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Probiotics are live microorganisms that live in the digestive tract of human beings and are generally considered to be helpful to the host being. Lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria are the main types of microbes used as probiotics. There are also certain yeasts and bacilli which may also be useful in improving the process of digestion.
Probiotics are normally consumed as components of fermented foods among specially added active live cultures. Probiotics can be found naturally in yogurt and soy yogurt. They are also available in other forms as dietary supplements.
Prebiotics are nondigestible carbohydrates that act as food for probiotics. When probiotics and prebiotics are combined, they form a symbiotic relationship which promotes the health of the digestive tract. Fermented dairy products, such as yogurt and kefir, are considered symbiotic because they contain both the live bacteria and the fuel they need to thrive. Prebiotics are found in whole grains, bananas, onions, garlic, honey and artichokes. In addition, Prebiotics, just like probiotics, are added to some foods and available as dietary supplements. Click http://www.colontoxcleanse.com/health-benefits-probiotics to find information about Health Benefits of Probiotics.
Origins Of The Term
The term, probiotic, comes from a combination of the Latin preposition "pro", which means "for" and the Greek noun "βίος" which means "life". Near the start of the 20th century, probiotics were thought to improve the health of the body by promoting intestinal microbial equilibrium. In effect, if you promote the "good bacteria" they in turn, prevent the minute organisms that cause disease and toxin producing microbes. That is still the case to day, but there is new evidence that probiotics can also aid in the prevention and management of pathogen-induced diarrhea, urogenital infections, and be effective in managing hypersensitivity in some allergies.
Probiotics Can Help
Today, there are many dietary supplements that contain probiotics. Probiotics are definitely beneficial to your digestive system, but because of their sugar-converting capability and the lactic acid bacteria that they promote, that are used in the production and processing of many varieties foods that are available in the supermarkets today. Probiotics promote healthy dietary fiber and they act symbiotically with your protective micro flora. All things considered, they are essential supplements that are required for the normal performance of your colon, small intestine and stomach.
Doctors and dietitians will recommend adding probiotics to your diet after having proscribed a treatment of antibiotics, which will upset the balance of bacteria that are present in your stomach. Probiotics are the recommended treatment for strengthening your immune system and combating candidiasis. Candidiasis is an infection caused by a yeast-like fungus called candida, "Candida albicans". It can infect the mouth, stomach, skin, vagina and urinary tract. Close to 75% of women will get a vaginal yeast infection during their lifetime, and 90% of all people with AIDS will develop candida infections.
It is widely recognized that probiotics bring stability to the the bacteria in your body. Toxins and other substances that we ingest, such as alcohol, disrupt this balance, so it is important to maintain the "good" bacteria that your body needs to function properly. In a seemingly never ending cycle, diseases kill the good bacteria in your body and probiotics bring them back.
Probiotics are essential in any attempt to manage lactose intolerance, because they convert lactose into lactic acid. The ability to break down lactose is missing in lactose intolerant patients. This process is a natural function of your digestive system which benefits from the presence of probiotics.
Research studies show that probiotics can facilitate the prevention of cancer in the large intestine, or colon. In laboratory testing with rodents, lactic acid microorganisms have revealed anti-mutagenic properties in the company of probiotics. The research is still ongoing, but the current thinking is that probiotics are effective in controlling the process that causes some cells to mutate into cancer 3
cells in the colon. If probiotics help to slow or stop the progression of colon cancer in rodents, it is thought that they will, in all likely hood, have similar effects on human beings.
Another valuable effect that probiotics may have is the ability lower your serum cholesterol level. It goes about this by decomposing the bile produced by the gallbladder and restricting its re-absorption. This can be an invaluable tool for those patients trying to lower their cholesterol levels. There are numerous studies that confirm that LAB-fermented dairy foods have decreased cholesterol levels in some people and that LAB-fermented milk tends to decrease blood pressure.
It is important to note that there is no definitive published proof that probiotics meet all of the claims that have been made, but the initial studies show a definite leaning in that direction. On the other hand, the experiments with probiotic therapies are so encouraging that more and more studies will be conducted, until there is a clear clinical definition of the benefits of probiotics. Maybe the ultimate test will be in how they affect you and your digestive system. There are millions of people around the world that will vouch for their effectiveness.
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Joe Wilson might breathe a sigh of relief today, with Kanye West capturing the headlines in this week's Inappropriate Outburst/Public Apology.
Kanye disrupted the VMA's – and more specifically, Taylor Swift – by interrupting her acceptance speech for Best Female Video with the sole purpose of telling the world that Beyonce deserved to win. *Wince*
Beyonce, for her part, looked openly shocked (indeed, her expression brought back memories of Mike Meyers' reaction when Kanye went on a rant about George Bush and black people during a live Katrina fundraiser). Beyonce later invited Taylor Swift onstage during her own award for Video of the Year.
With celebrites all a-twitter about the incident, it would seem that those publicly denouncing Kanye in 140 characters or less are almost as big a story as the outburst itself. And yet, we wonder if the even more pithy canvas of a T-shirt would be somehow more effective in staunching the twitics than Kanye's ongoing blog apologies. (He DOES NOT HAVE A F#$%ING TWITTER, after all.)
And so we award a Fantasy T-Wearer Award to Kanye West today. May he wear the "Apology Loading" T-shirt with introspection.

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The Islander Ice Girls joined the fun at Mulcahy's on Wednesday as they attended the big John Theissen Holiday Party that took place from 6:30pm to 9:30pm. The festivities started with a live broadcast of the Mike and the Mad Dog radio show, and then were kicked into high gear after with some great live auctions. Prizes included suite tickets to Islander and other local team sporting events, VIP Super Bowl packages, autographed memorabilia, spa packages, and much, much more. All proceeds from the event went to the John Theissen Children's Foundation. To see how you can help the John Theissen Children's Foundation, visit their website at www.jtcf.org. Don't forget that the Islanders will be holding a toy drive during game on December 15th for the foundation where by bringing three unwrapped, unused toys, you can receive a voucher to the game that will take place on December 22nd.


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Going after new business is often an arduous process. Here's some advice for writing proposals that get noticed.
"Government business is really great," says RFP expert and consultant Michael Asner, but obtaining it can be a complex and even intimidating task for vendors, both large and small. That's because there's a learning curve when it comes to successfully responding to a request for proposal, according to Asner. "It's a formal discipline, an acknowledged skill set."
Developing the skills needed to write proposals that garner positive attention from a company or government entity is easier and more straightforward than you may think. So says Asner, who recently shared—along with author, consultant, and speaker Michel Theriault--the following five pieces of advice on how to produce winning RFP responses.
1. Seek out opportunities that fit with your business' focus, goals and values.
Those words, which are the first to come out of Asner's mouth when asked to share a few words of RFP wisdom, may seem basic, but they're also a big deal. That's because, "if [the opportunities] don't fit, you won't win."
RELATED: Small Businesses That Have Won Government Contracts in Surprising Industries
2. Look the part.
That means what you write has to be polished and free of mistakes, of course, but it also means how you format and even package that writing has to be polished, too, according to Theriault. "It's not expensive these days to get a cover printed and bound," he says, pointing to places like The UPS Store and FedEx Office (formerly Kinko's). Such efforts "don't have to be and shouldn't be overly fancy," he adds, "but they do have to look professional."
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3. Do what you're told.
