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Nature of the Area
Dillon State Park in Muskingum County is situated in an area of the state that possesses diverse and interesting natural features resulting from the unique properties of the Black Hand Sandstone • Sand, eroded hundreds of millions of years ago from mountains farther east, accumulated in a vast delta in the sea covering the region • This hard bedrock erodes to form sheer cliffs and supports a lush, hardwood forest.
The rolling, reverting farmland of the Dillon area provides visitors the opportunity to see some of Ohio's most magnificent wildlife • White-tailed deer, ruffed grouse and wild turkey can be seen by quiet observers • During migration, numerous species of waterfowl visit Dillon's waters and sightings of bald eagles have also been reported.
History of the Area
Much of the history of the Dillon region can be attributed to the effects of transportation through the park • The Licking River provided transportation for Native Americans on their way to Flint Ridge where outcroppings of flint were found • In the Blackhand Gorge, carved by the Licking River, a sandstone cliff bore a soot blackened engraving of a human hand • This mysterious petroglyph is thought to have served as a guide marker for Indians searching for Flint Ridge • Specimens of Flint Ridge flint have been found as far east as the Atlantic seaboard, as far south as Louisiana and as far west as Kansas City.
Other methods of transportation affected the Dillon region • The Old National Road, just south of the park, was partly responsible for the establishment and growth of nearby Zanesville • The Ohio-Erie Canal followed the route of the Licking River for several miles and boosted trade and commerce to surrounding towns • An inter-urban railroad that connected Zanesville and Newark with Columbus passed through Blackhand Gorge • Steamboat traffic was busy through Zanesville on the Muskingum River.
In 1803, Moses Dillon purchased the land bordering the Licking River where the park is located • This industrious, early American built and operated a local iron foundry, founded the village of Dillon Falls and dammed the Licking River to provide water power for the community • Moses Dillon is probably most noted for his contributions toward the design and construction of the world-famous "Y" bridge in Zanesville.
Dillon Reservoir was constructed for flood control by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and was completed in 1961 • The park was dedicated in August 1968.
29 family cottages nestled in the woods overlooking the north lakeshore -- Each cottage has air conditioning, cable television, gas heat, two bedrooms, one bath, living room, all-electric kitchen, dining area and screened porch -- Linens, towels and kitchen utensils are furnished -- One cottage is fully accessible -- Pets are permitted in select cottages
183 electric sites -- 12 non-electric sites -- Showers, flush toilets and a dump station -- Commissary with grocery items and laundromat is located near the check-in station -- Free WiFi access is available at the commissary to registered campers -- Pets are permitted on designated sites -- One youth group camp -- 20 non-electric equestrian camp sites are available on a first-come, first served basis
Boating with unlimited horsepower is permitted on 1,560-acre Dillon Lake -- 2 boat ramps provide access to the lake -- 70 docks are available for rent on a seasonal basis
Largemouth bass, muskie, bluegill, crappie and catfish are plentiful -- Valid Ohio fishing license is required
1,360-foot swimming beach is located near the park office -- Wading pool -- Game area is adjacent to the beach offering volleyball and a playground area as well as lighted courts for tennis and basketball -- Swimming is permitted during daylight hours only -- Swim at your own risk & be sure to keep an eye on the kids -- Pets are NOT permitted on swimming beaches
15 miles of wooded bridle trails, maps are available at the park office
2 hiking trails: Ruffed Grouse Nature Trail • 3/4 mile • Moderate -- Dillon's Paved Trail • 1/2 Mile • Easy • Handicap Accessible
4 multi-use trails: Licking Bend • 6 Miles • Moderate -- Blackberry Ridge • 1 Mile • Moderate -- King Ridge Loop • 1.1 Miles • Moderate -- Hickory Grove Loop • 1.5 Miles • Moderate
Approximately 12 miles of Mountain Bike trails wind throughout the park
7 picnic areas complete with tables and grills are located at pleasant and scenic spots throughout the park -- Jim Dunn shelter house is strictly "first come, first served"
2 shelters that can be reserved online or by calling• If not reserved, both shelters are available on first come first served basis
Beach Shelter: Available for reservations from April 1 thorugh October 31 -- 16' x 30' open area with paved surface overlooking the lake -- Accommodates up to 90 people -- 4 Electric outlets (110 amp) -- Group charcoal grill -- Handicapped accessible -- 900 parking spaces -- Wading pool, tennis courts, beach area, playground, flush toilets, and water supply are located nearby -- Nature Center is 1.5 miles away -- Pets are permitted in the shelter area
Overlook Shelter: Available for reservations from May 1 through October 31 -- 16' x 30' open area with paved surface overlooking the dam -- Accommodates up to 90 people -- 1 electric outlet (110 amp) -- 12 picnic tables -- Handicapped accessible -- 60 parking spaces -- Flush toilets and water supply located nearby -- Beach and playground are 4 miles away • Nature Center is 6 miles away -- Pets are permitted
Disc Golf
Woodchuck Ridge DGC has 9 holes, with par set at 34 -- Located just behind the campstore, it was designed for beginners, keeping park guests in mind -- First tee marker is just up the wooden steps behind the campstore, then the course loops near camp area "B", with the 9th hole located back at the campstore -- Campstore has maps, score sheets, and rental discs available -- No fee is charged to play
Archery Range
Located at the bottom of the Sled Hill and can be reached from the large parking lot at the Sled Hill -- 10, 20, 30, and 40 yard targets as well as a 30 yard broad head target -- Backstops are made from recycled plastic from Coconis Furniture -- Built in September 2009 by Brenton Reed, an Eagle Scout from Frazeysburg, Ohio
Winter Recreation (conditions permitting)
Sledding -- Ice skating pond
Area Attractions
Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve is located ten miles northwest of Dillon State Park on Licking County Road 273.
Muskingum River State Park, featuring a hand-operated lock system, is headquartered in nearby Zanesville.
Further south, off S.R. 60, lies Blue Rock State Park and State Forest. All are just a short drive from the Dillon area.
