A team of scientists from CCORT and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) have come together to study the role of ethnicity on cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence and prevalence. This work, funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), is being led by Dr. Jack Tu.
CVD, including stroke, is the leading cause of death in Canada and a tremendous burden to the Canadian health care system, with direct and indirect costs estimated at $22 Billion annually (2000).
PHAC and other organizations in Canada have made tremendous strides over the past few years in strengthening Canada's capacity to conduct CVD surveillance. However, most existing surveillance initiatives lack information on the burden of disease in specific ethnic groups.
This study will help address a recommendation from the Canadian Heart Health Strategy and Action Plan (CHHS-AP), namely to build Canada's knowledge infrastructure to enhance cardiovascular health, disease prevention and care. It will also enhance Canada's capacity to conduct surveillance of the burden of CVD among the major visible minority groups in Canada.
We are working with knowledge partners, including the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, to ensure that the findings from this research are made widely available to a range of audiences.
Dr. Jack Tu gave a presentation on CVD and ethnicity research to an audience of ~40 attendees from the BC Ministry of Health. This presentation reported on findings from a number of studies conducted by Dr. Tu's team including the high degree of variability in the prevalence of CV risk factors and diseases across the four major ethnic groups in Ontario; health care utilization rates among visible minority census tracts in the Greater Toronto Area; and ethnic-specific BMI cutoff points for assessing diabetes risk. Dr. Tu also noted the need for further funding and research to better understand the causes of ethnic disparities in CVD outcomes. The presentation was well attended and included a Q&A session.
Dr. Nadia Khan, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, presented on "Ethnic Differences in Stroke"
Dr. Maria Chiu, Post-doctoral Fellow, Public Health Ontario, presented on "Ethnic Differences in CVD and Diabetes Risk: Population-based studies in Ontario"
Dr. Jack Tu gave a Key Note Lecture on Ethnicity and Cardiovascular Disease in Ontario as part of the Schulich Heart Program Research Day: State-of-the-Art Cardiovascular Disease Management, November 23, 2011 at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, in Toronto, Ontario.
In this session Dr. Tu described demographic trends which are driving a growing need for coordinated collection of ethnicity data in health care to enable informed and appropriate care. He also described key findings from his team's research on differences in the prevalence of risk factors and cardiovascular disease in Ontarians across the four major ethnic groups: Chinese, South Asian, Black and White in Ontario, Canada.
Post doctoral fellow, Dr. Mohammad R. Rezai MD PhD, presented a poster entitled Cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and hospitalizations in visible minority neighbourhoods in the Greater Toronto Area. This work identified that a) the burden of key CV risk factors; and b) CV hospitalization rates vary significantly among visible minority neighbourhoods in the GTA. These findings suggest the need for cardiovascular prevention strategies targeted towards high risk visible minority neighbourhoods in order to prevent future epidemics of CVD in Ontario. Further research is required to investigate the reasons for these striking geographical and ethnic disparities.
Publications related to the this study can be viewed here.
Ms. Bobbe Wood, President, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada; Dr. Jack Tu; and Dr. Philip Joseph (for Dr. Sonia Anand), McMaster University; led a well-attended workshop at the CCC, on October 26, 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The workshop, Cardiovascular disease and diabetes in multiculturally diverse communities: Lessons for CVD prevention, treatment, & management can be viewed here.
Dr. Tu's presentation addressed Ethnicity, CVD and Diabetes, highlighting how the burden of CVD and diabetes varies significantly across Ontario's four major ethnic groups (Chinese, South Asian, Black, White). These findings plus recent demographic trends underscore the need for a) more research to study the relationship between risk factors, CVD events and long-term survival in different ethnic groups and b) collection of ethnicity data to enable this important research.


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Genetic Dissection of Triterpenoid Saponin Production in Chenopodium quinoa Using Microarray Analysis
Derrick James Reynolds, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is an important food crop for subsistence farmers in the Altiplano (high plains) of Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina. Saponins are part of a diverse family of secondary metabolites that are found in high concentrations in the pericarp of many varieties of quinoa. Due to their bitter taste and anti-nutritive properties, saponins must be removed before the quinoa grain is consumed. There are 'sweet' varieties of quinoa that have significantly reduced levels of saponin. Previous research suggests saponin production is controlled by a single locus. The major objective of this research was to elucidate the genetic components in the saponin biosynthesis pathway. Thus, we report the development and annotation of the first large scale expressed sequence tag (EST) collection for quinoa based on Sanger and 454 pyrosequencing of maturing seed tissue expressing saponins. Sanger sequencing produced 18,325 reads with an average read length of 693 nucleotides, while 454 GS-FLX pyrosequencing generated 295,048 reads with an average read length of 202 nucleotides. A hybrid assembly of all sequences generated 39,366 unigenes, consisting of 16,728 contigs and 22,638 singletons. Repeat sequence analysis of the unigene set identified 291 new microsatellite markers. From the unigene set, a custom microarray was developed and used to assay transcriptional changes in developing seeds of saponin-containing and saponin-free quinoa lines. The microarray consisted of 102,834 oligonucleotide probes representing 37,716 sequences of the unigenes set. Three different statistical comparisons, based on comparisons of 'sweet' vs. 'bitter' seed tissue at two developmental stages, were assayed on the custom array. Using a p-value cutoff threshold of 0.01, we identified a list of 198 significantly differentially expressed candidate genes common to all three comparisons. We also identified a list of candidate genes (p-value ≤ 0.05) that are known to be associated with identified triterpenoid (saponin) biosynthetic pathways that were differentially expressed in all three comparisons. Included in this list are candidate genes that share homology to cytochrome P450s (20), cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (10), and glycosyltransferases (49) suggesting that transcriptional differences in the saponin biosynthesis pathway possibly responsible for the absence or presence of saponin in quinoa are determined after the formation of the β-amyrin skeleton. These candidate genes are suggested for use in future studies in the production of saponin in quinoa.
Life Sciences; Plant and Wildlife Sciences
Reynolds, Derrick James, "Genetic Dissection of Triterpenoid Saponin Production in Chenopodium quinoa Using Microarray Analysis" (2009). Theses and Dissertations. 1974.
