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You're about to see a lot of Juan Ponce de Leon, Spanish conquistador and alleged Fountain-of-Youth seeker who "discovered" Florida 500 years ago.
You can catch him, singing and dancing with toothsome, sequined pirates, at the Florida State Fair in Tampa.
A drawing of his ship will zoom around the track at the Daytona 500 on the haunches of a Chevy Corvette.
It's a puppet Ponce in North Port and a live one at a Deerfield Beach Renaissance festival, where he will frolic with "wenches, fairies and singing merrymen," according to that event's website.
All of this is part of the state's Viva Florida 500 campaign, an effort that uses the anniversary of Ponce de Leon's arrival to promote the state -- and, maybe a bit of history, too.
"It's a teachable moment and a marketing opportunity to highlight 500 years of history and cultural diversity -- a claim that no other state can make," says Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner.
Will Seccombe, president of Visit Florida, the state's tourism marketing agency, says a TV commercial featuring -- you guessed it -- Ponce de Leon will encourage visitors to stay a little longer to participate in some of the Viva Florida festivities.
If one out of 10 visitors were to stay an extra day, Seccombe says, it could represent an additional $1 billion in spending and create 15,000 jobs.
So far, 200 major events are planned this year, with at least one in each of Florida's 67 counties.
Florida Senate Commerce Committee Chairwoman Nancy Detert, R-Venice, says she likes the campaign's emphasis on the state's positive side.
"This is a good opportunity for us to brand ourselves for all the fun stuff the state has to offer," Detert says.
The campaign has been in the works for at least a decade, although some recent talks centered on whether this was purely a marketing opportunity or perhaps a chance to set the historical record straight.
While the Florida Humanities Council provides grants for community efforts that educate people on the historical context of Ponce de Leon's visit and the cultural significance of the state's relationship with Spain, some communities are applying the Viva Florida mantra more loosely.
In Venice, for example, an annual guided tour of the South Venice Lemon Bay Preserve has been renamed "Viva Florida Scrub-jay!"
The state fair, which opened last Thursday, features a cow mascot named Ponce Moo Leon in a conquistador helmet, along with a chance for visitors to become fair "cowquistadors" for getting a map stamped at various locations.
But its Broadway-style production of "Zoom 'N Through 500 Years of Florida Fun" includes a shadow tableau depicting the lives of Florida's inhabitants before Europeans -- along with the singing/dancing Ponce, actors extolling the glories of Florida citrus, and beautiful mermaids swinging from the ceiling.
One of Sarasota County's Viva offerings, scheduled for Feb. 27, is a guided walk of the Pocono Trail Preserve in Nokomis to highlight the history of Native Americans who once made it their home.
Several communities will celebrate Ponce de Leon's arrival, although it is disputed where he actually first set foot in the state. On April 2, a landing will be staged on Melbourne Beach, one of the communities that claims the site. The town will unveil a statue of the man of the hour, and hold a parade in his honor.
Meanwhile, the Florida Lottery has launched a new scratch-off ticket game -- called the "Florida Treasure Hunt" -- that also directs players to an interactive site where they can learn about the state's history while getting a chance to enter in a second prize drawing.
Some counties are blending hard-core history lessons with a little fun. The Polk County History Center on Friday opened an exhibit called "Spanish Pathways," featuring a lecture on North American Indian Studies by an expert from the University of Central Florida.
But refreshments were sangria and tapas.
In Viva Florida's planning stages, some discussions centered on whether activities should celebrate or commemorate Ponce de Leon's visit.
There is a difference.
Some Florida scholars voiced concerns that accurate history would be ignored in a pure celebration, while a commemoration would give residents and visitors a more nuanced understanding of history.
Theresa Schober, an archaeologist in Lee County, used Florida Humanities Council and Lee Trust grants to set up programs on "Making History Memorable: The Impact of Representation on Authenticity."
"A lot of what is going on in state is kind of kitschy," Schober says. "We want to bring an accurate history of Ponce de Leon.
"Many people get a sense of history from literature that might be false. We'll look at how we internalize imagery and stories about the past to construct our historical memory."
The first symposium, on Saturday, brought together leading literature and history scholars who have studied the writings and maps from the voyage of Ponce de Leon, Schober says.
Apparently, the cerebral stuff sells, too; as of Friday, Schober had reservations for all 95 seats and a long waiting list, and was trying to arrange to post the lecture online.
State officials also are trying to persuade King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain to visit Florida in the coming year, although that might prove a tough sell.
Last year, Gov. Rick Scott had to apologize to the king after repeatedly asking about a controversial elephant hunt in Botswana. The monarch had been roundly criticized by Spaniards for taking the trip when his country is in financial peril, but Scott continued to bring it up, becoming the butt of jokes in Spain and in the U.S.
So far, no one can pinpoint exactly how much the Viva Florida campaign will cost the state before the year is out. Visit Florida allocated $1 million for promotions, and some state employees are integrating Viva Florida efforts into their regular jobs.
The Department of State has not budgeted any funds for the campaign, but is inviting partners to help, says spokesman Chris Cate.
How will we mark 500 years since explorer de Leon's arrival?


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The rock thing is a bit random. I mean, sure, lifting heavy **** can help you get stronger but with the rock and/or sandbag how can you progress? There's only so much room for sand in the bag so really you can only increase strength by increasing the number of reps you can do. Eventually this is more of an aerobic workout then strength building. Good for cutting fat but not for building muscle. So if getting stronger is your goal then you should really look into a gym membership or an area for that power rack so you can increase your weights and see real gains.
As well with a beach to workout with you would be better served doing sand sprints and open water swimming for fitness, fat loss and building muscle. Sand Sprints are incredibly difficult and build muscle strength, cardiovascular capacity and increase your overall badass level. Open water swimming is way more difficult then swimming in a pool and will help build muscular endurance in almost every muscle in your body. Doing these types of workouts help to increase strength in muscle fibers you just can't hit with lifting the heavy stuff. But when you go back to the lifts you will notice that your strength has increased because the muscle is getting a more complete workout.
I personally love working out on a beach. doing plyometric work and bodyweight exercises in the sand is challenging and increases your balance and coordination. Try doing 100 burpees in deep sand and you'll see what I mean.

