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Help! There's a slice of Bavarian chocolate cheesecake in the fridge!
I have been saying yes to a lot of not-primal things lately. Today I am going to only say yes to Primal foods.
My coffee is really tasty this morning, and I have been saying NO to going out and getting a pack of cigarettes to enjoy with my tasty beverage (haven't smoked for a month).
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Goal: Feel good, be active!
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Everquest Progression Server Leveling Guide
This section is for my Everquest Progression Server Leveling Guide. For each expansion I will update this page and my Leveling Guide to reflect the changes that each expansion brings. This guide will most likely always cover the newest expansion and the zones that come with it as that is where most of the people will be grouping. As I update this page and my leveling guide I will archive the old expansions' leveling guide. This will make it easy for you to find a leveling guide for whatever expansion you are currently in.
The only reason I am archiving the guides for each expansion is incase Sony does another Progression Server in the future or has another special ruleset type server where the guides will be useful once again. As always; with all of my guides, if you see anything that needs to be updated or you would like to add something yourself you can get into contact with me directly through the "Submit A Guide" button at the bottom of each page of my website.
Older Leveling Guides:
Everquest Classic Leveling Guide
Below this line I will try and always keep the most up to date guide as each server progresses through later X-pacs.
Everquest Kunark Leveling Guide
Well it's that time! Kunark is now around on both servers so here, lets get started with a leveling guide!
Halflings 1 - 10 Misty Thicket
Dark Elves 1 - 10 Nektulos
Wood Elves, High Elves & Half Elves who start in Greater Faydark 1 - 5 Gfay 5 - 13 Crushbone
Gnomes 1 - 5 Steamfont 5 - 13 Crushbone
Dwarves 1 - 5 Butcherblock 5 - 13 Crushbone
Iksars will want to do 1 - 15 Field of Bone and eventually venture into Kunark in the mid to late teens alone or early teens with companions. This new route will most likely have a lot of players though and if you don't want competition I recommend hanging back at expansion launch.
Everyone knows the first 15 levels by now so I won't waste too much time on them.
Kurns Tower is good starting around level 8
Let's start at the areas I recommend 15 - 25.
Kunark Leveling Guide 15 - 25
If you're down for a blast to the past I still definitely recommend the undead isle in Ocean of Tears. This island is pretty much by far my favorite leveling location for this level range for awhile. You can get the whole isle to yourself if you want (which is great for someone like me) and since the zone is so large there's always a pick or two open for it!
Here is the map below in case you forget! Also here's a link to a very informative guide on the location!
Also for 10 - 18 in Kunark you have Kurn's Tower. You can also do Unrest or Befallen/Najena - most of these classic zones won't have many people in them which is perfect for boxers, if you want zones with people at Kunark launch I highly recommend you stick to kunark content.
South Karana Leveling Location
Kurn's Tower Leveling Location (guide was written for live)
Warsliks Woods 15 - 25
Kunark Leveling Guide 25 - 35
For the late 20s I highly recommend you visit up The Overthere and try and get a group. Aside from Overthere, - City of Mist is usually really good during the Kunark era. Those are the two zones I recommend for grouping, if you're soloing or a boxer Mistmoore will be good if you have the gear or ability to control/handle adds. Upper guk/early Lguk too. A solo player will want to stick to smokes in lavastorm or soloing in a more open Kunark zone like Dreadlands or Overthere.
Be wary in The Overthere at night as guards walk around and will slaughter you if they see you!
Crypt of Dalnir 28 - 35
Lake of Ill Omen (Soloers/Boxers/Groups/Kiters) - You have tons of room to kite + actual camps here. Can also work on your Howling Stones key via Jade Chokadai Prod
Kunark Leveling Guide 35 - 45
Old Sebilis (Dungeon Crawl) Grouping/Boxers, social/antisocial zone
City of Mist (Dungeon Crawl) Boxers/Groups, antisocial zone
The Overthere (SF Ramp) Boxers/Groups/Kiters - the side of the zone that has the skyfire ZL is good for kiters/small boxers. XP gets really slow around 33
Crypt of Dalnir (Dungeon Crawl) 30 - 35 antisocial zone
Cazic Thule (Dungeon Crawl/Camp) Groups/Boxers - Dark Forge Armor quests are done here. Lizard Scale Cloak - Lizard Scale Mantle - are a few good drops
Lower Guk (Dungeon Crawl/Camp) - Groups/Boxers, antisocial zone - It's now a perfect time for you to learn camps like Mithril Runed Tunic, Shining Metallic Robes, Flowing Black Silk Sash, and the zone!
Ocean of Tears (Cyclops) - Groups/Boxers/Solo, antisocial Zone
Karnor's Castle (Dungeon Crawl) Boxers/Groups, antisocial zone
Dreadlands - Boxers/Groups/Kiters/Solo, antisocial zone (Mostly field killing)
Mistmoore (Dungeon Crawl) - Boxers/Groups, antisocial zone
Temple of Droga (Dungeon Crawl) - Boxers/Groups, antisocial zone
Kunark Leveling Guide 45 - 60
Old Sebilis (Dungeon Crawl) - Boxers/Groups, social + antisocial zone - This is some of the best XP you can get in the game for Kunark the juggs also will make you rich. For 6 - 12 boxers I strongly recommend this zone as a dungeon crawl experience.
The whole right wing (where Disco 1 + 2 is) is great for lower level boxers/groups in here. The left wing is about the same level but I hate the slippery floor over there and it's much more of a nightmare to navigate than the disco area. The center area (Crypt) is generally always camped and isn't the best XP - mostly nameds.
The "underneath" part of old seb, juggs, myoconids, that's where the money/fun is at. Once you're 55+ you should venture down here and camp the King or protector/tolpumaj
Chardok (Dungeon Crawl) - Boxers/Groups, antisocial zone - This is a dungeon crawl type zone for boxers, can be lots of fun and quite profitable too. (I will post a more detailed description of this zone after I venture there)
Burning Woods - Boxers/Groups/Kiters/Solo, social zone - great and wide open for kiters; not only that but this zone is a hotspot for people 50 - 54. If you are in this level range and here you ... here comes the double negative ... can't not find a group!
Ocean of Tears (Elite Goblin Isle) - Boxers/Groups, antisocial zone (This place will be so desolate at the launch of Kunark that it's probably one of the best locations for just being left alone)
Skyfire Mountains (Solo Dragons) - Boxers/Kiters, social zone - good for kiters and the dragons also have a chance of dropping Kunark spells which can be very valuable
The Hole (Dungeon Crawl) - Boxers/Groups, antisocial zone . Not many people will venture here in kunark - small boxers can do Idol of the Underking and loam elementals/rock golems but it will take a bit more for you to handle the undead which drop withered.
Howling Stones (Dungeon Crawl) - Boxers/Groups, antisocial zone. There are no set named spawn locations really in this zone either, they can spawn randomly throughout the wings. Also to correct a few mistakes on the internet Enshrouded Veil, Golden Bracer, Stein of Tears, Melodious Truncheon are all zone wide rare items, they don't drop off of nameds or out of any specific wing. I am 100% sure on this. Although the Truncheon is MUCH more common off golems than any other mob I have found.
South wing is the most profitable to farm because of Hand of the Reaper and Fingerbone Hoop.