Chenopodium quinoa, saponins, EST assembly, microarray, 454 sequencing, SSRs
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What are the hallmarks of good stitch-work?
I am a hand stitching zealot with very strong views about this! Saddle stitch is key to everything we do and every product we make is entirely hand stitched. Saddle stitch is conceptually a simple stitch, but it takes years to become both good and fast, and a life time to be anything like great. I would look for a thread size and stitch pitch ppropriate for the item in question, perfectly even and correct thread tension on both sides of the work and a regular stitch angle throughout, along with small, neat oles made by the awl. Its been our experience that these skills are impossible to recruit for, even from the technical colleges, so we had to form an apprenticeship scheme to train them in house to get the stitch quality we wanted. As with all things the stitch is truly formed not by the fingers but by the brain, the person stitching has to care about every individual stitch in order to develop a good technique – to enjoy and care about the process and each step that makes it up, not simply the outcome being a line of stitching that is technically correct.
I tend to spend my mornings designing, working on non leather creative work, such as photography and dealing with correspondence and my afternoon at my workbench. My non work time is around family life, looking after our two year old, walking the dogs or feeding the horses. I tend to carry a camera everywhere so a certain amount of time is spent on photography too.
What would like to make in the future that you have not made yet?
We've only just scratched the surface so far! Anything that is possible to be made beautifully from leather and wood is fair game, and I doubt I will ever run out of things that Id like to make. There will be plenty of things left for Bertie to design when I have retired I suspect!
What does 'quality' mean to you and how a person can recognize quality?
This is very difficult to answer simply because the overall quality of a product is dictated by the qualities of all the individual components to make it up, so amazing leather in 90% of a product could be let down by the remaining 10%, or the thread or metalwork could spoil something otherwise amazing. I would encourage people first of all to think holistically though, to judge an item on their first impression. Amazing leather (and metalwork) should look, feel and smell like amazing leather, if on first glance it looks amazing it's worth then thinking more about the details and constituent parts. If people are interested in leathergoods it's well worth their time to develop an eye for good leather, how it moves, behaves when flexed, how it should look when viewed closely. Its difficult now because so much leather is bad, but pick a brand who you believe is trustworthy, even if far out of your price range and learn from what they use and do and apply that knowledge to other items.
How does the bespoke service works?
It depends on the customer really, but for true bespoke someone comes to us with an idea, we draw it, exchange swatches of materiel by post, make it in coloured card to make sure it looks and works as its owner would like and then make it in leather. If the item is destined to be in an exotic leather we may well make a non exotic version first to make sure the owner likes their design in the flesh so to speak before we execute the design in alligator or other precious leather. True bespoke, where both us and the customer as we must both commit to getting all the details right which can be very complex in a large product. We also customise our existing designs for a semi bespoke product, for instance adding or subtracting card pockets or note compartments to our wallets and that's a fairly straight forward process of us being sure of the customers requirements and as we know the designs of the wallets intimately we're able to modify them quite easily.
Which other craftsmen do you like?
Instagram is an excellent source of inspiration and pictures of others work, and I like the images of Simaprague and my friend Peter Nitz, as many people do for instance. I enjoy the work of Hermes, who have a background in saddlery like we do and have amazing attention to detail and quality of leather in their high end pieces. Much of my favourite work is from the old saddlery firms from before World War 1 though, probably the height of the saddlery trade, in my opinion.
At home! My evening routine is putting our son Bertie to bed, and then a little time to relax with Dawn.
A very hard one! On balance I'd say "can".
Following on from the above, "cant" – I like positive people!
Light and beauty, quiet and good design. I am lucky that I've been able to create a life where these things are the rule rather than the exception, though light never cooperates fully!
I tend not to swear, at least in public! If I do it may be the word "Bugger" though – I am English after all..
Curlews, Lapwings, and/or the wind, the sound of the English wild places.
Probably anything that forced me into a path of mediocrity or making plastic tat. Anything done well is some satisfaction though, so maybe I could make the best plastic tat in the world. I'd prefer not to try though I think..
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Film Festival presents 'Kusama-Infinity' premiere Oct. 1
'Kusama-Infinity'
Originally Published: September 24, 2018 11:43 a.m.
The Sedona International Film Festival presents the Northern Arizona premiere of "Kusama-Infinity: The Life and Art of Yayoi Kusama" on Monday, Oct. 1. There will be two shows at 4 and 7 p.m. at the festival's Mary D. Fisher Theatre.
Now the top-selling female artist in the world, Yayoi Kusama overcame impossible odds to bring her radical artistic vision to the world stage.
For decades, her work pushed boundaries that often alienated her from both her peers and those in power in the art world.
Kusama was an underdog with everything stacked against her: the trauma of growing up in Japan during World War II, life in a dysfunctional family that discouraged her creative ambitions, sexism and racism in the art establishment, mental illness in a culture where that was particularly shameful and even continuing to pursue and be devoted to her art full time on the cusp of her 90s.
In spite of it all, Kusama has endured and has created a legacy of artwork that spans the disciplines of painting, sculpture, installation art, performance art, poetry and literary fiction. After working as an artist for over six decades, people around the globe are experiencing her installation Infinity Mirrored Rooms in record numbers, as Kusama continues to create new work every day.
"Kusama-Infinity: The Life and Art of Yayoi Kusama" will show at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Monday, Oct. 1 at 4 and 7 p.m.
Tickets are $12, or $9 for Film Festival members. For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177.
Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.
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O lepszą Łotwę (łot. Par labu Latviju, PLL) – łotewskie centroprawicowe ugrupowanie polityczne powstałe przed wyborami 2010.

Historia
Ugrupowanie zostało założone 12 czerwca 2010. Jego powstanie spowodowane jest trwającą od 2009 konsolidacją łotewskiej sceny politycznej oraz niskimi notowaniami dwóch głównych partii założycielskich koalicji: Partii Ludowej oraz LPP/LC.

Nazwa koalicji została zapożyczona z ruchu społecznego "O lepszą Łotwę" założonego w marcu 2010. Wcześniej porozumienie Partii Ludowej i LPP/LC nazywano w mediach "AŠ2" w nawiązaniu do nazwisk dwóch liderów: Andrisa Šķēlego (TP) i Ainārsa Šlesersa (LPP/LC).

