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Subject: [Ont] 1883 Simcoe Co. BMD's...#4
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 09:49:47 -0400
May 4, 1883, Orillia Packet and Times
At Gravenhurst, on the 20th ult., the wife of Mr. James Anderson, of a
At Green's Bay, on April 21st, the wife of Mr. James Green, of a daughter.
At Coldwater, on the 28th ult., the wife of Mr. Joseph Brown, of a daughter.
At Coldwater, on the 28th ult., the wife of Mr. Peter Wallace, of a daughter.
At Orillia, on the 28th April, 1883, the wife of Mr. Jas. Kenny, of a
On Saturday forenoon, 28th April, at Penetanguishene, the wife of Thomas
McCrossen, of twins (boys).
At Orillia, April 30, the wife of Mr. Wm. Tresidder, of a son.
None Listed
At Innisfil, on Monday, April 23rd, Thos. Lougheed, born August 15th, 1799,
in the County of Donegal, Ireland, aged 83 years, 8 months, and 8 days.
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ago. He died at the old homestead, where he had lived for forty years.
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The team, from the US Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, hope their work could lead to new ways to prevent humans being infected with HIV.
They believe a similar molecule known to exist in humans might have the potential to stop HIV in its tracks.
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The molecule, named TRIM5-alpha appears to patrol the body for viruses, and, if they enter a cell, prevents them from causing harm.
Dr Anthony Fauci, of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which funded the study, said: "Identification of this HIV-blocking factor opens new avenues for intervening in the early stage of HIV infection, before the virus can gain a toehold."
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Friday, April 16, 2010
My son's self portrait
8 comments:
- Pat said...
Paul is a very talented young man! How amazing to draw so well in such a short period of time.
- April 16, 2010
- Barb said...
He is very talented!! I wish I could draw.
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- Kim D. said...
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Beavers CWS Dreams Dashed
It wasn't supposed to end this way for the Oregon State baseball team. The team that so often found ways to win games after suffering a disappointing loss early in a series ran out of magic in the College World Series.
Mississippi State, a 5-4 winner over OSU in the first game in Omaha last Saturday, came back with an even more impressive performance and defeated the Beavers 4-1 Friday afternoon. Oregon State, which needed a victory to force another game against the Bulldogs on Saturday, was the fifth team to be eliminated from the CWS. North Carolina later lost 4-1 to UCLA Friday night to become the sixth team to be sent packing. UCLA and Mississippi State will play a best-of-three-championship series starting Monday night at TD Ameritrade Park.
Freshman All-American Andrew Moore started on the mound for Oregon State and allowed only one hit through the first three innings of a scoreless game. However, Moore gave up three hits and the game's first run in the bottom of the fourth. Then in the fifth, MLB first-round draft pick Hunter Renfroe lined a hanging curveball into the Bulldogs bullpen in left field. His 3-run homer, his 16th of the season, gave Mississippi State a commanding 4-0 lead. Even though Jace Fry came in and allowed only two hits in 3 and 1/3 scoreless innings, the damage had been done.
The Beavers scored their run with two outs in the sixth on an RBI-single by Andy Peterson, but that was all the scoring OSU could muster on a hot, muggy Nebraska afternoon.
Oregon State managed to bring the tying run to the plate with only one out in the top of the ninth, but closer Jonathan Holder entered the game and got Kavin Keyes to line out to left for the second out of the inning. And OSU's season ended when Ryan Barnes bounced into a game-ending forceout at second base. The Beavers finish the year with a record of 52-13.
In postgame comments, Coach Pat Casey and several underclassmen talked about the disappointment they felt, not just for themselves, but for the seniors who had done so much to help the Beavers make a return trip to Omana after a 6-year absence.
As a disappointing day came to an end here in Nebraska, Beaver Nation could at least take pride in another Oregon State player earning top billing during the ESPN SportsCenter's "Play of the Day" segment. OSU left fielder Michael Conforto's grab of Wes Rea's long drive in the second inning was highlighted as the #1 play of the day in sports. Conforto, who also threw out a runner at the plate for the second time in the CWS, sprinted back and crashed into the wall. The ball plunked into Conforto's glove just as the mitt (and Conforto himself) smacked into the wall at full speed. Somehow, Conforto managed to hold on to the ball. It was a tremendous grab, one that people will be talking about for a long time. And, with the way Conforto plays the outfield -- and punishes the baseball with a bat in his hands --- you can expect Conforto to be a very high MLB draft pick after next season.
My takeaway from watching this team very closely in the last few months is that it was a special group that Coach Casey had assembled. The affection the players have for one another was obvious, and the disappointment each player had after the loss to Mississippi State was almost more than some of the players could handle.
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OS X Mountain Lion: Need to reinstall Xcode command line toolsPosted: July 27, 2012 Filed under: Mac, OSX | Tags: howto, OSX, tip, tool, Unix 13 Comments
So I upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion yesterday. The install was pretty smooth (though had a tough time with the redeem code for the upgrade, worked on the third code that Apple sent across).
Most of the software is working fine. However, I found that my existing Xcode installation needed an upgrade (via a Xcode install from the App Store).
The problem is that any new Xcode install seems to nuke the command line development tools (think make, autoconf, etc.). The solution is pretty simple though. Once Xcode has been installed, run Xcode and then open the preferences. There is a section on downloads, which lists installing the command line tools as an option.
Voila! Issue resolved.
gnuplot with AquaTerm on OSX Snow LeopardPosted: January 17, 2010 Filed under: Open Source, OSX, Programming | Tags: followup, howto, Open Source, OSX, terminal, tip, tool, Unix 20 Comments
The gnuplot graphing utility has always had excellent support for multiple terminal types. While the X11 terminal is a satisfactory GUI view for the graphs, I prefer to use the AquaTerm terminal on OSX as it is more 'Mac-like' and feels more natural.
Also, I do prefer to compile gnuplot by myself on OSX rather than downloading the pre-packaged binaries – as this gives me more control over the compilation (including getting around the stupid Apple readline bug – where Apple has essentially shipped a broken readline by using libedit to emulate the non-existent libreadline).