"There is a rigid, prescribed process that you must follow" when it comes to responding to RFPs, Asner warns. "If you don't answer the questions, and if you don't do everything the evaluators ask you to do, you're going to end up out of the game."
4. Don't be afraid to ask questions.
That's a mistake a lot of companies make when responding to RFPs, asserts Theriault. "They don't want to ask questions, even though in many cases it's allowed." That's often because they're afraid that the answers they receive will reveal things that will give their competitors an advantage. Theriault isn't a fan of that line of thinking and counters it by suggesting small businesses "should always ask for clarification if something is uncertain." Correctly replying to the potential client's questions is "much better than writing a response that causes them to think, 'That's not what we asked,' or, 'That's not what we expected.'"
5. A little homework can be a lot of help.
"The traditional marketing approach of learning about a potential client, finding out what's going on with them, asking what they're planning to buy over the next 12 months ... all of that works when it comes to RFPs, too," offers Asner. As such, he suggests going in and talking with the agency in question "so when they issue an RFP, you'll be in a good position to win their business because you already know a lot about them."


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- Asiana Flight 214: What went wrong?
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- Foul weather postpones hearing into SFO Asiana Airline crash
WASHINGTON -- The National Transportation Safety Board will compress its scheduled two-day investigative hearing into the crash landing of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 into a nearly 12-hour session Wednesday.
The two-day hearing was postponed Tuesday when the federal government shut down because of snow and inclement weather. It was instead rescheduled to last one day, Wednesday, from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The July 6 crash at San Francisco International Airport killed three teenage girls and injured dozens of others when the Boeing 777 came in too low and too slow and struck a sea wall that abuts Runway 28 Left.
The NTSB had said the hearing will look at several issues related to the crash, including whether the pilots relied too much on their cockpit settings, a phenomenon known in the aviation industry as "automation complacency" or "automation dependency."
All four pilots aboard the nearly 11-hour flight from Seoul survived the crash but none are scheduled to speak at the hearing.
The only two Asiana pilots who are scheduled to speak are the airline's chief pilot and training manager who will appear during a discussion of Asiana pilot training in the Boeing 777 and automated systems and visual approach procedures.
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In an interview with ET Now, Mitesh Thacker, Technical Analyst, miteshthacker.com shares his views about Sesa Goa.
ET Now: What is the call on Sesa Goa?
Mitesh Thacker: Sesa Goa might be slightly more tired in the sense that this stock had run up from levels of 160 to about 260. While it trades above the 200-day average which is at about 230 and should be a good support but my sense is that the medium-term indicators are more tired as compared to the other stocks. This means that the bounce back might not happen or there is also a possibility of breakdown happening over here. So, if 230 breaks, I would probably take a short trade over here and look for more declines.


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|Jae Hyun Kim; Nathanael A. Heckert; Stefan D. Leigh; Haruki Kobayashi; Walter G. McDonough; Richard L. Rhorer; Kirk D. Rice; Gale A. Holmes;
|Statistical analysis of fiber gripping effects on Kolsky bar test
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|Preliminary data for testing fibers at high strain rates using the Kolsky bar test by Ming Cheng et al. 1 indicated minimal effect of strain rate on the tensile stress-strain behavior of PPTA, poly (p-phenylene terephathalamide) fibers. In a different study, Lim et al.2 reported that the tensile strengths of the copolymer aramid fibers are strain rate dependent. Usually with single fiber tests, a large sample population is needed to get statistically significant results. To date with high strain rate tests, technical issues associated with specimen preparation appear to limit the number of samples that can be tested within a reasonable time. In this study, the authors investigate the feasibility of a new gripping design in order to ultimately establish a reliable, reproducible, and accurate Kolsky bar test methodology for single fiber tensile testing with high throughput. Preliminary results performed under a quasi-static strain rate with 5 mm and 60 mm gauge lengths showed that the PPTA fibers are gauge length dependent. This gripping and size effect must be considered in determining the true strain rate effect on fiber strength.
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Ohmidog! I want that rug
(An update to this story can be found at the bottom of this page.)
A Florida sheriff's office sees it as an embarrassing mistake.
I see it as a collector's item, and I want it.
After installing some official rugs with the county's official seal on their official lobby floors, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office noticed a printing mistake on one of them. Instead of saying "In God We Trust," it said "In Dog We Trust."
After a deputy noticed the error Wednesday, the rug was rolled up and stored, according to WFTS in Tampa Bay — but not before the station got some pictures. The large green rugs with the black and yellow Pinellas County Sheriff's Office logo cost about $500.
The Sheriff's Office said the manufacturer of the rugs, American Floor Mats, has taken responsibility for the error and will replace the one with the error.
Headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, the company calls itself "a premier supplier of floor mats and matting. With over 25 years of floor mat experience, our customers rely on our vast knowledge and expertise …"
As for what becomes of the "In Dog We Trust" version, I'd love to have it, but I have some other ideas, too.
Put it back on the floor. There's nothing wrong with trusting in dog, and God would understand.
Wouldn't He?
At the very least, give it a home in the department's 12-man K-9 unit.
Given the rugs look pretty lush and comfortable, Pinellas County Animal Services might find one of them useful — either as decor or dog bedding.
Or, it could be auctioned online. Who knows, they might be valuable — like those rare coins with mistakes on them.
Then again, American Floor Mats might want it back, so their boo-boo doesn't live on.
The best solution? Dog only knows.
Update: An online auction it is: Sheriff Bob Gualtieri says that the rug in question will be sold to raise money for a nonprofit rescue group called Canine Estates.
(It's the rescue from which he adopted a 13-year-old Maltese last year.)
As of Friday afternoon, bids had gone over $2,600 for the rug.
Gualtieri says his office has been getting calls from all over the world from people saying, "'Oh my God, don't throw it away."
"We're so excited," Canine Estates' founder Jayne Sidwell told The Huffington Post. "We need the funding so bad."
The auction closes at 4 p.m. next Wednesday, Jan. 21. Bids are being accepted at OnlineAuction.com.
Another update: The rug sold for at auction for $9,650. Details here.
(Photos: WFTS)
Posted by John Woestendiek January 16th, 2015 under Muttsblog.
Tags: american floor mats, auction, collectors item, county, dog, error, florida, god, in dog we trust, K-9, law enforcement, logo, mistake, pinellas county, printing, rugs, seal, sheriff, sheriff's office, trust
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Pastor finds she can retrieve more souls with her dog, Kirby, at her side
The Rev. Arlene M. Tully jokes that there are some similarities between her dog and members of her congregation.
"He sleeps through my sermons like everyone else," the Methodist minister said.
But there is someone that Kirby — the golden-lab retriever mix who is almost always at her side — reminds her of even more:
"Kirby is a living, breathing metaphor for God's love," she told the Bangor Daily News. "The way he expresses love is as unconditional as God's love. He instantly and fully embraces every person that he meets and that is a more accurate metaphor for God's love than human love."
Kirby the Ministry Dog attends services at First United Methodist Church in Bangor, Maine. He's present for church dinners and other functions. He accompanies her on home visits, and trips to nursing homes and hospitals. And everywhere they go together, she notes, Kirby has a way of connecting with people, and getting them to open up.
"He's a catalyst for those kinds of conversations," said Tully,
The 2½ -year-old dog was trained as a service dog by Canine Companions for Independence at its campus in Medford, New York.