W skład koalicji, poza TP i LPP/LC, weszły ugrupowania lokalne i regionalne: Lud Łatgalii (Latgales tauta), Zjednoczona Rzeżyca (Vienotā Rēzekne), Młoda Łotwa (Jaunlatvija) oraz Dla Gminy Ogre (Ogres novadam). Wśród członków ugrupowania znaleźli się liczni przedstawiciele łotewskiego biznesu. Przewodniczącym zarządu koalicji wybrano byłego prezydenta Guntisa Ulmanisa. W zarządzie nowego ugrupowania znalazło się także 6 przedstawicieli ruchu "O lepszą Łotwę", po dwóch działaczy Partii Ludowej i LPP/LC oraz po jednym z 3 partii regionalnych.

Ruch wystartował w wyborach parlamentarnych 2010. Wśród kandydatów znaleźli się Ainārs Šlesers, Māris Riekstiņš i Mareks Segliņš (Ryga), Andris Šķēle, Andris Bērziņš i Māris Kučinskis (Inflanty), Edgars Zalāns (Kurlandia), Karina Pētersone (Semigalia) oraz Rita Strode (Łatgalia). Ostatecznie koalicja uzyskała 7,65% głosów i osiem mandatów. Ugrupowanie pozostawało w opozycji wobec gabinetu premiera Dombrovskisa. W wyborach w 2011 koalicja nie wystartowała.

21 lutego 2011 nowym przewodniczącym PLL został wybrany przedsiębiorca Ivars Kalvišķis.

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 Elizabete Rutule, Ināra Egle, FOTO: dibina politisko apvienību "Par labu Latviju", diena.lv z 12 czerwca 2010

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Breed – The final cries of Victorian puppy farmers
August 13, 2016 August 13, 2016 Peter
ABC's Australia Wide this weekend ran a segment on the Victorian Labor government's plans to shut down the widely condemned puppy factories across the state and stop the sale of puppies and kittens in retail outlets.
The segment featured interviews with Victorian Agriculture Minister Jaala Pulford, Liz Walker CEO of the RSPCA, Matt Hams owner and operator (with father Colin) of one of Australia's largest puppy factories, and Greg Kirby owner and operator of Upmarket Pets one of Melbourne's most controversial pet stores.
The segment also featured images from the RSPCA and police raid on two neighbouring properties in Longwood, properties that had been referred to RSPCA by animal advocate organisation Oscars Law. That raid saw 4 dogs euthanised and 119 dogs seized.
The segment did its best to portray both sides of the argument however without a broad knowledge of the issue I guess it is easy to let a few lies and deliberately misleading statements slip through. When dealing with an industry that is at its most desperate due to the upcoming legislation you can be sure that they will not be holding nothing back, and when it is an industry that is renowned for thriving on animal cruelty you can rest assured that a few lies and misleading statements are going to have a huge impact on their moral standing.
Banksia Park Puppies – Colin & Matt Hams pride and joy
With that in mind I thought I'd do a quick fact check on some of the claims made by Kirby and the Christmas Ham's.
While neither the Ham's or Kirby denied there was an issue with animal cruelty in puppy factories there are understandable differences of opinion in how to deal with the matter. Understandable due to Kirby and the Hams making a living from the industry and Pulford and Walker having to deal with the public outcry and the cost of clean-up and veterinary treatments after one is closed down or raided.
The Ham's are always keen to tell the world that they would love to see these "rogue breeders" closed down. Just as I'm sure Coca Cola would like to see "rogue operators" like Pepsi and Schweppes close down. Every puppy factory shut down is less competition for them, one less supplier to the pet stores that the Ham's rely on as retail vendors for their products.
The Ham's also claim that the RSPCA have never found issue with their business Banksia Park Puppies. Unfortunately that claim does not stack up as I have mentioned in a previous article on the Ham's business practices and woeful customer support.
"RSPCA Inspection reports obtained through Freedom Of Information Act detail Banksia Park Puppies employees picking up dogs by the scruff of the neck in a cruel manner that causes animal's considerable pain and stress. According to the report the RSPCA had to then explain to staff the correct way to handle dogs. If this is how staff treat dogs while RSPCA inspectors are present one can only speculate how they are treated normally."
Another lie the Ham's like to tell is that they are open to people coming onto their property to see the conditions, many area's are off limits. They also like to say that they invited animal advocates like Debra Tranter from Oscars Law to attend their open day.
Below are quotes from Tranters invitation which arrived care of Law 554 Solicitors.
Matt Hamms, 5457 South Gippsland Highway, Longford, Victoria
ACA Breeding Kennels Stradbroke and now known as Banksia Park Puppies
We act for the abovementioned who instruct us they are inviting the public to the Park on Sunday, 15
"We have been asked to advise you not to attend the premises, nor to cause any other person to attend at any time in the 12 month period and in particular on 15 November 2009."
A critically ill cavalier – Proudly brought to you by the Ham's and Banksia Park Puppies
When it comes to ending the evils in the pet industry, Greg Kirby from Upmarket Pets told Australia Wide
"We are the solution"
After looking at the way Kirby conducts his business seemingly filming unsuspecting female customers for purposes unclear, some may suggest he is only a solution if there is an empty prison cell somewhere.
Greg Kirby, and a picture he used as his profile pic on facebook of a customers butt
Kirby used some clever by half wordplay when he told Australia Wide that
"… it's not true when people say all our dogs come from puppy farms and we don't know where they've come from".
It's the all in that statement that is a bit tricky, I'm sure some of his puppies also come from backyard breeders but that doesn't make his product sourcing any more ethical, far from it.
It is also important to note that I'm unaware of anybody making a bizarre claim that Kirby doesn't know where his puppies come from as he states. The fact is he places orders for them from regular suppliers, they don't just magically appear in his glass cages. The disturbing part is that Kirby does in fact know the hideous conditions his puppies come from and simply doesn't care.
