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A growing number of HIV-positive bloggers around the world are using citizen media to express how they live with the virus.
Speaking openly about HIV/AIDS can be difficult. Millions of people have contracted the virus, but the fact that it is feared so much and that it can be transmitted through sex, means that people living with HIV are often stigmatised. Still, dozens of brave individuals chronicle their personal stories, and sometimes also activism for their rights or better health care, in blogs and internet forums that can be read by anyone.
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South Africa
Busi, a blogger and poet from South Africa found out that she had HIV in April 2006, six months after she was raped.
Here is her sad story, as she described it in her blog My Realities:
Not so long ago i discovered that i was HIV+. I was attacked and raped far too many times in order for me to contract the virus. You see, the reason for that is that i am a woman who identifies as lesbian because of my involvement with a woman. My attackers and different rapists did so to show me how it is to be a woman.
Busi did not survive in this beautiful world as she succumbed to her disease in March, 2007. But her blog and poetry remain as a powerful testament of her life, as will the blogs of others so long as a cure remains elusive.
Chinese HIV-positive blogger Li Xiang was infected with HIV during a blood transfusion when he was a teenager in high school. He started blogging in 2005 when he was in his twenties. In a blog post earlier this year (in Chinese) he attempts to demystify AIDS by saying people should not fear it more than any other cause of death, and that he himself is no longer scared thanks to the improvements in medical treatments.
Kiks is a Filipino blogger based in Kowloon, Hong Kong. In 2007, he discovered that he had HIV and wrote about dealing with this fact:
Being HIV positive is not the least bit fascinating.
It is like having a heart disease for life although my doctors told me it was better than having diabetes. With the medicines so readily available nowadays, you can be sure to live longer than cancer patients, anemic or the elderly staying in big polluted cities like Manila.
Freerangelife is the blog of a dyslexic gay man from the UK who has lived with HIV for more than 20 years. He writes in a recent post about the danger of ignoring taking precautions:
We have known about HIV for over 20 years, people know the risks. So why does it happen? It happens because we like taking risks and we often think "it will never happen to me".
Republic of Congo
Davy Herman Malanda at the Aids Right Congo blog wrote last year about the perils of letting others know your HIV-status. He tells the story of Bernadette (a pseudonym), a young woman who sells second-hand clothing at the Tié-Tié market in Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo:
Bernadette's life changed when her friend divulged Bernadette's HIV status. Her colleagues and clients from the market were informed that she is HIV-positive. Very few clients came to buy at Bernadette's table. Her life became difficult, and she had difficulty to make ends meet.
Aurelie from the capital of the Republic of Congo, Brazzaville writes about the shock of discovering that she had HIV:
Initially, it hit me like a ton of bricks. I saw my life change instantly, and the thoughts kept multiplying in my mind.
She also writes that thanks to the support of her family and a non-profit organization she is leading a normal life.
United States
Michelle from the USA writes that "love is still possible" with HIV and tells the story of how she found her new partner in a blog on the international POZ Blog network. She also has this advice:
To those newly infected or those who are tired of being alone, don't lose hope. Don't give up on love. It will come when you least expect it and when you need it the most.
Being HIV positive does not mean that you will be stripped of enjoyment because of discrimination. Mr. and Miss Red Ribbon is a charity event and fashion show organized annually by Nakuru Youth groups in Kenya. HIV-positive blogger Maureen, a member of the Rising Voices blogging project REPACTED was one of the contestants and she shares her experience:
I have been contesting since 2006 and have been enjoying every moment of the event because of one thing, effective reduction of stigma and discrimination. Mr. and Miss Red Ribbon brings together both affected and infected to celebrate beauty in a unique way. During the event audience appreciate beauty by seeing models but not the affected or the infected.
The Global Voices Google map of HIV-positive bloggers above highlights voices of HIV-positive bloggers and caretakers, and other citizen media related to HIV/AIDS. You can read more of these amazing stories by clicking links from that map.
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Disguised Asian Male Caught At Canadian Airport 19
An asian man! They removed the mask and thought "my god, an asian man almost got in here".
For whatever reason this story gets a lot of coverage and has its own set of Memes up here in Canada. It's like our little inside joke.
However, no one has been able to report WHY he did this. It's a little frustrating.
I hope he get's a break, if some nightmare of a third world country wants you dead, going to a (more) civilized place seems like a good idea!
I'm surprised more people from states like Florida or Texas haven't done the same, look at the number of people waiting to be killed that were exonerated http://www.innocenceproject.org/know/ [innocenceproject.org] through cutting edge science (makes you shudder at how many innocents died miserably before this was possible)
At some point you're better to give assylm seekers a gun, a rocket launcher, and send them back home to effect the change they need.
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Sources: Mayor Bob Filner's Attorneys In Mediation That Includes Possible Resignation
Monday, August 19, 2013
Two inside, anonymous sources told Team 10 Mayor Bob Filner's attorneys were in a mediation session Monday morning with City Attorney Jan Goldsmith and LA-based attorney Gloria Allred.
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All of the accusations, statements and apologies from the key players in the developing story about allegations of sexual harassment in Mayor Bob Filner's office and calls from former mayoral supporters for his resignation.
