Babies given Calpol and other forms of paracetamol are more likely to develop asthma

Babies given Calpol and other forms of paracetamol are more likely to develop asthma before going to school, say researchers. More exposure to the drug resulted in a greater chance of developing the condition. The latest study from Denmark adds to mounting evidence of a link between the painkiller and asthma, with previous research into adults and babies suggesting its use increased the risk of the disease.

 

Babies given Calpol and other forms of paracetamol are more likely to develop asthma before going to school, say Danish researchers

Scientists believe paracetamol may cause changes in the body that leave children more vulnerable to inflammation and allergies. The study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology says paracetamol has not been proven to cause asthma. But senior researcher Hans Bisgaard, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Copenhagen, advised parents to only use the drug when needed, such as when a child has a fever. ‘We would like to stress that the use of this drug indeed is beneficial in the appropriate circumstances,’ he said.

The study included 336 children who were followed from birth to age seven. All had mothers with asthma, which put them at increased risk for the lung disease themselves. Overall, 19 per cent of the children had asthma-like symptoms by the age of three, meaning recurrent bouts of wheezing, breathlessness or coughing. Prof Bisgaard’s team found the risk generally went up the more often a child was given paracetamol, also known as acetaminophen in the first year of life.

Scientists believe paracetamol may cause changes in the body that leave children more vulnerable to inflammation and allergies

For each doubling in the number of days a baby received the drug, there was a 28 per cent increase in the risk of asthma symptoms. The link disappeared, though, by the time the children were seven years old. At that point 14 per cent of the children had asthma, and the risk was no greater for those given the drug as babies. Researchers said children with asthma tend to get more severe respiratory infections so may have been given more medication as a result.

One recent study found that children given other common pain medications, including ibuprofen and naproxen, also had an increased asthma risk. The researchers said that suggested children with asthma symptoms were simply more likely to need the medications. ‘We think it is too early to conclude a causal relationship, but the findings should encourage further research into a ‘plausible biological mechanism’. An international study, covering 300,000 teenagers in 50 countries, also found paracetamol users were more likely to suffer from the skin disorder eczema and allergic nasal conditions.


Source: Daily Mail UK  

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Ethoxyquin in Pet Food. Seniors Need More Protein. NO Soy, NO Corn. ‘Natural’? Raw Food? Dry Cat Food. Fussy Feline. John Wayne. Muffie.

For “Mammal Monday”: It’s about dog’s and cat’s diets today.

Ethoxyquin: A Potentially Deadly Preservative in Pet Food Containing Fish:

Warning – The Very Food Your Pet is Addicted to May Contain This Deadly Preservative

“The fish in pet food is heavily preserved during the manufacturing process using a chemical preservative called ethoxyquin, which is known to be a cancer-causing agent.  Ethoxyquin is banned from use in human food except in very small quantities allowed as preservatives in spices.  I have experienced first-hand the heartache of ethoxyquin poisoning with my best friend, Gemini, a Rottweiler.  It was determined Gemini’s liver failure was caused by the ethoxyquin in that food.”

  

Most seafood today is heavily contaminated with toxic metals, industrial chemicals and pesticides.  In addition to toxic preservatives and allergies (including asthma), too much fish in your pet’s diet can over time also create thiamine and vitamin E deficiencies, and health problems associated with too much dietary iodine and magnesium.

It’s Really Hard to Avoid Ethoxyquin in Formulas with Fish Meal

Unfortunately, ethoxyquin is still being used in many pet foods currently available on the market. It is used to preserve the fat in almost all fish meals – fat that is made from waste products.

Always remember that if the label doesn’t list exact ingredients, including the exact meat source, you have absolutely no idea what’s in that food. And because ethoxyquin is added before the raw ingredients are shipped to the pet food manufacturers, it doesn’t get listed or disclosed on the product label.

The pet food company you purchase your cat’s or dog’s food from may not be adding ethoxyquin, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t in the fish meal in that food.

