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|Draft Animal Cloning Risk Assessment
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The Glovers are five points off the automatic promotion places and they will have their captain available for their remaining four games, although he will not be rushed straight back into the starting XI.
McAllister has not featured since the defeat to Swindon last month as he recovered from a foot injury and served a two-match suspension.
Midfielder Dominic Blizzard is also set for a return after overcoming the hamstring problem that saw him sidelined for three games.
And Gary Johnson has received a further boost with on-loan forward Jordan Cook returning to the club after receiving treatment on a knee injury at parent club Charlton.
Yeovil have lost one of their last eight games and need six points from their remaining games to mathematically secure a play-off spot.


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Beautiful oak folding high chair youth chair or rocking chair. This high chair is in outstanding original condition, and has the clever design that it has been built with that will permit the chair to be adjusted up and down making the chair into a rocker when in the lowest position and the high chair in the upright position. The rattan/wicker seat/backing is in perfect condition, no broken pieces. Approx. measurements: When the chair is fully extended it is 40" tall, folded it is 27" and the seat is 12" to the floor, seat is 14 x 13" and the tray is 8 x 16". The rocker is 27" long. This piece dates to 1900 and there are no markings on it.


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Would the costs of producing a video ad be expensed upfront or capitalized?
The production cost can be either be expensed as incurred or deferred until the ad actually runs, at which point all the deferred costs are expensed (as long as the ad is actually expected to run).
See SOP 97-3
Materiality determines if GAAP is applied.
Look at how you are treating all the costs associated with your web marketing if this is a video that will run on the web. If the production group actually hosts the content then perhaps you pay them a fee and continue to expense your hosting costs as operating expenses. Not enough detail to know what type or use the video is.
Just to clarify, he was asking about production costs of the ad. Hosting costs would always be expensed. Additionally, SAB 99 would also suggest that "Materiality determines if GAAP is applied" is not the proper way to look at the problem. You cannot account for something incorrectly and rely solely on the concept materiality to escape the issue.
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The University of Mount Union's inaugural Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) Baja Team raced to the top as it placed 29th overall and 14th in maneuverability out of more than 120 registered schools competing in the Baja SAE event held recently in Peoria, Illinois.
Hosted by Caterpillar Inc., the event was held at the company's Vehicle Training and Testing Grounds June 4-7.
Mount Union's first- ever Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Baja Team, composed of seniors Neal Seaman, of Louisville; Cy Guertal of Canton; Brian Pike, of Chagrin Falls; Dan Luzar, of Mentor; technical adviser Dale Pittman; and faculty adviser Jay Boyalakuntla put a great deal of time and effort into the last 10 months, designing, building and developing an off-road vehicle according to SAE Baja standards.
The goal was to design a vehicle that would endure even the harshest elements of rough terrain.
According to Boyalakuntla, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, members of the team put in many 60-hour work weeks and a number of late night test sessions in the days leading up to the event.
At the SAE Baja event, the small but tenacious team of four students was presented with a tough challenge, competing against teams from well-known engineering schools, some with more than 15 years of SAE Baja experience and some with more than 15 student team members.
During the event, teams participated in five competitions, which tested various aspects of the vehicle's performance -- acceleration, maneuverability, rock crawl, hill climb and the final event, a four-hour endurance race.
Not only did the Mount Union team place in the top 30 overall, but it achieved 19th place during the grueling four-hour endurance race.
The endurance event tested the robustness of the car design, as well as capability of the driver and support crew throughout a course that contained over a mile of extremely challenging obstacles and barriers in each lap.
"To finish in the top 20 for a first-year school with no prior SAE Baja car experience is phenomenal," said Mount Union Engineering Advisory Board member Dale Pittman, vice president of operations and engineering at Anchor Manufacturing Group Inc. "During the four-hour endurance race, the team had the 11th fastest lap time of just 4 minutes 31 seconds, keeping pace within just a few seconds of the top three teams. This indicates we had a car that was just as good as the best teams on the track that day, which is truly a fantastic achievement."
To help ensure next year's team is just as successful, there is a great need for future corporate sponsorship to help fund the 2015 Baja Team.
After performing so well in 2014, Pittman and Mount Union faculty members want to ensure the 2015 team is just as prepared to continue to outperform the top engineering schools in the country.
The team is extremely proud of its achievements and members have already started brainstorming for next year's improved design, indicating they would gladly provide guidance and suggestions to the 2014-2015 Baja Team.
For Seaman, the best part of the competition was the endurance course, which proved to be more intense than he had anticipated -- including large logs, mud pits and other obstacles.
"The endurance race was the most fun thing I've ever done -- it was an unreal experience," he said. "We all put a lot of time into this project and it was great to see the work pay off."
Seaman has already secured a job in the engineering field, working as a product design engineer for MAC Trailer in Alliance.
He said the team's experience with the Baja competition will open up doors for him and his teammates in their careers.
"We went from doing background research to analysis to driving and competing -- it was really neat to see the project cycle through."
"This team has set a very high bar for future Mount Union Baja Teams," Boyalakuntla said. "They built not only a car, but a legacy that will last for many years as well."


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Ostatu Rioja Rose 2012
Rosé from Rioja, Spain
Winemaker's Notes
This light and refreshing Rose is made from a blend of Tempranillo, Garnacha and Viura grown on south-facing slopes comprised of chalky clay over layers of white rock. Temerature controlled fermentation occurred in stainless steel vats and the wine was bottled without further aging.
Blend: 50% Tempranillo, 40% Garnacha, 10% Viura
Critical Acclaim
International Wine Cellar - "Pale orange. Lively, mineral-accented aromas of tangerine and strawberry, with a hint of melon adding depth. Juicy and smooth in texture, offering sappy red berry flavors and a hint of bitter citrus pith. Finishes dry and nervy, with a bracing jolt of white pepper."
