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Women Marines Association
Central Coast Chapter CA-11
100 E. Locust Ave Suite 111
Lompoc, CA 93436
United States
ph: 805 733-2175
fax: 805 733-2175
alt: 805 588-0650
Origin and Evolution of Toys for Tots
Colonel William L. Hendricks USMCR (Ret)
Toys for tots Began in 1947, when Major Bill Hendricks, USCR and a group of Marine Reservists in Los Angeles collected and distributed 5,000 toys to needy children.
The idea came from Bill's wife, Diane. In the fall of 1947, Diane crafted a homemade doll and asked Bill to deliver the doll to an organization, which would give it to a needy child at Christmas. When Bill determined that no agency existed, Diane told Bill that he should start one. He did.
The 1947 pilot project was so successful that the Marine Corps adopted Toys for Tots in 1948 and expanded it into a nationwide campaign. That year, Marine Corps Reserve units across the nation conducted Toys for Tots campaigns in each community in which a Marine Reserve Center was located. Marines have conducted successful nationwide campaigns at Christmas each year since 1948. The initial objective that remains the hallmark of the program today is to "bring the joy of Christmas to America's needy children".
Bill Hendricks, a Marine Reservist on weekends, was in civilian life, the Director of Public Relations for Warner Brothers Studio. This enabled him to convince a vast array of celebrities to support Toys for Tots. In 1948, Walt Disney designed the Toys for Tots logo, which we use today. Disney also designed the first Toys for Tots poster used to promote the nationwide program. Nat "King" Cole, Peggy Lee and Vic Damone recorded the Toys for Tots theme composed by Sammy Fain and Paul Webster in 1956. Bob Hope, John Wayne, Doris Day, Lorrie Morgan, Tim Allen, Kenny Rogers and Billy Ray Cyrus are but a few of the long list of celebrities who have given their time and talent to promote Toys for Tots. First Lady Michele Obama has been Toys for Tots number one supporter and volunteer since 2009 through mass media events, by conducting toy drives in the White House, and by volunteering to assist with the sorting of toys at local campaign warehouse sites in the Washington DC area.
From 1947 through 1979, Marines collected and distributed new and used toys. On Reserve drill weekends during October, November and December, Reserve Marines refurbished the used toys.
From Christmas 1980 through the present, Marines have collected and distributed only new toys. Three factors dictated this change. First, the Secretary of Defense's Total Force Program, introduced in the 1970's, assigned Reserves a greater role in America's defense posture. As a consequence, Reservists had to dedicate every minute of weekend drill time to honing and polishing combat skills. No time was available to refurbish toys. Second, public awareness of the health and safety aspects of toys that developed during the '70s made distribution of used toys legally inadvisable. Third, distributing "hand me down" toys does not send the message Marines want to send to needy children. The goal is to deliver a message of hope, which will assist in building self-esteem and, in turn, motivate less fortunate children to grow into responsible, productive, patriotic citizens and community leaders. A shiny new toy is the best means of accomplishing this goal.
In the late 1980s, the Marine Corps determined that a non-profit charity was needed as an integral part of the overall national Toys for Tots program. Based on this need, the Secretary of Defense, in August 1991, authorized the Marine Corps to recognize and work with a charity committed to supporting Toys for Tots. Based on this approval, the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation became an operational organization in September 1991 and has been the fundraising and support organization for the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program since that date.
The Foundation was able to satisfy the five needs identified by the Marine Corps. First, the Foundation could provide toys to supplement the collections of local units that had fewer Marines due to military cutbacks of the '80s and '90s. Second, the Foundation could arrange and pay for the creation, publication, manufacture and distribution of promotion and support materials to Toys for Tots Coordinators. Third, the Foundation could enable individual and corporate donors to Toys for Tots to take a charitable deduction on their income tax returns. Fourth, the Foundation could enter into contracts with corporations to conduct promotions, which would produce royalties for Toys for Tots. (Needs three and four were two important elements of this charitable endeavor that the Marine Corps, as a federal agency, could not fulfill). Fifth, the Foundation could ensure that the Toys for Tots program operate in compliance with IRS regulations, state laws and regulations and charitable standards.
