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Sellers in the state of California, where sales tax is collected, were down over Q4 2012
Research suggests that Amazon may have taken a sales hit over the holiday period after
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While the real results of Amazon's online sales during the holiday season won't be revealed until January 29, e-commerce firm ChannelAdvisor has given a small glimpse at its research, which took a look at the sales figures of its clients (third-party sellers on Amazon) over the holiday period in California and compared it with other states where Amazon doesn't collect sales tax.
Amazon started collecting sales tax in Texas in July 2012, and California and Pennsylvania in September 2012.
In California, specifically, Amazon started collecting a sales tax of 7.25 percent to 9.75 percent. ChannelAdvisor found that its client's sales on Amazon before sales tax collection in California was 5 to 10 percent above other states. The week before the e-tailer began collecting taxes, sales jumped 70 percent compared to other states.
After the sales tax collection began, sales in California matched those of other states. In early November 2012, California sales fell 10 percent below sales in other states.
The busy period of the holiday season, which is late November and early December, saw lower Amazon sales in California compared to other states as well, although ChannelAdvisor didn't provide exact numbers. However, at the end of the holiday season, sales came back up a bit.
According to Thomas Reuters I/B/E/S, Amazon is expected to report a revenue of $22.3 billion at 52 cents a share for Q4 2012.
While Amazon sellers saw a drop after tax collection, Best Buy was reaping the benefits. In California, Pennsylvania and Texas, Best Buy's online sales jumped 4 to 6 percent over the holiday season compared to other states. It also saw a 6 to 9 percent increase in online orders that are picked up in-store within those states.
Amazon fought a long, hard battle against several U.S. states back when it didn't collect sales tax (except in
Kansas, Kentucky, New York, North Dakota and Washington).
The e-tailer fled many states that attempted to force tax collection on the company, such as
and Illinois. Amazon has said that it
does not have to collect sales tax
because of a 1992 Supreme Court decision that excuses Amazon and other remote sellers from having to collect taxes in U.S. states that do not have the company's employees or warehouses operating within those states. But between states looking for ways to offset large financial deficits and brick-and-mortar stores like Best Buy complaining about Amazon being unfair competition
, the issue swelled.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said many times that his company would agree to collect taxes if there were some sort of federal legislation.
Amazon finally broke down and started collecting sales tax in certain states, which allowed it to build more distribution centers within those states. For instance, Amazon announced that it would
collect sales tax in New Jersey
last May so that
two Amazon distribution centers could be built.
This led to faster shipping for customers, such as
Amazon's same-day delivery
program, making it more competitive than ever (especially since it still had cheaper prices than most brick-and-mortars).
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The 2012 tennis season has an odd feel to it already.
The matches began last week with one team coming off its best season ever, but a repeat has to come from a new cast, while another squad has an old but new coach and one of the schools has a new court surface creating some extra velocity.
Oh, and there are two less divisions for the team portion of the state meet.
It should make for an intriguing season as the story lines play out over the next few months.
Instead of there being six team state tournaments, the AIA's cost-cutting, new format has the same amount of teams bunched into four divisions.
The top three from each section (total of nine teams) will be automatic qualifiers into the 16-team bracket with the final seven coming from highest-rated teams in the power rankings.
The Mountain Pointe boys squad hopes to be one of them, but the Pride will have to do it without two of their top players from a year ago.
Sam Wang, who made it to the final eight in the 128-team singles tournament last year, transferred to Hamilton after the family moved, while Monty Roth will miss the early portion of the season because of a hand injury.
"Monty is a great competitor and, hopefully, the guys on the team step up in his absence," third-year coach Larry Holmes said. "We have to try and get by for five or six matches and absorb the blow."
The Pride has a talented junior class, including Roth as David Battock, Jonah Matany and Tyler Garrett step into higher spots on the depth chart to start out with the loss of last year's top players.
"They know the expectations I have of them and they know how I operate," Holmes said. "It should be a good transition."
The players have also had to adjust to the new courts after the old one was resurfaced in the fall.
"The new courts are good and much faster," he said. "The ball travels much quicker. It has been good and the kids love it."
The Desert Vista boys might bring back the most experienced team with quality players in Sanjay Ramiah, Mohammad Saleem, Daniel Chen and Connor Whigham.
"We have no superstars, just great players that understand that it takes a team approach to win," coach Wayne Brimley said. "We need more consistent play."
Other players the Thunder will count on this year are Andy Cook, Michael Hopper and Karun Ramesh.
The Desert Vista girls are coming off a banner year as the Thunder finished third in the state after never making it to the semifinals.
A lot of the experienced talent is gone, but coach Angel Singer hopes last year's state experience motivates the younger players to attain similar success.
"It is going to be a struggle for young players to learn how to win," Singer said. "I am hoping that the experience of last year follows through to this year and the girls remember the great feeling of winning."
It starts with seniors Jennifer Kahn and Carolyn Rath, while sophomore Tori Kazzermel should round out the top singles players. Freshman Melissa Kahn will team with his older sister to be one of the top doubles teams for the Thunder.
"The returning players we do have are strong players," Singer said. "They will be better because they've made it through the rigorous state championships."
The Pride girls have an old new look this year as former boys coach Dan Ray returns to take over the program after Rick Carter stepped down after last season. Ray had previously coached the Pride's boys team until stepping down after the 2009 season.
He has some in-house talent to work with as juniors Mae Maiefski, who made it to the final eight last season in singles, and Anastasia Pushkarenko return as Mountain Pointe's top players. He also has some young talent to work with in freshmen Carla Poplawsky and Viann Pham.
"We have good depth," Ray said. "I would like to make it far into the state playoffs."
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WWE Championship Roll Call:
WWE Champion: CM Punk
World Champion: Sheamus
IC Champion: The Miz
US Champion: Antonio Cesaro
Unified Diva's Champion: Eve
WWE World Tag Team Champions: Daniel Bryan and Kane
-Michael Cole and The Miz are in the ring to kickoff the show. Miz tells us how great he is, and is apparently wearing a crushed velvet smoking jacket. They then discuss the Orton vs. Show rematch that will take place tonight.
-We get a video package, showing off the career of the Big Show. He's not here to entertain or to make you happy, he's a giant and he destroys.
-Josh Matthews tries to get a word with Show. Show beat Orton on Smackdown and tonight he has to prove he is the most dominant and destructive force in the whole company. He then tells Josh he can break his jaw if he wants to, and it would happen so fast that he wouldn't even know it. He also adds that Josh would be eating through a straw if he hit him. Run for your life son!