This local compile requires that AquaTerm be installed so that the library dependencies for aquaterm exists in:
and the corresponding headers are available at:
In addition, the AquaTerm.app itself resides in /Applications.
However, on OS X Snow Leopard, there is a catch – the version of AquaTerm is 32 bit, whereas the default compilation of gnuport results in a 64-bit version – which is not able to load the 32-bit libaquaterm dynamic libraries.
In such a case, the gnuplot compilation does succeed – however, the default terminal becomes the X11 version – which is back to square-one.
A darwinports port does exist for gnuplot – however, as mentioned in an earlier post, this port seems to depend on half of the port repository (i.e., a ton of stuff you do NOT want gets installed as well).
However, there is a easier way to get around this situation. Here's how.
- First install the default binary for AquaTerm from SourceForge and install normally. This step is to basically setup the right folders and symlinks so that you do not have to muck with these later
- Now install AquaTerm again from Darwinports – this port has the correct patches needed – and more importantly – builds a 64 bit version by default. This will also install the application under /Applications/MacPorts/
- Now comes the fun part. We will replace two folders from the darwinports version to the previously installed AquaTerm.
- Step 1: Replace /Library/Frameworks/AquaTerm.framework with /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/AquaTerm.framework. This will ensure that the correct 64 bit AquaTerm libraries get referenced by the gnuplot compilation
- Step 2: Replace /Applications/AquaTerm.app with /Applications/MacPorts/AquaTerm.app. This will ensure that the correct 64-bit AquaTerm binary is in the correct location
- Step 3 (Optional): You can now uninstall the darwinports version by running sudo port uninstall aquaterm from a terminal window
- Download the source code for gnuplot and extract the same.
- Run ./configure (using a command line parameter to ignore the broken Apple readline) and then make and make install (install will happen in /usr/local)
That's it! The compilation should now succeed and gnuplot will be linked with the correct 64-bit aquaterm dynamic library. Enjoy!
Tips for using emacsclient using Emacs 23.1 daemon modePosted: August 12, 2009 Filed under: Emacs | Tags: Emacs, howto, Unix Leave a comment
In an earlier post I had listed the server-mode mechanism to allow client/server editing using Emacs. However, this require some setup and also an active Emacs session.
With the latest version of Emacs (23.1), a new mechanism to invoke Emacs in a server mode has been introduced. Basically, emacs can be invoked with the –daemon option from the shell command line:
$ emacs --daemon
This will run emacs in the background as a daemon which will be listening in to emacsclient connections. To actually start a edit session, use emacsclient from the command line as before with the file name as a parameter.
A couple of new options have been added to the 23.1 emacsclient which allow the client to either
- Invoke a terminal editing session (via the -t option to emacsclient), or
- Create or reuse a GUI frame for the editing session (default behavior)
The advantage here is that Emacs can now truly act as a server (without any visible window or terminal session) and can be added to the logon/start up scripts.
Tips for using emacsclient and server-mode on OSXPosted: August 11, 2009 Filed under: Emacs | Tags: Emacs, howto, OSX, Unix 4 Comments
Emacs is a great editor, but has one setback – it is slow to startup if you have loads of packages to load. On my G4 iBook, it takes around 45 seconds before Emacs becomes usable (OK – I use lots of packages).
However, Emacs is not meant to be restarted every so often. The canonical usage is to start Emacs once, invoke the server mode (see EmacsClient) and then use the emacsclient from the command line to invoke the editor instance when needed. I.e., the classic client/server model for editing!
Note that by default, this uses local sockets and hence the clients can connect only to the local machine's server. However, there is an alternate mechanism to use standard TCP/IP sockets, which allows connections to remote Emacs servers. See the emacsclient info page for details.
(Note: With the latest 23.1 version of Emacs, there is an alternate mechanism to start Emacs in a server mode – will post this in a future article).
In order to enable this feature, server-mode needs to be run within an active Emacs session (V22 and above). This can be achieved by:
M-x server-start
Alternatively, you can add the following line at end of your .emacs file:
Note that a running Emacs session needs to be present before the clients can connect.
The next step is to invoke emacsclient from the command line (or from a script) with the file name to edit.
$ emacsclient <file to edit>
This will cause a new file buffer with the requested file to be opened in the running Emacs session. The emacsclient that invoked the edit will block till the running Emacs returns control via 'C-x #' (server-edit)
You can use the -n option to the emacsclient invocation to prevent the blocking.
On my system, I have aliased the 'emacsclient' binary to be 'ec', which is much simpler to type.
I.e., in my `.bashrc', I have
alias ec emacsclient
I have also defined $EDITOR to use 'emacsclient' when possible, and 'vi' otherwise. However, instead of directly assigning to the $EDITOR environment variable, I have a small shell-script to define the default editor I want to use. This script is then assigned to the $EDITOR variable.
The code for the default-editor shell-script (named 'default-editor') is:
#!/bin/bash # Set up a default editor for the shell # Use Emacs if already open, and vi in other cases (including fallback) # Note that this will set the default emacsclient, which may not be what you want # if multiple versions of emacs are available. In that case, you can put the absolute path # of the emacsclient that needs to be used. # E.g., the Cocoa 23.1 emacsclient on OSX is actually located at: # /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/emacsclient EMACS_EDITOR=`which emacsclient` if [ -x "$EMACS_EDITOR" ]; then $EMACS_EDITOR -a vi "$@" else vi "$@" # Never fails! fi
And then, in the .bashrc file, I have:
if [ -x $HOME/bin/default_editor ]; then export EDITOR=$HOME/bin/default_editor else export EDITOR=`which vi` fi
BTW, the code above assumes that you use bash as the primary shell in your terminal. You can however trivially modify the scripts above for your specific shell.
Setting the PATH variable from within EmacsPosted: August 10, 2009 Filed under: Emacs | Tags: Emacs, howto, Unix Leave a comment
A Small function to set the PATH variable from within Emacs. You can define the function and the path definitions in your .emacs file:
Very useful for OS X, where the default path is set by plists.
