society organizations and targeted villages and gathered information on conflicts and climate-related issues WFP and its partners will organize a 3-day participatory workshop in each village to identify specific resilience projects they wish to implement • As part of its resilience activities in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture’s Economic Development Project for the Southern Regions (PADES) and with funding from IFAD WFP trained and equipped 13 market monitors in the regions of Tombali Quinara and Bolama Bijagos to autonomously collect food prices and share them with local communities through radio programmes WFP also initiated the purchase of 248 mt of rice from PADES beneficiaries to be distributed to schools in the southern regions as part of its home-grown school feeding programme .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By The Sporting NewsTroy Machir Padres reliever Alex Torres made MLB history When he was summoned to replace Tyson Ross in the 8th inning against the Dodgers Torres took the mound wearing an IsoBlox protective pitching hat becoming the first pitcher in MLB history to do so Ever since then-Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy was struck in the head with a line drive and suffered life-threatening brain injuries Major League Baseball studied and tested multiple prototypes for padded caps in order to provide provide head protection against line-drives and comeback shots In late January MLB informed all 30 teams that protective caps had been approved for use in games starting in 2014. 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All rights reserved (About Us) Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site Ad Choices All popular browsers allow zooming in and out by pressing the Ctrl (Cmd in OS X) and + or - keys Or alternatively hold down the Ctrl key and scroll up or down with the mouse The Guinean authorities are still holding Saïkou Yaya Diallo the legal coordinator of the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC in French) despite the 21 May bail under judicial supervision order by the Appeal Court of Conakry the prosecutor has appealed in cassation the release order even though the law does not allow him to appeal the decision threats and public insults" and transferred to Conakry prison Saïkou Yaya Diallo suffers from chronic diabetes was identified during a FNDC press conference at PADES (Parti des Démocrates pour l'Espoir in French) party headquarters in Ratoma by FNDC members including Saïkou Yaya Diallo secured the suspected government intelligence agent in an office and asked her why she was there and who had sent her Saïkou Yaya Diallo called a bailiff to establish the presence of the intelligence agent FNDC members said that she would be released after the press conference to avoid the crowd outside fearing that she would be lynched by opposition activists in retaliation to the killing of 12 people by security forces following controversial elections in the week before.  The police subsequently raided the headquarters of the PADES and arrested 11 individuals including Aicha Barry spokesperson for the women’s branch of the FNDC She was released after eight days in detention at Judicial Police Directorate under judicial supervision.  According to the director general of the police interviewed by online news website mediaguinée.com the suspected government intelligence agent is neither a police or intelligence agent but administrative officer working at the Ministry of Security Leaders of pro-democracy movements and scores of protestors have been arrested and sentenced since 2019 the Tribunal of Dixinn found Abdourahamane Sano Bailo Barry and Sékou Koundouno guilty of “direct incitement to an unarmed gathering” Sano was sentenced to a year in prison and the others to six months They were released on bail on 28 November 2019 pending their appeal they were spokespersons at a press conference during which they accused Commissioner Fabou Camara director of the Central Direction of the Judicial Police they were charged with trumped up charges of assaulting a public officer and production and dissemination of data threatening public order and security and both remain under judicial supervision was arrested in front of his house in Conakry by Banditry Repression Brigade officers he spoke in a radio show during which he called for protest and accused members of the government and ruling party of killings He was initially detained for one day in “villa 40’’ the office of the General Intelligence Directorate then transferred to the Judicial Police Directorate On 24 April he was charged with dissemination of false information “I bring a queer element to the show,” says Murray Hill drag king host of the variety show Burlesque-A-Pades In Loveland through my material but also by interacting with people in the audience.” Hill was one of the first drag kings to gain visibility Hill — who keeps his real identity a secret — transitioned from photographer and visual artist to drag entertainer “I noticed there were all these drag queens everywhere but few drag kings in New York at that point and it wasn’t about comedy,” he says “I wanted to bring that same camp sensibility that drag queens had into drag king performances.” Though