Don’t make the mistake of assuming if the fish meal product label doesn’t list ethoxyquin, it’s not in there. Unless the label specifically states the formula is ethoxyquin-free, or you call the manufacturer’s 1-800 number and are told it’s not in the raw materials they purchase nor added during their own manufacturing process, you should assume the formula contains ethoxyquin.   Fish meal also happens to be one of the main pet food ingredients also contaminated with mycotoxins.

Is There Any Safe Fish to Feed Pets?

It may seem like I’m anti-seafood in general, but I’m really not. However, I do recommend you be very choosy about the fish you feed your pets. And I certainly don’t recommend feeding an exclusive diet of fish protein to dogs or cats.

Fish are a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids, which are essential to your pet’s well-being. If you supplement your pet’s diet with fish, I suggest you use sardines packed in water. Sardines don’t live long enough to store toxins in their bodies, and they’re a terrific source of omega-3s.

Feeding wild caught salmon in rotation with other proteins is also an excellent way to get those omega-3s into your dog or cat. If you choose not to feed any fish, I recommend you supplement your pet’s diet with krill oil or another omega-3 fatty acid.

I also recommend you scrutinize any fish-based commercial pet foods you may be feeding. As with any pet food, there can be quality issues.

Substandard ingredients are added to pet food, which means the runoff from the human food industry ends up in pet food formulas. And chances are there is mercury, ethoxyquin and other potentially carcinogenic preservatives in those fish-based diets.”

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Top 10 Reasons Pets Go Under the Knife

“In a small study published in 2003 in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, researchers also discovered a link between flea collars and squamous cell carcinoma in cats. Cats wearing flea collars had five times the risk of developing SCC as cats that didn’t have the collars.

Although we can’t say for certain why canned tuna cat food perpetuates SCC, I have a few conclusions of my own. First, a cat’s natural diet does not include seafood. Ancestors of today’s domestic cat came from the deserts of Africa. They did not hunt from the sea.

Your kitty didn’t evolve to eat seafood, but that doesn’t mean he won’t become addicted to fish-based cat food. Feeding the same protein source over and over can cause your pet to develop allergies, which commonly happens to cats fed a constant diet of fish meal.

Because cats like fish, pet food manufacturers use a tremendous amount of seafood in their cat products. Fish must be heavily preserved during the manufacturing process. The most commonly used seafood preservative in the pet food industry is Ethoxyquin, a known carcinogenic preservative.

This toxic chemical does not show up on your cat’s canned food label because it was added to the meat prior to the pet food company purchasing the raw pet food ingredients.

Additionally, the tuna is a very large fish that accumulates toxic amounts of mercury and other contaminants in its body. It’s well known that people should watch their intake of fish loaded with heavy metals, but we tend to not extend the same courtesy to our feline family members.” From:http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2010/11/25/prevent-pet-sicknesses-to-lessen-pet-surgeries.aspx

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Your Pet Needs More Protein As They Age: .

In this video Dr. Karen Becker talks about your carnivorous pet’s lifelong requirement for a diet rich in high quality, natural protein.

Dr. Becker’s Comments:

“Dogs and cats need 22 amino acids to be healthy.

Dogs can synthesize (make) 12 of those 22; cats can synthesize 11 of them. The remaining amino acids must come from the food they eat, which is why they’re called ‘essential’ amino acids.

Pets get amino acids from the protein they eat. And the quality and quantity of protein is extremely important for carnivores – it’s the very foundation of their health.

Not All Protein is Created Equal

Protein quality is extremely variable. There are highly assimilable and digestible proteins (proteins your pet’s body can easily absorb and make use of), and there are proteins that are wholly indigestible. For example beaks, feet, hides, tails and snouts are 100 percent protein, but all 100 percent is indigestible.

