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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Oct 7, 2008
|Filing date
|May 2, 2006
|Priority date
|Oct 19, 2001
|Fee status
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Jose E. Perez, Gary J. Gwizdala, Kent Ke Yan, William Randall Fisher, Edwin E. Pessara, Iris Gluzman
|Original Assignee
|Panasonic Disk Manufacturing Corporation Of America
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (55), Referenced by (6), Classifications (13), Legal Events (3)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present application is a continuation of patent application Ser. No. 10/792,215, filed on Mar. 4, 2004, which, in turn, is a continuation of patent application Ser. No. 10/052,455, filed on Jan. 17, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,719,133 which, in turn, claims priority to Provisional Patent Application No. 60,346,122, filed on Oct. 19, 2001, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to storage containers, and more particularly, to storage containers for recorded media.
2. Background of the Invention
In recent years, optical discs have emerged as one of the most popular mediums for storing audio, video and computer information. To accommodate the wholesale and retail distribution of the disc, numerous storage containers have been developed. These storage containers typically include a base supporting a central hub to engage an ˜aperture in the center of the disc. The base is generally hinged to a lid so as to open and close the storage container like a book. This design is well suited for use by the consumer, but may pose certain security risks in the retail environment. In the recent years, retailers have reported numerous incidents of theft involving the unauthorized removal of discs from the their storage containers. Labels and shrink wrap have been proposed in the past as a way to deal with this problem. However, these proposals have had limited success because of the ease at which labels and shrink wrap can be opened with a sharp item. Accordingly, there is a need for a storage container which is designed to discourage theft in the retail environment.
In one aspect of the present invention, a storage container includes a lid having a lid panel and an arm extending from the lid panel, the arm including a detent having a first surface parallel to the lid panel and a second surface having a taper extending at least a portion between the first surface and a distal end of the arm, and a base configured to receive a disc, the base having a base panel and a member extending from the base panel, the member having an opening defined by an interior surface having a portion thereof parallel to the base panel, the first surface of the detent engaging the interior surface portion of the member when the storage container is closed.
In another aspect of the present invention, a storage container includes a lid, a base configured to receive a disc, and means for latching the lid to the base to close the storage container.
In yet another aspect of the present invention, a storage container includes a lid, a base having an annular wall configured to support an outer periphery of a disc, means for latching the lid to the base to close the storage container, means for clamping the outer periphery of the disc to the annular wall when the storage container is closed, and means, coupled to the lid, for preventing the disc from sliding out of the storage container.
It is understood that other aspects of the present invention will become readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, wherein is shown and described only exemplary embodiments of the invention, simply by way of illustration. As will be realized, the invention is capable of other and different embodiments, and its several details are capable of modifications in various respects, all without departing from the invention. Accordingly, the drawings and description are to be regarded as illustrative in nature, and not as restrictive.
Aspects of the present invention are illustrated by way of example, and not by way of limitation, in the accompanying drawings in which like reference numerals refer to similar elements:
The detailed description set forth below in connection with the appended drawings is intended as a description of exemplary embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to represent the only embodiments in which the present invention can be practiced. The term "exemplary" used throughout this description means "serving as an example, instance, or illustration," and should not necessarily be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments. The detailed description sets forth the inventive concepts in terms of construction and function of the exemplary storage containers. It is to be understood, however, that the same, equivalent, and alternative constructions and functions may be accomplished with other storage containers which are also intended to be encompassed within the spirit and scope of the invention.
As used herein, the term "optical disc" or "disc" means any compact disc (CD), compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), recordable compact disc (CD-R), rewriteable compact disc (CD-RW), digital video disc or digital versatile disc (DVD), recordable digital video disc or recordable digital versatile disc (DVD-R), digital video disc random access memory or digital versatile disc random access (DVD-RAM), as well as other similar media which is used for storing information.
A perspective view of an exemplary storage container is shown in
The base 16 includes a base panel 24 with a peripheral base wall 26 extending along the three sides of the base panel not attached to the living hinge 22. The base panel 24 includes an annular wall 28 to support the disc away from the base panel 24. The annular wall 28 can be designed with a seat 30 that supports the unrecorded outer edge of the disc. The annular wall 28 may further be equipped with any number of finger holes to facilitate the removal of the disc from the storage container. In the described exemplary embodiment, there are four finger holes 32 equally spaced from one another along the circumference of the annular wall 28. However, as those skilled in the art will readily appreciate, any number of finger holes can be used depending on the particular design requirements and manufacturing specifications. The finger hole design can take on various forms. By way of example, convex or semi-circular recesses in the annular wall 28 can be used to provide easy access to the periphery of the disc during the removal process.
