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July 14, 2011
HSVMA Condemns Continuation of Live Birth Exhibit at California State Fair
The "show goes on" despite significant animal welfare, human health and safety concerns
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association denounces the California State Fair for including the controversial live birth exhibit in the 2011 event which opens today in Sacramento. The live birth exhibit made international news headlines last year when a pregnant Holstein heifer, trucked to the fair as part of the exhibit, escaped confinement, was deemed by officials to be an imminent public danger, and was subsequently shot many times by police, killing her and her unborn calf.
Cal Expo's live birth or parturition exhibit involves transporting heavily pregnant cows, pigs and goats to the fairgrounds, putting them on public display, and then allowing spectators to view the animals in the process of giving birth.
Despite last summer's public outcry and a call from 10 state legislators – including the two ex officio members of the Cal Expo board of directors – to evaluate the appropriateness and humane issues involved with live births at the fair, the exhibit continues this year with only modest changes focused on containment and escape prevention.
"Birthing exhibits are simply unacceptable from an animal welfare standpoint," said Dr. Sara Shields, who consults for the Humane Society of the United States on farm animal behavior and welfare science and is a graduate of the UC Davis animal behavior program. "New mothers should have a serene, peaceful environment in which to give birth and bond with their newborn, not the noisy, crowded, unfamiliar bustle of the fairgrounds."
"Given the significant animal welfare, human health and safety concerns associated with the live birth exhibits, there is no justifiable reason for continuing these exhibits," said Dr. Bethann Palermo, DVM, a Sonoma, CA veterinarian and HSVMA member. "As veterinary professionals focused on the health and welfare of animals, we have urged a transition to a more welfare-appropriate exhibit such as those involving webcams of live births on a farm."
To help illuminate the issue for decision makers, last fall The HSVMA prepared a white paper, Birthing Exhibits at State or County Fairs. The paper cites scientific studies, international guidelines, industry recommendations, and the veterinary medical literature as evidence that parturition exhibits, and the associated transport of pregnant animals to the exhibit locations, are problematic from an animal welfare, human health and safety perspective.
The transport of late-term pregnant animals to and from the fair violates international guidelines for the welfare of transported animals. The World Organization for Animal Health, comprised of 174 member countries including the United States, formulates standards for disease control and animal welfare. Article 7.3.7. of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code explains that animals who are unfit for the journey, such as animals who are sick, injured, disabled, or blind, for example, should not be transported. Additionally in the list of conditions which preclude transport, the guidelines specifically state, "Animals that are unfit to travel include …pregnant animals which would be in the final 10% of their gestation period at the planned time of unloading."
There is general agreement among professionals – including the National Milk Producers Federation, the University of California, and the Federation of Animal Science Societies – that an animal who is about to give birth should not be transported. In one recent publication by UC Davis, whose veterinary staff will continue to oversee animal care at the exhibit, the need of calving cows for isolation and to remain free of unnecessary disturbances is acknowledged.
Limiting the number of visitors entering farms and other holding facilities is a key biosecurity measure, preventing the introduction of infectious diseases into animal herds. In contrast, at the fair, thousands of visitors enter the live birth exhibit. Since stressed animals are more susceptible to disease and newborn animals have little immunity, these exhibited animals are particularly vulnerable to potentially pathogenic organisms that may inadvertently be carried by viewers.
"As a former dairy vet and the current owner of a small herd of retired dairy cows, I can state unequivocally that live birthing exhibits featuring full-term animals, constitute an abusive and unreasonable use of animals for so-called educational purposes," said Dr. Holly Cheever, DVM, a practice owner and HSVMA Leadership Council chairperson.
The HSVMA white paper can be downloaded here.
The Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association (HSVMA) is a national veterinary professional organization with a focus on animal health and welfare. Find out more about HSVMA at: www.hsvma.org.

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In it, Madonna's live action "Muff Daddy" persona becomes an animated superdiva who floats through a funkadelic universe, fly-kicking villains, swimming with giant sea creatures and spinning the ones and twos on the dance floor. Unlike the modern look of CGI in music videos like The Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Californication," the animation here has a distinctly retro feel. But the step back is a move forward for the pop queen. Her cartoon incarnation resembles to that of the Jackson 5 or the Beatles, who in their own heyday appeared in similarly groovy cartoons on TV and film.
Jonas Odell, an owner and one of the company's original founders, directed the Madonna project as well as the promos and show graphics for the European MTV Music Awards, to be held this November in Stockholm. The sequences envision a retro-futuristic Swedish capital, via a '60s sensibility. The animated interludes harken back to Kubrick's 2001 or Ken Adams' James Bond sets, employing a combination of 3-D backgrounds rendered to look like architectural drawings, as well as rotoscoped actors in a palette of orange, turquoise and purple.
Filmtecknarna opened in Sweden in 1981 and is now repped in the U.S. by Curious Pictures. Director Odell is joined by co-owners/directors Jonas Dahlbeck and Stig Bergqvis. The shop has been heavy on the music tip, but about 70 percent of its efforts go to advertising. Like the music-related work, what is apparent in the ad projects is a keen attention to design.
In the animated Boddingtons spot, "Cream of Playboys," for Bartle Bogle Hegarty/London, Graham the Cow makes his way across the grounds of his hip chick-studded mansion, where he's seduced by the stunning Claudia. Stark lines on the human characters give them a slick Patrick Nagel-esque look, but Graham retains a looser appearance. "It was hard to do because they wanted it to be warm and cold at the same time," says Dahlbeck, who directed the spot with Bergqvis. "The cow's the only cartoony guy, but the rule was he's animated in a very natural way because he's cool."
Aside from keeping the design consistent with the concept, the spot posed other creative challenges, even in the U.K. "There was a constant battle with the censor board because it was a beer commercial," says Dahlbeck. "They had some really weird rules. The girlfriend is crawling like a predator cat on the bed, but her eyes couldn't be on the same level with the udders. We were lucky that they got to be on the bed at the same time. They don't want to show sex or violence."
In its nearly two decades of experience, Filmtecknarna has figured out that it's a good sense of design that keeps their work so solid, no matter what techniques are used. "In animation you tend to get lost in the details," explains Odell. "You spend a lot of time on production, and in a way that's a problem in animation, you lose perspective. Now we try to take a step back and remember what the original vision was. Also, we've learned to become freer, to make things work that, at first glance, might look completely different."
The Boddingtons spot seamlessly combines CG and cel in a unified, SoCal Pop-art look. Filmtecknarna also deftly blends techniques in a more consciously overt way. Last year the company crafted a series of shorts for the Cartoon Network, modernizing old Hanna-Barbera favorites with a blend of cut-out, 3-D and stop-motion. Josie and the Pussycats become ravers, punk rockers and a chick version of Kiss, and a CG'd Wally Gator meanders through cut-paper swamplands. The company won a BDA Jury Award in 1999 for a radical reworking of the Atom Ant intro, where a gritty version of the title bug zooms around an earthy universe of collaged animation styles to a techno soundtrack.
The project was a blast for Odell, who cites Hanna-Barbera, along with Disney and the Fleischer brothers, as a major influence. The 29-year-old Jonas Dahlbeck also took his cues from the classics. Peyo's Smurfs were his first muses. He then eventually got into big-time film animators like Richard Who Framed Roger Rabbit Williams and Disney's Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston.