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Bombardier CRJ900
A Canadian highflier
The first Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) went into the air in the early 1990s as a low-capacity, short-haul aircraft. The first model, the CRJ100 only had seating accommodation for 50 passengers. The Canadian manufacturer Bombardier has now developed larger models – like the CRJ900, which is 36.4 meters long and carries up to 90 passengers. The CRJ900 is the largest aircraft category flying Lufthansa's regional routes.
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Crash involving school bus knocks out power in Surry County
A Monday morning accident involving a tractor trailer and a Millennium Charter Academy bus, with no students on board, took down electricity, telephone, and internet lines after the tractor trailer struck a pole along the side of North Carolina 103 around 9:30 a.m.
The pole snapped as a result of the impact, though there were no injuries reported.
Trooper Bryan Baker with the N.C. Highway Patrol reported that a Cargo Transportation tractor trailer, driven by Charles Edward White of Hudson, was traveling on North Carolina 103, toward Mount Airy, when the truck allegedly ran off the right shoulder and struck a utility pole with the side of the trailer.
The truck traveled back onto the road, then crossed over and went left of the center line, according to Trooper Baker. The tractor trailer and a Millennium Charter Academy bus driven by Randy Williams collided and which the tractor trailer jack-knifed.
"My right front wheel fell off the shoulder of the road and then my trailer hit the telephone pole. I was not speeding….I just hate that this happened," Williams said shortly after the accident occurred.
A representative with Duke Energy on the scene said that power was down throughout the Flat Rock area. Justin Landon with Duke Energy Media Relations said the estimated time of restoration is around 2 p.m. He said 1,195 customers were affected by the power outage.
Surry County Emergency Services Director John Shelton said Highway 103 was expected to be closed until around 3 p.m. as crews worked to restore power, cable, and telephone services.
On the scene of the accident was Duke Energy, Four Way Volunteer Fire Department, and the N.C. Highway Patrol, as well as Millennium Charter Academy Headmaster Kirby McCrary.


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Logitech F540
My Logitech G930s have done me well over the last 12 months or so and even if they aren't the most visually dynamic looking examples of headgear, the build quality is great. With the F540s, swapping from PC to my PS3 I immediately noticed the 2.4GHz wireless connectivity is excellent and extremely strong. A nice touch is the triple input capability on the wireless base station.
The headphones beep to warn me of low battery, which is handy, as are the two independent volume controls for voice and game audio plus a microphone mute button that glows red when active. The F540 have extremely crisp clear sound with no bass fuzziness and give console gamers that Logitech experience that's practical and offers decent value for money.
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Plantronics GameCom 780
Instal the software first. It's a good job I noticed this little orange card or I might have been a tad underwhelmed with this wired model and its 2m USB cable. Certainly, for £40, the build quality looks fine. However, on closer inspection, everything from the mic to the dials seems quite stiff in comparison to other headsets, such as the well oiled A50s.
The felt padding may well be very comfortable but it picks up a lot of dust and
ferret hair. Sonically, the noise-cancelling mic turns out to be quite good quality and the drivers reproduce 7.1 digital surround sound surprisingly well for this rock bottom price. If you're after a spatial experience and aren't too concerned with refinements, then you'll get your money's worth here.
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Prohibition because of the Corona virus
The government has decided to ban all prostitution services. Sex workers therefore only offer alternative services by telephone, Skype and virtual sex. We would like to expressly point out that it is not allowed to only make contact by telephone, Skype and virtual sex to still try to make a physical appointment with a model. Physical contact is simply not allowed.


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Company retirement plan participants lose investment performance even in good stock market environments. That gap is a great prospecting strategy.
I made many mistakes in building my individual company retirement plan participant advice practice. One thing that I did right was to keep good prospecting activity records. I tracked the outcome of each telephone prospecting call I made. I tracked what I said and how the prospect responded. I kept a record of the end result of every prospect appointment that I made.
I soon figured out my most glaring prospecting weakness. I had to completely change the way that I prospected for individual company retirement plan advice clients.
I never lost prospects to other advisors. Fourteen years ago, there were no other advisors providing investment advice to individual company retirement plan advice participants. Instead, I lost the majority of my prospects to the "do nothing" decision. After my first meeting with them, the prospect continued to manage their individual company retirement plan account on their own.
Current company retirement plan account values are at all-time highs. I fear that another "do nothing" company retirement plan participant mindset is upon us all. Today's rising stock market makes it difficult—but not impossible—to get a prospect to look your way for consideration. What's the right prospecting strategy to move prospecting momentum back in your favor?
Remember all the articles that you have read and seminars that you have attended on the topic of investor emotions? If it is not fear that motivates them, it's greed. If it's not greed, it's fear. One emotion or the other gets prospects to talk to you. As 2013 comes to an end, it is time to prospect with greed.
Every individual company retirement plan participant currently owns a handful of set-it-and-forget company retirement plan mutual funds. These mutual funds have no logical or rational reason to populate a company retirement plan account. Even in a great stock market environment, these mutual funds have lagged the popular stock market benchmarks. These mutual funds have especially lagged other company retirement plan mutual fund menu options.
How much investment performance has the prospect's mutual fund selections cost them during this last stock market cycle? Compare the prospect's company retirement plan mutual fund picks versus the one you would have advised them to own over the same time period.
How much investment performance was lost? What is the dollar value of that lost investment performance? This is exactly where the prospecting process needs to begin. The prospect's decision to buy mutual fund A instead of mutual fund B has had a real hard dollar impact on their company retirement plan account value to date. Calculate for the prospect the hard dollar cost of that decision.
Once that number is established, compare it to your annual advisory fees. I would be willing to bet that the advisory fees pale in comparison to the increased dollar value of your mutual fund picks.
A great stock market environment makes it harder to prospect for individual company retirement plan advice clients. Use the above example to get the prospect to see the error of their "no decision" company retirement plan investment strategy.
Individual investor greed is a wonderful thing. Use it to your prospecting advantage.


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Passive Materials, Health Concerns, Sensible Design, + Wisdom Farming
- Eco-friendly designs.
- Green roofs need sensible design.
- Does LEED minimize human health concerns?
- Does Passive House require non-traditional materials?
- Green construction weathers tough economy.
- Looking to Japan for urban farming wisdom.
- Demand for green.
Also, follow @jetsongreen on Twitter or fan Jetson Green on Facebook for more news, links, and commentary.