In fact when Kirby was asked by Fairfax last year about where his puppies came from he told them
"Yeah, we do get puppies from puppy farms"
Kirby's Upmarket Pets showed how "upmarket" they are after proudly displaying a dead bunny for sale in one of their glass cages last year. Customers eventually pointed out to the less than attentive staff that the other bunnies were licking and snuggling up to the corpse Kirby was selling and it was eventually disposed of.
How much is that dead bunny in the window? – Another upmarket product from Upmarket Pets
Perhaps the biggest lie sprouted came from Matt Hams when he repeated the claims he made on SBS's Insight in 2014
"…but I if I could breed twice that we would sell them."
At the time Ham's first made that statement on SBS he declared he had 300 dogs. When he again made this claim of being unable to keep up with demand for Australia Wide for this weekend he told them he currently had 150 dogs.
I don't claim to be a mathematical genius but I think the Christmas Ham's may be even less so. The number Ham's himself quotes would indicate that his business has halved over the last two years.
If Ham's could sustain doubling his business now, he would still only be doing what he was two years ago. Hardly a growth business. Bearing in mind also, during this period he has seen numerous competitors shut down by the courts on cruelty charges.
Only a business made of fools would seek business advice from someone so mathematically and logically challenged. To prove this point the Pet Industry Association of Australia PIAA appointed him to their board last October.
Another of Ham's lies is that Minister Pulford did not discuss this legislation with any industry stakeholders.
Matt Ham's in fact met with Minister Pulford himself. While I'm sure Hams wasn't stupid enough to show up with a T Bone in his hand that doesn't make him any less a stakeholder, after all he is on the board of the pet industries and puppy factories chief lobby group PIAA and is also the owner of what is likely one of the largest puppy factories in the country. It is hardly the fault of Minister Pulford if he was unable to come up with anything of consequence to share at their meeting.
Minister Jaala Pulford – Not losing sleep
Minister Jaala Pulford has in fact met with industry stakeholders, government bodies, and animal advocacy organisations regarding this upcoming legislation and makes no apologies for honouring her election commitment.
Minister Pulford told Australia Wide she would not be losing sleep over those negatively impacted by her legislation, and nor should she. This was an issue the Daniel Andrews government went to the election on, giving them a mandate to act decisively.
For Pulford shutting down this cruel trade has been a two stage process. While some political opportunists have sought to criticise Pulford for the length of time involved, it is critical that the i's are dotted and the t's crossed so this egg cannot be unscrambled by another government at a later date. Given this the public should be grateful that this legislation is in the hands of Minister Pulford.
I certainly am.
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13 thoughts on "Breed – The final cries of Victorian puppy farmers"
Linda mcclay on August 13, 2016
Get a f@&king proper job instead of making money off these poor neglected dogs. Australia's like a 3rd world country when it comes to animals welfare.
Anne Williams on August 13, 2016
I saw the Insight program where Matt Ham states he has 300 breeding dogs and would have 600 if allowed. I have been told by Banksia Park Puppies supporters they have seen the whole puppy farm on the two hour tour. They all swear Ham only has 50 breeding dogs! So where are the other 250 dogs hiding? He states he has 300 breeding dogs! A friend of mine has one of his ex breeding females. She adopted her from Noah's Bark Rescue 1.5 year ago. This Cavalier is so traumatised she will never know a normal dogs life. How do Banksia care for 300 breeding dogs and their puppies? Apparently they pay a few school kids to come in after school and a disabled person to help out. Seriously? A huge business like this is relying on a few school kids to look after 300 dogs, plus puppies! They proudly talk about their 'Agility park' for the dogs. I've seen the photos. It's covered in overgrown weeds, suggesting it's never used. A painted piece of piping is not an agility park. Upmarket Pets has a horrific reputation. Nearly every weekend distressed members of the public post photos of sick puppies, kittens, rabbits from their window displays. Customers have written in reviews about buying pups/kittens from them only to have it become critically sick a few days later. That in itself proves Kirby isn't fit to have any animals in his care.
Oz on August 14, 2016
I wonder how many animals die in the hands of RSPCA. But no one knows??? They euthanise animals. They facilities are dirty and much worse than the people they prosecute. RSPCA are sick minded people who have power to hurt people with fines and bans. But we can't forget they kill animals too. The claim to be a non profitable business but yet they are a big organisation who run a massive business. RSPCA is the Animal Mafia that sucks people into believing they care for animals. The compliance officers are incompetent and have no knowledge on animals. They are young people who cannot deal with there own sexuality!!! All the government wants is Money, so they use the RSPCA as an excuse. They want to run animal business and suck people into spending money through them. I'm all for small businesses and pet shops. As long as they are regulated. Government should leave the laws as is and not punish petshops. After reading upmarket pets stats on selling more than 2000 pups a year. How many complaints are recieved??? I bet you not many… Lets see what the stats are for the RSPCA… Will we don't see any stats for them, go we? It's all a big secret. How can this agent exist when they do not get audited by a separate body for the cruelty they do to people and animals
Animals are like people. They can become sick. It's normal…. So why do we constantly bad mouth petshop/breeders, when a puppy becomes sick. Like I said, It happens to people too. People who buy pets have to understand this snd deal with it and not blame someone for it. Geez if no animal or person got sick would be great but reality is they do. So accept it
Peter on August 14, 2016
We should display dead babies in shop windows and celebrate diseases and deformities brought on by things like inbreeding and birthparents that are racked with diseases and open infected wounds and that never receive medical treatment…
if you eat food out of a toilet, don't be shocked when it tastes like shit. When you buy your puppy from a pet store, don't be surprised when it needs vet treatment for genetic disorders
Actually the RSPCA's figures are published annually and are publicly available
I guess you are too young and busy struggling with your sexuality to have worried about checking first, or maybe you're just one of the Troll Mafioso
No mate I never said that at all. But I wouldn't mind seeing how you live them I can compare.
Lets visit the RSPCA and see how there cages? If you are prepared to bad mouth petshops and breeders lets tackle the people who police it too.
You should make a difference and start to worry about all those homeless people who are scattered around Melbourne CBD ??? They are the ones the government needs to help. But people don't care about human beings. They think of an animal being sold in a petshop.