Advertising, in large part, has helped Filmtecknarna establish its strong design foundation, but as with many creatives, it's the independent projects that excite the animators most. One of Odell's favorites is Revolver, a 1993 experimental film the company created that builds on themes rather than narrative, in the same way a piece of music is created, he says. Currently, Jonas Dahlbeck is working on a full-length film, tentatively titled Smoking Mummies. It combines noirish themes of movies like The Usual Suspects and The Secret of Nimh.
"Of course, the independent stuff has a special place in your heart, more so than advertising," says Odell. "You can't really judge advertising films as you would judge independent films. Whether it's Madonna or if you're selling food, there's always a purpose."


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Yep, I'm one of THOSE moms.
You know the kind: the ones who stay up way too late on the nights preceding Christmas to create mischief with an elf named Saxon who comes to visit from the North Pole on December 1 every year.
My boys anticipate Saxon's arrival with almost as much enthusiasm as they do the Big Guy in Red.
I anticipate their joy when they find Saxon hanging out somewhere on the morning of December 1. After all, Christmas magic is especially strong in the young.
This year, Saxon arrived tied with a big red bow onto the antenna of our car.
Then, last night he levitated in from the living room ceiling, "Mission Impossible" style.
Another night, he hid under the Christmas tree skirt, and yet another time he was stowed away in the cargo pocket of my son's school uniform pants.
Saxon is a very silly elf, and the boys get a huge kick out of him.
However, this year, Saxon has come with a little extra something.
It was my sister's idea. She's really smart that way. It probably helps that she's a counselor for adolescents and teenagers.
Her idea was for Saxon to bring a positive message or missive every day, along with making some mischief during the night.
So, every morning, Saxon has a note for the boys.
"Pay someone a compliment today."
"Do a random act of kindness for someone at school."
"Smile at a stranger."
"Hold the door open for a friend."
"Say a prayer for someone who needs it."
And etc…
I love the silly Christmas magic Saxon brings to our house, and this year I really love the Christmas spirit he's encouraging.
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Ranbaxy gets FDA approval for Novartis's Diovan generic
India's Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to launch a cheaper copy of Novartis AG's blood pressure pill Diovan, bolstering its outlook after a raft of regulatory bans for poor production quality at its India facilities dented investor sentiment.business Updated: Jun 27, 2014 16:33 IST
India's Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to launch a cheaper copy of Novartis AG's blood pressure pill Diovan, bolstering its outlook after a raft of regulatory bans for poor production quality at its India facilities dented investor sentiment.
Ranbaxy, which is in the process of being acquired by Indian drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd for $3.2 billion, will be the first rival drugmaker to launch a copy of Diovan in the United States and will be entitled to six months of exclusivity to sell it.
The drug, whose chemical name is valsartan, should add about $200 million to Ranbaxy's sales and $100 million to its profit after tax during the exclusive sale period, said Praful Bohra, a senior research analyst at Mumbai-based brokerage Nirmal Bang.
Swiss firm Novartis's once-best selling drug Diovan lost patent protection in September 2012, but it has been spared generic competition because Ranbaxy, which holds the right to launch the first generic of Diovan, was struggling with quality control issues at its manufacturing sites.
The FDA has banned all of Ranbaxy's India-based plants under a wider scrutiny of the country's $15 billion pharmaceutical industry, which is the largest supplier of medicines to the United States.
Novartis will continue to market both its branded and generic versions of Diovan, Dermot Doherty, a spokesman for the company in Zurich, said in statement.
Novartis earned about $100 million each month for the last 20 months without a generic rival of Diovan in the US market, said Angel Broking's pharmaceutical analyst Sarabjit Kour Nangra.
Ranbaxy could not manufacture the pharmaceutical ingredient required for Diovan generic because of bans on its plants, but some analysts said the company could have sourced the raw materials from another domestic manufacturer. A Ranbaxy spokesman did not respond to a request for comment on ingredient sourcing.
Sourcing the ingredient from a third-party would mean Ranbaxy would have to share a part of the drug's sales, according to analyst Nangra.
Ranbaxy's shares were up 5% at 498 rupees at 0945 GMT, while Sun Pharma was trading 4% higher at 660 rupees, pushing India's healthcare sub-index to a record high.
Novartis shares were down 0.3% at 80 francs.
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The finished dose of the drug will be made at Ranbaxy's New Jersey-based Ohm Labs unit, which is the only company-owned plant allowed to make drugs for the United States, Ranbaxy said on Friday.
Bill Winter, a vice president at Ohm Labs, said in a statement the Diovan generic would be launched "as soon as sufficient supplies are manufactured to meet the needs of the market."
Novartis in January forecast that total 2014 sales would grow at a low to mid-single digit rate, assuming a generic Diovan launch at the beginning of the second quarter of 2014.
The Ranbaxy statement did not say when the generic version of Diovan, which had global sales of $3.5 billion in 2013, will be launched. A Ranbaxy spokesman in India did not respond to a request for comment on launch plans.
Ranbaxy was also the first company to file with FDA seeking approval to launch generic versions of two other top-selling drugs - AstraZeneca Plc's blockbuster heartburn drug Nexium and Roche's antiviral Valcyte.
These two drugs are pending final approval from the FDA. Last month, Ranbaxy Chief Executive Arun Sawhney said he was "confident" that the company would be able to reap the benefits of these exclusive marketing opportunities.
He did not elaborate.
Reuters reported in March that Ranbaxy was in talks with at least two companies on sourcing ingredients for a generic version of Nexium.
"I think the Diovan generic approval is definitely a validation of their comment that they will be able to launch Valcyte and Nexium as well," Nirmal Bang's Bohra said.
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Customer Case Study: BlueCat Networks
BlueCat Networks Discovers Intellectual Ventures' IP-for-Defense Program
When people in the tech world talk about IP, they might mean one of two things—intellectual property or Internet Protocol. Intellectual property is the catch-all term for property rights granted under patents, copyrights and trademarks, and Internet Protocol refers to the unique number code assigned to each computer, mobile device or tablet in a network that enables each device to communicate with the Internet. For the executives at BlueCat Networks, these two concepts collided in December 2011 when BlueCat Networks faced a patent infringement suit from a larger competitor that threatened to derail its success and burden BlueCat Networks, the smaller player, with the costs of defending a suit.
BlueCat Networks, a privately-held high-growth company based in Toronto, led by co-founders Michael Hyatt, CEO and Richard Hyatt, CTO, provides its customers with easy-to-use solutions for Internet Protocol Address Management (IPAM) and related core network services including Domain Name System (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). Put simply, BlueCat Networks enables companies to manage the complexities of running networks, reduce IT costs and successfully implement IP-dependent services like clouds and virtualization. The Hyatts are dedicated to making BlueCat Networks an industry leader by providing its customers with smart, simple, cutting-edge products.
BlueCat Networks Discovers Intellectual Ventures' IP-for-Defense Program
In June 2011, the Hyatts learned that Intellectual Ventures assists its customers facing patent infringement litigation through a program called IP-for-Defense (IPFD). By subscribing to IPFD, companies are able to access patents from Intellectual Ventures' portfolio to defend themselves against threats of patent litigation. "We were looking for a way to level the playing field and get back to competing in the boardroom rather than the courtroom," said Michael Hyatt. "We knew that acquiring patents and building a relationship with Intellectual Ventures would be the fastest, most cost-effective way to resolve the patent infringement suit against BlueCat Networks."