;; Define a function to setup additional path (defun my-add-path (path-element) "Add the specified path element to the Emacs PATH" (interactive "DEnter directory to be added to path: ") (if (file-directory-p path-element) (setenv "PATH" (concat (expand-file-name path-element) path-separator (getenv "PATH")))))
and use it as:
;;; Set localized PATH for OS X (if (fboundp 'my-add-path) (let ((my-paths (list "/opt/local/bin" "/usr/local/bin" "/usr/local/sbin" "/usr/local/mysql/bin" "~/bin"))) (dolist (path-to-add my-paths (getenv "PATH")) (my-add-path path-to-add))))


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Author Affiliations: Departments of Epidemiology (Drs Crume, Hamman, and Dabelea) and Biostatistics (Mr Bahr), Colorado School of Public Health, and Department of Radiology, School of Medicine (Drs Scherzinger and Stamm), University of Colorado, Denver; Departments of Nutrition and Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Dr Mayer-Davis).
Objective To determine whether the effect of breastfeeding on childhood measures of adiposity differs across percentiles of childhood body mass index (BMI), subcutaneous (SAT) and visceral (VAT) adipose tissue deposition, ratio of subcutaneous to triceps skinfold (STR), and intramyocellular lipid accumulation (IMCL).
Design Retrospective cohort.
Setting Denver, Colorado.
Participants Four hundred forty-two children and adolescents aged 6 to 13 years participating in the Exploring Perinatal Outcomes Among Children study (EPOCH) with material recall of infant diet.
Main Exposure Adequate (≥6 breast milk–months) vs low (<6 breast milk–months) neonatal breastfeeding status.
Main Outcome Measures Mean and percentile differences in BMI, SAT, VAT, STR, and IMCL between children who had adequate compared with low levels of breastfeeding.
Results No significant differences in mean levels of childhood adiposity levels between adequate and low breastfeeding status were detected using linear regression models. However, in quantile regression models, adequate breastfeeding was associated with lower levels of adiposity levels for those in the upper percentiles (>60th percentile for VAT, 85th and 95th percentiles for BMI, and 95th percentiles for SAT and STR) and a null effect for those at the 50th percentile or lower. These effects were independent of sociodemographic, perinatal, and current lifestyle factors. We found no relationship between breastfeeding and IMCL at any percentile of the distribution.
Conclusions Rather than shifting the entire distribution of adiposity-related measures in childhood, breastfeeding selectively protects against extremes in body size and fat deposition, reinforcing the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation for 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding as the optimal infant diet.
Childhood growth and fat patterning are influenced by early life nutrition and weight gain velocity1 in infancy. Breastfeeding protects against overweight and obesity in childhood and against underweight in infancy and childhood.2 Three meta-analyses reported a protective effect of breastfeeding on overweight and obesity later in life.3- 5 In contrast, null or deleterious effects were reported in a meta-analysis that included studies assessing body mass index (BMI) as a continuous outcome.6 Moreover, the recent cluster-randomized trial of a breastfeeding promotion intervention found no difference in mean childhood BMI, blood pressure, or waist circumference at 6½ years of age,7 leading some researchers to conclude that the relationship between breastfeeding and childhood obesity reported by observational studies is biased by confounding, reverse causality,8 and publication bias. However, 2 recent pediatric studies in Germany reported that breastfeeding reduces the upper tail of the BMI distribution9,10 and tends to increase the lower tail10 while having a null effect on subjects near the mean of the distribution. These findings suggest that breastfeeding may shift individual body size toward the mean, preventing overweight and obesity and benefiting underweight children in terms of weight normalization. We attempted to replicate these findings in a cohort of 442 ethnically diverse youth aged 6 to 13 years from Denver, Colorado.11 In addition, we examined the effect of breastfeeding on abdominal fat deposition, including visceral (VAT) and subcutaneous (SAT) adipose tissue; fat patterning, assessed as the ratio of subscapular to triceps skinfold (STR); and ectopic fat deposition based on intramyocellular lipid (IMCL) accumulation.
The Exploring Perinatal Outcomes Among Children study (EPOCH) is a retrospective cohort study conducted in Colorado. Participants included a multiethnic population of children and adolescents (hereinafter referred to as children) aged 6 to 13 years who were the offspring of singleton pregnancies and born at a single hospital in Denver during the period from January 1, 1992, through December 31, 2002. Their biological mothers were members of Kaiser Permanente of Colorado Health Plan at the time of birth and were still members and living in Colorado during the study period. Children and their biological mothers were invited for a research visit from January 1, 2006, through December 1, 2009. The present analysis includes 442 EPOCH participants born to mothers who did not have diabetes mellitus during the pregnancy.
Childhood height and weight were measured in light clothing and without shoes. Weight was measured to the nearest 0.1 kg using an electronic scale. Height was measured to the nearest 0.1 cm using a portable stadiometer. Body mass index was calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared. Magnetic resonance imaging of the abdominal region was used to quantify VAT and SAT with a 3-T system (HDx imager; General Electric) by a trained technician. Each study participant was placed supine, and a series of T1-weighted coronal images were taken to locate the L4-L5 plane. One axial, 10-mm T1-weighted image at the umbilicus or L4-L5 vertebrae was analyzed to determine SAT and VAT content. A detailed description of the analysis technique has been described elsewhere.12
Images were analyzed by a single reader (A.L.S.) blinded to exposure status. Accumulation of IMCL was assessed by magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Each subject was positioned to the midcalf area using a T1-weighted image as a localizer, and homogeneous muscle regions were selected for measurement. The spectroscopy acquisition was performed using the point-resolved spectroscopy pulse sequence (repetition time, 2000 milliseconds; echo time, 100 milliseconds) with the creatine peak at 3.0 ppm used for an internal reference. Water suppression was not used, so the IMCL concentration could be scaled to the basis set water peak and therefore normalized. Although not given in absolute units, IMCL can therefore be compared across the subjects studied. Spectra images were analyzed using the spectroscopy analysis package (SAGE; General Electric).
