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How is everyone doing? I am doing well, been busy, but things are good. Ok, so I said that I would get back after the Titans were back to .500. Well, we had a tough loss of Friday to Minnesota, but the team battled back and beat a tough Buffalo team in OT on Sunday. We are now sitting at 2-4 with a big game this weekend at Chicago.
Since I haven't been playing, I have been able to work out a lot and try to get myself ready if my number gets called and if it doesn't, than I am going to continue to get after it and get ready for outdoor to start. Now, my workouts aren't "Justin Berry" like, but are still pretty tough and I have added Yoga into the workout at least once a week.
Now onto the real reason why I am writing today. I need opinions on something that happened last week……I am the head coach for the middle school basketball team at my school and we had our final game last week against Boys' Latin (my aluma mater) and their head coach was my coach in high school. I would describe myself as a pretty passionate coach, and I make sure that all of my kids play at least 10 minutes every game, winning or losing. We are playing the game at BL and have referees that I have never seen before but seem to have reefed all of the BL home games. I will not sit here and say that the refs called the game in favor of BL, but the calls were not going our way at all. Throughout the game, I asked the refs, what the call was, or what happened, and questioned their decisions on other calls. You may be saying….lay off the refs, or they are just doing their jobs, or its a middle school game. My response to that is that this game was not fair to my team and I was getting fed up with it. My team was playing the hardest they played all year and were coming off their best win and week of practice, I wasn't about to let a referee ruin the final game of the season for my team. So, with two minutes to play, there was a call that did not go my way, I questioned the referee and asked him how can you call that, Than I let him know that he wasn't refereeing the game fairly, we hadnt got a call all game and it was getting a little ridiculous. His response was a Technical Foul, I asked him how and why and he gave me a second technical which got me kicked out of the game. At this point of the game, we were down six and the calls kept getting worse. I had one player foul out, another with four fouls and another with three fouls….they had one player with three fouls. How does a kid foul out of a game when he only plays 10 minutes? We in no way play dirty or tough, we play hard. I have two kids that are over 5′7″ (at the most) and everyone else is small.
My question to you is…..Did I do the right thing? We still lost the game, only by seven, but I felt that it was not fair to my kids. If I am wrong, please tell me. I have already had to write a letter to BL apologizing and have been disciplined by Calvert, so I have accepted what I did, I just want to know what you all think?
Until next time, have a good one and I will talk to you soon…..


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I received a 25 gallon tank for my birthday, and I will eventually be setting it up as a planted tank, unknown stocklist at this time. Tetra supposedly bought out the formula for freshwater Biospira, but I know that sometimes companies like to change their formulas, unfortunately, and I've been hearing some mixed reviews of Tetra Safestart, so I thought I would do an experiment to see how well it works at this point in time. That way I can feel more comfortable suggesting it to people who are in the unfortunate situation of being mislead by their LFS or chain store, and have puffers in uncycled tanks.
I purchased a bottle for up to 30 gallons, and it doesn't expire until 2012.
Everything in the tank is new, so there is not chance of me accidentally seeding the tank from any of my other tanks.
Volume: 23 gallons with the substrate displacement.
Substrate: Caribsea Floramax Midnight, 24 lbs.
Filtration: Right at the moment, I have 2 HOB filters with a total of 225 GPH. The chambers both hold a sponge and Biomax media in media bags.
Lighting: N/A, but 2 6500K T5
Right now the water has just been circulating with only Prime added, I'm trying to simulate the best I can the advice people are often given at pet stores, in this case they normally tell people to let the tank sit empty for at least 48 hours so "this really neat biological filtration can happen" lol. Rubbish advice.
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There are a couple things that may differ from most tap sources, my tap water doesn't have registerable KH, so I have to add baking soda to raise it to 5°, which is still on the soft side, but it should be enough to support the bacteria. Also, my tap has an almost constant reading of 0.5 on ammonia, and sometimes it's as high as 1.0, or as low as 0.25.
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'That's All Right' and the father of rock and roll
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup has been called the "father of rock and roll" for writing the song that launched Elvis Presley's career. His own career had a rough start-- after migrating from Mississippi around 1940, he was living on the Chicago streets, playing for tips.
His unique, though unpolished sound was distinctive enough to land him a record deal, and he had several songs on the mid-40's r & b charts. Despite the success of his songs, he was never paid fairly for the music he composed and worked as a laborer to support his family.
Here's Arthur Crudup from a documentary talking about his time in the music business:
Elvis Presley's 1954 recording of "That's All Right"was kind of a fluke. They were in the studio to record another song when he and the band (Scotty Moore & Bill Black) were messing around with "That's All Right" and producer Sam Phillips heard something he liked, and got it on tape. It would be Elvis's first single and the song that started his road to stardom. Here's Elvis live from 1968:
Guitarist Michael Bloomfield was on the cutting edge of electric and psychedelic blues of the mid to late 60's. He played with Paul Butterfield and Electric Flag, and when Bob Dylan "went electric" at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, Bloomfield was playing guitar. He recorded "That's All Right" in 1968 with keyboardist Al Kooper.
Arthur Crudup's sons James, Jonas and George played with their father and as The Crudup Brothers, cutting an album in 2000 that featured many of his compositions. Here's a clip of the whole family performing together:
Here are the complete versions of "That's All Right":
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup "That's All Right Mama" 1946
Elvis Presley "That's All Right" 1954
Michael Bloomfield & Al Kooper "That's All Right" 1968
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You cannot convince me there's universal support among NHL owners for this lockout. No chance. I refuse to believe they're all standing in line behind Gary Bettman and Boston's Jeremy Jacobs, whom we ruefully have to claim as one of our natives, and truly support this charade that's ruining a sport.
There's plenty of I-don't-care-about-the-Sabres going on around here. So what chance does hockey have in places like Phoenix? Or Dallas? Or stripped-down Nashville? And so much for the momentum built in Los Angeles or Florida.
Keep in mind what these owners did. They threw out huge contracts over the summer and then rushed to get dozens of guys signed right before the Sept. 15 lockout. Minnesota's Craig Leipold has been at the forefront of Bettman's negotiating team and he's one of the biggest offenders.
Pretty obvious now he had no intentions of paying $98 million each to Zach Parise and Ryan Suter, isn't it? Throw 'em the big money on paper and let the rollback figure of the CBA take care of the real dollars. Great strategy.
Philadelphia chairman Ed Snider was one of the lead figures in the last lockout. He's been oddly on the outside this time, so my antenna went up over the weekend when a Philadelphia Daily News report said Snider was getting tired of the league's lockout strategy. His wallet is clearly hurting.
Snider, now 79, has to feel he's running low on time to win the Stanley Cup he's been chasing since the Flyers won their second one at the Aud in 1975. And don't forget he's also chairman of Comcast Spectacor, which has plenty of regional NHL TV deals — as well as the biggie with the NBC Sports Network.
Snider also has a team that plays in front of a full building every night too.
Now, of course, Snider immediately issued a statement saying the report was erroneous. Bettman went one step further and called it a "fabrication" when he gave a rare interview Sunday to the Winnipeg Free Press. (Memo to Gary: The media won't cut you any slack when you drop that word. Major no-no).
You need to have 75 percent of governors to oppose Bettman's recommendations during CBA talks and Bettman certainly has the seven he needs to keep control (remember, the league owns Phoenix). And no one can speak out for fear of fines.