The logic behind IPFD is simple—if a company being threatened can defend itself, it is easier to reach a reasonable settlement rather than being forced to throw in the towel or fight a lengthy legal battle. Intellectual Ventures' portfolio, which contains approximately 35,000 patents and patent applications in over 50 technology areas, has been a great boon for others in BlueCat Networks' position. When BlueCat Networks subscribed to IPFD, Intellectual Ventures' patent experts began to work closely with BlueCat Networks to identify patents in the Intellectual Ventures' portfolio that could mitigate BlueCat Networks' strategic risk.
Intellectual Property Strategy Strengthens BlueCat Networks
After BlueCat Networks subscribed to Intellectual Ventures' IPFD program, and utilizing patents acquired from Intellectual Ventures, BlueCat Networks filed a patent infringement suit against its competitor. The other company quickly came to the negotiating table. Within months, both suits had been settled and BlueCat Networks could continue focusing on its priority—taking care of its customers and innovating.
"At BlueCat Networks, we have always believed that healthy competition fuels the kind of innovation that benefits everyone in the marketplace," said Richard Hyatt, CTO, BlueCat Networks. "Unfortunately, our product innovation and success made us a target. Intellectual Ventures has helped us develop a pragmatic, forward-looking Intellectual Property strategy to defend our business and technology. Now that our legal issues have been resolved, we can continue to provide the best IPAM solutions on the market without distraction."
These days, BlueCat Networks' customers have confidence that they've partnered with a technology vendor with a smart IP strategy—both kinds of IP. As an Intellectual Ventures customer, the BlueCat Networks team has become savvier about protecting the company's technology and growing its existing patent portfolio. And as an IPFD subscriber, BlueCat Networks is able to draw upon a valuable resource if faced with patent infringement suits in the future.


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Interview with Michele Greene about Amnesty and the Women of Ciudad Juarez
Michele Greene's work is not unknown. She is an Emmy-nominated actress and a bilingual singer as well as a writer. Her voice has reverberated in both solo work and on compilations. Her acting abilities have graced the screen both small and large. Her writing has included not only song lyrics but also a grant-winning screenplay and a young adult novel.
But perhaps the most interesting thing that Greene has done in her life is her work with Amnesty International. A few years ago Greene started using music from her CD Luna Roja to benefit the efforts of Amnesty International for the Women of Ciudad Juarez – the kidnapped and murdered women of Mexico. The Amnesty website explains that: "since 1993, almost 400 women and girls have been murdered and more than 70 remain missing in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua, Mexico."
Greene's CD helped to raise awareness about this crucial issue. In an interview Greene explained her CD really well by saying:
"Luna Roja is an homenaje (homage) to these women: the sisters, the daughters, the mothers, the workers who deserve justice and the basic human dignity of being treated as if their lives and deaths matter. They do matter. Lo que pasa a mi hermana, me pasa a mí también (What happens to my sister, happens to me.) I urge people to speak up, speak out and end this violence."
In addition to awareness-raising benefit concerts that she held after the album's release, a portion of the proceeds from the CD sales go towards continued support of Amnesty's work. This is really important work and a really interesting cause. And it's neat to see someone with a diverse creative background contributing to something like this.
Following is an interview that I did with Michele Greene specifically about her Amnesty work and the Luna Red CD.
Q: How have the different creative roles that you play influenced one another?
A: They all share the same through-line of telling a story from a particular social and political perspective. Of course, my own writing is in my artistic voice. As an actor, I take someone else's creation and give it a living, breathing, speaking interpretation but the story is theirs. However, I always try to find the socio-political undercurrents in any character. Life is political, whether people want to admit it or not!
Q: What motivated you to get involved specifically with Amnesty?
A: I have been an Amnesty member for many years. This is an issue that really resonated with me. Being Mexican-American, my mother's family is from Ciudad Juarez and we have friends from Mexico who could easily have been working in the maquilas and become victims of the violence in Juarez. I wrote a song about it, but I really wanted to get involved in the issue in an ongoing way.
Q: What would you encourage others to do to assist the Women of Ciudad Juarez?
A: Get involved in Amnesty's campaign to pressure the large multi-national corporations that have factories down there to fund the kinds of projects that the women of Juarez and their families need: a children's center to help the grandmothers who must now care for the small children of their murdered and missing daughters, a free legal aid office to help and advise the families who must file briefs and complaints in a state criminal justice system that does it's best to thwart them at every turn. These are some of Amnesty's big projects; they are tangible, positive, hands-on objectives that are not punitive. They are opportunities for these companies to get involved in helping a situation that their presence in Juarez exacerbates. Mexico is a traditional, macho society; there are a lot of unemployed men in Ciudad Juarez and the maquilas hire mainly women. The multi-nationals are part of changing the traditional roles, bringing women out of the home and into the workplace, giving them earning power and a greater voice in their families. As the social culture of Juarez struggles with these changes, greater violence against women is one of the unfortunate consequences.
Q: What is your favorite song to perform?
A: "Ciudad Juarez" for the way the voice shifts in the song to a family member looking for her sister, allowing me to tap into it from an actor's perspective. And "Julieta", which was inspired by Shakespeare, because I just love the way the tres reminds me of a harpsichord or some 15th century music.
Q: How does your band alter or add to your sound?
A: They give life to the sound I have in my head. I am not a solo guitar, folk singer / songwriter; I hear these grooves with conga, accordion, violin – with music! My band embodies it and fleshes it out and Ciro understands how to put that sound together in a way that is still acoustic and intimate.
Q: What is one thing you want fans to know about your work?
A: I believe that all art is about taking a stand and speaking up for those who do not have a voice or power. It is about making us question our world and our beliefs and to get involved. To be an artist is more than entertainment or vanity or celebrity. It's about courage and change.
If Michele's work has motivated you to learn more about the Women of Ciudad Juarez and the work of Amnesty International, visit http://www.amnestyusa.org/women/juarez/.


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Phyllis Anita Hardin Hale, 87, of Mountain Home, entered into rest on Monday, Aug.8, 2011, at a local care center with her family by her side. A viewing was held on Thursday, Aug. 11, from at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Funeral services were held Friday, Aug. 12, at Rost Funeral Home. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home.
Phyllis was born Jan. 9, 1924, to Clarence A. Hardin and Georgia "Gig" Norris Hardin in Jacksonville, Fla. Phyllis and her family moved to Macon, Ga., in 1937. She attended an all girl's school. After finishing school in 1941, mom started working at the base exchange at Cochran Field, Jeffersonville, Ga. There she met and fell in love with her one and only "sweetheart," Gordon Hale. Gordon was in the Army Air Corps. They were united in marriage on June 3, 1942, in Jeffersonville, Ga. That began mom's life as a military career wife. They had many tours of duty, taking her to Japan, California, Idaho, France, Wyoming, Nevada and then back to Mountain Home, Idaho, in 1970, where dad retired and mom began her career in civil service at Mountain Home Air Force Base. Mom worked at the mess hall, commissary, and in 1977 she worked at the MHAFB hospital in the records room as a file clerk. Everyone loved her and called her "Mom." She retired in 1986 after working 17 years as a civil service employee.
Phyllis loved canning fruits and vegetables that were grown in her garden. Mom was very crafty at sewing and crocheting.
One of her greatest pleasures was taking her grandkids camping and fishing. Mom and dad enjoyed zipping off to Las Vegas and Jackpot. She was a fantastic party organizer and prepared the best meals for all of the family gatherings. You never left mom's house hungry.
Phyllis was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great-grandmother. We are all going to miss her dearly.
