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Several area basketball teams have battled for three months to get themselves in position for what starts in earnest tomorrow.
District tournament action gets under way today with the 1-AAA event at Daniel Boone. The 1-AA at Elizabethton and the 1-A at Science Hill's new gym are both scheduled to start Friday — although pairings won't officially be announced until today's coaches meetings.
First-round games are elimination contests, but several area teams have earned byes securing spots in the region — which begins Feb. 22 for the girls and Feb. 23 for the boys.
Here's a tourney-by-tourney look at how things shape for the first step in what teams hope will eventually lead to a trip to the state tournament:
1-AAA — With its impressive 55-game Big Eight Conference winning streak, it's hard to imagine any team keeping the Hilltoppers from earning the district championship.
However, if one of the other seven coaches wanted to deliver a Herm Edwards-motivational speech, he could point out Tennessee High (10 points), Daniel Boone (10 points) and Dobyns-Bennett (8 points in overtime) each gave the Hilltoppers a run for their money in the last three weeks.
If the Hilltoppers got Tennessee High in the semifinals, followed by Dobyns-Bennett or Daniel Boone in the finals, things could at least be entertaining.
However, the Hilltoppers have won 14 straight games since an Arby's Classic loss to Memphis Melrose — a very talented team that has lost six games since defeating Science Hill.
Also, the Hilltoppers have a coach who is setting George Pitts-like standards on The Hill. Ken Cutlip's teams have won 30 games or more six times in his nine seasons as head coach. The Hilltoppers are 100-9 in their last three seasons with seven of those losses coming against teams in the Arby's Classic (3), Oak Hill Academy (1), Bahamas (1), sectional (1) and state tournament (1). The others were upsets against Greeneville and Morristown East.
Science Hill has won 12 straight games in the district and regional tournaments since Daniel Boone clipped them in both events in 2010.
Favorite: Science Hill.
Predicted winner: Science Hill.
Darkhorse: Daniel Boone.
1-AA — Sullivan East ran through the regular season with a 10-0 mark, but don't hand the district hardware to the Patriots just yet.
East probably has the best overall team, but Elizabethton isn't very far behind and may actually be in a neck-and-neck race with the Patriots. Blowing a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter at East might have hurt, but could also qualify the home-standing Cyclones as co-favorites.
Then there's the curious case of Unicoi County. The Blue Devils were once 4-10 on the season, but have won 10 of 12 heading into tonight's game at Cloudland. Counting out this scrappy bunch wouldn't be wise.
Just because of Chase Arnold, Sullivan North deserves mention but the Raiders have lost seven of their last 10 games. Likewise, Johnson County looks like a sinking ship with eight losses in its last 12 contests.
Favorite: Sullivan East.
Predicted winner: Sullivan East.
Darkhorse: Unicoi County.
1-A — If this was a bunch of wolves fighting in the wilderness, there would be fur flying and blood dripping.
Fortunately it's just a bunch of hard-nosed basketball players and enough talent to make this event worth watching.
Unaka had a slight mental edge with its win over Cloudland on Tuesday and follow-up victory over University High. However, the Highlanders probably got the edge back with a double-overtime win over Hampton on Friday combined with Unaka's one-point loss to Johnson County on Saturday. Also, Cloudland expects injured Devin Whitehead back on the court, giving it a better matchup against Unaka.
Cloudland doesn't have home-court advantage, but did play two good games against top-notch opponents on Science Hill's court in December.
Meanwhile, Hampton has the dogs, so to speak, to make some noise. University High may not have enough horses to get back-to-back wins, but could be a tough out in a one-game regional tournament setting.
Favorite: Cloudland.
Predicted winner: Cloudland.
Darkhorse: Hampton.
1-AAA girls — Not a lot needs to be said about this one. Throw out a three-point loss against nationally ranked Marion County, Ky., and the Lady Hilltoppers have won by margins of 22 points or more against everybody except Tennessee High.
So the Lady Vikings are probably the only team that can legitimately view Science Hill as an upset target. Ashlee Mitchell gives Tennessee High the type of player a team needs to compete with the Lady Hilltoppers.
Favorite: Science Hill.
Predicted winner: Science Hill.
Darkhorse: Tennessee High.
1-AA girls — After beating Elizabethton, Unicoi County's girls needed overtime to beat Happy Valley, topped Johnson County by two points, beat Unaka by seven, edged Johnson County by one point, and then lost to Hampton by two points.
The good news is Unicoi is winning, but the bad news is the Lady Blue Devils are just scraping by — especially considering the Lady Longhorns haven't earned a league win.
Meanwhile, Elizabethton has won 10 of its last 11 games, including a 30-point thumping of 20-win team South Greene. The Lady Cyclones have adjusted against adversity and have home-court advantage.
Sullivan East, Happy Valley and Johnson County all have reasons to believe they can factor in the championship-game mix.
Favorite: Unicoi County.
Predicted winner: Elizabethton.
Darkhorse: Happy Valley.
1-A — Cloudland somehow managed to pull itself out of adversity-laden quicksand, and the Lady Highlanders earned the regular season title.
Clearly, this a team with enough firepower to win the district title. Meanwhile, Hampton and North Greene are both good enough to give the Lady Highlanders a run for their money.
The tipping point, however, will likely be the combination of Brooke Rhodes and Courtney Wilson, a damaging duo playing at a very high level as the postseason arrives.
Favorite: Cloudland.
Predicted winner: Cloudland.
Darkhorse: Hampton.


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QuotedWii U "competitive position has deteriorated"
An analyst in Japan with Macquarie Capital Securities does not see a bright future for Wii U
Wii U will launch later this year (one rumored date points to November 18 ) and Nintendo is hoping to make a big splash with the system this year at E3 in June. Many questions about the console's capabilities still linger, however, and one analyst in Japan is not too optimistic about Wii U's long-term prospects.
David Gibson at Macquarie Capital Securities (Japan) Limited has downgraded Nintendo stock to "underperform" and remarked that there are "increasingly problematic structural problems for the company."