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City councilmen Kevin Faulconer and Todd Gloria also were believed to be in the building, and it was not clear if they were involved in the mediation.
The mayor has refused to resign as a recall effort to oust him from office got underway on Sunday. The mayor also has denied mounting allegations of sexual harassment by numerous women, including city workers, former military rape victims and other prominent women in the San Diego community.
Mayor Filner's supporters were scheduled to hold a rally at noon outside City Hall, as former mayoral candidate and current congressional candidate Carl DeMaio was scheduled to make an announcement about the recall effort at 11:30 a.m.
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Peking_Duck_SD | August 19, 2013 at 12:08 p.m. ― 3 years, 7 months ago
This is the first bit of hopeful news I have heard since this whole thing blew-up.
The best thing that can happen to our city is that Mr. Filner resign.
The recall is a sham, and the parasites are out to score their own political points off this.
Case in point, Mr. DeMaio is speaking today.
About what ?
Nobody cares what he has to say.
Filner will always be known as the sexual harassment mayor.
And DeMaio will always be known as the guy who lost to the sexual harassment mayor.
Nobody cares what he has to say.
Filner will always be known as the sexual harrassment mayor.
And DeMaio will always be known as the guy who lost to the sexual harrassment mayor.
Peking_Duck_SD | August 19, 2013 at 12:10 p.m. ― 3 years, 7 months ago
sorry for the repeats, my computer is going crazy today.
thompsonrichard | August 19, 2013 at 12:23 p.m. ― 3 years, 7 months ago
How many besmirched women are there now? a score? This neglected to repeat the 9-member City Council unanimously asked Bob to resign. I saw Kevin Faulconer, Dist.#2, 9:15am out-side Westgate Hotlel "Congrats! Mission Impossible: 'How to steal an election!'" Filner did besmirch faithful&true Bronwyn Ingraham. Today's U-T quotes a recall signer: "Filner is filth." Barbara Boxer demanded Def. Sec. Rumsfield's resignation for the torture at Abu Graib Prison, e.g, the woman-soldier forcing a prisoner to masturbate -- while restraining another with a leash, a stack of bodies 10' high. Sen. Boxer also demanded unmarried Mayor Bob Filner resign for allegedly asking a Marine out for dinner/movie. An Admiral, married to one of the largest arms manufacturers, said Bob Filner touched her cheek/face so she told her two bodyguards to keep him away (he was a member the U.S. House -- and she went to his office on City of San Diego business (she worked as a glorified version of an office manager for Republican then-Mayor Sanders).
The ex-U-T reporter who had been the Dir. of Comm. in Bob's office denounced him & hired Gloria Allred. She still draws the same huge salary in another part of the administration. It's August vacation time. Watch movie Thomas Crown Affair w/ Pierce Brosnan (he gets away w/loot&girl). Or read a book.
If you doubt that 90% can be sure of something and yet be wrong, then you haven't read Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.
CarlosDangler | August 19, 2013 at 1:54 p.m. ― 3 years, 7 months ago
The only reason i can think of that you are were adamant about not supporting a recall effort is because you fear the people running it might one day claim victory/success and likely you knew in your heart all along and that Bob Filner will be forced to cop a plea bargain with resignation as part of the bargain due to high personal cost to him court fees/settlement fee costs
You fear the public would perceive those leading the recall effort as successful and since they are from an opposing political party you don't want to give them political momentum and public credibility in the eyes of voters because you know that voters soon enough will be on point to identify and elect a replacement.
Common ground to be found in this effort that defies party lines is the elimination of Bob Filner from the Mayor's Office.
The voters of San Diego will do what's right when its time to vote. They'll be giving a lot more thought to character this time around. I am afraid the biggest loser at of this whole mess is Organized Labor for backing BF till the end by remaining silent.
Peking_Duck_SD | August 19, 2013 at 3:50 p.m. ― 3 years, 7 months ago
And likewise CD you support the recall because you hope the parasites coordinating it do get into power.
Or wait, let me guess -
Those opposed to the recall are all politically motivated but those who support it aren't ?
I did have a feeling Filner would eventually resign and now there are rumors he might do just that.
If you would rather see the city spend millions on a recall instead of Gil we resigning, it can only be political motivation at work.
Just because Filner turned out to be a disaster doesn't mean Carl DeMaio would have been any better.
CaliforniaDefender | August 19, 2013 at 5:10 p.m. ― 3 years, 7 months ago
Come on, you have to admit that DeMaio would have been better than Filner even if you disagree with his politics.
Filner hasn't even shown up for work in nearly a month! Plus dragging our city through the mud and tarnishing our image on a national scale. Plus the corruption, bribery, and misuse of public funds. Plus the sexual harassment.
Seriously, anyone would have done a better job than Filner.
Peking_Duck_SD | August 19, 2013 at 5:56 p.m. ― 3 years, 7 months ago
CaDef, San Diego has a pretty long list of poor mayors. Hedgecock and Murphy both resigned amidst scandal.
Who's the worst?
Does it matter?
They all did plenty of harm in their own "special ways".
Hedgecock pled guilty to a felony in office (he later got it reduced after he was no longer mayor). But a felony conviction while in office isn't exactly wonderful.
