Michelle Pfeiffer and Sean Penn give career-defining performances in this humorous and heart-warming film about a mentally-challenged father who enlists the aid of a high-powered attorney to help.


Director: Jessie Nelson
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Dianne Wiest, Doug Hutchison, French Stewart, Kathleen Robertson, Ken Jenkins, Loretta Devine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Richard Schiff, Sean Penn, Stanley De Santis

Synopsis:
Michelle Pfeiffer and Sean Penn give career-defining performances in this humorous and heart-warming film about a mentally-challenged father who enlists the aid of a high-powered attorney to help him regain custody of his daughter. An all-star supporting cast and a spectacular soundtrack complete this unforgettable story of life, love and laughter.

"A wonderful movie about the power of the human spirit" Joel Siegel, Good Morning America"Michelle Pfeiffer gives the most amazing performance. Sean Penn is probably the best actor working in movies today." Roger Ebert, Ebert & Roeper"You have to see I Am Sam. I loved it." Rosie O'Donnell, The Rosie O'Donnell Show.

Hey, you can catch it on Youtube too. I cried when I watch it. "Lucy" is so adorable'

Nicholas (TM)

Cough with phlegm
The common causes of chronic dry coughing include post-nasal drip, gastroesophageal reflux disease, asthma, and ACE inhibitors.

Cough can be a sign of respiratory tract infections such as the common cold, pneumonia, pertussis, and tuberculosis. In patients with a normal chest X-ray, tuberculosis is a rare finding. Pertussis is increasingly being recognised as a cause of troublesome coughing in adults.

Cough that continues after a viral infection has cleared. Postinfectious cough typically consists of a dry, non-productive cough that produces no phlegm. Symptoms may include a tightness in the chest, and a tickle in the lungs. This cough may often persist for weeks after an illness. The cause of the cough may be inflammation similar to that observed in repetitive stress disorders such as carpal tunnel. The repetition of coughing produces inflammation which produces discomfort, which in turn produces more coughing creating a closed loop. Typically does not respond to conventional cough treatments. Treatment consists of any anti-inflammatory medicine to treat the inflammation, and a cough suppressant to reduce frequency of the cough until inflammation clears. Inflammation may increase sensitivity to other existing issues such as allergies, and treatment of other causes of coughs (such as use of an air purifier or allergy medicines) may help speed recovery. A bronchodilator, which helps open up the airways, may also help treat this type of cough.

A common cause of chronic cough in adults and children. It may be the only symptom the person has from their asthma, but may also including wheezing, shortness of breath, and a tight feeling in their chest. Depending on how severe the asthma is it can be treated with bronchodilators (medicine which causes the airways to open up) or inhaled steroids. Treatment of the asthma should make the cough go away.

Chronic bronchitis defined clinically as a persistent cough that produces sputum (phlegm) and mucus, for at least three months in two consecutive years. Chronic bronchitis is often the cause of “smoker’s cough.” The tobacco causes inflammation, secretion of mucus into the airway, and difficultly clearing that mucus out of the airways. Coughing helps clear those secretions out. May be treated by quitting smoking. May also be caused by Pneumoconiosis and long-term fume inhalation.

Treatment

Coughs can be treated with cough medicines. Dry coughs are treated with cough suppressants (antitussives) that suppress the body's urge to cough, while productive coughs (those that produce phlegm) are treated with expectorants that loosen mucus from the respiratory tract.

Cough suppressants act to reduce the urge to cough. Centrally acting cough suppressants, such as codeine and dextromethorphan, work by hyperpolarization, or a dulling, of the vagus nerve, the nerve leading from the brain stem and serving the chest area. Benzonatate, sold under the brand names Tessalon Perles or Tessalon Capsules, works by anesthetizing stretch receptors in the lungs.

However, as the cough itself is only a symptom of a respiratory disease, a suppressant serves only to alleviate the cough. Addressing the actual cause of the cough rather than its symptoms is the best treatment to curing the cough.

Please be informed that The Mentor will be closed for the Lunar New Year from the 14th to the 16th of February.

Enjoy the festive cheers and we would like to wish each one of you a prosperous Lunar New Year~

Here's wishing Clara and Marcus a Happy Birthday~ Hope you like the presents! :)

Here's wishing you a Happy Birthday, Priscilla! Hope you are successful in gaining weight. :)

The p4s are having a game of Uno Stacko. Goodness, what are u doing, Clara?
She explains that she is wishing one and all an advanced "Gong Xi, Gong Xi" for the coming Lunar New Year. :)

Giant squid invade Calif. waters, entice anglers

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – Giant squid weighing up to 60 pounds have invaded the California waters off Newport Beach and are being caught by sport fishermen by the hundreds.

The squid showed up last week and anglers started booking twilight fishing trips over the weekend to catch them.

The animals weigh between 20 and 40 pounds, but a few fishermen have reeled in 60-pound creatures.

The Humboldt squid is also called the jumbo squid or jumbo flying squid and squirts ink to protect itself.

They can grow up to 100 pounds and 6 feet long and follow food sources. The squid have also recently been spotted off San Diego, Oregon and Washington.

Robert Woodbury with Newport Landing Sportfishing says anglers in Orange County have caught about 400 of the big squid since Friday night.


Information from: The Orange County Register, http://www.ocregister.com

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