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With sales of about US $50 million, Concours Mold of Windsor, Canada, is the fourth-largest moldmaker in North America and moving up fast. Concours Mold produces large, complex injection molds used in the production of automotive components such as fascias, the body-skin panels at the front of a car.
To make complex molds more quickly and accurately by eliminating repetitive, sequential processes and validating design functionality in the virtual stage. Read more.
Concours Mold adopted the CATIA for Mold solution, combining sophisticated mold surfacing and mold design in a single environment, plus template-based design for improved accuracy and efficiency in delivering against individual customer standards.
On its very first attempt, Concours Mold reduced the overall time required to generate molds by 30%. It also validates designs virtually before production, facilitating more complex projects.


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Monday, February 8, 2010
In Your Face. Or My Face. Or Your Mom's Face. Whichever.
Yeah, I haven't lost a damn pound. I went to the doctor and whined about it and she's all "Are you exercising?" and I'm all "Fuck yeah I am!" and she's all *stare* and I'm all "I so totally am!" and she's all "How many days per week?" and I'm all "Ummm...five?" and she's all *blink* and I'm all "Four?" and she's all *foot tap* and I'm all "Maybe three times? A lady? Hahahaaa, get it?" and she's all "You need to exercise every day" and I'm all "For reals?" and she's all "Yes" and I'm all "Isn't there a pill I can take instead?" and she's all "Only if you want a heart murmur and kidney failure" and I'm all "Hmmm..." and she's all "I'm serious." and then I jumped out the window because I'm sorry but life isn't worth living if I have to spend 30 minutes of each day walking around and shit.
So then she was all "It will be very difficult for you to lose weight because of your asshat thyroid". Except maybe she didn't say "asshat" but whatevs. That's totally what she meant. So then I basically begged her to up my medication dosage and she totally wouldn't because according to her, my levels are normal. So I decided to get back at her by not exercising at all and eating everything within my reach for two weeks straight. Take that, sucka!
And now I have to get on an airplane and go see my parents and listen to my mom talk about how maybe I should speak with my oldest sister because she lost a bunch of weight and doesn't she look amazing and blah blah blah stomach stapling. Awesome.
Also? My face has decided to explode into an angry collection of red, itchy patches. Captain Carl thinks it's eczema, but I'm pretty sure it's from breaking down and finally buying a new bra that cost me $60 (fuckkk!) and now my face is protesting because my boobs are totally gonna get even more attention now. Well fuck that shit, face. You aren't the boss of me, face! I'm going to the dermatologist next week because I'll be damned if I'm giving my mom another thing to criticize about me. Oh honey, it never used to bother me that you were chubby because you had such a cute face...but now....oh dear.
I took this picture of myself in the car the other day because my hair was totally cooperating and being super cute and my face didn't look too fucked up because I totally punched those red itchy spots in the nards with five pounds of antibiotic cream and six pounds of cover up . I should be a doctor....of awesome! Ya feel me? Yeah you do! Up top!
Meh....I got nothin' today. I'm too busy scratching my forehead.
29 comments:
- Kurt said...
I can't bring myself to make a "your mom" joke when you mention your mom in the post. That's like reading that there is going to be circus parade in town, so you go down there and shoot a clown. Too easy.
- February 8, 2010 at 8:08 AM
- Rita Templeton said...
Personally, I always wished to have that thyroid condition where you're always super-skinny no matter what kinds of foul shit you shovel down your gullet. My sister-in-law has that, and she eats like a horse who shops at a candy store and still weighs a buck oh-five. *sigh*
- February 8, 2010 at 8:16 AM
That is a CUTE picture. It's like you're telling the camera, "Hey honey. Would you ike a blow jay?" and the camera's all "I'm very flattered and tempted, however, I am lacking a penis, but maybe you can twiddle my exposure knob some?"
- February 8, 2010 at 8:16 AM
- Marie said...
I bought a wii so I could get my excersise in and to date the only thing I have done is lay in the floor and play old Sonic the Hedghog games. I boxed one time but my arms hurt the next day so nope, not gonna do it again. However, my friend is coming to town in a few months for her class reunion and feel SUPER fat so I may have to give it another try.
- February 8, 2010 at 8:39 AM
- erin said...
Yes you are indeed awesome in the looks department.
It sucks to lose weight. You have to change EVERYTHING to make a big difference and get down actual sizes.
And now I have a huge complex that I look exactly the same as I did before and the scale is just fucking with me.
AND I'm hungry for things I don't even like.
Oh well 20 more pounds to go. We can do it together! ha. That sounded so silly.
- February 8, 2010 at 8:43 AM
- miss. chief said...
Argh I hate that whole "exercise" thing. Can't you just like, wish really hard or something instead?
- February 8, 2010 at 8:48 AM
- Amanda @ It's Blogworthy said...
I hate exercising so much because I've been exercising 4 times a week for 3 weeks and I haven't lost a damn pound AND I'm sore AND I get so sweaty and gross. A pill would be so much easier and kidney failure has to be better than being all sweaty.
- February 8, 2010 at 8:54 AM
You look SUPER gorgeous! And a teacher in my building is taking those kidney killing pills. She's lost a bunch of weight and is still living. Although, I'd really kind of wish she wasn't....
- February 8, 2010 at 9:23 AM
- justmakingourway said...
Seriously! I am totally annoyed about the whole "must exercise" thing. Stupid weight.
That is a totally hot picture of you. Buuuut, I kind of think you also owe us a picture of your boobs in your new $60 bra.
- February 8, 2010 at 9:39 AM
- Carolyn...Online said...
I think your only choice here is to sneak up on your mom before she sees you and throw salt in her eyes. Then she'll be in eye patches the whole visit and you can just avoid the whole thing.
- February 8, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- Tony said...
Why can't there be a disease where you could eat nothing but chocolate and it makes you lose weight? That would make life a whole lot easier. But God just had to be a cowboy, and he's like, "I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU ALL FAT UNLESS YOU EAT HEALTHY!"
- February 8, 2010 at 10:07 AM
- Steam Me Up, Kid said...
You look super hot, like a Swedish model. Like whatsawhat in the James Bond movies.
I always wondered if amputees felt just a little bit lucky because they get to say things like, "Oh, I weigh 102 pounds, which is less than I weighed in high school! teehee!" Probably, huh.
I got you a scarf. Send me your address.
- February 8, 2010 at 11:15 AM
I always fantasize about getting really sick, or breaking my jaw and having it wired shut for months, or being in a coma- but just for a few weeks. The coma is the ultimate fantasy, the pounds would MELT away, and you'd just wake up and be all, "hot damn, I'm skinny!"
your boobs have an attitude, sounds like. You need to keep those puppies in line.
- February 8, 2010 at 1:23 PM
- Vic said...
You look beautiful! I'm still looking for my good side. I think it might actually be the back of my head.
They're doing a "health challenge" at work, Biggest Loser style. I've lost and regained the same three pounds for two months now, and the woman who keeps track of the numbers gives me little sad pats when I see her in the staff lounge.
Can't you just poke your mom in the eye, or remain in constant motion so she can't get a good fix on you? That's what I do.
- February 8, 2010 at 2:44 PM
- Ed said...
$60 for a Bra?!?!
For that kind of money, I could of had your mom.!
Three times!
See Kurt, just because it's "too easy" doesn't make it wrong. It makes it your mom.
- February 8, 2010 at 4:07 PM
- adrienne said...
i think i just fell in love with ed adams.
is it rude to come to your comment page and hit on your friends and not even mention your post? is it?
seriously, though. 'it makes it your mom'. i love him.
i do.
- February 8, 2010 at 4:45 PM
- Veronica M. D. said...
Easy. Wear lots of blush and suck your cheeks in SLIGHTLY and your mom will be all "OMG, you totally lost weight! I can see it in your face!" and you'll be like, "Naturally."
- February 8, 2010 at 6:26 PM
- Hippo Brigade said...
You momz should be real proud of you. Because you're haliarious! Wait, did I spell that right? This comment box doesn't have spell check. Lame. I'm gonna go now, and learn how to spell words.
- February 8, 2010 at 6:59 PM
- Sarah said...
OMG. I was going to leave you a comment earlier, but I saw your picture and had to go masturbate.
I didn't think so.
Don't worry about your mom. My mother is obsessed with the thickness, neatness and, generally, all other qualities of my eyebrows. Last year, after a visit, my husband said to me, "Dude. Your mom is ob-sessed with your eyebrows."
Because I'm Chewbacca.
Call me, hottie! XX
- February 8, 2010 at 8:00 PM
- I'm Katie. said...
Um, RAWR. *fans self*
I don't know about you, but I prefer to wear a lot of black clothing and really tall shoes and wave a switch blade in my mother's general direction.
She still asks me what size I'm wearing, but I still get those few moments pre-criticism.
- February 8, 2010 at 9:53 PM
- Megs said...
I don't think that more exercise thing really works, because then I just have to eat more...oh.
Well, shit.
That's a great picture. Love your glasses.
- February 8, 2010 at 10:10 PM
- The Peach Tart said...
Well honey I think you look pretty fucking amazing. Tell Mama to suck it...that we "don't need no haters".
- February 9, 2010 at 6:30 AM
- diane said...
I totally love that picture of you. You should make about 100 copies of them and tape them up all over your mother's house when she's not looking.
- February 9, 2010 at 6:54 AM
- Kim said...
Two of my sisters got gastric surgery and the other one does lots of meth, or heroine, or whatever, so I'm now the fat chick in the family. Sucks.
- February 9, 2010 at 7:20 AM
- Moooooog35 said...
So you buy a $60 bra and talk about it rocking your boobs and we get a picture of your face that may or may not have five pounds of spackle covering your herpes sores.
Sorry. 'Strange rash.'
It's like dangling a pedophile in front of Chris Hansen and then the cameras go out.
- February 9, 2010 at 9:18 AM
- BugginWord said...
I ate cake for breakfast. It's a lifestyle change. Stick that in your $60 bra.
No don't. Moooooog35 is already overly excited.
I bet the bra is almost as foxy as that uber cute haircut!
- February 9, 2010 at 10:06 AM
- Unknown said...
That Kurt guy up there is a better stalker than me. He is always like your very first commenter. He must sit outside your bedroom window and as soon as you hit submit he's like BAM! First! and then he runs away giggling and saying your mom.
I like your hair.
- February 9, 2010 at 12:55 PM
- Fireblossom said...
I'm here by way of Joanna's Fifty factor. Well, so, don't just stand there, get my my damn Welcome Pack.
My mom's better (at dissing me) than your mom, cos my mom eats ken l ration, my mom's better than yours. My mom delivers monologues about my weight in her mock-concerned I-go-to-Weight-Watchers-when-I hit-115-pounds-and-you-should-too voice, in front of guests. That's right, how do you like me now, B, uh huh.
She liked my hair better the way I used to have it, too.
Now that I feel all empowered and junk, I'm going.
- February 10, 2010 at 6:06 AM
- Maxie said...
You can always be all like "oh well I DID lose 10 lbs, I just lost 10 lbs that i gained that you didn't know about"
That's always my policy.
And if anyone brags about stomach stapling just show them this link.
- February 14, 2010 at 3:26 AM