Gibson assigned a target price of ¥10,000 and noted that "if Nintendo went iOS/Android with games we think the stock could be worth ¥20,000+, but in our view that's not going to happen."
Ultimately, Gibson said the "competitive position of the WiiU has deteriorated" and he advises avoiding Nintendo stock until E3.
Gibson outlined three potentially big problems for Nintendo:
- Wii U GPU is less powerful than Xbox360/PS3 according to developers, which means it has no edge besides the tablet interface to attract core users. Initial third-party titles are likely to be only ports from Xbox360/PS3 titles. A bundled WiiSports/Mario title may help initial sales beat Wii launch, but Wii was severely production-constrained and the surprise factor from Wii U is less.
- iPad with its retina display shows where Apple is taking its 4 screen infrastructure, leaving Wii U less connected and less relevant. The GPU processing power for handsets is reaching consoles such that we think core gamers have no interest in buying into the Wii U. Apple might add in a controller to its line-up to be more attractive to core users. MocoSpace survey shows that 96% of gamers like to play their games at home, and with a better infrastructure we think iOS will be able to deliver a single game experience across four screens that Nintendo cannot.
- Wii U will have 1-year window to gain installed base before PS4 (Orbis) and then Xbox Durango launch in late 2013. At that point, the core gamer that Nintendo is after for the first time will have no interest in Wii U. We understand that Activision has no plans to support Wii U, which means the biggest selling title of Call of Duty will be missing; Konami is also planning minimal support.
On that last point, we reached out to Activision, and the official answer is that the publisher hasn't made any announcements about Wii U support. Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg has said multiple times that Wii U would more closely align with the types of games Activision makes, but we'll see how that translates into support from the company.
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Das meinst du.
Kann man alles noch eindämmen und was ist, wenn viele einfach kaum noch DLC kaufen? Irgendwann merkt selbst der langsamste Spieler das er nur gemolken wird.
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Es gibt die, die alles mit sich machen lassen bezogen auf DLC und Co und dann die, welche sagen ich spiele viel aber nicht zu jedem Preis und mache nicht jede Entwicklung mit.
Genau die könnte Nintendo vielleicht zu sich holen oder stärker an sich Binden.
Quotedlol...wie naiv. Nicht ein Core-Gamer wird zur WiiU wechseln, so wie das schon wieder für mich klingt. Bis dahin hat man schon was von PS4 und XBOX720 gesehen, da werden die Kiddies und Core-Gamer sofort angefixt sein.
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QuotedIn closing, we couldn't resist asking about one Nintendo series that is conspicuous by its absence from the company's release schedules. It is so frequently criticised for leaning on its established franchises, and the 3DS has played host to 3D remakes of classic Nintendo games. Where, then, is F-Zero?
"I think at the time it was a really big surprise, a new thing, a product that made sense," he said. "I don't see with current hardware how you could create a similar surprise.
"But maybe with future hardware, with Wii U coming up, maybe we could create something that does make sense, either as a smaller game, or a fully fledged title."
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Sied zwar gut aus,das neu R.L. Aber mihr macht so Langsam dieser Anschluss am Neuen Pad eher Bauchschmertzen.
Wen das Teil ja angeblich Lose Funcktioniren soll,warum sied man es immer öffter verbunden?
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Neues Spiel bestätigt - Rennsimulation Project C.A.R.S
Slightly Mad haben Shit 2 Unleashed verbrochen. Ihr neues Spiel ist nun offiziell für die Wii bestätigt.
Inklusive der Tabletfeatures:
- Spielgeschehen optional auf dem Tablet, spielen ohne TV
- optionale Steuerung per Gyrosensoren (WiiWheel quasi)
- Auf dem Touchscreen können die Motorsport-Lenkräder typischen Knöpfe und Hebelchen
zur Feinabstimmung betätigt werden
- Darstellung von Telemetriedaten wie Reifentemperatur
- Nutzung als Rückspiegel
- Videochat mit der Kamera des Tablets
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There may be a bit of a glut of Flamenco dancers, singers and guitarists in NYC and environs nowadays, and tourists can get a skirt steak and soléa in more than a few Manhattan spots. But if you wanna get a look at the real deal "Flamenca pura," you will not be disappointed if you head out to Theater 80 on St. Mark's Place for a performance by Noche Flamenca. The group has started a six-week run at the venue and it's a perfect spot for them, so intimate you can see the sweat beads on the dancers' foreheads.
If you're a fan of Flamenco or if you've ever wanted to get an introduction to the art form, I highly recommend them. You can hear some more about Noche Flamenca on the WBGO Journal tonight. Here's a clip from a dress rehearsal last week. Dig. - Cruz
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"I am happy to serve on any refreshment committee there is. I like to bake, and am far more efficient at that than at any other classroom obligation." I am a class parent in my daughter's third grade class and I really shine when it comes to bringing allergy free snacks--but I love to opt out of sending group emails and organizing anything else.
And, although I don't live in LA, I agree with the author, who said "What is especially baffling where I live, in Los Angeles, is how often the kind of parental paranoia that obsesses about school ratings, vaccines and myriad imagined plagues is matched by utter disregard for the nutritional downsides of mowing down Fruit by the Foot every afternoon at 4." I did a post on Fruit by the Foot, and for a few weeks we actually had them in our house, but I do think that it is much easier for people to focus on the dangers out there lurking than the subtle ways that processed food is robbing us of our children bit by bit.
Part of the problem is food is so hard to study and quantify and everyone is different. So while one child will become unglued by the dye in Fruit by the Foot, another is undone by the gluten in bread, and a third goes into anaphylactic shock from the dairy in yogurt.
My son's preschool has a "healthy" snack twice a week. Typical "healthy" snacks range from go-gurt & string cheese to fruit. But this year, because of my son's numerous allergies and intolerances the "healthy" snack had to be a fruit or a vegetable making the healthy snack truly a healthy snack for everybody.
