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Takuma Sato nearly won the Indianapolis 500 in May, but a bold move for the lead relegated the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver to 17th as he spun while trying to pass eventual winner Dario Franchitti on the final lap.
His car owner Bobby Rahal found no fault with his effort, but he admits his tongue sometimes "bleeds" as he bites back his thoughts on the man some say is brave, others define as crazy and all agree is fast.
"You couldn't leave that day and be disappointed," Rahal said. "People knew we were there. Anyone would have tried."
"I always go for the win," Sato said, explaining his inside move out of the second turn at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. "It was the very last lap — I hoped, I thought we'd win the race. Afterward Bobby was very happy that we attacked. Our whole philosophy is … to attack."
The 35-year-old Sato, a Formula One veteran who finished as high as eighth in that series' points standings (in 2004), is in his third season in the IZOD IndyCar Series. A year ago, he finished 13th in the IndyCar points standings and was 18th in the Baltimore Grand Prix.
As the Grand Prix of Baltimore returns to the city this weekend, both Sato and Rahal are hoping to see progress. It is the next-to-last race of the season and time is running out for a victory.
"There have been times this season when I've thought he needs a little more patience," Rahal said. "But he's a work in progress. If he didn't have the talent, you wouldn't make the effort. You hope this weekend and next he can be in position to win. If we can do that, then job accomplished.
"He has the potential … He has the speed. We just need to complete the picture for him. He's a diamond in the rough. We need to polish him, get him to be a little more patient. But he's a diamond."
During his time in the IndyCar Series, Sato has built a reputation for boldness and for speed. Fellow competitors, however, view his driving style warily.
Asked if Sato is brave or crazy, drivers' answers run in all directions.
"Crazy," Chip Ganassi Racing driver Scott Dixon said. "But, you also have to be good to get to this point and he's had a long career."
Franchitti, the man Sato tried to pass for the lead at Indianapolis, thought for a moment.
"A little bit of both," Franchitti, who also drives for Ganassi, said. "He's committed. Sometimes it pays off. More often than not it doesn't. He's fast. And I'd prefer not to see him — or anyone else — in my rear view mirror."
Another competitor, Oriol Servia, who finished second in Baltimore last year, said Sato is aggressive.
"But sometimes after years of experience like he has, to make a pass with only a 15 percent chance of success, well, you don't take that chance," Servia said. "Sato sees 10 percent; he goes for the gain more than not. But in Edmonton, he changed a little bit. He was second. He was faster than [race winner Helio] Castroneves, but his chances of overtaking him weren't good and he chose to finish the race and take second."
At Indianapolis, Servia said, the chance Sato took may have been worth it.
"There's a $2.5 million payout," he said. "Maybe I wouldn't have done it, but I think Indy is the one place where I would agree he had a chance. He just didn't go blindly."
In fact, Sato, who has not finished seven times in 13 races this season, doesn't think he goes blindly at all. He has spent his entire life taking chances and beating the odds.
"Aggressiveness can be a strength," he said. "Maybe I need to calm down a little bit, but you have to be living on the edge to go to the next level.
"The first time I drove a race car I was already 19 years old. I was late — very late. I didn't have the environment. My parents had no idea about racing. When I was 10, I saw my first Formula One Grand Prix. It was 1987 in Japan at Suzuka. When I saw it, it made my life."
Sato waited nine years after seeing that Japanese Grand Prix to see an advertisement in a motor sports magazine for the Suzuka Racing School.
"You had to be under 20 to participate and I was 19," he said. "I know no one and I need help. I went to the school and I got the scholarship. I had to compete against drivers who had 10 years of experience, but I won that scholarship to go to the U.K."
The rest, as is often said, is history. But Sato also needed to learn English, a language he speaks fluently and almost as fast as his race cars run.
"I could say 'yes' and 'no,' only, but I had to go for it," he said. "I lived with an English family and went to school and drove and won a couple Formula Three championships and was in Formula One for 6 1/2 seasons and I am very proud of what we did."
But in 2008, after two partial seasons in Formula One, he figured it was time for a change.
"To compete and win in Formula One, if you don't have the equipment, you are at the back of the grid and you can not win," Sato said. "And then I looked at Indy cars."
Sato saw his first Indianapolis 500 in 2009, wondered if he could drive and control the car into its turns, "thought at that moment, I totally couldn't do it," he said. It was then that he met Rahal and Jimmy Vasser.
Vasser hired him for the 2010 and 2011 seasons, and then Rahal called. He wanted to build a team and return to full-time IndyCar racing.
Given Sato's background, patience would seem to be one of his strengths. But, maybe he feels he has waited long enough and it's just time to put everything he has out there to be seen.
"Only you know the truth about yourself and your decisions," he said. "It's carefully calculated. I see if there is an opportunity [a shrug]. It's not a hospital parade. If a chance is there, why not go for it? I want to win and you need to prove you can do it."


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- 5 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 cups, plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
- 3/4 cup key lime juice
- 4 eggs, at room temperature
- 2 egg yolks, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons grated key lime zest
- 1 pound cream cheese, at room temperature
- 2 egg whites, at room temperature
- Pinch of salt
- 2 cups sweetened whipped cream
- 1 cup simple syrup, (1 cup sugar, 1 cup water heated until sugar dissolves)
- Rind of 2 limes, julienned
- 12 sprigs of fresh mint
- In a mixing bowl, combine the melted butter, 2 tablespoons of the sugar and graham cracker crumbs. Mix well. Press the crust firmly over the bottom of a 9-inch spring form pan. Set aside. In a saucepan dissolve the gelatin the key lime juice, about 5 minutes. Add 1 1/4 cups of the sugar, eggs, egg yolks and lime zest. Mix well. Over medium heat, cook until the mixture thickens and is pudding like, about 7 to 8 minutes. Remove from the heat. In the bowl of an electric mixer, fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese until smooth. With the mixer running, add the lime mixture slowly and beat until smooth. Remove the mixture and turn into a bowl and cool completely. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, stirring every 10 minutes. In a bowl of an electric mixer with a whip attachment, place the egg whites, salt, and remaining 1/4 cup of the sugar. Whip on medium high until stiff peaks form. Remove the lime and cheese mixture from the refrigerator. Fold the egg whites into the lime mixture and blend thoroughly. Pour the mixture into the prepared crust. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until set, about 4 hours.