In 1995, the Secretary of Defense approved Toys for Tots as an official activity of the U. S. Marine Corps and an official mission of the Marine Corps Reserve.
In 1996, the Commander, Marine Forces Reserve expanded Toys for Tots to cover all 50 states by authorizing selected Marine Corps League Detachments and selected local community organizations (generally veteran Marine), located in communities without a Marine Reserve Center, to conduct toy collection and distribution campaigns in their communities as part of the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program.
In 1999, the Commander, Marine Forces Reserve delegated authority to the President, Marine Toys for Tots Foundation to approve and manage local Toys for Tots campaigns conducted in communities without a Reserve Unit.
2001: Despite the trauma the nation experienced as a result of the September 11th attacks in New York City, Washington, DC and Pennsylvania, the economic downturn and the anthrax scare, the 2001 U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Campaign was the second best in the previous 54 year history of the program. Local campaigns were conducted in 388 communities covering all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. This was the most extensive coverage to date.
The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation celebrated its 10th anniversary as the fundraising and support organization for Toys for Tots in 2001. The highlights of the year were that the Foundation had its most successful campaign to date plus was ranked #289 in the 2001 "Philanthropy 400". This was the first time the Foundation earned a ranking in the "Philanthropy 400".
In 2002, Charity Navigator awarded the Foundation a 4-star rating and the Chronicle of Philanthropy ranked the Foundation #267 in the "Philanthropy 400".
In 2003, the DMA Nonprofit Federation named the Foundation the "Outstanding Nonprofit Organization of the Year" for 2003. The Chronicle of Philanthropy ranked the Foundation #341 in the "Philanthropy 400". Starburst ranked the Foundation website #9 of the "Top 100 Toy Websites". Reader's Digest, in the November 2003 edition, named Marine Toys for Tots Foundation "America's Best Children's Charity". In December 2003 edition, Forbes included Marine Toys for Tots Foundation in its "Gold Star List" of charities.
From 2004 to the present the Foundation has continued to receive, on an annual basis, the accolades noted above.
Since beginning the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program in 1947, Marines have distributed more than 452 million toys to more than 209 million needy children. This charitable endeavor has made U.S. Marines the unchallenged leader in looking after less fortunate children at Christmas. Over its life span, the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation has supplemented local toy collections with more than 98 million toys valued at more than $694 million; plus provided promotion and support materials valued at over $8.5 million.
Click onto National Toys for Tots Foundation to view the webpage and search for your nearest Coordinator and Manger for your local community.
Chumash Casino Resort has held yearly concerts in support of the Toys for Tots Program in the Santa Barbara County communities. Look for the upcoming concerts to suport the yearly campaign.
Click onto Local support for Santa Barbara County to view webpage and find a local Coordinator.
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Women Marines Association
Central Coast Chapter CA-11
100 E. Locust Ave Suite 111
Lompoc, CA 93436
United States
ph: 805 733-2175
fax: 805 733-2175
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Last year, I discovered ramen. So I was very excited to go to Totto Ramen, after the feasts I had at Momofuku Noodle Bar and Ippudo. Each time we passed in front of this joint, there was a big line, so we definitely wanted to try it! If there is a line, there must be a reason!
We arrived at 11:30am, knowing that they opened at 12pm; there were already few people waiting. What you have to do is put your name on a list and they will call you to sit you. The place is very tiny, so you have to be patient and pray that people will eat quickly and leave, and that you will not have in front of you a group of people who did not see each other for 10 years and are trying to catch up!!!
So we sat at the bar. I like that because we had a direct view on the kitchen and were able to see the cooks making noodles, bouncing them up and down to remove the excess of water, as you can see on the video below.
We started off with the Char Siu Bun.
It is a bun stuffed with braised pork belly (char Siu) and tartare sauce. This was so so: like eating a blob of fat with just a little bit of meat.
Jodi ordered the vegetable ramen.