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This interdisciplinary arts conference features presentations on topics relating to and stimulated by the work of the group of Oxford authors known as The Inklings—including C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams, and J.R.R. Tolkien, as well as friends such as Dorothy L. Sayers, and their literary mentors, earlier writers such as George MacDonald and G.K. Chesterton.
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co-directors Monika Hilder, Ph.D., and Stephen Dunning, Ph.D.
The Verge is a scholarly initiative of TWU's School of the Arts, Media + Culture aimed at exploring interdisciplinary intersections of the arts with various other disciplines and cultural concerns. Past conference themes have addressed issues such as the environment, ethics, knowing, social action, and identity.
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There have been independent studies that prove there is very little of any kind of harmful elements in the vapor expelled from a vaping device*. In fact, those levels are little more than what you would breath in air anyway! What's more, generally people end up using LITTLE TO NO nicotine whatsoever in their juices. It allows people to get away from the thousands of harmful toxins and poisons present in tobacco smoke, and actually CONTROL their level of nicotine, and break the psychological triggers that are incurred from the smoking habit. The sensation of vaping is only remotely similar to smoking, but it's close enough that it can replace the sensation (somewhat) of smoking thereby allowing a smoker to satisfy that craving.
If you or anyone you know or love have had issues with smoking, then you know the ramifications that can come from smoking. SMOKING IS DEADLY! Don't let this happen to others; allow them to break this habit! Please, SUPPORT VAPING even if you don't smoke or vape already. This has helped thousands of people worldwide, and can help many more. Don't let big business lobbying and misinformed legislation kill another person! Attend council meetings and speak out, write letters, send faxes. Make your voice known.
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2016 ERSL Referee Appointment Policy
As approved at the 2015 AGM
document shall be an annex to the ERSL Terms of League Operations (TOLO).
Referee Appointments
All referee appointments shall be made in Ref Centre and all
referees must complete their game report in Ref Centre. Ref Centre is
integrated with the ERSL's League Management System, and the Referee's game
report is a fundamental part of league operations, including the Discipline
system. Referee appointments shall be made in accordance with the OSA Referee Appointments
Classification Table, and the additional requirements set forth
in this Policy.
Delegation of Referee Appointments
U13 to U18 Centre Referees
Assignment and payment of Referees for U13 to U18 games is delegated to the
EODSA and SOSA.
U13 to U18 Assistant Referees
Assignment and payment of Assistant Referees for U13 to U18 games is delegated
to the Home Club and is mandatory for all ERSL Regional and
District Competitive League games and ER Cup/Shield games.
U9 to U12 Centre Referees
Assignment and payment of Referees for U9 to 12 games is delegated to Home
Clubs. Assistant referees are suggested but not mandatory.
Referee Payment
The EODSA Schedule of Referee Fees will be used for all ERSL games, regardless
of the District the game is played in. Referee payment is the responsibility of
the delegated District or the delegated Home Club.
and Abandoned Games
The ERSL utilizes the EODSA
Policy for Abandoned and Canceled games.
The Club of any team who causes
the abandonment or cancellation of a game will pay the referee fees for that
game and any other applicable fees or fines as outlined in the ERSL Fees and
Fines Schedule.
In the event that a game is
abandoned before completion due to circumstances outside of the control of
either team, including but not limited to inclement weather, the referee fees
for the abandoned game will be split and paid 50% by each team's Club.
ERSL Referee Competency
addition to the OSA Referee Appointments Classification Table, the ERSL
requires the following:
1. Youth
Referees (14-15 yrs) - Prior to being appointed as a Referee for an ERSL match,
each Youth Referee must have completed 10 appointments;
2. District
Referees (16 yrs or older) - Prior to being appointed as a Referee for an ERSL
match, each District Referee must have completed 5 appointments; and
3. Assistant
Referees -Prior to being appointed as an Assistant Referee for an ERSL
match, each youth referee* must attend the ERSL Assistant Referee Training every other year.
*A youth referee is a referee
who has passed the entry level but is under 16 years of age - they are
reclassified to a District referee automatically on their 16th birthday.
Referee Review
The ERSL has each team complete a game feedback report that
includes questions about the referee. This feedback, in conjunction with other
documentation received by the ERSL, the EODSA and member clubs, will be used by
the ERSL Referees Committee to determine if there are any deficiencies in
conduct or performance on the part of individual referees. The ERSL Director of
Referees will work with the District Referee Coordinators and Club Head
Referees to resolve these issues.
Excluding Referees from
ERSL Game Appointments
The ERSL reserves the right to exclude individual referees from
being assigned to specific ERSL Divisions, or all ERSL Divisions. Before such a
decision is made, the ERSL Director of Referees will ensure all efforts are
made with the Referee, the DRC and the Club Head Referee, if applicable, to
resolve identified deficiencies. The deficiencies, and efforts to address the
identified deficiencies' will be documented, and discussed with the referee,
prior to the referee being excluded from ERSL game appointments.
1. Referee's
failing to submit their game report in Ref Centre in accordance with the
League's Rules and Regulations will be referred to the appropriate District for
2. Failure
of the Home Club to assign a Referee or Assistant Referee in Ref Centre shall
result in a fine equal to twice the Referee's fee set out in the EODSA Schedule
of Fees; and
3. Failure
of the Home Club to assign a Referee or Assistant Referee in accordance with
the OSA Referee Appointments Classification Table, and the additional requirements
set forth in this Policy, shall result in a fine equal to twice the Referee's
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White House tours resume Nov. 5
Public tours of the White House, canceled earlier this year because of budget cuts, are resuming next month on a limited basis.
The self-guided tours of the ground floor, first floor and East Wing of the White House are to resume Nov. 5 and continue through Jan. 15. Tours will be allowed an average of three days a week, down from five, said the Secret Service, which is responsible for White House security.
The White House scrapped the tours after mandatory budget cuts took effect in March. The cuts affected many government departments and agencies, including the Secret Service, which then told the White House its options included cutting the tours or furloughing officers as a result.
Secret Service officers are stationed in rooms along the tour to provide security and help tourists.
The Secret Service said this month the tours can resume at a reduced pace under a temporary funding bill President Barack Obama signed Oct. 17 for the budget year that began Oct. 1. The bill fully reopened the government after a 16-day partial shutdown brought on by a spending impasse between the Obama administration and Congress.
That funding runs out Jan. 15, same as the tours, which raises the possibility that the tours could be reduced or canceled again if Obama and lawmakers can't agree on spending for the rest of the budget year.
"Last year's sequestration came midway through the fiscal year, and we were unable to adjust or reallocate remaining funding to continue tours while still ensuring enough funding remained to meet all operational needs and avoid furloughing our employees," said Secret Service spokesman George Ogilvie. In light of the new fiscal year, Ogilvie said the agency was confident that the tours can operate at a reduced level while still meeting operational requirements.
Members of the public who want free tickets for public tours of the White House should contact their representatives in Congress. The green, red and blue rooms, the State Dining Room and the East Room are among the stops on that tour.
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the act of ejaculating on the pillow, following sex in another person's bed, and leaving it for them to find.
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A man has been shot in the leg, according to police.
Officers were on scene at the 700 block of Prospect Avenue Monday afternoon.
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All hotels in Denpasar, Indonesia
1 room, 2 adults
Jl Danau Tamblingan 89, Denpasar, Bali, 80228, Indonesia, 866-539-8122
Bali Hyatt - Denpasar
This property will be closed from 14 November 2013 until further notice for renovations and will resume operation once the renovation is complete.