- Remove from the refrigerator. Run a sharp knife along the sides of the pan and remove the springform. Spread the whipped cream evenly over the top of the cake.
- For the candied zest: In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the simple syrup and the lime zest. Bring the liquid to a simmer and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Remove the zest from the liquid and cool on parchment paper.
- Cut the cake into individual servings. Garnish with candied lime zest and mint sprigs.
Recipe Details
- Source: Emeril Live EM1C18
- Dish Type: Dessert
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text: Jessica Schultz began curling in the seventh grade when her family chose the sport as its weekly family activity. The following year, Schulz was traveling the country as part of a junior women's team. Schultz has since achieved many exciting accolades in the sport, including winning the national championship in 2005, 2011 and 2013. Schultz represented the United States at the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games, where she helped Team USA achieve an eighth-place finish. Schultz has also been a member of some of the most accomplished U.S. women's curling teams. In 2005, Schultz earned world championship silver and in 2013, she finished fourth at worlds as a member of Team Erika Brown.


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I-85 reopened after HazMat crash in Davidson County
Same company involved in October crash on I-85
For the second time in less than a month, an Orica USA truck carrying hazardous material has crashed on Interstate 85, causing road closures.
The most recent crash happened around 6:15 a.m. Tuesday at mile marker 101 near the Lake Road exit.
All three northbound lanes were shut down until around 9 a.m., when two right lanes reopened. The left lane reopened around 3 p.m.
The driver was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center for evaluation. He is conscious and communicating with medical staff, Orica USA officials said.
The tractor-trailer was carrying ammonium nitrate and blasting caps, emergency officials told WXII. The compound is an oxidizer that has the same chemical composition as fertilizer.
Troopers believe a tire blew out, causing the truck to go off the road.
Another Orica USA tractor-trailer carrying explosive material crashed on I-85 on Oct. 22. That crash, about 10 miles north of Tuesday's incident, caused voluntary evacuations and a complete shutdown of the highway for about nine hours.
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Arthur & George
Martin Clunes (Doc Martin) stars as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, in a real-life case that inspired the great author to put down his pen and turn detective. Inspired by the shocking true case of the "Great Wyrley Outrages," Arthur & George is adapted from Julian Barnes's acclaimed novel of the same name, which was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize.
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2 1/2 lbs pork loin cut into 1/2 " to 3/4" cubes
3 mangos cut into small cubes
5 cloves of garlic, chopped
2 jalapenos, seeded and chopped
2 tablespoons tomato-based salsa*
1/4 cup superfine flour (AKA Wondra or gravy flour)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 tablespoon ground chipotle pepper
1/2 tablespoon New Mexican chili powder
1 teaspoon dried oregano
juice of a lime
juice of an orange
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
In a large bowl, mix together the flour, salt, pepper,ground chipotle pepper, chili powder and oregano. Add the pork loin cubes and toss until the pork is evenly coated with the flour and spices. Heat the oil in a wide, tall sided pot. Brown the pork on all sides in a single layer; working in batches if needed. Remove the pork from the pan and saute the garlic and jalapenos for 2-3 minutes until fragrant. Add the pork back to the pan along with the mango, lime and orange juice and the salsa. Stir the ingredients briefly and bring to a boil. Turn the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove the cover and cook for 15 minutes on medium heat stirring occasionally until the pork is fork tender and the mixture has thickened.
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text: Rain song If the rain comes they run and hide their heads. They might as well be dead, If the rain comes, if the rain comes. When the sun shines they slip into the shade, And sip their lemonade, When the sun shines, when the sun shines. Rain, I don't mind, Shine, the weather's fine. I can show you that when it starts to rain, Everything's the same, I can show you, I can show you. Rain, I don't mind, Shine, the weather's fine. Can you hear me that when it rains and shines, It's just a state of mind, Can you hear me, can you hear me? "Rain" US single sleeve Single by The Beatles A-side "Paperback Writer" Released 30 May 1966 (US) 10 June 1966 (UK) Format 7" Recorded 14 April 1966EMI Studios, London Genre Psychedelic rock Length 2:59 Label Parlophone Writer(s) Lennon–McCartney Producer George Martin The Beatles singles chronology "We Can Work It Out" / "Day Tripper" (UK-1965) — "Nowhere Man" (US-1966) "Paperback Writer" / "Rain" (1966) "Eleanor Rigby" / "Yellow Submarine" (1966) "Rain" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, credited to Lennon–McCartney and first released in June 1966 as the B-side of the "Paperback Writer" single. Both songs were recorded during the sessions for the album Revolver though neither appears on that album. Written by John Lennon, "Rain" has been called the Beatles' finest B-side, noted for its slowed-down rhythm track and backwards vocals, both of which were a hint of things to come on Revolver, released two months later. Three promotional films were made for the song "Rain". These videos, along with other Beatles videos at the time, sparked George Harrison to say during the Beatles Anthology, "So I suppose, in a way, we invented MTV." Please note the text from Wikipedia is imported without editing or authentication. Rain (Past Masters) ©1966 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.


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The recent issue of NATP's TAXPRO MONTHLY discussed David P and Veronda L Durden v Commissioner (TC Memo 2012-140). This was another case where the Tax Court upheld the IRS disallowance of a legitimate charitable contribution made to a qualified charity because the taxpayers did not comply with the strict letter of the law.
In 2007 the taxpayers did legitimately donate over $20,000, in several separate contributions of more than $250, to a qualified 501(c)(3) organization eligible to receive tax-deductible donations.