The presentation was phenomenal with all the colors. The dish was composed of a Konbu seaweed and shiitake mushroom based soup, with seasoned avocado, seasonal vegetables, Yuzu paste, sesame oil, salted kelp and lime. First of all, the avocado had a weird taste and the overall dish did not have a balanced taste, more like a potpourri in a soup (for a nice breath all afternoon?).
I ordered the Totto Chicken Paitan Ramen.
The dish is a chicken based broth with chicken, scallion, onion, char siu pork, and a nori. Jodi and I added a soft boiled egg to our ramen. I was very disappointed by my dish: the chicken was tough and bland and the soup tasted just like a chicken soup without any additional flavor that would make it different from a...matzoh ball soup!!! I guess the only thing I liked was the egg that was perfectly cooked, a bit soft with a runny yolk.
So, this was disappointing: I was expecting a festival of flavors, similar to our experience at Momofuku or Ippudo. So I will pass next time as it is not worth the wait for me!
Enjoy (the post)!
And remember: I just want to Eat!

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The photo site Shutterstock.com has an INCREDIBLE selection of photos. Some of them are cool & useful, while many others are inexplicable & hilarious. Here are 20 stock photos of "Sex" that fall squarely into that latter category:
A young Tim Heidecker gives Standing Butt Lady a round of applause.
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Nothing like some gooooood "through the boxers" fellatio to make a dude's pupils vanish!
This guy's either trying to imply that this lady's upper-left quad is the BULLSEYE, or trying to hypnotize her butt through old timey cartoon methods.
SEXTING (verb): Typing the word 'SEX' real big on your phone and jamming it down your pants.
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Melissa McKinlay
This week, the city of West Palm Beach is hosting the 32nd Annual Governor's Hurricane Conference, which focuses on hurricane planning, preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation.
On Sunday, there was an editorial in The Palm Beach Post ("Editorial: The missing threat on the gov's hurricane conference agenda," May 13) indicating the conference program does not mention climate change or sea level rise mitigation. Although tide hazards are relatively new, and some of the short and long-term effects are not fully apparent, Palm Beach County and its municipalities have taken critical steps to help protect their communities.
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Climate change effects of rising sea levels will lead to increased high-tide flooding commonly referred to as "king tides" and stronger, more frequent hurricanes.
Fortunately, the county and its municipalities are proactively managing their response to sea level rise and adapting their planning processes to build a more resilient community.
Palm Beach County is a member of the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact, a collaborative effort along with Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe Counties to work on mitigation and adaptation strategies.
Through the Compact's Regional Climate Change Action Plan, the Compact helps municipalities implement best practices in risk reduction and emergency management to extreme weather events like hurricanes and flooding. In addition, the Compact developed the Unified Sea Level Rise Projection, which Palm Beach County adopted in 2015, so that the region can use consistent data to better coordinate local planning.
Additionally, much of the county's disaster response and recovery is intrinsically linked to our regional water management system. The Herbert Hoover Dike is a fragile barrier between Lake Okeechobee and the Glades communities whose farms, businesses, homes, and livelihoods depend upon on the aged infrastructure that is in desperate need of repair. During Hurricane Irma, Palm Beach County had to implement elements of our evacuation plan to ensure the safety of our Glades communities' residents.
This recent reality underscores the need for critical infrastructure funding so that the basic service of security can be reliably delivered to our citizens. Recently passed federal budget items included full funding to expedite these dike repairs. We are grateful to senators Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio for securing funds.
Furthermore, Palm Beach County municipalities are working to increase capacities of existing water management infrastructure and beach re-nourishment projects to minimize the effects of sea-level rise and king tides by aggregating funding sources at all government levels. Currently, the county has submitted nine projects to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to reduce the effects of sea-level rise and king tides in Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, Lake Worth and West Palm Beach.
In the absence of national or international policy direction, Palm Beach County is at the front line of adaptation and mitigation efforts to solve our own problems.
We continue to work with federal and state officials to actively monitor effects of these hazards, while implementing strategies that enhance resiliency and reduce vulnerability to changes in climate.
Editor's note: Melissa McKinlay is the mayor of Palm Beach County.
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The county and its municipalities are proactively managing their response to sea-level rise and adapting their planning processes to build a more resilient community.


