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Q&A With Dr. Katy: Why Is My Dog Licking His Paws So Much?
One of the most-asked questions among my furry patients' parents is: Why is my dog constantly licking his paws? Well, this common concern isn't as "black and white" as you may think. In fact, there are many reasons as to why your pup may be overly licking and chewing his little feet so much.
What you may think is just a bad habit could actually signal an underlying illness, which is why it's important to not allow skin infections and rashes go overlooked or untreated. So let's cut to the chase!
Curcumin for Pets: Lasting Relief for Painful Joint Flare-Ups
You and your pet have a lot in common when it comes to staying comfortable and guarding against the painful impact of aging.
So if you want to take one big step to help your dog or cat stay healthy, active and playful as the years go by, then please don't ignore the problem of inflammation.
Here are the 6 most probable reasons as to why your dog won't leave his paws alone.
1. Allergies
Is your pup's itching and scratching getting a little out of hand? Increased itchiness is often the result of allergies. Food or environmental triggers may be at fault, including mold and pollen. Dogs may also develop a skin irritation known as contact dermatitis when they encounter substances like pesticides or soaps. Contact dermatitis can cause your furry friend to incessantly scratch himself, often revealing an underlying rash.
2. Boredom or Anxiety
Just as people with anxiety may bite their nails or twirl their hair, dogs can show physical responses to psychological upset, too. Some pups even develop a condition akin to human obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This ailment can result in scratching, licking or chewing behaviors that can can sever damage to your dog's skin.
3. Dry Skin
From winter weather to fatty acid deficiencies, a variety of factors can be at fault for causing dry skin in dogs. And your pup may respond to the discomfort by endlessly scratching or licking at his skin or fur, which can lead to flaky skin.
4. Blood Sugar Imbalance (or Other Hormonal Imbalances)
If your dog's body isn't producing enough thyroid hormone, or putting out too much cortisol, superficial skin infections can result. You may notice bald spots on your little one's coat. He may also scratch or lick at his skin as if he's bothered by allergies. And surprisingly, your pup's habit of relentlessly scratching or licking himself may suggest the presence of diabetes. So it's critical that you get this seemingly bad habit or skin infection checked out by your veterinarian. Check out my article 10 Signs Your Pet May Have a Blood Sugar Imbalance for more information.
5. Pain
When trying to determine why your dog is excessively licking or chewing, be sure to consider the possibility that something is making him physically uncomfortable. For example, if you notice that your dog is repeatedly biting his paw, he could have something stuck in his foot pad like a thorn or sharp rock. Compulsive chewing or licking can also be a response to orthopedic problems, such as arthritis (which is widespread among aging dogs) and hip dysplasia.
6. Parasites
Among the most common causes for a dog's licking, chewing or scratching behaviors are fleas, ticks and mites. Although ticks are often visible to the naked eye (and you can usually feel them when petting your little one), fleas often go unseen until there is a noticeably large infestation, and mites are microscopic as well. So it's important not to dismiss the possibility that your dog isn't suffering from parasites just because you can't see them. Check out my article How to Protect Your Pets from Dangerous Bugs for advice on helping your pup avoid parasites.
If your dog can't seem to stop licking his paws or scratching his skin, it's important that you consult your trusted veterinarian as soon as possible to receive an accurate diagnosis and the proper treatment.
Dr. Katy Nelson is the mother of five – two human and three animal – kids, an avid nutrition and fitness enthusiast, and an admittedly rabid Louisiana sports fan. She is an associate veterinarian at the Belle Haven Animal Medical Centre in Alexandria, VA., as well as the host and executive producer of "The Pet Show with Dr. Katy" on Washington DC's News Channel 8. A Certified Veterinary Journalist (CVJ) accredited by the American Society of Veterinary Journalists (ASVJ), Dr. Katy is the Animal Health Reporter for ABC7 News, and serves as "Dr. Pawz" on WTOP Radio. Dr. Katy is also a founding partner of PetsMove.org, a national health and fitness initiative aimed at getting people healthy alongside their dogs, and serves as a media and marketing consultant for numerous pet-related companies and media outlets.
A lover of all animals, Dr. Katy carves out time for many charitable organizations in the DC area and beyond. In early 2012, Dr. Katy teamed with Emmy-Award winning producer Judy Plavnick to form Sit. Good Girl Productions, LLC, their first production is the documentary Tell Them I Am Kind, the story of the creation of the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary.


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It's likely that you're a meal prepper and don't even know it. That's because meal prepping is really just about cooking food ahead of time, to eat at a later date or time. A small scale example, that many can relate to is preparing and packing a daily lunch for yourself or your children. On a larger scale meal prepping for the entire week can save you a ton of money and time, but can be overwhelming if you're just starting out, so some choose to meal prep two or three times per week in the beginning instead. No matter what level of meal prep that you are already engaged in, having an insulated bag that keeps your food cold while you're away from home is important. But other than meal prep, there are a few cool and unique ways to use your ISOBag that you may not have already thought about.