Around Zanesville, there are a number of attractions that reflect the cultural history of the Dillon region. A ride on the Lorena Sternwheeler docked at the Zane Landing Park is a floating trip into the past.
The National Road/Zane Grey Museum in Norwich offers a nostalgic look at life on the early Ohio frontier.
Muskingum County is a leader in the production of pottery items, and several potteries offer tours of their facilities.
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The National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., housed in the former Pension Bureau Building, has a vast interior hall that is 75 feet tall and measures 316 feet by 116 feet. It's a majestic space that visitors will be able to enjoy in a new way this summer. The museum commissioned an indoor miniature golf course that was sponsored, designed, and built by local architects, contractors, landscape architects, and other industry pros including Hanley Wood, Custom Home's parent company.
Some participants based their designs on real works of architecture or landscape design, such as famous buildings, bridges, parks, or monuments. Others created fantastical architectural-themed holes like one with long-lasting helium balloons as a whimsical take on trees. The course celebrated its grand opening July 4 and remains open through Labor Day, with extended evening hours till 9 p.m. on July 26 and Aug. 23. Each round is $5 per person; museum members and anyone with an exhibition admission ticket pay $3 per round.
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A group of 40 UK-based companies, including IBM, ARM and BT, have developed an Internet of Things (IoT) standard called Hypercat. The group claims it will encourage an open standards based IoT that will enable sensors and devices to share information more easily.
CBR tells you five things you need to know about it.
The challenge with the IoT is interoperability - that is allowing devices to understand each other's data regardless of location, manufacturer or format, according to the cross-industry consortium behind HyperCat.
Pilgrim Beart, CEO of IoT startup 1248, a contributor to the HyperCat standard, said: "The problem is that everyone is doing this for themselves with their own technology, reinventing the wheel, spending far too much time doing that, which is inefficient, and it also means that when they finish, nothing talks to anything else.
"If a client machine comes across a service and wants to access some resources in it, there is no standard way of going, no standard thing it can do to discover how to use that API."
Hypercat is a thin interoperability layer that aims to solve this problem by allowing devices, such as lamp posts and smart meters, to interact with each other.
Like an address book, it lets applications ask data hubs what types of data it holds and what permission it needs to ask them, making sense of it without human involvement.
Hypercat can browse machines, searches by metadata and uses standards such as HTTPS, Restful APIs and JSON as a data format.
"Imagine a very simple app that just knows how to plot temperatures into degrees centigrade against time. It can then go and ask a service 'do you have any temperatures in degree centigrade?' and, if so, it can find them," said Beart.
"What Hypercat does is it unlocks the ability to Google IoT data effectively."
Hypercat, which officially passed the first phase of development last week, was developed by 40 UK-based tech firms, including IBM, Intel and ARM, startups and universities that banded together 12 months ago thanks to a £6.4m grant from the UK government's Technology Strategy Board (TSB).
Justin Anderson, CEO and founder of IoT firm Flexeye, claims that Hypercat can be used by any player in the IoT ecosystem, from application developers, data holders and end users.
"It's very simple...You don't need a PHD to be able to take Hypercat and use it inside your IoT operator," he said.
He adds that it will also encourage collaboration and innovation with new jobs opportunities unfolding for the UK economy.
Andy Stanford-Clark, master inventor at IBM, said his 'Eye Hun' group was able to use data from streetlights belonging to another project cluster in Cambridge.
"The smart streetlight data from the Cambridge project was being updated in real-time, so it made a more compelling demonstration initially, as I fed the live data to the LED cube. But then I thought about a replay of data, a 'day in the life of the streetlights', and wrote the application to replay 24 hours of data in 90 seconds," he explained.
"This was then directly applicable to the data we were getting from the Westminster street lights which we were receiving once a day, and thanks to HyperCat I was able to point my application at the Westminster data Hub and it was able to locate and extract their streetlight data."
On top of Hypercat, there's another layer of interoperability problems that need solving, according to 1248's Beart.
"For example, when you've found your degree centigrade, what data format is that held in? Unless the application understands that, it won't be able to read it," he said.
Beart claims that Hypercat has a "strong" security model, which is easy to use, while privacy is a "much more complex problem" because it is about humans deciding who sees what under certain circumstances.
Flexeye chairman Lord Erroll said policies should be developed around the release of data, which are controlled by the originator of that data.
"If I'm in university and I've spent two years collecting data to analyse, and actually it's opened up to everybody else, all that my rivals have to do is sit back and make me do all the expensive work and then they've got the data for free and go do their own analysis," he explained.
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PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald today announced that Southwest Airlines has added a new daily nonstop destination at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT). Beginning Sunday, September 29, travelers will be able to fly nonstop from Pittsburgh to Nashville International Airport (BNA) in Tennessee. Flights can be booked beginning today at southwest.com.
"There are a handful of key cities that we have targeted to expand service to – and Nashville is one of those," said County Executive Rich Fitzgerald. "Southwest has been a great partner with us in Pittsburgh and we look forward to continuing to work with them to expand their market at our airport. This new flight to the Nashville market is an important one for our business and leisure travelers, and Southwest's competitive fares make it a great option for our region."
The flight will depart PIT at 8:20 a.m. and arrive at BNA at 8:50 a.m. The return departure from BNA leaves at 5:30 p.m. and arrives at PIT at 7:55 p.m., except Saturdays. On Saturdays, the flight will depart from PIT at 12:55 p.m. and arrive at BNA at 1:25 p.m. with a return departure from BNA at 12:00 p.m. with arrival at PIT at 2:25 p.m.
"The Airport Authority is pleased to be a part of Southwest's expansion program in Nashville. This new route will meet travelers' needs to fly nonstop to Nashville, and from there, many convenient connections to the south and east will offer travelers more flexibility," said David Minnotte, Chairman, Allegheny County Airport Authority.
At Pittsburgh International Airport, Southwest and AirTran serve these routes: Atlanta, GA; Baltimore, MD; Chicago Midway, IL; Denver, CO; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Ft. Myers, FL; Houston Hobby, TX (beginning April 14, 2013); Las Vegas, NV; Orlando, FL; Phoenix, AZ; Tampa, FL; West Palm Beach, FL (seasonally). Combined, both airlines average about 23 flights per day.