If Tully tells him to "visit," Kirby will put his head in the lap of a person. If she says "lap," he'll gently place his paw on the leg of the person he's visiting. When she say's "push," he'll open an automatic door by pushing the button.
Tully, 57, became the church's pastor in July. While she grew up a Roman Catholic, she left the church as a college student. She worked in restaurant management for 25 years before attending Andover Newton Theological Seminary in Newton Centre, Massachusetts.
Kirby, her second "ministry dog," came to live with Tully in February while she was pastor of Pleasant Street United Methodist Church in Waterville, and he's been helping her reach out to people ever since.
"Together, we have an instant bridge to people that I alone might not have otherwise," she said.
(Photo: Ashley L. Conti / Bangor Daily News)
Posted by John Woestendiek September 30th, 2014 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, bangor, church, dog, dogs, god, kirby, maine, methodist, minister, ministry dog, pets, religion, retriever
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Group urges Catholic parish to cancel human-pig mud wrestling event
(If you'd like musical accompaniment with this article, click on the video at the bottom of the post, then scroll back up to read.)
The mission of St. Patrick's Parish in Hortonville, Wisconsin, is to "be one with Christ in making the reign of God a reality … celebrate His love in Word and Sacraments … and be responsible stewards of time, talent, and treasure."
Yet the Catholic parish has no problem sponsoring a fundraising event in which frightened pigs are punched, kicked, body-slammed and crammed into steel vats.
Apparently, they don't see pigs falling under their "stewardship." Or they think that "dominion" we supposedly have over all God's other creatures includes the right to thrash farm animals in the name of sport. Or maybe the 44-year-old tradition is just too big a moneymaker to cancel.
Canceling the event — scheduled for this weekend — is what a Wisconsin-based animal advocacy group is calling for.
The Global Conservation Group says the event violates state laws prohibiting cockfighting, dogfighting, and other fighting between animals or between animals and humans. They say even being a spectator at such an event is a felony under state law.
The parish says the annual "Round Up" event consists of two to six people getting into a muddy ring and wrestling a hog — one they say is "sized accordingly" — into a vat.
"We take very strong precautions to make sure our pigs and our participants are taking care of each other," organizer Glenn Van Handel, the chair of Saint Patrick's Parish, told NBC 26.
The Global Conservation Group says the pigs face a high potential for being injured in the event, in which it says pigs are punched in the face, kicked, body-slammed, jumped on, yelled at and thrown into a bucket.
The group says it has filed reports with local, state and federal agencies alerting them to what they say is an illegal event.
A petition urging the church to cancel the event can be found at change.org
(Photo: Change.org)
Posted by John Woestendiek August 8th, 2014 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: all gods creatures, animal welfare, barrels, buckets, catholic, choir, church, dominion, god, gods creatures, hortonville, kicked, mud, parish, pig wrestling, pigs, punched, religion, slammed, st. patricks, stewardship, vats, wisconsin
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Praise the Lord, I saw the light
It's dark down here. Even with every light on, even when the sun's up, the temporary home Ace and I have landed in — a cellar apartment in an old southern mansion — is, given its subterranean location, something less than bright and cheery.
I have window wells, but little light shines through. I look out and assume it's a rainy day — only to step outside and see that it's as sunshiny as it can be. Down here, it's as if it's always 3 a.m. Ace wakes up, looks around, and — like me — assumes it's not morning yet.
I haven't been cursing the darkness. That's best reserved for internet connections. But I think it has been keeping me from being awake as I might be, and I haven't gotten a lot of writing done. Instead I've mostly been oversleeping, setting up housekeeping and visiting my mother. She lives about a mile down the road, so Ace and I have visited almost nightly — conveniently around dinner time. I mentioned to her how dim things were in my apartment, and she, being a former newswoman, felt the need to share that — at least with my sister.
"This just in: John's apartment is kind of dark. Details at 11."
I've introduced you to my sister before, when Ace and I passed through Madison, Wisconsin. She's prone to random outbursts of karaoke singing, sermonizing, deep thoughts and good deeds, and I was about to be a recipient of one of them — luckily the latter.
She called to tell me she had found four lamps on Craigslist, and that she was giving them to me as a Christmas present. All I had to do was drive to some town called Midway, and find the home of a man named Ken. She sent me an email with the directions. Like all her emails, it ended with the same quote from Edith Wharton: "There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." (Buying lamps via Craigslist wasn't an option in Edith's day.)
Thankfully, Midway was only about 20 miles away. Ken was in the driveway when I pulled in.
I popped open the back window of the jeep. He greeted Ace, noticed there was no air in the tires of my bicycle, still attached to the rack, and offered to pump some in. He helped me load the four lamps into the car, and told me to help myself to the kitchen items packed in boxes in his barn. They, like the lamps, had belonged to his mother, who died last fall at age of 98.
I tried to pay Ken $60 — $48 for the lamps, the rest for everything else I grabbed — but he insisted on giving me change. I stuffed as much as I could into the car — or at least as much as Ace would permit. Ace doesn't like things rattling around back there, or any of the contents to shift while we're driving, and given the back seat has been his home for most of the past nine months, I try to oblige.
After loading up, we stopped for lunch in Midway, which is next to a town called Welcome, at a place called The Dawg House, then headed down the road to the Midway General Store, where it was hard to find things because it was dark inside. But I got three copies made of the key to my new place, bought two plug adaptors, three packages of cuphooks and a big greasy hambone for Ace — all for a mere $11.
Ace nibbled his bone as I took the back roads home, passing church after church — all with marquee signs out front:
'Hands joined in prayer are never empty," one said.
"The church is a pit stop in the race of life," read another.
"God's plans for us are better than our own," another advised.
Space being limited on church signs, attribution for the words of wisdom on them is seldom provided — so you never really know whether they come from God, the local preacher, Edith Wharton or some book, like "1001 Catchphrases for Your Church Marquee."
Whether they are original words, or a reflection of somebody else's, doesn't really matter — as long as they are getting shared, because church marquees, even those that don't light up, are all about spreading the light, giving life some meaning, tossing a little hope, inspiration and joy our way.
My new lights, once plugged in, didn't lead to a hallelujah moment of the religious kind. But I can read now, and find where I put my coffee filters, and make sure the socks I'm putting on match.
On top of that, never having lived in darkness before, I've learned that, much like a chili cheese dog, light — the non-symbolic, simple wattage kind — makes me happy.
For Ace, a hambone works just fine.
Posted by John Woestendiek March 5th, 2011 under Muttsblog.
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Live nude kudzu, and other thoughts
Sweeping back through the south, we've crossed Tennessee and made it to North Carolina, this time without the benefit of what, back in the summer, was our favorite form of highway entertainment — looking for dogs in the kudzu.
The Vine That Ate the South is naked now, having lost its leaves for winter, leaving behind only long strands of clumped-together, spindly, bare vines. I can no longer see big green animals in the leaves, only stick figures, spider webs, spaghetti and road maps.
The kudzu will be back, though, in spring — and ready to spread as quickly as "adult superstores" have through Tennessee. There are a lot of "adult superstores" in the Volunteer State. Going down I-40, it seems like every other billboard is either touting an "adult superstore" or the fact that Jesus Saves.
After crossing the Mississippi River, we stopped outside of Memphis for a quick visit with my son, checking into a Best Western, where I had reserved a room online, after seeing it touted itself as dog-friendly.
Not until I arrived did I see that there were pet fees, according to a posting at the front desk — $15 for a dog between 5 and 20 pounds, $25 for dogs 20 to 40 pounds, and $35 for dogs 40 pounds and up.