Still, Ottawa's Eugene Melnyk did a couple weeks ago when he said, "We should be playing hockey by now." Amen. Bettman surely came down on Melnyk hard but it's sad no one else has said anything.
Terry Pegula, for one, stammered through an answer when asked about the lockout for the only time publicly during an October news conference to announce the Webster Block construction. The New York Times later reported Pegula was warned by the league to clam up.
You understood why the lockout happened that killed the 2004-05 season. The system was completely broken. It was better for many teams — including the Sabres — to shut down than to play and continue to piling up the losses.
Think about what came out of that lost season: A salary cap, which allows markets like Buffalo to compete. A shift in the rules that allowed for a freer, more entertaining product on the ice. And lower ticket prices too.
What are fans going to get now? When are some of these owners going to speak up and say this is ridiculous?
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Beer Review: Maine Beer Company King Titus
Maine Beer Company's King Titus sold me with their rather spartan beer label featuring a tiny picture of a gorilla. Beer labels are often known for more eccentric, eye-catching [read: weird] designs. Aside from recognizing a brewery, we're all guilty of choosing beers based on pun-filled names and label design, or at least I sometimes do!
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Anyone following the trends of craft beer has certainly noticed the rise–and overall acceptance–of canned beer. I'll be the first to admit I didn't see myself, or the majority of beer drinkers for that matter, accepting a canned beer. Who could blame us?
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The Post and Courier plans to profile all 18 Republican and Democratic 1st Congressional District candidates by the March 19 primaries. This is the 13th installment.
Larry Grooms
Birth date: March 20, 1964.Education: Clemson University, B.S. Occupation: President, GTI (Grooms Texaco Inc.).Previous offices held: State Senate District 37, 1997-present.Family: Wife, Carol; three children.Why I'm running: "I have a lifetime of experience that can be put to use to turn this nation from its current direction and put it on a path of stability."Proudest accomplishment: "My family. They're everything to me. Ensuring my children will have a better life than I did will take changes in government."Contact information: larrygrooms.com; firstname.lastname@example.com; 843-580-4115.
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March 19: Republican and Democratic primariesApril 2: Primary runoff (if needed)May 7: Special election
Larry Grooms got into politics almost two decades ago after learning it would cost him $32,000 in up-front costs to start a new convenience store business in Berkeley County.
What irked him most was that he had started the same kind of business there a few years earlier by buying only a $50 building permit.
"That was my wake-up moment, my 'Aha' moment," the Bonneau businessman said, adding he was particularly troubled by the implications for his children. "Something was taken from them — their ability to start a business on a shoestring was gone."
It led to his growing involvement in Republican politics and ultimately to the state Senate District 37 seat, which he has held since 1997.
In a primary dominated by talk of cutting spending, Grooms has tried to stand out by talking about his fiscally conservative record.
"I'm the only one who actually has voted against budgets," he said. "I've even voted against Mark Sanford's budget."
Grooms said he favors a plan put forth by U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fla., to reduce federal spending by 1 percent a year for the next six years — then capping it at 18 percent of the country's gross domestic product.
"Of course, that's going to be a little short-term discomfort, but the long-term payoff is the ability to sustain this nation for the next generation," he said.
Grooms' campaign scored a coup in the past week as S.C. Republican Reps. Jeff Duncan and Mick Mulvaney announced their support for him. On Tuesday, North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey and his son, Charleston County Councilman Elliott Summey, followed suit.
Duncan said Grooms has proven his ability to stand firm in the face of political pressure.
"It's easy to talk conservative, much more difficult to vote that way," said Mulvaney, who served with Grooms in the state Senate, "and I've seen Larry Grooms do it time and time again."
But Grooms also said he can build the necessary support for his ideas. "Leadership is more than about saying, 'no,' " he said. "It's about building a coalition to move things forward in Washington."
He has pointed to his contributions in keeping Maersk Line's container business at the Port of Charleston and restructuring the State Ports Authority, luring Tire Kingdom to the Lowcountry, and his reform of the state Department of Transportation.
"I'm passionate about what I believe in, but I'm also a pretty good salesman," he said. "The same principles apply to leadership whether it's in business or politics. What is the long-term goal, how do we achieve it and build a team to be able to ensure that it occurs? That's my skill set. It's as if I've been training for this job for the past 15 years."
Grooms' campaign made headlines early in the campaign when GING (Government is not God)-PAC endorsed him at the same time its website accused President Barack Obama of "queering" and "feminizing" the military — a reference to his repeal of the military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy toward gay service members.
Grooms said he was glad to have the group's endorsement and said those statements weren't official statements from the group.
"I've got a lot of support in this race," he said, adding he was glad for GING-PAC's nod. "Do I support everything that anyone posts on their website? Certainly not."


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Now in his sixth year at the helm of the Duke gridiron program, Cutcliffe has guided the Blue Devils to a 10-2 record this season including the ACC's Coastal Division championship. The 10 wins are the most in school history, bettering the previous standard of nine set by the 1933, 1936, 1938 and 1941 squads.
Cutcliffe also captured the honor in 2012, becoming the seventh coach in league history to receive the award in consecutive seasons, joining Maryland's Jerry Claiborne (1975-76), Clemson's Charley Pell (1977-78), Virginia's George Welsh (1983-84), Duke's Steve Spurrier (1988-89), Virginia Tech's Frank Beamer (2004-05) and Georgia Tech's Paul Johnson (2008-09).
"It's awfully humbling," Cutcliffe said. "I've said it time and time again, we've got a terrific group of coaches in this league. But this is not an individual award – this is a program honor because of the young men who prepared each and every week to the best of their abilities, and then played the games on Saturdays with tremendous effort. And certainly a great deal of credit goes to our staff, which has come to work each and every day with the desire to help make our program the best it can possibly be."
Ranked 20th in this week's Associated Press national poll, the Blue Devils will face top-ranked Florida State in the 2013 ACC Championship Game on Saturday at 8 p.m. at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. The game will be televised nationally by ABC.
A native of Birmingham, Ala., Cutcliffe has guided the Blue Devils to 31 victories in his five-plus seasons after Duke managed just 10 wins in the previous eight years.
Cutcliffe received 62 of 65 votes to easily outdistance Boston College's Steve Addazio (2 votes) and Florida State's Jimbo Fisher (1).
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EAST LIVERPOOL - Perhaps encouraged by recent improvements to major routes within city limits, voters Tuesday narrowly supported a 5-mill street levy that will now allow for improvements to neighborhood streets.
According to unofficial results from the county elections board, the vote was 51 percent in favor of and 49 percent opposed to the levy, which had been defeated in March by just two votes.
City officials have said that the levy, which is expected to generate $425,300 annually, will make it possible to resurface neighborhood streets for which state and federal funding is not available.
The levy will cost the owner of a $40,000 home an additional $61.25 per year and the owner of a $100,000 home an additional $$153.13 annually.
Liverpool Township voters were also generous, supporting a 3-mill police levy which is a combination of an existing 1.5 mills and
an additional 1.5 mills.
Unofficial results showed 61.62 percent of township voters supported the levy while 38.38 percent opposed it.
The levy will generate about $151,300 annually which will be used to offset the rising cost of gasoline, maintenance and equipment, as well as hospitalization, officials have said.