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Some brands equate advertising with controversy, but that's not the Max Mara way.
Throughout its history, the brand has stood by a precise and consistent image and refrains from any such provocation.
"Season after season, we aim to create international, recognizable advertising campaigns that are immediately linked to our brand," explained Giorgio Guidotti, worldwide president of public relations and communications for Max Mara Group. "This is increasingly important, because we face an enormous world full of different voices."
To reach this goal, Max Mara has over the years worked with a number of top artists and photographers, asking them to give their own interpretation of the brand.
"We like to establish a dialogue with photographers," added Guidotti. "And it's always exciting to challenge them to deliver a fresh, new vision of the brand."
Here's a recap of Max Mara's campaigns through the decades.
Early days: Conceptual artist Erberto Carboni creates the first Max Mara ad campaign in 1958. The result is a colorful, quirky poster where oversize scissors appear to be cutting a smiling woman, who is holding a woodpecker while wearing a blue Max Mara two-piece suit.


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A restaged version of the long-running Off-Broadway revue of the same title, NAKED BOYS SINGING delivers exactly what it promises. Conceived by Robert Schrock, who earned his nude stripes in the 1971 musical The Dirtiest Show in Town, the show is a goo… (more)
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A restaged version of the long-running Off-Broadway revue of the same title, NAKED BOYS SINGING delivers exactly what it promises.
Conceived by Robert Schrock, who earned his nude stripes in the 1971 musical The Dirtiest Show in Town, the show is a good-natured romp with a gimmick. But the gimmick isn't everything: While many of the songs — written by a diverse group of composers and lyricists — are explicitly about nudity, the trials and tribulations of love are just as prevalent. Most are old-fashioned show tunes, but there's a zippy disco number about bodybuilding and a country-tinged celebration of posing for nude photos. Comic numbers alternate with ballads, the attractive cast can really sing (and occasionally put their clothes on), and there's no overt sex — it's a nude show, not an erotic one.
The opening number, "Gratuitous Nudity," simultaneously pokes gentle fun at the audience/viewer and offers implicit reassurance that just because all the actors are naked doesn't mean anyone taking a look is a dirty old perv. Among the subjects subsequently immortalized in song are the joys of being a naked maid and the sexiness of film-noir tough guys like Robert Mitchum, masturbation, pumping iron and being a nice Jewish boy from Skokie, Illinois, who's found his calling as a "Perky Little Porn Star." Sure, the choreography is undistinguished, the staging basic and the stage-to-film transition unimaginative. But overall the show is cute, affable, sweet rather than raunchy, and occasionally touching, as in the ballad "Kris, Look What You Missed," sung to a first lover who moved on too soon. And while the show and the film are clearly aimed at a gay audience, there are numbers — like "Fight the Urge," about the mortification of an unwanted erection — with which straight men can surely identify.
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Music makes up a large part of the world that we live in. Every day we live out our lives and experience music in many different ways, sometimes actively and sometimes we don't even realise that we have just heard it, or if we do it goes by unremembered because it is such a common occurrence. Some of us seek it out – we hear it through our walkmans and mp3 players, or we hear it on the radio or through a CD player. But then the rest of the time we hear it in other ways; if we watch a movie the director is likely to have used music to bring out important themes or emotions and heightened the drama, likewise with television shows. But there are also other ways in which music enters our lives unknown – we might overhear it on the bus, we might hear it in a shop, restaurant or pub coming through speakers. Even video games use music to elevate the sense of realism that it might bring to the proceedings. The list is endless.
And music also follows us into our social settings. We often surround ourselves with people of a similar music tastes, define ourselves on the genres of music we might associate with and even visit bars or clubs that cater to those tastes. People who listen to rock music might prefer rock concerts whilst those who prefer dance music might find themselves in clubs listening to songs mixed by DJs. It goes to show how music shapes our cultural identities and experiences.
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Dante: Chef Dante's doing an All You Can Eat Pasta Marathon, with bottomless pasta bowls from a special menu with lotsa carbs and protein. On the list: Tagliatelle "primavera" with beans, peas, soybeans; Tufoli with San Marzano tomato sugo, basil, Parmigiano Reggiano; and Chitarra with basil, pine nuts, garlic, olive oil, Parmigiano Reggiano. Add salmon for $14, chicken for $7, and the trasitional beef and pork meatballs for $7 to anything.
Deep Ellum and Lone Star Taco Bar: Jen Salucci and Max Toste are running the marathon for charity. So drink a "Marathon Margarita," made with Milagro Blanco Tequila, agave nectar, lime juice, and a salt rim for a mere $10, and help them out! Proceeds go to RESPOND.
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Guest blog by ASPCA President & CEO Matt Bershadker
Yesterday, August 24, was the 48th anniversary of the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA), a groundbreaking law establishing minimum standards of treatment for animals… Well, some animals.
You see, while some animals used for research, as pets, or for exhibition, are considered worthy of minimal legal protection (and to be clear, the AWA protections leave lots of room for improvement), animals used for food, like farm animals, are explicitly left out. Other federal statutes, like the 28 Hour Law and the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act, cover livestock transportation and slaughter, but both exclude birds, and there are no federal laws at all governing the conditions in which farm animals are raised.
The big question is: why?
Do the over 9 billion animals farmed in the United States each year require less protection? No. Should we allow them to endure extreme cruelty during their lives just because they're destined for slaughter? Certainly not.
If anything, considering how many farm animals there are and the direct link between farm conditions and food safety, farm animals require more attention, and their conditions more scrutiny. As the products of agricultural corporations, farm animals are among the most exploited and abused animals in the world.
You don't have to look very hard to find documented cases of cruelty against farm animals or on-going practices that fit the very definition of torture, such as battery cages for egg laying hens and gestation crates for sows. In late June of 2014, Compassion Over Killing released undercover video from a poultry farm in North Carolina that showed sick and injured chickens being dumped alive into pits of carcasses, where they suffocate or expire of hunger, thirst or exposure.