And Murphy left us dubbed "Enron by the sea"
A nickname that still haunts the city.
I believe that, if you include Filner and assume he will not be finishing out his term, it will be 3 of the last 6 mayors going down in some sort of scandal.
That's a 50-50 record.
So no, I do not assume Mr. DeMaio would have been any better than Mr. Filner.
For all we know he could have been worse, he does have a shady track record of avoiding taxes and a partner who is well known around town for being a narcissistic premadonna just ripe for some sort of high-drama tabloidesque sultry scandal.
So would DeMaio have been better or even worse than Mayor Filner?
We will never know for sure, but there is no way I would ever draw the conclusion he would have been better than Bob and, yes, that's taking into consideration all of the sexual harassment!!
laplayaheritage | August 19, 2013 at 6:34 p.m. ― 3 years, 7 months ago
Linked below is the UStream of the Pro-Filner Rally. I missed the first 5 minutes. There was a large group of people from Districts 4 and 8.
If no volume, unmute the audio on the UStream page.
CaliforniaDefender | August 19, 2013 at 8:56 p.m. ― 3 years, 7 months ago
Ok so there is no way to know. But from the long history of corrupt mayors, I'd say Filner tops that pile of filth. Not just for the depth of the corruption and abuse but the speed.
I just can't imagine DeMaio would have ever been as bad as Filner, even if he tried his hardest. Filner just has a special talent for it. Something a person can only learn from 20 years in Congress.
Mmikey | August 20, 2013 at 7:36 a.m. ― 3 years, 7 months ago
how much per day does this cost the tax payers?
probably a drop in the bucket compared to the final pay out total.
MarineRoom | August 20, 2013 at 9:46 a.m. ― 3 years, 7 months ago
Thompsonrichard: you are so right on!
MarineRoom | August 20, 2013 at 9:48 a.m. ― 3 years, 7 months ago
Mmikey: a drop in the bucket compared to the piles of taxpayer money the conspirators will get to spend after they get the People's Defender out of their greedy way.


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Chasity & Nic
This is Chasity & Nic. Here we are at the Blue Sky mural in Columbia.
Chasity is a lawyer. I know a really good lawyer joke but I won't go there!
Nic is pretty awesome. He is the only guy that listens to ESPN radio as much as I do. I would have to say that most of my friends don't really follow sports too much.
These guys love the Gamecocks. It's actually a great time to be a Gamecock fan with us winning the baseball national championship last night.
This was actually taken on the horseshoe at USC.
I think Chasity spent a lot of time here for graduate work.
Last photo was shot into the sun. I figured I'd mix it up on this one.
Garnet and black will be flying on top of the State House. I may try and get a photo before I head to Charleston for my engagement shoot.
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Nobody can know what the first musical instrument was, but many people believe it was the drum. Even today the drum somehow reaches a place in our soul that no other instrument can really reach.
I expect that most of you are familiar with Taiko – or Japanese drumming. Taiko actually means "big drum" and now is popular all around the world with professional Taiko drummers making spectacular performances and touring to major cities and playing in major concert halls.
But this style of playing drums – Taiko – is actually very new in Japan. Taiko drums were traditionally used in Shinto and Buddhist festivals. The Taiko drum is played by hitting both the sides of the drum and the skin of the drum. The drums are carved from a single piece of a tree and the very biggest need trees of more than a hundred years old to make them.
Modern Taiko started when Daihachi Oguchi who was a jazz drummer was asked to play the Taiko in his local Shinto festival. He became fascinated with the idea of using the instrument in a more creative way and started to experiment. Eventually he formed the first of the modern Taiko group in 1958 and Taiko developed into the great performance art it is today.
The first video is of the famous Taiko group – Kodo.
Kodo in Japanese is written like this 鼓童 it can be read as two meanings. "Heart Beat" or "Children of the Drum" so it is a really good name for them.
They come from Sado Island, where Den Tagayasu , the slightly mad Taiko pioneer lived. He was a Marxist follower of Mao and built a commune and formed a Taiko group because he believed that Japanese people could be reborn from working the soil and playing Taiko. Of course having such a charismatic person on the Island resulted in the many great drummers coming from there.
Kodo – O-Daiko
However, traditional Taiko drumming is very much simpler and is part of the Matsuri or festivals we have in Japan which celebrate different Shinto or Buddhist occasions.
In the next clip you can see the really traditional Taiko drumming. This was at the Obon Festival in Tokyo. The Obon festival is our equivalent of Halloween but it is not scary like the USA one.
The Obon festival is a festival of light to show our dead ancestors the way to the next world and is a happy occasion. There is special dance called the Obon Odori which people do in a circle to celebrate and then we light lanterns to help our ancestors see the way to the next world, and in some places, the lanterns are floated down the rivers. The Taiko is placed in a high platform and the people do a special dance around the Taiko. Unfortunately I could not find a video that showed both good drumming and dancing so I choose one with good drumming for you!!!
Obon Matsuri
Taiko is really popular now, but it is not the popularity of the elite groups playing in fancy concert hall, that give Taiko the vibrancy and power it has in Japanese music these days. It is the thousands of Taiko groups playing in schools, universities and neighbourhood associations and just groups of friends, all having a really great time just making a really LOUD noise!!!