-In the ring, Miz discusses what it is like to get hit by Show's punch. Cole says Orton has a plan, and we go to a video package for Orton.
-Matt Striker is with Orton backstage. Orton says he will not make excuses; he will deal with Del Rio soon. But as for Big Show, he is not ashamed to lose to him, but he doesn't like it. Lightning may not strike twice, but a viper can…
Orton attacks at the bell and lays in the rights and boots to Show. To the corner they go, head butt by Show and that slows down Orton. Orton fights back with rights, mounted rights in the corner, and then uppercuts. Shot to the ribs by Show, working on the previously injured ribs. To the corner and chops by Show connect. Orton tries to fight back, but Show with another shot to the ribs of Orton. A slam follows, and then an elbow drop by Show gets 2. Orton again fires back with rights, off the ropes and Orton runs into a shoulder block. Orton rolls to the floor, Show follows. More chops by Show, picks up Orton, but Orton slides away and slams Show to the steel post…
We are back from a commercial and Show is working over Orton with rights, targeting the ribs of Orton. Show stands on the ribs of Orton, and then laughs at him. Show allows Orton to stand, and then takes another shot at the ribs. Orton now with rights, head butt follows. Off the ropes and runs into a bear hug. Show remains focused on the ribs here, and Orton is finally able to escape. He manages to low bridge Show and send him to the floor…
We are back from commercial again, this time with Orton working over Show on the floor. Back into the ring they go and Orton beats Show down and them stomps him. The high knee drop follows, and Show kicks out at 2. Show fires back with shots to the ribs, and looks to take control back. Show stands on Orton's ribs once again, and then Show works A CLAW HOLD to the ribs. Orton manages to fight out, off the ropes and runs into a side slam, Show covers for 2. Show back to the claw hold on the ribs, Orton gets back to his feet, lands some elbows and escapes. Clotheslines by Show, corner charge lands and as he comes off the ropes, Orton gets a desperation dropkick. Orton covers for 2, and rolls to the floor. Show follows, but gets tripped into the steel steps. Orton back in the ring, kicks Show in the face as he tries to enter, and then drapes Show over the top rope for the hangman's DDT! Orton covers and gets 2. Orton now drops to the mat and looks for the RKO. RKO CONNECTS but Show rolls to the floor. Orton to the floor, stalks Show and looks for another RKO, but Show slams him ribs first into the apron. Back into the ring they go, and Show drops elbows to the ribs of Orton. Modified camel clutch by Orton, he colossal clutch as it were, and he then breaks it. Another elbow drop by Show, and then another. A third connects and back to the colossal clutch. Orton fights, gets to his feet, but eats a chokeslam and that is all.
OFFICIAL RESULT: The Big Show @ 21:00 via pin
-Striker tries to interview Show, but gets cut off. Show says boo him all you want, but in two weeks at Hell in a Cell, he will knock Sheamus out, and will become the world's largest champion.
-Trainers check on Orton in the ring.
-Sheamus is here, and he says that when Show caught his kick on Monday, he was shocked. Show may be his biggest challenge ever, but that is what he came to WWE for. If he beats Show, it will be a sweet victory.
-Cole and Miz hype Hell n a Cell in two weeks.
-Kofi Kingston makes his way to the ring, and the Miz is less than enthused about his arrival. He will face Michael McGillicutty.
Joined in progress as Kofi covers for 2. McGillicutty battles back as Cole and Miz discuss the Larry King segment from Monday's Raw. McGillicutty lays the boots to Kofi and then gets a sweet backdrop suplex for 2. We then see replays from Monday a the match is ignored further. The camera then goes to Cole and Miz for a bit, we then see Kofi nails a RANA and then chops to McGillicutty. A dropkick follows, then a clothesline and finally the boom drop. Kofi sets, trouble in paradise misses, but he then gets the S.O.S for the win.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Kofi Kingston @ 2:30 via pin
-The Miz heads to the ring to have a word with Kofi. He hands Kofi a mic, and then says Kofi had a nice win there. Miz then gets annoyed when Kofi says he had a fun match. Miz goes into his "must see" stuff and does weird voices. He then runs Kofi down for devaluing everything, and Miz says he is a WrestleMania Hall of Famer, and calls Kofi a hippy drummer or some shit. He then says Kofi cheat shotted him on Monday and adds that Kofi will never be on his level. Kofi says he can accomplish what Miz has, and says maybe he wants Miz to think that, because he may have a dagger hidden behind his smile. He then challenges Miz to a match for next week on Main Event, and Miz accepts. Kofi says he wants the title on the line, and Miz laughs and Kofi mocks him for laughing. Kofi says he was an IC Champion, but if Miz doesn't put the title on the line, he will be admitting that Kofi was a better champion than he is. Miz agrees to put the title on the line, and Kofi adds that it, "sounds like fun."
Miz tries to cheap shot Kofi, who ducks and lands trouble in paradise on the Miz. He then poses with the IC Title.
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Springtime sports and outdoors photos for the first week of June 2012.
Winner Erik Hemstad finishes the road course at the sprint triathlon.
Women's winner Mandy Harter rounds the last corner.
Brittany Reimers starts the 16 mile road course of the sprint triathlon.
A road bike rider finishes the 16 mile race at the triathlon.
A swimmer takes his wetsuit off as he finishes the 500 meter swim to start the triathlon.
A swimmer in the fast heat wades out of the water after a 500 meter swim with many to follow.
Ross Schnell is congratulated by his wife Cathryn in Palisade after the Grand Mesa Grind.
Drew Trujillo of Montrose chips onto the tenth green during play at the 51st annual Home Loan Colorado West Amateur golf tournament Friday at Bookcliff Country Club.
Micheal Dible rides during the Mutton Bustin competition at the first week of the Jim Dible Oil Rim Rock Rodeo at the Rim Rock Adventer Park in Fruita.The rodeo will run each Tue. for the next 14 weeks starting at 7pm with the Mutton Bustin and the rodeo staring at 7:30pm.
Silhouetted against the fairground stands, Thena Walton of Collbran warms up with her horse Tango in the arena before the driver class competition of the Grand Valley Dressage Society's event at the Mesa County Fairgrounds Sunday.
Kameron Pfaff of Palisade
Doug Simon jumps his dirt bike while racing at a motocross event in Moab, Utah, earlier this year.