I immediately squawked — I've become a bit more of a squawker in recent months — pointing out that I'd be paying almost as much for the dog as for me.
"How much does your dog weigh?" asked the desk clerk.
I thought about lying, but, having seen too many God billboards, couldn't. Over 100 pounds, I said, adding that he's much better behaved than a lot of 10 pound dogs, and pointing out that the whole charging by weight concept was ludicrous.
The desk clerk made a face like he'd swallowed something yukky and excused himself. Ten minutes later he was back, with a room assignment and news that they'd only charge me $25 for the dog.
Too tired to have any principles, and wanting to get off the road on New Year's Eve, I accepted the discount and took the room. Then I seethed about the whole thing — especially the weight part — for a couple more hours.
Charging fees for dogs is not dog-friendly; its dog-greedy. I wonder how much damage dogs do to motel rooms across America, compared to that done by people.
Rather than pet fees, maybe motels should be looking at rock star fees — for they, if we're going to stereotype, are famous for trashing rooms. Why not a fraternity boy fee? A student on spring break fee? A crying baby fee? A loud sex fee?
Only twice in our travels have we experienced loud sex — both times from the room next door. Ace and I did the only thing we could. We tilted our heads and looked at the wall the sounds were coming from, then turned up the TV.
This particular Best Western — where we neither experienced loud sex nor managed to stay awake until midnight — had another sign at the front desk that bothered me: "No Visitors."
Is that constitutional? Even prisons allow visitors.
Depite all the control being exercised in motels, or at least the one we stayed at, Tennessee, as a state, seems less successful at reigning in kudzu, or adult superstores. (Not that I have anything against adult superstores; it's a free country, except at the particular Best Western we stayed in.)
As we passed through Tennessee, I stopped at several huge thickets of kudzu (and at no adult superstores, though I was wondering what exactly made them "super").
I searched the bare vines for dog shapes, which some some of you may recall became a bit of an obsession for me over the summer, but I could find none.
Instead, all I could see in the withered and weepy vines were hunched over old witches, overworked peasants and evil motel desk clerks who charged exorbitant pet fees.
Posted by John Woestendiek January 3rd, 2011 under Muttsblog.
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Roadside encounters: Buddy and Peggy Sue
Names: Buddy Holly (named after the performer) and Peggy Sue (the fawn-colored one, named after Holly's hit song)
Ages: Buddy is 3; pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty Peggy Sue is 4
Encountered: At what's billed as the largest free-standing cross in America, located near Interstate 40 in Groom, Texas.
Backstory: The two pugs, and the couple who owns them, were headed home to Hobart, Oklahoma after a Christmas visit to Arizona.
The owners of the pampered pugs planned a stop at the cross, which is 19 stories tall and, in the flatlands of the Texas panhandle, visible from 20 miles away.
They were big fans of God, Buddy Holly, pugs and, judging from their racing jackets, NASCAR.
Buddy Holly and Peggy Sue enjoyed a long potty stop on the periphery of the property, then jumped back in the car while their owners went to see the church and gift shop.
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Posted by John Woestendiek January 1st, 2011 under Muttsblog.
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Groom, Texas: My cross to bear
With God on my side and Jesus in my cupholder, Ace and I passed through the Texas panhandle Wednesday, revisiting the site where, 18 years ago, almost to the day, I nearly got myself killed.
This time around, the roads weren't icy, there was no snow; only vicious winds that tried to blow me off the road.
Just to be extra safe — well before my dreaded approach to the tiny town of Groom — I stopped to fill my thermos with coffee at the Jesus Christ is Lord Travel Center, on the east side of Amarillo.
It was opened less than two years ago by Sam Kohli, who also runs a Jesus Christ is Lord trucking line, whose 100-plus trucks are all emblazoned with that phrase.
"He just felt there were a lot of people who didn't know Jesus Christ is Lord," the woman at the cash register explained to me, charging me a mere $1.18 to fill my thermos and wishing me safe travels.
Between the caffiene, her well wishes, and Bobblehead Jesus, who has accompanied us on all of our 20,000-plus miles, I felt prepared for what was ahead — namely Groom, Texas.
In 1993, returning to Philadelphia after a three-year assignment in California, my Isuzu Trooper slid off icy I-40, turning over twice before coming to rest, right side up, at the bottom of an embankment.
To your left is how that embankment looks today, not nearly as steep and rugged as it was in my memory.
Anyway, back 18 years ago, I managed to restart the crumpled vehicle and drive half a mile to the nearest motel, where I checked in, along with my dog at the time, a mutt named Hobo.
As I stood in the lobby, trying to contact my insurance company on the pay phone, the desk clerk kept pointing me out to new arrivals, and each time he told the story he added one more roll: "That's him over there, rolled over four times, he's lucky to be alive."
For the next three days, the dog and I licked our wounds and waited for the motel owners to come through with a ride they promised to the Amarillo airport, where I could rent a car for the rest of the trip. The Isuzu was totaled, and I'd been ticketed for reckless driving, though I was driving slower than anyone else on the road.
I kept waiting for our ride to the airport, and I started fearing there was a conspiracy to make me a permanent resident of the town of 500. Groom, coincidentally, is where much of the filming was done for the 1992 movie "Leap of Faith," about a faith healer who bilks believers out of their money.
Finally, on day four — my room bill rising, my faith waning — I left the dog in the room, walked to a truck stop (it's gone now, burned down, they say) and hitched a ride on a chicken truck to the Amarillo airport to get a rental car. Then I went back to the motel, picked Hobo up and drove on.
Back to the present: My original plan was to avoid Groom, on this trip and for eternity, but Wednesday, on a route that was sending me right past it, I decided to confront my fears.
The first Groom exit is the site of what bills itself as the largest cross in America.
It's made of steel, 19 stories tall, with a cross arm that spans 110 feet. It took 250 welders eight months to complete, and weighs 1,250 tons. The man behind it is Steve Thomas, who was disgusted with billboards advertising "pornographic" services and decided to send travelers a different message.
It wasn't there on my earlier trip — not being finished until two years later — so it took me by surprise. At first I thought that America's largest cross (Effingham, Illinois, claims it has one eight feet taller) had been built at the precise spot of my accident.
I realized later, though, that the spot where I almost met my maker was a mile ahead, at the next exit.
Rather than get back on I-40, I took the back route, turning left on Route 66, driving through town, and approaching the scene of the accident from a side road.
I parked on the side of the road and left Ace in the car — not wanting him anywhere near the Interstate, or the accursed spot. I did grab my camera and pulled Bobblehead Jesus (B. Jesus, for short) from the cupholder so that he could accompany me.
I felt chills as I gazed at the spot, though maybe that was from the 60 mile per hour winds.
Feeling I had successfully confronted my fears — that I had found closure (not that I'm a big fan of closure; it's so … final) — I went off in search of the motel that held me hostage.
Turns out it is now a storage facility, its rooms no longer holding people — only people's stuff.
Next door, I stopped in at a restaurant called The Grill, asking what happened to the motel. The owner told me that what used to be called the Golden Spread Motel stopped being a motel about 15 years ago, changed hands a few times and ended up as a storage facility.
I told her Golden Spread sounded like something you'd put on a sandwich — or maybe a pornographic term describing some act with which I'm not familiar.