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Folk Culture and Geography
- LAST REVIEWED: 20 December 2016
- LAST MODIFIED: 25 February 2014
- DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199874002-0092
- LAST REVIEWED: 20 December 2016
- LAST MODIFIED: 25 February 2014
- DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199874002-0092
Conventionally, folk culture refers to the products and practices of relatively homogeneous and isolated small-scale social groups living in rural locations. Thus, folk culture is often associated with tradition, historical continuity, sense of place, and belonging. It is manifest in song and dance, storytelling and mythology, vernacular design in buildings, everyday artifacts and clothing, diet, habits, social rules and structures, work practices such as farming and craft production, religion, and worldviews. Researchers and collectors from the later 19th and first half of the 20th centuries formulated a notion of "the folk" as relatively untouched by the modern world and of folk culture as precious survivals and relicts from bygone cultures transmitted orally down through the generations. However, more-recent work recognizes the place of folk culture in the modern world as heterogeneous and emergent practice. This later perspective was first articulated in the 1950s but has become increasingly dominant and elaborately articulated through the end of the 20th and into the 21st centuries, informed by the influences of post-structural and cultural and performative approaches to theorizing within historical and geographical studies. From this perspective, folk culture is evident in a multiplicity of local cultural reworkings, as individuals and social groups creatively make sense of the circumstances in which they live. Thought in this way as emergent and freely adaptable vernacular culture, folk culture can be urban or rural and can combine cultural elements from different places, from traditional and commercial and from past and present cultural practices. Conceptions of folk culture not only inform long-standing themes of landscape, region, and place within cultural geography but also speak to more-recent concerns with identity, habit, indigenous knowledge, diaspora, heritage, authenticity, and hybridity.
General Overviews
For geographers, there is no satisfactory single overview available. Broader views of relevant material may be derived from a variety of sources. Introductions to cultural geography sometimes provide a survey of approaches to folk culture grounded in North American academic concerns with landscape and region; however, it is not possible to recommend any specific single volume. Reprinted classic texts and collections drawing excerpts from classic texts such as Dundes 1999 and Oring 1986 provide a historical overview of research into folk culture and folklore. Some of this material, such as the work in Dundes 1999, provides a basic scholarly repository of folk culture, while Frazer 1993 and Forde 1934, for example, have interest from a mainly historiographical perspective. This work sheds light on past ways of understanding and interpreting folk culture and its academic grounding in anthropology, geography, and elsewhere. A small number of companions and encyclopedias such as McCormick and White 2011 document and catalogue current assessments of folk culture around the world, classified by nation and region and subdivided by topics such as folk song, medicine, festivals, food, games, religion, and worldview. Lastly, works such as Georges and Jones 1995 and Bendix and Hasan-Rokem 2012 introduce and review the academic study of folklore and folk culture. These studies originate within the discipline of folklore studies informed by the theory and practices of anthropology, ethnography, literary and performance studies, and musicology. They provide a scholarly commentary setting out the scope and methods of folk culture research, and they present a guide to theoretical and empirical debates.
Bendix, Regina F., and Galit Hasan-Rokem, eds. A Companion to Folklore. Blackwell Companions to Anthropology 15. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
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An up-to-date international review of the interdisciplinary field of folklore studies. Part 1 covers theoretically informed accounts of key issues in the field. Part 2 provides thirteen regional and national accounts, while Parts 3 and 4 deal with issues concerning the theory and practice of folklore research.
Dundes, Alan, ed. International Folkloristics: Classic Contributions by the Founders of Folklore. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999.
This collects writings by some of the major founding figures of folkloristics, including the Grimm brothers and Sir James Frazer. Each piece in the volume has a very useful introductory essay.
Forde, C. Daryll. Habitat, Economy and Society: A Geographical Introduction to Ethnology. London: Methuen, 1934.
At the intersection of geography and anthropology in the early 20th century, this historically important text details and describes the variety of world folk cultures and lifestyles. Adopting a Boasian perspective, it gathers evidence in defense of cultural pluralism and against environmental determinism.