Ostatu Winery
Bodegas Ostatu is a family winery located in the heart of the Rioja Alavesa region in the town of Samaniego.
The Saenz de Samaniego family has been in the area for many generations. The vineyards, which are protected by the Sierra Cantabria range, are composed of chalk and clay. The average age of the vines is 50 years old. Until recently all the wine was made in the carbonic maceration process with the intent being wines for early consumption.
This philosophy recently changed when Hubert de Bouard de Laforest of Chateau Angelus saw the vineyard sites of the family and expressed an interest in collaborating on a special project. He realized that the age of the vines, combined with the unique orientation of the vineyards, could produce drastically different wines that could compete on the world stage. By changing over from carbonic maceration to traditional fermentation and by reducing yields in the vineyards the wines made a drastic change in style. View all Ostatu Wines
About RiojaView a map of Rioja wineries (ree-OH-hah) Spain makes some of the best Tempranillo-based wines in the world. Once the only DOCa (recently joined by Priorat in 2001), Rioja is divided into 3 sub-regions: Rioja Baja, Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa. There are 4 red varieties and 3 white varieties allowed in the Rioja DOC. Tempranillo definitely takes center stage, followed by Garnacha (Grenache), which is sometimes added for body, then Graciano and Mazuelo (Carignan). The region also makes roses. For whites, the main grape is Viura (or Macebo), producing fresh, early-drinking wines. Malvasia, the grape that was once the most planted white, is found less often.
Notable FactsThe Rioja wine trade is somewhat confusing. Grapes are typically brought to a merchant's bodega from one of the 20,000+ growers in the region, or via a cooperative. The wine is then bottled and labelled by that bodega. Rioja's Consejo Regulador keeps track of all vineyards and bodegas to make sure they are following the DOCa regulations. Put in place to ensure quality, the system also controls prices.
As with the rest of Spain, the wine label may state Crianza, Reserva or Gran Reserva, depending on barrel & bottle maturation. Crianzas are usually found within two years of the vintage and offer fresh, ripe wines. Reserva and Gran Reserva will be found a few years after the vintage, as the bodega will be aging the wines in barrel and bottle before release. Both typically show more secondary characteristics of spice and oak ageing.
About Spain
The most popular red varieties of Spain include Tempranillo and Garnacha (Grenache). Whites don't garner quite as much recognition, but there are some regional varieties not to be missed, like Albarino and Verdejo. The popular red regions of Spain include Rioja, known for its outstanding wines of the Tempranillo grape; Ribera del Duero, producing high quality reds from Tempranillo and Garnacha; Galacia, with the sub-region of Rias Baixas, home to the deliciously crisp and floral Albarino grape; and Priorat, a region increasing in popularity with its high-quality cult reds. Other regions of note are Rueda, growing the Verdejo grape, La Mancha, a wide desert region, covered in the most planted white variety in the world, Airen, and Jumilla, making wines based on Monastrell (Mourvedre).
Spain's wine laws are based on the Denominacion de Origen (DO) classification system, devised in the 1930's. A four tiered system, the most basic level is Vina de Mesa (table wine) followed by Vino de la Tierra (country wine), DO and at the top DOC. Currently, only Rioja and Priorat have DOC status, while over 65 DO's scatter the country.
Most DO regions are classified and regulated by how long they age the wines. On a red wine label, one may find the terms Crianza, Reserva or Gran Reserva, denoting the wine's barrel and bottle time. Crianza is usually two years between barrel and bottle (the time in each depends on the DO and/or the winemaker), Reserva up to 4 years and Gran Reserva 5 – 6 years. Classifications of each region and wine are controlled by the region's Consejo Regulador.
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Ransom Center appoints Chief Curator of Photography
The Ransom Center has appointed Jessica S. McDonald, a curator of photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, as its new chief curator of photography. McDonald begins her position at the Ransom Center in September.
As the Nancy Inman and Marlene Nathan Meyerson Curator of Photography, McDonald will oversee a collection that spans from the world's earliest-known photograph to prints from some of the great masters of the twenty-first century.
McDonald's professional experience includes affiliations with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Visual Studies Workshop and George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film. In 2011, McDonald received an Ansel Adams Research Fellowship from the Center for Creative Photography.
McDonald recently curated the exhibition Photography in Mexico: Selected Works from the Collections of SFMOMA and Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser and edited the anthology Nathan Lyons: Selected Essays, Lectures, and Interviews, which University of Texas Press published in June.


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A Yahoo! guy I talked to at OSCON last week asked if the microsummary service provided any mechanism for sites to limit how frequently the service downloaded pages to regenerate their summaries using generators. Currently, we don't have such a mechanism. He suggested that we implement one, so sites can defend themselves against the load from popular generators which try to refresh microsummaries too frequently. That seems like a reasonable request, since a generator might well set its update interval setting to a very low number and then become popular, causing problems for sites that get hit with too much traffic. Since the issue is the downloading of pages, which are virtually always HTML, perhaps we could define a meta tag (and HTTP response header equivalent) that specifies the minimum update interval. The microsummary service would sniff that value after downloading a page and make sure the next update honors it, regardless of what the generator requests. We would probably want the site's setting to also override the browser.microsummary.updateInterval preference (which can be set to as little as one minute) and perhaps also the hardcoded default setting (every half hour). But if we ever enable users to set a specific, explicit update interval for individual bookmarks, then we might decide to prioritize that over the site's preferences.
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Darin suggests sites could do this by checking for X-Moz: microsummary and if present, send: Expires: ... and/or Cache-Control: max-age=... and Vary: X-Moz
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Ok, I'll test to make sure it works and then add this to the microsummaries documentation for web sites.