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- Standard Room, 2 Single Beds, Ocean View
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Shamhat & The Shaman
August 25, 2016 By Guest Contributor Leave a Comment
If we respond to fear-mongering by dropping into fear (collective panic) and using the language of conflict in response, we remain locked into an old polarized pattern, we continue an ancient dance. [Read more…]
Polytheism's Future
August 21, 2016 By Ryan Smith Leave a Comment
Author's note: this is based on the remarks I prepared for the plenary panel at Many Gods West 2016. While not all of what is in here was read off in discussion, partially because I prefer to adapt and adjust my thoughts when speaking publicly but also due to simple nervousness, this is a summation [Read More…]
What Was Your First Pagan Book?
August 4, 2016 By Pagan Voices Leave a Comment
What was your first Pagan book and how big of an effect did it have on you? We asked our writers here at Patheos Pagan that very question and got some surprising answers. [Read more…]
Celebrating the First Harvest: Patheos Pagan Writers on Lammas
July 29, 2016 By Pagan Voices Leave a Comment
Patheos Pagan Writers share their thoughts on Lammas, the first harvest. [Read more…]
Solar Deities Throughout History
June 21, 2016 By Jason Mankey Leave a Comment
For as long as humans have existed on this Earth, their various civilizations have developed religious beliefs surrounding the importance of the Sun. [Read more…]
Self Love and Polyamory
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My path to being polyamorous started before I knew it had. If I am honest with myself and all of my past relationships and lovers, polyamory is something I always needed yet never had a term for. [Read more…]
On Inclusive Practice
May 13, 2016 By Ryan Smith Leave a Comment
The following is the transcript of a speech given by the author at the Berkeley Pagan Alliance Festival on May 7th, 2016. Some of you have heard the work that I've done on antiracism and antifascism in the Heathen community and the Pagan community. Instead of talking about what we work against I think it [Read More…]
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When we began the work of establishing spiritual connections with the land we quickly realized that we needed to gain an understanding of the spiritual character of our people. The work and discussions that followed culminated in a night of trance and divinatory work reaching out for a God to come forward to stand as our divine ancestor, a father to stand with us in a sacred marriage to the land.
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The first time Mike Stauffer saw Aaron Nola pitch was in 2010 at a showcase tournament in Florida, and that is when the Phillies' Southeast area scout started his notes file. There was no "wow" moment for Stauffer. He built a relationship with the family.
Then, when the top Phillies executives deemed Nola a candidate for the seventh overall pick in the draft, their scouts saw Nola themselves. A pair of Phillies eyes saw every one of Nola's 16 starts this season for Louisiana State University but one. They witnessed composure and fastball command.
They did not see much emotion. The 21-year-old righthander once told Stauffer, "I always wanted to pump my fist, but that ain't me. I do it inside." And that, Stauffer said, is what he loves about Nola.


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a drug dealer, specifically one who deals narcotics
taken from the Spanish word "narcotraficante"
taken from the Spanish word "narcotraficante"
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A narcotics officer.
Also see narc
Also see narc
Damn narco busted Earl for meth.
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Drug traffickers from Colombia thta worked for drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 80's.
I better get some coke from those narcos man!
dari JoseE. Senin, 25 Oktober 2004
a drug dealer, specifically one who deals narcotics
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The coolest guy ever to walk the face of the earth.
"Man, i just got my a** whooped by Narcos on Soul Calibur II, and now i'm scared to leave the house!"
dari FunkyMunkyMasta Senin, 08 September 2003
tired like narcoleptic, as if you would fall asleep randomly
im so narco..... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Some stupid 10 year old kid who always smells like he came from the dumpster.
Narcos is just plain rotten
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Blue's Egg, Satellite Crepes to make breakfast at Milwaukee County farmers market
In a flurry of activity, more vendors have signed up this week to participate in the Milwaukee County Winter Farmers Market, which returns for its fourth season on Saturday in the Tommy Thompson Youth Center at State Fair Park.
Also new this year: the food cart Satellite Crepes and the breakfast-and-lunch restaurant Blue's Egg will be at the market, making breakfast for shoppers. (You can see on the market's website which days they'll be there.) »Read Full Blog Post(7)
Milwaukee's new arts season satisfies diverse range of tastes
Milwaukee's new performing arts season will be as epic as "Ragtime" and as lyrical as Emily Dickinson, as massive as Present Music's band of 99 and as intimate as two guys playing cello.
And it may surprise you: The two guys playing cello may be louder than the band of 99. »Read Full Article(2)
A three-star night at the Iron Horse
Coming over the 6th St. viaduct last night, there were already hints that it'd be an interesting night. The big Harley-Davidson anniversary fete might be a few weeks away still, but more riders than usual were sidled up side-by-side at the Harley-Davidson Museum.
Bike night at the Iron Horse Hotel, just up the road and a home away from home for riders, was roaring. Sure enough, there were more leather-clad and tattooed bikers in "the yard" than most weeks. »Read Full Blog Post
Alchemist's 'Burden of Being' Has Promise, Needs Work
Aaron Bradway (Michael David Stoddard) is at the top of the world: college-bound class valedictorian and boyfriend to Princess (Rachael Zientek), class diva. While Princess is human and Aaron is a puppet monster resembling a young Yoda, that's no barrier when one is starting out and confident of success.
But even the title of Robby McGhee's "The Burden of Being" — the new puppet musical that opened Thursday night at Alchemist Theatre — hints at what we all learn, somewhere between high school and 30: Life, as one character informs Aaron, throws us curve balls. »Read Full Article
24 hours: Stuff for your Milwaukee weekend to-do list
Noon Friday
The Mitchell Park Domes will look as pretty as a picture during this weekend's fine art and fine craft festival with a plein-air art competition. Bands provide music. »Read Full Article
'Legend of Zelda' symphony coming to Riverside Nov. 23
"Legend of Zelda" fans, get ready to rock--again.
"The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses, Second Quest"--an orchestral concert inspired by the Nintendo video game series, complete with visual accompaniment--is coming to the Riverside Theater Nov. 23. »Read Full Article
15 noteworthy sandwiches in Milwaukee
Great sandwiches this summer at Love Handle on the east side and Bavette in the Third Ward got me thinking about other sandwiches I have known and loved around town. Before long, I had a healthy list.
Far from an exhaustive compilation of every great sandwich in and around Milwaukee, this list comprises the best sandwiches I've had lately, beyond those at the two new restaurants. Some I first had a decade ago, or even longer; some are more recent happy discoveries. »Read Full Article(8)
On Tap for Today: Time to abide and be Irish
As if you need another reason to love Friday, we have more.
Irish Fest gets into full swing today on the Summerfest grounds. Music, dance and Celtic culture. Who needs more? »Read Full Blog Post


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A ruling in an animal abuse case in Oregon should have far-reaching ramifications because the Supreme Court of that state ruled recently that pets are not just "mere" property. The case involved the conviction of a dog owner who was starving her pet. In this instance the owner had appealed her conviction for second-degree neglect because a veterinarian had drawn the dog's blood (without her permission).
According to the Court's summary of the case:
The case at issue began in 2010, when an informant told the Oregon Humane Society that Amanda L. Newcomb was beating her dog, failing to properly feed it and keeping it in a kennel for many hours a day. An animal-cruelty investigator went to Newcomb's apartment in December 2010 and, once invited in, saw "Juno" in the yard with "no fat on his body." The dog, the investigator reported, "was kind of eating at random things in the yard, and trying to vomit."