Frazer, James G. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion. Wordsworth Reference. Ware, UK: Wordsworth, 1993.
First published as two volumes in 1890, this represents the first attempt at a systematic, global, cross-cultural comparison of world folklore. As a landmark in 19th-century folklore research, it remains a fascinating read, an important historical statement, and a major intellectual achievement. Republished as recently as 2009 (New York: Cosimo Classics).
Georges, Robert A., and Michael Owen Jones. Folkloristics: An Introduction. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995.
A graduate-level textbook providing an account of the pervasiveness of folklore even in modern everyday life, including literature, film, television, and advertising.
McCormick, Charlie T., and Kim Kennedy White, eds. Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art. 2d ed. 3 vols. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2011.
A key reference work containing over three hundred entries in alphabetic order, covering concepts themes and methodologies in folk culture and folklore research.
Oring, Elliott, ed. Folk Groups and Folklore Genres: An Introduction. Logan: Utah State University Press, 1986.
A well-regarded series of introductory essays from a North American perspective by folklore scholars, introducing topics and interpretative techniques organized by "group" (e.g., ethnicity, occupation, religion, children), and by "genre" (e.g., ballads and folksongs, narratives, proverbs, and objects).
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Spring has finally made its way to the Midwest! For many of us, this time of year is spent completing project around the house. That's especially true as the weather gets warmer and days get longer. As we wake up from our winter slumber and beginning freshening up our homes, think about how each project will affect the value and functionality of your home. Remodeling a shared or master bathroom will give you a large return on your investment and make it a more enjoyable space to relax and unwind after enjoying the spring sunshine.
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Wysong Original Diets Dog Food receives the Advisor's top rating of 5 stars.
The Wysong Original Diets product line includes 8 dry dog foods.
Each recipe below includes its related AAFCO nutrient profile when available on the product's official webpage: Growth, Maintenance, All Life Stages, Supplemental or Unspecified.
Important: Because many websites do not reliably specify which Growth or All Life Stages recipes are safe for large breed puppies, we do not include that data in this report. Be sure to check actual packaging for that information.
Use links below to compare price and package size information at an online retailer.
- Wysong Growth Formula [G]
- Wysong Nurture with Quail [M]
- Wysong Fundamentals Formula [M]
- Wysong Senior Formula (4 stars) [M]
- Wysong Adult Formula (4.5 stars) [M]
- Wysong Vegan Formula (not rated) [M]
- Wysong Synorgon Formula (4.5 stars) [M]
- Wysong Anergen Lamb Formula (4.5 stars) [M]
Wysong Adult Formula Dog Food was selected to represent the other products in the line for this review.
Wysong Adult Formula
Dry Dog Food
Estimated Dry Matter Nutrient Content
Ingredients: Chicken, chicken meal, brown rice, oat groats, turkey meal, peas, chicken fat, flaxseeds, dried plain beet pulp, eggs, natural flavor, montmorillonite clay, crab meal, whey, salt, calcium carbonate, tomato pomace, calcium propionate, choline chloride, coconut oil, organic barley grass, blueberry, dried kelp, yogurt (whey, milk solids, yogurt cultures), citric acid, apple pectin, fish oil, yeast extract, mixed tocopherols, rosemary extract, chicory root, yeast culture, dried carrots, dried celery, dried parsley, dried lettuce, dried watercress, dried spinach, minerals (potassium chloride, zinc proteinate, zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, iron proteinate, copper sulfate, copper proteinate, manganese sulfate, manganese proteinate, sodium selenite, calcium iodate), vitamins (ascorbic acid [source of vitamin C], vitamin E supplement, niacin supplement, calcium pantothenate, vitamin A supplement, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, folic acid), dried Bacillus licheniformis fermentation product, dried Aspergillus oryzae fermentation product, dried Aspergillus niger fermentation product, dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus casei fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried Bacillus subtilis fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus plantarum fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus lactis fermentation product, pepper
Fiber (estimated dry matter content) = 5.6%
Red denotes controversial item
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The first ingredient in this dog food is chicken. Although it is a quality item, raw chicken contains up to 73% water. After cooking, most of that moisture is lost, reducing the meat content to just a fraction of its original weight.