I think the level of participation in Taiko drumming now is really very very high and Taiko is becoming like a major musical activity which is great. There are thousands of people of all ages and both genders really having a wonderful time making music, and some how connecting to the most primitive part of our soul, through the medium of music.
I want to finish this post with a video which for me captures the spirit of modern Taiko.
I would like to leave you with the young boys and girls of the Kanagawa Western High School Taiko Unit playing in the Mount Fuji Festival. The video is an armature video, but it capures the pure and happy hearts of the boys and girls.
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"Ganpati Bappa Morya!" the city is busy chanting as it hosts its most loved deity, Ganesha. Where the public is seen taking the festivity to the streets, B-town celebrates Ganeshotsav in style at their homes.One popular name associated with the festival is Salman Khan. The actor every year, celebrates the arrival of Ganesha in a grand form. However this year the Kick fame is away in Toronto for his routine medical check-up. The same doesn't stop his family members and close friends from keeping the celebrations going in his absence.
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About 20 people held a candle-light vigil last night outside the central government's liaison office to mark the riots in Tibet two years ago. A scuffle broke out when several activists tried to hang a banner and a snow lion flag - a symbol of the Tibetan independence movement - on the office's front gate. Police officers guarding the gate threatened to use pepper spray as the activists - including Christina Chan Hau-man, one of the organisers of the vigil - tried to push their way forward. One person was slightly injured, the group said. Chan, a prominent student activist, was arrested in January over the alleged assault of a policewoman during a pro-democracy protest on New Year's Day outside the liaison office. She is on bail. Last night the group was marking events in Tibet. In March 1959, a failed revolt by Tibetans against Beijing rule led to the Dalai Lama's exile. On the anniversary of the uprising two years ago, a riot started in Lhasa on March 14 and spread to Tibetan-populated areas in Sichuan , Qinghai and Gansu .


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Fatty foods, like fried chicken, chili cheese fries and three-egg omelets paired with bacon, might please your palette, but their wreak havoc on your health. Eating these foods as a regular part of your diet can cause plaque to form on your artery walls, posing a serious risk to your cardiovascular health. Swapping fatty fare for healthier foods can help prevent more plaque from forming, and even reverse some of the damage to your arteries.
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Eat several fruits and vegetables each day to fight arterial plaque. These foods contain dietary fiber -- a type of carbohydrate that can lower your cholesterol levels. They also come loaded with other nutrients that fight clogged arteries, including potassium and -- in the case of fruits and vegetables -- vitamin C. Combine these foods with with healthy fats for a heart-friendly meal -- try spinach salad topped with chopped walnuts and sliced strawberries, or oatmeal flavored with fresh blueberries and roasted almonds.
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At least 11 shop clerks sleeping in a Philippines' department store were killed when a fire swept through the building before dawn on Wednesday, local authorities said.
Twenty-one female employees of the store were trapped in the fire, with seven others still missing and three surviving by jumping from a second-storey window, provincial fire department head chief inspector Mario Palarca told AFP.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. Fourteen people in at least nine states have been sickened by salmonella after handling tainted dog food from a South Carolina plant that a few years ago produced food contaminated by toxic mold that killed dozens of dogs, federal officials said Friday.
At least five people were hospitalized because of the dog food, which was made by Diamond Pet Foods at its plant in Gaston, S.C., the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. No pets were sickened, according to the Meta, Mo.-based company.
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Pink slime??
Never heard of nary a one of those brands..
1. I knew we were in a depression, but have people been forced to resort to eating dry dog food, rather than the gourmet canned variety?
2. If you feed a dog a tainted batch, and then prepare him using one of Hussein 0bama's delicious recipes for serving dog, can you get salmonella?
Seriously, I received an automated call advising me of the recall of Kirkland Signature (Costco) brand dry dog food with sell by dates of Dec '12 to Jan '13. Big Bro (or Sis) even knows what my dog eats!
Wash the hands.
That is what I thought also. Maybe they are sharing the same bowl.
Kirkland is Costco's brand. I went to the Diamond website and it covers only certain states. http://www.diamondpet.com/information/
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thanks for that link.
I feed mine Diamond Naturals but only the dry.
My two critters get only the best: Blue Buffalo.
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You might wanna Google Blue Buffalo recalls
Taste Of The Wild is one of the few 6 star rated dog foods
Stuff happens
You're welcome. I buy the Kirkland's brand for my three Pugs. Fortunately, my brand new bag isn't part of the bad batch.
Thanks for posting.. I use Taste of the Wild and really like it. Oh well the bags almost empty, I'm going to switch to Barking At The Moon.
In this Kingdom the Ruler eats dogs, while the people eat dog food!
Wonder if all those are made in China?
My little guy who just turned 8 just eats Blue Buffalo. The nest dog food bar none. He has eaten it since he got off puppy chow and is in excellent health.
Thanks for posting!
Blue Buffalo!!
that is what mine gets!!!
Made in the US...no chinese crap!
I have a BAD bag. Dogs have been eating it for 2-3 weeks now . . . no problems . . . but maybe it just affects part of the contents.