The investigator asked why, and Newcomb said she was out of dog food but that she was going to get more that night, according to the summary of the case.
The investigator believed that defendant had neglected Juno. He asked her for permission to take the dog in for medical care, but defendant, who thought her dog looked healthy, refused and became irate. The officer therefore took protective custody of Juno without defendant's consent, both as evidence of the neglect and because of the "strong possibility" that Juno needed medical treatment. He transported Juno to the Humane Society, where Juno would be housed and medically treated as appropriate. From medical tests, the officer expected also to be able to determine whether neglect charges were warranted or whether Juno should be returned to defendant.
The vet gave Juno food, charted his weight and measured his rapid weight gain over several days. The vet also drew Juno's blood and ruled out any disease. The investigator concluded nothing was wrong with the dog other than it was very hungry.
Newcomb was then convicted of second-degree animal neglect, a misdemeanor. Among other problems with the conviction, Newcomb argued, authorities violated her constitutional rights to be protected from unreasonable searches of property by drawing blood from her dog. Under Oregon law, animals are defined as property.
The prosecutor Adam Gibbs had argued that taking the dog to the veterinarian office was similar to care in suspected child-abuse cases. And further argued that a dog is not a container—like an inanimate piece of property—that requires a warrant. Rather, Gibbs argued that a dog "doesn't contain anything"—and that what's inside a dog is just "more dog."
The Supreme Court's ruling agreed with his, stating that the chemical composition of Juno's blood was not "information" that Newcomb "placed in Juno for safekeeping or to conceal from view."
And concluded that the "defendant had no protected privacy interest in Juno's blood that was invaded by the medical procedures performed." And while dogs are considered personal property in Oregon, the ownership rights aren't the same as with inanimate property, imposing other limits. "Those limitations, too, are reflections of legal and social norms. Live animals under Oregon law are subject to statutory welfare protections that ensure their basic minimum care, including veterinary treatment. The obligation to provide that minimum care falls on any person who has custody and control of a dog or other animal."
Also interestingly the court added,
"As we continue to learn more about the interrelated nature of all life, the day may come when humans perceive less separation between themselves and other living beings than the law now reflects. However, we do not need a mirror to the past or a telescope to the future to recognize that the legal status of animals has changed and is changing still[.]"
See the full opinion here.
Wellness: Food & Nutrition
A vet speaks out on genetically modified pet food.
Most dogs now dine on some type of genetically modified (GM) food, often in the form of corn and soy in their kibble. As these ingredients increasingly enter the food supply, we have one more reason to wonder if our shopping choices might be harming our pets.
More animal feeding studies are needed, experts say, and a recent long-term, peer-reviewed report points out why. It found that a diet of GM corn and soy led to higher rates of severe stomach inflammation in pigs, which are physiologically similar to dogs.
Robert Silver, DVM, a Boulder, Colo., holistic vet, tackled the issue earlier this year when he presented his paper, "Genetically Modified Food and Its Impact on Pet Health" at the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association conference in Kansas City, Mo. Why did he choose this controversial topic, one that few vets even acknowledge?
Silver—a pioneer in the field of holistic veterinary medical practice—says he was inspired by a seminar he attended in Boulder on GM foods and human health. The speakers included Don Huber, a Purdue University professor, and activist Jeffrey Smith, who discussed problems, including reproductive difficulties, that have occurred in livestock fed GM crops.
"I found this seminar mind-opening," says Silver, the lone vet in attendance. "I had always believed the PR about GM foods—that they are going to feed the world and are a good outcome of our genetic technology."
The Food and Drug Administration, which regulates the safety of GM crops consumed by humans and animals, considers most GM plants "substantially equivalent" to traditional plants and "generally recognized as safe." Their regulation involves a voluntary consultation process with the developer before products are brought to market.
Smith, founder of the Institute for Responsible Technology, disagrees. On its website (responsibletechnology.org), he warns that "nearly all GM crops are described as 'pesticide plants.' They either tolerate doses of weed killer, such as Roundup, or produce an insecticide called Bt-toxin. In both cases, the added toxin—weed killer or bug killer—is found inside the corn or soybeans we consume."
Silver says that while "allergies, GI problems, increased risk of cancer, neurodegenerative conditions" and other ills could all be, in part, related to GM foods, "there is no objective evidence of this yet" in dogs. "However, all vets will agree that there has been an uptick in [these diseases] in the past 10 to 20 years." The advent of GM foods in the 1990s "fits into this timing of disease increases," he says.
His presentation referred to studies that raise doubt about the safety of biotech crops, such as one reported in 1996 in the New England Journal of Medicine, which found that genes inserted into crops can carry with them allergenic properties.
Silver says that genetic modification introduces foreign proteins that may encourage allergies, and the widely planted Bt corn, which makes its own insecticide, "could possibly cause leaky gut, the gateway to chronic disease." Corn is a major component of most commercial pet foods. "The big problem with commercial foods is that they are manufactured at high temperatures and pressures," which alters them and makes them "potentially more allergenic." And commercial foods contain industrial ingredients that are "more likely to contain GM and herbicide contaminants."
A study published last year found that GM crops engineered to withstand the toxic herbicide Roundup must now be doused with even more herbicide, since weeds have also developed resistance to it. Residues of these chemicals on crops can find their way into pet food.
A 2013 study published in the science journal Entropy reports that the heavy use of Roundup could be linked to Parkinson's, autism, infertility and cancers. It goes on to report that residues of Roundup in food can interact with, and enhance, the damaging effects of other environmental toxins. "Negative impact on the body is insidious and manifests slowly over time as inflammation damages cellular systems throughout the body," the study's researchers say.
According to Silver, heightened sensitivity to dietary ingredients "is probably what we are seeing with GM foods. It is of concern that this may be driving the increase in GI problems in pets." Although gluten probably does account for some problems with grain consumption, "I think that grain-free diets, if they are also soy free and contain protein from animals not fed GM crops, can help many dogs, due to being GM free—and not due to some allergy or gluten issue."
To a holistic doctor, food is medicine, and Silver strongly recommends home meal preparation from individually sourced ingredients to avoid feeding GM ingredients, especially to pets who have other health problems. "I am truly a holistic practitioner in that I believe an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
Benbrook, C.M. 2012. Impacts of genetically engineered crops on pesticide use in the U.S.—the first 16 years. Environmental Sciences Europe 24: 24.
Ordlee, J., et al. 1996. Identification of a Brazil-nut allergen in transgenic soybeans. The New England Journal of Medicine 334: 688–692.
Samsel, A., and S. Seneff. 2013. Glyphosate's suppression of cytochrome P450 enzymes and amino acid biosynthesis by the gut microbiome: Pathways to modern diseases. Entropy 15 (4): 1416–1463.
Good Dog: Behavior & Training
It's now legal to break into cars to rescue pets and people
The governor of Florida just signed a law making it legal to break into a car to rescue a person or a pet who is "in imminent danger of suffering harm." It applies to vulnerable people and pets (including cats and dogs), but does not apply to farm animals. Many people and pets die each year because they have been left in overheating cars, so this law could save many lives. It is especially important in a hot southern state like Florida with the summer months approaching.