Note: The size of the meal bag that you use may be different than those suggested depending on your own personal needs, so plan and pack accordingly.
Unique Uses For Your Smaller ISOBags
If you or anyone else in your house has any medication or supplements that require refrigeration, traveling can be cumbersome and difficult, since you need a way to keep everything cold. The IsoMini is compact in size, and capable of keeping the interior insulated space cold for up to sixteen hours, making it the perfect medicinal transportation bag during any sort of travel. Keeping insulin and other prescribed refrigerated medication at the proper temperature could alter the effectiveness immensely. If you live in, or are traveling to, a humid environment keeping your powder supplements in your IsoMini keeps them cool and dry so that moisture clumps do not form.
Three Meal Bag
Family Outing
If you have a smaller family, and will only be out of the house for a single meal, the three meal ISOBags may be just the right size to fit all of your needs. With enough interior insulated space for three to four meals, and the capacity to keep them cold for sixteen hours, these bags are often thought of for individual needs, but can also be used for families of two or three, during short trips away from home.
Specialty Diets
These ISOBags are especially useful if someone in your family has a dietary restriction such as: diabetes, a food allergy, or a personal aversion to meat. A smaller family, of two or three, is easily able to fit their lunches within this bag for convenient carrying no matter where the day may take them, which is incredibly important when considering specialty dietary requirements. A three meal ISOBag may also come in handy if you are looking for an easy way to carry your baby or toddler's meals around with you for the day, without worrying about whether or not they'll stay cold. As with any other ISOBag, with the use of IsoBricks, the three meal bags will keep the contents cold for up to sixteen hours at a time.
Romantic Picnic for Two
A romantic picnic has never been easier to plan and execute as it is with the help of a three meal ISOBag. These bags are small enough, and easy enough to carry to your picnic destination, with enough interior insulated space to hold three to four meals, or snacks for your romantic picnic for two. Since the bags are designed to keep food cold for up to sixteen hours, if you want to stay out all day, but picnic under the stars, you don't have to worry about rushing back home to pack and grab your picnic food before you venture out at night.
Unique Uses For Your Larger ISOBags
Six Meal Bag
Whether you have the full size six meal bag or the six meal cube, the main insulated meal pocket is the same size, and thus will hold the same amount of goods. Although many people don't realize it when they buy a six meal bag, due to capacity alone, this is one of the most versatile meal prep bags that you can own. Since both bags hold between six and eight meal prep containers depending on the size of each container, they are the go to meal prep bag for bodybuilders and athletes so that every meal and snack they need during any given day can be packed neatly away in one convenient location. The average person often overlooks this bag as something 'too large' for their individual needs, and while that may be true, they certainly are not too big for the needs of a family.
Family Picnics
The six meal bags are making ordinary picnic baskets obsolete. The cooling capacity of a wicker basket does not even come close to matching the cooling capacity of a six meal ISOBag, which can keep enough food for a family picnic cold for up to sixteen hours. That means that you can pack any refrigerated foods that will fit within the bag, in the morning, and head out for the entire day without worrying that any of the food will go bad.
Beach Day
As the summer approaches, more and more people will be taking beach trips with their friends, families, or significant others, and no matter who you're going with a six meal ISOBag should definitely be on your "must bring" list. Tourist attractions, like beaches and amusement parks, not only offer less than nutritious meal options, but they offer them at outrageously high prices. One of the best ways to save both your waistline and your wallet is to pack your own meals and snacks that way you never even have to leave the beach. A six meal size will ideally hold enough for you and everyone you're with, but since they are relatively compact compared to other coolers, you can easily pack more than one if necessary, without adding too much extra bulk to your beach accessory list.
Specialty Diets
Spending an entire day away from home with the family used to mean that you had to purchase and eat meals out, often sacrificing nutrition for convenience. If anyone in the family happened to have any dietary restrictions even the convenience angle went out the window. For families with diabetics, vegans, vegetarians, or anyone with food allergies, eating out could easily become a nightmare. And if you wanted to pack your food for the day, you were likely going to have to pack a giant, heavy, hard sided cooler filled with a ton of loose ice to keep everything cold for the day. The six meal ISOBag makes packing and taking on the go meals for your family lighter, easier, and more space efficient than ever before. Only three IsoBricks are needed to keep your family's food cold for up to sixteen hours within either soft sided, fully insulated six meal bag, leaving ample space to pack six to eight meals for the day.
The ISOPack was designed with outdoor adventurers in mind, but that doesn't mean that you have to be a hiker or camper, to enjoy all of the benefits that this bag provides.