Those who own a $40,000 home will pay an additional $15.50 annually over the current levy, while those with a $100,000 home will pay an additional $38.76 per year.
Voters in St. Clair Township will see a continuation of services from their fire departments after supporting renewal of a 2.5-mill fire levy that will continue to generate $216,500 annually to be split between the Calcutta and Glenmoor fire departments.
Unofficial results from the county election board indicated 68.33 percent supported the levy, while 31.67 percent was opposed.
Approval of the issue will result in no additional taxes for residents but will allow both stations to maintain operations, purchase new equipment and, in the case of Calcutta, perhaps purchase a new aerial truck during the five-year life of the levy.
Despite a new chief, personnel changes that have cut costs and a new spirit of cooperation with other law enforcement agencies, Salineville voters failed to support a 3-mill police levy on Tuesday.
According to unofficial results from the county election board, 54.89 percent of voters opposed the levy, while 45.11 percent supported the measure, which would have generated $33,200 annually.
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It's surprisingly tough to score a great photograph of a wild animal. Deer, turkeys, ducks, birds of prey, dolphins, fish — any animal that's truly wild won't just sit there while you adjust camera settings and click away.
Worse still, most wild animals are quick-movers who usually only show themselves in low-light situations. Anybody who's played around with photography can attest that the combination of movement and darkness leads to disappointment.
To get a great wildlife shot, you've got to get sneaky. You've got to be a hunter. Stalking, camouflage, blinds, early mornings: The tactics for hunting and photography are the same right up to the moment you either pull the trigger or click the camera's shutter release.
If you've recently lucked out and captured a top-notch wildlife shot, consider submitting it to South Carolina Wildlife's Outdoor Photography Competition.
The contest, now in its 29th year, accepts "advanced" and "amateur" images (entrants decide which they are) of animals, landscapes, plants and activities such as camping, hunting, fishing, hiking and boating.
The deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. Friday, and since entries must be printed, mounted and mailed, you'll have to act fast.
"Last year we received more birds prints than ever before in this contest," said Tricia Way, photo contest coordinator. "In this year's competition, we'd like to see a variety of other species, not just birds."
Entering is free, and you can submit up to two mounted prints. All photos must be taken in South Carolina, and images whose content has been digitally altered (beyond standard dodging, dust-spot removal, etc.) will be disqualified.
All entries must be 8x10-inch prints mounted on 11x14 board or foam core. A completed entry form must be included on the back.
Send entries to Tricia Way, SC Wildlife/Classic Photo Contest, P.O. Box 167, Columbia, SC 29202-0167. If using FedEx or UPS, send to Tricia Way, SC Wildlife Photo Contest, 1000 Assembly Street, Room 219, Columbia, SC 29201.
The magazine's photography staff will judge the contest. Winning prints will be displayed at the 2013 Palmetto Sportsmen's Classic March 22-24 at the State Fairgrounds in Columbia.
For contest details and entry forms, go to scwildlife.com/photocontest or call Tricia Way at 803-734-3972 or Joey Frazier at 803-734-3967
Strong duck season
Reports from state waterfowl biologists indicate that South Carolina duck hunters had a good season.
The state's analysis of the 2012-2013 season, which ended last month, showed increased productivity on public hunting lands, with total hunter participation up 41 percent and total harvest up 27 percent from the previous season.
Other findings in the report included:
A total of 2,885 hunters participated in the popular hunts at 16 Wildlife Management Areas, bagging a total of 5,639 birds (an average of 2.0 birds per hunter).
Wood ducks accounted for 38 percent of the total harvest, followed by green-winged teal, gadwall, shoveler and widgeon.
"Overall, the season for our waterfowl areas was excellent, given the rather dry winter we are having," Dean Harrigal, Waterfowl Program Coordinator with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, reported. "Most asreas were able to flood and attracted good numbers of birds, which provided good hunting opportunities for our sportsmen."
Hickory Top Greentree Reservoir in Clarendon County had the highest hunter participation and harvest, with 1,101 hunters reporting a harvest of 1,765 birds, the vast majority of them wood ducks.
On Category I Wildlife Management Areas (drawing only), 909 hunters on seven areas harvested 3,140 birds, with an average of 3.5 birds per hunter.
Bear Island WMA in Colleton County had the highest hunter average, with 4.1 birds per hunter, followed by the Santee Coastal Reserve in Charleston and Georgetown Counties with 3.6 birds per hunter, Santee Delta in Georgetown County with 3.4, and Broad River in Fairfield County and Sandy Beach in Berkley County with 2.0 birds per hunter.
"American green winged teal are a mainstay of our Category I Wildlife Management Areas, especially along the coast," Harrigal said. "When teal are around, we generally have good hunter success."
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A Brentwood Middle School student took first in Colorado's 2012 "Soil to Spoon" poster contest in the sixth-grade division.
Jessica Trecek was the local, winning student.
The poster contest is part of National Association of Conservation Districts Stewardship Week — the longest-running celebration of conservation in the country, according to officials with the West Greeley Conservation District in Greeley.
Local stewardship week events are put on by the West Greeley Conservation District.
The deadline for the 2013 poster contest is Nov. 1.
"Where Does Your Water Shed?" is this year's theme.
To learn more about the poster contest or about the West Greeley Conservation District, go to www.wgcd.org, call the office at (970) 356-8097 ext. 3, or visit the office at 4302 9th St. Road in Greeley.


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BlackBerry Makes Risky Bet on Services
BlackBerry to Focus on Selling Smartphone Services to Businesses
BlackBerry Ltd. BBRY 0.50 % begins life this week as a company focused on selling smartphone services to businesses, a risky, last-ditch bet that it can hang on to rapidly eroding ground in the market it pioneered.
The plan appears to be to position the company as the go-to provider of systems to manage smartphone use for employers like the government and banks, where the need to ensure security is at a premium.
That approach plays to the company's strengths in markets where it has suffered the least damage, but BlackBerry's position in the business market has eroded greatly amid gains by devices like Apple Inc. AAPL 0.78 % 's iPhone. It also faces tough competition from startups and established rivals like Microsoft Corp. MSFT 0.35 %
Executives responsible for buying smartphones and the software to manage them say BlackBerry faces long odds.
Tracey Rothenberger, chief operating officer of Ricoh Americas Corp., Malvern, Pa., said that fewer than 500 of the 9,000 smartphones he manages for the printer and copier maker are BlackBerrys. The remainder are made by Apple or powered by Google Inc.'s Android software. "For me, it's kind of 'game over' for them," he said.
Mr. Rothenberger added that BlackBerry still makes great software for securing mobile devices and that companies needing an ultra-secure environment will likely continue to value it. But he said there is nothing compelling that would lead him to use BlackBerry devices or software. "I think there is a limit to how long they can hold out as the premier secure solution in mobility," he said.
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On Friday, BlackBerry said it would pull out of the consumer market and focus instead on its core business and on professional customers. They "helped build BlackBerry into the leading brand today for enterprise security, manageability and reliability," Chief Executive Thorsten Heins said.
The step makes a virtue of necessity. The company's share of the consumer-smartphone market in North America has fallen below 3%, according to technology research firm IDC, and it is taking a charge of nearly $1 billion, largely to reflect the diminished value of unsold new-model Z10 phones.