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Of course, this violation is dishonestly framed as ending the issuance of "drivers licenses" for "illegal immigrants"
It is strange that the people most in favor of this out-of-bounds abuse of authority are also the ones who most often advocate restoring the Constitution to its position as the highest law of the land. Those two positions are mutually exclusive. The Constitution, not to mention Natural Law, makes no provision for declaring anyone an "illegal immigrant' That's right- regulating immigration is unconstitutional and puts you on the wrong side of the law. Who's "illegal" now?
You can support the Constitution, or you can try to enforce laws against "illegal immigrants", but you can't do both without being inconsistent.
Where does that leave the issue? Isn't there a problem that needs to be solved? Yes, but it isn't what you might believe it is.
The root problem is the unfounded belief that government has the authority to require a license before anyone is allowed to drive. How far do you think such a bizarre notion would have
gotten with Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, or Benjamin Franklin? I think they would have ridiculed the first politician or bureaucrat to make such a demand, and resisted, in a spirited manner, the first soldier who tried to enforce it. Once again, the Constitution that they established simply doesn't allow it.
Remember that the Constitution was intended to restrain the government, not "the people", and that anything that is not expressly permitted of government, in writing in the Constitution, is strictly prohibited. If it isn't there, the government can't legally do it.
Those who make the claim that since government builds the roads they can regulate travel thereupon are missing the point that government has no business building roads in the first place.
So, I am in the position of provisionally agreeing with both candidates and those who find this to be a "most significant local issue". "Illegal immigrants" (or independent migrants, if we were to be more honest) should not be issued drivers licenses. And neither should anyone else.
It's not about "safety"; it's about liberty. If a driver is being dangerous there are real-time ways to stop the threat when it occurs. Possessing a license is a guarantee of nothing, as some of the safest drivers I have ever known have proved by not being caught.