A retaining member 34 extending upward from base panel 24 can be used to engage the central aperture of the disc. The retaining member 34 can be designed in any fashion that sufficiently retains the disc in the storage container. One such design includes an annular ring 36 which supports the unrecorded inner edge of the disc adjacent the central aperture. The annular ring 36 and the annular wall 28 cooperate to maintain the disc in the storage container away from the base panel 24. Cantilevered from the annular ring 36 are six inwardly extending radial arms 38 which collectively form a hub. As best seen in
To engage the disc with the retaining member 34, the disc is placed inside the storage container with its outer edge over the seat 30 of the annular wall 28 and its center aperture over the upper surface 40 of the hub (see
Referring back to
The storage container may be equipped with additional features that maintain the disc in engagement with the hub during transportation and handling of the closed storage container. The lid 14 may include tabs 54 which engage the outer edge of the disc when the storage container is in the closed position. Each tab can be supported by the lid panel 46 and includes a surface which extends inwards toward the center of the lid 14 and away from the peripheral lid wall 48. Alternatively, each tab can be configured as a flat member extending directly from the front portion of the peripheral lid wall 48 inward toward the center of the lid 14.
The tabs 54 can be designed to work alone, or alternatively, in combination with other structures to maintain the disc in engagement with the hub when the storage container is in the closed position. By way of example, the hinge panel 18 can be configured with a reinforcing rib 56 that not only increases the structural strength of the hinge panel 18, but can be used to further maintain the disc in engagement with the hub when the storage container is in the closed position. This can be accomplished with a variety of rib designs depending on the aesthetic criteria for the storage container. By way of example, the reinforcing rib 56 can extend inwardly from the hinge panel 18 a sufficient length such that, when the storage container is in the closed position, the reinforcing rib 56 extends over the annular wall 28 and engages the unrecorded upper surface of the disc. The reinforcing rib 56 can be designed with a semi-circular recess or convex configuration for alignment with the seat 30 of the annular wall 28 to avoid placing undue stress on portions of the disc unsupported by the seat 30.
The storage container may also be equipped with a latching mechanism to discourage the unauthorized removal of the disc from the storage container during retail distribution. The latching mechanism may take on various forms depending on the overall design constraints and security objectives. By way of example, the latching mechanism can be designed in a manner that requires a significant amount of force to open the storage container. Numerous techniques may be employed to implement this type of latching mechanism. These techniques can range from a single latch to any number of latches working together to achieve a storage container which cannot be easily open without exerting considerable force.
An exemplary latching mechanism for a storage container is shown in
The amount of force required to open and close the storage container can be varied by altering the design the reinforcing ribs on the tab or the support member for the catch. The tabs may be designed with a support member similar to that used for catches, either alone or in combination with the reinforcing ribs, to set the amount of force required to open and close the storage container. The rigidity of the material used for the tabs and catches can also be varied. One skilled in the art will readily be able to determine the material needed for the tabs and catches, and the designs of the supporting structures, if any, to meet the specific design requirements of any particular application.
Returning to
Once the storage container is removed from the retail environment by the consumer, the removable tab 72 can be opened and separated from the base 16 by applying an upward or twisting force to the removable tab 72 to break the hinge connection. The removable tab 72 can then be physically rotated 1800 with respect its original position and reinserted into the front portion of the peripheral lid and base walls as shown in
Returning to
Although exemplary embodiments of the present invention has been described, it should not be construed to limit the scope of the appended claims. Those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications may be made to the described embodiments. By way of example, any feature of the exemplary storage containers can be employed alone or in combination with one or more features. Moreover, to those skilled in the various arts, the inventive features described throughout can be employed with storage containers for other devices such as video cassettes and the like. It is therefore desired that the present embodiments be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being made to the appended claims rather than the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.
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Yahoo Leaps Into The Aabaco Spin-off Backed By Skadden's Opinion
- Aabaco is CEO Mayer's biggest test since she stepped into office.
- Yahoo clears the way for a tax-free spin-off.
- Sophisticated investors could use this event for nice gains.
After years of anticipation, Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) is finally spinning off its huge Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) stake into a newly-formed company named Aabaco. Yahoo initially announced the Aabaco spin-off back in July when it filed an N2 document with the SEC describing the spin-off mechanism, Aabaco's business focus, and taxation elements. For Yahoo's CEO, Marissa Mayer, the Aabaco spin-off is the most important move she has made since stepping into office in 2012, after she succeeded to revive Yahoo and return it to the frontline of internet companies. Yahoo holds significant equity stake in Alibaba, Yahoo Japan, and Hortonworks (NASDAQ:HDP), and as the value of its investments has grown over the last few years, its core business value has declined and Yahoo was at risk of being categorized as an investment firm, which would have required the company to make many changes to its operations.
The Spinoff
Yahoo spin-off of its Alibaba stake will enable Yahoo to cash in on its enormous $30B investment in the Chinese giant and remove the risk of being categorized as an investment firm. From Yahoo's stockholders' point of view, much of Yahoo's value was in their Alibaba's equities; therefore, splitting Yahoo's share in Alibaba will allow Yahoo's stockholders to separate their Yahoo value from their Alibaba value. However, spinning-off an equity stake into a newly formed public company is more complicated than a simple spin-off. In order for this move to be categorized as a tax-free spin-off, Yahoo needed to move some of its operations to the new company. Yahoo's small business services unit was chosen, and it will become a division within Aabaco.