When it comes to sick animals being sold I agree with you but not to just pick one occasion or someone.
Seriously homeless people living on the streets need caring for in Australia.
I'm sorry I don't believe what the government bodies state. Your living in a world full of corruption. And they brainwash people to be dumb. Say no more…..maybe corruption is what people are scared to admit!!!
You have absolutely no idea what I do or don't do for homeless people or any other cause for that matter….
I have visited the RSPCA, as any member of the public can. I was impressed
Rook on August 15, 2016
Haha Oz, the old "look at everyone else" offensive debate technique. Rarely used by those in a defensible position, because It suggests "we're bad but we're not the only bad ones, look!"
If you're going to defend puppy farms actually defend it, then I will listen.
I never supported puppy farms… The so called back yarder shouldn't be classified as a puppy farm. Really breeding hundreds of pups a year thy is a puppy farm. A few litters a year isn't. So yeh tighten up the laws on those extreme puppy farms. I don't agree with petshops not being able to sell pups. There is nothing criminal about that. Good on those who think all breeders are shonky but there are alot of genuine ones out there.
Anne Williams on September 3, 2016
I have visited Burwood RSPCA on many occasions and the conditions of the new premises are clean, comfortable, heated/cooled and the Staff are definately caring. Yes, they do have a retail outlet at the premises which brings funds to care for the animals they care for, Vetinary Care, RSPCA Officers. They do run Puppy School, which my pup went to. Why wouldn't they, it's part of the caring for dogs regime. Private Vets run puppy schools too. RSPCA don't just care for dogs & cats. They take all animals. Horses, goats, chooks, all animals.
Yes, animals get sick, but when a Pet Shop continually has sick animals in their shop, such as Upmarket Pets and Melbourne Cental Pet Shop, it's evident they do not care about the animals health and do not seek Vet care. Many customers of these two Pet Shops have made complaints, especially about buying a puppy or kitten only to have it become critically ill a day or so after bringing it home. What about the dead rabbit in the glass cubical at Upmarket Pets? A member of the public had to bring it to their attention. That rabbit must have shown signs of illness long before it died and nothing was done. Kittens with weeping eyes should not be on display for sale in a Pet Shop. They should be getting Vet care and in a quiet place recovering. Not all Breeders are ' shonky'. There are hundreds of Registered reputable Breeders who care for their dogs and are doing it for love, making very little or no profit. Puppy Farmers, Intense Breeding Factories and Pet Shops are in it for the money. Pet Shops can cry all they want that they will go out of business, but there are hundreds of Pet Shops that do great business without selling puppies or kittens. No excuses.
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El Arte es Basura/Art Is Trash – Francisco de Pajaro
Art Is Trash – El Arte Es Basura – Francisco de Pajaro is a warrior, a world renowned street and urban contemporary artist from Barcelona, whose art reflects genuine devotion to mother nature, turning piles of trash into amazing works of art. His hypnotic hand resuscitates the cadavers of hyper consumerism – the trash!
Francisco sees Art Is Trash as the process of re-composing fragments from his life recollections, aesthetically and spontaneously. A sequence that unfolds thanks to the interaction with the audience, that gathers at the time of the installation and inspires and fills Francisco with gratitude. "I like it when people enjoy my art and the surprise and happiness that it gives them", says Francisco. "Like trash, though, my art on the street is ephemeral and so when someone decides to take a piece from the street into their homes I feel they are somehow misinterpreting the concept behind my art".
Art is Trash has shared his work on the streets of London, Ireland, Italy, Berlin, Nantes – France, Dubai, Barcelona, New York, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Bogotá. Francisco work speaks explicitly to the public, denouncing corruption and abuse of power, and also demanding our reaction.
One Beach Plastic
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Since 1999 Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang have been visiting 1000 yards of Kehoe Beach in the Point Reyes National Sea Shore. We have rambled this one remote beach hundreds of times to gather plastic debris washing out of the Pacific Ocean. By carefully collecting and "curating" the bits of plastic, we fashion it into works of art— art that matter-of-factly shows, with minimal artifice, the material as it is. The viewer is often surprised that this colorful stuff is the thermoplastic junk of our throwaway culture. As we have deepened our practice we've found, like archeologists, that each bit of what we find opens into a pinpoint look at the whole of human culture. Each bit has a story to tell.
Read stories about what we have found:
Plastic Forever
http://washedashore.org
About Washed Ashore
The Washed Ashore Project is a non-profit, community-based organization with a mission of educating and creating awareness about marine debris and plastic pollution through art. Washed Ashore is a project of The Artula Institute for Arts & Environmental Education, whose mission is to provide opportunities to express and teach environmental issues through the arts.
Under the leadership of Angela Haseltine Pozzi, community members of all ages work together to clean up our beaches and process the debris into art supplies to construct giant sculptures of the sea life most affected by plastic pollution. This has resulted in thousands of pounds of debris removed from local beaches and turned into works of art. These unique art pieces are part of a traveling exhibition that includes educational signage and programs that encourage reducing, refusing, reusing, repurposing and recycling.
http://www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/midway/#about
Chris Jordan's work explores the collective shadow of contemporary mass culture from a variety of photographic and conceptual perspectives. Edge-walking the lines between beauty and horror, abstraction and representation, the near and the far, the visible and the invisible, Jordan's images confront the enormous power of humanity's collective will. His works are exhibited and published worldwide.
http://www.worldoceansday.org/challenge
Together, we can keep plastic out of the ocean! Learn why it's so important. The Better Bag Challenge is promising to not take any disposable plastic bags for a whole year – take a better bag instead.
http://www.bureoskateboards.com/
Bureo designs and manufactures a unique line of sustainable skateboards. Bureo's innovative boards are manufactured in Chile through the team's initiative, 'Net Positiva', Chile's first ever fishnet collection & recycling program. Net Positiva provides fisherman with environmentally sound disposal points, while Bureo receives highly recyclable and durable raw materials. By offering recycled high quality products, Bureo enables ethically conscious consumers to support recycling development and job growth for local inhabitants.