All protein has a biologic value, which is its usable amino acid content. Eggs have the highest biologic value at 100 percent. Fish is a close second at 92 percent. Feathers, as you might guess, have zero biologic value. They are all protein, but they are neither digestible nor assimilable.

Now there are some foods high in protein that are not species-appropriate for dogs and cats. Soy is a good example, with a biologic value of 67 percent. Many popular pet foods contain soy as a protein source, as well as corn. This is an inexpensive way for pet food manufacturers to increase protein content on the guaranteed analysis printed on the label.

But because soy and corn are not species-appropriate, I don’t recommend you feed pet foods that contain it.

Unfortunately, digestion and assimilation are not measured for dog and cat foods, so manufacturers can include other types of protein that have no biologic value for the species of animal eating it (this is also why melamine was added to pet foods that killed thousands of animals). You can be fooled into thinking you’re feeding a higher-protein food, when the reality is the protein isn’t biologically appropriate for your pet.

Your Pet’s Protein Requirement Increases with Age

The good news is the quality of pet food has increased dramatically in the last 30 to 40 years.

And in 1992 Dr. Delmar Finco, a veterinary nutritionist, discovered protein requirements actually increase as pets age. Even in animals with kidney failure, restricting protein didn’t improve their health or longevity.

In fact, Dr. Finco’s research proved cats on low protein diets developed hypoproteinemia. They had muscle wasting, became catabolic, and lost weight. The more protein was restricted, the more ill these kitties became. Fortunately, Dr. Finco discovered it was the level of phosphorus in foods, not necessarily the amount of protein that exacerbated kidney disease.

Since that research was published, veterinary recommendations have changed. What we’re recommending for animals struggling with under-functioning kidneys and livers is that you feed really good quality protein that is highly digestible and assimilable.

We also recommend you restrict phosphorus in the diet, but not necessarily protein.

We know that cats and dogs, as carnivores, require lots of high quality protein not only to maintain good organ and immune function, but also to maintain healthy muscle mass as they go through life and the aging process.”    More at: http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2011/04/26/make-this-mistake-with-your-pets-food-and-you-could-destroy-their-kidney-and-liver.aspx

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Soy, Protein Dog and Cat Owners Should Steer Clear Of:

Story at-a-glance

• “Despite ample evidence that soy in processed foods is harmful to man and beast, use of soy products continues to spread, infiltrating the ingredient lists of countless people foods and commercial pet foods as well.


• The plant estrogens in soy are well-documented endocrine disruptors, as evidenced by cases involving creatures as diverse as rare exotic parrots in New Zealand and captive North American cheetahs.


• In addition to phytoestrogens, soy also contains phytates that prevent mineral absorption, substances that block the enzymes needed to digest protein, and other anti-nutrients.


• The soy in traditional oriental diets doesn’t remotely resemble the soy in Western diets, including pet food. Whereas the former is slowly fermented for one to two years, radically altering its chemistry and increasing nutrient availability, the latter is processed through a series of shortcuts that potentially make it more, not less, harmful when ingested.

The health risks associated with soy products far outweigh any potential benefit, which is why pet owners should avoid exposing their dog or cat to any food containing soy.”      Article at: http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2012/03/28/avoid-using-soy-on-pets.aspx

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Cashing in on Worried Pet Owners

“Because pet food companies realize dog and cat parents are growing more concerned about the quality of food they feed their pets, they are trying to cash in by fiddling with ingredients just enough to introduce ‘new’ formulas that they claim are somehow more ‘natural’ than other formulas.

Producers of processed food for both humans and pets have been cashing in on trends like this for decades.

You want your beloved pet to eat a diet closer to what nature intended? They’re happy to oblige. They’ll switch one preservative with an unpronounceable name for another, slap on a redesigned label featuring the words ‘natural’ and ‘healthy,’ and off to market they go.

It’s bunk. Please don’t be fooled.

It’s impossible to feed your pet a biologically appropriate, relatively natural diet from a can or bag unless you’re willing to spend a small fortune on grain-free formulas made with true human-grade ingredients.