After processing, this item would probably account for a smaller part of the total content of the finished product.
The second ingredient is chicken meal. Chicken meal is considered a meat concentrate and contains nearly 300% more protein than fresh chicken.
The third ingredient is brown rice, a complex carbohydrate that (once cooked) can be fairly easy to digest. However, aside from its natural energy content, rice is of only modest nutritional value to a dog.
The fourth ingredient includes oat groats, a whole grain, minimally processed form of oats. With the exception of their caloric content and the fact they're also gluten free, oat groats can be considered average in nutritional value.
The fifth ingredient is turkey meal, another protein-rich meat concentrate.
The sixth ingredient includes peas. Peas are a quality source of carbohydrates. And like all legumes, they're rich in natural fiber.
However, peas contain about 25% protein, a factor that must be considered when judging the meat content of this dog food.
The seventh ingredient is chicken fat. Chicken fat is obtained from rendering chicken, a process similar to making soup in which the fat itself is skimmed from the surface of the liquid.
Chicken fat is high in linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid essential for life. Although it doesn't sound very appetizing, chicken fat is actually a quality ingredient.
The eighth ingredient lists flaxseeds, one of the best plant sources of healthy omega-3 fatty acids. Provided they've first been ground into a meal, flax seeds are also rich in soluble fiber.
However, flaxseed contains about 19% protein, a factor that must be considered when judging the actual meat content of this dog food.
The ninth ingredient is beet pulp. Beet pulp is a controversial ingredient, a high fiber by-product of sugar beet processing.
Some denounce beet pulp as an inexpensive filler while others cite its outstanding intestinal health and blood sugar benefits.
We only call your attention here to the controversy and believe the inclusion of beet pulp in reasonable amounts in most dog foods is entirely acceptable.
From here, the list goes on to include a number of other items.
But to be realistic, ingredients located this far down the list (other than nutritional supplements) are not likely to affect the overall rating of this product.
With five notable exceptions…
First, we note the use of coconut oil, a natural oil rich in medium-chain fatty acids.
Medium-chain triglycerides have been shown to improve cognitive function in older dogs.1
Because of its proven safety2 as well as its potential to help in the treatment of canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CDS) and chronic skin disorders, MCT can be considered a positive addition to this recipe.
Next, tomato pomace is a controversial ingredient, a by-product remaining after processing tomatoes into juice, soup and ketchup.
Many praise tomato pomace for its high fiber and nutrient content, while others scorn it as an inexpensive pet food filler.
Just the same, there's probably not enough tomato pomace here to make much of a difference.
In addition, yeast extract is the common name for a broad group of products made by removing the cell wall from the yeast organism.
A significant number of these ingredients are added as specialized nutritional supplements while others are used as flavor enhancers.
However, the glutamic acid (and its chemical cousin, monosodium glutamate, or MSG) found in a minority of yeast extracts can be controversial.
That's because even though the Food and Drug Administration designated these food additives to be safe decades ago3, the agency continues to receive reports of adverse effects.
So, detractors still object to the use of yeast extract and other glutamic acid derivatives and blame them for everything from Alzheimer's (in humans) to obesity.
In any case, since the label reveals little about the the actual type of yeast extract included in any recipe, it's impossible for us to judge the quality of this ingredient.
Next, chicory root is rich in inulin, a starch-like compound made up of repeating units of carbohydrates and found in certain roots and tubers.
Not only is inulin a natural source of soluble dietary fiber, it's also a prebiotic used to promote the growth of healthy bacteria in a dog's digestive tract.
And lastly, this food contains chelated minerals, minerals that have been chemically attached to protein. This makes them easier to absorb. Chelated minerals are usually found in better dog foods.
Wysong Original Diets Dog Food Review
Judging by its ingredients alone, Wysong Original Diets dog food looks like an above-average dry product
But ingredient quality by itself cannot tell the whole story. We still need to estimate the product's meat content before determining a final rating.
The dashboard displays a dry matter protein reading of 31%, a fat level of 16% and estimated carbohydrates of about 45%.