The collapse of its devices business has already left the company as largely a seller of services. BlackBerry said its revenue in the quarter ended Aug. 31 would be about $1.6 billion, down from $2.9 billion a year earlier, and about half of that would come from services.
An update to the firm's BlackBerry Enterprise Service enables it to support Apple's iOS operating system and Google's Android software, and it now has more than 25,000 commercial and test servers installed globally, up from 19,000 in July. BlackBerry said it will announce eight new business contracts on Tuesday.
The company remains the leader in securely managing mobile devices for companies, said spokeswoman Kara Yi. "BlackBerry is much more than a device company," she added.
BlackBerry still has a market share of about 38% among businesses with more than 10,000 employees, as well as more than a 33% share in government and financial institutions, according to Steve Brasen, managing research director at Enterprise Management Associates Inc., which analyzes the information technology industry.
But overall, its position with business customers has collapsed. Three years ago, BlackBerry could point to a market share of nearly 70% among business customers in North America, according to IDC. This year, that figure has dropped to around 5%, IDC says. Globally, BlackBerry's business-market share has slipped to around 8% from 31% in 2010, according to IDC.
The cause is the same as in the consumer market: BlackBerry has been pushed into the corners by dominant smartphone makers Apple and Samsung Electronics Co. SSNHZ 0.00 % Once consumers grew addicted to using iPhones in their personal lives, they began insisting on being able to bring them to work.
BlackBerry itself recognized the threat and developed a touch-screen smartphone to combat it. Abandoning the consumer market could mean falling further off the pace in terms of devices people want to carry.
Douglas Menefee, chief information officer of Schumacher Group, began allowing employees to use their own devices at work two years ago. About 100 employees at the Lafayette, La., health-care staffing firm use BlackBerrys, down from 450 a few years ago. He also supports 635 iPhones, 250 iPads and 75 smartphones that run on Google's Android software.
"It's been a no brainer for us to embrace a model which provides our workforce their own personal preference for their mobile devices," Mr. Menefee said.
BlackBerry's position eroded in part because it was too focused on its business customers and ignored changes in the consumer market, Mr. Brasen said. When it did try to adapt with phones like the touch screen Z10, which hit the market this spring, it was "too little too late," he said. And pulling out of the consumer market now won't help as it tries to win back business customers.
Larry Conrad, chief information officer at the University of California at Berkeley, which lets employees use their own devices, said he doesn't see workers returning to BlackBerrys. He says he hasn't seen any of the school's several hundred administrators using them.
As BlackBerry shifts strategy, its board is looking at options, including an outright sale. A number of big private-equity firms have considered a bid over the past 18 months, but some of the industry's bigger players have taken a pass.
BlackBerry is a tough bet as a conventional private-equity play because the business appears to be in a decline that shows no sign of reversing, according to bankers and private-equity executives. Private-equity firms often target companies that can be turned around through some sort of restructuring or management change and sold at a higher price. BlackBerry has a bigger structural problem. Its devices have fallen out of favor, and its prize feature—a secure network—has become increasingly easy for rivals to reproduce.
Senior executives at private-equity firms that have looked at BlackBerry say its device management business could have been really valuable a few years ago but has grown less attractive as competition has grown.
Private-equity firm Silver Lake, a big player in the tech industry, is among the those that have decided after casual conversations not to bid for BlackBerry, people familiar with the matter said. That isn't to say the company won't fetch a buyer for all or part of itself. Private-equity firms that specialize in distressed companies or technology companies could still see value there.
But BlackBerry would have to build mobile technologies—hardware or software—that would "reinvent mobile computing if they plan to regain the trust of the enterprise customer," said Mr. Menefee of the Schumacher Group. "I just don't see it happening."
—Dana Mattioli and Sharon Terlep contributed to this article.
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Well-known as a cultural city and a financial hub, Hong Kong is also a culinary heaven, with many Michelin- star restaurants located around the property. Citadines Mercer itself features a 3 Michelin-star Japanese restaurant – Sushi Shikon. After dinner, guests can also enjoy a slice of the nightlife entertainment scene at Lan Kwai Fong and SoHo, which are just an 8 minutes' walk away.
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COLUMBIANA Two days this past week those who own land in the Brinker Storage Field were invited to meet with Columbia Gas Transmission and Hilcorp Energy officials to discuss what will become of the already existing mineral gas leases there, among other things.
The meetings are only two of other meetings held in private between the landowners and Columbia Gas, but officials had declined to make any information public in the past.
Although the meetings remained closed to non-landowners, spokesmen for the companies offered a brief insight into what was taking place.
Justin Furnace, corporate manager of external affairs for Hilcorp Energy, verified the bulk of the meetings have focused on the landowners' concerns regarding already existing land leases owned by Columbia. Hilcorp will be doing the actual drilling for Columbia.
The mineral rights leases on the 35,000-acre storage field date back to the 1940s, and due to the terms are keeping interested landowners from signing new, more lucrative leases with other oil and gas exploration companies like Chesapeake Energy.
Earlier this year the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported many of the landowners, and even Chesapeake, were unaware of the existing leases until they were in the negotiating stages of a new land lease. Some of the leases paid as low as $4 per acre and offered no royalty percentages, or a lump sum royalty of $200-a stark contrast to the sometimes more than $5,000 an acre and as high as 17 percent royalty offered by Chesapeake. According to a standard Chesapeake lease, royalties are paid continually as long as oil or gas is recovered from the leased property.
The Cleveland newspaper also reported that once Chesapeake learned of the long-standing leases any deals with landowners were off, since the company wanted clear title to the mineral rights.
As a result many of the landowners filed a lawsuit against Columbia, arguing the old leases have expired due to lack of activity on the properties and lack of payment of lease fees.
Under the existing leases, Columbia is permitted to store natural gas under the Brinker property in the Berea Sandstone formation.
Furnace did not offer any information on the status of the leases, but said the company intends to work with the landowners until they are "satisfied."
He said the most recent meetings had been in the planning stages for months and that landowners stayed long after the hour-and-a-half meeting was over the first night gathering feedback.
Landowners were encouraged to ask company officials questions and air their concerns.
One landowner pointed out prior to the meetings that the state needs to work toward implementing a minimum royalty law like Texas, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York, to name a few. Minimum royalty in those states is at 12.5 percent.
He said that without the law, he and other landowners are "nearing unconscionable exploitation of their royalty ownership" through the outdated leases. Unlike others affected by the leases, he has not filed a lawsuit against Columbia.
He has, however, sought out help from government officials regarding a minimum royalty law, including state Rep. Mark D. Okey, D-Carrollton, who in July introduced a bill that would require a minimum royalty payment of 15 percent of gross revenue on active wells.
The bill was assigned to the House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources and a hearing date has not been set. However, there is a possibility the law may not affect those in the Brinker Field unless they are grandfathered in if and when a bill is passed.
Jerry James, Ohio Oil and Gas Association president, told the Youngstown Vindicator this summer that the association would not support any law that would create a minimum royalty and that the situation with Columbia and Brinker Storage Field landowners is something that should be worked out among themselves.
Working it out appears to be something Hilcorp is pursuing, as the landowner said the company is proposing an amendment to the existing leases that would include a 12.5 percent royalty. Whether the royalty is on the gross amount was not clear.
The proposal was verified by another landowner affected by the leases, which are on record at the county courthouse in Lisbon.