At the study visit, mothers were queried about breastfeeding and formula feeding and the timing and introduction of other solid foods and beverages. Because of high levels of reported mixed feeding, a measure of breast milk–months was developed that incorporated duration and exclusivity. For all infants who were ever breastfed, duration was equal to the age of the child (in months) when breastfeeding was stopped entirely; therefore, duration included periods of mixed breastfeeding and formula feeding. For infants ever fed formula, mothers were asked to classify their infant feeding as formula only, more formula than breast milk, equal amounts of breast milk and formula, or more breast milk than formula. Breastfeeding exclusivity was quantified using weights from 0 and 1, with exclusive breastfeeding having a weight of 1 and exclusive formula feeding having a weight of 0. For infants fed breast milk and formula, exclusivity was equal to 0.25 for more formula than breast milk, 0.50 for formula and breast milk equally, and 0.75 for more breast milk than formula. The breast milk–months measure incorporated duration and exclusivity to estimate an overall breast milk dose equivalent in months as the sum of months of exclusive breastfeeding and the weighted months of mixed breast milk and formula in the following equation:
[Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding (in Months) + Duration of Mixed Breastfeeding and Formula Feeding (in Months)] × Exclusivity Weight.
Breast milk–months were categorized as low (<6 months) and adequate breastfeeding status (≥6 months) based on recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics.13
Race/ethnicity was self-reported using 2000 US census–based questions and categorized as Hispanic (any race), non-Hispanic white, or non-Hispanic African American. Pubertal development was assessed by child self-report with a diagrammatic representation of Tanner staging adapted from Marshall and Tanner.14 Youth were categorized as being at a Tanner stage of less than 2 (prepubertal) or 2 or more (pubertal). Maternal level of education and total household income were self-reported at the study visit. Children's total energy intake (kilocalories per day) was assessed using the Block Kid's Food Questionnaire.15 Self-reported sedentary and nonsedentary key activities performed during the previous 3 days were queried using a 3-day physical activity recall questionnaire.16 Each 30-minute block of activity was assigned a metabolic equivalent variable to accommodate the energy expenditure. Results were reported as a percentage score reflecting the extent to which the number of 30-minute blocks of moderate-to-vigorous and vigorous physical activity reported during the 3 days met the standard of at least 1 hour of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day17 and 20 minutes of vigorous physical activity per day.18 Maternal prepregnancy BMI was calculated from the Kaiser Permanente of Colorado–measured weight before the last menstrual cycle preceding pregnancy and height collected at the in-person research visit.
Multiple regression techniques were used to model the effect of breastfeeding on the following adiposity outcomes of interest: BMI, SAT, VAT, STR, and IMCL. Linear regression was used to estimate the conditional mean difference in adiposity levels between children with low and adequate breastfeeding patterns. Quantile regression was used to estimate the conditional median differences and differences at the 5th, 15th, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th, 85th, and 95th percentiles of adiposity levels. Our multivariable model controlled for the effects of age, sex, race/ethnicity, Tanner stage, daily caloric intake, and physical activity levels and for maternal factors, including smoking during pregnancy, income, level of education, and prepregnancy BMI. In addition, an interaction term between age and Tanner stage found to be significant in our data set and in other studies19,20 was included for all outcomes of interest. All calculations were performed in the open-source statistical environment R21 using the Quantreg package.11 Standard errors and confidence limits were obtained for the regression coefficients using the sparsity method that assumes errors are independently and identically distributed. The asymptotic method was used to compute the covariance and correlation matrices of the estimated variables.
The protocol was approved by the multiple institutional review board and Human Participant Protection Program. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants, and youth provided written assent. Confidentiality was ensured; mothers and their children were advised that their participation was voluntary and that they could withdraw at any time.
Table 1 shows the characteristics of the study participants, of whom 48.9% were male, 51.4% were prepubertal, 47.5% were non-Hispanic white, 43.2% were Hispanic, and 9.3% were African American. The mean self-reported total daily calories and percentage of calories from fat were within recommend levels, and 82.8% of children reported a level of moderate to vigorous and vigorous physical activity that meets recommended levels.17,18 More than 99% of the mothers reported having at least a high school education and 78.7% reported a total household income of more than $50 000 per year. Average maternal BMI was 25.6, and 6.1% of the mothers self-reported smoking during pregnancy. Table 2 shows the correlations between various measures of adiposity in our study cohort. Although all the correlations were statistically significant (P < .001), the correlations between current BMI and VAT and STR were somewhat weaker (r = 0.67 and r = 0.51, respectively) than those between BMI and SAT (r = 0.93). We found only a weak correlation between IMCL and measures of adiposity.
The relationship between breastfeeding and mean levels of adiposity levels in multivariable linear regression models is presented in Table 3. The effect of adequate vs low breastfeeding on mean levels of BMI, SAT, VAT, and STR tended to be protective but failed to reach statistical significance. Breastfeeding was not associated with IMCL levels in linear regression models (P = .84).
Results from our multivariable quantile regression analyses are presented in Table 4 and displayed graphically in the Figure. Adequate levels of breastfeeding were associated with a protective effect on adolescent BMI at the 85th and 95th percentiles, with an estimated reduction of −2.74 (P = .01) and −3.34 (P < .001), respectively, compared with youth with low breastfeeding levels. At the 30th percentile and below, adequate breastfeeding was associated with increased adolescent BMI, although the differences were not significant. At median BMI levels, the effect of adequate breastfeeding was null (−0.04 [P = .91]). A similar pattern was seen for SAT and STR, with adequate breastfeeding levels associated with lower SAT (−74.4 cm2 [P = .02]) and STR (−0.19 [P = .01]) at the 95th percentiles and null effects at the 50th percentile (−1.47cm2 [P = .86] and −0.03 [P = .45], respectively). Statistically significant reductions in VAT levels associated with adequate neonatal breastfeeding were seen at somewhat lower percentiles, with −4.66 cm2 (P < .001) at the 60th percentile, −4.70 cm2 (P = .002) at the 70th percentile, and −5.20 cm2 (P = .10) at the 95th percentile. No association between breastfeeding status and IMCL was noted with quantile regression.