The name 'Bureo' comes from the language of the Mapuche, the native Chileans, and means ´the waves'. Selected in honor of the Chilean people, the name represents our mission. Just as a wave originates from a disturbance of wind along the ocean surface, Bureo is starting with a small change in an ocean of plastic. Through time and energy, the waves of Bureo will develop the force required to cause real change.
Hall, Joan (US):
http://www.joanhallstudio.com/
Joan Hall is renowned for being one of the preeminent handmade paper artists in the United States. Her art evokes a wide range of emotions among people looking at her work, and her work is often a beautiful take on a range of cultural and environmental issues. Through the use of paper, metal and glass, Joan is able to express her experiences and thoughts in a unique and beautiful way, while raising awareness toward important issues, such as the deterioration of the world's seas.
Her work has been featured in many prominent exhibitions, including at the Blue Star Contemporary Art Center in San Antonio and the Silkeborg Art Center in Silkeborg Bad, Denmark.
In addition, Joan is available for commissioned work, as she has provided her clients with a plethora of distinct pieces and sculptures that invigorate the room.
http://www.dirty-beach.co.uk
Dirty Beach is a Brighton-based collaboration between artists Lou McCurdy and Chloe Hanks. The name is a nod to "saucy" seaside postcards of yesteryear and typifies the humour and satire that characterises much of their work. From initially exhibiting individual works under the name "Dirty Beach", the artists began develop an installation concept – an immersive, fully-fitted "supermarket" that mimics the visual language of large modern retailers but stocks only plastic items recovered from beaches
The aim of the project is to inspire awareness around marine pollution using humour, irreverence and mimicry to create an installation that is simultaneously provocative and popular, accessible yet surreal. We like to create popular, provocative and witty work that focuses on the social and environmental challenges of plastics and throwaway culture. A keenness to collaborate has given us project partners to work alongside including scientists, farmers, and growers, waste gurus, campaign and community groups and NGOs. The Dirty Beach Facebook page has become a valuable resource on marine plastics as well as a vibrant international community.
Marina Debris: http://washedup.us/
Watersheds of the World
This report for the first time presents and analyzes a wide range of global data at the watershed level, assessing 154 watersheds around the world. The analysis focuses on watershed, as ecological units and on the risks of degradation from human activities, which may undermine their ability to provide ecological services and maintain intact the biodiversity found within them. The analysis is based on 15 global indicators that characterize watersheds according to their value, current condition, and vulnerability to potential degradation. These indicators, presented in more than 150 maps, give a unique global perspective on the largess transboundary watersheds, as well as many smaller basins and sub-basins.
Visit the Watersheds of the World online application. You will find colored buttons that function as a menu to select individual basins by continent. Each continental menu provides access to both, interactive maps and lists of basins per continent through which you can access individual basin profiles. There is also a button for the global indicator maps.Maps of land cover, population density and biodiversity for 154 basins and sub-basins around the world. It lists indicators and variables for each of these basins and, where appropriate, provides links and references to relevant information. It further contains 20 global maps portraying relevant water resources issues.
http://www.diannacohen.com/_portfolio/installations/page01.html
Dianna Cohen (CEO; Co-founders; Artist). Dianna Cohen is a Los Angeles-based multimedia visual artist, painter and curator. She is best known for her works using recycled plastic bags ranging from small hanging pieces to room-sized installations. In 2007, Cohen expanded into making wearable art pieces using recycled materials. Solo shows include Post, Art Affairs gallery in Amsterdam, the Sutton Gallery in Melbourne, and Frank Pictures in Santa Monica, CA. She has shown in group exhibitions at Affirmation Arts in NYC, the Riverside Art Museum in Riverside, the Bronx Museum in NYC and the Tampa Museum of Art in Florida. In 2008 she had work in the exhibition Just How does A Patriot Act at The OCCCA in Orange County and at SPARC in Venice, CA and in the exhibition Recreate in Santa Monica. In 2009, Cohen had solo exhibitions at Elizabeth Budia Gallery, Barcelona, and Art From Scrap in Santa Barbara. In 2010, her work was exhibited in BCN: Nights Gallery in Barcelona, Spain.
Longobardi, Pamela (US): http://driftersproject.net
The DRIFTERS PROJECT, begun by Pam Longobardi in 2006 after encountering the mountainous piles of plastic the ocean was regurgitating on remote Hawaiian beaches, has worked directly through local sponsorship, small grant support and personal expenditure by cleaning beaches and working with communities in Beijing, China (NY Arts Beijing, 2008); in Atlanta, Georgia (New Genre Landscape, 2008); in Nicoya, Costa Rica (Chorotega Sede/Universidad Nacional, 2009); in Samothraki, Greece (EVROS Cultural Association and PAI 2010); in Monaco (Nouveau Museé National de Monaco 2011); in Seward, Alaska and Alaskan Peninsula, Katmai National Park as part of the GYRE Expedition (Alaska SeaLife Center 2011, Anchorage Museum 2013-4 and CDC Museum in Atlanta, 2015); in Kefalonia, Greece (Ionion Center, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) with the 2014 birth of Plastic Free Island, and in Armila, Panama with a collaboration with the women artists of the Guna Yala community there. Longobardi and the Drifters Project was recently featured in National Geographic
http://barryrosenthal.com
Although, I started this collection at the beach, the "Work Gloves" became my first 'street finds'. I felt this would be a great collection so I worked expeditiously over four months and found about 100 gloves in NYC. Make no mistake, most of these gloves would never end up on the beach. They don't float. They are in the ocean because once abandoned on the street, they will likely end up in a storm drain washed out into the nearest body of water.
http://mandy-barker.com/current/soup/
Mandy's artistic direction has evolved from graphic design to contemporary photography. Her work has been exhibited worldwide, including The Photographer's Gallery, Deimar Noble, The Mall and Cork Street Galleries in London, and the Science & Technology Park, Hong Kong. Mandy's current photographic projects have been focused on the representation of material debris in the sea and more recently on the mass accumulation of plastic in the world's oceans. The impact of oceanic plastic is an area Mandy has been committed to for many years and is continuing to pursue through innovative visual interpretation.