These brands are less than 10 percent of pet foods available on the market. They are hard to find and well beyond the budget of most pet owners. In fact, if you’re buying pet food made with true human-grade ingredients, you should be spending about three times as much as you would for a non-human grade formula.

And even most of the highest quality commercial pet foods still contain additives, preservatives, flavor enhancers and/or extra fats, which hardly qualifies them as holistic, despite clever labeling. After all, they must be able to sit on a shelf for six months to a year after being manufactured, without growing mold.”  More at: http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2010/10/21/selecting-the-best-cat-pet-and-dog-pet-food.aspx

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When Raw Food is NOT the Right Food for Your Pet

Story at-a-glance

• “A newly adopted 5-month old Sphinx kitten was taken to the vet by his owner because he was showing signs of rear leg lameness.


• X-rays revealed the kitten had below normal bone density (osteopenia), a growth plate problem in the right back leg and a fracture in the left back leg. In addition, the kitty was diagnosed with central retinal degeneration resulting from a taurine deficiency.


• Fortunately, with several weeks of cage rest and a balanced diet, the kitten made a full recovery. But his story is a cautionary tale for pet owners who think feeding a species-appropriate diet to a dog or cat is as simple as offering hunks of raw muscle meat.


• Strange as it may sound, feeding your pet an AAFCO approved commercially available processed diet is better than feeding unbalanced homemade meals. It’s crucially important your dog or cat gets all the vitamins, minerals and other nutrients his body needs.


• The ideal food for most healthy pets is, of course, balanced, species-appropriate raw food prepared at home, or purchased from one of several small companies who produce human grade, high quality raw diets for dogs and cats.”  More at: http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2012/06/06/raw-food-diet-of-pets.aspx

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Cat’s Teeth Are Not Made for Chewing Dry Food.

“As is typical of carnivores, the teeth of the cat are appropriately modified for grasping, puncturing, and tearing (cutting), rather than for true mastication. With the exception of “crunching” dry food, cats do little, if any, actual chewing.  The hinging of the  lower jaw can only be moved up and down and possesses no ability for a lateral chewing motion.

The cat has no first premolars and no lower (inferior) first or second premolars; the molars consist of a single upper and lower tooth on each side. When the mouth is closed, the upper sectorial tooth (P4) slides across the vestibular surface of the lower sectorial tooth (Ml), producing an effective scissor-like cutting action, rather than a chewing action.

Thus the dental benefits of feeding dry food are grossly overrated.  The arrangement and spacing of the cat’s teeth will more likely trap small, saliva-moistened pieces of dry food.  Carbohydrate based dry cat foods also leaves a starchy coating which promotes plaque.  Nothing replaces professional dental care.”

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Another Great Reason to Throw Out That Dry Cat Food

Story at-a-glance

• “A recent study conducted at the University of California-Davis concludes that cats eat less, lose weight and maintain healthy body composition when fed wet diets.


• Not only that, but wet (canned) cat food does not contain the massive amounts of fiber found in many dry cat food formulas. Fiber has been shown to interfere with the digestibility of other nutrients in cat food – and kitties aren’t even designed to process fiber and grain.


• The UC-Davis researchers also concluded that cats much prefer canned food to either freeze-dried or dry food.

If you have a cat who is still eating dry food, you can find tools here to take you step-by-step through the transition to a species-appropriate diet. And if your cat needs to lose weight, you’ll find information on safe dieting for kitties as well.”  More at: http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2012/05/25/wet-cat-food-diet.aspx

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How to Win the Healthy Food Battle with Your Fussy Feline…

Rule #1: This Is Not a Race

“It is critically important that you transition your cat to her healthy new diet very, very slowly.  Your kitty has a unique metabolism. If you push dietary changes too quickly she’s very likely to just stop eating, because the new food doesn’t satisfy her cravings.