My daughter's third grade class tried to eliminate snacking completely--the teachers were fed up with the junk that kids brought in for snack. But asking 8 year olds to go 5 hours between breakfast and lunch, wasn't the answer and I personally lobbied for some type of snack to be reinstated. They are now very strict about the snack. The children are allowed ONE thing. No chips. Nothing sweet. If you bring more than one thing, you lose snack completely for that day. My daughter, who is gluten free, thinks it is hilarious that you can bring frosted "granola" bars, but not cookies, since she says frosted brightly colored cereal bars and 100 calorie snack packs of mini muffins (which are allowed) are more unhealthy than any cookie she might be able to have. And that in a nutshell is the problem with trying to institute a "healthy" snack policy. There is too much junk masquerading as "healthy" snack food. Even my 8 year old thinks it is ironic what is thought of as "healthy."
I would be thrilled if they eliminated the constant snacking done during activities today. I spend my life bringing gluten free snacks here and there because gluten full snacks are being served at after school activities. The problem is that it is easier said than done.
I try to serve a fresh, whole food with every snack and meal so that at the end of the day my kids have 5 servings of fruits or vegetables--even if it is only a pickle or a piece of apple or carrot. It is easier said than done, but it works. And, I am fortunate, being gluten free eliminates a lot of the typical snack food that kids eat.
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Coached by Professor Sukhsimranjit Singh, Askeland and Estrada advanced to the finals in the ABA Law Student Division Negotiation Competition in mid-February. The winner was a one-person team from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law.
"This is an enormous accomplishment," said Richard Birke, director of Willamette's Center for Dispute Resolution. "To be recognized as one of the best negotiation teams in the nation is an honor that the competitors should relish for the rest of their legal careers. We can expect that Lauren and Anthony will enjoy similar success and satisfaction in their careers.
"As a school with a specialization in dispute resolution, we all share in the current victory and the team members' future successes," Birke said.
The competition encourages law students to develop negotiating skills in a dispute resolution setting. Willamette's success was especially notable because it has been more than a decade since the school has reached the finals, Birke said.
Before advancing to the finals, Askeland and Estrada won a regional competition that included students from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Canadian law schools. They both competed in the 2009 regionals on different teams and lost after the second round. They then decided to form their own team and ended up losing the nationals by just two points, Singh said.
"They were amazing," Singh said. "They were well-prepared, confident, brilliant thinkers on the spot and courageous. It says that anything is possible."
The competition had four rounds, and participants were given the scenario ahead of time. The scenario involved a new drug, a drug company that wanted to manufacture it and the market to which the drug would be distributed. Each round lasted 50 minutes and participants were scored on the tone and methods of their negotiations.
Estrada is from Staten Island and hopes to become a mediator after a few years practicing law. He said he and Askeland made a good team because of their different approaches. He's generally more assertive and to-the-point; Askeland provides the justification for their bargaining position. Sometimes, though, she'll announce their offer and Estrada will explain it.
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Mexico was fantastic. It was so nice to relax, enjoy the sunshine and generally just sit on my butt.
This trip, over Christmas, is a tradition for Spencer's family that spans almost 50 years. His great grandmother started making these beautiful stockings for each member of their family, then his grandmother and now his mom and aunts. There is one for every single person!
His great grandma also made some adorable little handmade ornaments that make the trip all the way to Mexico to decorate our tree there.
How insane is this sunset? I've never seen colors like that.
A good friend of mine was at the hotel right next door so I got to spend a little time with her too!
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Dominic Preziosi March 13, 2013 - 2:21pm
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ,Archbishop of Buenos Aires, born in 1936, has taken the papal name Francis; he is the first Jesuit pope.Damian Thompson:
Pope Francis I is a priest of holinesss and tremendous modesty of manner a man who, until now, has taken the bus to work. His challenge is clear. He needs to learn from Benedict XVI's greatest success and his greatest failure. The success was the restoration of reverent, mystical worship to the centre of Catholic life, an achievement that has inspired a dynamic generation of young Catholics. The failure was Benedict's inability to reform the corrupt structures of the Roman curia, which should be recognised as the rotten core of the abuse crisis, and which is likely to have loomed large as an issue in the conclave. The historic decision to choose a Pope from the New World will perhaps make that task easier.
By choosing the name of the founder of his community's traditional rivals, the 266th Roman pontiff the first from the American continent, home to more than half of the 1.2 billion-member church has signaled two things: his desire to be a force of unity in a polarized fold, and his intent to "repair God's house, which has fallen into ruin"... that is,to rebuild the church.
John Allens profile of then-Cardinal Bergoglio, from March 3.
Back in 2005,Bergogliodrew high marks as an accomplished intellectual, having studied theology in Germany. His leading role during the Argentine economic crisis burnished his reputation as a voice of conscience, and made him a potent symbol of the costs globalization can impose on the world's poor.Bergoglio's reputation for personal simplicity also exercised an undeniable appeal a Prince of the Church who chose to live in a simple apartment rather than the archbishop's palace, who gave up his chauffeured limousine in favor of taking the bus to work, and who cooked his own meals.
Andrew Sullivan: "Even more than his predecessors, this Pope seems an unlikely fit for Paul Ryan-style Catholics."
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Pope Francis?
A Jesuit!
Francis of Assisi? or Francis Xavier?
White pope, black pope
From far away, I think he chose the patron of Italy
Margaret - Francis George, of course.
Hard to tell the papabile from the popemobile without a program, but do I recall that he has a balance of diocesan and Roman experience?
George! The patron saint of England!!!
No experience in Rome before he became a cardinal. Doctoral work in Germany.