The law specifies procedures that must be followed in order for a person breaking into a car to be protected from civil liability for damage to the vehicle. If you are trying to help someone in danger, here's what you should know about the law. It is required that you check that the car is locked before breaking in. If you do break in, the law requires that you do so with the minimum force necessary. You are required to call 911 or law enforcement before or immediately after rescuing the person or pet from the car, and you must stay with the rescued pet or the person until first responders arrive.
I'm delighted to know that Floridians are now protected by this law if they see an individual in danger in a car and choose to act. Many people would rescue the pet or person regardless of the risk to themselves, but it's far better to give legal protection to such potential heroes.
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A little girl and her service dog vs a school board
The US Justice Department filed suit yesterday against a public school district in upstate New York for refusing to permit a student with disabilities to attend school with her service dog unless the family pays for a dog handler to accompany the pair.
The lawsuit alleges that the Gates-Chili Central School District in Monroe County, NY, violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which states that a public entity must permit the use of a service animal by an individual with a disability, except under specific exceptions.
The child at the center of this debate, Devyn Pereira, 8, was born with Angelman Syndrome, a rare disorder that results in developmental delays, seizures and autism. Her mother, Heather Pereira, a single mother of two, spent more than a year raising the $16,000 for Hannah, a 109-pound white Bouvier trained to perform numerous tasks for Devyn, including alerting school staff to oncoming seizures, preventing Devyn from wandering or running away, and providing support so she can walk independently.
Pereira, has spent three years trying to convince school officials to allow her daughter's one-on-one school aide to provide periodic assistance in handling Hannah—primarily, tethering the service dog and issuing limited verbal commands. The dog is trained to last the school day without food, water or bathroom walks.
The lawsuit requests the school district permit Devyn to act as the handler of her service dog, with assistance from school staff. It also seeks compensatory damages of about $25,000 for Pereira for the ongoing cost of the dog handler.
Announcing the suit this week, Vanita Gupta, principal deputy assistant attorney general and head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division said: "Honoring an individual's choice to be accompanied by her service animal in all aspects of community life, including at school, promotes the ADA's overarching goals of ensuring equal opportunity for, and full participation by, persons with disabilities." In hearing the news of the department's decision, Pereira responded, "knowing the United States of America is not only sympathizing with our situation, but willing to take this all way to the top to fix it is an amazing feeling." And she added, "I have so many dreams for my little girl and with the DOJ's help, they are all within our reach. It is so exciting to think we are blazing a trail for all those that follow with service dogs."
For more information about this lawsuit, or the ADA, call the Justice Department's toll-free ADA Information Line at 800.514.0301 or800.514.0383 (TDD) or access its ADA website at www.ada.gov. Complaints of disability discrimination may be filed online at http://www.ada.gov/complaint/.
Dog's Life: Humane
The first week of September saw a heartwarming example of positive political action when California lawmakers of all persuasions voted to make shelter animals the new official state pet. In both the Assembly and the Senate, the votes were all ayes, no nays.
ACR-56, introduced by Assemblymember Eric Linder (R-Corona), is numbers-driven bill. As it points out, there are currently around 8,000,000 abandoned pets living in animal shelters in the United States, and of these, 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 are euthanized every year.
Like shelters everywhere, those in California stretch to help the animals who come into their care, and it's a big, big job. It's hoped that greater public awareness will get more dogs and cats (and the occasional rabbit, guinea pig or chicken) out of shelter care and into forever homes.
Though the numbers are daunting, keep this in mind: every single adoption makes a difference. The dogs and cats who find new homes also find new lives. For them, it's a 100 percent win.
News: Editors
The Majority Project needs your photos
Talk about a great idea that can help combat negative stereotyping of Pit Bulls—presenting a photo collection of the people who love their Pitties, dogs who are just like every other dog after all. "The Majority Project" is taking action against Breed Specific Legislation by asking Pit Bull people to join in with snapshots of yourselves with your dog and a simple sign "signifying" that you are not the exception but are proudly part of the "majority" of Pit lovers. Watch this PSA video featuring actor Jon Bernthal with his young son, Billy and their dogs, Boss and Venice for more information. The PSA also features: Eric, a cancer biologist and his dog, Red, of Cambridge, Mass.; Nonny, a great grandmother and Ginger, of Washington D.C.; Father Humble, a priest and Aura, of Flowery Branch, Ga.; Rebecca, a teacher and Carmela, of Tucson, Ariz.; and many others. Add a photo of yourself and your Pittie—see how on The Majority Project.
This project is being spearheaded by the Animal Farm Foundation, a non-profit that advocates against breed specific legislation and whose director of operations, Caitlin Quinn, adds, "Discriminating against dog owners because of what their dog looks like will never make for a safer community. Holding reckless owners accountable will."
The Majority Project PSA from Animal Farm Foundation on Vimeo.
Dog's Life: Lifestyle
Some tax laws benefit guardians
It can be psychologically damaging to keep track of how much we spend on our dogs. There's something to be said for just acknowledging that the dogs create a problem area in the budget and moving on. I realize this goes against what every financial planner says, but it's hard to put a price on our mental well-being.
On the other hand, with possible tax deductions available from the IRS for dogs, it may be worthwhile to face the music and log those expenses. It can take a lot of money to care for dogs, so it makes sense to try to figure out if some of those expenses are deductible.
The bad news is that even though most guardians consider their dogs to be family members, they are NOT deductible as dependents. The good news is that there are still ways that you may be able to write off some canine expenses. If your dog qualifies as a medical, business or hobby expense, there may be tax benefits for you. The costs associated with moving your dog when you relocate for a new job may be written off. Fostering pets from qualified organizations also allows you to deduct certain expenses.
It's worth checking with a tax professional, and saving the receipts, just in case. For heaven's sake, though, don't add them up unless it's necessary in order to file your taxes!
News: Editors
AB 1810 signed into law by California Gov. Brown
California—An important new bill has passed protecting abandoned animals has been signed into law in the state of California. AB 1810 removes a state mandate to euthanize any animal abandoned at an animal care facility, including veterinary offices, spay/neuter clinics, animal hospitals, and grooming facilities, if a new home is not found within 24 days. Additionally, AB 1810 provides more flexibility to achieve positive outcomes for these animals by permitting animal care facilities to turn the animals over to a local shelter—an option that is strictly prohibited under current law. Sponsored by Assemblyman Brian Maienschein (R-San Diego), AB 1810 was passed unanimously by both houses of the California Legislature and was recently signed by Gov. Brown. "Abandonment should not be a death sentence for animals," Kevin O'Neill, senior state director of ASPCA Government Relations for the Western region, said. "Dogs and cats at spay/neuter clinics, veterinary offices, or any of California's many other care facilities should not face certain death simply because their owner fails to pick them up. It is imperative that we do all we can to ensure positive outcomes for these animals, and AB 1810 will do just that."
Wellness: Food & Nutrition
Become a label sleuth and improve your skill at making wise dog-food choices.
When selecting a new dog food, take a few moments to read and compare the label claims on a variety of different brands. You may notice two things. First, many of the claims are identical, making it impossible to differentiate one brand of food from another in a meaningful way. Popular and frequently used claims promote a food's natural properties (labels are overrun with these), as well as inclusion and exclusion of various components. Many of these claims are either not helpful at all or of limited aid in the pet food selection process.