The taxpayers were audited in 2009, and produced cancelled checks and a statement from the church, dated January 10, 2008, that documented the full amount they had deducted. Unfortunately the statement from the church did not specifically indicate that no goods or services, other than intangible religious benefits, were provided in exchange for the donation, and was therefore not accepted by the IRS.
The couple obtained a second statement from the church, dated June 21, 2009, that clearly indicated that no goods or services were provided. But the IRS ignored this second statement because it was not "contemporaneous" – i.e. received from the done organization before the earlier of the date the original tax return is filed or the extended due date of the tax return.
The first letter, dated January 10, 2008, was contemporaneous but did not contain the requirement statement. The second letter, dated June 21, 2009, contained the required statement but was not contemporaneous.
I do agree it is right to require proper documentation to support a charitable deduction. Before the stricter rules that require a hard-copy receipt for every single dollar contributed to a church or charity in order to claim a tax deduction on Schedule A I would venture a guess that at least 50% of all charitable deductions claimed on Schedule A each year were at least slightly overstated. And I do believe that recipient organizations should be required to verify that no goods or services were provided in exchange for the donation. But I draw the line at this strict adherence to a "contemporaneous" statement.
If the taxpayer can provide proper documentation that the money was actually given to the charity, via cancelled checks, and that it was an actual charitable donation, via an acknowledgement from the charity, and the charity confirms to the IRS or the Tax Court either in writing or by oral testimony that no goods or services were provided, the deduction should be allowed. The written statement that no goods or services were provided, if not contemporaneous, should be allowed to be provided, under penalty of perjury, either during the audit or in court.
I do understand, and know full well, that cancelled checks by themselves are not sufficient proof that a donation was actually made.
I am reminded of the tale of the church member who approached his pastor one Sunday after the service. The member told the pastor that he noticed there was a lot of loose cash in the collection plate each week, which would be kept in the church overnight before counting and depositing, and that he, as a retail business owner, needed lots of cash at the beginning of each week for his cash register. He proposed that after the service each Sunday he write a check to the church in exchange for all the loose paper bills in the collection plate. This way the church would not have excessive cash in its office overnight and he would have extra cash for use at his retail location – a benefit for both parties.
Each week the businessman would write a personal check to the church for $100-$200 and take the cash home with him. On his tax return he claimed a deduction for the total of all the checks he wrote to the church for the year.
{I have told this story to prove a point, and not to suggest a way to cheat on your taxes!}
So it is better to have both cancelled checks and an independent individual or cumulative receipt or statement, regardless of the amount of each separate contribution.
I discuss the court case and the rules for documenting donations in more detail in "Documenting Charitable Deductions--Don't Get Screwed by the Tax Code" at MainStreet.com.
Do you agree with me that the Tax Court decision, while legally appropriate, was basically wrong in this and other similar cases, and that "non-contemporaneous" statements regarding the receipt of goods or services should be acceptable?


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Phoenix area sees dramatic drop in empty houses
- Analysis shows about 10%2C000 empty houses now vs. 100%2C000 three years ago
- Investors swept up foreclosed properties
- Median sales price up 60%25 since early last year as inventory has shrunk
PHOENIX -- More than 100,000 houses stood vacant across the Phoenix area barely three years ago — roughly one of every 10.
Today, it's more like one out of every 100.
Where have all the empty houses gone?
Abandoned properties pockmarked virtually every neighborhood in the region in 2010, when the housing crisis peaked. Many communities had dozens. These were the foreclosure houses, with the stark notices in the windows. Some were boarded up, with brown lawns or green pools.
On the fringes of the metro area, brand-new houses sat empty — the result of a massive building boom gone bust. Rattled buyers had backed out of contracts, and hundreds of other new houses built on spec didn't sell.
The sheer volume of empty properties did more than distress neighbors: All those houses, which eventually flooded the market, contributed to the free-fall in home prices from 2009 to 2011.
Now, buyers and renters live in those places — in properties re-floored, re-countertopped, repainted and re-landscaped. The number of empty houses in the Phoenix area today stands at about 10,000, according to an Arizona Republic analysis of housing data.
In 2009 and 2010, houses were vacant for months. Now, properties generally are vacant because they are in transition between owners. The turnaround is credited to investors, who streamed in to buy dirt-cheap properties for cash. In many cases, these houses were turned into rentals for those who had lost properties to foreclosure or otherwise couldn't afford to own. Once some of the massive amount of housing inventory was absorbed, it helped win back the confidence of some traditional buyers.
In three years, Phoenix has gone from having too many inexpensive, vacant houses to not having enough. Although the lack of available houses is driving up prices and enticing more homeowners to sell, prospective buyers face a lot of competition for the relatively few properties on the market.
"Metro Phoenix's foreclosure problem was fixed faster than expected, thanks to investors. It's great not to see so many empty houses," said Mark Stapp, executive director of real estate development at Arizona State University. "Now, we have another problem. We don't have enough houses for sale, and that could stall growth later on."
As too many houses for sale drove down home prices between 2009 and 2011, the lack of properties now sparks bidding wars. Tight inventory has been a key reason that the median home-sales price has risen 60 percent since early 2012.
Fewer than 18,000 houses are listed for sale in metro Phoenix. A comfortable number for a market of this size with more than 4.3 million people would be about 34,000, real estate analysts say. Most properties are selling quickly and only are empty for a brief time before new occupants move in. Fewer than 10 percent of properties for sale are foreclosures.
Julie Bieganski, a Phoenix-based real estate agent and investor, is always on the hunt for available houses. She hopes the rising prices will persuade more people to sell and add to the inventory.
"It's hard to find a vacant home for sale in the Valley," she said. "The foreclosure deals are long gone."
Empty to full
Flash back to early 2009.At the height of the foreclosure crisis, many houses that banks had taken back or buyers had walked away from weren't for sale, although no one lived in them.
Lenders didn't keep up with the rising number of foreclosures in metro Phoenix — particularly debt-ridden mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which had purchased many mortgages from original lenders. The result: Neglected houses enticed vandals and created eyesores in many neighborhoods.