His family were, like many Argentines early in the 20th C., immigrants from Italy, so were he not Jesuit, I am sure we all would assume Francis of Assisi. We shall see.Age 76, which in lightof benedict's rationale for retirement is perhaps a bit troubling. Or perhaps a signal that the Conclave wishes to focus on the current issues and will trust to the Holy Spirit again when neceesary. But I found it surprising, even by such thoughts.Mark
>>Like other Jesuit intellectuals, Bergoglio has focused on social outreach. Catholics are still buzzing over his speech last year accusing fellow church officials of hypocrisy for forgetting that Jesus Christ bathed lepers and ate with prostitutes.>>"In our ecclesiastical region there are priests who don't baptize the children of single mothers because they weren't conceived in the sanctity of marriage," Bergoglio told his priests. "These are today's hypocrites. Those who clericalize the Church. Those who separate the people of God from salvation. And this poor girl who, rather than returning the child to sender, had the courage to carry it into the world, must wander from parish to parish so that it's baptized!">>Bergoglio compared this concept of Catholicism to the Pharisees of Christ's time: people who congratulate themselves while condemning others.>>"Jesus teaches us another way: Go out. Go out and share your testimony, go out and interact with your brothers, go out and share, go out and ask. Become the Word in body as well as spirit," Bergoglio said.<<http://bigstory.ap.org/article/argentina-has-very-different-papal-candid...
What a lovely man. What an auspicious (!) beginning.
Lovely gesture of asking the people's blessing before giving his blessing (not sung).That said, total surprise. 76, and the runner-up in 2005. The way out of a deadlock?Little time in Rome, none in the Curia. SJ provincial in Argentina; named auxiliary bishop in1992, Coadjutor of Buenos Aires in 1997, archbishop since 1998. Named cardinal in 2001.Francis of Assisi and Francis Xavier.Let us bless the Lord! Thanks be to God!
I liked the part in wikipedia that said he gave up the bishop's residence, lives in a simple apartment and takes public transportation. And the fact that his Dad was a railroad worker.
Francis of Assisi? or Francis Xavier?Both!
Guenois, in "Le Figaro," says that he made an impression during the congregations last week. He and Chito Tagle were the only ones who spoke from the heart...
Larry W's 'quotes' by Bergoglio should give hope to all wanting a change of STANCE. And Francis!!!!.. I hope it's after both Saints who went out and got the "new' people to embrace the simplicity of Jesus Christ. . .. answering 'rebuild my Church'
"Make [Francesco] an instrument of your peace!"
There are other quotations we can find, ones that seem less encouraging.But for now, his very moving first appearance briefly reminded me of Pope John's moonlight speech, there was such a simple and direct connection to the people in the square. At one side, a 76-year-old who will need directions to find his apartment he is so unfamiliar with Rome. At the other side, the warmest beginning note since September 1978.We shall see, et Deus providebit.
What a pleasant surprise. Frances of Assisi remember reached out to Muslims in a most poignant way. So the Muslims as well as the poor. The nuances of his words which we now read from various sources. This is a person profoundly aware of what it means to be anointed by the Lord, i. e. to raise up the lowly.
How about it? At last a Jesuit pope from Argentina where the Jesuits Reductions were established.
In listening to commentators and reading these remarks, I'm struck by how much information Catholics extrapolate from the choice of a name and a few wispy anecdotes about a largely unknown cardinal (who was given 25/1 odds this morning on PaddyPower, below both O'Malley and Dolan). So question: To what extent has the Pope's name or his previous reputation been accurate predictors of the tenor of a pontiff's reign?
Also quite moving, the new Pope's asking those present to join him in the three basic prayers that we learned from our parents and, at least in my generation, from the Sisters.
So he's a Jesuit. I wonder how that's going down with the Opus Dei types who seem to be everywhere (infesting? No, I'll be polite)) the Church nowadays?
I hate to be the voice of negativity, but I recall reading years ago that he sided with the right wing dictatorship against activist Jesuit priests ...... http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/16464-focus-was-bergoglio...
The Holy Spirit never ceases to surprise -- a humble Jesuit who chooses the name of the founder of the Franciscans. (My Franciscan-run alma mater must be in full party mode at this time.) He appears to be a man who can unite the more traditionalist Catholics with the more liberal, especially those who see the pursuit of social justice as foundational to the Church's mission. And, he "asked for our blessing." Many blessings, Francis I; you do have our prayers and our loyalty.
Wayne:St. Josephs (Jesuit) University here is Philadelphia is in full party mode too. Action News is interviewing students and they are touting the fact that the Pope Francis will be installed on the feast of St. Joseph. A tweet from the admissions department:#FrancisI studied chemistry before starting seminary. Are you a budding scientist? Study chem. at SJU! @sjuadmissionsAND Gonzaga is the top basketball team.
Crystal:He may have not done enough to prevent the kidnapping of the two Jesuits but It is said that he did a lot behind the scenes to get them released.Maybe had a Romero transformation.
This is a bit troubling about him:http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/jan/04/argenitina-vi..."What one did not hear from any senior member of the Argentine hierarchy was any expression of regret for the church's collaboration and in these crimes. The extent of the church's complicity in the dark deeds was excellently set out by Horacio Verbitsky, one of Argentina's most notable journalists, in his book El Silencio (Silence). He recounts how the Argentine navy with the connivance of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, now the Jesuit archbishop of Buenos Aires, hid from a visiting delegation of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission the dictatorship's political prisoners. Bergoglio was hiding them in nothing less than his holiday home in an island called El Silencio in the River Plate. The most shaming thing for the church is that in such circumstances Bergoglio's name was allowed to go forward in the ballot to chose the successor of John Paul II. What scandal would not have ensued if the first pope ever to be elected from the continent of America had been revealed as an accessory to murder and false imprisonment."I know nothing about the author of this piece and could not find any refutation of his charges.
Pope Francis has my prayers and may have my loyalty once he has built my trust. I am hopeful.
Gene Palumbo: you reside in Latin America. Can you shed any further light on Hugh O'Shaughnessy''s accusations?
I'm amazed by the number of amazed people on here. The new pope is an aged, white, ethnic Italian who is completely orthodox in his views about homosexuality, birth control, abortion, artificial insemination, and a celibate priesthood.Where is the surprise factor?What am I missing?
The Guardian asked me (and a couple others) for a quick reaction on the new pope and the American church; here it is:http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/13/new-pope-francis-goo...
George Weigel just was on Chris Matthew's show and described Francis as a "JPII guy."What a horrible thing to say about the man!