The ISOPack is the perfect size for an all inclusive carry on item. With pockets for your laptop or tablet, entertainment, and travel documents, it seems that this bag couldn't possibly get any better, but then it does. The underside of the ISOPack is a fully insulated compartment that can store four to six full size meals, and keep them cold for up to sixteen hours. This meal storage feature sets the ISOPack apart from other travel gear, and puts it at the top of our list for must have travel items, no matter your preferred mode of transportation.
School Bag
These days kids have enough to carry back and forth to school; between books, homework, lunch, and after school activities equipment, it's easy to forget a small lunch bag in the mix, and be stranded at school with no food, and no cash for lunch. The ISOPack eliminates that possibility by providing a lunch bag built right into the backpack. As long as your kid remembers to grab their backpack for school, they'll also have their lunch bag with them. Isolator Fitness has thought of, and provided enough space for everything, including their: books, notes, homework, laptop/tablet, and food.
Commuters Work Bag
As a work commuter, carrying everything that you need for the day can be a hassle, especially if you take public transportation to work, or commute by bike. Often a nutritiously packed lunch if forfeited so that you have enough hands/space to carry your laptop bag, portfolio, tool box, purse, gym bag, or any other equipment that you may need for the day. The genius of the ISOPack is that it combines the functionality of all of these bags into one, and adds an insulated meal pocket that is capable of keeping your food cold for sixteen hours, without compromising space efficiency. With separate pockets for your electronics, gym clothes, personal items, and food, you'll never need to carry more than one bag to work again.
Duffle bags are often thought of solely as gym bags, but it is our hope that we're able to give you a few ideas about what else you can do with your ISODuffle bag to make your life easier.
The ISODuffle is small enough to be allowed on most flights as a carry on bag, but large enough to hold all of your travel needs for a week long getaway, plus six to eight nutrient rich meals for the trip. When you have to be away from home, it's always nice to know that your health and fitness doesn't have to suffer. Pack your clothes, shoes, and toiletries in the traditional duffle pocket, your travel documents in the large front zippered pocket, and all of your cold snacks and meals in the large insulated meal compartment that sits neatly within the duffle bag area, with its own separate entrance for sanitation purposes, and easy access to your food.
Family Outing Day Trip
Taking the entire family on an outing to an amusement park, a concert, the ski slopes, or anywhere else that an extra pair of clothes or shoes might be necessary is a breeze, when you pack everybody's stuff in the ISODuffle. Since this ISOBag can carry six to eight meals (enough for the whole family) and all of their additional gear, it's the perfect accessory for a fun family day trip, where you'll be needing more than just a few balanced meals.
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Jagan to be quizzed for 3rd day tomorrow
YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy was on Saturday grilled for the second consecutive day by the CBI in connection with the disproportionate assets case and his questioning will continue tomorrow as well.india Updated: May 26, 2012 20:59 IST
YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy was on Saturday grilled for the second consecutive day by the CBI in connection with the disproportionate assets case and his questioning will continue on Sunday as well.
The CBI, which had on Friday grilled the Kadapa MP for eight hours, on Saturday questioned him for over seven hours.
After today's questioning, Jagan said that the 'Q&A' session of the investigating agency went of 'peacefully'.
"Things went off peacefully. They sought some clarifications, which I gave them. Tomorrow, I think I should come once again. I think they would ask for some more clarifications tomorrow, which I will be giving them," Jagan told reporters while coming out of CBI's temporary office at Raj Bhavan Road, where he was questioned.
Jagan is the prime accused in the disproportionate assets case, in which, the CBI has alleged that several investors put money in his companies as a quid pro quo for largesses doled out to them by the then YS Rajasekhara Reddy Government.
CBI sources said the session went around the alleged irregularities with regard to the Vadarevu and Nizampatnam Ports and Industrial Corridor (VANPIC) project.
The CBI had already arrested state excise minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao, who held infrastructure portfolio during YS Rajasekhara Reddy's regime.
CBI alleged that the government orders issued by Mopidevi and Brahamanda Reddy with regard to VANPIC project were not according to the Cabinet decisions.
Jagan was questioned today for the second time since the CBI had lodged an FIR against him in August last and had subsequently filed three charge sheets against him.
The CBI alleges that Jagan "influenced" his father and late Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy into doling out favours to select investors as a quid-pro-quo for investing into his businesses.
Congress MP and staunch supporter of Jagan, Sabbam Hari who accompanied the YSR Congress Party chief to the CBI office said the investigating agency may not arrest his leader till May, 28 when the court is scheduled to hear his bail plea.
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We want to give you an update on North Central College and clarify a few items, especially as they relate to our new Residential and Recreation Center (Res/Rec Center) on the south end of Campus. Even though we opened the doors to 250 student residents in September, we are still in the development phase in completing the shower facilities, locker and fitness room are set to be completed by September. Due to this and our desire to better understand our student's usage of the building we are unable to offer memberships at this time. We do plan to offer a discounted membership to our ECHO neighbors for those that walk or bike so as to not to impact parking in the neighborhood. We have begun working on all the logistics and will keep you informed.