Many of the foreclosure houses were only a few years old. Many regular buyers and investors who bought new houses during the market peak in 2005-06 walked away from mortgages in 2008-09, after the value of their properties plummeted by 50 percent, and lenders were to slow to negotiate loan modifications or short sales.
Maria Ratka bought a Phoenix foreclosure house for $180,000 in late 2010. It was built in 2006, and the first homeowner paid $267,000 and lost the house to foreclosure in late 2009. Now, Ratka and her husband, Chris, have their house, complete with swimming pool, on the market for $280,000.
"There are fewer and fewer foreclosure and short-sale houses out there," said Realty Executives agent Stacie Neumann, who is working with Ratka. "Now, more homeowners are finally able to sell and make a profit."
A first wave of housing investors was able to purchase some of the foreclosure houses and turn them into rentals starting in late 2009. At the time, few other houses were for sale in the area.
Big investors started buying Phoenix's foreclosure houses in 2011, when lenders began lowering prices and turning to auctions to sell properties quickly to cut their losses.
Banks didn't have to fix up a house and hire a real estate agent to sell it if they took part in one of Arizona's legally mandated trustee sales, or foreclosure auctions. Investors swarmed to the auctions and snapped up properties at bargain prices. One large investor was able to buy more than 300 foreclosures from Fannie Mae in a bundle. Most foreclosure houses that sold for less than $50,000 now are valued at more than $100,000.
Most of the big investors paid cash and turned their foreclosure houses into rentals, often leased by homeowners who had lost similar houses during the crash.
Some traditional buyers also got lucky.
Cristopher Matthews was able to purchase a foreclosure home for $85,000 in summer 2009. The house had been listed for more than $100,000.
His home was empty and needed some work but wasn't "wrecked," he said.
"The (buying) process wasn't too bad," said Matthews, whose home warranty paid to replace his air conditioner and water heater during the first year. "I had an experienced Realtor friend walk me through everything."
After buying all new appliances, renovating his bathrooms and doing lots of painting, Matthews said he is considering "selling now because the market is rebounding."
With many foreclosures already turned into rentals and new foreclosures starting to slow in late 2011, home prices began to climb again. Phoenix's median home-sales price is now $195,000, compared with the crash low of $116,500 in September 2011. In 2003, before the boom, the median home-sales price was $162,000.
Still cautious
Speculators drove the housing boom, and investors snapped up vacant properties after the crash. Now, most of the houses are filled and the residential market is nearing "normal" again — a market in which demand from traditional buyers and sellers influences the price of properties and the number built.
For the next few years, the health of the housing market will be closely tied to the region's economic health. Jobs are returning slowly and, after a pause, population is growing, also at a slower pace.
Although the number of vacant houses in 2013 is almost 40 percent higher than in the pre-crash year of 2003, the area also now has more houses, and more people. According to the Census Bureau, the metro Phoenix population estimate was 4.3 million in 2012, compared with 3.6 million in 2003. That's almost a 20 percent increase.
Affordable existing houses — notably those under $200,000 — are in demand. In September2009, more than 50,000 houses were listed for sale in the Phoenix area. Now, there are about 18,000, but that figure has been inching upward after dropping below 15,000 in July.
Even with the small number of listings for sale, builders' appetite for new construction has been slow to rekindle. Those burned by putting up too many houses during the boom and then almost going bust during the crash are being cautious as they expand again. Plus, contractors, who laid off thousands of workers as the market hit bottom, now can't add enough trained workers to support a big expansion.
As prices rise, fewer homeowners are underwater, offering hope that more properties will be put on the market by sellers who want to upsize, downsize or relocate. New data from CoreLogic shows about 25 percent of Arizona's homeowners owe more on their mortgage than their home is worth, half the number underwater in 2011.
"We want to sell and buy another new house closer in," said Ratka, who has listed her former foreclosure home in Phoenix for more than $100,000 above what she paid in 2010.
The drop in vacant houses will help Ratka and other homeowners sell. It's also a sign that more new houses are needed.
"About 25,000 to 30,000 vacant houses is normal and healthy for metro Phoenix," said economist Elliott Pollack. "More new houses will need to go up in 2014 to meet population growth."
He, too, said the increase in new construction will be gradual over the next few years. Even though the market will continue to improve, he said it will be "a long slow recovery."


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Please help me to write a motivation letter applying for a busary.
The idea here is that you write what you think is best, and then ask for help in finishing it.
You need to:
-introduce yourself to the company or institution offering a bursary,
-tell them how much it would mean to you to receive it,
-explain why you think you deserve it,
-tell them how the money will be spent
-say something nice about the company/institution or person offering it
The above do not necessarily have to be in the order in which I have outlined them.
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USC New England Journal Of Medicine Study Urges Caution In Use Of Radiation Therapy
LOS ANGELES, May 5, 1999 - Patients with one of the most common and curable forms of breast cancer may be undergoing radiation therapy unnecessarily, according to a University of Southern California study to be published in the May 13 New England Journal of Medicine.
The study, headed by Melvin J. Silverstein, M.D., medical director of the Harold E. and Henrietta C. Lee Breast Center at the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, examines ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a noninvasive breast cancer that has been the subject of a recent heated debate over treatment. Until 1980, DCIS was a relatively uncommon disease, representing only about 1 percent of all newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer. During the past two decades - as mammography has become more widely used and technically better - the number of new cases has increased dramatically.
Today DCIS represents as much as 40 percent of new breast cancer cases diagnosed by mammography, and estimates suggest that approximately 40,000 new cases of DCIS will be diagnosed this year in the U.S. Seventy to 80 percent of these patients are eligible for breast preserving lumpectomy rather than mastectomy. But opinion is currently divided on whether radiation therapy is necessary for all DCIS patients who choose lumpectomy.
In the NEJM article, Silverstein, a surgical oncologist, and colleagues found that radiation therapy does not appear to benefit patients where the margin width - the distance between the boundary of the lesion and the edge of the excised specimen - is 10 millimeters or more.