Second, you will also notice a proliferation of health-related claims (just as you see more of these on many human foods). Commercially available dog foods not only make the hefty assertion of providing complete and balanced nutrition for your dog's stage of life (or even for all of his stages of life), they also may purport to do the following: boost your dog's immune system, keep his joints healthy and mobile, slow the signs of aging, support his cognitive function, keep his waistline trim, make him smarter (if he is a puppy), and promote efficient digestion.
Here is some information about certain types of label claims that can help you differentiate among brands as you review labels and evaluate foods, as well as additional information that, at least in my humble opinion, should be included on pet food labels but rarely is (a girl can dream, can't she?).
Inclusion Claims
Inclusion claims that can be helpful to consumers are those that identify specific types of protein or carbohydrate sources, the type of fat and fatty acids in the food (e.g., inclusion of omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil), the inclusion of organically grown plant ingredients or humanely produced animal-source ingredients, and the inclusion of locally or regionally sourced ingredients.
Inclusion claims that are less helpful in differentiating among products are those that make claims about the food containing antioxidants (all processed dry foods must include antioxidants to prevent rancidity), essential vitamins and minerals (again, they've all got 'em), or "Contains fiber for gastrointestinal health" (a balanced and complete diet should contain fiber, usually about 3 to 6 percent, so this doesn't help you differentiate between good and not-so-good foods).
Exclusion Claims
As a rule of thumb, new feeding trends, most of which have little or no scientific evidence, arrive on the scene in the pet food market a few years after they show up in the human marketplace. Recent examples include the Atkins Diet (high protein, low carbohydrate dog foods); gluten-free diets (gluten- and grain-free pet foods); probiotics in yogurt (as supplements and incorporated into dog foods); and one unique to pet foods, the "no fillers" claim, an essentially nonsensical term.
Exclusion claims that may be helpful to some owners when selecting a food include those of no genetically modified organisms (GMOs), no animal products that were treated with antibiotics or growth hormones, and no artificial antioxidants (BHA, BHT or ethoxyquin). Selection of products that purposely exclude these things generally comes from a life philosophy of reducing the consumption of highly processed or treated foods. These can be legitimate choices, provided that the purported health benefit claims are limited to those that have actual evidence.
Although there is no published evidence of health benefits associated with consuming less-processed foods, there is legitimate evidence (beyond the scope of this consideration) for environmental benefits and animal welfare benefits associated with these choices. However, this differs fundamentally from making statements that feeding these items causes dietary insufficiencies or disease in dogs. There is simply no evidence for such claims, and they should not be made in good conscience.
The bottom line with inclusion/exclusion claims is that they can provide a way for dog owners to choose a food that contains something they are looking for or that excludes something that they wish to avoid feeding their dog. Nothing wrong with that. There are many ways to feed a healthy diet and, just as with humans, many different ingredients and foods that can be fed to our dogs to keep them healthy and happy. Problems arise, however, when dog owners, not the pet food companies (notice that labels make no health claims about exclusion/inclusion items) take this a step further and make unsubstantiated claims about why the ingredients they seek are preventing disease or the ingredients they are avoiding cause disease. Just as label claims may be misleading—though they have AAFCO and the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine to reprimand them if they get out of line—so too can the claims of dog owners, many of whom are quite vocal and have blogs, and don't have to worry about satisfying a regulatory agency.
Digestibility Claims (Allowed, but Rarely Provided)
Since this is clearly a lot to ask of a single processed food, I think we are justified as dog owners to demand that the food's ingredients are sufficiently available (i.e., are digested and absorbed) to nourish the dog. As a food property, digestibility is more important for dogs than for humans because humans generally consume a wide variety of foods, all of which vary in degree of digestibility and nutrient availability. This mix of foods and the nutrients that they provide can be expected, in most cases, to nourish us and provide the essential nutrients that our bodies need. Conversely, most dog owners feed their dogs a single food over a period of months or years. In this situation, measures of that food's ingredient quality and digestibility become vitally important. And pet food companies correctly teach us that one of the best measures of ingredient and diet quality is a food's digestibility.
The reason for this is that a food's overall digestibility (called "dry matter digestibility") is increased by the inclusion of high-quality ingredients and decreased when poor-quality ingredients are used. In addition to dry matter digestibility, which gives you a sense of the entire food's quality, we can also measure the digestibility of the protein in the diet, since this too varies dramatically among different protein sources, with high-quality proteins being much more digestible than low-quality proteins.
In addition to the quality of ingredients, other factors that influence a food's digestibility include processing care and handling, cooking temperatures, and storage procedures. When a finished product's digestibility is measured, all of these factors will influence the results. Obviously, this is a very important measure, and one that could provide valuable information to pet owners, if they were privy to it.
This is where things get weird. The vast majority of pet food companies do not report digestibility values either on their food labels or in supporting materials. Some pet food industry folks will argue that these values are not reported because AAFCO has not yet established a standard protocol for digestibility studies to produce these values. This is a convenient but untenable excuse, seeing that apparent digestibility is measured using standard protocols both in academic and industry studies and is regularly reported in published research papers. Moreover, many companies (not all, unfortunately) regularly conduct digestibility trials to compare the quality of their products to that of their competitors, although these data rarely make it into the public realm. There is simply no defensible reason that this information is not made readily available to dog owners, especially given the propensity of pet food manufacturers to make claims such as "highly digestible," "easily digested," and "high-quality ingredients" on their labels and websites.
Here is the science: a food's digestibility—technically, "apparent dry matter digestibility"—is most effectively measured by a feeding trial. The selected food is fed to a group of dogs for a standard period of time during which intake (amount consumed) and excretion (the amount in the fecal matter) are carefully measured. Dry matter (the entire food) and nutrient (protein, fat and so forth) digestibility are determined by subtracting the amount excreted from the amount consumed and calculating this difference as a percent.
It is not a terribly complicated or involved test, although it does require access to dogs who are being fed the food (and only that food) and full collection of feces for a few days (no big deal to people who are used to picking up poop with their hands covered only by a thin plastic baggie). But here is the kicker: although many dog food manufacturers regularly conduct digestibility tests on their foods, they do not make this information available to the dog owners who purchase their foods. Yet, at the same time, they tell consumers that products vary significantly in digestibility and ingredient quality, and that digestibility is a good measure of a food's quality (and that their food has high or superior digestibility and contains quality ingredients).
Although it is natural to assume that all of a food should be digested, thus the very best food would have a dry matter digestibility of 100 percent, this is not only impossible but also undesirable and unhealthy. Fecal bulk is provided by undigested food, in particular many of the food's fiber-containing ingredients. Components of food that are not processed by an animal's digestive enzymes make it to the large intestine, where intestinal microbes further digest them to varying degrees. This process and the microbial populations that are supported by it are essential for a healthy gastrointestinal tract in all animals, including humans. As a general rule of thumb, commercial dry dog foods with reported dry matter digestibility values of 75 or less are of very poor quality, those with values of 75 to 82 percent are of moderate quality and foods with a dry matter digestibility of greater than 82 percent are high quality.
In general, raw diets that contain little starch will have digestibility coefficients (percentages) that are slightly higher than those of a dry food made with comparable ingredients. However, if the raw food contains uncooked plant starches (potato, tapioca, corn), digestibility values will decrease because of the inability of dogs to digest uncooked starch. Of course, dog owners can only make purchasing decisions based upon a product's digestibility if they are provided this information in the first place (which they are not).