The properties involved were originally leased by the Manufacturers Light and Heat Co., which eventually transferred the leases to Columbia. On May 18 of this year, Columbia transferred the leases to Texas-based NiSource, its parent company.
NiSource announced in July that it would work with Hilcorp Energy to pool acreage in the Utica Shale for drilling. The shale is largely found about 8,000 feet below the surface of the ground in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New York.
Hilcorp, based in Houston, bills itself as the third-largest, privately-held exploration and production company in the country with more than 1,000 employees.


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Measurements for Proper Fit:
It's best to have someone do the measuring, relax and enjoy. Let your arms hang naturally by your sides. Have the measuring tape fit snugly against the body and even to the ground. Liners are meant to be worn under outerwear clothing.
- Chest - Measure around the fullest area of the chest, holding tape firm and level. Hold arms out, place tape, drop arms and record measurement.
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- Hips - Measure around the fullest part of seat while standing and while sitting. Record the higher number.
- Outseam - Measure from the top of the waistband to the bottom of the ankle, remember pants and pant liners will lose some length when in the sitting or riding position.
- Sleeve Length - Measure from the top of the shoulder bone to the bottom of the wrist bone. Measure both arms as one arm may be longer than the other.
Sizing information is provided by the manufacturer and does not guarantee a perfect fit.


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This site has been designed for use by both ORNL staffers and the public (including subcontractors and those interested in becoming subcontractors to ORNL). To find out more about us, please follow the provided links. If you are a subcontractor, we especially urge you to check the "Electronic Funds Transfer" link. EFT helps us pay you faster.
The Acquisition Management Services Division includes various purchasing groups and a group responsible for policies, procedures, records, reports, and compliance.
Most Acquisition Management Services employees are located at 1100 Bethel Valley Road; others are co-located with their customers at the lab, the SNS group is at the CLO building, and the ITER group is located at 1055 Commerce Park.
ORNL is one of DOE's largest and most diverse research and development organizations. In support of the Lab's programs we subcontract for a wide variety of products and services. Our total annual expenditures are approximately $660.8 million. We purchase calculators and supercomputers, office supplies and office buildings. We have our own extensive program to award subcontracts to American small businesses, and we help DOE carry out an international effort to contract for research with scientific institutes in the former Soviet Union.
Lab procurements are important in the state economy. This past year we spent about $244.3 million with firms in Tennessee and over $26.7 million with The University of Tennessee.


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A bill expanding the requirements for gas and oil well drillers in Ohio to report chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing languished in a House committee last year, but now it's back among a handful of proposed regulations since oilfield waste was dumped in a storm drain in Youngstown.
Democrat state Rep. Bob Hagan has resurrected what's known as the ''medical right-to-know bill,'' and he's planning to drop two more control bills this week, too.
The right-to-know bill would obligate well owners to disclose to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources all chemical information used to stimulate and drill a well to make sure first responders ''know exactly what those chemicals are in cases they were impacted or affected by those chemicals,'' Hagan said.
''It's appropriate given the fact that we're on day 11 (Monday) and we still don't know what chemicals were dumped in the river,'' Hagan said.
Documents show on Jan. 31, an employee of Hardrock Excavating LLC, 2761 Salt Springs Road, Youngstown, dumped brine and crude oil waste into the storm sewer at the direction of Ben Lupo, owner of Hardrock Excavating.
Since, the oilfield waste disposal permits for two of Lupo's companies, Hardrock Excavating and D&L Energy, also of 2761 Salt Springs Road, have been permanently revoked by the state and some, like Hagan, have called for Lupo to be criminally charged.
The cleanup is being overseen jointly by the U.S. and Ohio environmental protection agencies.
The bill would expand how medical professionals can get to the chemical information they need to treat patients and broadens the reasons why a doctor can ask for this information.
Expected to be formally introduced today, it will include vertical wells, Hagan said. In the last General Assembly, House Bill 596 dealt only with horizontal wells.
Other measures that should be ready for introduction this week are proposals to set Ohio's gas and oil severance tax at 7 percent and increase the penalty and fine in Ohio for the illegal dumping of chemicals, Hagan said.
Some of the proposed 7 percent would be set aside for local communities to repair road and bridge damage caused by drilling-related activity. Another portion would be used to hire more inspectors, Hagan said.
The severance tax proposal in Ohio Gov. John Kasich's budget is 1 percent for natural gas and 4 percent for oil and liquid natural gas, but there would be a lower rate of 1.5 percent in the first year of production.
Ohio now has a nominal severance tax of 3 cents per a thousand cubic feet (mcf) for natural gas and 20 cents a barrel.


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IP-based services are central to the future growth of mobile, particularly the evolution of 3G networks and services which will offer users a wide range of new applications and services, including:
- innovative messaging solutions
- rich content delivery of simultaneous voice and images
- multimedia solutions
- other data services that connect mobile and internet.
Improved quality and efficiencies
IP-based networks also provide improved quality of service capabilities, enabling high-bandwidth applications to be delivered across mobile networks.
The trend towards an all-IP environment is an important enabler to make convergence a reality at network, service, application and device levels.
These developments also provide an opportunity for improvements in economic efficiency and customer welfare, with supply more closely matched to customer demand.
GSMA initiatives
To realise these benefits, regulatory principles need to be established to support rather than constrain innovation and investment.
The GSMA is undertaking an extensive technical programme relating to IP Interworking and the development of an IP exchange (IPX) concept to ensure successful interoperability.
The GSMA has also initiated a regulatory working group to undertake research and promote a regulatory environment that stimulates growth, innovation, investment and consumer benefits. Its ultimate goal is to support the successful implementation of new mobile IP-based services as GSM networks evolve towards 3G and beyond.
GSMA study on IP interworking
A GSMA commissioned economic consultancy firm CRA International and law firm Gilbert+Tobin to conduct an economic study on IP networking. The study concluded that there is no "one-size-fits-all" IP interconnect charging model that delivers superior efficiency in all situations.
The study also made recommendations for regulators and governments:
- Proceed cautiously in mandating IP interconnection charging models for the unfolding NGN IP environment.
- Don't mandate a single charging model: Even if a particular charging model develops considerable commercial currency, it does not follow that this model would be an appropriate "one-size-fits-all" model to mandate.
- Don't assume that currently perceived bottlenecks would be replicated in an NGN environment.
- Use existing regulatory frameworks that, based on objective tests of market power, are likely to be adequate to resolve problems should they arise.
- Where regulators identify market failure, or are requested to resolve disputes, intervention should be based on sound consumer welfare analysis and applied only as broadly as necessary to solve the problem.


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West Virginia University at Parkersburg offers the Associate in Applied Science Degree in Occupational Development, a state-wide program involving various colleges within the West Virginia Higher Education structure and the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship Training, in Charleston. It is available only to people who are already taking training or have taken training in one of the state's apprenticeship programs that are approved by the Bureau of Apprenticeship Training.