"Wide margin width makes complete excision more likely," says Silverstein. "Since DCIS is a noninvasive cancer that does not spread (metastasize), complete excision should cure the patient. These findings will have important ramifications for thousands of women with the disease. These data suggest that radiation therapy may not be the best option for some subgroups of patients with DCIS who choose to preserve their breast."
These USC data, the result of an analysis of 469 patients choosing breast preservation, suggest that eradication of the cancer can be achieved when margin widths are sufficiently wide. For the purposes of the study, tumors were divided into three groups by margin width (determined by direct management or ocular micrometry): close or involved (less than 1 mm); intermediate (1 to less than 10 mm) and wide (10 mm or more).
"The fact that there were only three recurrences among 133 patients with 10 mm or greater margins makes it unlikely that radiation therapy could have any significant impact on this subgroup," says Silverstein.
When the margin widths are less than 10 mm, radiation therapy should remain a treatment option. The benefit of radiation therapy increases as the margin width decreases - so that patients in whom the margin width is less than 1 mm show the most significant benefit from postoperative radiation therapy. In the intermediate margin width subgroup (1 to less than 10 mm) there was an 8 percent reduction in local recurrence rate when postoperative radiation therapy was used, but the trend was not statistically significant, according to Silverstein.
Part of the controversy over treatment for DCIS stems from the fact that to date only one prospective randomized study has been published. This is protocol B-17, conducted by the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast & Bowel Project (NSABP), which strongly advocates excision plus radiation therapy for all patients with DCIS who elect to preserve their breast. This is a recommendation that Dr. Silverstein and colleagues on the study consider too broad at this time. "It is like treating every patient with an infection with antibiotics-it simply isn't necessary," says Silverstein.
"In defense of the NSABP, its trial was designed more than 14 years ago," says Silverstein. "At that time researchers were asking a single broad question: Does radiation therapy benefit patients with ductal carcinoma in situ treated with breast preservation? The answer to that question is clearly, yes. However, the NSABP study was not designed to answer the more sophisticated and discriminating questions we ask today of exactly which subgroups might benefit from radiotherapy and by how much. If the benefit in a given subgroup is small, the advantage gained by radiation therapy will probably be more than offset by its cost and side effects."
According to Silverstein, radiotherapy is expensive (at times in excess of $15,000) and, in some cases, is accompanied by side effects. Radiation fibrosis is the most common side effect, particularly with some of the older outmoded radiotherapy techniques common during the 1980s. This complication changes the texture of the breast, makes mammographic follow up more difficult, and may result in delayed diagnosis if there is a recurrence. Additionally, radiation therapy makes skin-sparing mastectomy more difficult or sometimes impossible, if required later.
Doctors must weigh the benefits of radiation therapy, in terms of decrease in local recurrence, against the side effects, complications, inconvenience, and costs of radiation therapy. Silverstein argues that for many women the small or non-existant benefits are not worth the drawbacks and urges all patients with DCIS considering radiation therapy to seek a second opinion.
In an attempt to achieve sufficiently wide margins, closely integrated teamwork is key says Silverstein. To achieve this, breast cancer surgery is best performed by an integrated, experienced team of surgeon, pathologist and radiologist - with long-term follow-up by a team consisting of radiologist, surgical and medical oncologist.
More than 90 percent of DCIS is found by mammography. It's nether palpable nor visible in the operating room. In other words, the surgeon can't feel it or see it. "The initial excision offers the best chance to remove the cancer with adequate margins while achieving the best possible cosmetic result. At USC we use multiple guide wires in surgeries to localize all DCIS lesions followed by complete and sequential tissue processing," says Silverstein. "It's very difficult to remove a DCIS and achieve an adequate margin using a single wire, which is the current standard throughout the U.S."
"The balance between adequate margins and a good cosmetic result is a difficult one to achieve," says Silverstein. "Although most of these technologies are available in the community they are not often well integrated. For now, the best treatment options lies with specialized multidisciplinary breast centers. They have the all the resources - in terms of skilled radiologists, surgeons, and pathologists, working as an integrated team."
"The current paradigm requires radiation therapy for all patients with DCIS who elect breast preservation," concludes Silverstein. "This paper may change such thinking - in that it allows clinicians to identify patients for whom there will be little or no benefit from radiation therapy."
Editor's notes:
Other co-authors of the study "Margin Width: A Critical Determinant of Local Control in Patients with Ductal Carcinoma in Situ of the Breast" include: Michael D. Lagios, M.D. (St. Mary's Hospital, San Francisco, Calif.), Susan Groshen, Ph.D., James R. Waisman, M.D., (USC/Norris) Bernard S. Lewinsky, M.D., Silvana Martino, D.O., Parvis Gamagami, M.D. and William J. Colburn, M.D. (The Breast Center, Van Nuys, Calif.)
A website on the study will be posted on Wednesday, May 12 at 2 p.m. Pacific Time at: www.usc.edu/go/breastcancer.


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Riots at an infamous Venezuelan prison in June escalated into gun battles between hundreds of troops and inmates, killing at least 22 people. The crisis lasted four weeks, drew widespread media coverage, and sparked a war of words between the government and the opposition. Supporters of President Hugo Chávez, including the influential talk show host Mario Silva, accused the press of "manipulating" the situation and called for an investigation. Silva, host of the late-night show "La Hojilla" (The Razor) on state-owned Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), accused critical broadcaster Globovisión of calling for an uprising in the prisons and fomenting public anxiety. He suggested the network was trying to destabilize Venezuela.
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Silva's accusations prompted the National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) to open an investigation into Globovisión's coverage. On October 18, the regulator fined Globovisión more than US$2 million, citing the country's highly restrictive Law on Social Responsibility in Radio and Television. Using Silva's broadcasts as a springboard, Conatel found the station falsely claimed that members of the National Guard had "massacred" prisoners and that its reporting could have provoked riots in other prisons. Globovisión called the charges baseless and stood by its reporting.