Doug Simon at his desk at All-Terrain Motorsports, where he is a salesman. Behind him is his 2003 SRAC Supercross Champion trophy.
Doug Simon with his nieces and his sister, Renae Snyder, at Craig Hospital in Denver, where Simon is rehabbing after a motocross accident left him paralyzed from the chest down on May 13.
Jeff Popick hits a single for CMU.
A few miles south of Page, Arizona, the Colorado River takes a sharp turn, almost making a full circle. This spot has come to be known as Horseshoe Bend and is one of the more impressive views I have seen. It can be reached by a short 3/4 mile hike on a wide flat trail. Boats can be seen on the river kicking up a white wake.
Robert Miceli of Gunnison gingerly wades into the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River near High Bridge Gulch. While this stretch of the Lake Fork can see heavy fishing pressure later in the summer, early June finds it near-deserted.
Ample opportunities for excellent river fishing can be found along the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River north of Lake City. The Bureau of Reclamation purchased several ranches along Colorado Highway 149 to partially offset trout fishing lost when Blue Mesa inundated key sections of the Gunnison River.
Hiking outside Devils Kitchen in Colorado Naional Monument.
Nationally recognized Redlands Mesa Golf Course is tucked in the foothills between Grand Junction and Colorado National Monument.
Polk State (Fla.) College pitcher Alec Asher delivers during a complete game win over Western Nevada College in Game 3 of the Alpine Bank Junior College World Series at Suplizio Field.
Western Nevada College's Dylan Baker is Perfect Game USA's No. 1-ranked junior college player, and proved it by making his mark last Sunday in Grand Junction, striking out 10 in the Wildcats' 9-3 victory over Cisco (Texas) College in an elimination game at the Alpine Bank Junior College World Series.
In one of the more-memorable moments of many from fishing the Gunnison River, former President Jimmy Carter receives some enthusiastic fishing advice from the late Leroy Jagodinsky, one of the true original personalities of the Gunnison River.
It's probable you won't find these in today's fly boxes but for years flies by local tiers such as the late Shorty Mauldin of Delta were go-to flies for anglers on Grand Mesa.
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CORNWALL, ON, Oct. 2, 2012 /CNW/ - During the past several weeks, the Cornwall Regional Task Force (CRTF) made or assisted in contraband seizures in the following regions:
These seizures resulted in the arrest of twelve (12) individuals who face charges under the Excise Act 2001 and/or the Provincial Tobacco Tax Act for possession of a tobacco product not properly stamped:
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SCOTLAND'S woods are alive with autumn growth and plantexperts are asking the public to be on the lookout for four fungi which will be fruiting now.
The call comes as readers prepare to take part in The Scotsman Wildlife Watch, which begins tomorrow.
Professor Roy Watling, a retired head of mycology and plant pathology at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, and Anne-Marie Smout, from Biological Recording in Scotland (Brisc), have suggested the species to look out. Photographs of these will be passed on to Prof Watling for verification.
The fungi for which readers are asked to look are:
• Ballerina or pink waxcap (Hygrocybe calyptriformis)
Description: Waxcaps are small, brightly coloured mushrooms, with a cap that is often conical and greasy or slimy. They are found in grassland and on lawns.
• Porcelain fungus (Oudemansiella mucida)
Description: This fungus is white, glistening and sticky. It grows, often in large clusters, on living beech trees and beneath them on fallen branches and twigs. The caps are two to eight centimetres across.
• Golden bootleg (Phaeolepiota aurea)
Description: This is a big, tall fungus, with a cap between 12 and 15 centimetres across. It is covered in a bright orange to yellow dust. It is found on rich soil, such as piles of leaf mould, in corners of damp parkland, especially where there has been some disturbance
• Earthstars (Geastrum ssp)
Description: As the name implies, these fungi are like large whitish or brownish stars on the forest floor and in hedgerows. The fruiting body varies in size from half a centimetre to ten centimetres, with the outer wall splitting into a varying number of pointed rays, depending on the type of earthstar.
Readers should never eat the fungi they find, unless they are experienced collectors able to clearly identify edible species, and should wash their hands after touching them.
As well as looking out for these fungi, readers are asked to go out into their gardens and the countryside and tell us about the creatures they see.
The pictures and notes gathered during our quarterly nature survey, which is supported by the Scottish Wildlife Trust, will be passed on to Brisc.
The information will then be distributed among Brisc's network of local recorders and biological records centres and may be used in conservation work.
Records of birds, mammals and insects are all welcomed, as are notes and pictures of flowers, especially if they are in bloom at an unusual time of year.
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Holidays in the Costa del Sol are all about fun in the sun. 'Costa del Sol' translates to 'Sunshine Coast' – so it's no surprise this stretch of Spanish coastline is so popular with the British. The Costa del Sol lives up to its name, with over 320 days of sunshine each year. The shoreline is dotted with beach resorts, from the family friendly Torremolinos, Benalmadena and Fuengirola, to sophisticated Marbella and Puerto Banus and picturesque Nerja. Away from the coast, inland villages of Mijas and Frigliana offer scenic spots, while the cities of Seville, Malaga, Granada and Ronda ae all within easy reach. Whether you're looking for great entertainment, sandy beaches, shopping, golf, water parks or water sports, there's a Costa del Sol resort to suit you. There's a huge choice of accommodation in the area, from self-catering apartments and half board hotels to rural spa retreats. And with flights to the Costa del Sol only taking around two and a half hours from the UK, the Costa del Sol is easy to reach for holidays all year round.
Costa del Sol holidays centre around the beach life whether its sunbathing or swimming and water sports. The area boasts the highest density of golf courses in Europe, making it a mecca for fans of the sport. Other available sports include tennis and horse riding. A good choice of water parks and theme parks make great family days out. Indulge in some serious retail therapy in the designer shops of Marbella, or visit markets and souvenir shops. Popular excursions the Rock of Gibraltar, the Alhambra Palace in Granada or Ronda and Andalucia. Don't miss the cable car over Benalmadena, or the African themed Selwo Aventura Safari Park.
Nightlife on the Costa del Sol is varied, depending on the resort you choose to stay in. In the summer, Torremolinos, Fuengirola and Benalmadena offer a wide choice of late night bars and discos. Marbella and Puerto Banus are home to sophisticated bars and nightclubs, often frequented by the rich and famous. For laid back evenings, head to Frigliana or Estepona. Nerja has a good mix of quiet restaurants and lively bars. During the winter months, Costa del Sol resorts stay open, but the entertainment is a little lowerkey. Most hotels offer inhouse entertainment, including cabaret, kidfriendly shows and karaoke.