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It turns out that Vary doesn't work in this case, since Vary only invalidates the cache for requests that have a different value for the given header(s). It doesn't invalidate the cache for requests that do not include the header(s) at all. So if a site sends "Vary: X-Moz" along with some cache control headers, those headers will apply to microsummary requests (those with "X-Moz: microsummary"), but they will also apply to most non-microsummary requests (those without an "X-Moz" header). The only requests to which those cache control headers won't apply are those with X-Moz set to something else like "prefetch". Nevertheless, it is possible for sites to specify a minimum update frequency for microsummary requests via cache control headers that specify when the cached response expires. Sites should just be cognizant of the limitation that doing so will also set the cache expiration for user requests.
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Darin: might it be possible to partition the cache (via namespaces, flags, or some other mechanism) so that responses to microsummary-related requests are separated from responses to user-initiated requests? Then sites that return a different set of cache headers for microsummary-related requests could have those headers apply only to those requests.
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text: Returned to my parked car and the first thing I see is a dent!!! Through the tears I then notice a note on my windscreen. I was so relieved that the person who caused the damage was honest enough to leave their details. But then, upon reading the note, my happiness turned to sadness......................... Ok, it didn't really happen to me, and as bad as it must be for the person on the receiving end (and I do feel sorry for 'em), it is pretty funny.


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By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY
Can money make you skinny?
Maybe not, but it seems it can motivate some people to change their diet and fitness habits for the better.
More than 11,000 IBM employees with children earned a $150 cash rebate when they succeeded in improving their family's eating and exercise habits over 12 weeks, according to research reported in today's issue of Pediatrics.
Participants in the program selected at least three ways to improve their family's lifestyle. Among the options: making better food choices, doing more family-based physical activity and decreasing screen time.
A website provided parents with an interactive meal planning tool, healthful family-friendly recipes, a physical activity tracker and tips for reducing screen time.
At the beginning and end of the 12-week program, participants completed an inventory of their healthy-weight behaviors. Results:
•22,265 (52%) of employees with children covered by the IBM health plan signed up to participate.
•11,631 (52%) of those who signed up completed the requirements and earned the $150 cash rebate.
•Improving eating habits to be healthier was the most frequent family goal, including consuming more fruits and vegetables and fewer unhealthful snacks.
•Families completing the program reported that they were doing more physical activity together as a family, ate a greater proportion of healthful meals and spent less sedentary screen time.
People liked achieving goals for the program that they had wanted to accomplish with their families, anyway, says Joyce Young, a preventive-medicine doctor who is an IBM well-being director and one of the study's authors.
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Pumpkin Bread Pudding
Recipe by BeckyF
This is a recipe I found in the Christmas Day in the Las Vegas Review Journal, from the recipes of Chef Bradley Ogden from Caesar's Palace. The pudding can be prepared the day before and reheated before serving. To serve top with eggnog ice cream or the ice cream of your choice.
Top Review by Sydney Mike
If you appreciate pumpkin AND bread pudding as much as I do, you probably shouldn't pass on this recipe ~ It makes for A VERY TASTY PUDDING DESSERT! I used cinnamon-raisin bread & IT WAS GREAT! Will keep your recipe around! [Tagged, made & reviewed as part of my Bread Pudding theme in My-3-Chefs]
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 5 eggs
- 2 cups pumpkin puree
- 3 cups half-and-half
- 1⁄2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 1 vanilla bean, scraped
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon allspice
- 1⁄2 loaf day-old cinnamon-raisin bread or 1⁄2 loaf brioche bread
Directions See How It's Made
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Butter sides and bottom of 8 eight ounce ramekins or souffle dishes, approximately 2 inches high and 5 inches in diameter.
- To prepare custard, whisk together in a bowl the eggs, pumpkin, half-and-half, sugars, vanilla and spices.
- Pour through a strainer and set aside.
- Remove crust from bread cut into eight 3-inch squares 1/2 inch thick.
- Cut the remaining bread into 3/4-inch cubes (you'll need 4 cups of cubed bread).
- Place one of the 3-inch squares of bread in the bottom of each of the buttered ramekins.
- Top with 1/2 cup of the cubes of bread and then pour in six ounces of the the custard.
- Let sit for 30 minutes so the bread has a chance to absorb the custard, then top off with a little more custard.
- Place the ramekins in a shallow pan with water and bake in the oven for 40 to 45 minutes.
- Let the pudding cool at room temperature.
- Serve while still warm.
- To serve unmold the ramekins and place on a plate with the top side up.


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Kim Kardashian Parties With Midori Contest Winner in Beverly Hills (VIDEO)
Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner at an exclusive event at the Thompson Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calilf.Erin Wommack, winner of the Party with Midori sweepstakes held earlier in the summer, finally got her chance to live the L.A. nightlife as she rubbed elbows with
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Once she arrived at the Thompson, Wommack and her best friend enjoyed some delicious Midori cocktails and — of course — the company of Kardashian herself.
The Keeping Up With the Kardashians starlet helped make it a night to remember for her no. 1 fan, who enjoyed the total red carpet treatment all night long.
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'Gander': magenta-red
'Gander's Rhapsody': red and white
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'Landsaeadel's Supreme': deep red
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'Queen of Night' (commonly improperly identified as 'Queen of the Night'): purple-black
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If you are trying to decide between size 1 and size 2, for between sizes (12.5 inch girth), go with size 1. I went with size 2 and it was way to big in the leg opening and my pup could get out! So I ordered the size 1 and it fits him perfect. He runs around like it's not on and he doesn't stand still and give me the sad puppy eyes, as he has for other harnesses,. This thin light, soft harness is a winner!!!!