Silva, who often refers to Globovisión as "Globoterror," is a close Chávez adviser who dedicates his show to character assassination of opposition figures, critical reporters, media executives, and free press activists. After the Caracas-based daily El Nacional published an article on the murder of Silva's bodyguard, he called the paper's editor, Miguel Henrique Otero, a "coward and a swine," repeatedly insulted members of his family, and accused him of supporting the failed 2002 coup against Chávez. Otero filed a defamation suit against Silva, which is pending.
Silva's publicly funded program has become the most notorious example of a regional trend in which state-owned media are used not only for political propaganda, but also as platforms for smear campaigns against critics, including journalists. In politically polarized Latin American countries such as Venezuela, Ecuador, and Nicaragua, elected leaders have invested in large multimedia holdings, building bulky official press conglomerates that further their personal political agendas, CPJ research shows.
The pattern defies regional and international standards. Free press advocates believe state media should be politically independent in order to provide citizens with information free of commercial, state, or political influence. Indeed, public media should be "independent of the executive branch; truly pluralistic; universally accessible; with funding adequate to the mandate provided for by law; and they must provide community participation and accountability mechanisms at the different levels of content production, distribution, and receipt," the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights' special rapporteur for freedom of expression said in a 2009 report.
That document echoes the 2007 Joint Declaration on Diversity by the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and the African Commission."The mandate of public service broadcasters should be clearly set out in law and include, among other things, contributing to diversity, and serving the information needs and interests of all sectors of society," the declaration states.
Venezuela, Ecuador, and Nicaragua all lack laws mandating that state media serve the public interest. "Public media have not been conceived in our countries as a quality alternative for the dissemination of information or response to cultural diversity," wrote Guillermo Mastrini, a media specialist at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina, in an analysis of public media and communication rights.
Leaders of the three nations often describe private media executives as the "oligarchy" or the "business elite," people tied to transnational conglomerates and determined to skew coverage in favor of the political opposition, business, or other special interest groups. Governments in these countries justify their actions against journalists--who are often denied access to officials and events--by accusing private media of being enemies of the people.
Analysts say Venezuela in particular has tried to replicate aspects of the Cuban communications model, where the government owns and controls all media, uses them for propaganda and to oppose foreign criticism, and vilifies independent journalists and bloggers. This is worrisome because Cuba was, until recently, one of the world's leading jailers of journalists. Those who try to work independently in Cuba are harassed, detained, threatened with prosecution or jail, or barred from traveling. Government websites accuse independent bloggers of receiving money from foreign-based opposition groups. Cuba's constitution recognizes only "freedom of speech and the press in accordance with the goals of the socialist society."
At the same time, Cuban government policy has severely restricted domestic Internet infrastructure, with only a small portion of the population allowed Internet at home. The vast majority are required to use state-controlled access points and undergo identity checks and heavy surveillance. Access to non-Cuban sites is restricted. Venezuela, too, will eventually control all communications, including the Internet, suggests Antonio Pasquali, a scholar with Venezuelan Central University. "The telephone and Internet will be our last instruments of freedom," he said.
Venezuela still has private outlets that exercise their right to present different points of view. Three national dailies-- El Universal, El Nacional, and Tal Cual--provide critical coverage, as do a handful of Caracas papers and magazines, several regional publications, and a number of online news sites. But of the three private television stations, only Globovisión still carries news shows and airs criticism of the government. RCTV, once the largest TV network and a tough critic of the administration, was forced off the air in 2007 in a politicized regulatory action. Two years later, Conatel used a legal technicality as a pretext to strip the licenses of more than 30 radio and television stations, silencing a chorus of critical voices.
"Venezuela's communications model clearly emulates Cuba," said Otero of El Nacional.
Through more than a decade in power, Chávez has proclaimed himself a socialist "revolutionary" leading poor Venezuelans in a struggle against the elites, including the media. But it took the Venezuelan president a few years to realize that his ability to cling to power rests on dominating the media. Until the failed 2002 coup, the state communications apparatus was composed of the Radio Nacional de Venezuela network, VTV, and the official news agency Venpres (now AVN). Since then, the government has invested hundreds of millions of bolívares in state-owned and community media projects, including TV and radio stations, newspapers, and websites. Since 2003, it has financed the startup of ViVe TV, a nationwide cultural and educational television network; ANTV, which broadcasts National Assembly sessions on the airwaves and on cable; AN radio; Ávila TV, a regional channel run by the city of Caracas; Alba TV and Alba Ciudad FM; YVKE Mundial Radio; La Radio del Sur; the newspaper Correo del Orinoco; and the news website Aporrea. Venezuelan Social Television Station, known as Tves, began broadcasting on May 28, 2007, a day after RCTV was pulled off the air. In July 2005, the government launched its most ambitious media project, Telesur, a 24-hour news channel that officials see as an alternative to CNN. Venezuela owns 51 percent of the channel; the governments of Argentina, Cuba, Uruguay, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Bolivia own minority stakes.
The administration continues to subsidize state media heavily. In July, deputies of the socialist party authorized a loan of 700 million bolívares (US$166 million) aimed at supporting the state media apparatus, news reports said. Communications and Information Minister Andrés Izarra has long acknowledged that the government's strategy is aimed at "achieving the state's communication and information hegemony." By expanding state and community media, officials contend, the government is fulfilling citizens' constitutional guarantee of plural information. But Marcelino Bisbal, a professor at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, said the administration perceives communication as a way to educate the people in socialism, its ultimate goal. "For this government, information is about creating one sole truth, one sole communication, one sole information, one sole culture," Bisbal wrote in a media analysis.
Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa has followed closely in Chávez's footsteps. When Correa took office in early 2007, state media consisted only of Radio Nacional de Ecuador. The administration erected an ambitious press machinery in just a few years. The 2008 government takeover of two private television stations, TC Televisión and Gama TV, and several other media outlets served as the starting point for this remarkable growth. The outlets were owned by Grupo Isaías, whose principals, Roberto and William Isaías, allegedly owed $661 million to Ecuador after the 1998 collapse of Filanbanco, their financial institution. The stations draw nearly 40 percent of the country's news audience.