Excluding the Vegan Formula which is not rated, the brand features an average protein content of 34% and a mean fat level of 15%. Together, these figures suggest a carbohydrate content of 43% for the overall product line.
And a fat-to-protein ratio of about 44%.
Above-average protein. Near-average fat. And below-average carbs when compared to a typical dry dog food.
Even when you consider the protein-boosting effect of the pea products and flaxseed, this looks like the profile of a kibble containing a significant amount of meat.
Bottom line?
Wysong Original Diets is a plant-based dry dog food using a significant amount of named meats as its main sources of animal protein, thus earning the brand 5 stars.
Enthusiastically recommended.
Please note certain recipes are sometimes given a higher or lower rating based upon our estimate of their total meat content and (when appropriate) their fat-to-protein ratios.
Wysong Dog Food
Recall History
The following list (if present) includes all dog food recalls since 2009 directly related to this product line. If there are no recalls listed in this section, we have not yet reported any events.
- Wysong Dog Food Recall October 2009 Update (11/4/2009)
- Wysong Dog Food Recall October 2009 (10/13/2009)
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Important FDA Alert
The FDA is investigating a potential link between diet and heart disease in dogs. Click here for details.
Notes and Updates
- Pan Y et al, Dietary supplementation with medium-chain TAG has long-lasting cognition-enhancing effects in aged dogs, British Journal of Nutrition, Volume 103, Issue 12, June 2010, pp 1746-1754 ↩
- Matulka RA et al, Lack of toxicity by medium chain triglycerides (MCT) in canines during a 90-day feeding study,Food Chem Toxicol, Jan 2009, 47(1) 35-9. ↩
- L-Glutamic Acid, FDA Select Committee on GRAS Substances ↩
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I can't imagine that the public swimming pool would have lasted without the patronage of parents.
There we are, forever entrenched around the poolside like sweating golems, or wading patiently alongside our most precious ones, red faced and resembling some form of over worked, flailing aquatic mammal. The pool is a place to either distract those whose energy levels never drop below frantic or to engage with them in the most primal and joyous of ways. My six year old and I tend toward the crazed end of the spectrum; the chasing, battling, splashing and playing type of interaction. We are by no means atypical of parent/child dynamics within the pool though, I must say. I don't know if there is such a thing.
I remember one time there being a man standing at the side of the pool. He was dressed in the crispest, most ironed white shirt I have ever seen and his pants were spectacularly business like. I could have sliced tomatoes upon the creases. He stood like a machine, hard and rigid, his hands on his hips and his head perpetually moving from side to side scanning those around him with a cold and calculating eye. He looked like a bouncer for Microsoft or some form of Terminator from the future, sent back to prevent or cause some form of horrific, swimming pool japery gone wrong which destroys the future of all mankind. After a short period of time he marched to the very edge of the pool, his Italian designer shoes bravely peeking over the edge and he pointed at one particular boy frolicking in the pool as if lightning bolts were about to launch from his fingertip. The man then pointed at his wrist watch – which I can only assume was far more impressive than the Marvin The Martian one which use to adorn my wrist – and then shot his hand back out, his arm straight and true, his fingers spread out, presumably meant to signify the number '5'. Then he stepped backwards and resumed his previous stance. His head moved back and forth; he did not acknowledge the pool before him. That is until exactly 60 seconds later when he repeated his previous flourish of movement, every action measured and exactly the same as before, only this time ending the ballet with only four fingers outstretched.
My little one and I were now mesmerized. What did it all mean? Was it some form of aquatic semaphore? The signing of a very aggressive deaf person? A life guard with little social skill? Some form of interpretive dance? We knew not. Unfortunately, the boy who was the subject of these gestures knew exactly what they meant and as the man repeated the ritual, each time holding up one less finger, the boy's whole demeanor changed. When the man finally had no more fingers left to extend, he simply pointed at the boy then the man pointed at his own, designer shoe clad feet. I have often seen people do this when they are calling their dog to them after it has committed some form of canine embarrassment. That was the look on the boy's face. He looked terrified and sad. When he pulled himself reluctantly out of the pool the man, presumably his father held out his hand with a towel gripped in it. The boy took it and sloped away to get changed. The man did not make eye contact with him once. When the boy returned, surprisingly quick from the changing rooms, the man was already waiting at the door, his car keys in his hand. The man held the door open and the boy cowered out before him. They made no contact of any kind.