Hill’s resulting look and sensibility is chiefly inspired by lounge lizards from ’70s-era Las Vegas — “Mr Showbiz” is his nickname — there’s also some undeniable familial influence at play “I recently looked at some old pictures and Murray looks a lot like my uncle and my grandfather,” Hill says chubby Italian guys that like to joke around a lot.” Though Hill has had cameos in cult films and on cable TV — including John Cameron Mitchell’s Shortbus HBO’s Bored to Death and STARZ’s Gravity — his main work has been on stage performing improv and emceeing touring shows for neo-burlesque stars including Dita Von Teese and Angie Pontani Hill is eager to rejoin Pontani and the “amazing burlesque dancers” in Burlesque-A-Pades playing the “schmuck” in the Valentine’s Day variety show It will also feature burlesque artists Maine Attraction and musical duo Sunny Sighed & Bal’d Lightening “The Birchmere is actually one of my favorite venues,” Hill says noting that “the crowd is always up for it.” But it’s not just the crowd that gets him going: It’s Pontani herself “She’s my showbiz partner in crime,” Hill says Burlesque-A-Pades In Loveland is Sunday, Feb. 14, at 7:30 p.m. at The Birchmere, 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. Tickets are $29.50. Call 703-549-7500 or visit birchmere.com Subscribe to Metro Weekly's Free Email Updates There's a lot more to burlesque than some scantily-clad shimmy and shake it's an art form built on a potent foundation of escapism and empowerment as vital and necessary in 2019 as it was at any point in its centuries-long history It's as much performance art as strip tease tear-away gowns and pasties are still there — burlesque has never experienced a shortage of va-va-voom. But these days a performer could be disrobing to reveal a body covered in political messaging or transforming from an insecure prey into a being of provocative power And artist and audience alike find a refreshing realness in that "It’s a tense political climate that we live in It’s a world that is sad and can be very depressing and very divided and sometimes it's depressing," said Trenton native burlesque producer and performer Angie Pontani it just kind of takes all of that away," Pontaini said. "And you’ll be in a room with so many different people — people who have different political views people who lead completely different lives — and a good burlesque show has the power to bring all of those people together in that moment And I think that that is just a beautiful thing.” Tracing its origins to the Victorian era of the 19th Century burlesque boomed as a bawdy form of entertainment on the American vaudeville circuit in the pre-World War II years It began to see a contemporary resurgence starting in the 1990s via retro counter-culture shows such as Dutch Weismann's Follies in New York City brings her Burlesque-A-Pades troupe to the House of Independents in Asbury Park on Friday It marks the company's return to Asbury Park after years performing at the former incarnation of the Asbury Lanes, prior to that venue's closure in 2015. (It re-opened in 2018 under new management.) ON STAGE: "Drag Race" winner Jinkx Monsoon unveils NYC dates Pontani said the old Asbury Lanes served an essential function as a home base for the then-nascent New Jersey burlesque scene of a decade or so ago "It was really one of our favorite places to play in all of the United States because everybody would have this party vibe and this great great energy and was just so excited to be there," Pontani said of the Lanes. "And it was so rock 'n' roll and so punk but also so sweet and loving at the same time." "Burlesque has grown so much in terms of what falls under that umbrella," Pontani said "that it’s almost just become a giant umbrella with all of these little sub-genres underneath Take Attica Wilde of Middlesex, co-producer of the New Jersey Burlesque Festival In her upcoming performance in Asbury Park with the NJ Burlesque Valentine's Show she'll be delivering a routine that involves the disembowelment of a giant teddy bear COMING SOON: Meet the Cherry Hill drag queen coming to VH1 “I don’t want to give too much away," Wilde said Wilde's Asbury Park show boasts an eclectic cast of both male- and female-identifying performers specializing in a vast array of styles from the industrial music ballerina MasoKiss to the vocal stylings of Melodie The Showgirl Songstress to Wilde's own protege During nearly a decade of performing burlesque Wilde saw her personal performance style evolve away from the neo-classical tradition to something more experimental and politically-charged Comparisons come easily between modern American burlesque of Wilde's sort and the German pre-war Weimar cabaret scene of the 1920s which combined stinging political satire with crowd-pleasing nightclub entertainment “There was a lot more artsy stuff going on in Jersey (at the time) it didn’t quite engage me the way that I wanted and more recently I’ve embraced a lot of political (themes) in my act.” she disrobes to reveal her body painted with words that have been used to demean and attack women “I really want to make art for me and people like me," Wilde said. "Someone in the industry said you make art for people paying you.’ Well It just took one burlesque show six years ago to draw in Hattie Harlowe of Collingswood who performs in and produces shows in Philadelphia "It really made a big impact on my life and is now my biggest hobby," said Harlowe. "The two things that I do the most are spend time with my kids and do burlesque.” Harlowe co-produces the Philadelphia-based Bi+ Visibility Burlesque dedicated to staging variety shows in the city in June for LGBTQ Pride Month Last month, on her 30th birthday, Harlowe event presented the quirky "Story and Thong" burlesque tribute to the hit podcast "The Adventure Zone." being able to put on that show," Harlowe said Harlowe is set to take the stage with Ginger Leigh and Violet Outburst at Royal Boucherie as part of the pre-Valentine's show Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder on Wednesday amusing and weird," Harlowe said. "I don’t think of myself as a particularly sexy person but I know that I am very cute and I can pull that off well. But my performances always have some kind of twist to them so I kind of come at things from an odd angle.” Like Harlowe's signature "wolf in sheep's clothing" number: The performer starts in an adorable sheep costume and gradually transforms from a sheep uncomfortable in its own skin into the Big Bad Wolf It's easy to see Harlowe using burlesque to deliver a message about steeping into one's own power CALLING HER SHOT: Becky Lynch tells us she wants to headline WrestleMania “It’s a transformational number," Harlowe said but it’s cute and weird because I’m stripping as two animals.” But Harlowe remains ever-cognizant of the reason why audiences are there “It’s first and foremost entertainment," Harlowe said. "As a producer I want to make sure no matter what we’re doing people are paying us to entertain them and I want to make sure they have a great time but depending on the kind of show that you can find it’s the kind of thing where you can see bodies that look just like yours or bodies that look totally different than yours It’s the kind of thing where you can find a bunch of nerds who are paying tribute to something that you also love whether it’s movies or comics or video games the conversation has been about ‘Why is it empowering?’ And I think it’s empowering because as a woman you come in and you’re doing this sexy performance but it’s also kind of fun and tongue-in-cheek," said Pontani. "But you’re dictating what sexy is You’re deciding what you want to do and how you want to present it." naked realness to the world of burlesque — and its male-identifying performer counterpart boylesque — that resonates particularly loudly in our current cultural climate "It’s kind of this eye-opening experience for the audience to realize that sexy is a state of mind sexy is what you project when you’re on stage," said Pontani. "And I think that that’s a big sigh of relief to a lot of women in the world because you know boylesque is huge right now So it kind of defies these constraints that the media tries to force-feed you and even social media It’s like everybody wants to look perfect all the time but guess what: perfect ain’t that fun.” Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, Royal Boucherie, 52 S. Second St., Philadelphia, $25, 267-606-6313, www.royalboucherie.com Burlesque-A-Pades, 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, the House of Independents, 572 Cookman Ave., Asbury Park, $22 to $35, houseofindependents.com. The show is a Valentine's spectacular hosted by Murray Hill featuring Angie Pontani NJ Burlesque Valentine's Show, 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, The Asbury, 210 Fifth Ave., Asbury Park. $25, available via Eventbrite who choose the topic for the daily posting Morning Open Thread is looking for contributors contact officebss or Ozarkblue for more information ===== My Thursday theme for May is Face Cards from a playing deck   ========== >>>>>>This diary is about the Ace playing card Words below from this Wiki: Ace Another wiki: French-suited playing cards An Ace is a playing card with a single pip an Ace has a single suit symbol (a Heart, Diamond, Spade or a Club) located in the middle of the card especially in the case of the Ace of Spades This embellishment on the Ace of Spades started when King James I of England required an insignia of the printing house to be printed on the Ace of Spades Although this requirement was abolished in 1960 the tradition has been kept by many card makers In other countries the stamp and embellishments are usually found on Ace cards; Clubs in France the Ace had a low value and this still holds in many popular European games. Many games allow the player to choose whether the Ace is used as a high or low card Not signed up for Daily Kos yet? 