Phyllis is survived by her two brothers, Sonny Hardin of Alexandria, Va., and Ronnie Hardin of Milledgeville, Ga., her children, Charles Hale of Emmett, Idaho; Jack Hale of Las Vegas, Nev., Chris Barajas, Paulette and her husband, Richard Fisher, and Melanie Adamson, all of Mountain Home, 17 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and three great great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and daughter, Jann Anderson, and great grandson Tucker Prow.
Contributions can be made to the Paralyzed Veterans, Donation Processing Center, P.O. Box 758532, Topeka, KS 66675-8532, or American Legion Post 26, 515 E. 2nd South St.. Mountain Home, ID 83647.


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The so-called third screen "is coming of age" this summer, declared Douglas Freeland, director-brand entertainment strategy for U.S. marketing at McDonald's Corp. Along with McDonald's, marketers including Masterfoods, Timex, Coca-Cola Co., Heineken and Johnson & Johnson are among those fashioning promotions that encompass everything from mobile games to ring-tone giveaways and text-in trivia contests and sweepstakes.
Mobile elements have already become an integral part of the mix for movie marketers, with most film sites now including a "mobile" link. Fans of "Batman Begins" can fight evil in Gotham in a mobile game, enter a text messaging sweepstakes or buy ring tones or wallpaper; the "Bewitched" site offers 12 ring tones, including Samantha's signature sound.
It's been slower to develop on the package-goods side, but marketers who tested the waters last year are now poised for a bigger plunge. Masterfoods is running a contest with a promotion code on 60 million Starburst packages in which about half the responses have come via text messages. Nestle ran a "Grab. Gulp. Win!" promotion for Nesquik placed on 40 million bottles of ready-to-drink flavored milk and MilkShakes offering text-in giveaways ranging from a gaming house party to music downloads. Kraft Foods is said to be planning a text-messaging promotion involving a raft of products; currently Kraft's Oscar Mayer is giving away free ring tones of its ad jingle.
Coca-Cola is exploring mobile games with developer Jamdat, said Doug Rollins, senior interactive-brand manager at the Atlanta marketer, while Heineken is using the short code "green" to allow consumers to text in updates and win giveaways in connection with its sponsorship of the AmsterJam concert scheduled for Aug. 20 at Randall's Island in New York City.
Fresh off a successful co-promotion with the House of Blues (see sidebar), McDonald's is launching a Hispanic-targeted music promotion called LoMcXimo, with an on-pack text-messaging code and a reference to text messaging as a response mechanism in supporting TV ads, an executive familiar with the program said.
Even TV commercial pioneer Timex plans a fall text messaging campaign touting the "new face of Timex" with a text-messaging vote on preferred watch faces.
Some marketers have gone farther. In an innovative use of text messaging, Johnson & Johnson will target patients awaiting eye exams in the doctor's office with a point-of-sale poster asking patients to text in the code "MYEYE." About 15 minutes later, when the marketer estimates the patient will be in the doctor's office, it will ping a reminder to the patient's phone to ask for the J&J brand. The marketer declined to comment on the promotion.
"Mobile is no longer a new media-it has been tested and there is a protocol" for developing campaigns, said Nihal Mehta, president and co-founder, ipsh!, a San Francisco based mobile-marketing technology firm.
That's not to say there aren't hurdles. An executive with one prominent package-goods firm acknowledged that mobile marketing is at the tipping point, but said brands are having trouble finding the resources to help them in the mobile space. "Brands want to go to the agencies and the agencies should be out there. They're not, because they don't see the scale."
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2 billion The number of text messages sent by mobile-phone subscribers in December 2003
4.66 billion The number of text messages sent in December 2004
150 million Number of text-capable U.S. phones
190 million Number of U.S. mobile-phone subscribers
36% of total mobile subscribers who sent a text message in April
65.7 % of mobile subscribers age 13-24 who sent a text message in April
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Do you know the three words that strike fear into my heart? That's right "Mom, I'm hungry". You would think it would be something like "Mom, I'm hurt" or "Where's my homework?" But no, I have hollow legged boys who are always hungry. Does it matter that they just ate, exactly 12 minutes ago? Does it matter that there is literally no food left in the fridge for their school lunches tomorrow? Is there are a reason I ask such pointless questions?? Sigh.
So, because I am constantly feeding the monsters, I need some cheats. I need a few packaged, easy to prepare, low brain power items for those mornings I simply cannot cope. You know, Mondays. And possibly Tuesdays, depending on how bad Monday was.
My new friend in GF world has become Gluten Free Bisquick. I bought it on sale, thank-you Sobey's, and thought it might save me from a meltdown someday. Yes my friends, MY meltdown. The monsters will eat whatever you put in front of them, the problem is getting it to them fast enough!! Today was that day, I needed carbs, sweet and fast.
GF Bisquick is made with rice flour, sugar, potato starch, xanthan gum but MAY contain soy. So, if you are soy free and sensitive, maybe skip this one. Also, the package suggests keeping it in the fridge once opened. I made the waffle recipe right on the back of the box and it was glorious. Perfection. In fact, I think I might be in love.
Directions suggest 1 1/2 cups of mix, 1 1/4 cups milk (I used soy), 3 TBSP oil (I used coconut) and 1 egg. I blended the ingredients:
Dropped them by the 1/3 cup full on to my trusty waffle baker:
And waited for them to be done. The first four, I cooked all the way through, so I could enjoy them immediately. The next four I under baked just a tad so they finish cooking in the toaster later. These babies freeze beautifully!
A little coconut oil on top and some maple syrup and I was in GF Waffle heaven. Love, love these waffles. My only complaint? The package is pretty small, so probably 2 batches and it's done. But, it's a small price to pay for convenience and bliss. Happy Monday!


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A judge in Brooklyn ruled that the prosecution could add hate crimes enhancements to the charges being pressed again three defendants in the case of Michael Sandy's murder.
Micheal Sandy was lured to a beach in New York where he was beaten and then ran away into oncoming traffic. He died of injuries related to that car hitting him.
The defense said that this could not properly be labeled a hate crime because the defendants didn't choose their victim because they hated gays, just because they thought an easy way to find a target was to meet a guy in a gay chatrooms and get him to come to a secluded area.
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I was wondering if there is a tutorial that teaches how to do a file browser within a game in XNA. I can't use the Visual Studio C# file browser dialog, I have to use just XNA.
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Unfortunately, I don't have a tutorial here for doing this, and it doesn't look like there is an easy built-in way to do this. The way I see it, though, you have a couple of choices. First, you can embed your game in a C# Windows Form application. Then you can use all of the normal windows forms stuff, including a file browser. I've done this before for the Evolution Project, and it can be kind of a lot of work to do, but it also gives you a lot of power. If you want to try this, you might want to check out this link on Nuclex: [http://www.nuclex.org/downloads/developers/kits/xna-usercontrol]. I kind of don't think this will work on an Xbox though.
Your other choice might be to create your own file browser from scratch using the File class, the Directory class, and maybe some other stuff in the System.IO namespace to navigate the file system, and do all of your own rendering. This method, too, will be a lot of work, because you would basically have to create your own file dialog class.
On a completely separate note, I wish that someone would sit down and make a library of components that are equivalent to windows forms, but are completely XNA based. This would include buttons, progress bars, scroll panes, and yes, even file dialogs — all of which would work in an XNA only environment.
Hopefully this helps, or at least gets you going in the right direction.