Jim Mc,More on the Catholic Church and Argentina's "dirty war" from Wikipedia ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_War#Participation_of_members_of_the_C...
Damian Thompson - bad journalism....his comments have to do with Damian's hobbyhorse; nothing to do with today's events.Rocco Palmo - really, he stretches to some centuries old competition? How shallow.Weigel on Chris Mathews - same as the two above - he mentions his own hobbyhorses; not who this man really is.El Silencio - don't think that you will see these allegations supported with any substance.Jean - your list appears correct on the surface. But, you leave out his living example of simple lifestyle in solidarity with the poor; his taking on the Argentinian government and business community in terms of capitalism, globalization, etc. In one sense, he has toed the line on sexual issues but, OTOH, he has made pastoral decisiions around AIDS/HIV, baptism of children outside of marriage that the *cultural war US bishops* would be amazed at. (and really, ethnic Italian and I am ethnically german/dutch; etc, etc. your point? He is not so much white as latino - significant difference. He is older but younger than Ratzinger at his election and hopefully he will continue to precedence set by Ratzinger so this death do us part routine will die - papacy is a servant office; a ministry - not an ontological change.Would suggest that we need to watch and learn - his pastoral sense supported by his intellectual honesty will confront these issues.
Mr. Boudway - yes, one lung was removed as an adolescent because of a serious infection. And this means what? You sound like Palmo, Thompson, and Weigel - in search of something that has little meaning.
Bill, I feared after I hit "submit" that my comment would be construed as snarky, and it really wasn't meant to be. I appreciate your insights. Perhaps I, too, will soon be amazed.
I'm trying to withhold judgment on this new pope. I felt underwhelmed when B16 announced plans to retire. I felt underwhelmed at today's announcement. For me, it's "wait and see". To be truthful, I'm not particularly optimistic, but I'm trying to withhold my lurking pessimism.
Jim McCrea:In response to your question: No, I can't. I see that the Guardian has posted this:A note of caution about a claim in Hugh O'Shaughnessy's comment piece extracted below. We have not been able to ask Argentinian journalist Horacio Verbitsky about the allegation that Bergoglio was implicated in helping the Argentine navy hide political prisoners in what O'Shaughnessy described as "his holiday home in an island called El Silencio". One of our reporters is examining the claims made by Verbitsky in his book. It appears that the island was owned by a senior Buenos Aires Catholic official, not Bergoglio, and visited by priests in the diocese. The Guardian has not seen any evidence linking Bergoglio to the hiding of prisoners on the island. We will publish a more detailed report as soon as possible.
It seems that Amnesty International did not think that Bergoglio was culpably involved in this affair. We really have to be careful especially when Amnesty International has nothing negative to say. This apparently came up in the last Conclave when Ratzinger was elected and John Allen is reported to have made a call to a Amnesty International offical who said there was not any reprehensibe action involved by Bergoglio. As Bill D points out above there are many impressive facts about the new pope.
About Bergoglio and the two Jesuits who were tortured, someone on CNN (I didn't get his name) said that Amnesty International looked into the matter and concluded there was no evidence supporting the accusations.Rick Santorum was interviewed, and he said he was "ecstatic" about Pope Francis. He even said that we should show more concern for the less fortunate. So maybe the kind Francis is having a positive effect already.About the name "Francis". If the Pope had wanted mainly to honor his Jesuit heritage, it seems to me he would have called himself "Ignatius". So I bet it's for Francis of Assisi. Also remember, Francis of Assisi was not a priest. Maybe the Pope is trying to tell us something there too -- that priests aren't the only ones worth emulating.)I was in a Chinese restaurant having lunch while watching and waiting for the announcement. Others around me were also glued to the TV, but not my Chinese waitress. She dismissed it all with a wave of her hand. But when I told her he was for the poor people and that he takes the bus to work she got excited and went off to tell the other waitresses, "He takes the bus to work! He takes the bus to work!" Ah, nothing like humility.My main concern is whether his compassion will extend to the dissidents who sincerely think that some official teachings are wrong and are doing immense damage to the Church. And is he humble enough to even consider the possibility that he might have been wrong about some things. But maybe that's too much to ask. He's old, so I don't expect he'll be pope very long.On CNN Raymond Arroyo of EWTN said that his sources said that Pope Francis is "a butt-kicker", which doesn't sound consistent with some of the other reports. Maybe they meant that he's not a patsy. Let's hope so, if he's going to reform the Curia.
P, S. Somebody has also noted that that bird on the chimney might have been a hint from Sr. Francis about what was coming. Augury is not dead!
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Hopkins - Calzaghe
I know this was overshadowed by the UFC fight card in Montreal..but there were a few people watching it and I caught the first six rounds before heading off to the other bar to watch the GSP fight.
When Hopkins scored an early knockdown, I hoped for the best. But a younger, busier Calzaghe seemed to really be taking the action to the future hall of famer ...
Hopkins strategy of deftly counterpunching the younger, less experienced fighter apparently did not pan out because he lost a decision.
Could this be the end of the line for Hopkins? A truly old school fighter.I have enjoyed watching him over the years. Here's the story, anyways.
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...ric&id=3355783" If one wants to have a friend one must also want to wage war for him: and to wage war one must be capable of being an enemy." - Fr. Nietzsche 'On The Friend' Thus Spake Zarathustra
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I thought Joe did beautifully to (again) adjust his strategy mid-fight after a rocky start, the fight was close but the decision was the right one (though it sure as **** wasn't 116-111, that one judge must either hate Hopkins or fancy Calzaghe as much as the girl I watched the fight with).
To score the fight for Hopkins you'd have to give him rounds where he did nothing but smother and dodge. I'm a fan of his as well, but he lost this one fair and square.
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I am a Joe Calzaghe fan. He is, hands down, one of the best boxers to ever enter the sport. He is phenomenal.
Now, I hate to say it, but if this had been a bare-knuckle fight, Bernard would've whooped Joe silly early on with his extremely direct and hard-hitting power punches. However, this was not a bare knuckle fight, and when it comes to put on gloves and step into a ring for good ol' boxing, it is hard for anyone to land more punches than calzaghe.