The Costa del Sol is a great place to dine out with a wide choice of restaurants, including Italian, Indian, Chinese and fast food. Don't miss the local cuisine though tapas, paella and sangria are all old Spanish favourites. For great value, book an all inclusive hotel, where food and drink are usually thrown in.
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Dalmatian and Friends gets taken for a walk, and you'll love this puppy as much as all the others.
Nintendogs is a game that I'd heard a lot of good things about, but I always hesitated when it came to buying it. After all, I figured, it's just a glorified virtual pet right? Yeah, you raise puppies, pet them, walk them, and play with them, I get it. It uses the microphone and touch screen, which is all very neat, but isn't it all a gimmick? When I volunteered to review the new Dalmatian version, I had the following (paraphrased) AIM exchange with PGC Director Jonathan Metts:
Jon: Man, my girlfriend is going to think Nintendogs is ADORABLE
Jonathan: Who are you kidding, you're going to think it's ADORABLE
Little did I know how right he was. There are several certainties in this world: death, taxes, and the fact that puppy dogs are adorable. This occurred to me as soon as I booted up my DS and chose a Dalmatian puppy to call my own. While its game experience may be short and limited in scope, Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends is a thoroughly engrossing showpiece for the unique capabilities of the DS hardware. I highly recommend it to anybody looking for something a little different.
The game begins with you adopting a puppy from the kennel. There are six breeds initially available: Yorkshire Terrier, Beagle, Golden Retriever, Boxer, German Shepherd, and of course Dalmatian (an unlockable bonus in the other four versions of the game). You choose a female or male dog, name it, and you're off to the races.
Much like Animal Crossing, there's no particular end goal in Nintendogs. Instead, the focus is on caring for your new puppy, training it, and interacting with it. Think of it as a Tamagotchi taken to the next level. I never saw the appeal of virtual pets because they were always too abstract for me, but Nintendogs solves that problem nicely. Even the most stone-hearted, cold-blooded bastard will fall in love with his cuddly critter thanks to the degree of realistic interaction afforded by the DS touch screen and microphone.
The touch screen is very intuitively used to pet your dog and teach him tricks. The stylus controls a hand icon that you move back and forth on the dog's body, resulting in some amusing and lifelike reactions depending on where and how you scratch. There are preset stylus motions that correspond to tricks your dog can learn, which is where the microphone comes in to play.
Nintendogs features voice recognition techology that saves a soundbite and maps it to an action your dog can perform. Rub your puppy the right way (no Johnny Gill jokes, please) and a light bulb icon appears, indicating that it has just performed a "trick" that it can learn. Tap the light bulb and a microphone icon briefly appears, prompting you to speak into the DS microphone and name the trick. Repeat this process a few times and your puppy will learn the trick and perform it on verbal command. Say the word "Sit" into your DS, and your dog will do exactly that.
While impressive, the voice recognition isn't perfect. For example, you can call your dog over by either calling its name or tapping on the touch screen. Tapping the touch screen is 100% reliable (unless your dog is misbehaving, of course), whereas calling your dog's name works maybe half the time. Naming tricks is more accurate, but you must still be sure to speak clearly and not get too close to the microphone, or the recording will be poor and your dog won't understand you. To its credit, the game does recognize the same command spoken by a different voice, even if the recorded voice is male and the commanding voice is female.
Training your pooch is central to Nintendogs, but there's plenty of other stuff to do as well. You can play with your puppy in your living room, bouncing tennis balls off the walls or throwing around a Frisbee. You can buy food and water, new toys, and even treat yourself to some new décor for your house. You can also shampoo and brush your puppy, getting rid of the fleas it may get if you don't play the game for a couple of days. But most importantly, you can take your pet for a walk, and enter it in contests.
Taking your dog for a walk adds an element of exploration. Players trace their path on an area map and can stop by the park to play with their pup, work on its agility at the local gym, or investigate question-mark icons. The question-marks trigger events like your dog bringing you a gift or meeting other dogs and their owners. Walking is also good for your dog's health, extending its stamina and in turn enabling it to take longer walks. Going for walks allows you to practice for the competitive aspect of the game: the dog contests.
There are three dog contests you can enter: Disc Competition, Agility Trial, and Obedience Trial. Disc Competition is a Frisbee tossing contest, in which you get points for your puppy catching a flying disc you toss with the stylus. The further away from you that your dog makes the catch, the more points you're awarded, and you get extra points when your dog makes a mid-air catch. Agility Trial is an obstacle course that has your dog jumping hurdles, running through tunnels, and walking over see-saws. There's a time limit and point total, with points deducted for missing obstacles. Obedience Trial puts your puppy's trick knowledge to the test, having it perform tricks in a predetermined order to be judged on how well it follows your voice commands. There are several difficulty levels in each of these competitions, and it's great fun to work through them all.
Nintendogs lacks an online component, being originally designed well before Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connection went live. In its place is Bark Mode, a search function that lets you close your DS, carry it around with you, and download the dog and trainer information of nearby players that have Bark Mode enabled as well. Other trainers get added to your Friends List, allowing your dogs to play together. It's a cool feature, but when you see what developers are now doing with DS online play (voice chat during gameplay, for example), it really makes you yearn to take your puppy online.
While not a graphically-intensive design, it's obvious that the effectiveness of Nintendogs hinges on how accurately the behavior of your puppy compares to the real thing. To this end, it sports some incredible puppy models that spring to life with convincing animation and adorable behavior. It's the small touches - like the look on your puppy's face when you pet it - that really draw you into your pet's world. Sound effects are also spot-on; when you first hear your dog yawn you can't help but say, "Awww, that sounds like a real puppy." Overall, Nintendogs does exactly what it has to: make you feel like there's a real living creature inside your DS.
The downside to Nintendogs is that it's fairly limited in scope. While it's not meant to be played for hours at a time (in fact, if you train your dog for an hour or so it will eventually get "tired" of being taught and you'll be told to try again tomorrow), it doesn't take long to experience everything the game has to offer. Once you've trained your puppy and completed all the levels of the competitions, there isn't much else to do unless you want to start over with a new dog.