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Love that song. Love that band.
Aankhon ke saagar is another song of theirs I really, really like.
Love that song. Love that band.
Aankhon ke saagar is another song of theirs I really, really like.
Divine is the word for those. If you like those also try 'Akhiyan Udeek Diyan', 'Ali Moula', 'Ali Da Malang', 'Ali No Yaad Karo (Slow Qawwali but highly spiritual)' And SasoN ki Mala (listen to the violin in the beginning).(My favourite Nusrat stuff is 'Yeh Jo Halka Halka Suoor', 'Mast Nazroon Se' and 'Afreen Afreen' [ten minutes version])
Oh and dont try the remix versions, they are
Aadat is a really nice song by Atif Aslam.
His first album Jal Pari was really nice, Ehsaas and Yakheen are really good songs as well.... first time i ever actually liked the whole album.
Aafreen Aafreen another good one by Nursat Fateh Ali Khan.
Aman Hayer i think..
Dil Nahi Lagda.. one of my favorite songs
[link] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIFwwUHwe9s[/link]
All these are on my playlist, as I type. And yeah, I definitely don't care much for the remix versions either.
Have you listened to his duets with Eddie Vadder and Peter Gabriel?
Jeff Buckley's rendition of 'Yeh Jo Halka Halka Saroor' is also very good, incidently.
(and yeah, THAT 'Sharabi'. It's nice to see people's jaw drop after seeing the videos of some of his live performances; the dude lived what he sang)
I became a fan of Nusrat for the first time at the age of seven, after listening to his contributions to the soundtrack of the iconical PTV drama series, 'Dhuaan' (Smoke).
*subscribes to thread*
LOL. Happy listening. Let me know if you are not able to find the songs.
Also, I have heard the soundtrack of the hollywood movie with NFAK's contributions in it. Tbh, I wasn't overly impressed by it, but it was an interesting listen.
Just listened to Saqia aur Pila on youtube. Awesome! Will listen to loads more of the Sabri brothers...
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Natural Born Killers, you mean?
Dhuaan drama series itself IS available on DVD. I haven't actually seriously searched for the soundtrack but like np said, I seriously doubt it'll be available. You never know though.
I can't for the life of me think of what movie's soundtrack I listened to. My sister has the CD so I could probably find out.
Thanks for posting that Pratyush, though I make a point of not looking at them whilst listening.
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What Happened to the Chametz?
Just before Pesach Jews are accustomed to selling their chametz to a non-Jew in order to avoid violating the Torah prohibition against owning any product on Pesach which may have leavened dough in its contents.
This past Pesach a family in Israel spent the holiday away from home after dutifully selling their chametz through their local rabbi. When they returned home their four-year old son took a look at all the food products in the reopened closets and exclaimed in his youthful innocence:
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Until recently I was a complete unknown in my home country of Australia, while enjoying in the US a level of fame I would characterize as slightly less completely unknown. This gripping irony unfolded last year when I switched local publishers to Scribe, a feisty upstart with the crazy idea of getting me to do some publicity.
So it was that I ended doing a lot of interviews in which I talked about how I did no interviews in Australia, and wasn't that weird, what with me being slightly less completely unknown in the US and all. Scribe is planning to re-publish Syrup in a few months, and now my publicist is frantic because with that angle exhausted, there's nothing interesting left about me.
I am now so slightly less completely unknown, in fact, that the State Library of Victoria—that's my home state—even noticed I had a book published. This is exciting not just because it's a great way to encourage people to read my book in a way that generates no sales. They're also running a competition inviting you to vote for your favorite book.
I wasn't sure it was ethical to ask my readership, the vast majority of whom reside outside Victoria, to vote for me in what seems intended as a purely local poll. But I asked Scribe, and they said, "Hell, yes. See if they can vote multiple times, too." So I guess it's okay.
In other local news, I'm doing a reading from Company at Brighton Library on Thursday 31st January 2008 at 6:30pm. I'm also reading my short story A Shade Less Perfect at the launch of The Sleepers Almanac on Wednesday 6th February 2008 at 6pm in the Bella Union Bar at Trades Hall, cnr Victoria and Lygon St, Carlton. Aloud, I mean. I'm not just sitting there, quietly turning the pages. I'm a professional.


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*** Content written and provided by Darryl Ford, Promise Communications ******
Detroit consumers are rallying behind Metro Foodland at Tailgate 27 to boost sales and support of the only surviving Black-owned grocery store in Southeastern Michigan.
Tailgate 27 is part of the larger Campaign 27 that asks each consumer to commit to purchasing goods from a small business 27 times a year, spend $27 each time and recruit 27 additional consumers to make the same commitment. Community Activist Lila Cabbil is organizing Campaign 27.
"Metro Foodland is a retail jewel that we want to preserve," says Sherry Gay-Dagnogo, Education Chair for the National Congress of Black Women – Greater Detroit, and organizer of Tailgate 27. "We are renewing our commitment to support small businesses that are the foundation of Detroit's rebirth. Policies which support small businesses and job development, are key to transforming our region."
Owner James Hooks has been in the community for 27 years, and during that time has helped former African American employees to open grocery stores in other parts of the city. Now he needs community support to maintain and grow.
Rev. Wendell Anthony stated "Metro Foodland is one of Detroit's finest indicators of African American entrepreneurship and business power. It is one of the few remaining African American owned supermarkets in the nation. Detroit is blessed to have James and Teresa Hooks. They're business persons who are dedicated to family and community. We MUST support this supermarket. Detroit cannot afford to lose one of its most important jewels."
Rev. Horace Sheffield stated, "This is a great opportunity for Detroiters who have been concerned about the ill effect of others, to be the change they want to see."
Come and purchase food from Metro Foodland, bring your grill (and your barbeque skills) – and represent your church, mosque, synagogue, business, neighborhood, union, community group, block club, college, school, fraternity, sorority and/or family.
Donyale Atara, President of the NCBW-Greater Detroit Chapter, indicates The National Congress of Black Women - Greater Detroit Chapter wholeheartedly supports Campaign 27 to support Metro Foodland. We must keep the store open as it keeps money circulating in the community to provide jobs and other business development."
Sponsoring organizations and churches include: National Congress of Black Women-Greater Detroit Chapter, Detroit Alliance of Black Organizations, Rainbow Push Coalition -Detroit, Citadel of Praise, Fellowship Chapel, Greater Grace Temple, and Eric Huffman's State Farm.
The event will feature live performances beginning at 11:30 a.m. by Cass Technical High School's award-winning Marching Band, and The Crew, followed by remarks from community leaders at 12:30 p.m. Come show your tangible support for our Detroit based businesses who helped to build Detroit.
*** Content written and provided by Darryl Ford, Promise Communications ******
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Database Selection for Biologists
Selecting Which Library Databases to Search
Choosing the best database to search is often a challenge. Here are some questions to consider when choosing which databases to search:
What Topics Are Covered?
Is it a specialized database covering a specific subject - e.g. zoology, biophysics, neuroscience, medicine? or does it provide more general coverage?
What Kinds of Documents Are Indexed?
- Journals, magazines, books, book chapters, dissertations, images, maps, geospatial data, statistical tables, sounds files?
- Scholarly, popular – or both?
What Time Periods?
1997-present? Or all the way back into the 1800's? And how frequently is it updated – daily, weekly, monthly?
What Is the Overall Scope of the Database?
Some of the libraries' databases (e.g. Pubmed, Worldcat) provide citations to tens of millions of records while others cover just a handful of journals (e.g. BioOne).