The winning feature of this harness is the buckle! Why? Because it provides a much greater range of fit than most other harnesses have. I have a little foster Pomeranian who slipped out of three different harnesses four times in the first week she was here. They all appeared to have a snug fit, but only this one is staying on. She's wearing a size smaller than I expected, but the soft leather seems more comfortable for her and this style doesn't mat her coat. Previous trauma has left her very fearful, so she has to wear a harness and leash 24/7 so I can get hold of her when I need to until she learns to trust again. This harness works!
I have a 5 pound yorkie. The harness seemed like a great idea and I ordered size 1. Loved the materials but couldn't get it on the dog because it was too small!! Requested size 2 replacement. It fits on the tightest buckle, but is still a bit loose and the width of the straps was not nearly as nice as the tiny size 1. I would like to leave the harness on full time but the 2 is too bulky and the 1 is too small. VERY disappointing
Confused on which way to put it on but after a few tries and a few walks, I figured it out and we both love it.Very soft, excellent for her summer harness. Think it needed directions.
Nice fit for our dog.
Harness was perfect, just what I was looking for. So easy to get on and very comfortable for dog. Service department was very nice and made it very easy to get a perfect fit. Will definitely refer my family and friends.
Haven't heard my dogs choking since we started using these harnesses. Very happy. We keep them on them all day long and only remove them at night.
So glad I ordered this. My little guy loves it. No more pulling and choking for him. It's very soft and comfortable. I leave it on him all the time. I told my mom she nees to get one for her little guy.
This was our second purchase, just so we would have an extra. High quality. Our girl is a puller and this works much better than a traditional collar. I was concerned about how comfortable it would be, but she loves it. It stays on all the time. Easy on and off. Worth the price!
Have tried multiple harnesses that wouldn't choke my little Yorkie on a walk. This is the ONLY one that worked!! Nice quality, fast shipping!! Very pleased! Would definitely recommend!
I bought a harness for my little boy that's a yorkie before here and loved it. Now I bought another one, just for an extra because he had the other harness for ever. Love it. They are the best.
Finally...the PERFECT harness for little dogs! Incredibly soft, lightweight and easy on and off design makes this harness my little Supergirls favorite ever. She is free to move any way and at any speed she likes and actually seems unaware she is even wearing a harness. Another plus...PURPLE is her color! We love this harness.
Great looking, great fitting, comfy, and it seems to keep them safe!
This harness is named perfectly. It is truly soft and buttery and very high quality. I was also impressed by GW Little's customer service. The original harness was too small, therefore, I sent it back in the mail for a larger size. In less than a week, the new harness had arrived. Thank you!
I love these harnesses for my girls, Sadie and Braylie. They fit really good and prevent stress on their necks when we walk. Also, they are easy to put on and take off. I had to return the first one I ordered because I didn't measure right. When I called Customer Service the lady was very helpful and I received the right size within a few days.
Love this harness. I tried many different harnesses in past and they did not fit rightt, this one fits perfect. Most important no more pressure on my dog neck while she pulled on leash.Thank you.
This is the second time I have purchased these from these wonderful folks. I love that they are made of repurposed leather scraps. They're soft & wear extremely well. In fact I bought these just for dress up. They're still wearing the 1st ones I bought five years ago. I love the design, no pressure on little throats. I love the price, there about a third of others I've found like this. And the customer service is out of this world! You just don't see that any more. I'm a loyal fan. Thanks
I love these harnesses because they are lightweight, not bulky, and AnnaBelle seems to be very comfortable in them. My only dislike is sizing. Anna is a teacup Chi that weighs about 7lbs. (Yes she needs to lose a couple) The size1 is a little too snug for my liking & the 2 is too loose around the arm pits/shoulder blades. I really wish they came in half sizes. We stick with the size 2
I purchased the Scrappy leather choke free harness. It works great!. I have purchased ones before and they would still choke my little one. This one doesn't and she can't get out of it either. I keep my little one in a puppy cut in the summer, then when its cooler her coat is longer and thicker it still fits w/o being to tight since its adjustable. GW Little was fast on getting this out. Thanks, guys! Look forward to working with you in the future.
Our silky terrier Mabel has had a problem with choking with every other harness we've tried. She also hates having a harness put on over her head. The plastic clip-type closures with every other harness we've tried also makes a loud click and that makes her jump. Now that she has this one, she steps right into it, it closes quietly, and it's as soft as butter. And no more choking when she pulls on it. Thanks for solving Mabel's problems for her and for us.
Excellent! No more hacking. 4 because leather stretches which is a problem if you're at the last hole.
Love the Scrappy Leather Harness. Fits perfect and it's very soft. Doesn't put any pressure on his windpipe because it doesn't come any where close to his neck. Would order again - highly recommend!
These are so comfy and soft. The buckle top does away with flapping excess and always keeps away from trachea!
This is the second time I ordered these Scrappy harnesses for my two morkies. They are just wonderful for my dogs. No choking and I love the purple color. Thanks so much!
These are the best harnesses I have found. This is the third pair I have ordered. They look good and are comfortable to wear all the time. No more irritable collars around the neck. I love them and so do my two Cavaliers.
Nice harness but the size 3 does not even come close to fitting a 16 girth (off about 2!) Exchanged for the size 4 which has big leg holes that may be a little uncomfortable for running but okay for a fashion statement for my shih tzu. I would buy another in different colors because it fits better than most.
It's hard to find harnesses that fit my little Chihuahua because he has a dainty neck and big chest, like most Chi's. This harness fits well and really is buttery soft. I bought the small (he weighs 7 lbs) I don't think he'll be able to slip out of it like many others. My only displeasure is the placement of the hook clip. It's free floating and hangs off to the side. Other than that, very nice.