I stepped back outside, into the wind, and thought about the gigantic, non-pornographic cross, which, without any guy wires, can withstand gusts of up to 140 miles per hour. In the car, I gave B. Jesus a pat, sending his head to bobbing. Then I gave Ace one.
I was still a little sour on Groom, but I felt a vague sense of gratitude, and gave God that conditional nod I'm prone to giving him or her: I'm not sure I believe in you, but if you're the reason Hobo and I survived that accident, thanks so much for the ensuing 18 years (in Hobo's case, about four).
By then I was back on I-40, traveling eastbound, buffeted by winds, bolstered by Jesus Christ is Lord coffee, strengthened by having confronted my demons, and inspired by a giant cross.
Ace looked around, as if confused: What were all those stops about? I'm not sure I know. I get overwhelmed when I start thinking about God and the hereafter. I have enough trouble handling the here and now.
But this much I know I do have: A deep and abiding faith in dog.
Posted by John Woestendiek December 31st, 2010 under Muttsblog.
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Well, you did get a good deal. The price was good. Cotton yarn doesn't have much give, though, so it might be harder than you want just starting out.
I would suggest that you go to a discount or craft store (like Michael's or Joann's) and purchase a worsted weight acrylic (or wool if you don't like the feel of acrylic). Don't buy any fun fur or hairy yarn, just plain yarn. Get a light color, it's hard to see the stitches when you're just starting.
Then cast on some stitches. Rip it off, cast on again. Try knitting some rows and then try purling. Just play with it so that you get the feel of what you are supposed to do. If your knitting is too tight, hold two needles together while you cast on and slip one out when your stitches are on. It will keep your cast on from being too tight.
Knitting takes practice, but it's very rewarding. Good luck!
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In perhaps the most inevitable sacking of all time, manager David Hockaday was fired yesterday evening after just 70 days in charge at Leeds United.
He saw only six fixtures as Elland Road boss but his credentials were questioned from the off, in no small part due a rather uninspiring win-rate of 34% at Conference side Forest Green Rovers.
Hockaday failed to gain the faith of the players, the fans or Leeds owner Massimo Cellino, who relinquished with the 56 year-old's services after the Whites were knocked out of the Capital One Cup by local rivals Bradford City.
The Yorkshire outfit suffered four losses, picked up four red cards, conceded eleven goals and only scored four times with Hockaday at the helm.
But the past is the past and Massimo Cellino now has the task of finding the next Leeds manager as soon as possible. With that in mind, here's a list of SIX men who could go on to succeed Hockaday at Elland Road.


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Our 'Dancing with the Stars' Wish List
Season 12 only just began, but we'd like some real stars next time
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Our 'Dancing with the Stars' Wish List: John Travolta
C'mon, we remember "Saturday Night Fever." The white suit? The wiggling hips? The imitated-into-cheesiness finger point? Sure, that was more than three decades ago, but we're sure John still has the moves. If nothing else, he could lose some weight.
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With discount shopping and mall madness taking precedence
over movies this Friday—or Black Friday as it's known here in the states—and
Thanksgiving on Thursday, that means audiences get a special holiday treat a
couple days early as three new wide releases are dished up in multiplexes on
Wednesday: DreamWorks' Animation's "Rise of the Guardians," Ang Lee's 3D opus
"Life of Pi," and the 80's reboot "Red Dawn."
With "Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Pt. 2" racking up $141
million last weekend, even if it drops -70% like previous "Twilight" flicks,
that would still translate to $42-$43 million—a mighty tough number to topple.
"Rise of the Guardians" does have a legitimate shot to take
down the box office bloodsuckers; DreamWorks certainly has the pedigree and
family films always show well this time of the season. Still, holiday-themed
films don't always break the bank, as last year's "Arthur Christmas" can attest
to. Sony's animated flick opened over Thanksgiving and was shut out in the cold
by audiences, chilling cinemas with just $12 million over the 3-day portion of
the weekend.
Of course, a lot of that had to do with "The Muppets"
opening the same weekend, which pigged out with $29 million. So odds are, DreamWorks'
$145 million production, as the only straight-forward family flick, should be
able to capture the imaginations and, more importantly, the wallets of
moviegoers everywhere.
And, with "Wreck-It Ralph" now four weeks out and kiddies
crawling up the walls, parents will likely see this as a welcome fallout
shelter. In 3,653 theaters "Rise" may be
able to float $38 million for the weekend and $55 million over the extended
"Life of Pi" is Ang Lee's immersive journey...into the realm
of 3D. While reviews have been extremely solid, traditionally, films that have
based their advertising campaign on the wonders of 3D haven't necessarily
broken through the dimensional barriers of the box office. Still, if the
PG-rated metaphysical drama can capture some of that "Slumdog
Millionaire" audience, this could be one of the surprises of the holiday
season, and is widely considered an Oscar contender, too.
"Life of Pi" is essentially a $100M art film. While that may
not jive with spiritually savvy (or is that morally bankrupt?) American
audiences, it will certainly reach a higher plane internationally. Expect
a solid 5-day debut of around $26 million this week in 2,927 theaters.
Let's be honest here--something that is traditionally taboo in
Hollywood--"Red Dawn" has been on the shelf for a long time. While
most of the marketing spin insinuates that had everything to do with MGM's
troubles, there is also a reason it has taken many seasons to reach
multiplexes--it's a bit of a mess.
It's also outdated. At the height of the cold war, when the original
"Red Dawn" dropped, it was entirely plausible that the Soviet Union
would attack us...at any minute. Now, we have North Koreans invading...Spokane,
Washington?!? Uh, do they have an irresistible hankering for some
crispy Red Delicious apples? I mean, I know getting tickets to watch a Gonzaga
Bulldogs basketball game is tough, but foreign invasion is not the answer,
Craiglist is. Plus, growing up in the Northwest, I know for a fact that nearly
everyone living in the outskirts of Spokane owns a gun. You just don't mess
with country bumpkins!
The original "Red Dawn" was actually a meaningful sociological
examination, while the reboot, like so many others recently, merely seems like
a misguided cash-grab. Having Chris Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson in leading
roles may be its only salvation as both have become much bigger stars than when
this was originally scheduled for release in 2010.
The original made the equivalent of $90M when adjusted to
today's ticket prices, while the retread will be fortunate to make
half that amount. At 2,725 sites, expect a misfire with just $9 million
for the weekend and would be fortunate to hit $13 million through Sunday. Hey,
there is always a turkey
Expanding in limited release is Weinstein's Oscar contender,
"Silver Linings Playbook," which will operate at 367 venues. A couple weeks ago
the Jennifer Lawrence/Bradley Cooper drama was set for a wide release, but as
is often the case with Weinstein, the distribution pattern was changed at the
last minute. Certainly didn't help its cause when it opened flat with $27k per
in 16 theaters last weekend. In comparison, "Lincoln" scored $85k per in its
limited run before opening wide.
Happy Thanksgiving—may your turkey be juicy and your tofurkey,
well, edible.
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Residence Life at Cornell
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There are 14,000 undergraduates at Cornell today. The male/female ratio is nearly equal and 40% are students of color (African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Native American). One third hail from New York State, an additional 25% from the New England and Mid-Atlantic states, 10% from the Far West, and 15% are International. The cost to attend Cornell has soared to nearly $50,000 per year in the endowed colleges; consequently two-thirds of all undergraduates receive financial aid.