Instead of working to fix these abuses, the factory farming industry uses its influence to keep them secret by trying to pass "ag-gag" laws, which prevent video or photographic documentation of farm activities.
Ironically, this anniversary comes only a week before the start of National Chicken Month, an annual September promotional exercise by the National Chicken Council to promote chicken sales and to celebrate chicken consumption, which in effect also celebrates the cruel ways we treat those very chickens.
But imagine, for a moment, a very different "National Chicken Month," one in which we ensure chickens are not abused, exploited, or tortured. A month in which we highlight farmers who treat chickens more like the animals they are, not like the products they become.
Some states are acting on their own to institute farm animal protections, and we hope that trend spreads throughout the country and on the federal level. But even before that happens, there are things we all can do to help.
We urge concerned consumers to ask their supermarkets and the companies that supply them to think about raising chickens that can stand up and be chickens, not be pumped with unnecessary antibiotics and bred to be so absurdly huge that they fall over in their own waste. And we encourage people to sign our pledge, urging more humane industry practices.
Whether it happens on the federal, state, community, or personal level, action must be taken to safeguard the welfare of all animals, no matter what purpose they serve.
Guest blog by ASPCA President & CEO Matt Bershadker
With somewhere between 5 and 7 million homeless animals entering U.S. animal shelters, it's unconscionable to suggest, as one writer did in the Washington Post, that adopting a pet from an animal shelter is a bad idea. (See a comprehensive refutation from Washington Humane Society's Lisa Lafontaine.)
But as ridiculous as anti-shelter arguments are, they reveal destructive myths about shelter animals that need to be called out every time they arise. I'm sharing some of the most persistent ones below, and have enlisted help from ASPCA shelter science experts to help dispel them.
Myth: The major reasons dogs end up in shelters is because they were seized in criminal cases, or were too aggressive to own safely.
More than half of all dogs and cats in shelters were received as strays, but that doesn't mean by any stretch they're automatically aggressive, come from abusive environments, or have medical challenges. What's much more important than an animal's history is its current behavior and medical status. This information is typically well-known and shared by shelter staff who've been caring for the animal.
Myth: Shelter animals are not as clean as pet store animals.
Not only is this untrue, but the conditions of many breeding facilities or puppy mills (which supply pet stores that sell dogs) are nothing short of horrific. Puppy mill operators may fail to remove sick dogs from their breeding pools. As a result, puppies from puppy mills sometimes come with congenital and hereditary conditions including epilepsy, heart disease, kidney disease, and respiratory disorders.
Puppies born in puppy mills are usually removed from their mothers at just six weeks of age, denying them critical socialization, and housed in overcrowded and unsanitary wire-floored cages, without adequate veterinary care, food or water. Make no mistake: Anything purchased at a pet store that sells animals—even supplies—is keeping this vicious industry in business.
Myth: Older cats and dogs will not bond with new owners.
Again, simply untrue. Age is not a determining factor in an animal's affection toward humans or its ability to bond with them. Just ask anyone who's adopted an older pet, visit a shelter and ask to see their older animals, or simply look into the face of an older dog or cat. Organizations like Susie's Senior Dogs are trying hard to connect more senior animals with loving homes. Believe me, they're ready for you.
Myth: A shelter animal should never be given as a gift.
To the uninformed, this may makes sense, but data shows otherwise. A scientific study we published last October found that 96 percent of people who received pets as gifts reported it either increased or had no negative impact on their attachment to that pet. Also, 86 percent of the pets in the study are still in their homes, a percentage roughly equivalent to that in standard adoption.
The survey also showed no difference in attachment based on whether the gift was a surprise or known in advance. This is supported by previous studies conducted in the 1990s and 2000, which found that pets acquired as gifts are actually less likely to be relinquished than pets acquired directly by an individual owner.
This misconception is particularly harmful because it not only prevents shelter animals from going into loving homes, but may drive potential adopters toward pet stores that almost always get their inventory from puppy mills.
Myth: Adopting big or very strong dogs is a bad idea if you have little children.
There's no evidence that big dogs are more likely than small dogs to harm children. Chances are, you already know some very sweet big dogs, and if you don't, the ASPCA or your local shelter would be happy to introduce you to one.
There's been some recent debate about the inherent natures of pit bulls in particular, but again, there's no evidence to show that pit bulls are more likely to cause harm to humans than any other breed. A dog's—any dog's—behavior is a function of many factors, including breeding, socialization, training, environment and treatment by owners.
Myth: Getting animals from breeders is safer because the breeders know the animal's bloodline and family history.
First know that, as a result of their breeding, purebred dogs very often have genetic disorders and medical issue predispositions, certainly no less often than shelter dogs. Also, while bloodlines and histories are useful tools to assess an animal's value, they are limited in terms of predicting behavior. On the other hand, shelters are motivated to save lives and make strong matches. Some use science and sophisticated tools to appropriately pair up animals and owners, and are happy to share everything they know about each animal.
Good breeders are focused not on profit, but on the health and welfare of the individual animals they handle, and we applaud that. But the plain truth is you're helping to save and protect more lives if you make adoption your first option, so please match your open home and open heart with an open mind.
By ASPCA President & CEO Matt Bershadker
In my job, I see a lot of pit bulls, whether at an Austin shelter, a rescue in Los Angeles, or here in our New York City offices, where we occasionally foster dogs from the ASPCA Adoption Center.
I look forward to each visit, not just because I'm typically greeted with a clownish grin, big open paws, and a wildly flapping tail, but because each pit bull I meet is also an individual, distinct character.
This is why prejudice against the pit bull breed, which is really a combination of many breeds,makes no practical sense.
This isn't just a rhetorical debate; the lives of millions of animals are at stake. So it's important to identify what we actually know about this maligned and often misidentified breed, as well as what we don't know.
We know, for example, that every dog—even dogs within the same breed—is different. That's what makes each unique, special and beloved by its human family.
We also know that dogs' personalities aren't based on just a single influence any more than our own personalities are. A dog's behavior is a function of breeding, yes, but also just as strongly affected by socialization, training, environment, and how it's treated by its owners.