Mine is Canidae All Life Stages 44# bag and that is what I've always fed them. And their Charlee Bears for their treats.
Was on the phone for right at 30 minutes. Put on hold once. After initially holding for a little over 10 minutes. Then someone with an Indian accent . . . very difficult to understand and phone line was very static"y".
I have to mail in the UPC Code and the production run codes. AND of course WASH MY HANDS very thoroughly after handling said bag and cutting this information out and mail it to some place in Missouri and maybe get a response/refund in 3 weeks.
NOW, what to feed them starting tonight for their supper. The store where I usually buy from and that sells other supposedly "good" brands of dog food closes @ 2:00 and I don't think I can drive there that quickly unless I leave now. OR grocery store dog food. OR go to a Pet Smart location in town. Guess I better figure it out quickly as the dogs will be wanting their dinner about 6:00. One of them actually will come to me and just look at me like "it's time" or rest his chin on my chair or sofa and proceed to look at me with those hungry eyes.
Guess I need to check out this Blue Buffalo brand.
Beware of unfresh salmon!
"Stuff happens"
Yup. Apparently the plant that made this food makes more than the Diamond brand. See below:
May 4, 2012
Dear Valued Retailer,
A few brands announced a recall late Friday, May 4th 2012. We are starting
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becomes available. The information below is preliminary and each one of the brands below is preparing factual statements and processes and will be loading them on their individual web sites. Once they have finalized this information, we will also be loading it onto our web site under the forms button for your reference.
The following brands have issued a voluntary recall. More information will be following as it is released.
The below Diamond Pet Dry Dog Food Brands - To determine if what you have is
affected, you should check the production codes on the back of bags that
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April 7, 2013. Please note- not all Diamond brands were produced on the affected plant manufacturing lines. Phillips receives products from numerous Diamond plants. Also, no cat or can skus are affected.
Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul - All skus
Country Value - All Skus
Diamond - All Skus
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Professional - All Skus
Taste of the Wild - All Skus
The below Wellness sku with a Best by Date of January 9, 10, & 11th 2013:
Wellness Large Breed Puppy in 15 pound and 30 pound
May 4th, 2012- No other Wellness skus were affected.
Please note that no salmonella cases have been reported on Wellpet. They are recalling for the safety of the pet and the pet parent.
The below Natural Balance Skus:
5 LB Natural Balance Sweet Potato & Venison Dog; Best By Date: December 12, 2012; December 13, 2012; March 12, 2013
15 LB Natural Balance Sweet Potato & Venison Dog; Best By Date: December 12, 2012; December 13, 2012; December 14, 2012; March 5, 2013; March 6, 2013
28 LB Natural Balance Sweet Potato & Venison Dog; Best By Date: December 12, 2012; December 13, 2012; December 14, 2012; March 5, 2013; March 6, 2013; March 7, 2013; March 8, 2013; March 12, 2013
5 LB Natural Balance Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Dog; Best By Date: December 10, 2012; December 21, 2012; December 22, 2012
15 LB Natural Balance Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Dog; Best By Date: December 10, 2012; December 21, 2012; December 22, 2012
28 LB Natural Balance Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Dog; Best By Date: December 10, 2012; December 21, 2012; December 22, 2012
5 LB Natural Balance Sweet Potato & Bison Dog; Best By Date: December 17, 2012; December 18, 2012; December 28, 2012; December 29, 2012
15 LB Natural Balance Sweet Potato & Bison Dog; Best By Date: December 9, 2012; December 17, 2012; December 18, 2012; December 28, 2012; December 29, 2012
28 LB Natural Balance Sweet Potato & Bison Dog; Best By Date: December 9, 2012; December 17, 2012; December 18, 2012; December 28, 2012; December 29, 2012
5 LB Natural Balance Vegetarian Dog; Best By Date: December 9, 2012
28 LB Natural Balance Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Dog Large Breed Bites; Best By Date: December 12, 2012; December 20, 2012; December 21, 2012
5 LB Natural Balance Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Dog Small Breed Bites; Best By Date: December 21, 2012
12.5 LB Natural Balance Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Dog Small Breed Bites; Best By Date: December 21, 2012
May 4, 2012- Please note that only these 5 flavors of Natural Balance were affected. The other flavors are produced on other lines and plants.
Please note that no salmonella cases have been reported on Natural Balance. They are recalling for the safety of the pet and the pet parent.
The below Canidae skus with production codes that have both a number "3" in the 9th or 10th digit and an "X" in the 11th digit with a best before dates of December 9, 2012, through January 31, 2013 which are being recalled.
Canidae Dog, All Life Stages
Canidae Dog, Chicken Meal & Rice
Canidae Dog, Lamb Meal & Rice
Canidae Dog, Platinum
A message from Canidae:
It is with regret that we are reporting a voluntary recall on a limited production run of CANIDAE dry dog food produced out of the Diamond Pet Foods South Carolina plant. Even though not one of our products have been tested positive for Salmonella, it is out of pure precaution that this product is being removed from the market place. We are working diligently to make this process as seamless as possible for you, our retailers and consumers.
Although there have been no animal or human illnesses related to Canidae Pet Food, and the product has not tested positive for Salmonella, the company has voluntarily initiated this recall out of caution to ensure the health and safety of consumers and their pets.