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Before such things became taboo, Camel cigarettes were advertised with the slogan, “I’d walk a mile for a Camel.” At the Webster County Fair this week, visitors don’t have to go that far for an actual camel. They only have to walk from their vehicle to the east side of the 4-H Building. The camels are among the entertainment options this year and are part of the Hot Diggity Dogs & More Show, which also features a nine year-old 700 pound pig named Shelton. The entire performing menagerie is owned by Hans Klose and Colleen Pades, of Arcadia, Florida. “I started with dogs, I got the dogs from my parents when they decided to retire, it was sort of the family business.” he said. “Then we got the pig. She brought her camels along. It adds to the show, it’s not just a regular dog show.” Combining families and family pets is pretty common. Six camels — not so much. They have a combined total of six camels. Two are Bactrian camels, which have two humps. Four are dromedary, which have a single hump. It’s an even split between males and females. Klose said the animals have a diet similar to a horse or cattle. The humps contain fatty deposits, not water. The camels are also included in the performance and after the show, rides on the animals are available. “A lot of people have never seen a camel, much less ridden one.” he said. During the show, viewers can expect to see the dogs performing and one lucky volunteer gets to sing with Shelton the Pig. “I hope they enjoy the dogs,” he said. “They can see how much love and respect we give to our performers.” Nichol Kleespies, youth program coordinator with the Iowa State University Extension Service, had tried the camel ride Wednesday. “They’re much smoother than an elephant.” she said. If camels, dogs and pigs aren’t just the ticket, another show at the fair offers audience volunteers a chance to learn about firefighting. The Fire Fighter Show is the work of Neal Snyder, of Port Charlotte, Florida. He spends about nine months of the year traveling with it. The inspiration came from his brother who was a working firefighter. After a guest injured themselves at a fire station open house, effectively ending the event, Snyder thought it would make a good fair show. “All the things we do at the show,” he said. “They used to do.” He begins by “recruiting” a group of junior firefighters from the audience. “They’re looking like our new generation of heroes.” he said. He then puts them in child-sized turnout gear and helmets. Then gives them their first assignment – polishing his miniature fire truck. “I built it,” he said. “It’s an electric car, I turned it into a pumper.” The recruits get to put out a “fire” with a fire extinguisher, unroll a length of hose, attach a nozzle and then roll it back up in a timed race. Their final fire academy lesson is getting to use the water cannon atop a very realistic miniature aerial bucket. The water cannon does actually work and it does actually spray water. However, Snyder keeps it turned off out of concern for the audience members’ cell phones. When the three count gets to zero, instead of water, a streamer goes off, sending a long strip of paper flying towards the audience. The show includes a pretty good sprinkling of fire safety: “In case of fire, don’t hide, get outside, look at your hands on the floor, look down where there’s no smoke.” He said both children and parents enjoy the show. “They learn,” he said. “They come back again till they get pulled from the audience.” Snyder has been doing the Fire Fighter Show for about 16 years. Prior to that, he worked with a different show. “I did an alligator show for 14 years.” he said. Yes, he still has all his limbs and fingers. In addition to the Fire Fighter Show and the Hot Diggity Dogs & More Show, fair attendees can also experience the Cow Town Show, which educates about agriculture and features a chance to milk a cow. They can take a helicopter ride, enjoy the Larry Dunbar Magic Show, experience the Dragonfire Dancing Horses today at 1 and 5:45 p.m. and cruise the midway at the carnival. Anyone hoping to board a flight at Fort Dodge Regional Airport — or any other airport — on Wednesday better ... Fats, oils, and greases shouldn’t be put down sinks or toilets in homes or businesses, but according to Fort ... The Webster County Board of Supervisors is expected to discuss two detour agreements with the Iowa Department of ... Copyright © 2025 Ogden Newspapers of Iowa, LLC | https://www.messengernews.net | 713 Central Ave., Fort Dodge, IA 50501 | 515-573-2141 Cut4Big Boi threw out the first pitch for the Cubs, and we just can't handle itMay 1, 2013Big Boi, formerly (or future-ly?) of OutKast threw out the first pitch before tonight's Pades-Cubs game at Wrigley Field I have so many thoughts about this picture Photo: Bout to throw the 1st pitch at the Cubs Padres Game #shoesforrunningworldtour tmblr.co/ZjKPTxk08nG6 (Photo via @Cubs) Fighter jets performing ATO air policing functions in the Baltic States took off twice last week to identify and escort Russian aircraft that violated flight rules the Ministry of National Defence announced on Tuesday On the 14rd of April NATO The fighter jets were scrambled to identify an IL-20 reconnaissance aircraft flying from mainland Russia to the Kaliningrad region in international airspace The aircraft was flying with a radar transponder and maintained radio contact with the Regional Flight Control Center (RSVC) NATO fighter jets scrambled to identify two SU-24 attack aircraft flying in international airspace from mainland Russia to the Kaliningrad region The Alliance's air policing mission in the Baltic States is carried out from Lithuania and Estonia reproduction and distribution are permitted only with the written consent of UAB "Naujosios medijos grupė"