In fact, as I recently discovered, this information is denied even when a consumer requests it directly from the company. This also is a bit odd, seeing that companies promote their foods as high quality (and often as highly digestible). I contacted companies that produced more than 30 different brands of dog food and politely requested that they send me protein and dry matter digestibility values for their adult maintenance dog food. Of the 32 requests I sent, I received no response at all in 27 cases, even though many of these stated on their "request for information" pages that a response would be sent within 48 hours. Of the five responses that I received, two brands said that they do not measure the digestibility of their foods but that their foods are made from highly digestible ingredients and so are very digestible (huh?). In other words, "we do not measure it, but trust us when we tell you that our foods are really, really digestible." Amazingly, one company even provided a value for the food digestibility that they do not measure, telling me that their foods are 85 to 88 percent digestible. (Note: Do not believe data that have not been measured.) A third company assured me only that "our foods are extremely digestible." Only two companies of the 32 requests that I sent provided actual data, both of which fell within the range of being highly digestible. Too bad more companies are not choosing to walk their digestibility talk, even though they are more than happy to talk the digestibility talk in their claims. Bottom line: if high digestibility or quality ingredients are claimed, ask for digestibility data from the company. They should provide this information if they are making quality claims to consumers.
Ingredient Source and Manufacturer
This means that the dog food must be both sourced and produced within the United States. If more than a "negligible" amount of the ingredients are imported, then the company cannot legally make this claim. Unfortunately, neither the FTC nor AAFCO specifies exactly what percentage of a food is more than "negligible," which leaves this regulation open for at least some interpretation. Still, if you read a "Made in the USA" claim on a pet food package, you can also assume that most, if not all, of the ingredients in that food were sourced within the U.S.
The Take-Away on Label Claims
Adapted from Dog Food Logic: Making Smart Decisions for Your Dog in an Age of Too Many Choices, by Linda P. Case; published by Dogwise Publishing. Used with permission.
Dog's Life: Lifestyle
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Leash
The San Francisco Bay Area is blessed with a majestic natural setting. Thanks to forwardthinking citizen activists and environmentalists, generations have been able to enjoy the scenic beauty and open spaces of Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo Counties.
In 1972, Congress established Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA)—a unit of the National Park Service—to, among other things, create an area that "concentrate[s] on serving the outdoor recreational needs of the people of the metropolitan area."
For decades, these traditional "outdoor recreational needs" have included off-leash dog walking. In GGNRA's San Francisco-based sites alone, off-leash areas (OLAs) from Crissy Field to Fort Funston occupy prime spots along the bay's shoreline. Currently, a little less than 1 percent of all of GGNRA's approximately 80,000 acres of protected lands are accessible for any kind of dog walking, and now even this small amount is in jeopardy.
In 1979, GGNRA adopted a Pet Policy that outlined off-leash rules and defined OLAs in its San Francisco and Marin County sites. However, over time, GGNRA began closing some of these off-leash areas and, in 2001, rescinded the 1979 policy. During this period, and throughout several subsequent legal challenges, howls of protest were heard across the region. Consequently, GGNRA stopped enforcing leash laws and began the long process of creating a special rule to manage dogs in its parklands.
In 2010, GGNRA released its draft dog-management plan, in which they proposed restricted alternatives in 22 areas. After roughly 4,700 people submitted comments regarding this deeply flawed document, GGNRA went back to the drawing board and recently released a supplemental plan.
Unfortunately, the new plan is just as restrictive, proposing extremely limited off-leash and on-leash areas, as well as no-dog areas, for historically dog-friendly Crissy Field, Muir Beach, Baker Beach, Mori Point and Rancho Corral de Tierra, among others.
In its attempts to balance off-leash dog recreation with other park uses, it appears that GGNRA is abusing its discretion by curtailing this use without adequate scientific support for the impacts they claim, and ignoring or discounting the demonstrated impact on existing recreational uses. The outcome of this final plan could have repercussions nationwide as policymakers watch to see what kinds of restrictions to dog-walking access the public will accept.
Crissy Field Dog Group supports a modified alternative to the 1979 Pet Policy that includes responsible offleash dog-walking in GGNRA lands (including those in San Mateo County), provides clear and concise signage and continuing-education opportunities such as fee-based off-leash training classes, allows each permitted professional dog walker to handle up to six dogs, and creates a monthly recreation roundtable so that different user groups can address visitor concerns.
We need you to become involved in this process. Please write to your elected officials and let them know what you want. The current deadline for public comment is December 4, but we have requested an extension.
If dogs are this severely restricted in GGNRA, city dog parks and neighborhoods bordering the parklands will be inundated with dog walkers, and there will likely be more conflict. Let's create a dog-management plan that protects these scenic areas and allows everyone to enjoy them.
Details on the current proposal can be found at parkplanning.nps.gov/ dogplan. Go to crissyfielddog.org, eco-dog.org and saveoffleash.org for more information on the commenting process.
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Skip to comments.The Path to 911 Live Thread (Part II)
Posted on 09/11/2006 2:02:14 PM PDT by mwareEdited on 09/11/2006 4:11:51 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
I will not be here for the first hour of tonights program. Thought I would put it up for those FReepers overseas that are viewing it now.
For those who wish to see the clips the Clinton lawyers complained about, Click here
But VP Cheney, being the man he is, will probably never complain or bother to correct the record.
I wonder if ABC will be selling the dvd of this. Anyone know?
oh.. wow.. I for a rare time am without words..
need to process..
anger, saddness, hope?
It was unbearable....but, THEN, they ADD the REPORT CARD???
Based on the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission...that supposedly are DISOWNING this movie???
I agree. Excellent!
Brians 'Brains' Ross is up next!
Mrs. Hun, who is not political, with tears in her eyes just said that if Clinton had done his job, this would not have happened.
'Nuff said.
They should have listened to him. He tried to tell us during the hearings, after appropriate apologies, of course. /sarcasm
The last statement of "what will be the excuses".
Answer. Democrat obfuscation and media treason.
ABC hit piece now.
COLIN with CHRISSY -- MSNBC!
The "A" went to actions against Terrorist Funding.
We're the Weed-B-Gone people, attacking the roots. It's the systemic we need now.
Now we are going to see how ABC managed to store fertilizer in Washington DC. Like there isn't enough crap in washington.
Osama Bin Laden isn't really "out there" -- he'd probably have more power if he was in Gitmo.
What did I miss?
sending a thankyou to ABC right now...
You missed the Pentagon.We needed bathroom breaks.
What facts support that the new Al-Quaeda is stronger and better equiped?
ANY person who believes we'd be safer under Gore or Kerry belongs in an insane asylum..I'm so freakin mad I can spit..
You got that DU lurkers?? Your guys suck..
God Bless W and our troops..
He can go hug a terrorists for all I care
giving a little too much deference to the 9-11 commission recommendations at the end.
did the comission recommend that the ACLU not sue the government for a variety of things, or that the Times reveal the intercept and bank records trace programs, or that McCain and the gang of 5 on the SCOTUS lead the effort to give terrorists Geneva rights?
How to get an "A":
I hope so, we'll be trying to buy the uncut version.
Here comes the smear. It's easy enough to buy fertilizer.
They hardly even showed President Bush and/or his role, which in the grand scheme of things, is very appropriate. This attack was years in the making.
What did you think of President Bush's speech tonight? Frankly, I thought it was more of the same old.