That's why the judges were all so screwy. You had the first judge at 114-112 hopkins, and the last one at 116-111. The difference being how you counted- all the punches joe landed (the latter), or the ones that really mattered (the former).
Either way, a calzaghe fight is quite a thing to see, and I'm happy someone shut hopkins up.
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Also, I think Joe Cortez was kidnapped and replaced by a Brazilian vale-tudo ref circa 1952. When Hopkins realised he was behind he should have tried taking the stool out of his corner and smacking Joe around the head with it, it would have been worth it for the possible mild verbal warning.
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Largely agree with Pointy. I stayed up to watch it - nearly 5AM before I went up the wooden hill to slumberland. It was a difficult fight to judge as B-HOP adopted a wholly counter-punching strategy. Moreover he "went negative" as US politicians say, in clinching Joe's right arm and the referee was always conveniently on the blind side. Blimey, ole' Joe "Im fair but I'm American" Cortez was a worry based on his Ricky-Floyd perfomance.
His tucked in chin was perfectly correct but the forehead into Joe's face was a disturbing tactic for which he was never warned. The two attempts re the claimed low blows were laughable. He was gaining time as he was running out of gas and tried to conjure a Rest and penalty points against Joe. He consistently forced down on Joe's head and shoulders so you're going to get an occasional misplaced blow to the groin hence the Guard. Again, Mr Cortez hardly bothered to rebuke Bernie Boy.
Anyone ever read of Leach Cross?'cos that's who came to mind as I watched it.
The scoring was - on the face of it - bizarre from Chuck Giampa but then again, we know that in the USA, the judges favour the man pressing the fight. In this context, it made sense. In the UK, we're more keen to recognise it as the art of self defence and appreciate elusiveness, feinting, making the opponent miss. This approach does not always translate across the Pond. Except for the brilliance of Ken Buchanan.
Post fight, Bernie came across like a whinger. He offered no credit. I have to say that the lead up was a bit wearing. "I'm from the streets, the Ghetto....I bin to prison, y'all" Forgive me, but it was his choice to go to prison and he's long been a millionaire, so....
I have largely admired B-HOP through the boxing press as so little of his fights make it to UK TV and I was pleased at his jump from MW to LH and his defeat of Antonio Tarver. However his tactics, rind deceit and whinging only detract from his legacy in my eyes.
Well done to Joe Calzaghe (I was a bit concerned at Enzo's corner talk but then again I remember Teddy Atlas in Michael Moorer's corner and he was talking bollocks as well).
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A Hanahan woman was arrested Feb. 1 and charged with embezzling public funds.
Kimberly Crolley Murdaugh, 48, reportedly embezzled more than $24,000 over a five year-period while working as human resources manager and payroll director at the City of Hanahan, according to a statement released by the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED).
According to an affidavit, Murdaugh, of 5756 Murray Drive in Hanahan, committed the embezzlement between December 2005 and March 2010. She was officially charged with one count of embezzlement of public funds, valued $10,000 or more.
The affidavit states the defendant deprived Hanahan of her personal contributions, received medical and/or dental benefits for herself, her spouse and her children while failing to pay her monthly out-of-pocket premiums.
The defendant made one partial payment on a premium in February 2006. Numerous claims were made on an ongoing basis with the city insurance provided on behalf of services received by the defendant, her spouse and children, according to the affidavit.
SLED conducted an investigation at the Hanahan Police Department's request, interviewed witnesses and obtained evidence attesting to and supporting the allegations, according to the affidavit.
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She was born Nov. 14, 1936, in Martin, to the late Oscar Mosley and Melda Triplett Messer. She was a retired school teacher and a member of the Kentucky Teachers Association.
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Haven't read your link because I already know about the case. Yes it could be true, and it is true, and personally I applaud their bravery. It is especially amazing that they had the love and support of their family who understood their decision, and their choice. 'Their' being the appropriate word here because it was their choice and whether other people agree with that is irrelevant. These people had already lived a fulfilling life with one disability, and to be told they would lose their other main "sense" is just cruel. People are more than capable of adapting to being deaf if they have their sight to rely on, which these men did. But to then lose your sight would be very frightening. I wouldn't want to live in a world where I couldn't see or hear anything...there would be no enjoyment in that. These men were exceptionally brave to make this choice and hopefully they are at peace now.
I wish they could have seen their way to make a different choice, but I understand why they did what they did. I just hope they were both fully committed to the choice.
What an odd feeling, I mean I generally make it a point to admire folks with a doggedly death defying stickwithitness, butt now evidently that's become completely azzbackwards:umm:.
While I support their decision, well after all, it just simply ain't none of my bidness, but I wouldn't go so far as to call 'em brave, 'cause this livin' stuff, it's the hard part:oops:.
Oh sure, dyin' oft times ain't for pusses, butt the eternal Bark-O-Lounger for the sake of lack of perfection and unwelcome change, yeah that's just the lazy daisy easy peasy way out:down:...hmm, butt then maybe I'm just a big fan of uncertainty, discomfort, & mucho misery, or as I like to call it, fine as wine livin', "livin' ", as always, bein' the dandy as candy key word, word:wink2:.
This is a tough one for me. It's their choice but this is a case that differs for me in the right for assisted suicide. I can totally get behind someone who has a terminal illness and no chance for medical intervention to change the outcome, particularly when end of life would mean extreme pain, being highly medicated to the point of no quality of life, or to be on life support systems. Those people should IMO be able to make the choice to end their life sooner. I wouldn't want to be deaf and blind but there are ways to accommodate and many people live meaningful lives even with those disabilities. Think of the impact Helen Keller made even in an age when we had very little support for people with any disabilities. :dunno: It's their choice, of course, but I'm sad that they chose it.