Hughes, Andrew (UK):
http://www.andyhughes.net
Andy Hughes grew up in the North of England, born in the mining town of Castleford, West Yorkshire. For his fifteenth birthday his gran bought him a 35mm film camera, soon after he made a small darkroom in the attic and began making photographs in and around the mining areas and villages where he lived. He attended Art College in Wakefield before being awarded a First Class Honours at Cardiff University and then an MA at the Royal College of Art, London.
He was an early and continues to be an active member of Surfers Against Sewage. He moved to Cornwall in 1993 where he worked as the first artist in residence at the Tate Gallery St Ives. His work has been published by Booth-Clibborn, London and Abrams, New York. Various Photographic works are in a number of public and private collections in England and America.
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2008 November » Embroidery Talk Has Moved!
Many of you may already know that Magna Glide bobbins are available from the EnMart store. What you may not know is why we sell them. I wanted to discuss that a bit today.
Also according to Fil-Tec, the magnetic core allows for significantly more stitches per bobbin, while reducing defects and improving productivity.
There have also been some reviews of the Magna Glide bobbin done by independent testers. Here is one from R&M Crafts. If you're interested in what end users have to say, you can also read some customer reviews.
I'm guessing most people out there know that our economy is in a bit of trouble at the moment. People are losing their jobs. Companies and downsizing or closing their doors entirely. Consumers are cutting back on spending and putting more of their money away for a rainy day. For those people who do run businesses, the challenge they face is thinking up new ways to attract and retain customers while simultaneously figuring out methods for saving their hard earned dollars. Today I thought it would be a good idea to share some suggestions for prospering in this challenging and interesting economic climate.
Suggestion 1: Diversify – It stands to reason that the more products and services you offer, the more types of customers you'll be able to attract. If you currently only do embroidery, consider adding screen print to your product offerings. Simply order some Ntrans transfers and a heat press and you're ready to offer screen printed garments to your customers. The same goes if you currently are primarily a screen print shop. Adding a Meistergram machine will allow you to offer embroidery and expand your market niche.
Suggestion 2: Retain existing customers – We've talked about the value of repeat customers before. When times are tough, existing customers are more valuable than ever. This is the time to make sure your products and your services are the very best they can be.
Suggestion 3: Review your supplier's prices – In a tough economy you want to make sure you're getting the most for every dollar you spend. A few hours of research can pay off when it comes to saving money on thread, bobbins and other necessary supplies. Also make sure to investigate the quality of your potential purchase. A higher quality thread, for instance, may cost a little more, but you'll recoup the cost quickly.
Suggestion 4: Examine your processes – Now is also the time to examine how you do what you do. Is there a way to streamline your production process? Could you speed up the number of garments you put out in an hour if you changed a few things? When you run a business time is, quite literally, money, so the more time you can save and the more efficient you can be, the more money you'll save as well.
Suggestion 5: Keep advertising – A lot of people would tell you that advertising should be the first thing to go during tough times, but they would be wrong. Now, while other businesses are possibly cutting back, is the perfect time to get your message out there. It will face less competition and potential customers will see that your business is still solid and sound.
I just wanted to remind everyone that there are just over 30 days left until Christmas of 2008. If you're looking for a great gift for the machine embroiderers on your list, I would like to recommend our Iris thread kits. The best 24 kit in polyester or rayon is a great way to give someone a gift of thread they will use again and again. If you want to give a bit more extravagant gift, our Best 50 kit would make a great holiday present and is sure to be appreciated by any embroiderer.
Another great gift would be one of EnMart's thread palettes. These collections of thread are a great way to give your favorite embroiderer a gift they will use again and again. With palettes for everything from Valentine's Day to baby gifts to flesh tones, you're sure to find a palette that will exactly suit your needs. These palettes are also available at an extremely reasonable price. For $31.50 you can get 6 5500 yard cones of polyester thread. That's would make an economical and colorful Christmas gift.
EnMart also carries a variety of items that would make great stocking stuffers. Thread clips, a seam ripper or a lint brush would fit nicely into a stocking. Our mini cones of thread would also be a colorful addition to your favorite embroiderer's stocking this Christmas. We should also remember that an embroidery thread chart would make a thoughtful and useful gift. After all, selecting thread colors is much easier with a thread chart.
EnMart ships promptly, so you still have some shopping days left until Christmas. If you order before the end of November, you can take advantage of the discount we provided to all our newsletter subscribers this month. If you don't currently receive our e-mail newsletter you should ask to be added to the list. EnMart is working to give some gifts to our customers this holiday season, and our specials and sales are currently being announced by e-mail. If you're not currently receiving our newsletter, you're missing out.
As any machine embroiderer knows, one of the keys to a quality finished product is the backing that is used in the creation of the embroidery. Whether you're using cutaway backing or tearaway backing or embroidering single emblems using peel and stick backing as a base, the end product will be effected by the quality of the backing that you use.
EnMart is proud to offer what we feel is some of the finest backing in the industry. Whether you're looking for water soluble topping, peel and stick, tearaway, cutaway or poly mesh backing, you can find what you need at EnMart. We are also currently offering some of our backing on sale. In an effort to clear out some inventory to make room for additional incoming backing, we have put the following backing types on sale at clearance prices.
2.5 Oz. Soft-N-Stable Cutaway – 6×6 – 500 pcs per pack – This backing has excellent stability, is easy to hoop and has a soft feel against the skin.
2.5 Oz. Universal Cutaway – 15 x 15 – 500 pcs per pack – If you're stitching larger designs, this backing is ideal. It is washable and suitable for dry cleaning.
2.0 Oz. Tearaway/Washaway – 15 x 15 – 500 pcs. per pack – This backing washes away, leaving the garment soft and free from backing. It also offers superior stitch performance on high stitch count designs.
The closeout prices will only last until all the backing of these types in inventory is cleared. If you want to take advantage of these sale prices on backing, I'd recommend making a purchase soon.
A few days ago I wrote about the tools that EnMart offers for those who are looking for an easy way to do thread conversions. Today I want to tell you about an additional method of doing thread conversions that EnMart has developed. You can find that new method here.
The new way of converting thread is quite simple. All you do is choose the menu item which corresponds to the thread you currently use. Once you've made your selection, simply enter the number of the thread you're trying to convert. Once you've selected your number, click the look-up button. You will then be shown all the items that contain the Iris thread that is a match to the thread number you selected. From there you can simply click on the products you wish to purchase and add them to your shopping cart.