Additionally, I would like to take this opportunity to highlight some opportunities available to you as a neighbor of the college.
Athletics-North Central College has a large amount of free athletic events that neighbors are welcome to attend, [athletics events]. Basketball and football have nominal charges as well as post-season tournaments per NCAA rules.
The Cage-For those that attend ECHO meetings and the annual holiday party in the White Activity Center, you may also be familiar with The Cage at 325 E. Benton Ave. The Cage has all of the old favorites, along with exciting new menu items such as the Hot Dog Platter, Steak Torta, and Baked Potato! Be sure to try the Chef's Choice Dinners, which are gourmet meals prepared by the chef and his team. They will be available Monday through Thursday during dinner hours.
Monday-Thursday - 10 a.m.-midnight
Friday - 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Saturday - 4 p.m.- midnight
Sunday Closed
Cultural Activities-The college does offer many events to the public, many free of charge. Check our Web Calendar for listings of events. [cultural events] Also, we have multiple Art Galleries that are free for your enjoyment.
Fine Arts- To get the best seats we do recommend purchasing tickets when they first come on sale. Periodically we send out notification regarding discounted tickets so we are asking ECHO members to contact the box office at 630-637-SHOW and ask to be added to our neighborhood mailing list. You will receive our season brochure and be registered to receive any special offers via email. For upcoming events please visit our website www.northcentralcollege.edu and click on Fine Arts.
Oesterle Library- Neighbors eighteen and older are more than welcome to drop in and use items on site. There is a small fee to check materials out; $5.00 for Naperville Public Libraries patrons and $50.00 for patrons of other public libraries. Neighbors are also welcome to use the three computers in the lobby to access the library databases. If there are specific interests, please feel free to check with the library. Library patrons under the age of eighteen may apply for a personal Courtesy Borrower Card if they present a letter from their school librarian stating their special need for this service. Forms are available at the Information Services Desk.
The Rolland Center Boilerhouse Café-29 N. Loomis St. is open for use by our neighbors as well as our students and staff. It also houses a convenience store. The store offers grab-and-go salads and sandwiches, a variety of bottled beverages, candy bars, half-gallons of milk, canned soups, cereal, chips and lots more. The Boilerhouse Café features Starbucks coffee.
Monday-Friday 6:30 a.m.-midnight
Saturday-7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Student Workers-If neighbors have any needs for babysitting, tutoring, or other odd jobs, they can post their needs on our web site at https://noctrl-csm.symplicity.com/. They will be able to log in as an employer and create an account. There is no charge for this service. This is where we send all our students to look for full time, part time, and internship opportunities.
Zip Cars-Rental cars are available for use by the neighbors. In order to register you must go to www.zipcar.com. Standard registration and usage fees will apply. The zip cars are located at the parking deck at Highland and Brainard. Once you join, you can add other drivers to your account.
On November 11, 2011 we will be celebrating our 150th year as a college. It has been an honor to be in this neighborhood and to grow together as a community. We greatly appreciate your involvement with the college. If there are any questions or any ways we can better serve you please feel free to contact me.
Kindest Regards,
Michael Squire-Director of Community Development
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The Slim Dusty tune Looking Forward Looking Back is an apt one to have stuck in my head as I write this piece to mark the six-month milestone of my time in the Senate.
What a fun, humbling, eventful and relatively successful ride it has been since I was sworn in to the Senate on 12 February 2018.
While it feels like my First Speech was given an age ago, Slim Dusty's lines of I've come a long way down the track, Got a long way left to go ring true as I look back on the ride to date and into the future with Australians expected to go to the polls next year.
The one constant of the ride – whether it be looking forward or looking back – that has made it worth the while has been the people. Not just the people "dear to me". Not just those I've met "down the track". It has been all of the people I have and will represent in the Senate as I strive to make their lives better through the important decisions made in Canberra.
The impact of those decisions hit home recently when Joan called Brian Carlton's Tasmania Talks radio program and explained how the announcement of the ex-HMAS Darwin coming to Tassie to be a dive wreck brought her to tears.
It was the personal pain and strength to tell her story about how her son, Leading Seaman Cameron Gurr, who was lost overboard from HMAS Darwin and how the decommissioned ship would be a fitting tribute to her son brought home how decisions impact people in powerful and profound ways.
Yes, reports about the ex-HMAS Darwin had focused on the economic, health, tourism, and recreational value to Tasmania. But it was people power, and Joan's story, that will sit with me about a decision that had been almost four years in the making.
Looking back, the impact on people of the $47.5 million in funding I have personally secured for Tasmania since being sworn in to the Senate has been overwhelmingly positive.