Even though Aabaco will contain a tech operating division, its main goal and business is to hold, invest, and trade in Alibaba's shares, which were worth more than 95% of Aabaco's assets on the balance sheet. De facto Yahoo will create a special purpose enterprise ('SPE') whose sole purpose will be to invest in Alibaba shares. As the majority of the new SPE will evolve around investing in Alibaba, concerns were raised that yahoo spin-off will not meet the IRS's strict requirements for a tax-free spin-off. To clear these concerns, Yahoo asked the IRS for a preliminary ruling that notes that the Aabaco spin-off meets the tax-free requirements.
No Pre-Ruling
Concerns about the tax-free status of the spin-off grew even larger when the IRS refused to provide any pre-ruling in this matter. However, an IRS official commented on this decision, saying: "IRS decision isn't a description of future guidance, and that nothing in [the] notice affects an immediate retroactive date." This comment placated investors a bit, as it means that the IRS' refusal to provide pre-ruling doesn't mean it meets or doesn't meet the tax-free requirements.
As I mentioned above, this is CEO Mayer's biggest move (and test) so far, and she cannot afford not to complete this transaction for the stockholders' and the company's benefit. To resolve this, Yahoo announced that the company would proceed with the spin-off anyway and publish a tax opinion from leading Wall Street law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom concluding whether or not the spin-off would qualify for the tax-free requirements and whether or not the IRS could defend a different decision in court.
Common retail investors will probably want to stay away from this spin-off; however, more sophisticated investors could benefit from Yahoo's stock price appreciation until the spin-off (potential investors will buy Yahoo now to get Aabaco shares later), the merger arbitrage between Yahoo and Aabaco shortly after the spin-off, and an arbitrage trading between Aabaco shares to Alibaba's shares. A specific analysis of possible gains will be published once the spin-off dates and prices are released.

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It has been heartbreaking.
It has been scary.
It has been full of uncertainty.
It has been exhausting.
However, the journey has taught me some valuable things about my boy (now a full-fledged man), myself, the world and its cruelty towards the mentally ill, and the beauty of a community held tightly together in the middle of the worst storm on record. It is most touching to me to have watched over the years as strangers became my friends - bonds formed out of fear, necessity, and most of all, a need to promise each other that it was all going to be okay, that there was HOPE even when it felt like there was nothing left to hang on to.
My post today is about that hope manifested in the form of a beautiful (now with teal streaks of hair) young man named Thomas who one day, years ago, came to me with an unmarked envelope, wearing a respirator mask, and insisting there was anthrax inside that envelope meant to, once opened, end his beautiful, burgeoning entrance into adulthood. It is also about my beautiful young man who now has a quick, ready, smile for the camera hoping to show off his most creative expression of his newfound sanity, those teal streaks in his hair.
For years I begged for that smile and stood by as he forced one that belied the chaos swirling in his brain.
For years I waited for a lot of things and
for years I slowly gave up on my already tenuous grasp on hope.
When I looked at my adorable toddler opening his Christmas presents with laughter and wonderment years ago, I never, even for a second, thought I'd spend years of his life and mine, on a vigilant and nearly constant basis, watching for the next sign of psychosis and trying to plan for how I was going to fix it or take it away altogether.
That is what we do as caregivers of someone living with schizophrenia. We watch, we wait, we hang on to hope, and if we harbor faith in a higher power, we spend days and nights on our knees praying for peace for our loved ones with schizophrenia and for our exhausted selves.
But what happens when our prayers get answered? What happens when everything we've lived for years beforehand gets flipped over and our loved ones with schizophrenia land on their feet and we are finally able to let go and breathe deep, lung fulls of air?
I began this blog in desperation not long after several psychiatric and medical professionals told me Thomas would never get better and that, in fact, he would only get worse from there culminating in him fully lost in psychosis and in prison for an as-yet-unnamed crime. At that time, I had a child with schizophrenia and I knew full well what the label of "schizophrenia" earned him out in the world filled with people with preconceived notions of the illness and uneducated opinions about our loved one being the next public shooter. When I began this blog it was my mission to change that misguided impression by telling Thomas' story and my own as his caregiver.
I'd like to believe that I've put a dent in that and that I have been the voice of many who are too frightened to speak up because the stigma around this illness is so oppressive.
Apart from that, I'm writing today for the most important reason of all and for those of you in the trenches still fighting this insidious mental illness. I'm writing today to give you hope and to light any blown out candles.
My Thomas and in many ways your Thomas too, is doing amazing.
He hasn't just had an amazing few days or an amazing couple of weeks, he has been doing amazing for months.
Yes, MONTHS.
There are residual symptoms like a solitary voice that just won't let go of him and some mild cognitive symptoms that lessen in severity as these months pass by and he's still on a boatload of psychiatric medications and living at home with his dad and I but for all intents and purposes I believe it's safe to say he is in recovery.