Figure. Point estimates and 95% CIs (shaded areas) for differences in adiposity levels at selected percentiles between children with adequate and low levels of breastfeeding. The model was adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, Tanner stage, Tanner × age interaction, current total daily caloric intake, current physical activity score, maternal smoking during pregnancy, level of education, income, and prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared). A, Body mass index. B, Subcutaneous adipose tissue deposition (SAT). C, Visceral adipose tissue deposition (VAT). D, Ratio of subcutaneous to triceps skinfold (STR). E, Intramyocellular lipid accumulation (IMCL).
This study provides evidence that breastfeeding reduces body size, VAT, and SAT and protects against central fat patterning among youth who are at upper percentiles of adiposity variables. Breastfeeding tends to increase BMI, SAT, VAT, and STR at lower percentiles and has null effects at the 50th percentile. Therefore, breastfeeding reduces variability in adiposity measures within a healthy, multiethnic population of children. Our findings support the notion that human breast milk is a unique and optimal nutrition for human growth and development, preventing extreme levels of body size and adiposity in either direction and shifting values to the mean.
The comparison of findings from our linear regression models and quantile analysis highlights the problem of assessing the impact of breastfeeding on mean levels of adiposity levels, whereas true shifts happen only at the tails of the distributions and potentially occur in opposite directions. Our analysis was based on an approach recently published by Beyerlein et al10 that assessed the impact of breastfeeding (any vs never) on BMI of 14 412 children aged 4.5 to 7.3 years in Bavaria, Southern Germany. The authors found no association by linear regression; however, by using quantile regression, they detected a reduction of BMI levels among children at the 90th percentile (−0.23 BMI units lower; 95% CI, −0.39 to −0.07) and 97th percentile (−0.26 BMI units lower; 95% CI, −0.45 to −0.07) associated with breastfeeding vs formula feeding. The authors found a null effect in the 40th through the 80th percentiles and higher BMI values below the 30th percentile. Our study observed a similar pattern in a much smaller population of 442 children aged 6 to 13 years from a diverse population of youth from Colorado. We assessed the impact of breastfeeding on overall body size and on measures of abdominal fat including VAT and SAT, indicators of central body fat distribution such as the STR, and IMCL levels. Our findings support those of the German study and add the observation that breastfeeding also prevents extreme levels of SAT, VAT, and centralized body fat distribution.
The potential protective effect of breastfeeding against obesity in childhood is a subject of much debate. Rapid infant growth has a clear relationship with obesity and cardiovascular disease,22- 25 and formula feeding vs breastfeeding is associated with a more rapid weight gain in early infancy26 with an increased risk for later obesity.27,28 However, it has been argued that traditional analytic approaches do not adequately address the temporal relationships between infant feeding practices and infant growth. Infants with slow initial weight gain may be more likely to receive formula supplementation or to be shifted entirely to formula feeding because of a fear of undernutrition. A recent analysis by Kramer et al8 based on the Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT) cohort found that smaller infants (with a weight-for-age z score of ≤1) had 20% to 60% higher odds of being weaned or discontinued from exclusive breastfeeding at 2 to 6 months of age than those with a weight-for-age z score greater than 1. In addition, faster-growing infants may cry more frequently owing to greater hunger demand, prompting mothers and/or their health care providers to conclude that the breast milk supply is not adequate and therefore to shift to supplementation.6 Quantile regression estimates are not dependent on the proportion of individuals who are breastfed in the upper and lower percentiles; thus, our findings do not reflect the fact that children in the upper percentiles of adiposity levels were more likely to be adequately breastfed. Rather, our results demonstrate that the effect of breastfeeding is differential across percentiles of adiposity outcomes, preventing extremes of body size, fatness, and deleterious fat accumulation.
Ectopic fat deposition in the soleus muscle (IMCL) was previously shown to be associated with abdominal and visceral fat and inversely associated with insulin sensitivity in adults and adolescents.29,30 We did not observe a relationship between breastfeeding and IMCL at any percentile distribution. We are not aware of other studies that have assessed the effect of breastfeeding on IMCL levels; however, our results suggest no relationship of breastfeeding with a marker of peripheral insulin sensitivity in this population of healthy young adolescents despite the observed reductions in VAT and abdominal obesity in the highest percentiles.
There are several potential limitations to our study. As is often the case with observational studies, we cannot completely rule out the possibility of residual confounding of our observed associations by socioeconomic status, current childhood lifestyle factors, and genetic predisposition, although our model included surrogate markers to adjust for these factors. Because our population was highly educated (>99% of mothers reported at least a high school education), our findings may not be entirely generalizable for populations with lower socioeconomic status. Our assessment of neonatal breastfeeding status was based on maternal self-report of events 6 to 13 years prior; however, maternal recall of breastfeeding after periods spanning 9 to 20 years has been found to correlate well with infant feeding data obtained from medical records (r = 0.86)31 or collected prospectively (r = 0.95).32 Our cohort of children and young adolescents, of whom 51.4% were prepubertal, are in a dynamic phase of change in fat deposition patterns, and this may have resulted in smaller or more variable differences in adiposity levels, such as visceral fat, by breastfeeding status.33 In addition, the relatively small cohort size (n = 442) may have increased the standard error at the tails of our distributions, thus limiting our ability to detect significant differences by breastfeeding status, especially at the lower end. Finally, the possibility of reverse causation exists, although the specific pattern of our results suggests a mechanistic relationship between breastfeeding and regulation of extremes of adiposity distribution in childhood. Our study also has important strengths. Our adiposity outcomes included direct, state-of-the-art measures of abdominal and peripheral adiposity and body fat distribution rather than relying solely on BMI, which may not adequately reflect overweight status in children and adolescents.34 Our cohort was racially and ethnically diverse and included non-Hispanic white, Hispanic, and African American participants. Finally, our measure of breastfeeding was based on a score that incorporates exclusivity and duration, although similar results were obtained when we considered breastfeeding as a yes/no variable or used simply breastfeeding duration.
In conclusion, this study provides evidence that breastfeeding selectively improves the extremes of childhood body size, abdominal fat deposition, and fat patterning. These data support the notion that early postnatal life has long-term influences on growth and obesity-related disease risk and suggests that obesity prevention should start in the perinatal period.
Correspondence: Tessa L. Crume, PhD, MSPH, Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Denver, 13001 E 17th Ave, PO Box B119, Aurora, CO 80045 (email@example.com).