Lives of Tasmanians will benefit from the announcements made for the Cradle Mountain Masterplan, the Cradle Coast Coastal Pathway, a fruit fly bio-security campaign, better netball courts for George Town, an agricultural export package, the Devonport Living City funding, upgraded Royal Flying Doctors Service programs, more mobile phone towers, and, of course, ex-HMAS Darwin.
The lives of Tasmanians are also benefitting from the personally inspired campaigns I'm pushing, including the #GrabATassie one encouraging shoppers to buy local produce, and the #PuttingTassieBackOnTheMap crusade to always put Tasmania front and centre of any decisions made by our leaders.
It is about making better outcomes for all Tasmanians, including the often forgotten ones in our regions, that keeps me striving for more equity when it comes to cheaper airfares to the Mainland, keeping exports rolling with an improved Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme, and looking after farmers facing hardship with more funding of the Farm Household Allowance.
That's why I have continued to push for better education outcomes through my charity work with Toast for Kids and Books for Babies. That's why I'm encouraging other politicians, no matter their political colours, to donate a coat for Enormity Inc. to reach the 100,000 mark to help keep more homeless Australians warmer in the winter months.
That's why I'm supporting the Save Our Churches campaign as the Anglican Church plans to sell scores of properties in Tasmania. That's why I want Tassie to be the home of a Qantas Group Pilot Academy. That's why I want AFL and AFLW teams based in Tasmania by 2023.
In the rough and tumble of politics, compliments don't come along often but it was encouraging when a fellow politician said at a recent announcement that for someone who had only been in Parliament for "30 seconds" that many others were "jealous" of my achievements. The compliment made me smile and has inspired me to achieve even more for the Tasmanian people.
Looking forward, I realise there is still a lot of hard work to do to make the lives of Tasmanians even better and I hope to make even more politicians jealous of my achievements to come.
It is with the full weight of the National Party of Australia behind me that I know I can achieve even better outcomes for Tasmania. It is the Nationals that fully understand that people in regional areas can be the forgotten ones. It is the Nationals who best stand for rural communities. It is the Nationals that were the best fit for me as I strive for a better Tasmania.
It is the Nationals, through the Coalition Government alliance, that are delivering life-changing NDIS plans to more Tasmanians, giving greater access to sports programs for our kids through Sporting Schools, and working with communities through grants for volunteers.
Joining the Nationals made me realise that I couldn't do it alone. It is taking a team effort to get things done for Tasmania. That's why I especially want to thank my family, the electorate team, the Nationals Leader and Deputy Prime Minister, Michael McCormack, my fellow Nationals, and the many people I meet when I travel around Tasmania for making all of the hard work worth it.
It's said that people make a place, and it's Tasmanians that make this State one that the rest of the world envies. Thank you to all of the people who have made the journey of looking forward, looking back a worthwhile trip.
I'm under no illusions that I face a tough battle when it comes to earning another stint in the Senate. But I am a fighter. I love to prove doubters wrong when they say I can't do something. That's why my motto in life is "never give up".
In the words of Slim Dusty, "I'll be learning forward, to see what's coming".


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The rules governing the public exhibition of video and audio vary. The differences are described below.
Under the provisions of the current Copyright Act (the Act) permission must be obtained prior to the exhibition ("public performance") of films in any public setting. Some exceptions to this rule apply and are outlined in section 29 "Fair Dealing" of the Act. Additionally, if the copyright term has expired on the film it becomes public domain and no permissions are required to exhibit it.
At the University of Winnipeg, Public Performance Rights (PPR) must be obtained for films screened on campus, including films exhibited within a classroom. Aside from films that have entered the public domain, PPR are not required for films that are viewed individually, or films screened for a small group in a domestic setting.
The Library obtains PPR for much of its video collection by purchasing educational films packaged with classroom or institutional performance rights. NFB, Insight Media and the Films for Humanities series are all examples of films purchased with these rights which permit non-commercial on-campus use. Such films can be used, for example, in a classroom or an on-campus student film night as long as no admission is charged.
The Library has also entered into public performance site licence agreements with the two major non-theatrical rights distributors in Canada: Criterion Pictures and Audio Cine Films (ACF). These agreements permit the non-commercial exhibition of a variety of "Hollywood" films on campus, even if that film is not in the Library's collection. To determine if a film you have rented can be shown in the classroom you may see if that film is covered by either ACF or Criterion Pictures agreements by performing a search in their respective film databases below.
Film Databases:Criterion Pictures film database
Licence Agreements:
New to 2012: The Library has secured extended entertainment rights licenses with ACF and Criterion Pictures. This allows for the public screening on-campus of films in the ACF or Criterion Pictures repertoire. These films can be exhibited on campus for audiences that consist primarily of students, faculty or staff of the University as long as an admittance fee is not charged (you may accept donations however).