Yes, we've all heard this elusive word but we've never dared to dream it could happen to us. I am here, though, to tell you that it does happen and it's happening to Thomas.
I can't even begin to tell you all of the things that he's done and said that have proven he's better but I just have to share a couple today.
My first, and probably most favorite took place a couple of months ago. He needed a new cell phone so I took him to get one. On the car ride there I asked him what he would do if they took his existing phone in exchange for a new one and he didn't even hesitate and told me he didn't care if they took it.
"But what about all of your private text messages to your girlfriend?" I asked.
"I don't care," came his reply.
Then I launched into how nerve-wracking it was for me to contemplate them having possession of my phone with all of its secrets. I told him how, even if we deleted that information, that they could find it. I told him I'd watched enough "Criminal Minds" shows to know just exactly what the F.B.I. could do with a cell phone if they decided to try. I told him that I would rather die than let our cell phone provider have even a minute of access to my phone.
He listened to me ramble on and he was quiet and when we stopped at the red light, he piped up,
"Mom, you're more paranoid than I've ever been!"
Laughter erupted from me, I'll admit it was a bit of a nervous laugh because all I could think was,
"I am pretty paranoid sounding, aren't I?"
But that moment marked a huge milestone in both of our lives. I had become more paranoid than my son with paranoid schizophrenia!
Somehow he and I had traded places. For all of the times I had said silently to myself that I'd do anything to take this illness from him even if it meant that I ended up with his schizophrenia, here I was, a tad paranoid myself (though I feel it's justified) and my son was getting a kick out of me being crazier than he says he's ever been.
There have been other events that showcase his recovery. Again, during these times he and I traded places and the trend became him remembering and me forgetting,
A) Where we had parked the car in the Walmart parking lot.
B) That I had asked him to do something hours before and when I found him doing that thing, I had forgotten I had asked him to do it but there he was, doing it and doing it with enthusiasm.
C) That I had asked him, before a long work day for him, that I thought it might be good for him to get his paycheck stubs printed up for Social Security. He had gotten in the car after work and dropped a stack of papers on my lap and when I asked him what they were, he told me they were the paycheck stubs I had asked for and promptly forgotten about. He remembered, though.
I could list things until I'm blue in the face but I reserve the best one for last so that I can share it now.
It was a few days before my birthday when it started. He'd get in the car after work and tell me that he'd spotted an item he thought I might like. I told him those things sounded great but nothing more came of those inquiries. Then, on my birthday, he and I went somewhere and the longer we were out the more visibly anxious he became. I asked him about it and he finally admitted that there might be something on the porch for me that could melt and he was worried about this mystery item. I was amused and for the rest of the day he anxiously and repeatedly looked out the front window for the delivery truck determined not to let the mystery item melt on our front porch.
When it finally arrived I carefully and slowly opened it. What could he have gotten for me? He'd never been a present-giver but I always wrote that off to his being lost in the throws of surviving day to day with schizophrenia yet here I was unsealing a box and excitedly anticipating what I'd find inside. Nestled inside was a small pink-striped box and inside that box were four cake pops--one of my most favorite things! Attached to it was a note that read:
"Thank you for all that you've done for me mom. I love you."
For starters, he had nailed the perfect gift for me having watched me enjoying a cake pop months before. However, most touching and most surprising for me was, right there in my hands, written in black and white was a "thank you for all that I've done for him." In that moment, in the most beautiful way possible, my previously lost boy was found again and he had taken notice of the years I had dedicated my entire life to him and he had thanked me for it. I offered him one of my cake pops to which he said,
"No mom, I got those for you. Enjoy them!"
Then I picked one up for myself and bit into the sweetest thing a mom with a son with schizophrenia could taste. It was dark chocolate cake with chocolate chips and a decadent frosting but it was, more than anything, a sign that my son had found himself and in that process, found his way into a world free from lurking monsters and full of loved ones he couldn't wait to share his love with.
Since then, practically every time he's come out of work, he has carried a bag full of treasures for someone he loves like mesquite wood smoking chips for his dad to use in the barbeque, a box of cake mix for he and his grandma to make together, tropical flavored bubble gum for he and I to share and countless other things.
Then on the way home from work, a police car will pass by us and I will eye it and be ushered back to the not-too-distant past when a rush of anxiety would wash over me knowing that my son saw that police car as an indication that they were coming for him to arrest him for some crime he believed he had committed but that was never actually a crime to begin with. Now, however,
A police car is just a police car
And now I can take a deep breath and relax and he can chatter on about his sore feet, the long hours he has just worked, and the old lady he didn't hesitate to help find the coffee.
So, here it is, on a screen, in black and white and written especially for all of you who are mired down in this illness and tenuously holding on to the last threads of hope.
When it happens, you and/or your loved one with schizophrenia won't believe it's real.
You'll second...
You'll second...
And third...