Still, what Nintendogs does, it does very well. It's a brilliant design that's instantly appealing, and it truly can't be done on any platform but the Nintendo DS. The trick-teaching portion of the game is excellent fun, and while the voice recognition is slightly flawed, it works well enough to not distract from the game experience. Each puppy model looks great and features incredibly lifelike behavior. The contests are very entertaining, and it's especially satisfying to win the Obedience Trial with tricks that you've taught your dog from scratch. Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends is a great package, and while it's a little short, I highly recommend it for dog lovers and any gamers looking for an entertaining change of pace.


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"When I was 12 years old I was unloading trucks in Chicago," remembered the 84-year-old former Republican senator from Washington state whose father founded Slade Gorton & Co. in Boston. "It's one of the reasons that persuaded me to do something else."
But Gorton, who is participating in a media campaign promoting catch-share management, never fully left the industry behind. He joked that when he decided to leave New England he probably went 500 miles too far; in Seattle, the importance of fishing made it a major part of his career in public service. He remembers a two-year dispute over the Alaska pollock fishery with the late Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens being as controversial as anything else he had to deal with in his political career.
"People still, 15 years later, stop me on the streets of Seattle and thank me for what happened with that fishery," said Gorton. He believes the same will be true if the United States continues to implement catch shares in its fisheries.
"Ten years from now people will be reacting the way they're reacting to me in Seattle," said Gorton.
Joining Gorton on the campaign for catch shares are Bruce Babbitt, former Secretary of the Interior for President Clinton; Buddy Guindon, a Gulf of Mexico fisherman from Galveston, Texas; and Amanda Leland, VP-oceans for Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).
The organization has been a vocal advocate for catch shares, a form of fishery management that allocates a specific portion of that fishery's total allowable catch to individuals, corporations or other entities.
"Our goal for this tour is to talk to people about why catch shares work and make the case that this is something that is good for the fishermen," said Leland. "We're doing it here in Washington to make the case that this is a bipartisan issue and that the U.S. can create global leadership on this."
Half of the fish landed in U.S. waters are managed under catch shares, Leland pointed out. Supporters cite the expected benefits of a system where fishermen can take their time harvesting their allotted catch rather than rushing out to scoop up as much of a shared quota as possible, in a derby-style fishery. That helps to stabilize the market and makes fishing safer for fishermen because they won't lose their catch if they don't go out on rough days.
"In the old days of attempting to save the fishery, the days on which you could fish during the course of the year were constantly constricted and we got to the point where the halibut fishery in Alaska was three days," said Gorton. "And if there was a hurricane on those three days you had to go fishing anyways. Well the dramatic change now, when you have a fishing quota, you can go anytime. You can spread out the catch."
Opponents of catch shares point to consolidation in fisheries, which leaves the resource in the hands of just a few winners. Controversy and lawsuits quickly followed after groundfish catch shares were implemented on the East and West coasts in 2010 and 2011. Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit heard oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging the legality of catch shares in the Northeast. On Sept. 10, a federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld a previous ruling that the system for groundfish quotas on the West Coast was lawfully executed.
The fight over catch shares has been especially bloody in the Northeast, for which the Commerce Department issued a formal declaration last week after important fish stocks like Gulf of Maine cod failed to meet rebuilding goals. The declaration paves the way for possible disaster funds for Northeast fishermen facing severe quota cuts.
"The decline of some of these stocks is a really difficult problem," said Gorton. "Some of these fisheries have been fished heavily for 500 years … What catch shares will do in terms of the design is help that process, it will arrest the decline which comes from overfishing. Obviously we need to be sensitive to the hardship that's being created and find ways to assist fishermen and the communities, but we don't help anyone by overfishing and making it worse."


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UPDATED: Even after the flood, $52-million property tax windfall should be returned to Calgarians
The Herald is reporting that Mayor Naheed Nenshi also believes it makes sense for the city to spend its $52-million tax surplus on rebuilding after flood damage.
Hopefully, wiser heads will prevail when the matter comes before city council on Monday.
"Why would we want to step in and accept responsibility that falls (within) another order of government's responsibilities?" Ald. Andre Chabot says.
"To suggest not only are we not going to push for them to accept it 100 per cent, but we're going to accept some of the responsibility — that's ridiculous."
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Well, after the nasty floods of June, you'd think there'd be no further debate about what to do with that pesky $52 million in extra tax money that city council got chastened for nabbing. Council has a policy of automatically picking up any tax room left by the province, regardless of need, but it caused quite a stir when it embarked on a clumsy charade on how to spend the extra cash.
Calgary homeowners have now swallowed an almost 30 per cent increase in their property taxes in just three years — this while inflation is running at a paltry one per cent.
As Premier Alison Redford fast tracks $1,250 debit cards into the hands of every adult dislodged by the floods, and $500 to every child, you'd think the big hearts at city hall would realize that now isn't the time to extract every possible penny from taxpayers' pockets; now is the time to leave that $126 a year with Calgarians, those hit by the floods and those not.
You'd be wrong. Ald. Gord Lowe, vice-chairman of the finance committee, thinks that instead of using the $295 million the city keeps in reserve for things like floods, council should take the $52 million — which it already has — and use it to repair infrastructure damaged by the water. He calls it some sort of revolving fund, but the result is the same: harnessing a disaster to fleece the unsuspecting.
"We have an opportunity that didn't exist before and I think we should develop a strategy to capitalize on," Lowe said. Is he talking about an opportunity for city hall to scoop up ever-larger sums of taxpayer money without regard for where it's spent?
Premier Redford and other top Tories said the tax room left vacant was for ordinary Calgarians as the government adjusted education tax rates throughout Alberta. The provincial government and the federal government have promised to do southern Albertans right when it comes to rebuilding from the flood.
In fact, it's expected that Ottawa could end up covering 90 per cent of the bills when all is said and done. The last thing we need is city council taking advantage of Calgarians' misfortune.
In High River, the heaviest-struck community, residential taxes rose by just over three per cent this year; far less than the 13 per cent taken by the mandarins at Calgary City Hall. Yet we haven't seen people in High River taking to the streets clamouring to increase their property taxes.
Just as it was before the flood, the $52 million should be returned to Calgarians.


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Alongside a dock at the Port of Tauranga, men in orange overalls are busy preparing for their next battle in New Zealand's biggest salvage operation.
They are employees of US-based Resolve Salvage and Fire, who, nearly three years after the grounding of the containership Rena, are still toiling in the catastrophe's aftermath.