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Collective Sigh of Relief [OPINION]
There was always something wrong with the notion that the US had only two options for Syria: military action or doing nothing.
Now that a diplomatic approach has been given another chance, and any vote to authorize the use of force postponed, most of us ought to be breathing a collective sigh of relief.
There is no way of knowing now how effective the President's planned call to arms address would have been before it was rewritten to acknowledge diplomatic developments, but it seemed pretty likely that Congress was not going to authorize military action. There were a number of really good reasons to vote "no".
General pacifism is always a respectable stance, but there are rarely enough of these types in Congress to scuttle a push for war.
A good number of Congressional Representatives seem to be moved by the overwhelming opposition of their constituency to another military involvement. There are times when we need our politicians to go beyond opinion polling and take a stand for the right thing to do, because the reasoning of the public is has not always been beyond reproach. This doesn't seem like one of those times, and the impulse to be democratic, and give the public what it wants, is noble in itself.
Many veteran lawmakers seem to have learned something from the debacle that was the Iraq war. Unlike the Dubya administration, the Obama team is not cherry picking evidence to make the case for a war of choice, so those concerns don't apply.
There is no harm in waiting for the UN team to finish its investigation though, just to be sure.
The more useful comparison with Iraq is the concern that we won't be able to control what happens after we intervene, which is all the more reason to delay and see if diplomacy can work.
Amongst certain Republicans, there has been a rebirth of noninterventionism, most likely attributable to the Ron/Rand Paul influence. That and their "Libertarian light" concern with some civil liberties issues is perhaps the Paul clan's only redeeming virtues.
It will be interesting to see how permanent this change of heart is, as it was both everyday Republican voters and the establishment party leaders who were nearly frothing at the mouth when the Bushies were calling for blood.
Even the dyed in the wool hawks who wanted nothing short of a removal of Assad deserve credit for their willingness to vote against Obama's limited strike proposal. This is a two year old civil war that we would be entering into after all.
Civil wars really only end one of three ways: the existing leadership stays in power, the rebels take control, or the country splits into pieces. It seems like there ought to be a real plan detailing what an Assad-less Syria would look like in place before trying to remove him, but at least it was principle behind the willingness of some of those calling for Assad's head to vote "nay" on a limited strike.
Even the President himself ought to be relieved that a vote isn't going to go ahead right away.
You can say what you will about too much time having passed since the chemical attack for it to be an effective punishment. If the use of chemical weapons really is such an abomination, one might also question the logic of a limited strike that leaves Assad in place.
One thing is for certain, though, by taking advantage of this opening to pursue a diplomatic solution through the UN, Barack Obama is demonstrating that he is the reluctant warrior that a Commander in Chief should be.
George W. Bush had a similar opportunity back in 2003 when weapons inspectors on the ground in Iraq announced that Saddam's regime was finally cooperating with them in a substantive way.
Wanting to have major combat operations over before being bogged down in the heat of the Iraqi summer, Bush dismissed the inspectors' comments, ordered them out of Iraq, and commenced "Shock and Awe" bombing.
Needless to say, our troops ended up enduring an awful lot of Iraqi summer heat over the coming years. How many senseless deaths would have been prevented if Bush had simply been willing to pursue every last option before impatiently blowing stuff up?
The only people who lose out by having the vote postponed until after diplomacy has had a chance to run its course are those who wanted to revel in an Obama defeat. They were giddy with anticipation last weekend, ridiculing the President and hoping to watch him squirm.
You have to sink pretty low to want to score political points in a matter of life and death; these types don't deserve the satisfaction.
There is no telling what could happen as this process plays itself out. It is hard to believe that Assad and Putin are going to negotiate in good faith.
Hopefully, Syria can be disarmed of its chemical weapons and we don't ever have to hold a vote to authorize force.
At least this time, if it does come to that, we will have gotten what we never from the Bushies; an honest debate, a fair look at the evidence, and an attempt to resolve the situation without going to war.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of John Gossom and do not reflect Results Radio, Townsquare Media, its sponsors or subsidiaries.


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Students from Smyser Elementary compete in a
preview of the the Eli's Cheesecake Eating Contest–scheduled for 3:30 both
Saturday and Sunday.
Roz Varon thanks Eli's Associates, Eli's Big Slice and students
from Smyser Elementary for coming out early on Friday morning to preview the
12th Annual Eli's Cheesecake Festival.
Eli's Maureen Schulman shares the family activities of the Eli's
Cheesecake Festival with Roz Varon. Activities include cheesecake eating,
cheesecake games and hula hooping with an Eli's Dipper.
Eli's Executive Pastry Chef Laurel Boger shares a recipe for an
individual Apple Pancake with Roz.
Roz thanks students from our local elementary school, Smyser
Elementary School, for coming out so early to be a part of the ABC 7 News This
Eli's has a team of over 200 associates and
volunteers working to make the 12th Annual Eli's Cheesecake Festival a great
success.This was our early morning team that was ready at 4:30am to welcome Roz
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Judge temporarily blocks Ocean City noise ordinance
ACLU sues OC on behalf of violinist
Performers can return to the Ocean City boardwalk without fear of a citation after a federal judge put the town's noise ordinance on hold.
U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday in a case challenging the ordinance.
Hollander said the town has an interest in protecting people from unwelcome noise, but its restriction on sounds audible beyond a 30-foot range is too broad.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland is suing the town on behalf of violinist William Hassay Jr., alleging the ordinance violates his right to free speech. Hassay said police threatened him with arrest last summer, saying his performances violated the ordinance.
Mayor Rick Meehan testified that the ordinance was aimed at stores that play loud music to attract customers, not performers.