I have spent a fortune on dog harnesses for my Yorkie and finally found the Scrappy Buttery Soft Choke Free Step-In Harness! This is the first harness that fits without binding and holds in place. Love it! Just purchased one for my Long Haired Doxie.
This is the first harness I have bought for my Yorkie that fit her properly. It does not shift or slide in any way and seems to be comfortable for her. I've tried it on my mini Doxie and fits her perfectly too. So happy I found this.
Lovely to get good quality products I can not get in New Zealand as nobody sells such diverse items for dogs.
Josie is a 3.5 pound Chihuahua, and she's very picky about harnesses. We bought the smallest size, and then put an extra eyelet between two of the existing eyelets, for a perfect fit (you can get eyelets at your local sewing supply store for cheap). We've had it since August and it's holding up excellently. Also, unlike every other harness I've ever used, there is no choking. None. Not the occasional cough...nada.
Your harness was everything you advertised. Soft, comfortable & easy to put on.
It's beautiful to look at, it's soft and it fits great. Lily loves her new harness!
My 3 lb. Yorkie hated the big metal button in front and also tried to she into it while wearing it. Would normally return these items but you have a terrible return policy if you charge ME for shipping to return after I already PAID for you to ship to me!
Love how soft the harness is. I ordered my harness in a 15-16 per the sizing instructions as my dogs chest measured 16. I wish I had ordered the next size down as the harness is on the snuggest grommet and is still a bit big. I also wish they came in more colors. Comfort wise my girl loves it.
Collar is perfect as was your service.
Fits my Shih Tzu very well and it is so easy to put on and take off. This is the only Harness that I have seen with the buckle closure. Very nice product.
It is soft and step-in which I love but doesn't fit well around the shoulders. Lacy is a tiny Yorkie. I recently bought from you an other step-in she nor I cared for that one. I know you have a good return program but by the time I decide if it is workable for us it is well used. Keep up the good work as these little ones are hard to shop for.
My 2 Chis and I love this harness. It is made of the softest leather. The cut of the harness is very good too. It doesn't touch their necks/throats. I bought 2 of these harnesses a couple of years ago and decided the girls could now use new harnesses and ordered 2 more of these.
Soft, colorful red leather which looks gray on my black and white chihuahua!
Zoe measured a loose 17 1/4 so I thought a size 3 would be best but it was about 2 1/2 too small! The next size up worked fine but the leg holes are a little loose for my Shih Tzu. Overall it is the best harness I've found for her shape plus it looks better on her than the dogs pictured! I will buy another in a different color!
Loved the softness. I have a long haired shih tzu and she likes to walk on my right side so the leash hook falls down on her side and it bothers her. I wish there was a clip or some type of stop holder once you size to your dog you could clip or put on leash hook to keep from sliding down on side. Thanks, Donna
I was impressed with the quality of both the leather and construction. The harness is very supple and I really like the swivel safety snap.
Love the harness, very nicely made and fit perfectly.
I love the look of this harness and the way it fits my little toy yorkie. However, the large underside snap rubs and irritate her skin no matter how loose the harness is fastened. I wish ya'll carried a model without the large snap. Or, provided some sort of liner for the harness. Needless to say, we are unable to use this harness.
Fit my Chihuahua wonderful! Soft leather, it's completely comfortable, and looks great!
I love this harness for my yorkie who requires a choke free harness. Comfortable and soft but the best feature is the top buckling. This way there is no flapping excess closure when leash is off. Times require a halter instead of collar. University of Florida Vet school suggest not using collars but halters....The only halter I have found this really is a solution to ID collar or long term wearing...have red and pink.. Pine is amazing tone.
Very pleased with the harness. It works great!
Greetings - the replacement harnesses arrived yesterday - they fit perfectly! Thank you so much for you perfect sizing guarantee! My dogs love them - they are nice and soft and can be left on. They don't even know they have them on! I took them for a walk as soon as I got them. Absolutely NO pressure on their throats. I have wanted these for so long and you all made it possible. Thank you so much! Your customer service is STELLAR! I have shared your FB page and sung your praises. Hopefully others will see how wonderful these harnesses are for little dogs. Thank you so much!
Nice, soft harness. Beautiful leather! I don't feel bad leaving it on my dog all day because it doesn't dig into him or get tangled in his hair. It doesn't fit perfectly, though, because the loop behind his legs flips back and shows the white underside of the leather.
Great service, prompt delivery, excellent products. What more could you want from a company.
The problem we had with this harness was that the rings that you fasten the leash to at the back slid, pulling the dog's fur. This irritated him and he would not walk with the harness on.
We recently adopted a Yorkshire Terrier who has a collapsing trachea. He came to us with a harness which was supposed to be choke free, but when we took him out he wheezed badly. We ordered this harness from GW Little. It came from California to Florida quickly, and it has greatly improved his symptoms. Greatly recommended for dogs with breathing conditions.
Perfect - no more gasping from either of us! Sadly with the import duty/handling charges over here it becamne a very expensive purchase. Also it took longer to get through customs than to come over from the States! Just wish you could sell them over here, or get them, made under license or something as I am sure they would catch on - so simple and so efffective. Would have loved a black one as Maisie is small and cute and soft but tough! Pink would have been a no no for her so we chose the red but black would have been better. Brilliant design.
Lovely harness--very soft. love that it is a simple design. My only problem was in figuring out which part was the front. My dogs seem more comfortable wearing these than in their old harnesses.
This is my second leather harness. The first one was size one and was great and worked well for about 2 years so I ordered another one in size 2. This one doesn't seem to work as well as far as keeping her from choking when she pulls on her leash. I notice it is a much wider harness and the leg openings are larger than the first one could this be what makes a difference in the choking? She weighs 6lb and measures 13 behind her front legs.