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Kenya in race to meet WADA timelines
Kenya faces a race against time to show the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that it tackling cheating in athletics or it could face expulsion from major competitions, a regional anti-doping official has told the BBC.
Kenya remains the powerhouse of endurance running both on the track and in big-city marathons but around 40 of the country's athletes have been banned for doping in the last three years.
The BBC reported on Thursday that Kenya must now prove to WADA that it is dealing with the issue or it could face being declared non-compliant, which might lead to a ban from competition.
Russia was suspended from world athletics in November following allegations of widespread and state-sponsored doping in a report by WADA.
"The biggest threat is the declaration of non-compliance and the possible consequences of that," Christine Wambui Mugera, head of the regional anti-doping organisation in east Africa, told the BBC.
"The International Olympic Committee and other major event organisers, international federations, have the capacity to refuse entry for athletes from a country that has been declared non-compliant.
"But we have to wait to see how this plays out. The Kenyan government is working very hard to beat the timelines of WADA."
Kenya has established a national anti-doping agency, NADA, but it is not yet operational.
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I like that you get a (quick) break between the exercises so you can mentally prepare yourself to push through. I burned over 300 calories! Keep in mind, that out of shape people like me tend to burn more calories at first. Which is good for me as I know I'll see some quick results.
I'm also starting a Facebook Challenge group on April 21st for anyone who wants to get it in gear for the #SummerSlimdown! Follow me at CoachCamilleC for info.
So again, stay tuned b/c in three short weeks I will share my results from drinking Shakeology (which I love, btw) once a day and using the 21day Fix program. Am I going to be in a bikini, no, but I will be holding my head higher and wearing some of my pre-baby clothes (finally...after almost two years...)!


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Tuesday night at an exclusive media event in Santa Monica, SCEA announced the 2008 release of Killzone 2 for the PS3. The title features events that follows the action from the original Killzone that was released on the PS2, with new lifelike character animations, highly detailed and destructible environments, realistic physics and highly advanced enemy AI.
Set two years after the Helghast attack on the planet Vekta, Killzone 2 features the ISA assault upon the Helghan home world. Players will take on the role of Sev, a veteran of the ISA special forces known as the Legion. Sev's mission is to capture the Helghast leader, Emperor Visari, thereby forcing the militant Helghans to lay down their arms. Unfortunately, while taking on their first objective of securing the capital city of Pyrrhus, Sev and his platoon discovers that the enemy is not only putting up a fierce defense of their land, but they've developed the ability to use environmental power against the ISA troops. The battle quickly appears to be much more than battling the Helghan forces; they'll have to battle the forces of nature on the planet as well.
Killzone 2 will boast an extensive story driven single player game as well as multiplayer modes and an impressive list of technical features. The game will feature vivid character designs and environments, with advanced cinematic effects to impact and augment the gameplay. Killzone 2 will also support 7.1 surround sound with location specific audio to engage players in an aural experience.
"There have rightly been high expectations for Killzone 2 since we shared the vision for the title back in 2005," said Phil Harrison, president, Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios. "Guerrilla have worked hard to focus the power of PLAYSTATION 3 to realize their true vision for the game. With incredible action, drama-fueled gameplay sequences, and a vast array of weapons and vehicles, Killzone 2 defines a new benchmark of our industry."
We've just posted our first impressions on Killzone 2, and we'll have more on the game as it becomes available.


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Nutritionists recommend regular consumption of fish emphasizing how healthy is she, but although fish is not often on the menu in many families.
1. Fish has great nutritional value, is recommended for all ages and is equally useful for healthy and sick people. A wide range of different types of fish it determines the different way of preparing fish.
2. The fish has a low calorific value compared to other meats. Calorific value varies from white fish (70-200 calories per 100 grams) to blue fish (from 120-200 calories per 100 grams), it is ideal in the diet for those who are struggling with excess weight. As with other products, the final caloric value before consumption depends on the brewing method. If the fish is fried or lust, the content of fats and calories will significantly grow.
While cooking and digestion are healthier option with a lower calorie intake.
3. The proteins in the fish contain all the essential amino acids necessary for growth and development and proper functioning of the human organism.
4. Type of fatty acid that is abundant in blue fish protects the heart and arteries. Unlike other kinds of meat, fish contains polyunsaturated fatty acids such as omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acid.
Omega-3 fatty acids found in fish have a role in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular disorders.
In most cases the mentioned diseases arise as a result of atherosclerosis, which is a build up of fatty deposits on the walls of blood vessels and loss of their elasticity. Eating fish increases "good" cholesterol (HDL) and reduces "bad" cholesterol (LDL) and triglycerides.
5. The various nutrients that are found in fish assist in the prevention of diseases of joints and bones, and thyroid. Eating smaller fish that are eaten with bones (eg, sardines) is a good source of calcium.
It provides healthier bones, while its lack leads to osteoporosis. Sea fish and shellfish are an excellent source of iodine, which is essential for the proper functioning of the thyroid gland. The best source of iodine are: shellfish, salmon, cod, cans with tuna, sardines and clams.
6. In the fish are found all the nutrients that necessarily included in the process of growth and development, such as protein, omega-3 fatty acids, calcium, zinc, iodine, vitamins B, A, D and E.
7. Fish is extremely easy to digest. This is due to the structure of its muscle fibers and low content of collagen.
As such is an ideal in the diet for patients of gastritis, ulcerative colitis, dyspepsia or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
8. Recent studies have shown if at least once a week we eat fish it will help us to preserve the gray matter in the brain, which is responsible for memory and cognitive function, which reduces the chance of getting Alzheimer's disease.
9. Frequent consumption of fish undoubtedly prolongs life and improves its quality.


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The YSL Black Opium 2014 campaign is currently on display by way of the high end label. Featured within the advertisements is model Edie Campbell who held the black and pink square bottle with much intensity, showcasing a bit of the product as well as the overall mood that it elicits.
In addition to the presentation of Black Opium, these images also focus upon the tresses of Campbell. Photographers Txema Yeste and Daniel Wolfe shone light upon Campbell's unusual mullet style haircut. Fringe bangs and loose pieces jut out on each side, giving off the appearance of rocker chic looks in a couture, upscale manner.
Much like the bottle was Campbell's sleek ensemble. A simple black wrap dress was all that was needed to showcase the product.
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Shredded and Chunk Cheese…The sale price you usually aim for is $1.75 (or less) for 8oz
This week you can get it for .83!
Buy 8 Kraft 16oz cheese (shredded or chunk, I got some mexiblend, mozzerella and sharp chunk).
At $3.29 each
Then use 4 coupons from the blinkie coupon machine in front of the cheese (there was one at my store)
Save $1.00/2 any Kraft Shredded or Bar cheese…
Then there is a mega sale going on, buy 8 specially marked products and have $4 off your order.
And finally as part of a Kraft Promotion when you buy 5 products they give you a $5.00 off your next order (this comes in the form of a coupon after you check out)
Plus Kraft donates 5 meals to the hungry!
Final Price=$1.63 for 16ooz (.83 for 8oz)
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What you'll get: Cats who totally blew it and dogs who derp so hard. Kittens who haven't quite figured things out yet. Puppies on their very first adventures. Itty-bitty boops, the fluffiest friendships ever, and milestone moments in the history of cute. Basically: Adorable animals that will make you almost TOO happy!