At the time of the takeover, Correa pledged to sell the media assets to recover money owed to Ecuadorans, but he has never done so. Neither did he keep his promise to preserve the outlets' editorial independence. "All those media are used for government propaganda," said Tania Tinoco, an anchor with the privately owned television station Ecuavisa.
Ecuador's media landscape remains diverse and vibrant, CPJ research shows. Hundreds of radio stations operate around the country, among them community and indigenous broadcasters in provincial regions. Five private television networks--Ecuavisa, Teleamazonas, RTS, Telerama, and Canal Uno--and more than 35 daily newspapers offer a wide range of opinions, analyses, and political perspectives, CPJ's analysis found.
But year by year, the Correa administration has plowed public funds--the amount has never been disclosed--into assembling a massive state media operation that now consists of numerous TV stations (TC Televisión, Gama TV, and Ecuador TV, plus cable stations CN3 and CD7), radio stations (Radio Pública de Ecuador, Radio Carrousel, Radio Super K 800, and Radio Universal), newspapers (El Telégrafo, PP El Verdadero, and El Ciudadano), magazines (La Onda, El Agro, Valles, and Samborondón), and a news agency (Agencia Pública de Noticias del Ecuador y Suramérica, known as Andes). "The state has transformed itself as a communications player, from being irrelevant when Correa took office to now having a leading role," said César Ricaurte, executive director of the local press group Fundamedios.
The administration's official stance is that state media should have editorial independence. "The public media are relatively new in Ecuador, and the government is trying to improve their administration and seek their editorial independence," Doris Soliz, minister of political coordination, told CPJ. "But the media belong to the state, not to the government."
In practice, however, Correa has used state media as a platform to discredit journalists who oppose his policies. The president often devotes his regular Saturday radio broadcasts to verbal assaults against media companies and individual journalists. The outlets most frequently targeted are the national dailies El Universo, La Hora, El Comercio, and Expreso, along with the television network Teleamazonas. The president has described critics as "ignorant," "trash-talking," "liars," "unethical," "mediocre," "ink-stained hit men," and "political actors who are trying to oppose the revolutionary government." With this stream of abuse, Correa has managed to influence public opinion while avoiding debate on issues related to corruption and government transparency.
In Nicaragua, President Daniel Ortega mimics the steps taken by Chávez and Correa, gradually exerting more control over people and institutions, including the press, and casting the private media as enemies. The Sandinista-led government uses the official media apparatus--Channel 4, Channel 8, Channel 13, the radio station Nueva Radio Ya, and the news website El 19--to conduct character attacks against critics. These efforts are supported by an email news service called Nicaragua Triunfa--and the FSLN-owned Radio Sandino. Well-known critical journalists like former El Nuevo Diario editor Danilo Aguirre have been labeled "fascists." Carlos Fernando Chamorro, host of the show "Esta Semana" (This Week) on private television station Channel 12, has been investigated and accused of money laundering in what CPJ described as a politicized inquiry intended to restrict news coverage on government corruption.
The investigations and name-calling are part of an aggressive campaign to obstruct and marginalize independent media. Nicaragua is home to more than 100 private radio stations and several television stations, including channels 2, 10, 11, and 12. Cable television is available in the main urban centers. There are two national dailies, La Prensa and El Nuevo Diario, both of which are harshly critical of Ortega, along with the weekly Confidencial, and several online publications.
But government officials maintain contact with only the handful of pro-government outlets controlled by the president's family or party. Criminal defamation lawsuits against independent journalists are routine, and the administration has manipulated government advertising in ways intended to punish critical media and reward allies, a 2009 CPJ report found.
The June launch of Channel 13 Viva Nicaragua, a 24-hour television news network owned by the Ortega family and run by Ortega's children, Luciana, Camila, and Maurice Ortega Murillo, is one instance of the president's aim to control the flow of information. Promoted as an outlet focused on "social themes," the station offers the official perspective to the exclusion of opposition voices. For example, an October piece on an epidemic of dengue fever focused entirely on the national campaign to prevent the disease and provided no information on the death toll or number of people who contracted the disease in 2011.
Nicaraguan journalists said the Ortega family has created a prosperous media empire in the last five years. Son Rafael Ortega Murillo, who heads a company called Nueva Imagen, negotiated the family's access into Nicaraguan TV by partnering with Mexican businessman Ángel González in 2007. Carlos Enrique and Daniel Edmundo Ortega Murillo direct Channel 4; Juan Carlos Ortega Murillo directs Channel 8; and Maurice Ortega Murillo directs the TV production company RGB Media, according to press reports. President Ortega's wife, Rosario Murillo, is his communications strategist and top press adviser.
Leaders of other nations have exploited state media for political purposes. In Bolivia, President Evo Morales has been frank in saying his government takes advantage of state broadcasting to thwart perceived private media distortions. And in Argentina, critics say the television show "6, 7, 8" on state-run Channel 7 has launched witch hunts against unsympathetic journalists. On this roundtable show, five journalists and two guests regularly disparage coverage by the mainstream press, portraying reporters and news outlets as political actors and opposition. They have used social media to call on government supporters to take to the streets to protest mainstream coverage.
The concept of state media as public service--taken from the European model of entrusting organizations to act in the general interest and giving them enough autonomy to prevent political interference--has yet to be applied in Latin America. But some analysts point out encouraging regional developments, particularly in television. Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN), Channel 22 in Mexico, and TV Cultura in Brazil have been put forward as examples of outlets that belong to the state but have accomplished their primary public service goal.
An announcement in July by Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes that state media would be reformed to grant official outlets unprecedented legal autonomy was seen by media analysts and press advocates as a positive step toward ending the role of government media as mouthpieces for ruling administrations. The reforms, developed in collaboration with the World Bank, are aimed at promoting the "public good," as expressed by Andrew Leyton, representative of the multilateral lending institution. The World Bank will give financial support to the rebuilding of old equipment from state radio and television. Funes said the first step will involve the creation of Radio El Salvador Internacional and a news agency. David Rivas, secretary of communications for the Salvadoran presidency, said that for years, state radio and television have been "subject to political whims." The Funes administration, Rivas said, is seeking to give state media independence so they can fulfill their goal of public service.