Following is an example of how to read the production code and best before date:
Production Code Best Before Date
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The recall affects only products distributed in the following Eastern U.S. states which were manufactured at the Diamond Pet Food Gaston, South Carolina plant. Further distribution to other pet food channels may occur:
Florida, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee
Canidae Pet Foods apologizes for any potential issues this may have caused pet owners and their pets.
Recently? My three dogs are all four years old and Diamond Naturals is all they have ever eaten. I think I might switch for a while. The food is good (no wheat, no corn, etc.) and is a good price but it's not worth taking a chance.
Diamond also makes a cheaper lower quality dry food but I never buy it.
OK, I went to the link. Diamond says testing has showed no problem but I will feed something else for a while.
I got an automated phone call from Costco about this but I had bought a brand that wasn't in this group affected. It mentioned expiry dates and I checked and mine also fell outside the affected group.
Diamond Dog Food has had a lot of complaints. I wouldn't buy that stuff.
Why do I think these people were too embarrassed to admit that they tried tasting the pet food?
Yes, recently.
May 4, 2012
Diamond Pet Foods today announced that it is expanding a voluntary recall to include batches of nine brands of dry pet food formulas manufactured between December 9, 2011 and April 7, 2012 due to potential Salmonella contamination.
Natural Balance, too. (sorry if it's already been posted)
Same here. I alternate between Blue Buffalo and Innova, both high-quality brands.
Before I read it I figured China was involved ping....
Listen, lots of people will take out a portion of the kibble, and stick it in their pockets for treats. Give the pup a treat for doing something desirable, ala "Clicker Training", but then forget to wash their hands, and stick other things in the contaminated pockets, etc. and so forth.
Healthy dogs can handle salmonella just fine, because their intestinal tracts are so different from ours. Theirs are short and relatively straight, unlike our long convoluted ones. They eliminate salmonella and other pathogens before these can multiply in their digestive tracts.
Unfortunately we can't, so these pathogens build up in our tracts, multiply exponentially, overwhelming our immune systems, and we get very sick.
We have to cook our foods to get rid of these pathogens, but dogs aren't bothered by them, unless they are in very poor health (probably from kibble) to begin with.
Moral of the story, feed your dogs a raw diet, and carefully wash your hands and all surfaces touched by the raw food. Your dogs will be much healthier, and so will you.
Hopefully this will put to rest all those who warn against raw feeding because it proves we humans are just as vulnerable from kibble as we are from raw. And, for heaven's sake, don't feed your dogs raw hamburger. That isn't a natural food, and we probably shouldn't be eating it unless we chop up the meat at home ourselves!
Dogs are scavenger carnivores. They thrive on raw meaty bones, road kill, whatever they are lucky enough to snag on the hoof or claw, and the "riper" the better! and they love the innards like stinky old tripe. Over the years however, they get really sick with modern diseases,from all the grains stuck in the kibble to keep the costs of kibble affordable.
They do not have the digestive juices required to digest grains and other carbs, unless these have passed through the digestive tract of their prey. You think our kibble food processors only use pre-digested grains and carbs?
Think again.
Just my two cents, and I don't want to argue with those who choose to feed kibble, so I will just state my opinion, and post no more on the topic.
Feed your dog a good raw diet, a la Tom Lonsdale, and don't let food processing companies come between you and your dog's overall health, not to mention yours.
Most of us who feed raw meat to our dogs have the sense to wash our hands and surfaces after handling the same.
How many have the sense to wash their hands after handling kibble?
I recently switched my 7 year old Jack Russell to Blue Buffalo,still seems to like steak,chicken and ground round better.:)
It reminds me of the time I told my ex, "this isn't a good salmon, Ella!"
Evidently you haven't read the most recent Reader's Digest featuring tips from vets.
I have.
Canidae, Natural Balance, Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul, Diamond, Diamond Naturals, Taste of the Wild.
Some of them are common in the Petco's of the world, others more specialized. I've fed my dog Natural Balance (it's "Dick van Patten's") recently trying to use it for her vegetarian diet instead of the more-expensive IVD strict vet diet.
I'll have to warn my dog groomer's business about the CSFTPLS and TOTW. They sell those.
I have learned to pick and choose my vets very carefully.
Most know diddely squat about the proper feeding of carnivores, and are in the tank for the pet food manufacturers. Did you know these compete to give free pet foods and other freebies to vets in training?
Did you know they teach next to nothing about proper animal nutrition in vet schools, and those course that are taught area backed by pet food manufacturers.
And since when is Reader's Digest the latest on canine nutrition?
I say again, feed your dogs whatever floats your boat. I just offer my opinion to those who have open and independent minds, and who enjoy doing their own research.
RD is quoting vets from all over the country. 1 quote: don't fall for the raw diet nonsense (yes, I say that too). They've seen more people AND pets get sick thanks to that.
Dogs are NOT wolves. They have been domesticated for eons, and are not used to eating raw any more than we are. As natural animals ourselves we don't "cook", so we should be eating raw meat, too, by that thinking. We are omnivores and that includes meat.