I imagine that my son and I played a little longer in the pool that day; a little crazier, a little wilder. I made a little pledge to myself that I would never become that man, that parent.
I would aspire to be more like the mum who patiently guided her four children through the waters with the Solomon –like usage of a few water noodles and a body board. I remember watching as all four kids glided through the water, smiling and silent, hanging upon her every gesture and word. I would be more like the great, floating island of man who, even though he could barely move in the water, was so much fun with his kids that my own abandoned me to join in. I would be the granddad who so desperately wanted to get into the water with his grandson, but for whatever reason could not, instead chose to follow him around the edge, constantly engaging with him, making him laugh and lighting the air with his pride in him.
I would not ignore my child's achievements, no matter how cosmically insignificant they were. I would treasure every handstand, backflip and flatulent bubble created within those waters. I would never pace away from the pool whilst talking on my mobile, impatient with the fact that my child simply wants my attention and time. I would not berate my child for having too much fun in a place designed specifically to have too much fun in. I would always acknowledge and honor the fact that once you step into a swimming pool with a child you are in their world and subject to their rules. I would therefore forever take the requisite bumps, near drownings and occasional tears (theirs and my own) that this duty engenders.
The public pool is a funny place. You are half naked among strangers, engaged in the most physical of activities with your body and soul laid bare by its exertions. You truly get to know a person, to know yourself under these conditions. I believe that all positions of power, authority or leadership should be determined on the observance of time spent with children at the pool. Our leaders would be great people then.
Like all good parents try to be.


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Steve Jobs, the iconic co-founder of Apple, lost his battle with pancreatic cancer yesterday. As I was standing in our kitchen last night after dinner, I was thinking about how much Steve Jobs has impacted our culture. I looked around the kitchen and noticed one son texting on his iPod Touch, another son playing with my old iPhone that he uses for music, games and as a text machine, and my iPod was sitting on the counter. That does not take into account how bad I want and have been trying to justify an iPad (please Santa).
I love everything Apple has created over the past ten years. The iPod replaced the CD player I wore on a belt around my waste when I would go running. And heaven forbid if I ran for more than 30 minutes, I would have to listen to the same songs again.
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I thought about why I have purchased so many Apple products over the past 10 years? The simple answer is they are great products that have added value to my life or made my life easier. They are reliable, consistent and always exceptional.
That is the company I set out to build in 2004. A company that provides a consistent, reliable and exceptional service.
I also thought about the background screening industry. How so few screening companies provide a reliable or consistent background check. And listen, exceptional service is not a banner on your website. It is a culture.
Now, to be fair, the same can be said of most industries. For every Apple, there are thousands of low quality technology companies in the world.
The background screening industry is no different. It is a highly unregulated industry that has been built on low quality products and services.
Yes, unregulated. I made this comment recently and received a condescending email from a background screening colleague who disagreed.
How could you possibly disagree?
Do a Google search on background checks and look at all the $9 or $10 cheap products that are available. These databases are terribly incomplete, in some instances contain fewer than 25% of records from a state, but yet are promoted to volunteer organizations as a simple, complete, low cost solution.
Where is the regulation?
Look at all the screening firms offering limited 7 year employee background checks. Or only searching the name entered leaving off other names the applicant has been know by (maiden, former married, other, etc).
Where is the regulation? Yes, I know the Fair Credit Reporting Act, EEOC, and state laws. Only a handful of states restrict reporting to 7 years and the FCRA only restricts to 7 years for non-convictions and does not restrict at all if the salary of the applicant will exceed $75K.
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Steve Job's has said: "There's an old Wayne Gretzky quote that I love. 'I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.' And we've always tried to do that at Apple. Since the very, very beginning. And we always will."
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God bless Steve Job's and his family.
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