Tonnes of equipment and machinery, including a pair of heavy-duty cranes, have been loaded on to a huge barge ahead of the next big job in a salvage operation which has already cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
All of this gear will be used to clean up the underwater junkyard that today surrounds the sunken, battered containership.
Thousands of tonnes of debris are strewn across the sea floor around the Astrolabe Reef, where the Rena has been undergoing an underwater transformation from ship to scrapheap.
"There's absolutely everything down there," the project's deputy director, Brad Tong, said.
Amid the tangled mess lie the remains of hundreds of shipping containers, scrap metal, car parts, tyres, aluminium ingots, cardboard, trampoline coils, some bags of magnesium oxide and several tonnes of plastic beads.
Between now and Christmas, salvors expect to recover around 4000 tonnes of it.
Large chunks, located by divers working at 30m to 40m below the surface, will be hauled from the bottom using large hydraulic grabs.
In a single day, they can expect to retrieve about 50 tonnes of scrap, in loads as large as six tonnes at a time.
Once back at port, the debris will be destined for recycling or landfill.
Over the past 17 days, the same barge that was used to carve the Rena's towering accommodation block into pieces has been converted for the new task.
Mr Tong expected to put it into action by next week.
"Conceptually, it's been in the making for a long time, and now it's about putting it all together quickly."
When the Herald visited yesterday, salvors were putting the last touches to the 91m-long RMG 1000 and transferring hefty mooring equipment that would hold it in place.
Its 25-strong crew worked at the mercy of swell conditions.
"The weather has a huge effect on us ... once you've got into the spread, it's not easy to get back out, and you've really got to watch the vessel's movement," Mr Tong said.
"The reef comes up from 80m, it's susceptible to a lot of swell, and obviously its distance from the entrance of Tauranga Harbour means you are exposed to 360 degrees of weather patterns."
The salvors expect this phase to be more straightforward than the previous logistical headaches the Rena has thrown at them. So far, they've included a critical race to pump Marmite-like oil from fuel holds, carefully plucking away containers stacked in high, leaning towers, and whittling the ship's bow down amid roiling waters.
Mr Tong said each job came with its own hurdles, and what they now faced was no different.
"It's challenging ... but it's not unbeatable."
- By Jamie Morton of the New Zealand Herald


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Find Boxing and Bliss at Barry Whistler
If you attended Artopia on December 3, you may have stopped first at the Barry Whistler Gallery reception for a little pregame celebration. If you missed out, you still can celebrate the opening of three incredible exhibitions. Featuring solo shows by 2011 MasterMinds nominee Lawrence Lee and sculptor Jonathon Cross, the exhibition also presents Bliss, a group collection by 12 local artists, inspired by the success of the gallery's past Christmas shows. Creating narrative through drawings, Lee deepens his characters' storylines and adds a host of new faces in his fourth solo show, Boksers (the Afrikaans translation of "boxers"). Unexpected and multidimensional, his drawings excite with such eclectic movement that it's hard to believe they are conjured through mere graphite and ink. Cross' Plane Forms, on the other hand, contains small, ceramic planters built with the hand of a master architect; his hard, sharp geometric shapes expertly compliment the spiny cacti and succulents that are housed in his ceramics. You really have to see Cross' designs to believe that a planter can say so much. These exhibitions, at 2909-B Canton St., run through January 7, and you can call 214-939-0242 or visit barrywhistlergallery.com for more details.
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This is your last chance to get along to the Singles 2 launch party, taking place at the Onanon Club in Piccadily Circus on Thursday June 9th. Everyone there will be single.
And all you need to do is send in your name and attach a picture of yourself. Or maybe the name and a picture of the shy one in your office.
Watch out for the list of 'available' industry people in MCV on Friday June 3rd. And if you don't fancy anyone in the games industry, you can have a crack at the castaways from Celebrity Love Island instead. They will all be there, waiting to meet you.
So don't delay, email firstname.lastname@example.com. It might just change your life.


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For fifty years, Charlie Brown and his team of usual suspects made us laugh and learn life lessons. The last official episode of the Peanuts comic-strip appeared fourteen years ago this February. Gone but not forgotten, we're honoring its memory with a survey of Peanuts' most notable names. And while adorable pet names Woodstock and Snoopy will probably never translate into the baby-name scene, there are plenty of interesting choices you may have not expected, drawn from the real life of artist and creator Charles M. Schulz.
Charlie – It's only fitting that the lovable, friendly four-year-old who stole hearts with his catchphrase "Good grief"! has the friendliest boy name. A diminutive of the German Charles, there have been lots of pop-culture Charlies over the years, from Charlie Chaplin to Charlie's Angels, though none of them cuter than the Peanuts' protagonist.
Are you a physics whiz who daydreams of soaring through Earth's atmosphere? Did you meet your spouse at a screening of Black Sky: The Race for Space? Have you ever parked on the shoulder of a freeway to watch a shuttle landing? If so, your youngster may need an aerospace name. Here are a few uplifting options that are more accessible than Moon Unit.
Valentina Tereshkova: She was the very first woman in orbit, floating aboard the Soviet capsule Vostok 6 in 1963. Salma Hayek's daughter has helped to re-launch this euphonious name, which is from the Latin Valens for "healthy, vigorous, strong."
Camille Wardrop Alleyne: Born in Trinidad, she worked as an aerospace engineer for the U.S. Department of Defense before rising to Assistant Program Scientist for the International Space Station (ISS) at NASA. The elegant Camille has the added bonus of a trendy nickname—Milla. See also: fellow NASA leader Ginger Kerrick, who has served as Flight Director of 13 ISS missions.


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Anti-apartheid icon's life is now online
Johannesburg: Click: South Africa's last white president speaks about his friendship with Nelson Mandela. Click: Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, two anti-apartheid icons, pose with Tutu's grandchildren. Click: Mandela offers a self-deprecating memory in a handwritten note.
At a news conference in Johannesburg yesterday, Mandela's archivists and Google said their $1.25 million project to digitally preserve a record of the anti-apartheid leader's life is now online.
The project was first announced a year ago. Researchers — and anyone else — from around the world now have access to hundreds of documents, photographs and videos.
The archive has been launched with more than 1,900 entries, and more are being added.
Historical heritage
"The Mandela Digital Archive Project shows how the Internet can help preserve historical heritage and make it available to the world," Steve Crossan, director of the Google Cultural Institute, said.