Accepted for Publication: October 31, 2011.
Author Contributions: Dr Crume had access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and accuracy of the data analysis. Study concept and design: Crume and Dabelea. Acquisition of data: Crume, Scherzinger, Stamm, and Dabelea. Analysis and interpretation of data: Crume, Bahr, Mayer-Davis, Hamman, and Dabelea. Drafting of the manuscript: Crume. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Crume, Bahr, Mayer-Davis, Hamman, Scherzinger, Stamm, and Dabelea. Statistical analysis: Crume, Bahr, Mayer-Davis, and Dabelea. Obtained funding: Dabelea. Administrative, technical, and material support: Crume, Scherzinger, and Stamm. Study supervision: Scherzinger and Dabelea.
Financial Disclosure: None reported.
Funding/Support: This study was supported by grant RO1 DK068001 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Role of the Sponsor: The study sponsor had no role in the design and conduct of the study; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data; or in the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.
Additional Contributions: We thank the mothers and children who participated in EPOCH.
This article was corrected online for typographical errors on May 7, 2012.
Crume TL, Bahr TM, Mayer-Davis EJ, Hamman RF, Scherzinger AL, Stamm E, Dabelea D. Selective Protection Against Extremes in Childhood Body Size, Abdominal Fat Deposition, and Fat Patterning in Breastfed Children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012;166(5):437-443. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1488
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|Benedict Cumberbatch: Pluto in Libra conjunct Ascendant
With Pluto conjunct the Ascendant, you're a real powerhouse and it's something that you make instantly known. You won't announce this power in a way that's too loud or obvious. Instead, it's something that just emanates from you in waves. As Pluto is another generational planet, your ability to immediately tap into the collective environment is similar to Neptune rising. But, you dig to a darker level, sharply perceiving and intuiting all of the secrets and hidden desires of those around you in an effortless way. And you might not be above using them to your advantage which, of course, is a misuse of your gift. It's also the kind of thing that people can sense and that can make them back away slowly from you. Pluto rising folks need to learn to harness their enormous power for constructive means. You have a high awareness, often through hard experience, of life's depths and need to use for that good.
It doesn't matter what your actual size is. Pluto conjunct the Ascendant makes you a formidable presence that can instantly make people bow down in respect or feel strangely nervous or fearful all of a sudden. Whether it's intense admiration or repulsion, people can't help but respond powerfully to your really intense aura. You have the air of someone with concealed knowledge or information. People might find your gaze, in particular, quite unnerving, which seems to be searching them like a laser-beam. There's something enigmatic about you that affects your appearance. Whether male or female, you're like the Mona Lisa, whose features seem to give not much of anything away of what's really going on. People might find you simply hard to grasp or understand. You're not hard to pin down or label like Neptune rising. You're more so inscrutable, often keeping your true essence under wraps. Pluto also rules radical transformation, so you can dramatically change your look on a regular basis as a form of rebirth.
Though the will-to-power is very strong with this placement, if your Pluto in the 12th House is conjunct the Ascendant, then you can be deeply unaware of your power and how to use it properly. You can find yourself squandering this immense energy through constantly victimizing yourself, acting as if your worst enemy is out there in the world when it's really looking right at you in the mirror. When you finally learn how to tap into your power, you can achieve extraordinary things, manifesting exactly what you want. Pluto in the 1st House conjunct the Ascendant, on the other hand, is more apt to veer off on unhealthy power trips because of an overuse or poor use of their personal power. It's your task to learn detach your ego from your desire for power, instead making your quests about the empowerment of others. At this point, your iron will and obsessive focus become tools for healing others' lives and bringing good to the world, instead of destruction and chaos.


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District 7 participated in a ceremony on January 11 that paid tribute to fallen Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Officer Steven Gadja, who died in the line of duty in 1998. A highway memorial sign, sponsored by Senator Gilbert Cedillo, was unveiled at the ceremony designating the Pomona Freeway (SR-60) between the San Bernardino Freeway (I-10) and Indiana Street the Steven Gadja Memorial Highway.
Ceremony speakers included LAPD officers, Officer Gadja's mother, Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar's Chief of Staff Joseph Avila, Senator Cedillo, and Caltrans District 7 Director Doug Failing.
"While I regret the sad occasion, I am grateful that Caltrans could play a part in Officer Gadja's memorial by ordering and installing the highway signs," Failing said. "The Department recognizes the incredible service performed by our partners in law enforcement, who keep our roads and citizens safe."
Failing also acknowledged the dangers that Caltrans workers face on the road, as the Department lost three of its own within the past year. "The Department asks that everyone who drives this route take a moment to consider how much he or she owes to the valor of officers like Steven Gadja and keep safety uppermost in their minds when using the highway system."


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MARCO POLO: THE RESULTS *Since 2003 the European Union's Marco Polo Programme has been funding direct modal-shift or traffic avoidance projects and providing support to enable freight to switch from road to other modes of transport. MP I (2003 - 2006) 1.5 million tonnes
CO2 saved 1.23 million 18t truck trips avoided Over a distance of 1000 km PARIS BERLIN Total global environment benefit: 432.9 million € Global environmental Return on Investment (RoI): 13.30 € per € of funding billion tkm For 22 road transport avoided fewer accidents lives saved in the EU (Approx) 2003 2012 companies
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The upcoming legislative session will likely see a new push to legalize assisted suicide in Montana. Your readers may also be told that assisted suicide is already legal, which is not the case.
In 2009, the Montana Supreme Court issued the Baxter decision, which gives doctors who assist a suicide a potential defense to prosecution for homicide. In the 2011 legislature, Sen. Anders Blewett and I introduced competing bills in response to Baxter, neither of which passed. Blewett's bill sought to legalize assisted suicide; mine sought to eliminate the defense. During the hearing on Blewett's bill, he conceded that assisted suicide was not legal under Baxter. He said: "under the current law...there's nothing to protect the doctor from prosecution." Similar statements were made by others. For example, Dr. Stephen Speckart testified that "most physicians feel significant dis-ease with the limited safeguards and possible risk of criminal prosecution after the Baxter decision."