If she fasts, she runs a high risk of developing a life-threatening condition called hepatic lipidosis, also known as fatty liver disease.

That’s why you shouldn’t even consider making a “cold turkey” switch from your cat’s old food to a healthier food. Despite what you might have been led to believe, your kitty won’t necessarily eat when she gets hungry enough. Cats have been known to starve themselves to death by refusing to eat a certain type of food.

If your kitty refuses to eat and develops hepatic lipidosis, it will be tremendously costly to try to save her, and there are no guarantees. The last thing you want is a deathly ill kitty, massive vet bills, or the heartbreak of losing your pet altogether.

So please take this warning seriously. Convert your kitty very slowly to a new, healthier diet. Prepare to spend as much as six months, even a year, making the gradual transition to a raw food diet.

Your consistency, determination, patience – lots of patience – and yes, trickery, will one day soon be rewarded.”    Rest of article at: http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2010/03/10/how-to-transition-your-cat-to-raw-food-diet-part-1.aspx

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From Me:  My Mistydog and Bobbiecat are over 17 years old now, and I try to feed them the best. Due to Misty not being fed or taken care of properly, her vet bills were horrific when I first got her.  Now I need to make sure she doesn’t get sick and have to go to a vet.  Cheap food is expensive, or even deadly in the long run. (Just like people food). I’d rather buy them good food now, than have a vet bill later.

Good pet food can’t usually be bought at the grocery store, very few grocery stores sell the top organic brands of pet food.  ‘Natural’ can mean anything.  It is expensive at the pet stores, but it is worth it, even then you still have to look at the labels. NO corn, soy, rice, wheat, or other fillers, NO meat by-products or anything you can’t pronounce. Some of the name brands are not that healthy when you look at the ingredients.  I try to stick with Wellness or Organix, and stock up when it is on sale.

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On This Day:

John Wayne dies, Jun 11, 1979:

“On this day in 1979, John Wayne, an iconic American film actor famous for starring in countless westerns, dies at age 72 after battling cancer for more than a decade.  His first acting jobs were bit parts in which he was credited as Duke Morrison, a childhood nickname derived from the name of his beloved pet dog.

In 1939, Wayne finally had his breakthrough when his old friend John Ford cast him as Ringo Kid in the Oscar-winning Stagecoach. Wayne went on to play larger-than-life heroes in dozens of movies and came to symbolize a type of rugged, strong, straight-shooting American man. John Ford directed Wayne in some of his best-known films, including Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio Grande (1950), The Quiet Man (1952) and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence (1962).

Off-screen, Wayne came to be known for his conservative political views. He produced, directed and starred in The Alamo (1960) and The Green Berets (1968), both of which reflected his patriotic, conservative leanings. In 1969, he won an Oscar for his role as a drunken, one-eyed federal marshal named Rooster Cogburn in True Grit. Wayne’s last film was The Shootist (1976), in which he played a legendary gunslinger dying of cancer. The role had particular meaning, as the actor was fighting the disease in real life.   During four decades of acting, Wayne, with his trademark drawl and good looks, appeared in over 250 films. He was married three times and had seven children.”

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Yesterday:

Muffie arrived for her grooming. She has behaved better about being groomed since she was groomed at a pet shop.  But I didn’t let her have her customary nap on my bed between her bath and the final clipping and scissoring.  Muffie is the one dog that takes more time, and her ‘Dad’ seemed upset about her being here so long.  She got aggravated and her sharp teeth got the middle finger on my left hand.  I don’t know why she does that, as she knows that I will just stick on a Band-Aid and finish grooming her anyway. It is so strange, as she loves me to pieces, but just doesn’t like to be fooled with for long.

I am tired of going over or around the barrier to my bathroom, but so far, keeping Prime out of Bobbiecat’s territory is working, and Bobbie has been using her box. Right now they are both on the screen porch, but they will have to come back in when it becomes warmer today.