Similar Google projects have focused on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Yad Vashem Holocaust materials. Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison for fighting against racist rule, became South Africa's first black president in 1994 and served one five-year term. He now is officially retired and last appeared in public in July 2010.
Mandela inaugurated his memory centre in 2004 as part of his charity and development foundation. The centre houses an archive and hosts conferences and other events to promote justice and reconciliation worldwide.
Verne Harris of the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory said seeing the efforts of his centre and Google realised "is invigorating."
In one video, former President F.W. de Klerk, who shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Mandela for negotiating himself out of power, recalled being asked to address parliament alongside Mandela in 2004.
It was the 10th anniversary of the day Mandela became South Africa's first black president. Mandela took de Klerk's arm as lawmakers applauded.


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IMPORTANT NOTE: Knology is no longer offering this internet plan. For information on other low-income or otherwise inexpensive plans, please CLICK HERE.
Of the various companies and programs we've seen which work towards helping low-income Americans cross the Digital Divide by providing them inexpensive or even free broadband internet, a company in Kansas named Knology is somewhat of an anomaly. In a good way. A very good way.
Knology has for some time now been offering the financially disadvantaged in Kansas absolutely free high-speed internet. They are not being reimbursed by anyone government body for this, they are simply doing it because they want to give back to the community. Here' show they explain it:
Knology's Lifeline Internet service is a voluntary program. Knology receives no subsidy to offset the costs of this service. The reason we offer this service to the citizens living in our service area is because local help agencies reached out to Knology in 2007 saying there was a need and it was not being fulfilled by the current low-income provider who only offered conditional approval for their service offering to low-income families. Knology offers this service without a waiting list or other conditions, beyond the criteria set by the state for Lifeline Telephone Service, to all those who qualify.
Who Gets Free Internet in Kansas?
Knology takes the eligibility requirements of the FCC's Lifeline Telephone Program, and applies them to applicants in their service areas of Kansas. If a person qualifies under Kansas state and federal guidelines for Lifeline Telephone service, then they qualify for free cable internet from Knology.
You qualify for free Knology high-speed internet if you participate in any of the following assistance programs, or are at or below 150% of the federal poverty level:
- General Assistance
- Medicaid
- Food Stamps
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
- Head Start
- Free School Lunch Program
- Food Distribution program (United Tribes of Kansas and NE Nebraska, Inc.)
- Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance
- Tribally Administered Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
- Head Start ( only those meeting its income qualifying standard )
Here is a chart showing the income equal to 150% of the Federal Poverty Level:
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So, if you are in Kansas and meet the eligibility requirement, you won't find a better deal than Knology. And it sounds like you won't find another vendor who cares as much. If fact, reading their mission statement says a lot about who they are:
- We are honest, fair and evenhanded
- We deliver as promised, professionally and personally.
- We show courtesy, respect and friendliness.
- We work relentlessly as a team.
- We give customer matters urgent attention.
- We take responsibility for problems and are always responsive to customer needs.
- We work hard to make doing business with us easy."
Sounds good to us.
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The X Factor live show 4: live blog: 27th October 2012
The X Factor was back for another live show with Tulisa,
Gary Barlow,
Nicole Scherzinger and
Louis Walsh all passing judgement on the remaining acts.
With The X Factor saying goodbye to MK1 last week, Louis was probably hoping not to have to see one of his groups get booted off again, likewise Barlow who has already lost two of his acts.
Drama unfolded behind the scenes too, with Tulisa's act Lucy Spraggan automatically going through to next week due to being too ill to perform on Saturday's show.
This left the likes of Rylan, Union J, Ella Henderson and District 3 to take to the stage to sing their hearts out as they edge ever nearer to the grand final.
Rylan stormed the stage with a typically zany performance which included Scherzinger's own hit Poison, while Tulisa took the time to let absent contestant Lucy know that she was thinking of her, and wished her a speedy recovery.
Tulisa played it safe in a floor-length black dress and retro 40s bob, while Nicole took the Halloween theme to heart and donned a lacy body-stocking and wild hair. It was a wonder how anyone's eyes stayed on the stage.
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ASK A QUESTION What is meatloaf in Espanol?
I need to how to say the word meatloaf in spanish for a spanish project that I am doing.
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Mucha gente dice, "pastel de carne" or "rollo de carne"...
El nombre varía dependiendo del sitio.
meatloaf - Albondigón
- That sounds like "large meatball" pan de carne or pastel de carne are suggestions. - 0074b507 Jan 25, 2010 flag
- Yes, we call it "pan de carne". - 00e657d4 Jan 25, 2010 flag
- That's funny because my son would not eat meatloaf so my wife disguised it as meatballs and he liked it. - Yeser007 Jan 25, 2010 flag
In cuba we call it Pulpeta. I guess it depends where your from.
This word must be a borrowed word from English (Anglicism); "albondigón" or "albóndiga" is refers crassly to a (very) heavy/overweight/obese person...at least in México. It also means meatballs.
Oh man, I never laughed so hard til you asked this question. The comments are particularly amusing. The other day I was wondering how you would say both pot roast and meat loaf. When interpreting, I have to think.... what is being said, how would you well describe something, when there is no direct cultural language interpretation. Well pot roast is a form of beef, and generally beef is just called "carne", so carne... carne... what? Roast is "asada", but "carne asada" is already taken, and it definately isn't pot roast. So I just said, "carne horneada", it's baked beef. Now for meatloaf, "pan de carne" describes it better than albondigón, because that has too much association to a meatball and sounds funny, like someone else said. Sounds like a big old meatball, good answers, this has been a fun one
According to a native speaker here at least in Mexico it is "pastel de carne"
So I vote with the others that are on the same track.
In other countries it may well be different.
Well, there is it in black & white - meat cake! hehe I wonder if another translation would sound better - loaf (as in loaf of bread). "hogaza de carne" (as in #2 below) ?
hogaza[o-gah'-thah] noun 1. A large loaf of household bread. (f) 2. Any large loaf. (f)
However, here's something that sounds like a meatloaf recipe, Carne Pan de Lujo.
I guess there are as many ways to name it as there are ways to make it! Have fun, everyone!
Pastel de carne
Pastel/budín de carne.


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In the last few years, there have been persistent allegations that vaccinations cause Autism, and 4,800 federal complaints have been filed. One of them contains a jaw-dropping allegation that a link exists between Autism and infant formula. The complaint argues that infant formula ingredients DHASCO and ARASCO may be a contributing cause of Autism.