Historically, some pit bulls were bred to fight other dogs. Early bulldogs, forbearers of the modern pit bull, were pitted against bulls, bears and other large animals. When these fights were banned in the 1800s, people turned instead to fighting their dogs against each other. But even these dogs, bred to be aggressive to other dogs, were not bred to be aggressive toward people, since fighting dogs must tolerate frequent handling by the humans who train and fight them. Meanwhile, other pit bulls were bred expressly for work and companionship.
Pit bulls have long been popular family pets, noted for their affection and loyalty, but you don't hear much about gentle, loving pit bulls in the media because a well-behaved dog doesn't make headlines.
In American shelters, you'll find lots of pit bulls—with lots of different personalities. What they share in common is a sad fate. Because shelters and animal control facilities take in more pit bulls than any other breed, innocent pit bulls are euthanized more often than any other kind of dog.
At the ASPCA, we've seen and we study many factors that contribute to behavior development in dogs, resulting in sharp behavioral variations—even between dogs of the same breed. A pit bull bred for generations to fight may not fight, just as a Golden Retriever bred for generations as a service dog may bite.
But there are consistent measures owners can take to prevent or curb aggressive dog behavior. For example, if you chain or tether your dog outside, and isolate it from humans, you increase the risk that it will develop aggressive behavior. We also know that early, positive behavioral conditioning, including socialization, is probably the best way to reduce the likelihood of aggressive tendencies in dogs.
Puppies that learn to interact and play with people and other dogs are less likely to show aggression as adult animals. Finally, we know that no matter its breed or background, every dog needs to be raised responsibly, including early socialization, proper training and supervision.
States across the country largely agree that targeting breeds serves no useful purpose. Currently, no statewide policies discriminate against certain dog breeds, and 18 states have taken the extra step to ban breed-specific legislation, or BSL, most recently South Dakota and Utah. Even the White House has weighed in against laws that target specific breeds. Last year, the Obama Administration put out a clear statement saying, "We don't support breed-specific legislation -- research shows that bans on certain types of dogs are largely ineffective and often a waste of public resources... the simple fact is that dogs of any breed can become dangerous when they're intentionally or unintentionally raised to be aggressive."
The statement also noted that the Centers for Disease Control concluded "the types of people who look to exploit dogs aren't deterred by breed regulations" and "it's virtually impossible to calculate bite rates for specific breeds."
The ASPCA supports breed-neutral dangerous dog laws that focus not on breed but on individual dog behavior, as well as laws that prohibit prolonged chaining and tethering, and legislation that holds dog owners accountable for the behavior of their pets.
Ask pit bull owners about their pets, and you'll hear the same things you'd expect from proud owners of beagles, retrievers, pugs, Labradors, or any blend among them. I encourage you to read about Domingo, Blue, and Spike through the words of loving owners who recently adopted those pit bulls from the ASPCA.
I've fostered a number of pit bulls over the years, many of whom were rescued from horrific cruelty. I'm reminded of Dawson, the white pit who was kept in a closet and beaten with weights; Taz, a brindle pit who was found in a dumpster in 2003; and Champ, a caramel-and-white pit who was being trained to fight. Each of them was loving, playful, loyal, and affectionate. And each was, at one time, on a short and certain path to sadistic abuse or euthanasia, but is now in a loving home.
Not every dog is a good match for every prospective owner, so educate yourself before adopting. Compare a dog's need for exercise with your availability to take it on frequent walks and runs. Compare its medical requirements to your ability to provide that care. And compare its behavior, as documented and explained by shelter staff, with your family's ability to maintain and manage that behavior. When taking in a new pet, ask questions, consider potential challenges, and remember that small children should never be left unsupervised around animals.
Understanding dog behavior, providing dogs with the care they need and the supervision expected by family and neighbors—these are the best ways to keep pets and people safe, to celebrate the joy pets bring to our lives, and to end the myths that unfairly and tragically cost so many their lives.
Not all families will open their homes to a pit bull, but I hope many will open their minds.
By ASPCA President & CEO Matt Bershadker
Most of us find acts of animal abuse so shocking and horrific that the thought alone makes us wince. But most is not all, and judging by recent acts of deliberate, depraved cruelty in our own backyard, we're disturbingly far from all.
In May, King, a one-year-old male cat, was lured over by a young Brooklyn man and then brutally kicked 20 feet into the air as he and his friends laughed. We know this because one of those friends recorded the moment in a video that was posted on Facebook on May 5, prompting a strong and justified public outcry. With help from the North Shore Animal League and other rescuers, King was soon located, and the New York Police Department brought him to the ASPCA Animal Hospital on May 6. He was immediately given medical and behavioral care and made a full recovery.
Another cat, Quattro, was much less fortunate. On May 7, in Paterson, N.J., Quattro was allegedly tortured by three children, all under 12. According to news reports, the kids threw bricks, stones and sticks at the cat. After older children rescued Quattro from the abuse, he was cared for at Chance at Life Cat Rescue, a local animal rescue group. Suffering from broken legs, a broken jaw, a fractured eye socket and head trauma, Quattro was euthanized on May 15 to end his suffering.
These are not isolated acts of cruelty. Just look at each of the previous three months.
- In April, Roxie, a young Rottweiler, was brought to the ASPCA after being slashed, stabbed and dumped in a trash can. Roxie is receiving medical treatment at the ASPCA.
- In March, Otis, a young pit bull mix, was brought to our animal hospital by the NYPD after he was abandoned in upper Manhattan. A veterinary examination determined that the dog had multiple blunt force trauma injuries and multiple fractures. Otis is continuing to undergo daily rehabilitation exercises.
- And in February, a 13-week-old goldendoodle puppy named Miley was seized by the NYPD and brought to the ASPCA Animal Hospital. Although the dog's caretaker claimed she fell down stairs, a veterinarian who examined the puppy observed a number of injuries more consistent with being kicked or thrown. Miley was fortunately able to make a full recovery in our care. She was adopted shortly thereafter.