For further information about specific performance rights covered by Library's agreements with ACF andCriterion Pictures please see the BC ELN Feature Film Public Performance Rights FAQ
Determining PPR Status on Library Videos
To determine whether a video in our collection has public performance rights for use in the classroom or public venues on campus, check in the Library catalogue for the item and look for one of the following notes:
If a video cannot be used in the classroom or in a public venue on campus, there will be a note in the library catalogue that says:
In addition to the information provided in the Library catalogue, most videos will have one of the following labels:
Personal Use Only [may be signed out and used in the library or at home]
Classroom Use Permitted [may be signed out for use in the classroom or in a public venue on-campus because the video is covered by the ACF or Criterion license agreement or was purchased with public performance rights]
In the case of many documentary videos, instructors will be able to sign out the video for a classroom presentation, but students and external borrowers will be able to view the film in the Library only. In these instances, the video will be labeled with both of these statements:
Library Use Only [applies to students and external borrowers] and
Classroom Use Permitted [may be signed out by instructors]
The Library's collection of audio media (records, tapes, CD's) can be used in the classroom without further licensing as can other audio media not held in the Library's collection. The Library has not entered into any site licence agreements with respect to the performance of "sound recordings", as many required institutional uses fall under the 'fair dealing' exception of the Act. Please refer to section 29.5 of the Act, excerpted below to determine if your use of audio media is covered by this exception. If not, you will need to receive permission, and pay royalties, to the copyright holder(s).
Copyright Act, RSC 1985, c C-42
29.5 It is not an infringement of copyright for an educational institution or a person acting under its authority to do the following acts if they are done on the premises of an educational institution for educational or training purposes and not for profit, before an audience consisting primarily of students of the educational institution, instructors acting under the authority of the educational institution or any person who is directly responsible for setting a curriculum for the educational institution:
(b) the performance in public of a sound recording or of a work or performer's performance that is embodied in a sound recording […]


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ups and downs
Ups and downs… life is always full of them! I can think of plenty just in these last seven weeks. Sickness, health, injury, progress, depression, elation, confusion, clarity, exhaustion, motivation. One week you're dwelling in negativity and the next you're on cloud nine. Maybe nothing has even changed but your focus, your intent, your drishti. Or maybe it was just one thing that took you over the ledge, and then one thing fixed that brings you back. One week it was that my cat stopped eating for awhile and I was stressing out about it, plus my knees were hurting in every pose, and there was a huge oil spill in Santa Barbara but we're still stuck driving our cars around and buying food in plastic bags from Trader Joe's. There was more and more on top; negative stuff was on every level I could think of, but it really seemed to all get better once I got some different food for my cat and he started eating again. That was the catalyst. I started sitting out of the worst poses on my knees, and lightening up about human pollution; trying to focus more on the good stuff: the carpooling, the composting, the large loads of laundry and dishes in the washers. There is always plenty of good, you just have to force yourself to see it sometimes. It seems it's a conscious choice we can make, though of course there are times when it's difficult.
push past the negative
I guess you just have to pick your battles and focus on one thing at a time. Now my car is in the shop, it's going to cost more to fix it than what it is worth, I have no more money, and no time to deal with it. It's late at night on our day off and we are teaching our first full classes tomorrow, I should probably be studying, and I have no idea what the future holds for me. But there are options. And I've gotten to surf some while I've been here, eat delicious healthy food, meet wonderful people, learn about yoga, and not to mention all the other details that have made this an amazing and life-changing experience.
accept the challenges
I heard a great thing on the radio one time, I can't remember who said it, but they were talking about karma. They said something to the effect that you can always spin your perspective on what is good karma and what is bad. It's is easy to see a bunch of frustrating and stressful things as bad, that seems intuitive. But I think it's much more powerful to see those things as good; maybe the universe, your higher power or what have you sees fit that you can accept the challenges and in the end become stronger, smarter, and better off for it. It seems like being sad and negative is really the easier path, though it doesn't feel like it at the time. Sometimes it can feel like the only path. Sometimes you can just get trapped in this cycle of despair and negativity with no apparent way out. But then something usually comes along and snaps you out of it, puts you back on the upswing. That's been my experience anyways, but maybe I'm a little more bi-polar than most. That's alright, I'm glad to have the full experience.
putting out a higher vibration
It does seem yoga is good for the snapping out part. More often than not I leave a class feeling much better than when I entered, or at least just as good. Not to mention in preparing your body for meditation, where you can try to calm the seemingly endless mind-chatter that can lead to all of these downward spirals of negative thinking. I haven't quite gotten there yet but I'm excited to try it more. Staying positive seems a lot more effective. It doesn't have to mean ignorant or naive. I think it just means making that conscious choice to put out a higher vibration into the world, and I think that's something everything can benefit from. Animals, plants, rocks, garbage dumps, everything.