And fourth...
And fifth
Guess yourself. You'll say,
"He's doing better, but....."
And you'll fill in the space after that "but..." with any number of things like,
"He still says kind of off the wall things."
"He's isolating himself a lot lately."
"He still has so far to go."
But if you stop for just a second you will realize:
That you and everyone you know say off the wall things all the time too,
That you isolate yourself from the world too for any number of reasons on any given day,
That you still have so far to go too.
I implore you though,
And look how far you and your loved one with schizophrenia have come.
We are all on a long, long journey. There will be mountains to climb. There will be a whole host of things that will step into your path but do not ever let anything be the thing that defines your entire journey and causes you to lose sight of what you most want and desperately wish for.
--Not those overworked psychiatrists that say your son is a time bomb.
--Not those relatives and friends who have all kinds of advice about what they would do if they were in your situation.
--Not the nightly news report read by a respected news anchor enthusiastically reading the words to the world at large that condemn those living with a mental illness.
--Not the uneducated father of a friend of your son who, when he hears that your son has schizophrenia, shouts for all the neighbors to hear that they better watch out because your son is going to kill them.
--Not the idiots on Facebook who post that they're "schizo" today when really what they are is ignorant, thoughtless humans posting to get as many "likes" as they can.
And don't let the bad days that can turn into bad weeks, months, and years EVER make you lose hope or feel like a failure as a caregiver or stop you from praying for a miracle and by all means,
If you go back and read all of my posts on this website, you will see how often I came dangerously close to doing just that. I remember nights I secretly hoped God would take me silently in my sleep because I felt I didn't have a single fiber of my being left to wake up the next day and do this all over again but I did wake up and I strung together the fibers of my being that remained in me and I did it again and again and again.
Do you know why I did?
It was all for my beloved Thomas.
If he had to wake up every day fighting monsters I couldn't see, then I was going to be there too, giving him everything I could with which to slay those beasts.
I tell him as often as I can to be grateful for his good health. I tell him that few are as fortunate as he is and today I told him,
That he is the living, breathing promise to you all that it does get better and that this elusive thing called "recovery" isn't just a myth.


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Vegetarians and vegans are usually lumped together as though they are synonymous terms, but are the differences greater than the similarities? What exactly separates the two? And is vegetarianism really a healthy, moral way of living? Let's take a look at the critical differences between these two ways of life and examine the true nature of vegetarianism.
The basic difference between vegans and vegetarians is that veganism means abstaining from all animal products, byproducts and methods of exploitation while vegetarianism simply means abstaining from meat while continuing to eat diary, eggs, honey, and wear silk, down, and leather. While vegetarianism is usually portrayed as healthy and animal-friendly way of living, the truth is it's more cruel than meat eating and arguably more unhealthy.
Let's address health first and then move onto the moral aspects. Dairy and eggs are not only an extraordinarily unhealthy food choice but also a rather unnatural one. Try to think of another animal who, once weaned from breastfeeding, moves on to suckle from another species. It's just not meant to be. (And if you do suckle directly from another animal, you may need guidance beyond my expertise.)
Aside from how unnatural it is, dairy consumption is linked to a slew of medical issues, including heart disease, obesity, clogged arteries, diabetes, osteoporosis, arthritis, a variety of cancers, and more. dairy is loaded with fat, cholesterol, and sugar, not to mention all the ingredients from our modern methods of dairy farming: antibiotics, growth hormones, and pus. Oh yes. I said pus. That white gooey stuff that oozes from infection sites. Rethinking the milk mustache?
Now morality-wise, dairy and eggs are, in many ways, more cruel than meat. One of the most cruel meat products is veal. What many people don't realize is that the calves used for veal come from dairy cows and consuming dairy directly supports the veal industry. While filming the interview series for my channel, I had occasion to speak with Gary Yourofsky about the ethical implications of vegetarianism. Here are his thoughts on the matter:
"It is not an animal-friendly lifestyle when you support the dairy industry. In fact, if you asked me to rank cruelty of animals, and I don't like to because it's all unjust, the dairy industry is the worst industry on this planet. You have mother cows being raped every year to impregnate them, you have their babies being stolen every year…you have machines being hooked up to their udders, to their breasts three times a day to suck them dry. Then you send them to the slaughterhouse when they can't produce milk anymore.
"So this is what vegetarians support–they support the oppression and enslavement of hens in the egg industry. Even if it is a cage-free free-range farm, when the hens stop laying enough eggs after 2-3 years, you don't get a free stay–you get sent off to the slaughterhouse. Vegetarians wear leather and silk and wool. They consume honey. I'm still trying to figure out how vegetarianism is considered an animal-friendly lifestyle, cause it's not.