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EDM nation
The eighth edition of Sunburn prepares to storm Goa
The festival that put India on the world EDM map is back. Gear up for 204 hours of music and 150 artistes performing across eight stages. "This year the focus was on going deeper into EDM music, touching various new artistes and sub genres, from trap, dubstep, drum and bass and hardstyle, to house, electro, psy trance and electronica," shares Sunburn CEO, Karan Singh. And thanks to popular demand, we also hear that they've extended the festival from a three-day one to a four-day gala, now ending on Tuesday night!
World stage
Headlining this year are Dutch EDM producer Sander Van Doorn (Saturday 27 December), and Australian electronic duo Knife Party (Sunday 28), who are debuting in India. Greek brothers Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike take over the decks on Monday evening. Other highlights include psychedelic trance legend Avalon, and British DJ /record producer Paul Oakenfold. "It's the biggest, most well respected electronic festival in India. A lot of us love to play it," shares Oakenfold. "My set at Sunburn will have some big hits from Trance Mission. Also some new music from my latest album, Popkiller," he elaborates.
Making waves
Don't miss American singer-songwriter Matthew Koma and trance vocalist Emma Hewitt. The iconic Cubezoid stage with its fusion of space, sound and world-class LED lighting creates a multi-sensory extravaganza. Singh also suggests that festival-goers participate in the 'biggest drum circle facing the sunset', led by Mumbai-based percussionist extraordinaire Anand Bhagat. As well as bungee jumping, zorbing and helicopter rides. At Vagator, Goa. Tickets (Rs.2,500 upwards a day) on bookmyshow.com
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Why carry keys for your house? Heck, you probably don't even carry keys to your car anymore. Yale Locks & Hardware offers an innovative solution that enables you to lock and unlock the door of your house by holding your smartphone or Samsung smartwatch up to the lock. The new Yale Real Living Assure Lock with Bluetooth replaces conventional keys with digital keys accessed through the Yale Assure app for Android and iOS mobile devices, and through an app for the Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch.
The Yale Assure app allows homeowners to send keys to others, control when each digital key holder has access, view recent access history, and permanently revoke a digital key at any time. Unlocking the Assure Lock with a smartphone is easy – a patented unlocking method called Twist & Go prevents unintended unlocking by requiring the user to rotate the phone 90 degrees before tapping the keypad. Homeowners can also unlock the deadbolt using its capacitive touchscreen and a four- to eight-digit code. Locking the deadbolt requires just a quick tap on the keypad.
For homeowners who want to integrate the lock into a home automation or security system, the lock's Bluetooth module can be supplemented with a Yale Network Module, currently available in either Z-Wave or ZigBee versions.
For enhanced security, the lock and app are powered by award-winning Seos technology, a multi-platform ecosystem for issuing, delivering and revoking digital keys across a broad range of smart devices. Seos was developed by Yale parent company ASSA ABLOY and is currently used in hotels, universities, hospitals, and all types of office and commercial buildings.
"Our Bluetooth lock and Assure app deliver a new level of security, convenience and versatility to homeowners, and most importantly, keep it simple – all that's needed is the lock and a phone to manage access to your home," says Jason Williams, general manager, Yale Residential. "And Seos reassures homeowners that their homes are secured by robust, proven technology."
The Yale Assure app displays a patent-pending digital key ring that's swiped to easily scan through keys. Users can set colors and upload photos to match keys and locks with people and locations, share or revoke keys any time, manage when each user can access the lock, and receive notifications when a key is accepted or used. For convenience, the same digital key can be used to access multiple locks on one or more properties, and there's no limit on the number of digital key users.
For those instances when a phone isn't handy or for family members who don't own a smartphone, the deadbolt can be unlocked by entering a pin code using the keypad. It can hold up to 12 codes that can be changed at any time. The backlit touchscreen, the same capacitive touchscreen in use for years on Yale digital locks, wakes with a touch, and is weather-tight and virtually indestructible. And as a true key free lock, there's no cylinder to pick or bump.
The new Yale Real Living Assure Lock with Bluetooth is available at a suggested retail price of $199.99. It's available in three finishes – polished brass, satin nickel and oil rubbed bronze. The Yale Assure app comes with five free digital keys. Additional digital keys can be purchased for $1.99 each on Google Play or the Apple App Store.


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The story of one man's lifelong struggle to shed the chains of religious bondage and to live in the freedom of God's grace and to behold His Glory. Randy Meulman is a tall and muscular man's man. He excelled in football in high school and college, served in the United States marines in Vietnam, and was a police officer in a large city in America. He thought he could face and overcome anything. He became a leader in a large international Christian organization and found himself caught in the snares of religious legalism, like the religiosity of his Christian home when growing up. In his struggles to serve God, he became more ensnared. Amidst his struggles, he encountered an enemy of a spiritual nature, though one man. The events of that encounter defy belief by many people. Yet they were true and are accurately portrayed. The end result was that Randy found that God simply loved him and wanted him to be free. Randy was engulfed in the glory of God and found the freedom that only... More > Christ can give.< Less
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Garda escort for young Kilcormac walkers
CHILDREN from Kilcormac Playschool managed to get out between showers for their sponsored walk on Friday, June 16.
The children, accompanied by their teachers and parents walked from their Playschool up through the town, up the Main Street and around by the Silver River back to their Playschool.
A Garda escort was provided by visiting Garda William Milner.
Garda Milner was a huge help on the day, allowing the children to walk up the centre of the Main Street with the Garda Van and lights flashing ahead of them. The children were also given a close look at the Garda Van, handcuffs, Garda hat and radio.
After the walk, Garda Milner played a 'Safe Cross Code' CD for the children in the Community Centre hall and they enjoyed some party treats to reward them for their effort.
Kilcormac Community Childcare is a registered charity providing Community Playschool and Afterschool for Kilcormac and the surrounding areas.
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President Obama Closes White House to School Children's Tours
Memories of Childhood Sunday Dinner Discussions
I wasn't surprised listening to President Obama's speeches in the day's leading up to the start of the March 1st automatic sequester in which he predicted all sorts of hardships that the American people would have to endure when the sequester took effect.
After all President Obama has a reputation for demanding his way and stretching the truth past the breaking point. As Karl Rove so eloquently put it in his February 21, 2013 Wall Street Journal column entitled A Better Republican Sequester Strategy where he stated: Mr. Obama is a once-in-a-generation demagogue with a compliant press corps.
The President's antics brought back childhood memories of sitting at Sunday dinner and listening to my Father and Grandmother discussing politics.
I remember my Father frequently saying that there was no way to get politicians to cut wasteful spending because as soon as public opinion was sufficient to demand cuts, the politicians would respond with cuts in essential services like the mail.
People would then feel the pain, demand relief and the politicians would respond by restoring mail service with their buddies in the media broadcasting the fact that people really didn't want cuts in spending. The politicians would then resume wasting our money.
Growth of Government Makes it Easier to Hurt People
While the Post Office has long since ceased to be a factor in most people's lives as most of us rarely use its services, the explosive growth of the Federal Government in recent decades has resulted in its tentacles working their way in to many areas of people's lives.
Hence, President Obama's threats in the days leading up to the March 1st sequester to cut back on services like air traffic control, border security, police protection, etc. which would make life more difficult and even dangerous for Americans.
Republicans and other critics began shooting back with a continuing flood of examples of wasteful or unnecessary programs and expenditures that could be cut back instead of the critical programs the President was threatening to cut.
President Obama Slams Door to White House in School Children's Faces
As opponents' actions began to highlight the President's mean streak and his ruthless approach to trying to get his way, he struck back by shutting down public tours of the White House.