One parent desperate for an explanation has dedicated the past three years to researching the cause of his son's autism. Michael Pescatore, a father of four, has a warning for parents feeding their children infant formula. He believes that his research confirms his theory that DHASCO and AHASCO may cause an underlying mitochondrial dysfunction that could trigger Autism. Marketed by formula manufacturers as substances that allegedly benefit brain and vision development in infants, DHA and ARA are ingredients in almost all infant formulas.
Mr. Pescatore submitted to Federal Court an expert's affidavit from a pediatrician and chemist that states, "Unfortunately, DHASCO and ARASCO, derived from modified algae, are "not" identical to DHA and ARA in human breast milk, and available medical literature demonstrates that they are neither digested nor utilized in the same fashion as DHA and ARA of human origin. As DHA and ARA are incorporated extensively in the rapidly developing brains of infants, it is essential that non-human sources of DHA and ARA be proven to be not just "biosimiliar", but "bioidentical" to human DHA and ARA. Since SCO-derived DHA and ARA have *not* been shown to be bioidentical, and in fact have been shown to be digested, oxidized, and function differently than human-derived DHA and ARA, they should *not* be allowed in infant formulas unless additional studies can be performed to verify their safety."
Mr. Pescatore's theory and The Doctor's analysis seem to be supported by the Institute of Medicine report on evaluating new ingredients to infant formula by stating that hundreds of parents have submitted complaints of digestive issues from these formulas. In many cases, these digestive issues were resolved after switching to non DHASCO/ARASCO formulas. The IOM has stated that infants would have to be monitored years after formula feeding to ensure an absence of unknown biological triggering effects on cellular pathways possibly associated with brain and eye development. DHASCO/ARASCO formulas have not been unanimously proven to provide any benefit. Mr. Pescatore stated that the triggering effect can be in the form of a fever of unknown origin or inflammatory response such as a reaction to vaccination.
In the first Vaccine-Autism case in which a money damages were awarded, an estimated 20 million dollars over the lifetime of the child, Hannah Poling, seemed at first to confirm the link. But the government stated that the vaccines merely aggravated an unknown mitochondrial disorder that Hannah Poling had, and didn't actually cause her Autism. Nevertheless, it is unknown how many children have this rare mitochondrial disorder that may cause autism when vaccinated.
It is interesting to note that the father of Hannah Poling is a Neurologist. Dr. Jon Poling has researched and published several publications about DHA. The coincidence is uncanny: the only family to recover an award from Vaccine-Autism court is a research scientist who has researched and studied DHA. Additionally, Dr. Poling has published at least two research articles with former National Institute of Health Researcher, Dr. Norman Salem, Jr. Dr. Salem, a prominent expert on the science of DHA, is currently the Chief Scientific Officer for Martek Biosciences Corporation, the leading distributor of DHA. Perhaps the most curious part of the award to the Poling family is the fact that the case was "sealed". If it is recognized that Autism is a serious public safety concern, why then would the Government seal the only case that had an actual recovery of damages? Does that case hold answers to the causation questions that parents of Autistic children have wondered and agonized over for years?
One of the facts that Mr. Pescatore emphasized was the dramatic rise in the rate of autism among children: from 1 in 10,000 in the early 1980's to the current statistic of 1 in 150. He was convinced that this statistic alone was too large to ignore and that an environmental cause had to be the culprit. Without going into the exact science of Pescatore's theory, it can be simply explained that the DHA and ARA may cause a mitochondrial dysfunction in children when uncontrollable oxidation occurs. This reaction is called oxidative stress. Mr. Pescatore's son exhibited severe digestive problems, Pescatore believes that the digestive problems were a sign that oxidation was taking place due to his son's inability to absorb or breakdown the vegetable based fatty acids present in the formula. Pescatore explains that males may be less likely to tolerate oxidative stress because unlike females they lack the natural defenses that protect them from oxidation, which may explain why the rate of Autism among males is four times higher than females.
It would not be the first time that an unintended harm of an initially perceived health benefit was discovered. For example, in the Pediatrician's affidavit, the Doctor illustrates the complicated chemical structure as applied to human physiology by stating, "The human body is exquisitely sensitive to the structure of chemicals, both in regards to digestion as well as function. A well-know example is the use of modified vegetable oils in margarine to replace butter. When margarine was first introduced, it was heralded to be a "healthy alternative" to butter, since it was higher in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA's), while butter had more saturated fat. However, the original PUFA's used in margarine were rich in "trans-fats", which are not digested or metabolized as naturally-occurring "cist-fats", and adversely affect triglyceride and cholesterol levels and ratios. By the time they were determined to be unhealthy, trans fats had been widely used, and became an important factor in the development of atherosclerotic plaque and related vascular diseases. Trans-fats should not have been given GRAS status, but they were. Interestingly, DHASCO and ARASCO have *also* been shown to adversely affect cholesterol levels, producing an undesirable alteration in HDL and LDL ratios".
Mr. Pescatore has contacted the FDA over a dozen times in reference to his research on DHA and ARA as a cause of Autism, and he has compiled a vast report of research that corroborates his theory that DHASCO and ARASCO is a possible contributing factor of Autism. His research supports his theory that DHASCO and ARAASCO in infant formula may cause excessive oxidation that may result in mitochondrial abnormalities directly implicated with the vaccine-Autism connection. The FDA responded to Pescatore by stating that the "FDA is aware of many theories concerning the possible causes for Autism, but it is our understanding that, to this date, there is no clear evidence as to exactly what causes this condition. Research into which factors may cause Autism is still ongoing. We are not aware of any research indicating that the use of ARASCO and/or DHASCO is a causative factor in this condition".
The conclusion by Mr. Pescatore's expert is simply stated, " …in my professional opinion as a chemist and pediatric intensive physician, the GRAS status of DHASCO and ARASCO should be lifted and not reinstated until independent studies have proven that they do not interfere with normal infant digestion and brain development". (GRAS stands for "Generally Recognized as Safe").
Could the DHA/ARA in infant formula be one of the unknown environmental factors causing the increase in Autism cases among our children? This information creates only more questions in the Vaccine–Autism debate. Why was the Poling case sealed? If there is even a single question about the safety of DHA and ARA then why is it still being added to infant formula, especially if it has no health benefits? Shouldn't the FDA suspend this ingredient until further studies can rule out the Pescatore theory of oxidation and mitochondrial dysfunction?


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