"Now, as I say all this, if you are using that as a stepping stone, I don't care how you get to vegan, just [do it] sooner rather than later. And I have to be fair, I don't want to be an Al Gore type, a politician bullshitter. I went vegetarian for a year before I became vegan. But, i want to put this out there, like most vegetarians, I was not aware of the dairy and the egg industries. If i had known then what i know now and I wasn't going to become vegan all at once, I would've stopped eating dairy and eggs first. Then I would've taken meat out at the end."
iI's true that many of us use vegetarianism as a stepping-stone to veganism, but if the goal is to reduce the cruelty of our diet, or even increase our health, we're really missing the mark. The basic takeaway here is that a vegetarian diet is still one composed of incredibly unhealthy animal byproducts and severe animal suffering. Dairy and eggs support the same torture, slaughter, and cruelty that the meat industry does, only the suffering of the animals involved is more prolonged than those raised for meat alone.
You can get more information about this topic in my free ebook through the form at the bottom of this post as well as in any of the videos listed in the resource section below. Please share this video and post around to help inform vegetarians and potential vegetarians. Many of us (including me) started out there because we didn't know any better. The more awareness we spread, the more change we create.
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Kidnapped At Birth (Story of A Dairy Cow & Her Baby)
What You Support When You Choose Vegetarianism
The Myth of Humane, Free-Range & Cage-Free
The Truth About Honey For Kids
OPEN YOUR EYES to what animals experience
5 Months To Live (A Turkey's Story)
Resources for the Adverse Health Effects of Dairy & Animal Products
The China Study by Dr. Colin T. Campbell (most long-term, comprehensive nutritional study ever conducted). This book addresses all the diseases brought up in this post in more detail, with causality and extensive scholarly references*
Health Concerns About Dairy Products by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Article on Dairy by Dr. Michael Greger, MD with additional resources
*While The China Study is a fantastic testament to why everyone should be vegan (health-wise), I do not agree with Dr. Campbell's assertion that the animal tests he conducted, while unfortunate, were necessary to benefit animals on a larger scale. Fortunately, the text also has extensive human studies. I do reference the text from time to time and am grateful for the work Dr. Campbell has done to prove the harm of animal products, however I do not and cannot condone animal testing for ANY reason.


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Florida Bill Would Allow Liquor Sales Inside Grocery Stores, Drug Stores, Walmarts
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Want to pick up a bag of baby carrots, a carton of Hefty bags, and a fifth of vodka all in one quick trip?
Well, lawmakers are currently debating whether to allow grocery and drug stores to sell hard liquor alongside other wares.
See also: Beer Growlers May Finally Be Legalized in Florida Next Year
Currently, grocery and drug stores are allowed to sell liquor, but only in a separate part of their store with its own dedicated entrance. We've all made a booze run at the attached liquor store of a Publix or Walgreens like that.
Well, that could change.
Lawmakers have been trying for years to find a compromise to the law that stifle the state's growing craft beer industry. Florida law mandates a three-tiered alcohol distribution system that requires breweries sell to wholesalers who then sell to stores which then sell to consumers. That, of course, means that craft breweries are not allowed to sell beer directly to consumers except through a technical tourism law legal loophole that allows "tap rooms."
HB 107 is mostly concerned with correcting that. It would allow breweries to sell directly to customers. It would also officially legalize tap rooms and would allow breweries to sell their suds in 62-ounce growlers.
But the language of the law would also allow for stores like Walgreens, Publix, Target, and Walmart to sell liquor within their stores.
The bill passed its first committee 7-4 today but not without growing controversy.
Three county sheriffs openly opposed the law earlier this week.
"This proposal raises a lot of alarm bells in my mind," Walton County Sheriff Mike Adkinson said in a joint statement on Monday. "I haven't heard anyone complaining about finding a convenient place to buy liquor, but I have heard that in states where this legislation has already passed, law enforcement is now having to combat rising incidents of theft and illicit underage drinking inside the stores themselves."
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The sheriffs in Duval and Orange counties joined Adkinson in his opposition. They believe that it would allow minors to more easily steal liquor.
Publix, the state's largest grocery chain, also opposed the bill.
"Publix opposes HB 107," said Publix spokeswoman Maria Brous in a statement. "Our business model has followed current Florida law where there must be a separate entrance for liquor stores."
The bill's supporter, Rep. Greg Steube (the guy behind a recent medical marijuana bill), meanwhile, points to free-market ideology.
In comparison to many other state's, Florida's liquor sale laws are pretty liberal. Sales are allowed on Sunday, municipalities can chose to allow to keep liquor stores open until 3 a.m., and the state has no hand in distribution.
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WHITEMARSH Ś There are a lot of ways to land in the Philadelphia Catholic League winnerÆs circle.
Saturday afternoon at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, La Salle High snuck in Ś underneath.
All day long in the PCL Class AAAA title game, the Explorers and quarterback Chris Kane had beaten the Saint JosephÆs Prep blitz by throwing the ball quickly to its underneath receivers.
So in overtime, at the Prep 5-yard line and trailing by six points, the Explorers, Kane and wideout Sean Coleman went under one more time. And when Coleman latched on to his fourth touchdown pass of the day and Ryan Winslow nailed the extra point, La Salle was over the top. And its fans were over the moon.