Sometimes, acts of cruelty stir such attention and outrage that positive change results. I think of Justin, a cat who was lit on fire just over a year ago in Philadelphia. Though he lost his ears, Justin recovered and is now a symbol for the horrors of animal cruelty, but also for the perseverance of animals and humans to overcome it. Justin has over 135,000 fans on his Facebook page and frequently makes public appearances to bring attention to pet welfare issues.
I also think of Patrick, a pit bull who was found near death at the bottom of a Newark apartment building's trash chute in 2011. Weighing less than 20 pounds when he was found, Patrick recovered and is the inspiration for New Jersey's "Patrick's Law," signed last year by Gov. Chris Christie. The law increases penalties for animal cruelty offenses in the state.
Both Patrick and Justin were inducted into the 2014 New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association's "Animal Hall of Fame," and I was honored to meet them and their caretakers at the Animal Welfare Federation of New Jersey's annual conference back in March.
But to truly end animal cruelty, we need to look beyond institutional remedies in our government and courts. The truth is, longer prison terms and stiffer penalties – while absolutely necessary as law enforcement tools – are less effective when it comes to stopping suffering as it happens or even earlier.
To make necessary and meaningful change, we can look to the histories of other social causes.
Drunk driving laws have been on the books since the early 1900s, but without a reliable way to measure sobriety and – more importantly – a public outcry for such laws to be strongly enforced, there was no momentum to abide by or to enforce them. Just consider the phrase "one for the road." But in the early 1980s, Candy Lightner and her organization, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, put intense public pressure on state and local governments to effect change, which shifted attitudes. As a result, arrests went up more than 220% from 1970-1986, and the number of drunk driving deaths in America has been cut in half since Mothers Against Drunk Driving was founded in 1980.
Now consider domestic violence, which, for decades, was seen as a family matter, and at worst, a man's prerogative. Things only started changing toward the end of the 20th century, when the women's movement and domestic violence victim advocates exposed the pressing need for life-saving laws and dedicated law enforcement. By 2005 non-fatal domestic violence incidents were reduced by nearly 50%. There was also a 51% increase in the reporting of domestic violence. It all started with people – regular people, like me and you – putting these issues on the forefront of our national consciousness.
I believe these two examples and others illustrate a roadmap for those of us who care about animal welfare. At the end of that road, animal cruelty will not be the problem just for people who care about animals, but a problem for everyone who believes a civilized society has inherent and necessary standards of humanity. Basically, if we can evolve societal attitudes about drunk driving and domestic violence, why can't we spark a continual evolution of thoughts and values on animal cruelty?
So how do we get there?
One step we must take is to strongly encourage the public to report animal cruelty, just like we encourage them to report suspicious packages or people. Having accessible, visible avenues to report animal abuse – strongly supported and promoted by the media, community, law enforcement, and within the family – not only saves lives but reinforces the message that animals deserve our concern and protection.
If the older neighborhood kids who intervened in the torture of Quattro knew enough to step in, then anyone can do the same, regardless of age or background. You don't need a degree in veterinary science or animal welfare experience to spot and stop animal cruelty – for most of us, that sensitivity is built into our internal values.
Here in New York City, thanks to our in-depth partnership with the NYPD, anyone can dial 311 to report suspected animal abuse (or 911 to report crimes in progress). The NYPD is trained to respond and investigate. Here are more ways to report animal abuse where you live.
The next step is to share these stories. We know pets have a unique ability to move all kinds of people. I believe King, Quattro, Roxie, Otis, Miley, Patrick, Justin, and the thousands of other victimized animals they represent across the country can still make a deep impact on a closed mind or a callous attitude. And one open mind leads to another, and another.
We may never live in a world where every animal is treated humanely, compassionately and respectfully, but that doesn't mean we should ease up on our vigilance. If anything, we need to double down on our efforts – in legislation, in our courts, and in law enforcement– but even more so in our social circles, which are becoming wider and wider by the minute.
Our animals deserve it, and our humanity demands it.
By Matt Bershadker, ASPCA President & CEO
It's not uncommon—though frankly still bizarre—to see live and personified chickens in fast food commercials that encourage their own processing and consumption (Saturday Night Live illustrated that bizarreness well in a 1993 parody).
But even more disturbing are recent ads that celebrate specific and unquestionably cruel chicken raising practices. Clear cases of abject animal suffering are being played for laughs, but you can bet real chickens don't think it's funny. And nor should we.
Take the latest Carl's Jr./Hardee's spot "Large Breasts" for their Big Chicken Fillet Sandwich. In it, chickens walk around with their breast areas blurred, as an announcer explains, "The FCC prohibits showing large breasts on television…unless, of course, it's in a sandwich. Introducing the biggest, tastiest chicken breasts in fast food."
The alarming truth about big chicken breasts, as explained in our "The Truth About Chicken" campaign, should inspire repulsion, not rejoicing.
These days, chickens intended for consumption are strategically bred to maximize the amount of breast meat, even at great—sometimes fatal—cost to their welfare. Thanks to a horrific combination of selective breeding and rearing practices, most of today's chickens are growing at a rate three times faster than they were 60 years ago. The clean, healthy, chickens you see in that commercial bear very little resemblance to actual broiler chickens ultimately winding up on your tray or in your bag.
This rapid and unnatural growth rate strains their hearts, lungs and bones. Unable to support their massive bodies, many have trouble standing, and spend much of their lives lying in their own waste with open sores and wounds.
In some cases, the birds' breasts grow to such extreme sizes that they can suffer from conditions like "green muscle disease," in which parts of the breast muscle dies and rots from lack of circulation, even while the chicken continues to live. As our campaign explains, there are better, more humane ways to raise chickens.
Another perplexing new parody comes from Burger King, called "Subservient Chicken." In it, a formerly popular chicken—actually, an actor in a chicken suit—faces hard times, ultimately finding itself in a satirical cockfight.
The satire isn't designed to enlighten audiences about animal fighting; it's designed to sell more chicken sandwiches. In May, while the ad was portraying cockfighting as a light, comical occurrence, we were in Virginia, assisting authorities in raiding a major cockfighting ring involving more than 500 birds. Just last February, we assisted with the sheltering of as many as 4,000 roosters and hens associated with cockfighting in the largest cockfighting case in New York State history.