I am ready
I am certainly anxious about being a yoga teacher, I think it is going to be very hard for me for a lot of reasons. But I also think I am ready to accept the challenges, and I'm very excited for whatever waits on the path ahead. I hope to see you all somewhere along the way, doing some sweet postures and meditating blissfully.
Roger Tompkins
Roger is a gardener, a musician, and an artist currently living in Santa Cruz, CA. He is a Leo, a vegan, and a lover of science fiction. He likes living in vehicles, conservation and simplicity. He is trying to join the ranks of all the other wonderful yoga teachers around the world and is currently taking the second HotTT in Santa Barbara, California.


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The Raw Comedy Competition is a fantastic opportunity for young comedians and punters who'd like to give stand up a bit of a crack. There is a real joy in watching people with little experience hitting the stage and having a go. You get to see people who have quite clearly been influenced by other comedians (there was a very funny act who had appeared to have worked out the cadence of a Dave Hughes' style joke) or acts who have a particular idea of what is funny that come from a place that is almost unrecognisable. Both approaches are valid and even an act that struggles is still interesting to me. We were running a little late last night as producer Daniel Moore had to run a daytime super Raw Comedy Heat in St Kilda, then make his way to Fitzroy to meet the rest of us (Dil Jayasinha and Tegan Higginbotham were the co-headliners for this heat) before we could drive to Geelong. We arrived about ten minutes before the show was to begin. After a quick moment with all the acts, a run through of how the show was to work with the Geelong crew, sound checks and the answering of queries from the contestants I found myself onstage before I'd had time to really take in my surroundings.
Before we go any further this is how Raw Comedy works. An act is given five minutes to perform their routine. They are shown a red light at four minutes thirty to let them know they have thirty seconds to wrap up. Then the light reappears at the five minute mark. They're given a brief moment to finish but if they continue with their set the mic is turned off and the house music is brought up. This might sound harsh but sometimes when you have twenty to thirty contestants any extra time adds up and leaves the last few acts having to deal with an exhausted audience. Last night there were fourteen contestants which gave us a very workable seven in a half with two headliners to entertain the audience while the judges decided who won. The judges are invariably looking for someone who is original, well presented and (of course) funny. The most important thing to remember with Raw Comedy is that every contestant should aim to have fun with winning a secondary concern. I've know comedians who have won the whole competition that have faded from the public view and contestants who never proceeded past the first round now some of the biggest acts in the country. In the end it just a gig and if you have fun and learn from your experience whatever else comes of it is gravy. As an example Dil didn't make it past the second round last year and this year he is headlining one of the heats.
Sometimes the person who has the hardest time of it is the host. The audience can watch you wishing you'd bring their mate on so they can see them rather than the "so-called professional" who is keeping the show from falling into disarray. No such worries last night as the Geelong audience was great. To be honest I was a bit off my game for the first five minutes, a few stumbles on certain words really annoying me. I know the audience doesn't notice this type of stuff but you can't help but be frustrated. What I did to overcome this was keep on smiling while I performed (an early mentor of mine, Canadian comedian Jack Smith, always used to say, "Big smiles, best night of your life". It sounds really corny but my mate Lehmo and I often think of this when a gig doesn't start the way we would like and it invariably helps turn things around) I also added a bit of movement to a routine, working as much of the stage as possible to give me time for my head to click into place. I also had a chat with a young lad in the audience (his name was Charlie, 14 years old with a cracking head of hair that made him look like he'd just come straight from 1977...his little "afro" made me extremely envious and self conscious of my receding hairline...the strange things that go through your mind while you perform!) and once I'd settled I returned to my material. Here's the setlist for both halves:
Set One
Partying During The Week
Hen's Night
Biker Gig
Turning 40
Chatting with the audience
Car Crash in Adelaide
Set Two
Tripping and Farting
Invite Who You Want To Parties
Being An Arsehole
Little Boy Joke
It was nice to be able to throw in some old material ("Partying During The Week", "Hen's Night" and "Biker Gig") alongside the new. The gig itself was great and the Geelong crew who work for the Geelong Performing Arts Centre were a delight to work with. There were some surreal moments downstairs in the green room as we were sharing space with a production of Les Miserables. Often you would find yourself talking comedy with the contestants while being surrounded by people who looked like they might steal your belongings...that is if you happened to be carrying a loaf of bread with you...which I often do in honour of our forefathers. Megan McKay was the winner of her heat and a runner up (who I have drawn a blank on his name...he was very good though so don't take my old man memory as a slight) who will go through to one of the preliminary heats in Melbourne. I think both have an excellent chance to excel in the next round. It was also great to see Dil and Tegan really nail their spots especially seeing all the hard work they put in around Melbourne paying off in another city. Translating what you perform to new audiences in new venues in new cities can be one of the harder aspects of stand up comedy but both of them performed with aplomb.