More of a slog than a blog!

Hello there.

Having signed up a few people during the last couple of years to write blogs linked to my two websites (manxathletics.com and parishwalk.com) I thought I would try my own hand at it.

This blog is not intended to replace, compete with or in anyway interfere with the three blogs to be written by walkers who will tell their stories as they prepare for the big day. Depending on their experience they will either pass on tips to other walkers or call from help from the readers.

In fact it will be more of a slog through the years than a web log.

It is intended more to a) tell you what is going on (and is planned for) the www.parishwalk.com site and pass on a few tales from the 30 or more Parish Walks that I have been involved with it.

I was brought up in Kirk Michael following my elder brother Martin (Parish Walk winner in 1988) around the old Parish relay walk and watched the 1973 event from some of the pubs around the course.

I competed in six of the following seven years.

In 1974, as a 17 year old (I forged my date of birth!), I retired at Kirk Michael. The following year I retired at Bride whilst leading. In 1976 I finished in second place behind John Cannell as a 19 year old but I missed 1977 due to university exams. I won in 1978 aged 21 (see picture at top and note the lack of spectators) but made a hash of it in 1979 when I tried to beat Derek Harrison in his record breaking year and retired before Maughold. I whizzed around the southern parishes as a training spin in 1980 before moving onto other things.

After I stopped entering the Parish Walk, the late secretary Arthur Jones involved me with the “sweeping up” role for a few years when we would follow at the rear of the field and tell the checkers how many walkers were left on the road. We started off with a big board on which we would tick everyone off and even when Rose and Doug Drown provided the first computerised results it involved me finding a public telephone box to call them with the times of all the retirements from each church.

In the early 80s I started updating a list of all the Parish Walk finishers (Kevin Madigan had done the first one for the 1979 programme) but before word processors and spreadsheets it involved retyping the list each year! When I did get the list onto a computer (I bought my first one pretty early in 1987) I decided to expand the records to include not just the finishers but the distances and times of all the other performances. Each name and time was typed in from cuttings in my scrap books or visits to the museum. Unfortunately, I was never able to locate the performances of the non finishers prior to 1974.

In 1990 I was asked by the Boundary Harriers committee (I had by then been treasurer for 10 years) to find a new sponsor for the Parish Walk and this was when Clerical Medical were introduced. They were signed up for 5 years but I didn’t expect them to be still here after 19! I also brought Skanco to the fold who provided a new form of computerised results. I had plans to make the event a lot bigger and dreamt that numbers might eventually reach 500!

I have to say I made myself unpopular in some quarters with some of the changes I introduced and the fact that (to ensure we delivered what we had promised to the sponsors) I did most of the work myself. For the first time we stuck rigidly to the closing date and mailed every walker an entrant’s pack the day after entries closed and every walker received a results pack at the presentation on the night of the event or, if they weren’t there, in the post the next morning.

I didn’t cause the death of the event as my critics had suggested but I did decide, for a number of political reasons, to stand down the following year from my roles on the Sports Council and the IOM Athletics Association. I remained a great fan of the sport and continued to lend a hand at events such as the Parish Walk on marshalling duties.

Although I had a great many other things going on in my life, the break from committee work allowed me to develop a number of databases of athletic events and after building my first website in 1999 ( http://www.murrayandmarie.com/ ) I merged my new skills with my passion for statistics and launched http://www.manxathletics.com/ in 2000 and http://www.parishwalk.com/ the year after.

The latter site could easily have taken over my life as I originally tried to cover every single Manx event and also write a daily news page. Although I took a sabatical from the site during much of 2004, I have gradually increased my input there again in parallel with a committment to the http://www.parishwalk.com/ site.

My interest in photography has grown and I used the sites to publish literally thousands of photos often while the events were still going on. More recently I have added videos whilst continuing to provide a forum and some special features. Each of the Island’s five clubs now have websites (go to www.manxathletics.com for the links) and more recently I have been grateful to a number of blog writers who have added so much to my site, in addition to the photograghers and many individuals who have helped me with the site.