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"It will be all gravy to you," he argued. "You will be ahead of the parade. It's never been done before." They agreed in principle and then went out to play skittles over beer at a nearby pub where Lord Byron used to drink. By the
time it launched, the NeXT would also include a dictionary, a thesaurus, and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, making it one of the pioneers of the concept of searchable electronic books.


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Oracle has donated a large part of Kodo's persistence kernel and JPA bindings to the Apache Software Foundation as the OpenJPA project. The 4.1 release of Kodo now deploys on top of the standard OpenJPA jars, adding extended features and performance enhancements. This deployment style allows you to build a custom OpenJPA jar from source while continuing to use Kodo's commercial features; however, it has many important consequences for users upgrading from Kodo 4.0:
Kodo's library dependencies have changed. You must include the OpenJPA jar and the various open source jars OpenJPA depends on in your classpath for all development and runtime use of Kodo. See Appendix 6, Development and Runtime Libraries for details.
Kodo 4.1 uses OpenJPA's JPA bindings. Interfaces such as
have generally been deprecated in favor of their OpenJPA
equivalents. Kodo 4.1 does provide backwards-compatible
wrappers, however. Set the
provider in your
persistence.xml file to the Kodo 4.0
in place of the
to use the backwards-compatible
kodo.persistence.* wrappers.
Most of the Kodo-specific annotations for extended JPA metadata
and mappings in Kodo 4.0 have moved to OpenJPA. The annotations
have the same names, but are in the
org.apache.openjpa.persistence and
org.apache.openjpa.persistence.jdbc packages
instead of the
kodo.persistence and
kodo.persistence.jdbc packages. Change your
imports to use the OpenJPA versions. Some annotations remain
in the Kodo packages: these annotations represent mappings
and metadata constructs that were not donated to OpenJPA, and
are only available in the commercial Kodo product.
The default sequence table names have changed. By default,
Kodo 4.0 used a global sequence table called
KODO_SEQUENCE_TABLE, and/or a per-class
sequence tbale called
Kodo 4.1 uses OpenJPA's sequencing, which uses tables called
OPENJPA_SEQUENCE_TABLE and
OPENJPA_SEQUENCES_TABLE, respectively.
Use the
Table property of Kodo's sequencing
plugins to set the old names. For example:
kodo.Sequence: Table=KODO_SEQUENCE_TABLE
kodo.Sequence: class-table(Table=KODO_SEQUENCES_TABLE)
Some constants using the
kodo.* prefix have
changed to use
openjpa.*. Examples include
the query language
openjpa.MethodQL and the
Oracle query hint
Some advanced settings of the
are now configurable via the
kodo.jdbc.SQLFactory property instead.
See Section 4.5, "SQLFactory Properties" for
You must recompile and re-enhance all persistent classes used in previous versions of Kodo due to changes in the enhancement scheme.
Finally, Kodo 4.1 also implements the final JDO 2 specification. Some JDO APIs and behaviors may have changed slightly from darft specification versions.


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We oppose Islam, not Muslims. We are against hate, not faith
apostate wrote:
On the positive side I had made many friends in my muslim circle. Was excited in celebrating Eid and attending all religious lectures of islamic scholars.
apostate wrote:I said I used to love listening them until I came to know the real truth abt Islam from this site.
emma67 wrote:Are you a Muslim or an Atheist? I read your post and it's telling us that you have been a Muslim for 3 years. I read a couple of other posts you made and you seemed to be an Atheist. Sorry it's not clear to me. Would you care to clarify, please? Thank you.
debunker wrote:@ abdullahinislam
mark my words: you will become an apostate sometime soon (within 5 years at most). I have read a few of your posts and I can see that you have been brainwashed to think like a typical Muslim... one day you will wake up and start cursing your Muslim "brothers".
gupsfu wrote:When someone uses the "taken out of context" argument without explaining what it's really supposed to mean, you know he's lying.
but I am very happy as a Muslim, far more so than when I was Christian or even when I was "driven by animal instincts and selfish desire" - and I have not been brainwashed
debunker wrote:thanks expo.. I'm just taking a very short break before diving in again for the final stage of writing my dissertation.
and yes I was working really hard the past 2-3 months (up to 15 hours a day!)
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Dr. Carolyn McClain is an ER physician and medical director of The Urgency Room in Woodbury, Eagan and Vadnais Heights, Minn.
Nothing makes you more of a grinch during the holiday season than a trip to the emergency room when you should be home enjoying good food, family and friends. Unfortunately, accidents are very common during the holiday season for a variety of reasons. Here are the top concerns you should steer clear of if you don't want to have a "bah humbug" attitude about the holidays this year:
Overeating, too much salt and cardiac health
Let's face it, many of us eat too much, especially on Thanksgiving. This is a problem because the extra digestive workload demanded by a food binge requires the heart to pump more blood to the stomach and intestines. Heavy consumption of fatty foods can also lead to changes that cause blood to clot more easily. This is why heart attack risk surges during the holidays and why we see so many patients. One study from the University of California-San Diego shows cardiac deaths rise nearly 5 percent on Dec 25, Dec. 26 and Jan. 1. That's an estimated 2,000 extra deaths annually.
Another concern is holiday heart syndrome. This is a real and serious medical phenomenon that occurs when we consume large amounts of food, alcohol, caffeine and salt. One symptom of the condition is heart rhythm disturbances, including atrial fibrillation - the most common heart rhythm disorder. In atrial fibrillation, the heart beats rapidly and in an irregular fashion. Atrial fibrillation can result in health complications including stroke. Holiday heart syndrome can also lead to a weakened heart - a condition called cardiomyopathy - congestive heart failure and even heart attack.
Cuts and burns
Making food for big holiday feasts can easily lead to cooking-related injuries. Knives and other sharp objects can easily be mishandled in all the hustle and bustle of the season or when alcohol is being consumed. We also see injuries from knives when they are used to open thick plastic on toys. Be sure to use scissors, not a knife. Hot pots and pans are also a risk. Keep them away from curious children and pets.
About 5,800 individuals are treated annually in hospital emergency rooms for injuries sustained from falls involving holiday decorating. This can include putting lights up on the house or reaching too far on the ladder to get the star on the top of your tree.
In addition, 4,000 people a year are treated in emergency rooms for injuries associated with extension cords. Half of these injuries involve fractures, lacerations, contusions or sprains as a result of people tripping over the cords.
Sledding injuries
At The Urgency Room, we see many injuries from sledding hills including broken arms, back injuries and concussions. Make sure your children - and adults - are sledding on a hill that is not too steep and has a long, flat area at the bottom to glide to a stop. Choose snowy, not icy hills and make sure the hill is free of obstacles like jumps, bumps, rocks, poles or trees before beginning sledding. Also wait for others to move out of the way before you start down the hill.
Holiday decorations
With all their shine and glitter, holiday decorations are especially tempting to infants who can quickly choke on items like tinsel, small ornaments, tiny pinecones and pieces from nativity scenes. Be sure to keep all such hazards well out of the reach of children; this includes popular holiday food items like nuts and hard candies, too.
Adults need to beware as well as broken glass from ornaments and decorations poses a risk, especially if stepped on. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, approximately 6,200 people are treated for injuries related to holiday decorations and Christmas trees and an additional 1,300 people are treated each year in emergency departments for injuries related to holiday lights.
Toxic candles, sprays
Do you ever stop to consider what is in the smoke that burns from your candles? They can release hundreds of chemicals, including cancer-causing benzene into your home's air every time you burn them. This is particularly true of scented candles, as the fragrance oils often contain phthalates, which have been linked to numerous hormonal disruptions, breast cancer, early or delayed puberty and more. Spray on snow is also hazardous as it contains acetone and methylene chloride, a probable carcinogen.
Be aware and enjoy the holidays
Understanding the impact and the numbers affected each year from these holiday mishaps can help keep you and your family safe and aware. Enjoy the holiday season!