La Salle had a dramatic 28-27 victory, the Prep was undefeated no more and the Explorers had their fifth straight Catholic League crown.
In another classic authored by these two genuine rivals, La Salle saw a 14-point, third-quarter lead disappear in 3:08, a seven-point fourth-quarter lead go by the boards in 14 seconds, yet still had enough gumption left to pull out the win in its first overtime possession.
ōThe kids showed so much resiliency,ö said Explorers head coach Drew Gordon proudly. ōThey just kept hanging in there.ö
ōIt feels great,ö added Coleman, who finished with 13 catches for 133 yards and four scores. ōAnd it feels really good to get it done with this group of guys.ö
But getting it done was, as anticipated, no small chore.
La Salle held the territorial edge most of the way, and wound up nearly doubling the HawksÆ offensive output. But early on, the Explorers kept finding ways not to score.
A long drive late in the first quarter, keyed by a 48-yard run by Coleman, produced a first-and-goal at the Prep 4-yard line. But a bad snap from center cost the Explorers 22 yards. Kane got those back with a 22-yard pass to Jimmy Herron. But two plays later, Winslow was wide left with a 22-yard field goal attempt.
Early in the second, a drive that began at the Explorers 29, got as far as the Prep 11. But this time, a 34-yard field goal attempt fell short.Still, the Explorers remained unfazed.
ōIt felt good right from the beginning,ö said Kane about the Explorers offense. ōThe way we were moving the ball, we felt if we got down, we could come back.ö
A comeback was unnecessary at the time.
ThatÆs because the Explorers defense, led by linebacker Zaire Franklin, was suffocating the Hawks offense. Burned for over 400 yards and nearly 200 on the ground in the two teamsÆ first game of the season back on Oct. 13, La SalleÆs defense played with a chip on its shoulder.
ōThey embarrassed us,ö said Explorers assistant coach Dominic DÆAddona. ōNobodyÆs run for 200 yards against us in a long time.ö
Saturday, through one half, the Hawks had just 82 yards, and only 14 on the ground.
ōOur defense in the first half was better than IÆve ever seen it,ö Gordon said.
But as so often happens in Prep-La Salle games, things changed rather rapidly.
After holding La Salle to a three-and-out on its initial second-half possession, PrepÆs Jawan McAllister blocked WinslowÆs punt and the Hawks were able to take over at the La Salle 23.
Three plays later, quarterback Chris Martin scored from the 1 and the La Salle lead was halved.
After another Explorers possession ended with three snaps and a punt, the Prep went 87 yards on seven plays, with Olamide Zaccheaus turning a Martin screen pass into a 37-yard touchdown. The game was tied with just 3:08 coming off the clock.
Again, the Explorers were not shaken.
Kane went 6-for-6 for 59 yards on the ensuing drive, which ended with Kane finding Coleman underneath a blitzing defense. Coleman shed a tackler and sprinted to the end zone for a 20-yard score.
ōWe thought we had a pretty good idea of their blitzing patterns,ö Gordon said, ōand when we saw the blitz coming, we knew they were in man coverage and we threw underneath.ö
ōCoach Brett (La Salle offensive coordinator Brett Gordon) was calling our plays, and if they were blitzing, he made sure I had an outlet,ö said Kane, who threw for 338 yards and four scores. ōOur line was great today, they made sure I had time even when they blitzed.ö
The La Salle lead lasted about 14 seconds Ś the time it took Zaccheaus to scoop up WinslowÆs kickoff and speed 90 yards to re-tie the game.
ōThatÆs the way this one went,ö Gordon said. ōA lot of good plays, a lot of bad ones and a lot of big ones.ö
The remainder of the fourth quarter was not fit for the feint of heart, especially the final 3:30 which featured no fewer than three turnovers.
A Prep interception by Dan Sherry was answered by one by La SalleÆs Steve Hudak.
But when Kane was victimized by a strip-sack with 58 seconds left, giving Prep the ball at the La Salle 38, it looked dire for the Explorers.
A 13-yard scramble by Martin put the ball at La Salle 25. But after only reaching the La Salle 21 two plays later, Prep head coach Gabe Infante elected to have Martin get tackled in the middle of the field to set up a field-goal attempt.
It was a 40-yard attempt, and Prep placekicker Kyle Battin never truly got it off the ground.
The two teams headed to overtime.
In the extra session it took Zaccheaus one pitch to the left to go 10 yards and put the Prep in front for the first time all day. But the snap on the ensuing extra-point attempt was high, and the kick fell short.
ōAll I was thinking then was that we had to score,ö Kane said. ōThat was all I had control over.ö
La SalleÆs first snap in overtime ended with a pass interference call when Coleman was grabbed in the end zone after beating his defender.
Moving to the 5, La Salle went back to the underneath pattern Coleman had scored on before, and the game was tied.