This is the second harness of this type that I have ordered for my ShiTzu. This harness is very easy to put on, and seems comfortable on and he really seems to like it.
This harness is the best and really is soft leather. It's better then my last leather harness and easy to adjust to put on.. This harness by far better than a buddy belt!!!
I have a Shih Tzu with a bad throat. Other harnesses tend to bother him. This one is soft and he loves to just step in or just leave it on. My groomer just loved it and so do I. I would never trade it in. I would highly recommend it to everyone with a small dog. The service was quick. Thanks!!!
This item is pretty good. The quality is good, but the design is a tiny bit flawed. This is the third type of this harness that I've purchased. It works good for my Boston Terriers (size 4, I believe), except that the d-ring that you attach the leash to slides around and often ends up on my dogs' left shoulder, which is a bit awkward. I realized recently that I can prevent this from happening by stopping up one of the adjustment holes, so the d-ring doesn't move around as much. I did this with the dogs' tags on a split ring, and it works much better. I ordered a tiny one (size 1) for my 5 pound toy poodle. I did the same thing with the d-ring to prevent it sliding so much, but I don't think this type of harness is going to work for him as well. The sliding d-ring seems to pull out his longer fur - when I take the harness off of him after a walk, I often find some of his fur caught to it. This also happens with a similarly designed harness of a different brand, so maybe they just don't work as well for long haired dogs. Also, the button on the chest, while not a problem for my bigger dogs, seems like it might be uncomfortable for him. So I'm still on the fence about whether I'll be using this harness for my poodle on a regular basis or not. It looks adorable and the quality is very good though.
The harness itself was very nice and fit well, but unfortunately it was very easy to chew threw. Within 10 minutes of wearing, my 9 month old Yorkie chewed threw it. The material it is made out of is not that thick.
This is the 4th Choke Free Harness that I have ordered, the 2nd Buttery Soft Leather one. I love them, my dogs love them. My dogs get so excited to go for walks and I feel so much better knowing that they won't be choking themselves in their excitement. I won't put any other collar on them now!
I love the scrappy choke free harnesses. We now have three. Fit is comfy and safe. The only negative for me is the the leash ring is not centered, and I don't know how you could change that.
This no choke harness is THE best one that we've tried. It is soft and easy to step into, but for our kids the best part is that we found no chance of pressing on their tracheas.
Very nice and soft for my girls! Took them on a 2.5 mile walk in these today (where they might have pulled a bit), and they look great, and no chafing or rubbing on the sensitive skin of my Bostons!
If your dog coughs when it is excited, like my dog does from a collapsed trachea, this is the perfect harness for both of you. Not every harness is good for a dog with a collapsed trachea. The harness must rest lower than the breast bone, otherwise it still puts pressure on the trachea. I have had my dog for 4 years, and this is the first harness that has completely taken the pressure off her neck. Also, the harness is so soft. It is an amazing product. My other dog doesn't have a collapsed trachea, but I bought her one too when I saw how amazing this harness is.
This harness was very soft! I loved everything about it, EXCEPT the buckle closure. Did not like the looks of it. I sent it back :(. Wish you could get it in a snap closure.
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For me, I always felt like the only way to represent myself was to have a crossover in the way I presented myself.
What happens if they crossover and vote in the Democratic primary?
General-election appeal: As a self-identified American black conservative with a Reagan-like message, lots of crossover potential.
The novel, about a mother and son imprisoned by a mysterious captor, seems tailor-made for crossover success.
As they mulled how to best pull off the crossover, "we talked about the two ways we could do it," says Povenmire.
On its face, the case for choosing a running mate with some crossover appeal was obvious.
Coto: There may be room for a 24/Planet of the Apes crossover.
Car 56 flashed under a crossover and into a long, gentle curve.
One day I was flying the lead plane and I called for a crossover.
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Welcome to WebmasterWorld Guest from 18.104.22.168
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1. The disputed domain name was registered on December 12, 1990.
2. Complainant was incorporated in April 2008.
3. Complainant first used the trademark in June 2008.
4. Complainant sent Respondent a letter dated July 29, 2008 offering to purchase the disputed domain name.
5. Respondent advised Complainant that the domain name was not for sale.
6. Complainant subsequently commenced these Administrative Proceedings.
The Panel finds that Complainant has engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking.
Now, what's really need is a lawsuit seeking compensatory damages, counsel fees and punitive damages for frivolous litigation, abuse of process, malicious abuse of process, . . . or whatever . . anything and everything, including the kitchen sink.
On the flip side of cybersquatting is the emergence of legal proceedings of extremely dubious merit, a practice that like cybersquatting - with its $100,000.00 statutory penalties - needs a corresponding statutory remedy.
Let's amend the anti-cybersquatting law to provide a $100,000. penalty to be assessed against anyone or any company that files a legal proceeding that is . . so lacking in merit that it fails to pass the . . "Say what?!" test.
If the filing of the proeeding, to grab a domain causes a majority of intelligent people to say "WHAT?!", in response to reading or hearing about the action, then they wrongdoer is fined $100,000. . . or more.
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Now, what's really need is a lawsuit seeking compensatory damages, counsel fees and punitive damages for frivolous litigation, abuse of process, malicious abuse of process, . . . or whatever . .
I have been wanting to file Federal Court lawsuits myself (pro se) against several firms who were trying to in-effect reverse hijack my domains but unable to get a little help as far as how to word the pleadings in a general sense, general wording of the suit, and the statutes involved, and relief requested.