Cockfighting is crueler than you might think. Injuries include punctured lungs, broken bones and pierced eyes. Gaffs—long, dagger-like attachments—are attached to the birds to make them more deadly, and steroids or other drugs are often administered to make the birds more aggressive.
At the triumphant end of the Subservient Chicken commercial, our resurrected hero, now named "Chicken Big King," finds himself not only back in the spotlight, but "back with Burger King's new sandwich, aptly named Chicken Big King."
So Chicken Big King is back…and wants people to eat him for lunch. Still bizarre.
In a civilized society, whether its members eat chicken or not, people shouldn't tolerate animal abuse anywhere, for any reason. Selling more sandwiches is no justification for minimizing or lampooning abject suffering, even if the effect is inadvertent, or exists because not enough people are aware these funny fictions are actually real-life cruelties.
Fast food gives people the opportunity to buy cheap chicken. As you watch these commercials, I only ask that you consider the price chickens are paying as well.


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A demand raised by some eminent citizens on December 28 has infuriated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The next day, she has slammed the eminent citizens for the demand of postponement of the January 5 parliamentary election in which her ruling Awami League is set to get a two-third majority. And after January 5, she will be sworn in as the prime minister again. As the opposition has boycotted the vote, there is no risk of defeat for Hasina.
It was expected that Hasina would react sharply to the demand for postponement of the election. "These eminent citizens benefited the most during the era of undemocratic and unconstitutional system in the past…the key players of the 1/11 have again become vocal these days."
Hasina's statement is not factually correct. The eminent citizens who have raised the demand were not benefited most during the past Fakhruddin Ahmed-led caretaker government that was installed following the 1/11 changeover in 2007. Everyone knows that the changeover has enormously benefited Hasina and her AL. The changeover prevented the then caretaker government-led by Iajuddin Ahmed from holding the general election scheduled for January 22, 2007. If it were held, her archrival Khaleda Zia would have assumed the office of the Prime Minister again.
The changeover took place in a grave political turmoil caused by violent street agitation waged by the AL-led alliance to resist the election. And after the changeover, it was the Fakhruddin Ahmed-led caretaker government that held the ninth parliamentary election on December 29, 2008 in which the AL won a landslide, and Hasina was sworn in as the Prime Minister.
The way the Prime Minister has blasted the eminent citizens however has questioned her democratic norms and values. She has been claiming to uphold the democratic process in one hand, and on the other she has been trying to gag freedom of speech, a fundamental element needed to form a democratic society. When the premier was blasting the eminent citizens on Sunday, law enforcers were on the streets with the only aim to resist BNP-led opposition men to take to the streets with the demand for the cancellation of the January 5 polls. In face of the brute force, the opposition men were unable to take part in the 'March for Democracy' programme on December 29. Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia also had to bear the brunt. She was kept confined at her Gulshan residence and was not allowed to go to her party's central office in Nayapaltan, the venue for the marchers to get together. Obstructed by the police, Khaleda reacted furiously. To a female police officer, she said, "Which district you hail from? Gopali [Gopalganj, home district of her rival Hasina]? The name of Gopalganj district will be changed … Gopalganj will cease to exist."
Thanks to the mushrooming of private satellite television channels, people watched how she launched a fierce verbal attack to her archrival Hasina and some law enforcers. This only exposed intolerance and undemocratic side of her leadership.
Finally, Khaleda Zia could not march to her party office. So she announced to continue the 'March for Democracy' on December 30. The second day also ended up with the same fate. The main reason for the march to Dhaka was to mount pressure on the government to postpone the January 5 election and to pave the way for holding of the polls after the installation of a non-partisan election time government. If the election is held under a non-partisan election time government, the BNP will join it and there is huge prospect of its win in such polls. If so, many BNP men will be elected and the party will form the government. Many BNP men will legally and illegally enjoy many state facilities. They will think themselves above the reach of the law. Many of them will be able to amass money using the state power as many of them did when the BNP was in power in 2001-2006. So, it is difficult to find any reason to say the march was for democracy! Moreover, the way the BNP is run, no one can say that the party practices democracy within it.
The situation in the Khaleda's rival's fold is almost the same. Intra-party democracy is a far cry in the ruling AL. The way the AL-led government has used and abused the law enforcers to stymie the opposition's march to Dhaka has exposed its undemocratic face. The government also effectively de-linked the capital from the rest of the country by cutting off the communication network to prevent opposition men to enter the city. It has caused huge sufferings for the people.
The way ruling AL men armed with sticks marched the city streets in the name of resisting the opposition programme also demonstrates the desperate manner in which they want to hold the January 5 election. It does not matter whether the election is going to be without the participation of the voters or not. It does not matter whether the international community endorses the election. The reason behind the desperate behaviour is clear. Holding January 5 polls means that the AL will again assume power, foiling the BNP's prospect to grab it. MPs and AL leaders who have illegally amassed wealth abusing the state power and embezzled the state funds will have government protection for another five years. The ruling party men who did not make much in the last five years will use the opportunity this time round. There are many in both the camps who really want true democracy. But they find no way to raise their voice.
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Fall 1999
Purdue FIRST Programs was started in the fall of 1999 as a partnership between the Purdue Student Engineering Foundation (PSEF) and the West Lafayette
Community School Corporation (WLCSC). Though most people on PSEF never heard of FIRST, they thought it would be a great fit with their mission: to inform high school students about the endless opportunities of science and technology. Through a collaborative effort between members of PSEF and WLSC, the Westside Boiler Invasion team was formed; involving 18 high school students from West Lafayette and Harrison High Schools, 12 Purdue University Students, and 3 faculty members.
Fall 2001
In the fall of 2001, Purdue FIRST Programs added two new divisions in addition to the high school Robotics program, Junior Robotics and Regional Event
Development. The Junior Robotics sub team mentors students at local elementary schools. It continues to blossom and has become an important fixture in the
community. The Regional Event Development team plans and hosts the Lafayette area's FIRST events.