Since the fall of 2001, all freshmen have been housed together on North Campus, some in new residence halls constructed on the former athletic fields in front of Helen Newman Hall. Others live in a variety of program houses -- International Living Center, Ujamma, Latino Living Center, Akwe:kon, Just About Music, Risley, or Ecology House that allow freshman and upper classmen to simultaneously live and learn together through programs designed around a specific theme. Meanwhile the U-Halls on West Campus have been demolished over the past few years and are now replaced by five brand new residential houses named after Cornell's greatest scholars. These houses provide not only state-of-the-art living facilities for upperclassmen, but a complete living/learning environment via educational, cultural, and social programs orchestrated by house deans, graduate residential assistants, faculty and staff house fellows, and internationally acclaimed visitors who spend a day or a week in-residence with students.
Cornell's Greek System remains one of the largest and strongest in the country with 39 fraternities in the Interfraternity Council, 12 sororities in the Panhellenic Association, and 15 fraternities and sororities in the Multicultural Greek Letter Council. Fraternities and sororities do remain an important part of the Cornell undergraduate experience with 30% of today's students involved in Greek life while 1,500 students reside in the Greek system. Cornell's Office of Fraternity & Sorority Affairs (OFSA) supports the personal growth, learning, health, and safety of Greek members by providing them with opportunities for leadership, self-governance, and service. Over the past few years, OFSA has been working with Greek leaders to pilot and expand the Creating Chapters of Excellence (CCE) program. We are pleased that Theta Delta Chi has become one of the 17 chapters participating in CCE. This program continues to raise the standards of fraternity and sorority performance, operations, philanthropy, leadership enrichment, cultural programming, and alumni engagement.


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Six-year-old "Awesome" Joey Fantozzi of Stroudsburg was welcomed like a king when returning home Thursday from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, which is fitting since his first nickname is "The King."
When his parents brought home back to Monroe County, Stroud Township volunteer firefighters gave Joey a ride in their brand new ladder truck from their firehouse at Stroud Mall to his North Tenth Street home, where a party complete with orange balloons and refreshments awaited.
The son of Joseph and Nicole Fantozzi, Joey was diagnosed with leukemia, a potentially fatal bone marrow cancer, at CHOP, where he had been since Sept. 29.
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GREENVILLE, SC-- Eula Elizabeth Murphy Acton, widow of Frank Acton and the daughter of the late William and Corrie Walker Murphy went to be with the Lord on July 2, 2013.
She is survived by a daughter: Nancy (Larry) Grant of Charleston, SC; a sister: Ethel Chumley of Woodruff, SC; two grandchildren: Brian (Mary) Grant and Lisa (Charles) McCutcheon; three great-grandchildren: Andrew and Will Grant, and Emily McCutcheon, all of Charleston. She was predeceased by a sister and five brothers. Funeral service will be Saturday, July 6, 2013 at 2:00 pm at Earle Street Baptist Church followed by burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be prior to the service from 12:30 - 2:00 pm in the church. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Earle Street Baptist Church, Greenville. www.woodlawn-fh.com
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SIKESTON -- While Stephen Clayton Stark's arrival Jan. 1, 2006, made him first baby of the New Year at Missouri Delta Medical Center, he followed a record setting year in the local hospital's delivery room.
For the first time in at least 10 years Missouri Delta Medical Center set a monthly delivery record of 76 babies and also delivered 608 babies in 2005. Although the number of babies delivered is 100 less than the 700-plus in 1985, hospital officials noted many changes have taken place in the practice since that time.
For example, when Dr. Anthony Poole began delivering babies at MDMC in 1983, there were about eight or 10 doctors delivering babies. Today there's a total of three -- Poole, David W. Stroud and Jennifer Nickell.
"We're delivering more (babies) than most OBs deliver, and there's just three of us," said Poole, adding he averages about seven baby deliveries a week. In the mid-1980s, only Poole and another doctor were specialized in obstetrics/gynocology at the time; the others were general or family practice doctors.
"In many places, it (family practice doctors delivering babies) became a thing of the past," Poole said. "So many of the general practice doctors were unable to afford the increase in malpractice insurance to practice OB. It was a real problem in some areas."
Poole said MDMC was fortunate enough to have six or eight family practice doctors who in the early 1980s were willing to practice obstetrics. "And a couple were as good as obstetricians as you could find -- but they were forced out because of malpractice issues," Poole said.
The biggest change over the years is the soaring malpractice-insurance premiums, malpractice insurance for the specialized doctors, Poole pointed out.
"Premiums were up high in the 1980s. They came down in the 1990s and now are back to increasing," Poole said.
Poole said he thinks the high premiums also caused a change in the number of medical students going into OB-GYN. The numbers have decreased radically over the years, he said.
"The cost of practicing has gone up and at the same time, revenue-generated third party reimbursement gone down," Poole said.
Technology has definitely improved the practice over the years, Poole said. "We're better at predicting when patients might go under pre-term labor or premature rupture of membranes or prenatal diagnosis with an ultrasound than in the 1980s," Poole said.
Missouri Delta began delivering babies when the hospital opened in 1948. In the 1990s and 2000s MDMC has averaged around 550 deliveries; last year 593 babies were delivered at the Sikeston hospital.
Leslie Evetts, maternal child nurse manager at MDMC, noted 2005 was the first time over 600 babies were delivered in a year since the current three OB-
GYNs began practicing together. She said the 76-baby record was set in December.
"Our care has been upgraded to more professional licensing than ever before," Evetts said.
Missouri Delta Medical Center was one of the first medical centers in the area to offer labor, delivery and recovery suites in the O'Bannon Family Care Center, Evetts said.
Security has also been upgraded to prevent infant abductions. "Safety and education wasn't promoted as much 20 years ago as it is today either," Evetts said.
And now there's more structured education to teach the different aspects of childbirth, Evetts noted. A registered nurse teaches beginner and refresher childbirth, sibling and breastfeeding classes. A breastfeeding lactation consultant is available for support.
Missouri Delta Medical Center provides skilled Level I and Level II nursery newborn care in the O'Bannon Family Care Center. The Level II nursery is available for those infants requiring more than routine newborn care.
MDMC patients aren't just from Sikeston. They come from all over -- any the surrounding counties of New Madrid, Mississippi, Scott and Evetts said.
"We're real good for this area," Evetts said about the Sikeston hospital. "And we're a good place to go."


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Causing a Twitter storm in the Middle East
As more than 90 per cent of corporations worldwide use social media, experts on Saturday predicted spending on advertisements through the platform would boom in Jordan and the region.
They said spending is expected to increase in the next few years as companies start to become more aware of the importance of social media platforms, which provide interaction and engagement with a wide audience across the world.
Speaking at a session during the 3rd Arab Social Media Forum, experts said businesses that use social media witnessed a 74 per cent increase in the volume of traffic on their website.
"Social media has started to take a share of corporate budgets for media campaigns and media planning," noted Firas Steitiyeh, product manager at the Online Project, a social media agency.
"Businesses need to have a presence on social media platforms and I expect the trend of relying on these platforms to rise in the near future," Steitiyeh said.
Rafah Al Khatib, CEO of Reach Holdings, shared similar thoughts.
"In 2012, corporations in Jordan and in the region allocated a small percentage of their budgets to advertising in social media, but we see a trend that they are relying on these platforms more than before," Khatib said at the session.
"In 2013 and the years to come, I predict a huge demand on social media. There are about 110 million Internet users in the Middle East, an overwhelming majority of whom use social media networks," she added.