I thought of Miss Keller too. I am also deeply saddened that these men gave in to despair. What of the other senses? If they could not see each other they could touch each other. Didn't Miss Keller sign into the hand of the 'listener'? The world is such a wondrous place and with so many possiblities available in this day and age, I feel there is no room for despair. Just so sad.Quote:
Think of the impact Helen Keller made even in an age when we had very little support for people with any disabilities.
You don't feel they were brave, and I respect that, but I hope if I was ever in their situation I would be brave enough to make their choice. I have nothing but respect for them, and I find sensational headlines and news reports that don't report the full facts in these type of situations absolutely disgusting.
I hope that all medical options were looked into before they did this. Which I'm sure they did. Cochlear implants, cornea transplants etc.etc... I really think the medical community is on the threshold of reversing some of these things, but I understand their decision.
I read Helen Keller's biography and this woman was amazing. And Miss Sullivan was the epitome of teacher and friend. But, unlike these two, Helen became deaf and blind at a very early stage in her development. This was her world from the get go. And she was a frightened, angry child. These guys would be fully aware of what they were missing. It would be a brain trapped in a shell (almost). Sure, they could walk and move their arms, but what would be the point? I think every person knows what they can overcome, and I think they knew themselves well enough to know that this would be a life they could not enjoy living.
But, having said all that, they didn't even wait around to try to make a new life. They could have tried. People are adaptable. Given a little time, they may have decided it wasn't so bad. I still support their choice those because it was theirs to make.
Personally, I couldn't imagine being trapped with my own thoughts--I would die of boredom in 3 and a half days.
I agree with Ally on this one.
My opinion is that if someone wants to take their own life I think they should able to, but only after talking to doctors, family members, and really thinking about it. I'm not sure why it's a requirement that anyone should live. While it's not a decision I would make in this case, it's their lives. If they've thought it all out and that's the decision they want to make, why should we force them to live?


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There's nothing particularly difficult about cracking a smartphone's four-digit PIN code. All it takes is a pair of thumbs and enough persistence to try all 10,000 combinations. But hackers hoping to save time and avoid arthritis now have a more efficient option: Let a cheap, 3D-printable robot take care of the manual labor.
At the Def Con hacker conference in Las Vegas early next month, security researchers Justin Engler and Paul Vines plan to show off the R2B2, or Robotic Reconfigurable Button Basher, a piece of hardware they built for around $200 that can automatically punch PIN numbers at a rate of about one four-digit guess per second, fast enough to crack a typical Android phone's lock screen in 20 hours or less.
"There's nothing to stop someone from guessing all the possible PINs," says Engler, a security engineer at San Francisco-based security consultancy iSec Partners. "We often hear 'no one would ever do that.' We wanted to eliminate that argument. This was already easy, it had just never been done before."
Engler and Vines built their bot, shown briefly in the video above, from three $10 servomotors, a plastic stylus, an open-source Arduino microcontroller, a collection of plastic parts 3D-printed on their local hackerspace's Makerbot 3D printer, and a five dollar webcam that watches the phone's screen to detect if it's successfully guessed the password. The device can be controlled via USB, connecting to a Mac or Windows PC that runs a simple code-cracking program. The researchers plan to release both the free software and the blueprints for their 3D-printable parts at the time of their Def Con talk.
In addition to their finger-like R2B2, Engler and Vines are also working on another version of their invention that will instead use electrodes attached to a phone's touchscreen, simulating capacitative screen taps with faster electrical signals. That bot, which they're calling the Capacitative Cartesian Coordinate Brute-force Overlay or C3BO, remains a work in progress, Engler says, though he plans to have it ready for Def Con.
Not all PIN-protected devices are susceptible to the R2B2′s brute force attack, Engler admits. Apple's iOS, for instance, makes the user wait increasing lengths of time after each incorrect PIN guess. After just a handful of wrong answers, the phone can lock out a would-be hacker for hours before granting access to the PIN pad again.
But every Android phone that Engler and Vines tested was set by default to use a much less stringent safeguard, delaying the user just 30 seconds after every five guesses. At that rate, the robot can still guess five PINs every 35 seconds, or all 10,000 possibilities in 19 hours and 24 minutes.
Given that the robot's software can be programmed to guess PINs in any order the user chooses, it may be able to crack phones far faster than that 20 hour benchmark. One analysis of common PINs showed that more than 26% of users choose one of twenty common PINs. If R2B2 is set to try easily-guessed PINs first, it could crack one in four Android users' phones in less than five minutes, and half of those phones in less than an hour.
Physically typing thousands of PIN codes, even with a clever robot's help, isn't necessarily the easiest way to gain access to a phone's data. Forensics software firm Micro Systemation released a video last year–since removed from YouTube–showing that it can digitally brute-force an iPhone's PIN by using the same "jailbreak" hacks that many iPhone owners use to remove installation restrictions on their devices. Google has been known to cooperate with law enforcement to bypass the lockscreens of criminal suspects' phones, and Apple will in some cases crack a phone's security and give the user's data to police if officers mail the phone to the company.
But Engler argues that the R2B2 helps to raise attention to the insecurity of crackable four-digit PINs in ways that software tools don't. Even a six-digit PIN, an option on many phones, would take R2B2 as much as 80 days longer to crack than the default four-digit passcode. "When you see a robot working like this, you think, 'maybe I should have a longer PIN,'" says Engler. " If I'm a CEO, a four digit PIN is a problem, because it's worth 20 hours to break in and get my confidential emails."
Engler and Vines aren't the first to create an automated, physical PIN-cracking tool. Another hacker named JJ Dasher showed off a similar robot earlier in the year that could crack the four-digit PIN of a Garmin Nuvi GPS device, shown in the video below.
But Engler's and Vine's invention is meant to be far more versatile. In addition to cracking phones' lockscreens, Engler says he and Vines plan to keep improving the robot so that it can be adapted to crack the PIN codes used in specific smartphone apps, or even to press the mechanical buttons on non-touchscreen devices like ATMs, hotel safes and combination locks. And in his daily work of auditing clients' security, breaking into a corporate smartphone represents a far more serious threat than accessing the data of any GPS device.