The goal of this action, as always, was to put pressure on the Republicans in Congress to halt their efforts to reduce government spending and hold the line on tax increases.
Tickets to visit the White House are apparently free but have to be obtained by requesting them from the office of their congressman.
With the Republican majority in the House of Representatives blocking the President's attempts to unleash more taxes and spending on the nation, they would be the main target of the complaints.
Enhancing the effect of the closure was the fact that the President's abrupt closing of the White House occurred at the start of school spring breaks which, in recent years, has become the time for school sponsored trips to Washington, D.C. This is an event that children in graduating classes in middle and high schools have looking forward to for the past few years and which their parents have been actively engaged in fundraising since the beginning of the school year.
Plea From Sixth Grade Class Causes National Outrage
The tactic, however, backfired when the sixth grade class at St. Paul's Lutheran School in Waverly, Iowa posted a 9 second video on Facebook that showed them holding up signs and saying in unison, The White House is our house. Please let us visit!
Apparently, young children in flyover country like Iowa, still believe that our Founding Fathers' words We the People, are still in the Constitution and have not been changed to Me, the President. The video quickly went viral and has helped to show where this president's priorities lie.
Unlike the President, House Speaker John Boehner, quickly reminded people that, while Congress is also affected by the sequester, that body found other areas to cut so the Capitol Building could remain open to the American people.
According to White House spokesman, Jay Carney, the public tours were canceled in order to save approximately $74,000 per week.
The $74,000 appears to include the $18,000 per week needed to pay the seven employees who facilitate the tours plus the cost of compensation for the Secret Service agents involved. The seven facilitators will presumably be laid off while the Secret Service agents will be re-deployed to other areas in order to save on overtime costs.
President Obama Rejects Eric Bolling & Sean Hannity's Offer to Pay Cost of Tours
Upon hearing the news that the tours for school children would be canceled, Fox News hosts Eric Bolling and Sean Hannity stepped forward with each one offering to pay for one week of tours.
With $148,000 the White House would be receiving, the tours could continue for the next two weeks allowing tourists and school children with tickets for tours through Saturday March 23rd to still visit the White House.
The White House response was basically a curt No.
This answer made it clear that the suspension of White House tours was about politics, not saving money.
Regal Living at the White House
While the mainstream media, with few exceptions, is generally behind the President and his efforts to tax and spend even more, the blogosphere, Twitter, talk radio and news organizations like Fox News are having a field day broadcasting examples of wasteful programs that could be cut.
While most of the focus is on Federal spending as a whole, a subset of this group is looking White House spending by the President and his family.
According to a new book by John F. Groom, entitled The $1.4 Billion Man: The Costs of the Obama White House, it costs taxpayers about $1.4 Billion per year to maintain the President and his family.
This is in addition to his salary of $400,000 per year and $50,000 for expenses. Unlike most of us whose incomes are a fraction of the President's, he and his family get their home (which we can no longer visit) rent free plus their own private get-away resort (Camp David).
American taxpayers also provide not only food for the First Family, but also a $100,000 a year chef and his kitchen staff.
Like many American families, the First Family has a pet dog named Bo.
However, unlike the average American household, the Obama's have a special staff person whose job is to take care of Bo. This special assistant for Bo receives an annual salary of $102,000. Also, whenever Bo is taken on an outing outside the White House he travels by motorcade, at taxpayer expense, like any other high dignitary.
Then there are the frequent vacations taken by the President and his family. His annual Christmas vacation trip to Hawaii is estimated to cost about $4 Million per trip per year.
Short trips, such as the President taking his wife to dinner in New York City for the evening, can run as high as a million dollars because of the security and other logistics involved in transporting the First Couple to places outside Washington, D.C.
First Daughter Flies to New York City for Dinner on First Day of Sequester
This taste for New York restaurants is not just the President and Mrs. Obama's, as on Saturday evening, March 2nd, fourteen year old Malia, eldest daughter of President Obama, flew to New York City to join eight of her friends at Buddakan, an upscale Asian restaurant in the Chelsa district.
This was the first full day of the sequester and one week before the start of her father's closing the doors of the White House to the rest of the nation's school children,
Unlike other fourteen year olds, Malia could have invited her friends over to her house for a grand evening of dining and entertainment.
The White House chef and his staff could prepared any type of dinner she wanted.
After dining she and her girlfriends would have been able to take a swim in the pool, play in the gym, bowl in the bowling alley or watch movies in the theater, all of which are available inside the White House to Malia and her family and friends, free of charge, courtesy of the U.S. taxpayers.
This savings in travel expenses for the First Daughter's outing probably would have saved enough to fund White House tours for school children for at least a week.
White House to Buddakan Restaurant for Dinner
The White House in Washington, D.C.
Buddakan Restaurant in New York City
Much of the High Costs of Presidential Living are Job Related
In fairness to the President and his family it should be pointed out that a good portion of the estimated $1.4 Billion dollar cost of the President's lifestyle is overhead associated with his job.
Air Force One, which costs around $181,000 per hour to fly, may or may not have been used to fly Malia Obama to New York City for her get together at Buddakan's Restaurant.
However, she more than likely flew on a military plane. And, while the President may have compensated the Air Force the equivalent of the cost of a civilian plane ticket, the cost of the Secret Service agents and any other staff needed to accompany Malia were paid for by the taxpayers.
In the case of President Obama's dinner dates in New York City with his wife the cost increases dramatically.
It is not just a night out with his wife and a few Secret Service agents. When the President travels anywhere, more than one plane is required to carry his entourage of staff, doctors, equipment, vehicles and so on.
These costs which are borne by the taxpayers and can run into a million dollars or more even for a short trip.
Previous 20th Century Presidents Lived Royally As Well
While President Obama has taken full advantage of the perks available to his office and is responsible for increasing his use and the cost of these perks, he is not the first President to enjoy the life style of the rich and famous.
America started out as a republic with a president as our chief of state. George Washington, upon becoming President, set the tone for future Presidents by rejecting royal style titles and selecting the simple Mr. President as the proper way to address the President of the United States.
Washington and other early presidents generally paid for their own small household staffs and thus had a personal financial incentive as well as avoiding the pretense of royalty. Thomas Jefferson was so concerned about the appearance of taking on royal trappings that he personally opened the door and greeted visitors in person when they arrived at the White House.
Over the years the office of the president has grown in stature and perks. The U.S. Marine Corps Band was established by an Act of Congress in 1798 and has been used by all presidents since President John Adams first invited them to entertain at the White House.
The band is known as the President's Own Band as a result of its long association with this nation's presidents.
Hail to the Chief has been around since the early nineteenth century and since the later part of that century has become the way to announce the president at formal functions. Having their own band and song can be a great ego boost for those holding the office.
President Calvin Coolidge was probably the last U.S. President to hold the line on presidential pomp and luxury as all Twentieth Century presidents since him have added to the regal style that now surrounds the office.
A fawning press and media savvy aides have also played their part in elevating the president to near regal status.
If King George III were still alive he would feel right at home in today's White House.
Spending On Lavish Perks Increases With Each New President
One of the problems with the regal life style of our modern presidents is the ever increasing cost of maintaining it.
Granted spending $1.4 Billion on the President is a drop in the bucket compared to the $3.8 Trillion the federal government is projected to spend in 2013.
However, the problem with the ruling class in Washington is that they are removed from reality and assume that the taxpayers have unlimited money to send to Washington. The White House might be a good place to teaching public officials the virtue of frugality.