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Lamb, Brewers Rice, Cracked Pearled Barley, Soybean Meal, Brown Rice, Dried Egg Product, Lamb Meal, Pork Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Soybean Oil, Powdered Cellulose, Natural Flavor, Whole Grain Oats, Apples, Cranberries, Peas, Carrots, Broccoli, Vitamins (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Iodized Salt, Choline Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Taurine, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid, L-Lysine, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract.
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Crude Protein Min. 21.5%
Crude Fat 12.5%
Crude Fiber Max. 3.5%
Moisture Max. 10.0%
Ash Max. 5.5%
Calcium Min. 0.5%
Phosphorus Min. 0.4%
Vitamin E Min. 400 IU/kg
Ascorbic acid*(Vitamin C) Min. 120 mg/kg
*Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles.
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First ingredient is a named meat product
Inadequate meat content, low quality ingredients, controversial filler
The first ingredient is a named meat product. It is not a meal ingredient, meaning that it is inclusive of water content (about 80%). Once that is removed, as it must be to create a dehydrated product, the ingredient will weigh around 20% of its wet weight. Ingredients are listed in order of weight, and the dehydrated ingredient would probably be more accurately placed much further down the ingredient list. The only true meat ingredient is chicken meal, 7th on the ingredient list. It is thus unlikely that this product contains any significant amount of meat at all (as confirmed by its "dinner" label, which is applied to products containing less than 25% of the suggested meat product by WET weight).
This product is primarily comprised of grains. Rice and barley are decent quality grains, but brewers rice is a byproduct. Soybean meal is a cheap source of additional protein, but compared to actual meat provides low quality protein. Soy is also commonly an allergy problem for dogs. Cellulose is purified, mechanically disintegrated cellulose prepared by processing alpha cellulose obtained as a pulp from fibrous plant materials: otherwise known as sawdust.
We would prefer to see the use of whole eggs rather than egg product in the food, although the range of fruits/vegetables is appreciated. Beet pulp is controversial filler which appears to be used in large quantities in this food. It is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required.
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Information Systems Degrees
The Information Systems area is a community of scholars that constantly seeks out new ways of applying technology and communications concepts to the informational tools that we all rely on in our personal and professional lives.
A degree in Information Systems not only gives graduates the ability to understand and manage current and emerging information systems, but also confers excellent technical management and communications skills. A background in Information Systems allows for a higher-level understanding of how different computer systems can talk and interface with each other – and thus facilitate and foster the spread of knowledge and ideas.
In today's mutable technological terrain, business professionals must be adept and quick to respond to new pressures and new ways of communicating. Programs within the Information Systems area build those skills in students through coursework about data technology, computer security and project management.


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Word of the Day, Website of the Day, Number to Know, This Day in History, Today's Featured Birthday and Daily Quote.
Word of the Day
Vanguard VAN-gahrd (noun) The troops moving at the head of an army; the forefront of an action or movement - www.merriam-webster.com
Website of the Day
Official Cyber Monday website
Tomorrow is Cyber Monday and, just as with Black Friday, you can prepare yourself to find all the great deals. However, you can do so from the comfort of your own home, instead of running to the store at 3 a.m. Use your computer to shop and find all the coupons, deals and shipping information on this site.
Number to Know
$30 billion: Value of retail sales by electronic shopping and mail-order houses in December 2009 — the highest total for any month last year. – Census.gov
This Day in History
Nov. 28, 1994: In Portage, Wis., convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is clubbed to death by an inmate in the Columbia Correctional Institution gymnasium.
Today's Featured Birthday
Comedian/TV host Jon Stewart (48)
Daily Quote
"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination." - Oscar Wilde


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The Randolph W. Thrower Symposium is part of an endowed lecture series sponsored by the family of Mr. Thrower (an eminent tax lawyer who had an admirable career of public service, pictured at right) and hosted by the Emory Law Journal and Emory University School of Law. This year's symposium, "The New New Deal: From De-Regulation to Re-Regulation," will be held February 11, 2010. It includes the panel "Re-Regulation and Government Expansion: A Historical Perspective," moderated by Victoria Nourse (Emory Law), and otherwise consisting of Barry Cushman (Virginia Law), William Forbath (Texas Law), William J. Novak (Michigan Law), Polly J. Price (Emory Law), and me. Michelle Landis Dauber is also on the program.
The full program is here; registration, here.