Currently Approved Training Agreements:
Labor Unions and Organizations that have training agreements with the college:
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 968, Parkersburg
- Millwright, Local 1755, Parkersburg
- Parkersburg Fire Department, Parkersburg
- Plumbers and Steamfitters, Local 565, Parkersburg
- Sheet Metal Workers, Local 33, Parkersburg
- Boilermakers, Local 667, Parkersburg
- Operating Engineers, Local 132, Parkersburg
- Plumbers and Pipefitters, Local 168, Parkersburg
- MARCC (seven unions) – WV Carpenters Joiners of America Training Center (JATC):
- Local 302-Huntington
- Local 476 – Bridgeport
- Local 604 – Morgantown
- Local 899 – Parkersburg
- Local 1159 – Point Pleasant
- Local 1207 – Charleston
- Local 1911 – Beckley
- WV Apprenticeship For Child Development Specialist training Program
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For more than four decades, pianist and composer Joe Sample has been an integral, innovative and bestselling part of jazz history. With Soul Shadows, the first all solo piano recording of Sample's illustrious career, he pays homage to the great American songwriters of the 20th century whose masterful works inspired his own development as one of the most diverse and popular jazz performers of the last half century.
A founding member of the influential jazz funk combo The Crusaders (originally the Jazz Crusaders) and a pioneer of contemporary jazz piano, Sample reaches back to the primary sources of jazz and soul music to create his personal interpretations of classics by such esteemed composers as Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, the Gershwins, Al Jolson, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller and others. While exploring these rich expressions of Americana, Sample acknowledges his own key role in carrying on these powerful legacies by including distinct reworkings of two of his own classics, "Soul Shadows" (which originally appeared on The Crusaders' Midnight Triangle in 1976) and "Spellbound."
Soul Shadows' multi-faceted 12 track set list includes such Great American Songbook chestnuts as Joplin's "The Entertainer," Ellington's "I Got It Bad and That' Ain't Good," Gershwin's "Embraceable You" & "I Got Rhythm," Waller's "Ain't Misbehavin'" & "Jitterbug Waltz," Morton's "Shreveport Stomp" and Jolson's "Avalon." But for Sample, the collection is more than simply living and re-interpreting musical history-it's a true window into the heart and roots of the man and an insight into the role of the piano player in 20th Century American music. His approach to the songs and the genre perfectly reflect Sample's belief that "if you played the piano in a stride or ragtime or a boogie-woogie manner, you wouldn't need a bass player, you didn't need a drummer. That's how I started playing in the first place. I've been a solo pianist since I was six years old playing in my mama's living room for her after-church teas."
Conceptually, the defining track on Soul Shadows is the Walter Donaldson-Sam Lewis-Joe Young composition "How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?" which opens the set. For Sample, the album is something of a long overdue tribute to a chief personal influence slightly lesser known to the listening public-James Reese Europe, the first bona fide jazz big band leader whose jazz orchestra entered Paris in 1918 as part of the famous Fighting 369th unit. Before returning to
"As a young musician I wondered, where did our music come from?" says Sample. "I've become a bit of a historian of jazz and all African American music, and recently discovered a biography of James Reese Europe. Reading that biography has given me a clearer understanding of why he has been so important not only to me, but to all of us."
Learning to play piano at age five, the Houston native's formative years found him firmly rooted in many different musical traditions, including gospel, soul, bebop, blues, Latin, and classical music. One of the many jazzmen who started out playing hard bop but went electric during the fusion era, (soon after attending Texas Southern University for three years,) Sample founded the Jazz Crusaders along with trombonist Wayne Henderson, tenor saxman Wilton Felder and drummer Stix Hooper. Relocating to and launching their storied career in
Sample focused on the acoustic piano during the Crusaders' early years (late 50s-early 60s), but began to place greater emphasis on electric keyboards when the band turned to jazz/funk in the early 70s and dropped the "Jazz" from its name. After garnering numerous gold and platinum albums over the course of nearly three decades, The Crusaders' last official recording was Life in the Modern World in 1987. Sample and Felder released the dual album Healing the Wounds on GRP in the early 90s, and in 2003 rejoined Hooper for a more full-scale reunion that produced the Southern styled hit jazz fusion recording Rural Renewal-billed as the first new album by The Crusaders in over 20 years-and a popular subsequent tour.
While actively touring as a member of the Crusaders, Sample simultaneously launched a successful solo career. His bestselling recordings include Rainbow Seeker,
In addition to his own recording, Sample has toured and performed with numerous musical greats in all genres, including Marvin Gaye, Tina Turner, BB King, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Randy Crawford (who sang on the 1979 Crusaders smash "Street Life"), Anita Baker, Andrae Crouch and many others.
By returning to the roots of his own musical influence, Sample's Soul Shadows gives us a unique reflection and chronicle of traditional American music at its best .


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Delores Shockey Pritt Crawford, 92, a resident of Elkins, departed this life Saturday afternoon, Sept. 28, 2013, in Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown.
She was born Friday, April 15, 1921, at Elkins, a daughter of the late Anthony and Gladys Shockey Pritt.
On July 11, 1945, she was married to the late Wilson Bryan Crawford, who preceded her in death on April 2, 2001.
Surviving is one son, Marshall Bryan Crawford of Elkins.
She was the last surviving member of her immediate family, having been preceded in death by two brothers, William and Robert Pritt; and one sister, Marion "Glendene" Johnson.
She attended the schools of Randolph County and was a graduate of Elkins High School. She was employed at the former G.C. Murphy Co. and the Rite Aid Pharmacy. In her early years, she enjoyed bowling and traveling, and she was a noted cook.
The family will receive friends at Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Elkins from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Final rites will be conducted at the funeral home Thursday afternoon, Oct. 3, at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. James Murphy will officiate, and interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery at Elkins.
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The Honest Kitchen's Embark is a grain-free and low carb premium recipe for all life stages. This gourmet puppy and dog food diet is made with limited carbohydrates and high protein to support muscle structure and function, and promote lean body mass. It is particularly suited to puppies and more active dogs and is ideal for those who are intolerant of grains.
Honest Kitchen uses eco-friendly packaging! A fine, recyclable 'minimalist' and unprinted barrier bag that efficiently protects the food inside helps reduce materials usage and waste. The bag is enclosed in a 100% recycled box made from unbleached kraft paperboard. The box is printed with soy-based inks and the finished product is 100% biodegradable or recyclable again after use, too.
The Honest Kitchen makes wholesome, natural food for dogs using gentle dehydration, a unique new approach to canine nutrition. These foods help you create delicious and nutritious meals made with real, recognizable, and human-grade ingredients that are ready to prepare and serve at home. Simply add warm water to rehydrate, and you have a complete meal with USDA meat, fresh fruits and vegetables, organic flaxseed, herbs, vitamins, minerals.
The Honest Kitchen's dehydrated food offers many of the benefits of a biologically appropriate raw pet food diet, combined with the convenience and peace of mind of a nutritionally balanced, ready-blended product. Dehydration simply removes the moisture, which prevents decomposition. As an ancient form of preserving food, virtually all of the nutrients are left intact. This is a much "fresher", and therefore healthier, approach than the extrusion process that dry kibble undergoes. See below for a description of each formula.All of Honest Kitchen's dog food and dehydrated raw dog food products are formulated to meet the AAFCO nutrient profiles for dogs and you don't have to add anything to make them 'complete'. However, the original idea behind these diets was as a base for a raw or other fresh homemade diet and to facilitate that, they are somewhat 'lite' in terms of fat and protein, so that your own choice of raw, or cooked, meat can be added, if desired.