Sorry, but just on *millions* of anecdotal tidbits alone, I see nothing wrong with "kibble". Our dogs are NOT dropping like flies. There's no need to "re-think".
You have no idea how much that p*sses me off.
Why am I paying over $60 a bag for 'the best' food when it's being made by that toxic waste slinging company, Diamond?
I stopped buying their crap back during the "dog chow of death" episode [one of my dogs got sick] and was assured that TOTW was made by someone else *for* Diamond.
They lied?
I'm *so* shocked.
Thankfully I have storage bins of Halo, Natural Balance and Salmon Sensitive Skin formula so I won't have to use the TOTW.
Still, there's $50 worth of TOTW I don't even have the bag for, anymore.
How am I supposed to return it to the store for credit?
Friggin' idiot slackers.
Blue Buffalo has been included in several recalls over the years.
They are *not* a foolproof safe brand.
Please do not 'relax' so much that you trust any pet food company completely.
What if Innova just doesn't tell anybody?
"tested positive for acetaminophen and cyanuric acid"
That is *very* bad.
The more of these recalls I read about the more I think I will go back to feeding raw.
Actually, your dog's natural diet is probably simply human leftovers and such. Kibble is a very very modern thing for dogs to eat. I'm not sure it's helpful to say dogs are not wolves. They are the same genus, dogs came from wolves, and it stands to reason their nutritional needs would be quite similar. To say that if dogs should be eating raw meat we should too is nonsensical since humans and dogs are quite different, our systems and dogs are not comparable.
Now, having said this, I'm not a rabid raw food advocate, I think people should feed what they're comfortable with. But I do agree that vets are often very uninformed in the area of nutrition. I worked for a vet, and I know where they get the majority of their information. Dog food companies.
The vet I had while I was feeding raw was quite against it when I started. But, when she saw the results she was very impressed. My old dog at the time (who lived to be nearly 13) had the cleanest teeth you have ever seen on an older dog, and never had them cleaned. I'm sure it was from eating bones every day.
Again, I"m not trying to change your mind. But there are a lot of good points in the raw food camp, and having done it myself for a number of years I assure you my dogs were quite healthy and my vet approved after her initial hesitation.
You are correct, Rebel, that our modern dogs will probably survive whatever crap is put up on the shelf by modern marketing, and will be bought and fed by people who just don't think beyond the cute and clever commercials.
But, do these pet food manufacturer believers really trust, or want to live on Ensure, Lean Cuisine, NutriSystem, Slim fast, etc, year after year, themselves? Would they (or you) expect perfect health in the long run?
Our dogs will not drop like flies if we feed them crap, and neither will we. But do we really want to pay for all the consequences of eating that crap in the long run, or see them suffer the consequences?
Just because we don't drop from a crappy fast food diet immediately, (and our dogs don't either), it doesn't mean it is a sensible long term strategy for our/their optimum health, and minimal health expenses/bills.
Please don't get confused - I really don't care what anyone feeds their dogs, or themselves, but it drives me nuts when people think a bag of over-cooked extruded pink slime, mixed with all sorts of stuff no dog would select out of a trash can, then spray -coated with a few basic vitamins, is equal to a fresh natural diet that includes raw meaty bones, some cheap organ meats, and a few cooked vegetable table scraps.
I just can't understand why people who consider themselves conservative when it comes to politics can't figure out how much they are manipulated by modern advertising in any other area but politics.
But, all of you, I don't care what you feed your pets. I only offer my opinion for those who have ears to hear.
The rest of you would do our country much more good if you vented your spleen at the crappy bunch in DC. Pretty soon they will be telling you how much you can eat, of what, how it can be seasoned, and probably will be demanding that we turn in all our family pets as useless eaters.
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I'm very excited to present the next of our Wheel of Time re-packaged ebook covers: The Shadow Rising with art by Sam Weber.
When we started this project I knew we wouldn't have an artist more primed to be involved than Sam. He's a huge fan of the series and it shows.
If you are fan of Sam's and/or The Wheel of Time, head over to Tor.com to see him interviewed on video, read his essay about his cover and the motivations of the character he chose to depict, and see process images of the painting.
All Wheel of Time ebook posts are archived here.
Which include:
David Grove on The Eye of the World
Kekai Kotaki on The Great Hunt
Donato Giancola on The Dragon Reborn
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Sam Weber and The Shadow Rising
6 comments:
- Shane Rebenschied said...
I love the muted tones, the lighting, and the texture in his jacket. Well directed and amazingly executed. Do you happen to know if Sam works with the watercolor/acrylic combo on watercolor paper, or is it some sort of board? Also, when the final piece is finished (I've been wondering about this same thing with Manchess' paintings), how do they get it into a digital format? When I was in art school it was either get a professionally-shot transparency and have that scanned or, if the piece is small enough, get it drum scanned. Thanks very much for posting this Irene!
- Brun Croes said...
This was a very interesting read Irene!
Sam has such a great style and it was interesting to see / read the interview.
Thanks !!!
Brun Croes
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- Tim Durning said...
Thanks for the in-depth look into this cover. I was excited to hear that you guys were doing new WoT covers, and doubly so to see Sam's approach.
- zimm said...