Like I said, I will skip meals..
this was outstanding.. heck with the few political things we might not agree with.. they did a wonderful job!!!!
My faith in MSM is now longer dead
Time for the remote. He makes me ill.
Agreed. Bet Clarke will be a media darling once again. It will be fleeting...
Interesting ending. Support for the 9/11 commission findings, which few have read, but which sKerry supported in a letter-to-the-editor of the Wall Street Journal a couple of weeks ago. Seems that that will be the democRAT's next set of talking points.
Hello NFL.
This is unbearable.
I had a very hard time watching the last 20 minutes. Crying and yelling. :(
Yep, Click
Rush (one of the few people who saw the full, uncut version) said only about a minute was cut from the first night..
Rush wants them to sell both DVD the real and the edit one!
"Instructions on how to bring down a building with a bomb"
Uh, I missed the bombs in this movie. So, we're back to OKC ideas now?
disclaimer schmisclaimer.
It didnt remove the sheer guttural emotion of the film.
It just gave the libs talking points Phhhtttt...
"THey ask a question. My question is "if we implemented all the reforms, and they struck again, could we then say the 9/11 commission's plans were a bunch of crap?""
Only if someone gets through with an exploding toothpaste container.
They better go back to profiling.
You mean the report card?
I honestly think nothing else made GWB loook bad
I think demand will be too high for them not to.
I already changed....I can't stand Charlie Gibson..
John Miller, he was with ABC.
He did an interview with Osama, up in the hills well before 9-11.
He was on 20-20 (IIRC) as a co-host for a few weeks after 9-11 until he
went west with Bratten (new LAPD chief) as a spokesman and I think some
responibility on security.
I think he now has a gig with Homeland Security.
For a journalist, I think he's one of the sharper knives and also
fully engaged and convinced of the need to fight the Islamos.
This nation is still not prepared to do what it takes to win this war... and that is to destroy every Islamic totalitarian government on Earth.
NSA is a must=A
Commander in Comfort=A
Troops= A+
We do know, after the cable news channels ran their raw footage from that day over the past week. ChadGore captured the Fox News coverage from earlier today. You just need BitTorrent to download it.
We do know, after the cable news channels ran their raw footage from that day over the past week. ChadGore captured the Fox News coverage from earlier today. You just need BitTorrent to download it.
I hope they break down viewership by hour, I'll be very interested in how much it drops off. Over to football for me.
Charlie Gibson, kiss my ass.
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Web of federal rules, regulations hamper summer meal programs
Just about every weekday during the summer, 13-year-old La'My Lee stands in line alongside a chain-link fence at Merrill Park to receive a federally funded free lunch.
Like hundreds of other kids in Milwaukee, the meal services are vital to Lee and her family.
"When there's no school, she doesn't have school lunches," said her mother, Monique Hopson, who relies on disability benefits because of arthritis in her back and hands. "And so (the summer meals) really help with my grocery bills."
More than a million meals are provided to Milwaukee children during the summer each year, served by nonprofits like the Hunger Task Force and the Milwaukee Center for Independence at more than 130 locations. These groups are then reimbursed for the meals by the U.S. Department of Agriculture through its Summer Food Service Program, an extension of the National School Lunch Program.
The system was designed to provide food to impoverished kids who would otherwise have difficulty finding nutrition during the summer months.
Simple enough, right? Well, not exactly.
Behind the paper trays and fruit cups is a complex web of guidelines and rules, designed to keep the program safe, healthy and cost-effective. Although these regulations have been in place for years, many groups complain that they are too onerous.
For example, food distributors are not allowed to give more than one meal to each child, which is why many park sites keep their distributions to the minimum of 20 minutes, to avoid accidentally giving seconds to kids.
The regulations specify that second meals may be given to 2% of the children at the site, only if leftovers remain. They also emphasize that food providers try to plan on how many children they will serve in a day, so if they underestimate, some children may be turned away.
Food distributors are also restricted to provide only two meals at a site per day: either breakfast and supper or breakfast and lunch. They may also substitute one or both meals for smaller snack offerings, but the two most popular meals — lunch and supper — cannot be served at one location.
And to add another wrinkle to the mix, children must take specified items for meals — such as a fruit or vegetable, a bread item or a serving of milk — regardless of whether the kids want to eat them.
It's easy for some sites to bend the rules a bit here and there, but if an organization breaks any of the regulations during a random audit by the Department of Public Instruction — which is in charge of administering the summer meals in Wisconsin — the USDA will not send reimbursements for the food.
'Stupid regulations'
"It's a risky business," said Sherrie Tussler, executive director of the Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee. "There are a lot of stupid regulations that get in the way of helping people."
Heidi Chada, the woman in charge of the distribution of free meals at the Milwaukee Center for Independence, said multiple sites the agency administered had to be discontinued in the past few years for failing to meet the regulations. Kids who went to those sites had to be redirected or another group had to come in and pay for the meals out of pocket.
"If they find we haven't been responsible enough — because God forbid a kid gets a second lunch — we could be barred from ever participating in the program again," Chada said.
And the regulations mean more than just risking money for nonprofits. It also means piles of paperwork that take up a large amount of Chada's time.
"It seriously hampers the distribution of food," she said. "We could do a lot more with a lot less money if it weren't for the regulations."
The Salvation Army, which spends an estimated $200,000 a year on meals to kids in the area, doesn't even ask for federal reimbursements for its services, giving it the freedom to provide food as it wishes.
"If (the federal rules) limited our accessibility in any way, we wouldn't want to do it," said Stephen Yoder, Milwaukee County Commander for the Salvation Army. "And that's hard for us because it forces us to rely on the generous people who support us."
Appeal for relaxed rules
Tussler and other nonprofit leaders have asked the USDA to relax some of its regulations to make it easier to get food to low-income kids, and they have made some headway.
The department responded this year to complaints from meal providers about a requirement that food be eaten at the sites, which was a deterrent for parents who did not feel safe at some park distribution areas.
As a result, Milwaukee is one of the only cities in the country that the USDA offered a "crime waiver," which allows groups at some locations where a violent crime took place to provide meals and let clients eat them off site.
Conversations between food servers and officials from the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service are taking place all the time.
USDA officials said they have tried to assist the servers by creating a tool kit online that offers guidance on how best to administer the program.
The USDA is able to help groups only in ways that do not increase the cost of the program or disrupt the spirit of the law, so to fully address the concerns of food providers, federal law would have to be changed.
The next chance to change the rules would be next year, when the program is up for reauthorization through the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act.
Parents and kids who take advantage of the summer program may not be well-aware of the regulations food providers are struggling to keep up with, but the difficulty these nonprofits face is a stress to the service they rely on.
"Without (the program), we wouldn't have enough food to last the week — we would run out of money," said Ann Bendel, who brings her two kids to the meal site at Modrzejewski Park on the south side almost every day of the week.
And for Mary Rodriguez, who also regularly brings her three grandchildren to the free meal sites at parks near her home, the program means keeping kids off the streets and out of trouble.
"I know people can complain about tax dollars going to these programs," she said. "But we're getting something from it."


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Watch Tonight's Daytona Supercross Track Come Together In 60 Seconds
Monster Energy Supercross makes its way to Daytona International Speedway for tonight's race. The build starts just days after the Daytona 500 and, with the track not set in a stadium like the other races of the season, the layout is always a doozy. Watch the whole thing come together in under a minute.