The coverage of the Parish Walk on the website has grown and grown and I hope you like the new version for 2008. I have lots of things to tell you about!

The current organisation of the Parish Walk is absolutely brilliant and I hope to also provide an insight to the work that the organising committee perform. For starters, watch the video of race director Raymond Cox.

The decision to introduce electronic timing last year was bold but outstandingly successful. It gave me the chance to reduce my own website input but instead, as the number of people visiting the site to follow the links to the Manx Telecom sponsored results service grew, it encouraged me to try new things such as publishing photos from around the course instead of driving back to Douglas. This was only partially successful but I have plans to do better this year.

I hope to find time to tell you about some of the athletes that I really admire in the Parish Walk. And give you photos, videos, times and news about them…and you!

I hope that you are still awake and that you pop back here from time to time.

Murray

More Peanut Free Food Allergy Posters for School or Home

So, in my travels along the Internet superhighway, I have discovered a few more free Food Allergy Posters. Many of these are great for schools and classrooms, and in addition to peanut free posters, and nut free posters, there are also some for other allergies.

The Food Allergy Initiative Free Peanut and Nut Free Classroom Poster
http://www.foodallergyinitiative.org/uploaded_files/food%20allergy%20peanut%20flyer1.pdf

ABC Peanuts Peanut Free Classroom Poster
http://www.lensaunders.com/peanuts/downloads.html

Avoiding Milk Protein
Some really great allergy posters, including ones for no milk, no nuts, no food sharing, no latex, and reminders to wash hands.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertblue/posters.htm
and more here
http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertblue/moreposters2.htm

Peanut Allergy Info
Lots of great posters for the peanut and nut allergic.
http://www.angelfire.com/pa5/peanutallergy/posters.html

Asthma More Condition_symptoms [2NE1] - The idea of a new year concert

Just a few months ago, Novato 2NE1 group expressed its interest in raising the stakes and sustain an independent concert in the same year of its debut. While such high aspirations and even exaggerated seemed unlikely for many blackjacks and no fans, it seems that YGE still plays with the idea of a large-scale concert later this year!

Despite saturate the Kpop scene and called the source of women’s groups, this year, it is rare girl groups hold concert because it is difficult for the company to invest in them. In contrast to the male groups, the female does not have much participationfrom enthusiastic fans. In fact, in the kpop scene has only been three groups who have given their own shows in the past: Fin.KL (1999), SES (2000) and the Wonder Girls (2009) *. Add a fourth name to the list is a big deal, especially when talking about a group that debuted just a couple of months ago.

However, 2NE1 showed from the start to be a group of fear: the pre-CF CYON debut with “Lollipop” captured the attention of many, and their debut song, “Fire” the catapulted to the top of various music charts with only a month. The girls continued their success with their mini-album, with hits like “I do not care & RDQuo, and “Pretty Boy”, which praises the increased fanbase and popularity kept the girls. And if that was not all, 2NE1 also has plans for another album in November. With all the momentum generated by the success of 2NE1, it seems that only these four great has the power to challenge the rules.

“2NE1 has shown interest in a concert since her debut” YGE officer reported the statement, “and success and their first mini-album, the idea of a concert is reasonable and what has been said about the album in November, 2NE1 will have accumulated enough songs to fill two hourspresentations.

With only a couple of months to the end of 2009, 2NE1′ve added a lot in your resume with a new album and this potential concert, not to mention his first appearance on a show varieties and several small activities.

seems the jury is divided – While many vibrate with the hope of a concert in 2009, others criticize YGE for firing the gun and give 2NE1 bragging rights of being the first rookie group to a concert so soon. Anyway, nothing is said yet.

Credits:
Source: Dong & allkpop
English Translation: Daisy @ 21stfloor