"We used to joke that we'd have to hire an intern to press all these buttons," says Engler. "It turns out it's much better to get the intern to help make the robot. Then he also has time to get coffee."
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When Art History Professor Roger Hull and his wife, Bonnie, bought their house, the appraiser told them it was from the 1940s. Turns out he was off by 100 years. The Hulls took off the aluminum siding, stripped the paneling, did some scouting around, and discovered the house was actually built by Willamette University leader Alvan Waller in the 1840s, during the school's first decade.
The house is a good fit for a man who spends his days reconstructing the past. When Hull arrived at Willamette in 1970, he taught the entire sweep of world art history, from cave paintings to contemporary work. He now has the freedom to concentrate much of his energy on Pacific Northwest artists and this winter, in particular, on Portland painter Harry Widman.
Hull is curating "Harry Widman: Image, Myth and Modernism," an exhibition at the University's Hallie Ford Museum of Art. The show runs Jan. 31 to March 29.
Widman's wild colors and search for abstract forms that convey meaning have given him a strong following, but the Northwest artist is more than a colorful abstract painter. "He's a modernist with a message," Hull says. "His art has taken on a strong tone of social commentary in recent years and is now outspoken about U.S. policy, the Iraq war and social injustice." A recent show was titled "Greed, War and Deception."
Hull, who is writing a book to accompany the exhibition, says mid-century modernism has not typically been about politics. "It's about paint, brush stroke, the self, the use of paint to express inner feelings. It's about art-making, not global issues. Widman takes traditional painting and works it to his own purposes.
"There is a strong literary bent in Widman's painting," Hull says. "He is a voracious reader of philosophy, novels and poetry, and uses oil and watercolor to explore the interplay between the physical strength of the athlete and the intellectual delicacy of the poet or philosopher."
Hull has curated five exhibitions of major Oregon painters: Carl Hall, a Willamette art professor (2002); Jan Zach (2003); Charles Heaney (2005); George Johanson (2007) and Widman.
"Oregon art, from the 1920s on, is more modernist and cutting edge than other regions and states," Hull says. "It transcends the typical 'regional' art. Artists here combined traditional subjects -- abandoned mining towns, logging operations, the natural beauty of the Willamette Valley and the Oregon coast -- with modern technique."
Hull's exhibitions, which have helped give the museum regional recognition for its attention to Northwest artists, are not his only legacy. The museum itself may not have been born without his vision.
In 1990 collector and sculptor Mark Sponenburgh approached Hull, wanting to donate 250 art objects to Willamette. At the time, the University had no way to properly care for them, but made do with a small climate-controlled room on the top floor of the art building. Meanwhile, a valuable collection of Native American baskets languished in storage in the attic of Eaton Hall.
Hull began to proselytize for an art museum, approaching University trustees with a presentation and art from the collections, and by the mid-1990s the idea had captured people's imaginations.
When the nearby telephone company building came on the market, Hull toured the rooms with a keen eye, perhaps remembering the transformation of his own house. "The 1960s building was all used up," he says. Orange carpet, blue paneling, stray macramé hangings and "some of the world's oldest computers" huddled under a low ceiling.
After philanthropist Hallie Ford presented a $2 million gift, Hull and others began planning the new galleries. Maribeth Collins, Melvin Henderson-Rubio, David and Bruce Roberts and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde also gave financial support. The museum opened in 1998 and celebrated its 10th anniversary in October.
The opening reception for the Harry Widman exhibition will be Jan. 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Hallie Ford Museum. For information visit www.willamette.edu/museum_of_art.


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You've seen them, those little black furry things stuck to the road. The black, white and pink mélange is as sure a sign of the coming spring as the robins in the backyard. The pungent odor that can seep through watertight doors. Yes, the skunks are back!
Last night, Lou, our otherwise cute cat, came in the house after a close encounter of the odiferous kind. After abject panic I managed to throw him back outdoors to enjoy his predicament for the remainder of the evening. As I considered my plans for the next morning, I washed my hands in spaghetti sauce (we don't keep an emergency supply of tomato juice handy...maybe we should take this up with Homeland Security), throwing out the meatballs.
When I got up this morning, after lamenting the waste of perfectly good tomatoes and meatballs, I found this recipe for de-skunking pets.
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Pet Cleaning Process: Get one bucket for the solution, one for rinse water, and optionally, one more to wash the little beast in. Get a wash rag and several towels.
Change into grungy clothes. Get your significant other to help.
Mix the solution, plop kitty/poochie/pick-a-pet into the wash tub, and scrub him with the wash cloth, being careful not to get the solution into his eyes. Dunk pet into the rinse tub...ignoring the open wounds that have suddenly appeared on your hands and wrists. Rinse well and transfer to towels. Rub dry and lock in the boiler room where h/she can dry off in a warm place, without infecting every piece of upholstered furniture in the house.
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Kaytee Berry Nibblers are a tasty, nutritious treat designed specifically for your companion animal, made with the freshest alfalfa and tasty raspberries. Nibblers satisfy the natural craving to chew, while supplying your companion with a wholesome nutritious treat.
Suncured Alfalfa, Ground Oats, Ground Wheat, Raspberry Puree, Corn Sugar, Wheat Flour, Wheat Middlings, Dehulled Soybean, Dicalcium Phosphate, L-Lysine, Calcium Carbonate, Wheat Germ Meal, Brewers Dried Yeast, Salt, DL-Methionine, Corn Oil, Vitamin A Supplement, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Propionic Acid (a preservative), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Zinc Oxide, Ferrous Carbonate, Riboflavin Supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Ethoxyquin (a preservative), Manganous Oxide, Niacin, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of vitamin K activity, Calcium Pantothenate, Copper Oxide, Cholecalciferol (source of vitamin D3), Beta-Carotene, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Cobalt Carbonate, Folic Acid, Calcium Iodate, Biotin, Sodium Selenite, Artificial Color.
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein (min.)............... 14.0%
Crude Fat (min.)....................... 1.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)................. 35.0%
Moisture (max.)..................... 12.0%