In the case of President Obama there is a big disconnect between what he preaches and the way he lives.
With over 14% of workers either unemployed or having given up looking for work and being forced to scrimp and save to get by the President thinks nothing of flying with his wife to New York City for dinner at a huge cost to the taxpayers.
In January, working American workers saw their paychecks decrease by 2% as a result of a President Obama backed effort to increase the Social Security tax from 4.2% to 6.2% on the first $113,700 of every worker's income.
While many middle and lower income people struggled to make ends meet with this added tax burden, President Obama thought nothing jetting off for a day of golf with Tiger Woods at an estimated cost of over a million dollars to the taxpayers.
He professes concern for the middle class and its struggles but lives a life of luxury that would make him the envy of wealthy emperors and sultans of the past.
President Obama Criticizes the Perks of Corporate CEOs While Enjoying Far More Employer Paid Perks Himself
Throughout his time in office President Obama has not only continually criticized the pay of private sector executives but has also used the powers of his office to force them to give back large portions of their pay.
He has also criticized corporate executives for perks like company jets as well as seeing to it that the IRS makes sure they pay taxes on any personal use of these jets.
Just imagine his outrage if the CEO of a Fortune 500 company was discovered to have a personal assistant for his dog on the company payroll.
The President Preaches Socialism But Lives Like a Plutocrat
As the leader of the most powerful nation in the world, the president of the United States has to act the part and visiting and entertaining foreign heads of state can be expensive.
However, his stated goal has been to reduce the power of the United States and back away from world leadership.
He is one of the most traveled American presidents in history, but instead of strengthening the nation's image abroad with his trips he frequently apologizes for our past leadership and seeks to disengage from allies.
At home he has presided over the deepest and longest economic downturn since the Great Depression under Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s. Yet it has been President Obama's economic policies that have prolonged this recession.
Time to Reduce Size of Federal Government and Size of White House Perks
According to John F. Groom's book, the United States now spends more money on President Obama's regal lifestyle than any previous president as well as more than spent by any present or previous ruler in world history.
The time has come to restore the freedom bequeathed to us by our ancestors.
To do this we will not only have to trim the size of the federal government substantially but also trim back the royal lifestyle we have come to provide our president's with.
Prime Minister Thatcher and Husband Dennis Congratulating James Bond on a Successful Mission
Can You Imagine President Obama Being Portrayed Washing Dishes in the White House?
Can You Imagine President Obama and His Wife being Portrayed Doing Dishes?
In the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only, Bond once again almost single handily saves the world from evil.
The closing scene finds Bond on a life raft making love to his latest female conquest while headquarters in London tries to reach him on his wrist watch telephone. The purpose of the call is to allow Prime Minister Thatcher to personally thank him on behalf of his Queen and country.
When Bond is reached the call is patched through to the Prime Minister's Official Residence at Number 10 Downing Street. At that moment the Prime Minister is washing dishes with her husband in the kitchen.
Can you imagine President Obama being portrayed in one of today's spy thrillers doing dishes with Michelle as the CIA director patches a call to a Navy SEAL team through to the White House so that President Obama can congratulate them on a successful mission?
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Controversy over several of President-elect Ronald Reagan's Cabinet nominees is elevating their Senate confirmation into the first real political test of the yet-to-be-inaugurated Republican administration.
It also looms as the political baptism of the Senate's spanking-new Republican majority, which will find itself presiding over the screening of a cabinet after a quarter of a century of presiding over nothing at all on Capitol Hill.
Senate Democrats, smarting over their fall from power in the Reagan election sweep, show signs of eagerly awaiting the confirmation hearings as an opportunity for partisan retribution -- and some of the Cabinet choices may offer them plenty of target.
At least three of the nominees -- Alexander M. Haig Jr. for secretary of state, Donald T. Reagan for secretary of the Treasury, and James G. Watt, reportedly in line for secretary of the interior -- seem in store for more than cursory examination.
"The Senate's work must be thorough," insists Democratic leader Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, who didn't shrink from challenging a president-elect of his own party over a troublesome cabinet-level appointment four years ago. It ended with Jimmy Carter's nomination of Theodore C. Sorensen to head the Central Intelligence Agency being withdrawn.
The new President-elect has told Senators that he would like all of his Cabinet choices confirmed before he is sworn into office.
But the scant two weeks between the opening of the new Congress Jan. 5 and the inauguration Jan. 20 may offer too little time. The hearings on the Haig nomination, for instance, aren't scheduled to begin until just seven working days before the inauguration.
Like his predecessor, Mr. Reagan may have to start his term with an empty chair or two around the Cabinet table.
No outright rejection of any of his nominees is yet foreseen -- that has happened only eight times in the nation's history -- but tough confirmation battles could inflict early political damage on the infant administration.
The most intense scrutiny is likely to focus on the selection of Mr. Haig, the retired Army general who served in the Nixon White House as deputy to then-National Security Adviser Henry A. Kissinger and later as chief of staff.
Senate Republican leader Howard H. Baker Jr. of Tennessee, who also sits on the Foreign Relations Committee that will screen Haig, concedes he is going to be "a controversial nomination . . . one of the most picked over, looked at, and examined private lives to come before the Senate as a presidential nominee in a long time."
Democrats on the panel are gearing up for a full-scale probe by hiring former Senate Watergate investigator Terry F. Lenzner to look into Haig's role in the Vietnam war, the wiretapping of former government officials and reporters, and President Ford's pardon of Mr. Nixon.
These issues will be aired before a Senate committee whose makeup suggests it may be less sympathetic to Haig than the rest of the newly Republican and more conservative Senate. The Foreign Relations panel is decidedly moderate ideologically, chaired by middle-of-the-roader Charles H. Percy of Illinois, and bolstered by six new members (four Republicans and two Democrats) -- all rated as moderates or liberals.
A different sort of challenge awaits Treasury Secretary-designate Regan.
The Senate Finance Committee is expected to explore his role as chairman of the brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. in a tax-avoidance scheme ruled illegal by the Internal Revenue Service, and in questionable handling of Chrysler Corporation stock and New York City bonds over which the company is now being sued.
The interrogation is likely to be led by Republican conservative purists who harbor ideological qualms about his past financial support of some liberal Democratic politicians.
The apparent Reagan choice for interior secretary, Mr. Watt, faces tough questioning from senators of both parties over the efforts by his conservative Colorado Legal Foundation to overturn many federal controls designed to combat pollution and protect the natural environment -- some administered by the Interior Department he would head.


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Clearlake city officials are asking the owners of homes destroyed by the Sulphur fire to help hasten the removal of debris and cleanup to reduce the amount of contamination that goes into the lake.
Many of the homes destroyed in the Sulphur fire are on hillsides and others are located along the shoreline. Several lake piers were also destroyed.
Lake County General Manager Greg Folsom said in a statement Wednesday that property owners must complete "Right of Entry" forms to allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and CalRecycle to begin removing heavy debris.
The removal of such debris follows cleanup of household hazardous waste conducted by the state Department of Toxic Substances Control.
"It is important that people return the Right of Entry forms as soon as possible to expedite the cleanup of our city and keep contamination of the lake to a minimum," Folsom said.
The Army Corps of Engineers began removing heavy debris on Nov. 1.
While participation of the U.S. Army Corps program is voluntary, the requirement that residents quickly remove their debris is not, city officials said.
The city said residents who are in need of temporary housing are asked to contact Clearlake City Hall at 707-994-8201.
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