Carlos Lauría is CPJ's senior program coordinator for the Americas. A native of Buenos Aires, he is a widely published journalist who has written extensively for Noticias, one of the world's largest Spanish-language newsmagazines. In 2011, Lauría conducted a fact-finding mission to Ecuador.


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Any insert in the package telling how those clowns got to no. 500?
I held one in my hand today! But alas, it belonged to the guy who new they were there and was waiting for them and grabbed them all. The annoying part was that Managment was considering making him give up his extras, but whimped out. The only saving grace is that they only had one case worth, and there's only three to a case.
Darth_Anton - Where was this?
I can't believe those Hasbro chickenshits whimped out and didn't "attempt" to explain the 500 number they labeled this thing with.
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The hotel offers reasonable prices and is near the main concert halls of Barcelona and the public transport. You only have to worry about enjoying your fiesta or concert in Barcelona to the maximum.
Below are the main concert halls of the city and the concerts offered there throughout the year.
Festivals and alternative concert halls in Barcelona
Barcelona is the scenario for major festivals in the world music, the following are most noteworthy:
- The Festival Primavera Sound (Spring Sound Festival); pop-rock event held in May, and lasts for three days.
- The Sonar Festival, in June brings together the best proposals in the world, from electronic music and multi media.
- The Festival Grec, much more eclectic, is held in July; it offers varied proposals in various scenarios of the city.
- The Mercè: At the end of September, because of the major fiestas of the city, known as "festes de la Mercè", are held during three days, Barcelona offers a variety of open-air concerts, free of charge, in the central squares of the city.
Palau Sant Jordi & Monjuic Concert halls
If you are coming to a concert at the Palau Sant Jordi Concert Hall or the Olympic stadium of Montjuic in Barcelona, both venues are easily accessed from the hotel.
You will be able to take the metro from the Hotel to the Plaza Espanya stop, from where there are special shuttle buses when there are concerts in the Montjuic stadium or in the Palau Sant Jordi concert hall. If you prefer, you can enjoy a quick, pleasant walk there from the Plaza Espanya (square).
Concerts at the Palau Sant Jordi concert hall or the Monjuic Stadium:
Concerts in the Barcelona Auditorium Theatre
The Auditorium is a modern theatre located in the Glòries zone, in which both plays and concerts are performed.
How do I get there?
To use public transport from the hotel, you need to take the metro green line and then change to the red line and get off at Marina or Glòries (total journey 20 min.)
Concerts at l'Auditori: Russian Red, Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Concerts in the Liceu (Theatre) of Barcelona
The Hotel is adjacent to the green line of the metro, which has a direct connection to the Liceu metro stop. Enjoy the best concerts of Barcelona in the emblematic Liceu theatre while staying at Barcelona.
Concerts in the Liceu (Theatre) of Barcelona:
Concerts in the Palau de la Música (Concert Hall)
The Palau de la Música concert hall is an emblematic auditorium of modernism, which currently houses both classical and modern music concerts. We recommend that you attend a concert or recital in the fantastic venue.
How do I get there?
It is easy to reach the Plaza Catalunya or Plaza Urquinaona from the hotel, by metro, in less than 15 min. and from there, the Palau is very close and accessible on foot.
Concerts at the Palau de la Música Catalana


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Located just off Highway 58 on Okinawa Honto, Manzamo faces the East China Sea and is part of the Okinawa-Kaigan Quasi-National Park. A splendidly scenic spot, it invariably attracts a number of visitors -- almost all of whom were either Japanese- or Cantonese-speaking. (The definite sense I had from my visit to Japan's southernmost prefecture is that the vast majority of tourists visiting it are Japanese from other parts of the country -- and that Hong Kongers make up a dominant percentage of Okinawa's non-Japanese visitors.)
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Gary's got a PayPal account (the Other Evil Empire) reachable through the PayPal buttons in the Amygdala sidebar. A hundred of us giving him $3 each would mean he can get a pair of sturdy shoes and pair of sneakers. It's maybe not the biggest evil in the world, or the cause with the greatest degree of personal suffering, but come on. He's one of us. He doesn't have shoes because he's fallen through the United States' otherwise unimpeachable social safety net. That's just wrong.


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Maize, poultry meat meal, rice, greaves meal, beet fibre, poultry fat, wheat fibres, linseed, brewers yeast, dehydrated egg, mineral nutrients, lecithin (0.2%), methionine
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Insufficient meat content, byproducts, fat of unidentifiable origin, no information on preservatives
The first ingredient in this food, and its main ingredient, is Maize (corn). Corn is a difficult to digest grain that has limited value and is very commonly linked to allergy problems. Whatever their quality, grains are an unnatural foodstuff for a canine. Foods intended for dogs should be based on meat, not on grain. Rice is a further grain, this time of decent quality. Wheat fibres are a grain fragment and filler. wheat is also very commonly an allegy problem in dog food.
There are two meat meal ingredients in the food. All are very low quality. "Poultry" is an ingredient of unidentifiable species, source or quality and such ingredients are usually very cheap and low quality. Greaves is defined by UK animal byproducts regulations 2003 as the protein-containing residue of rendering, after partial separation of fat and water. In other words, low quality byproducts.
Poultry fat is a further low quality ingredient rarely found in anything but very low quality foods. Poultry fat is an ingredient of unidentified origin for which it is impossible to determine source or quality. Unidentified ingredients are usually very low quality. AAFCO define this as obtained from the tissues of poultry in the commercial processes of rendering or extracting. It consists predominantly of glyceride esters of fatty acids and contains no additions of free fatty acids. If an antioxidant is used, the common name or names must be indicated, followed by the words "used as a preservative".
Beet pulp is controversial filler which appears to be used in large quantities in this food. It is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required.
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