It is entirely a matter of personal choice (and your dog's taste!) whether you add in extra meat and other ingredients, or not. Most people with younger and more active dogs like to mix in the additional meat, and those with senior or overweight animals usually prefer to feed the organic dog food alone. The Honest Kitchen supplies pet owners with the best in fresh dehydrated raw dog food and other organic dog food products.
About Dehydration
Dehydration or drying, is one of the oldest and gentlest methods of food preservation. Food dehydration works by removing only the water content from the ingredients. All other nutrients remain, and become highly concentrated. Dried foods are extremely nutritious, easy to prepare and store, and light weight to ship.
Because dehydration takes place at moderate temperatures, the ingredients are still considered raw. The only exceptions are the meat and egg ingredients, which are dehydrated at high enough temperatures to kill any bacteria present and are therefore essentially considered 'cooked'. This is because they must be human-edible grade, to enter our manufacturing facility.
The removal of moisture prevents enzymatic activity, which can lead to browning and decomposition of foods, and also prevents the growth of bacteria, yeast and molds. Dehydration does not actually destroy or kill the food enzymes, as occurs in baking and freezing or high pressure processing such as extrusion. Enzyme activity in dehydrated foods is simply suspended, until the food is rehydrated.
A remarkable example of the way dehydration preserves without destroying, is in Africa, where scientists have discovered live fish being hatched from fish eggs, that have been dehydrated in the sun, during droughts that sometimes last for years. When the rains fall, the lakes and rivers refill with water to rehydrate the eggs - and live fish emerge. The eggs are actually preserved and remain viable throughout the natural dehydration that takes place.
Review Rating: 4.5
Country of Origin: USA
Manufacturer: Honest Kitchen
Ingredients - 100% Human Food Grade USDA Turkey, Organic Flaxseed, Potatoes, Celery, Spinach, Carrots, Coconut, Apples, Kelp, Eggs, Sesame Seeds, Bananas, Cranberries, Rosemary, Vitamins and Minerals: Tricalcium Phosphate, Choline Chloride, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Potassium Iodide, Potassium Chloride, Copper Amino Acid Chelate.
Feeding Guidelines
The following suggested dry-measured amounts should be adjusted to suit your own dog's unique nutritional requirements, which will vary according to age, breed, level of activity and what other ingredients are added. Embark may be fed ad-libitum during growth, gestation or lactation.
The reviews below are presented for informational purposes only and are not intended as an endorsement of any product. The information is not intended to be a substitute for visits to your local veterinarian. Instead, these testimonials offer the reader information and opinions written by pet owners and/or veterinarians concerning animal health and products that they have used.
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Healthy Food, Great Taste!
By Collie Mom
from Chicago, Il
About Me Long-time Pet Owner
Comments about Honest Kitchen Embark Grain-Free Dehydrated Dog Food:
I use it daily, sometimes with added meat, or a topper for dry food. Dog loves it is warm, hydrated with warm water. Great for traveling and portion control. Only complaint, it is expensive compared to other foods, but I got one happy dog!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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My dogs love this
By chgirl
from MT
I add this to my dogs' dry food a few times per week and they love it. I thoroughly researched similar foods and determined this was the best brand for the price, as well as the healthiest. I cannot afford to feed this as their only food but give it to them as an extra treat. One of my dogs always licks the spoon I use to mix it up! There are so many dog food products out there that falsely advertise healthy ingredients but this is the real deal. It is an excellent product that I feel completely comfortable giving to my pups.
By 5dogmom
from Ont.,Canada
I am a long time dehydrated raw feeder. I had been using a product which the dogs love. Decided to try Embark because it has a better protein/fat/carb ratio but the dogs are less enthused and it doesn't smell or look as appetizing as the other product. Maybe one of the other blends will be better.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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By Cav lover
from Seattle area
My pup has kidney issues but now no symptoms She licks the bowl clean and loves it. I need a lower protein food so I do Keen for her kidneys. She knows when the buzzer goes off the 5 min is up.
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By dmacaw
from IL
Worked very well for my Aussies. Had planned to use on camping trip. However, ended up using at home for one who had dental surgery and needed soft foods.
Bananas on no-no list for teeth
By Paddler
from Central Massachusetts
When our dog chipped a tooth and we had to visit the doggie periodontist, banana was on the "never feed" list for dogs. She said it is one of the few foods that causes tooth decay in dogs and is nearly always a part of the diet of dogs she sees with decay (which she said is unusual because dogs' teeth aren't prone to decay, generally). If you feed your dog anything with bananas (like this food) be sure to brush your dog's teeth immediately afterwards; it sticks to the enamel and decays it. And, eliminate bananas as treats!
My girl's love it!
By Monkey's Mama
from Canton, Georgia
My girls love this food! Although it is pricey, I will continue to buy Honest Kitchen. I went on the website and read all of the employees profiles, seem like a great bunch of folks :)
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Fantabulous product
By Gabbie
from Valparaiso, IN
I like this product mainly because how GOOD it is for your dog. It is great because it is easy to make and the left overs you keep in your refrigerator. It is great if you are traveling; not a big bulky bag. There is NOTHING that is bad about the Honest Kitchen product. If you care about your dog's health; you buy the best there is.
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By ChristyLeeMD
from Los Angeles , Ca
THIS FOOD IS THE BEST! We use is as one of 3 that we feed. We home cook meals as one source. We use Halo for back up. And we use EMBARK most of the time. He loves it with added meat. It doesn't get any better than this food when it comes to safety and taste. No fillers, no by products, no animals fat, no meal. It rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish all vets would sport this stuff, but they'd lose half their business because we wouldn't have so many sick animals from toxic foods anymore.Thank you for saving those of us who care enough for our animals not to feed them anything less than human grade food. You rock!
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By Brody's Mom
from Las Vegas,NV.
It is healthy good tasteing and the main thing it is a raw diet that is easy to feed,I add fresh fruit vegetables or fish or organic fresh meat to this or give it in seperate bowl for extra taste and nutrion but this alone would be ok
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Whitney Port
- 2000s
Fashionable Ports
Fashion runs in Los Angeles native Whitney Port 's blood: her father Jeff owns apparel company Swarm, which produces the young men's line, Shades of Greigh, and backs her own fashion line, Whitney Eve. After graduating from Crossroads School in Santa Monica, Port earns a bachelor's degree in gender studies from the University of Southern California, before interning at WWD and Teen Vogue.
- 2005
The Hills Are Alive!
MTV develops a Laguna Beach spinoff with fan-favorite Lauren Conrad, featuring her move to L.A. as she studies fashion and interns at Teen Vogue. The show, which premieres in May, features Port as LC's coworker, Heidi Montag as Conrad's best friend, and Audrina Patridge as Conrad's neighbor. "The drama on this show is real problems, like, [am I] going to get fired" Conrad, 20, tells PEOPLE.
- 2007
Whitney's GMA Fall
In the second season of The Hills, Port finally gets her time in the spotlight when Andre Leon Talley, Vogue Editor-At-Large, notices her leggy physique and insists she model for a Good Morning America spot. Outfitted in Hilary Swank's Oscar dress, Port makes her way down the stairs and falls on live TV. Although she's embarrassed, Port is eventually promoted to Fashion Contributor at the magazine, becoming Conrad's superior.