Legal assisted suicide is, regardless, a recipe for elder abuse in which heirs are empowered to pressure and abuse older people to cut short their lives. To learn more, see www.montanansagainstassistedsuicide.org
Assisted suicide is not legal in Montana. The potential defense to prosecution is, however, a "toe in the door" which could lead to legalization in the future. I urge you to tell your legislators that you support reversing the defense to keep assisted suicide out of Montana.
Sen. Greg Hinkle
Thompson Falls


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Reminder: iTunes Connect's Annual Holiday Shutdown Starts Tomorrow
It's that time again when the trees get lit up and the good folks who run iTunes Connect get a little breather. Although, this year's shutdown is a little bit different.
First thing's first, dates. This year's holiday shutdown will start on Tuesday, December 22nd, and last until Wednesday, December 29th.
What's different this year is that most of iTunes Connect will actually remain available. This includes all areas we particularly care about, which means you'll be getting your reports regularly. We're not sure if there will be any delays, but recommend keeping an eye on our iTunes Connect Status Page for real-time updates.
What you should be aware of is that you won't be able to submit any new apps, in-app purchases, or app bundles. In addition, you won't be able to make any changes to your app's meta data. This includes price changes, so if you've got a promotion in mind you should make the change right away.
You can read more about the shutdown here.
We'll be around this week so don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Happy holidays!
Minor Discrepancy for iOS/Mac Apps
Earlier today we discovered a discrepancy in download for iOS and Mac apps for Oct 26th. We investigated the issue and discovered this is a result of a recent change Apple made to iTunes Connect reports. We are now re-importing the correct data and will re-send any affected email reports.
The technical details:
Earlier today Apple added a new, undocumented, download type to some daily reports which was counted towards total downloads. While we are still investigating what kind data this new type represents, we are fairly certain it should not be counted as downloads, and are in the process of separating it out.
We've reached out to Apple to learn more about this undocumented identifier so we can integrate it into our reports appropriately, and will have a separate update about that.
If you have any questions or concerns please get in touch.
Amazon to Pay Developers by Usage With New Service Underground
Monetizing your app isn't as straightforward as selecting a price tier these days. Revenue today can come from ads, app downloads, in-app purchases, and even subscription.
Today, Amazon rolled out a totally new way to make money from your Android app – usage. That's right, not downloads, but usage.
Amazon has several interesting requirements for inclusion in Underground. Here's the gist:
- The app must already exist and be available on an app store that isn't Amazon's (apps can't be made specifically for Amazon Underground without special permission).
- The app must already be generating revenue (as a paid or freemium app).
- The app must be available for download on at least one non-amazon device.
- You must create a free version of the app, but its gameplay/functionality can't be different than the original app.
The complete set of requirements can be found here.
If you already have a qualified app jump over to Underground's Revenue Estimator to see what publishing would mean for you.
85% of Android apps "just work" on Amazon
According to Amazon, 85% of Android apps "just work" when submitted to the Amazon Appstore. That means that the apps you already published on Google Play should "just work" and potentially provide you with additional revenue, especially with Underground.
Amazon has a free testing service you can use to see if your apps will "just work". Give it a try.
FYI – Last summer we looked into how many developers actually cross-publish their apps and noticed less than 6% of Android developers post to both Google Play and the Amazon Appstore. Amazon is certainly trying to change that with Underground.
What's the catch?
Amazon has been a bit ahead of Google and Apple with developer tools since their Appstore went live. The main problem is that their user-base, developer-base, and also app-base are tiny in comparison to their competitors. Unlike Apple, Amazon apps are built on Android, which means they can "share" their user-base.
To us this looks a lot like an attempt by Amazon to attract users with free games. It's a breath of fresh air for users who are getting tired of in-app purchases, and it provides a great incentive for developers to make more engaging apps and games.
if this works (and is sustainable for Amazon) it'd be a win-win for the entire ecosystem.
More Daily Reports for iOS/Mac Apps and iBooks
For years iTunes Connect had a limited number of daily reports it made available. First it was 7, then 14, and as of last week 30. And although Apple also provides weekly, monthly and yearly reports, looking at more coarse data just isn't the same. Well, it looks like someone at Apple was happy last week, because that limit has been increased to a whopping 365 days. That's 365 daily sales reports for apps and also for iBooks.
Small but important note: it looks like although the limit is 365 days, as of right now the earliest date we can go back to is November 10th, 2014 (only 176 days).
We're in the process of importing every available report, so everyone who signed up after 11/10/14 will be able to go back further than 30 days in daily view.
Importing historic reports should not change your all-time totals. Those totals take into account all available report sets.
If you are on a paid plan this will all happen automatically. If you are not, we highly recommend syncing all of your linked iTunes Connect accounts to get all of that historic data. No rush though, you can now take your time.
Coming Soon: appFigures Data in Your Adobe Analytics Dashboard
Earlier today Adobe announced that appFigures will soon be providing app store data to Adobe Analytics. That's huge news for us and the timing couldn't be any better, as next week we'll be turning six!
We work hard to make app store analytics accessible, so when Adobe reached out to us a few months ago we were very excited to extend the data we're already providing beyond the walls of appFigures. We know that the more data you have the better decisions you can make, and that's the key to success.
We like working with Adobe for many reasons, but one that is very important to us is their approach to handling sensitive data, which is very similar to ours – your private data is yours, not ours. That's why we don't sell or share it with anyone.
Adobe's Analytics Dashboards provides a variety of marketing metrics, and coming soon, those metrics will include a variety of app store metrics, including: detailed app downloads and revenue, hourly ranks, and app ratings. The integration, which we're working to release later in April, will be available as a free add-on to all enterprise and publisher accounts.
We're planning to start testing the integration later this month. If you're using Adobe Analytics and would like to help with testing please get in touch.
Heads Up: Issue With iTunes Connect
We noticed a lot of commotion on Twitter this morning about iTunes Connect logging some developers into other developers' accounts.
iTunes Connect just logged me in as a different user. Someone is seriously going to get fired. pic.twitter.com/xgJvOyRdvf
— Paul Haddad (@tapbot_paul) January 29, 2015
It looks like there's an actual issue with iTunes Connect that Apple is aware of because iTunes Connect has been taken down and is still down as of right now. It's too soon to know whether any sensitive information was made available.