In Jordan, where Internet penetration reached 63 per cent by the end of September, there are some 2.517 million Facebook users and more than 50,000 Twitter users.
Hazem Abu Lughod, co-founder of Prodigi, said social media platforms are the fastest growing in the region in terms of subscriber base.
"Social media platforms complement the offline presence [physical headquarters] of any business," noted Abu Lughod, whose firm is a social networking and marketing agency.
Participants at the forum, which attracted marketing and IT experts from Jordan, the region and Europe, discussed several issues, including social versus traditional media, and using the platform for social good.
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Terry Lynn Hammonds and John Joseph Vizzini announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage.
The bride-elect is the daughter of Bernice L. Hammonds of Huttonsville and the late Arthur A. Hammonds. She is a 1979 graduate of Glen Burnie High School and is employed by Belts Distribution in Pasadena, Md.
Her finance is the son of Salvatore and Trish Vizzini of Kent Island, Md., and Al and Marie Rizzutti of Ellicott City, Md. He is a 1973 graduate of Mt. Hebron High School and the owner of Vizzini's Pizza and Sub franchise in the Annapolis, Md., area.
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The wedding is planned for Dec. 22 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Glen Burnie, Md. After a honeymoon trip to Italy, the couple will reside in Annapolis, Md.


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In the wake of state budget crises, states around the country legislators are quickly proposing bills to that unfairly target affiliate marketers. Bills of this ilk are often mistakenly informally referred to as "The Amazon Tax" or "Internet Tax." But these names are misleading because the tax, which is complex and takes on many different forms, singles out just one group within the online advertising space – affiliates. We are calling it the Affiliate Nexus Tax.
Although the specific language and implementation of each bill varies from state to state, the basic concept is similar – states are attempting to define their resident affiliates as having a sales presence or "nexus" for out of state merchants in order to collect sales tax for purchases made within that state.
These bills, whether proposed or passed, are flawed at their core. The crux of the bills is predicated on the idea that affiliates are extension of a merchant's sales force and thus constitute nexus for that merchant. Not only is that premise absolute wrong, it discriminates against independent small businesses and entrepreneurs using advertising model not a sales model to generate their income. Affiliates (also known as publishers) are part of an online advertising program, in which the retailers advertising partners are paid when a specific action is completed. This model is similar to traditional display advertising in print publications or broadcast media with one key difference – how payments for advertisement are determined. Based on that truth – affiliates are simply another advertising vehicle for merchants and online merchants would not have a sales presence (or nexus) in states, and should not be required to charge sales tax.
Many online merchants have issue with this definition of nexus or cannot afford the expense of sales tax collection, and have terminated their affiliate programs in those states. In this way, they avoid nexus and are not required to collect sales tax. If merchants close their affiliate programs, the states will not generate that sales tax revenue, and small businesses will be devastated in the process.
As a result of the advertising tax laws, hundreds of online merchants have terminated their affiliate programs in New York, North Carolina and Rhode Island. In this way, they avoid nexus and are not required to collect sales tax.
If you are a merchant, please consult your legal and tax professionals to determine if you qualify for nexus in the states who passed these laws (New York, North Carolina and Rhode Island). We expect several states to propose similar laws in 2010, and legal professionals can help you plan for this eventuality.
It is estimated over 200 merchants terminated their affiliate programs in New York, to avoid the expense and unfairness of collecting sales tax for purchases made in New York. This devastated incomes in New York. Merchants followed suit in North Carolina and Rhode Island, and terminated programs well in advance, even before laws were passed.
This is a problem for all performance marketers in the US, even if legislation hasn't reached your state yet. If these nexus laws continue to spread across several states, and only target performance marketing, it may simply make it too difficult for merchants to run affiliate programs. The risk is they will shift their advertising budgets elsewhere.
The PMA is determined to fight these laws. In 2009, we combined forces with a coalition of lobbyists, and we spearheaded grassroots campaigns, in order to prevent proposed bills from becoming laws. It is the work of hundreds of affiliate businesses, who sent letters to and visited their state legislators, and who walked the halls of state capitols, that has stopped these bills from proceeding. We are not done yet, there are still battles being waged. We are committed to continue the fight.


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What Is Lissencephaly?
A typical scan of a human's brain will reveal many complicated wrinkles, folds, and grooves. This is one way the body packs a large amount of brain tissue in a relatively small space. The brain typically starts to fold during fetal development. But some babies experience a condition known as lissencephaly. In babies with this condition, the brain does not fold properly. Instead, the brain remains smooth. This condition can affect a baby's neural function, and the symptoms can be severe.
Lissencephaly is extremely rare. It occurs in 11.7 per one million births in the United States, according to The Cortical Foundation.
What Causes Lissencephaly?
Lissencephaly is considered to be primarily a genetic condition. Scientists have identified malformations in five genes as contributors to lissencephaly. They are LIS1, 14-3-3ε, DCX, RELN, and ARX. Mutations in these genes can cause varying levels of lissencephaly.
Lissencephaly typically develops when a fetus is 12 to 14 weeks old. During this time, nerve cells begin to move to other areas of the brain as it develops. For fetuses with lissencephaly, the nerve cells do not move. This affects brain development.
The condition can occur alone, but it is also associated with genetic conditions such as Miller-Dieker syndrome and Walker-Warburg syndrome.
What Are the Symptoms of Lissencephaly?
Babies born with lissencephaly may have an abnormally small head, a condition known as microlissencephaly. But not all babies with lissencephaly have this appearance. Other symptoms include:
- difficulty feeding
- failure to thrive
- intellectual impairment
- malformed fingers, toes, or hands
- muscle spasms
- psychomotor retardation
- seizures
- trouble swallowing
If one or both parents have a family history of lissencephaly, imaging scans can be performed on a fetus as early as week 20. However, weeks 25 to 30 are more common for an ultrasound to be performed. At this time, the brain should be developing folds.
How Is Lissencephaly Diagnosed?
If a baby experiences symptoms related to brain development, a physician may recommend an imaging scan after birth to examine the brain. This includes ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. If lissencephaly is the cause, a physician will typically grade the degree to which the brain is affected.
Brain smoothness is called agyria, and brain thickening is called pachgyria. A grade 1 diagnosis means that a child has generalized agyria or that most of the brain is affected (The Cortical Foundation, 2012). This occurrence is very rare and results in the most severe symptoms and delays.
Most affected children have grade 3 lissencephaly. This condition results in thickening on the front and sides of the brain and some agyria throughout the brain.
How Is Lissencephaly Treated?
Lissencephaly cannot be reversed. Treatments aim to support and comfort affected children. For example, children who have difficulty feeding and swallowing may require a gastrostomy tube. This is a tube that is inserted directly into a child's stomach. If a child experiences hydrocephalus, or an excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid, a surgical procedure that shunts fluid away from the brain may be necessary.
If a child experiences seizures as a result of lissencephaly, he or she may require medications to control seizures.
What Is the Prognosis for a Patient With Lissencephaly?
The outlook for a child with lissencephaly depends on the condition's severity. For example, severe cases may result in the child failing to develop mentally beyond a three- to-five month old function. Children with severe lissencephaly have a life expectancy of about 10 years, according to The National Institute of Neurological Disorders. Common causes of death include aspiration (choking on) food or fluids, respiratory disease, or seizures.
Children with mild lissencephaly can experience near-normal development and brain function.