Still want to pursue it if only I could get some help with it. I am not financially able or willing to pay an attorney a ton of money to do it. In fact, I have asked a couple domain attorneys about it and they were quite reluctant to handle such a case even on paid basis for some odd reason.
P.S. Since I believe Webwork is an attorney himself maybe he could help me so I can do my pro se lawsuits. I will do all the legwork and paperwork. The District Court is only a short 35-minute drive away. The cost of the filing is surprisngly low at only $350. P.S. The proposed pro se lawsuits will not be my first rodeo in Federal Court so I am aware of the procedures and process.
So, my first bit of advice is target lawyers with offices near where you will file, i.e., your home venue.
Secondly, lawyers are VERY selective about the pro bono work they do, since there are MANY people and "causes" (hate that word) calling for free/discount services.
I find that lawyers who are fond of the arts will volunteer time to arts organizations. It's a way do some good while fulfilling some other personal goal, interest, yearning, etc. (I did such work for years for a local arts organization.)
Finding a lawyer with a yearning to help domainers? Eh . . ? No surprises there.
Lawyers also don't kin to projects where "all they have to do is help the lay person". Most lawyers who have ventured into that realm have stories to tell about how things just didn't turn out.
Also, bear in mind that even though it's "pro bono work" most lawyers don't want to do a bad job - so many lawyers will refuse requests to do work that is outside their scope of expertise.
Unfortunately, a good deal of past legal activism was enabled/underwritten by a lawyer's/law firm's ability to "pay the bills from paid work elsewhere" - i.e., if you had enough paying clients to meet your expenses you were more able to take on pro bono work. That "model" is now suffering from the lack of "work elsewhere". Ditto for activist agencies funded by contributions, grants or governments. Budgets are being slashed.
Maybe you need to go looking for unemployed lawyers who have a lot of spare time? Unfortunately, you may not be getting the pick of the crop for your legal work, but you might get lucky.
I'm not in the market to help no matter how much your lament. In my "free time" (Ha! And ha, again.) all I do lately is build websites . . that don't make me any money.
Guess I could call that my unpaid or low paid pro bono work? :(
Keep looking, but keep it close to home. Don't invest a lot of time, though, as I don't see you having any success - to be painfully frank.
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If I recall correctly once a lawyer starts the lawsuit the might force him to go on...and on..and on...depending how far the other guy goes.
Also, as far as I know pro bono lawyers handle routine cases such as divorce, dui and similar common cases and probably extremely unlikely to find one with expertise in domains and trademarks. In addition, I heard you need to proove you can't afford to pay a lawyer and are very poor to get a pro bono attorney for your case.
P.S. Webwork, I had a few Rodeos already (and feel comfortable in Federal Court) so dont need a lawyer but just need a little help with the general pleadings pro se, as mentioned before. I have also asked domainers who filed preemptive lawsuits against TM owners before but my requests for a bit of help were stonewalled.


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So my brother and I both bought an entry level bike. He bought it from a local bike shop and I got my Giant from a more department style sporting shop. I highly doubt that the build has anything to do with the problem anyways. I was thinking they put too much lubricant on the chain.
However his chain is always clean and maybe a little dry where mine is always kind of oily and becomes dirty really fast. The clear rubber masking under the chain on the frame always has left over dirty residues on it from the chain.
My question is, is it too much lubricant on the chain? So Yesterday I fully cleaned the chain and applied some lubricant but this time I wiped the chain to make sure it's pretty dry and shiny looking.
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Pivac is the current New Zealand rugby coach of the year after guiding Auckland to back-to-back wins in the 2002 and 2003 provincial championships.
He acknowledged that financial problems and a player exodus to wealthier foreign sides would prove difficult.
"My position is not just about coaching the best players now, but finding the players of the future," said Pivac.
"We're going to place a lot of emphasis on developing the players in Fiji and not rely totally on overseas players, which may have been done more in the past."
McCallion quit, complaining of a lack of financial resources for Fiji rugby after the side failed make the quarter-finals of the World Cup last year.
Fiji Rugby Union chief executive Pio Bosco Tikoisuva was delighted at the appointment.
"At the end of last season, Wayne could have had pretty much any coaching position in New Zealand," he said.
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Bristol Palin Gets Restraining Order Against Stalker
Attempting to keep herself safe from a deranged stalker, Bristol Palin was granted a restraining order recently against a Texas man who got way too close.
Earlier this month, the daughter of former VP candidate Sarah Palin filed for a temporary restraining order after Michael Cummings sent her a note saying "I (heart) you" complete with an engagement ring. Allegedly, he also showed up at her mother's house in an attempt to locate her.
According to TMZ, the man's own mother called local police to report that her "unstable" son was in town to see Bristol.
An Alaska judge just granted a one-year protection order covering both Bristol and her son, Tripp. The order can be extended two weeks before ending if she convinces the court that it is necessary.


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I personally believe that the couch has been taken hostage and that Jon is pretending that it died while he works with the kidnappers and Interpol (because no true American would kidnap the couch). Your cryptic post gives credence to my previously presumptious conspiracy theory...
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Channel 7 Sunrise – Anti-Vaccination Messages For Breakfast This Morning
As I recently Tweeted: With broadcast, @sunriseon7 sets back all efforts (e.g: Retreating to the church of anti-vaccination).I'm so very disappointed. It's what Dr Gorski calls "Manufactroversy" and he's written about another media example earlier this year on USA's NPR.What surprises me is that Sarah Murdoch, one of the co-hosts, is an ambassador for a health group and yet this was allowed to air. I was, however, very impressed with Professor McIntyre's efforts during the show - but, … [Read more...]