From Interns to Cover Girls
Port and Conrad appear as cover girls for Teen Vogue, where they intern. "Somehow, it just doesn't feel like reality," Ports tells the magazine of making the jump from intern to cover girl. Cover veteran Conrad added, "You'll get so many phone calls when it hits newsstands!" The following year, Port and Conrad leave their internships at the magazine and move on to working for PR agency People's Revolution.
- 2008
Whitney and The City
After putting in four seasons as Conrad's sidekick, Port nabs her own show, The City. Set in Manhattan, the spin-off follows Port as she works for designer Diane von Furstenberg. "Whitney was the person who really wasn't into the 'famous' career, modeling or acting," says executive producer Liz Gately. "But what I think is great about this new show is that you get to see her in a new light. She really opens up her personal life and there's a whole new set of variables – a new cast, a new city, and it's Whitney at the center."
The City Premieres
The City premieres on MTV, featuring Port's new life on a new coast. On becoming a leading lady, Port says she looked to Conrad as inspiration. "I had a conversation with her that really made me confident with my ability to handle this," Port says. "It's very scary to have your whole life on camera but, in the end, I decided that it was an opportunity that I would live to regret if I didn't take it."
- 2009
A Cosmo Life
"I break down a couple of times a week, at least," the Cosmopolitan cover girl says. "It gets overwhelming. Sometimes I think that I can't take this anymore. I just want to live a normal life." In October 2010, Port gets her normal life back when MTV cancels The City after its second season. "It's always sad when one major chapter in your life comes to a close, but for me, this is the beginning of an entirely new one," Port writes on her blog.
- 2010
An MTV Match
After showing her Whitney Eve clothing collection during New York Fashion Week, Port begins dating fellow MTV reality star Ben Nemtin of the bucket-list series The Buried Life. "I think he embodies all of the qualities of the perfect boyfriend," she gushes to PEOPLE in 2011, but the pair goes their separate ways later that year.
- 2013
A Wedding for Whitney
Hot on the heels of Conrad's engagement news, Port's rep confirms the star is set to wed boyfriend of a year Tim Rosenman, whom she met on the set of The City when he served as an associate producer. "It's super exciting. It's obviously really surreal," she tells PEOPLE of being engaged. "I'm trying to live in the moment right."
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Ben Nemtin, ex-boyfriend (2010 to 2011)
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Broome is home to one of Australia's most unique and striking landscapes. Situated in the secluded north west of Western Australia, the quaint pearling town is flanked by endless cobalt blue seas, white sand beaches, red ochre cliffs and rust orange earth. As the southern gateway to the Kimberley, Broome witnesses the desert meet the sea with remarkable ancient history and breathtaking natural wonder.
Visit close to the full moon (from March to October) to witness the region's most spectacular natural wonder, the Staircase to the Moon – a long shimmery staircase that ascends from the mudflats into the sky. Australia is no stranger to beautiful beaches, but Broome's Cable Beach ranks among the best of the best, stretching for 22 kilometres with pristine white sand and calm blue water. Just when it seemed that Broome's coastline couldn't get any more impressive, Gantheaume Point reveals a 130 million years old treasure, 30-metre long Sauropod dinosaur footprints. The beauty of the region isn't just restricted to the coast... one of the remotest, wildest and most beautiful expanses on earth, the Kimberley waits just hours away – a region quintessentially Australian, home to rugged terrain and spectacular wildlife.
The retail scene in Broome has come a long way from the days when pearl merchants hawked their rough treasures on the street corners. Now pearl showrooms thrive, clothing shops sell designer wares, and galleries highlight the best of the region's art and culture. Thanks to Broome's unpolluted waters, South Sea pearls are among the most desirable in the world. At least 12 pearl showrooms line the streets of Chinatown, selling keepsakes at a range of price points. Chinatown is also Broome's retail hub, hosting shopping hotspots like Carnarvon Street, Short Street and Paspaley Plaza. As the southern gateway to the Kimberley, Broome is a great place to shop for indigenous art. A number of galleries sell art by local Aboriginal painters, along with photography, carvings, didgeridoos and music. More local arts, as well as crafts, incense, candles and hemp clothes can be found at the Courthouse Markets or the Town Beach Markets.
Broome's population is spoilt for culinary choice, with more than 50 menus on offer in the region – touching on everything including Indigenous, Mediterranean, Asian and Modern Australian fares. Local specialities abound with fresh seafood and local produce a plenty. Indigenous delicacies, such as pearl meat and barramundi, are served up at resort restaurants. Extensive local seafood selections are offers amid alfresco surrounds. While those with an adventurous palate can taste native meats such as crocodile, kangaroo and camel at a number of local eateries. Broome's status as a pearling outpost has seen the town attract a strong Japanese and Chinese connection, and in turn a dining culture with a notable Asian influence.
Though small, Broome has an exciting and vibrant nightlife. Attracting everybody from honeymooners to backpackers, and families to adventure seekers, the town swells with nightlife opportunities to indulge all walks of life. Dotted with cocktail bars, country pubs, live gig halls and alfresco cafes, Broome is a great setting in which to take in and enjoy north Western Australia's relaxed and tropical atmosphere. Located on the main street, The Roebuck Bay Hotel is a particularly lively local hotspot, known for attracting national and international artists.
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Little Princes
Little Princes
One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
William Morrow & Company, Paperback, 9780061930065, 320pp.
Publication Date: December 27, 2011
An astonishing testament to true courage, the transformative power of love, and the ability of one man to make a real difference.
In search of adventure, twenty-nine-year-old Conor Grennan embarked on a yearlong journey around the globe, beginning with a three-month stint volunteering at an orphanage in civil war torn Nepal. But a shocking truth would forever change his life: these rambunctious, resilient children were not orphans at all but had been taken from their families by child traffickers who falsely promised to keep them safe from war before abandoning them in the teeming chaos of Kathmandu. For Conor, what started as a footloose ramble became a dangerous, dedicated mission to unite youngsters he had grown to love with the parents they had been stolen from a breathtaking adventure, as Conor risked everything in the treacherous Nepalese mountainsto bring the children home.
In the tradition of "Three Cups of Tea" and "Mountains Beyond Mountains," this book provides proof (there cannot be too much) of the value of volunteer work.
-Los Angeles Times
"With a light touch and refreshing candor, Grennan in Little Princes tells the story of how a good-looking University of Virginia grad with wanderlust ended up risking his life to find, then reunite, children with their families in Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the world."
-USA Today
"The beauty of this book is partly the fact that it is a memoir. But it is also more than that. I defy you to not be inspired or moved by this saga."
-New York Journal of Books
"The author stumbles into volunteering in an orphanage in Nepal and gets involved in reuniting trafficked children with their families. The energy of these children will make you laugh even though they've been through hardship and loss."
-San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
"While the story is amazing, sincere and touching, it is also a pleasure to see how the author grows, both in personality and style over the five years that the memoir covers."
-Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Grennan's work is by turns self-pokingly humorous, exciting, and inspiring."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"'Little Princes' is a tale of determination, courage and love that will not leave you unchanged."
-Daytona Beach News
"Funny, touching, tragic. Conor Grennan's Little Princes is a remarkable tale of corruption, child trafficking and civil war in a far away land — and one man's extraordinary quest to reunite lost Nepalese children with their parents."
-Neil White, author of In the Sanctuary of Outcasts