We take security quite seriously and have stopped syncing with iTunes Connect to ensure we don't contaminate any accounts unnecessarily. After investigating our records, it looks like our reports were not affected. We only import data that Apple makes available in their sales and financial reports, and at this point it looks like those imported today are not contaminated.
If you do see something odd in your account, however, please let us know.
FYI – iTunes Connect is currently down, so syncing or linking accounts is not possible. We're keeping an eye on the situation and will post an update once it is back up.
Update: As of 3:30PM EST iTunes Connect is back online.
Apple App Store Price Adjustments
Earlier today Apple announced it will be making changes to app prices in Europe. While we won't have the specifics until the changes are made, we know that prices will increase in Europe, Canada, and Norway, decrease in Iceland, and change in Russia.
appFigures uses the reports from Apple and not hard coded prices or percentages. This means the reported revenue will automatically adjust to those changes as they happen. There's nothing you need to do on your end.
As always, if you have any questions don't hesitate to get in touch.
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iTunes Connect's Annual Break Starts 12/22
It's that time again folks, 2014 is coming to an end, bringing a fresh new holiday season upon us. As per tradition, Apple will be shutting down iTunes Connect between December 22nd and the 29th. During the shutdown iTunes Connect will not be accessible, so you won't be able to submit new apps or update existing ones.
One thing Apple says we will be able to do this year, that we didn't in previous ones, is change prices mid-break.
Will the App Store freeze this year?
Going off of what we've seen in the last few years we believe ranks won't freeze this year at all. While the added volume of downloads during the holiday season may slow down how often top charts change, we believe they will continue to update.
Will downloads and revenue reports continue to update?
Yes. Sales and downloads data for iOS and Mac apps will continue to update throughout the break, which means the site, API, and email reports will continue to work as expected.
Since iTunes Connect will be offline, however, you won't be able to link any new iTunes Connect accounts during the break.
Happy Holidays!
Incomplete Daily Reports From Apple for 8/9
Earlier today we started receiving reports from members stating that their figures for yesterday (8/9) are incorrect. Upon further examination it seems that for some developers, the raw reports we receive from Apple are missing some regions, and that for some developers reports are simply unavailable for us to import.
This has happened before with Apple but it's pretty rare and is usually resolved within a few hours with a new set of reports. Today, as of 6:30pm EST, there have not been any new reports from Apple nor any sort of explanation.
If your downloads look off today or are not there at all it's most likely due to an incomplete or missing report.
We've contacted Apple about the missing data and are continuing to check for updated reports. We'll update this post with any update we find.
Update (8/11 – 11am EST): It looks like Apple has just released new daily reports for 8/9. We're confirming that all reports are now available and will start re-syncing shortly after.
Update (8/11 – 2:30pm EST): We've started re-syncing reports. Expect an update by email soon.
Update (8/11 – 3:00pm EST): All reports for 8/9 have been updated for accounts with auto import turned on. If you are on a free plan please follow the instructions below to ensure your data is complete:
Five Apps to Play Ball During the MLB All-Star Game
The 2014 MLB All-Star Game is sure to be action-packed, and emotionally-charged, as it marks the last for baseball legend, Derek Jeter. As preparations begin in Minnesota, make sure you're ready for the big game with our favorite baseball apps.
MLB.com At Bat
With this official app for the MLB, no matter where you are, you're never far from your favorite team. It provides game highlights and breaking news. You also have the option of accessing premium features for a monthly subscription of $2.99, which allows you to watch every out-of-market game.
View on: iTunes | Google Play | Amazon
MLB.com Home Run Derby '14
This game allows you to choose from home run derby participants between 2010-2014. Compete against people around the world in 10-player live multiplayer games, or get some practice in against the AI players in single-player derby mode.
View on: iTunes
Team Stream by Bleacher Report
Although it's not solely for baseball, Team Stream give you scores, stories, and tweets for your teams via push notifications, so you can stay current on what's going on, even if you can't watch the game.
View on: iTunes | Google Play | Amazon
At the Ballpark
If you're planning on going to the game, but aren't familiar with the Twin's turf, Target Field, be sure to download the MLB.com At the Ballpark app, for the rundown on all the interactive ballpark attractions and features, which utilize iBeacon technology. You can also post pictures at the park, and share on social media.
View on: iTunes | Google Play | Amazon
CBS Sports Fantasy
Ensure your fantasy team is stacked with All-Stars this season. CBS Sports Fantasy provides season projections, player updates, a draft companion, and everything else you need to manage your team on the go.
View on: iTunes | Google Play


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The Best Country Songs About Dogs – Zach's Top 8 [UPDATE]
I was sitting listening to Big Frog 104 one day, and on the radio I hear Blake Shelton's 'Ol' Red.' As I was sitting there singing along, I wondered to myself, are there any other country songs about dogs? And, from there, I was on a quest to find the best country songs about dogs. *Update*–With the recent popularity of Billy Currington's 'Like My Dog,' I had to bring this story back from the archives and add it to my list.
Johnny Cash–'Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog'
Off of his legendary Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison album comes this song about a dog. Yes, although it is a bit morbid, it is a dog song nonetheless. This clip is Johnny singing on The Muppet Show.
Pirates of the Mississippi–'Feed Jake'
Dolly Parton–'Gypsy, Joe and Me'
Hank Williams–'Move it on Over'
Elvis Presley–'Hound Dog'
Toby Keith–'Every Dog Has Its Day'
Billy Currington–'Like My Dog'
Blake Shelton–'Ol' Red'
Well, it all started with this song, as I mentioned above. I think 'Ol' Red' is the best country song about a dog. Why? It tells a great story that keeps you wondering what's going to happen to Ol' Red and the convict who escaped. And, it's a great song to sing along with. "Ol' Red's itchin' to have a little fun…" *Update*–Now, you may have already known this, but I just learned that 'Ol' Red' was originally recorded by George Jones and also recorded by Kenny Roger. Take a listen. Each are great in their own way. Here's the George Jones version. Here's the Kenny Rogers version.