I used to want to be Randall Enos for a day, now I want to be Sam Weber for a day. Thanks for reminding me Irene!
- Michael Alan Oxley said...
Irene, are there any plans to release these beautiful covers in a printed form? A calendar or litho plates, perhaps?
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Story by the Associated Press; curated by Oliver Darcy.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel is striking dozens of sites in Gaza as it continues a massive search for an officer it fears was captured by Hamas militants.
Palestinians officials say at least 35 Palestinians have been killed in the early morning bombardment in and around the city of Rafah on Saturday. The area's main hospital was evacuated because of the strikes.
The Israeli military believes 2nd Lt. Hadar Goldin was grabbed in a Hamas ambush about an hour after an internationally brokered cease-fire took effect Friday. Hamas' military wing says it is not aware of any such capture.
We suspect that a group of Hamas terrorists, including a suicide attacker, kidnapped 2nd. Lt. Goldin at 9:30AM & dragged him into a tunnel.
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The three-day cease-fire was intended to pave the way for a more sustainable truce. More than 1,650 Palestinians and 60 Israelis have been killed since the fighting began July 8.


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Chelsea star Frank Lampard has indicated that this season may be his last for the English giants, in comments likely to fuel speculation about a move to China.
The England international midfielder, who has been at Chelsea since 2001, has been linked since March with a move to the Chinese Super League and last month Guizhou Renhe confirmed they were in talks with him.
His contract is due to expire in June and following his side's 3-1 win over Monterrey on Thursday to reach the Club World Cup final in Japan, Lampard said he has yet to be approached by Chelsea with an extension, Kyodo reported.
"The ball is in Chelsea's court. I'm a Chelsea player as simple as that," he said.
"I've had a great, great time here," he said, but added: "Maybe things don't last forever."
Lampard has been recovering from injury and came on as a substitute in the 63rd minute against Monterrey. The 34-year-old said he felt he could compete at the highest level for a while yet.
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Expanding The World Of Small Business
Your article, "It's a small (business) world" (Special Report, Apr. 17), was interesting for not letting the facts stand in the way of a good story. Attributing 50.8% of this year's exports to companies with fewer than 500 employees is a remarkable growth scenario.
In fact, the last census figures, from 1987, showed that small manufacturing businesses accounted for only 7.5% of total exports, or 12% of manufactured goods exported by manufacturers.
Either number represents a big difference from the DRI/McGraw-Hill estimate of 45.5% a decade ago and makes it unlikely that small businesses will account for 50.8% of exports in 1995, as the story would have us believe.
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New York
Editor's note: The discrepancy between the census figures and DRI/McGraw- Hill's estimates stems from differing methodologies. DRI's estimates included some companies with more than 500 employees, and the chart on page 99 should have indicated that.
Your story neglected to mention an important export tool that can help small business: export trading/management companies. They act as the sales arm of small businesses and can coordinate all the services needed to export successfully, such as shipping, payment, and financing. This lets small manufacturers concentrate on what they do best: producing products and services.
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Controlling Granular Synthesis
I'm doing a performance involving granular synthesis for uni and I've cobbled together a semi-satisfactory granulizer. What I'm struggling with is the various schemes for controlling/leading it in the right direction. From my reading I'm come across using ramps and tendency masks, I've got the ramps down (use lines!) but I'm not sure how to implement a tendency mask at all.
Basically I was wondering if you guys could point me in the right direction for setting up various levels of control for the granulizer. I've thought about using drunk, chaining lines, random, but what I'd like to do is automate most of the actual parameter changing yet at the same time be able to make a change to it on the fly and nudge it in the right direction.
sorry to state the obvious but does this sound like a textbook description of [rslider]?
I've been using [rslider] + [line] to sort of achieve what I'm looking to do, but I figured there was a better/different way to control the different parameters.
I did just get an idea of using the two in combination with [count] and a series of [gates] to get a semblance of automation. I'll try it out and see how it works.
keep us posted…
This is my very rough mock up of how I could go about controlling it
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But as I soon realized, for this to be effective I would have to preset all the ways I want the parameters of the grain (pan/pitch/duration/etc) to change which is not the route I want to go.
I'm not sure if I've described correctly what I'm trying to achieve, it might be more akin to using the output of algorithm to control the parameters.
Sorry if this is sounding increasingly vague
Very vague indeed. I would use an existing granulator (for instance the one in the Max examples) and start from there. You might get what you want by just controlling the granulation parameters through the bpatcher's inputs. But before coding, you should certainly formalize the control you want (which parameters, which range, which controllers – midi hardware, etc.)
All best.
A quick look at your patch shows some kind of randomised parameter generator, but from what you describe as your problem it sounds more like you need to establish some kind of meta-control of the various GS parameters, which given the potentially large number of parameters required makes some sense.
To this end I would recommend: Firstly working out a method for generating "randomised" values and then using pattrs for all the GS parameters (ie pitchmin, pitchmax, etc. etc.) & pattrstorage for parameter storage/recall for distinct states, even possibly incorporating something Nodes if you want to use or try multi-state interpolation. You can still have a randomised process (ie tendency mask) for parameter ranges , and then store the relevant parameters for these processes
As JF already suggested, it may be better to use an established example as a starting point…
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