All in all an excellent night (besides my unevenness in the first five minutes...I will hopefully let that go sometime later in the day) and a good way to finish a run of six gigs in five days.
Justin Hamilton
3rd of February, 2013
Fitzroy North


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What every STATA user needs to know - how missing values are treated
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This is a post for people who are learning Stata.
A common source of mistakes is generating a binary variable that should classify observations according to a particular condition (for example, tag everyone with income higher than 100K as a "high income individual"). The problem: a Stata user may incorrectly classify/tag people who do not meet the specified condition (unless she is careful).
To test your understanding, generate a variable that is sometimes positive and contains missing values in all other cases. As a simplest case, generate a sample of just two observations:
set obs 2
gen x = . /*Generate two missing observations*/
replace x = 1 if _n==2 /*Set observation 2 to one*/
Then run the following code in Stata, or in your head, and see for yourself if you know what happens:
* Classify x based on its sign
gen below = (x < 0)
gen above = (x > 0)
(Many people will generate a variable equal to zero and then run something like
replace above=1 if x >0; that will not help.)
The first observation is missing and the second observation is positive. Have they been classified as intended? No.
As the Stata website explains:
In the current system, you must be aware that missing values are coded and treated as positive infinity. Once this fact is absorbed, everything is consistent, drop and keep statements work as one would expect, and the logical comparisons make sense.
The variable
below appropriately shows that the second observation is not less than zero, but it claims the same thing about the first observation of x. In fact, it's unknowable whether that is true, so for the first observation the variable
below should been missing.
Labeling the classification outcomes should make the problem obvious:
label define xClassification 0 "no" 1 "yes"
label val below xClassification
label val above xClassification
That's wrong because if the value of x is unknown for the first observation in the dataset, then a new variable should not treat x as if it contained a known (positive) value.
To classify each observation properly, run the following instead:
drop below
drop above
gen below = (x < 0) if !missing(x)
gen above = (x > 0) if !missing(x)
This should bring home that if you are not absolutely sure you know what each line of code is doing, it will be a good idea to check the dataset and inspect new variables that you generated. Based on the pitfall shown in the simple example, here are a few suggestions.
When you generate variables based on a condition contained in an existing variable, execute your command only for the non-missing cases, as above:
gen above = (x > 0) if !missing(x) which is equivalent to:
gen above = (x > 0) if ~missing(x)
gen above = (x > 0) if x != .
(This is safer than generating wrong values for some observations and then fixing those instances by replacing them with missing values.)
Unless it becomes too cumbersome, you could replace values with specific conditions, e.g. if you know that the only positive values are 1 and 2, this would work:
gen above_zero = .
replace above_zero = 1 if x==1 | x==2
But that obviously only works with discrete values of x.
Run the
mdesc command to see which variables contain missing values. If nothing is missing, no need to worry about misclassification of empty cells.
Suppose you have 10 observations
set obs 10
* Draw from U~[-5,5]
set seed 10009
gen x = runiform(-5,5)
Half of the observations are positive:
summarize x if x > 0
Variable | Obs Mean Std. Dev. Min Max
x | 5 3.467536 1.450541 1.894014 4.943838
We could recode the
x variable, but it's better use
recode ...,gen() like this:
recode x (-5/0= 0 "Negative") (0/max = 1 "Positive"), gen(above)
Check that this worked as intended:
tab above
RECODE of x | Freq. Percent Cum.
Negative | 5 50.00 50.00
Positive | 5 50.00 100.00
Total | 10 100.00
And double-checking:
tab above if x > 0
RECODE of x | Freq. Percent Cum.
Positive | 5 100.00 100.00
Total | 5 100.00


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Time after time
You are so busy and constantly occupied with your days and moments. Rushing from one moment to the next, without regard for feelings, memories, reflection or your spirit. Do you know what your toil and labour gains for you? Slow down! Pause! Be still!
For I know your eagerness & see you think that time is short, tangible, measurable and under your control. Yet the moment you thought it was, the next moment it was just a mere memory of a past thought. Don't you see that only the one who created time can live past and beyond its walls?
Trust me, trust my timing, walk with me, include me in your morning when you wake, before your feet hit the ground, in every moment and thought, be not far from me. Take time to be still enough to listen, to act in obedience and out of the peace and love that comes from refreshment. In trust and with full faith despite what you see, because all things are possible, I do not know the word impossible…
The things you see as "worries" can appear as mountains before you. But take a little time to ponder upon my greatness and those mountains become as mere anthills in comparison. Remember by whose breath it is that those mountains exist and stand, unshaken and steady.
I love to hear you pray for peace, strength, for faith, for obedience, for others, but most of all sweet child of mine, I just love to hear your voice as you speak of your day with me. So next time you worry about time, take the 'time' to be present with me, that I may pour out ravines of fulfilling love upon you!
Love Papa