Will Australian TV Air Jenny McCarthy's Views On The View? New Token Skeptic Podcast
It just occurred to me this morning (as I was checking that the next two episodes of Token Skeptic were downloadable) that perhaps a campaign needs to be in the works to prevent having the anti-vaccination activist Jenny McCarthy feature on Australian television, via the US program "The View".From the Channel 9 Facebook page:"...The View will no longer be showing on Nine as the contract has expired and not been renewed."I guess we can be grateful for some small mercies.In the … [Read more...]
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News item for today (apart from Red Panda successfully recaptured) - from News.com.au, Sue Dunleavy: The controversial anti-immunisation Australian Vaccine Network will be told to disband in a motion to be debated in the Senate today. Greens health spokesperson Senator Richard Di Natale who is proposing the motion says it is important the Parliament take the lead in expressing its disdain for the group's activities."I think it is important that we take them on, that the community recognise them … [Read more...]
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Nellie McKay
"Feminists don't have a sense of humor
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Feminists spread vicious lies and rumors
They have a tumor on their funny bone…"
These brilliantly satirical lyrics come from the song "Mother of Pearl" by Nellie McKay. As it says on the artist's website:
"You should know that Nellie McKay is hard to categorize. She's done Brecht on Broadway, opened for Lou Reed at Carnegie Hall, sung Woody Allen movie songs at the Hollywood Bowl, performed on A Prairie Home Companion, duetted with Eartha Kitt and Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, played Hilary Swank's sister on the big screen, paid tribute to Doris Day, and released three wildly acclaimed albums of original music.
Her music is as tuneful and clever as the best of the Great American Songbook-part cabaret, part sparkly pop. But beneath the charming melodic surface is a wit that cuts, and a sharply tuned social conscience."
McKay is an unabashed feminist, as well as a vegan and animal rights activist. She uses her music as social commentary just as much as an artistic statement. She has recorded five albums to date, 2004. The songs vary dramatically in genre, from rap to jazz to reggae to pop. She is a master of irony, often juxtaposing sharp, dark, poignant lyrics with seemingly cheery, palatable beats.
McKay's music is darkly witty and clever, often showing a cynicism for the way the world operates today. If you want to listen to music that is much sharper and smarter than the average records created today by young artists, check out Nellie McKay.
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Chuck Colson and many others discuss the implications of the HHS Mandate and how its attack on religious liberty and freedom of conscience can be undone.
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HHS abortion-pill and contraceptive mandate, this administration has run roughshod over our first liberty and assigned government the new role of deciding which entities are "religious enough" for First Amendment protections and which aren't, while decreeing that most private citizens have no say in how they may follow their beliefs.
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"I travel very positively with a kind of hope and assumption that we'll be OK, because most people we do meet are extremely friendly, curious and hospitable," Palin tells me.
"We found this when we went to Pakistan. I mean, hospitality is vitally important to those societies. If you spend too long there, and, say, get involved with one of their daughters, they would probably shoot you! But their first instinct is to be hospitable, and if you go in peace you'll be received and welcomed. So, I took local advice, we went along, and, generally speaking, where there were not armed men with guns, we were fine."
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At times it's almost like seeing those imperial influences from the other side of Alice's looking-glass. Shadows of the Raj . . . without the Brits. Palin accepts it all in with that winning smile.
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"The audience would switch off," he says. "But I would have such a good time!"
Not that he doesn't already have a good time. In the opening chapter of Himalaya, there is a great deal of action. In Gunga Din's Afghan border country Palin is offered a James Bond-style pen that fires bullets, risks his jawline Marathon Man-style to a local dentist, and becomes the visiting professor of English for a day in a mountain tribal school.
At a splendid palace somewhere in the Hindu Kush, the local prince shows him his palominos and racing bulls, as well as the jockey who lost an arm for him at last year's races.
There will be a visit to Simla, once the summer capital of India's British colonials; then Kashmir, for the houseboats of Lake Dal; later, Dharamsala for an audience with the Dalai Lama; and into troubled Nepal and Tibet before facing the might of Everest.
In the latter part of the trip he meets an octogenarian herbalist, stays at a monastery where the monks dress up as milkmaids, washes an elephant and chats to a group of smiling head-hunters with the trophies around their necks. Not much free shopping time on this trip.
Does Palin believe travelling abroad has become more hazardous? Does he, perhaps, sense we need him on TV now for our own vicarious thrills and exploration?
"Well, that's an interesting thought," he says, amused. "Fewer Americans are travelling now, as a result of 9/11 I suppose. Unfortunately, I've found the American appetite for what I do has also decreased. Sahara didn't really go down terribly well. No one there leapt to buy this. It does seem as if America doesn't seem to want to be particularly engaged with the rest of the world.
"But if you're Australian, for instance, or a New Zealander, or a Brit, well, we still seem to be travelling all over the place.
"The only problem we had this time when it all seemed to fall apart, strangely enough, was in Nepal, where we had a brush with Maoists in a village.
"They are not targeting foreigners but three Gurkha officers protecting us were abducted. They were supposed to be away for three hours and were abducted for two days. And we had to get out pretty quickly. It is the only time I felt I was among people genuinely hostile."
And, yes, he will keep travelling. Travelling as light as possible, armed with, perhaps, Virginia Woolf, his notebooks, stout shoes and a good medicine bag. One of his directors shares his appreciations and brings along a little coffee maker.
"Great flames spurt up in the middle of nowhere, tents are nearly set alight, but you do get a great cup of ground coffee," he says. "Someone else brings along Cooper's Oxford marmalade, which all does wonders for morale up there in Lhasa.
"Making these documentaries has, I realise, brought me some of the most satisfying times of my life. I feel much more relaxed now about my view of the world. I will keep travelling . . . there are places to see."
Himalaya with Michael Palin screens from Saturday 13 November at 7.30pm on the ABC.