Fall 2002
Purdue FIRST Programs hosted their first official FIRST event the 2002 Purdue LEGO League Regional, an event which served and continues to serve students from across Indiana.
Spring 2004
In the Spring of 2004, Purdue FIRST Programs separated from the Purdue Student Engineering Foundation and became its own organizational entity; this change
enabled Purdue FIRST Programs to increase its impact in the community even further.
In 2005, PFP began to sponsor an additional robotics team with money and mentors, Team 1646 Boiler Precision Guessworks. And hosted the first Boilermaker Regional, an FIRST Robotics Competition official competition, in the Purdue Armory.
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A free Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) database will connect hay and forage buyers and sellers, reminds Greg Ibach, NDA director.
Sellers can call and list hay, pasture or other forage using the Hay and Forage Hotline at 800-422-6692. Those wanting to buy hay or other forage can access the list online at www.agr.ne.govor they can request copies by calling NDA. The list is free and is updated regularly.
"As the drought continues, forage resources are increasingly in need across Nebraska," Ibach says. "I encourage anyone with hay for sale or pasture for lease to call our hotline and become a part of the free listing. You do not need to be from Nebraska to list available forage resources with NDA."
All types of forage can be listed on the site, including cornstalks for grazing, Ibach says.
Once potential buyers make contact with sellers through the listing, they can negotiate transactions. NDA won't participate in the transaction process, and it won't endorse any of the hay or forage being sold, Ibach cautions.
Producers also have other potential options, he says, including:
• Roadside haying options have been expanded by the harvest start date being moved up in certain cases. Anyone interested in roadside haying should contact the Nebraska Department of Roads.
• USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) has made available emergency grazing and haying on Conservation Reserve Program acres in qualified counties. Anyone interested must first contact the local FSA office. A map of approved counties can be found on the Nebraska FSA Web site.
• Drought resources on livestock forage and feeding, among other issues, are available on the NDA Web siteunder "Drought Information and Hay Hotline."


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Michael Crabtree caught touchdown passes of 49 and 7 yards and finished with a career-high 172 yards, leading the San Francisco 49ers to a second straight NFC West title with a 27-13 win over the Arizona Cardinals yesterday. Brian Hoyer went 19 of 34 for 225 yards and a late TD toss in his first career NFL start as Arizona's fourth quarterback. The Cardinals lost for the 11th time in their last 12 games in what might have been Ken Whisenhunt's final game as head coach.
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DENVER (AP) — Peyton Manning threw for 304 yards and three touchdowns yesterday to lift Denver to a 38-3 win over Kansas City that sealed the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs for the Broncos. Manning finished the season with 4,659 yards, only 41 short of his career high. He finished with 37 touchdown passes, and none will be more memorable than the last two — circus catches by Eric Decker and Demaryius Thomas that turned the game into a blowout. The Chiefs gained only 119 yards all day.
DENVER (AP) — Peyton Manning's third touchdown throw yesterday was the 73rd time he's accomplished the feat in an NFL game, passing Brett Favre (farv) for most in a career. Demaryius Thomas hauled in a one-handed 13-yard TD toss that gave Denver a 28-3 lead over Kansas City early in the third. Manning threw two TD passes to Eric Decker in the first half. Manning also set franchise records for the most yards passing and most completions in a season, breaking marks set by Jay Cutler in 2008.
DENVER (AP) — Romeo Crennel (kreh-NEL') hobbled through the locker room as best he could on a bum knee, stopping long enough to hug offensive linemen and swap quick stories with anyone else in his path. As soon as today, he may find out whether he was saying goodbye for the last time. The Chiefs head coach said he has no idea what lies ahead, nor does he have any meetings set with management after Kansas City closed a dismal season. The Chiefs finished Crennel's first season 2-14.


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Game of the Year Editions and the Value of Patience
Chad Whitney / Nov 8th, 2012 1 Comment
Remember when a developer would release a game? Then just as gamers were beginning to grow tired of it, the developer would release some Brand Spankin' New Add-On Content to blow the fans' minds once more? That feeling of surprise gamers used to get has turned into a feeling of expectation with modern gamers, and with that, developers are releasing more information about DLC earlier than ever. How early? For many major game releases, developers are beginning to announce guaranteed downloadable content in the months following the games release. Often times the developers will even announce a disc-based "Special Edition" that will be released once all DLC is available. While consumers should not be outraged, they should certainly be grumbling a bit. With developers releasing games initially for $60, consumers should feel ripped off by the fact that not only will there be a more complete version of the game released at a later date, but it will also be about $20 cheaper, and they are telling you this before or shortly after the release of the game.
While developers such as Volition (Saint Row: The Third) and EA Sports have tried to use season passes, which allow gamers to pay one set price and receive all future DLC upon release, the consumer must make a commitment to hard drive space and the undisclosed content, for better or for worse. Given that most times the consumers do not have specifics on what the DLC will be until shortly before the content is released, and the consumer is still paying an extra $5-15 per downloaded content, why would buying the new copy be an option for most consumers?
Let's admit, when Mass Effect 3 came out, no matter how bad people accused the endings of being, nobody wanted to have the ending spoiled for them. Not getting a game upon its initial release also means that you are probably going to be behind the times and will miss all the initial hype and conversation. As ridiculous as it may sound, that is reason enough to pay the extra money.
While consumers should be disgruntled by the fact that developers are beginning to announce added content before the full game even has a chance to ship, it should still be understood that there is a price for convenience, and just because DLC is announced does not mean that the developers have completely worked out the details of the content. Sometimes a developer has an idea that they want fans to get excited over as well, and they announce it before it has come to fruition. Heavy Rain is a prime example of announced DLC, but the content had yet to be developed. Quantic Dream announced that they would release a series of add-on episodes for purchase. One episode was released after a delay, and nothing more came of the episodes. It may seem like putting all the content on one disc to begin with is the clear route to take, but DLC is not always just a way for developers to take consumers' money, it is oftentimes a bonus for the gamers that developers invest a lot time and work into. Consumers are not being ripped off or being taken advantage of, not fully at least, but patience does have its rewards in the form of more content at a cheaper price.
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