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If you have already made up your mind on totally embracing pot, yes, I would like to confuse you with the facts and encourage you to partially embrace pot. Marijuana is 50 years behind alcohol in being studied and regulated. Are fools rushing in?
Fact I: In Washington state, the driving arrests for marijuana have doubled.
Fact 2: A study finds: Stoned driving fatalities have tripled in California, Hawaii. New Hampshire, Rhode Island and West Virginia.
Fact 3: An Eagle County deputy stated at a public meeting that the 5 nanograms for impaired driving was pulled out of the air. The expert in Avon says 1 or 2 nanograms causes impairment.
Fact 4: In Edwards, there are 11 schools. The vehicular traffic is 20,002,000 per year on Highway 6. Bicycles travel on Highway 6.
Fact 5: A hint to the wise is sufficient. A Slifer Realtor reported that an out-of-state client of his won't now buy in Eagle County because of pot. He further reported that he knows of other instances. Could this be the beginning of a trend?
Fact 6: The CEO of Vail Resorts said the resort is committed to keeping the place family friendly. Should Eagle County do likewise?
Fact 7: Our assessor reports that the housing market is stagnant and he does not look for improvement.
Fact 8: The stated goal of the drug czars is to rival the ski industry, stating that marijuana users stay in hotels, eat in restaurants and seek entertainment as they visit. We need home buyers. This drives them away!
Fact 9: There are several developments that have been approved — Wolcott, Haymeadow and Eagle River Station, to name three. Families buy homes and add to the tax base. They also do business with businesses.
Why not declare Highway 6 as "safe" and not sell recreational marijuana on it. I have no problem with local responsible users. I believe they would like to be safe, also. I further believe they would like to protect young minds.
I further believe that "Safe on Six" would send a message that Eagle County would like to be known as family friendly. How many families would like to move out of pot-infested Denver, Summit and Pitkin counties?
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Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Music/Lyrics: Lennon/McCartney
Vocals: Instrumental
Original Artist: The Beatles
Original Album: Rubber Soul (1965)
Historian: Ellis Godard
Phish has quoted this Lennon/McCartney sweetness in some rollicking places, such as "Possum" (5/13/90), "Tweezer" (12/1/94 and 8/6/96), "Taste" (dead-on at 10/27/96, and in reminiscent soloing in many '96-97 versions), and "Weekapaug Groove" (12/18/99) – songs about getting run over, frozen, starved, and left out. While never played in full, they gave it more than a measure or two of teases during 11/23/85, within an extended jam of "Whipping Post," a raging roar for redemption in the midst of Mike's "epiphany" show. But none of these six appearances were out of place: Each signaled a moment (and in a show) where the intense became soothing and the explosive became uniting, as if to ask (as the original did), "Isn't it good?"


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I can't say it isn't what I expected, but I didn't expect it either. It's very unassuming.
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BROCKVILLE, Ont. - Via Rail passengers are bracing for more disruptions on the Toronto-to-Montreal and Toronto-to-Ottawa routes today after Thursday's derailment of a CN freight train near Brockville, Ont.
Via said in a tweet that six morning trains will be replaced by buses.
The rail company said line clearance is expected by noon ET and service is to resume gradually through the afternoon with some delays expected.
Charter buses transported passengers Thursday following the accident near the eastern Ontario city at about 4 a.m. About 3,600 passengers were affected Thursday alone.
Meanwhile, CN says crews are still clearing derailed cars and investigating the incident along with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
CN spokeswoman Lindsay Fedchyshyn said no one was injured when 25 cars on a 68-car eastbound freight train derailed.
She said the train was hauling two loaded automobile carriers, five cars containing carbon powder and 13 unloaded fuel tank cars.


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Jordan Eberle scored 10 seconds into the game and Sam Gagner netted the shootout winner as the Edmonton Oilers won 3-2 over the San Jose Sharks at HP Pavilion on Tuesday night.
Ryan Smyth scored the other Oilers goal while Jim Vandermeer and Ryane Clowe tallied for San Jose.
It didn't take the Oilers long to get on the board as Dan Boyle mishandled a dump-in by Ryan Whitney 10 seconds into the opening period. Whitney's dump-in hit the stick of Gagner and took a weird bounce which fooled Boyle. Jordan Eberle skated in to pick up the puck and swat it past Sharks netminder Antti Niemi.
The Sharks came right back to tie it three minutes later. Jim Vandermeer teed up a blast from the left point past Devan Dubnyk glove side to make it 1-1. Boyle kept the puck in after the Oilers tried to clear the zone.
San Jose continued to carry the play as the period continued. Shots on goal 14 minutes into the frame were 11 to 4 for the Sharks.
Ales Hemsky had a chance to put the Oilers back in front with about four minutes to play in the period. He drove to the net with the puck and tried to cut in front but was chopped down before he could make his move.
Gagner also had a great opportunity in the final minute, getting set up with a perfect feed from Taylor Hall and an open side but he just missed the net.
Shots after 20 minutes were 12 to 7 for the Sharks.
The middle frame got off to a slow start, with two shots on goal for the Sharks and one for the Oilers in the period's opening five minutes.
Edmonton started to pick up their play as the period reached the midway point, carrying the play into the Sharks end more often but as of the 11-minute mark still no bona fide scoring chance.
Linus Omark tried to get something going in the latter half of the period, buzzing around the Sharks end for most of his shift. he fired two shots during the shift, tying him with Eberle for the team lead in that category to that point in the game with three.
With 4:41 to go in the second, Dubnyk mishandled a Sharks dump-in. It was quickly scooped up behind the net by Logan Couture and fed out to Ryane Clowe in front. Clowe quickly converted it into the back of the net to give San Jose a 2-1 lead.
54 seconds later, Ryan Smyth tipped in a Jeff Petry blast from the left point while perched in front of the net to put Edmonton back on even terms at 2-2.
After being outshot in the opening frame, the Oilers returned the favour in the second, outshooting San Jose 11 to 5.
The Oilers pressed for the go-ahead goal early in the third. Shawn Horcoff was robbed by Niemi as the Sharks netminder was sprawled out and spread out his pads to make the big stop.
Moments later, Justin Braun tried to clear the puck out but ended up clearing it over the glass to give Edmonton the game's first power play on either side.
On the ensuing man advantage, Edmonton buzzed around the Sharks goal but could not pounce on the loose puck as it danced around the crease. About a minute in, Horcoff received a tripping minor to negate the Oilers power play and eventually put the Sharks on a five-on-four.
With 42 seconds left in the Horcoff minor, Ryan Jones was also sent off, putting San Jose on a two-man advantage.
The Oilers penalty killers did a good job keeping the game knotted at 2-2. Shortly after the penalty to Jones expired, Joe Pavelski wired a shot off the post behind Dubnyk.
Shots in the third period were 12 to 6 for San Jose, mirroring the opening frame but neither team scored, sending the game to overtime.
Midway through the extra frame, Jordan Eberle made some nice moves with the puck to try and get position in the Sharks end but could not turn that into a scoring chance.
The only two shots in the period came off the Oilers' sticks as overtime solved nothing.
Joe Pavelski was stopped by Dubnyk, while Jordan Eberle rang his attempt off the post.
Dubnyk denied Michal Handzus and Sam Gagner scored to put the Oilers in front in the showdown with a seeing-eye shot that made it past Niemi.
Brent Burns was denied by Dubnyk to give the Oilers the win.