ōCoach Brett is the best of the best,ö Coleman said. ōWhen (PrepÆs) in man-to-man, that play is really hard to cover.ö
Winslow, who to that point had missed two field goals, had a punt blocked and had not reached the end zone with any of his kickoffs, showed off one more example of La Salle resilience. His extra point was true, and La Salle had consecutive PCL title No. 5.
EXTRA POINTS: The contest marked the first Philadelphia Catholic League title game to go into overtime since Archbishop Ryan topped Archbishop Carroll, 20-13, in 1990 in a game played at Villanova Stadium.


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Last Updated on Sunday, October 11, 2015 07:45 PM
Published on Saturday, September 12, 2015 07:21 PM
Written by Elisa Katz, DVM
My cat is in the early stages of kidney disease. My vet said he wanted to reduce her phosphorus intake. Since I don't like the prescription diets and my cat, who eats a raw meat diet, wouldn't touch them anyway, what are my options to accomplish a reduced phosphorus diet?
Phosphorous is present in most foods, but meat and dairy tend to have the most. When serial blood testing reveals that a cat has declining kidney function, called
renal insufficiency
, phosphorous should be somewhat restricted to decrease the risk of one of the major long term effects of kidney insufficiency, secondary
. For the most part, this can be easily achieved through dietary changes. In later stages, phosphorus binders may be indicated. Dietary modification is an important way to help control phosphorus. However, commercial feline renal diets typically restrict phosphorus by using reduced amounts of
. Unfortunately, in addition to lower amounts of this vital nutrient, these diets also typically use cheaper, lower quality proteins and make up for the lost calories by adding fillers. These diets may improve a cat's blood test results, but they often result in muscle wasting due to a lack of sufficient protein to maintain the muscle mass in this obligate carnivore.
So, what do phosphate binders do? Phosphate binders prevent absorption of phosphorus consumed in the diet as well as bind phosphorus present in bile, saliva, and intestinal secretions. Historically, aluminum hydroxide was commonly used. However, recent research has demonstrated that persistent consumption of an aluminum containing product can be toxic to ailing kidneys.
Therefore, this product has fallen out of favor. Other phosphate binders include calcium carbonate, calcium acetate, sevalamar HCL, and lanthanum carbonate. The aforementioned products are mostly either yucky-tasting liquids or pills that most cats will not take easily. A newer, easier to administer, though somewhat less potent phosphate binder called Epakaitin® is available and is a good choice to use early in the course of renal insufficiency.
It comes as a flavored powder that can be mixed with food.
One fairly easy and effective way to reduce the overall phosphorus in a cat's diet without sacrificing protein is to feed cooked egg whites. Egg whites contain much less phosphorus per
of protein than other protein-rich foods such as meats or fish.
For instance, 100
of egg white, which is approximately 3 egg whites or 3.5 ounces, will contain 10.9 g of protein and only 15 mg phosphorus. Compare this to 100 g of ground chicken which contains 17.44 g protein, but has 178 mg phosphorus. The same 100 g of salmon contains 19.84 g protein and 200 mg phosphorus. If we calculate a ratio for each of these we can see that the phosphorus/protein ratio for egg whites is far lower than for other protein sources. To reduce phosphorus without restricting protein you could replace 33 g of meat, a bit over one ounce, with one cooked egg white and your cat would be consuming considerably less phosphorus in that portion. In fact, a recent study in humans found that 92% of dialysis patients were able to lower their serum phosphorus levels significantly by replacing 8 ounces of meat in their diet with egg whites.
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secondary hyperparathyroidism
can result from long-term excess of phosphorus. In addition to making a patient feel ill, elevated phosphorus results in decreased blood calcium levels because calcium and phosphorus must be kept in delicate balance. Over time, the parathyroid glands release a hormone that leaches calcium out of the bones to replace it in the bloodstream and avoid problems associated with low blood calcium. This results in soft, fragile bones, possible fractures, and mineral deposits in various organs, including the kidneys.
The bottom line is that we know cats are
obligate carnivores
and have higher protein requirements than other species. Research has shown that especially in the early stages of renal insufficiency, limiting protein can result in decreased blood reaching the kidneys and may actually be worse than feeding moderate amounts of protein.
Until your cat's blood kidney values are progressively worsening, something such as Epakaitin® is an easy to use, affordable product and one that I have used with much success. Remember, cats with this condition need to be monitored at least every six months, possibly more frequently. You need to discuss your cat's condition with your veterinarian to determine what is ideal for your cat.
Note: Feline Nutrition provides feline health and nutrition information as a public service. Diagnosis and treatment of specific conditions should always be in consultation with your own veterinarian. Feline Nutrition disclaims all warranties and liability related to the veterinary advice and information provided on this site.
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Dr. Elisa Katz, DVM, is a graduate of Ohio State University and is the owner of Natural Pet Animal Hospital in Bourbonnais, Illinois. She practices holistic and integrative medicine focusing on proper diet and nutrition. Dr. Katz shares her home with four kitties and one dog.
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