Currently we offer conversions from Madeira, Robison-Anton, Isacord and Sulky to Iris polyester. We also offer conversions from Madeira Rayon, Robison-Anton Rayon and Sulky Rayon to Iris polyester. We hope to be able to offer rayon to rayon conversions soon.
If you're looking for an easy way to convert from your current supplier to Iris thread, it doesn't get much easier than this. All you have to do is select your color number and click and our conversion program does the rest.
If your goal is to make your holidays sparkle and shine this year, you may want to consider adding metallic thread to your embroidery projects. Many embroiderers are reluctant to work with metallic thread because they've heard horror stories of breakages and problems. We can't speak for other threads, but we can tell you that Iris metallic thread is one of the smoothest running metallic threads in the industry. Available in gold and silver, this thread is a great way to accent your holiday embroidery.
In order to get the best from your metallic thread, there are a few simple things you should do. One easy step is to use a needle designed specifically for sewing with metallic thread. Using this type of needle will help prevent shredding and breakages. It will also help make sure the thread runs more smoothly.
You should also check the tension on your machine. Metallic thread may require different tension settings than the thread you usually use. Do some test stitches to see how the metallic thread works with the current tension settings on your machine. If the thread has issues, loosen the tension by one measure and do your test stitch again.
The speed of your machine may also be an issue when sewing with metallic thread. In general, metallic thread requires a slower stitch speed. If you're experiencing problems, try slowing the stitch speed down a bit and see what happens.
Embroidering holiday themed gifts can be a great way to raise profits and will allow you to give unique, personalized gifts to family and friends. Shopping at EnMart will allow you to get all the supplies you need in one place, saving you both time and money. In addition to metallic thread, needles, other accessories, and backing, EnMart also offers our holiday themed thread palettes.
We talk to a lot of people about thread. Some of those conversations happen at trade shows. Other conversations happen over the phone when someone calls in to place an order. When, during these conversations, we ask what is the main thing stopping people from switching to our thread, the number one response is this: making the conversion would be too difficult.
Because our parent company, Ensign Emblem, has been in the embroidery business for over 30 years, we understand the pain that converting from one thread to another can cause. That's why we do everything we can to help make thread conversion easy and painless. Whether you use polyester embroidery thread or rayon embroidery thread, we can help you make the switch.
We offer thread conversion charts which can be downloaded from our web site. We also offer the MyThreadBox Free software, which you can download to your computer and which will help you with thread conversions that require converting from some other thread brand to Iris thread. If you're simply looking for thread conversion charts in software form, you could purchase My Threadbox, which allows you to convert from any brand to any brand of embroidery thread. We also have hard copies of our embroidery thread conversion charts, and would be glad to send you what you need.
All EnMart thread conversion charts were created by us, in house, using matching skills built up over 30 years in the embroidery business. All matches were made by hand. If you want the most exact match possible, our thread conversion charts are the best way to get the information you need.
When it comes to bobbins for your embroidery machine you have two choices, buy bobbin thread and wind the bobbins yourself or purchase prewound bobbins that simply need to be inserted into your machine. Many machine embroiderers opt for the prewound bobbin option, since it takes less time and is generally easier. At EnMart we sell two types of prewound bobbins, Hi-1o and Magna Glide. Hi-10 bobbins are available in Style L and Style M and with black and white thread. Magna Glide Bobbins are available in Style L with both black and white thread.
The Hi-10 bobbins come 144 bobbins to a box. They are prewound bobbins with paper sides and contain 100% continuous filament polyester thread. These bobbins can be used on all commercial machines and are the most common type of bobbin in the industry.
Magna Glide bobbins come 100 bobbins to a box and contain polyester thread. A Magna Glide bobbin has a magnet embedded in the core of the bobbin. This creates resistance through attraction to the metal bobbin case. The tension created by the magnet eliminates both backlash and overspin. This allows the bobbin to run at an even tension.
During the month of November EnMart will be having a contest. Entering this contest is easy. All you have to do is place an order of any size during November 2008. All orders, whether they come through the website or via phone or fax are eligible.
The prize will be two (2) Best 24 Kits of Iris Thread in your choice of Rayon or Polyester. If you like you may choose one of each. These kits feature mini cones of the top 24 Iris thread colors. If you're looking for a way to try Iris thread, this would be a great opportunity.
I would also like to remind everyone that there will be an e-mail from us arriving in your Inbox today. This e-mail will feature a special offer. If you're not currently on our mailing list there is still time to be added. Simply contact us and ask that we add you to the list. It's that easy.
As always, we thank everyone who has visited our site and placed an order. We will continue to do our best to make the EnMart site a valuable resource and to offer the premium products at affordable prices.
There are a lot of terms specific to the machine embroidery world. Today I want to talk about two of them, denier and tenacity. Both have to do with machine embroidery thread, like Iris thread, so it seemed that discussing what those terms mean would be a good idea.
Let's start with tenacity. This term defines the strength of a yarn or thread of a given size. As a numeric measurement it is the breaking force of grams per denier unit of yarn. When yarn or thread is tested to determine tenacity, it is generally stretched at the rate of 12 inches per minute. Tenacity essentially equals breaking strength.
Next let's consider denier. This term has to do with the mass density of the thread fibers. It is defined as the mass per grams in 9,000 meters. Essentially denier measures the fineness of the thread.
Finally, let's examine elasticity. A thread's elasticity has to do with how much stretch the thread has. To test a thread's elasticity, the thread is stretched until it snaps. The more elastic a thread is, the more stretch it will withstand.
I also wanted to take a moment to remind everyone to keep an eye out for the next EnMart e-mail which will be out tomorrow. There will be a special offer included in that e-mail, so don't miss it. If you're not currently on our mailing list, we can easily add your information. Just contact us and let us know you'd like to be added to the list.


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Wednesday, August 19, narcotics detectives with the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office and Louisiana State Police arrested four individuals on an array of charges including drugs and weapons charges, according to Sheriff Jeff Wiley.
As a result of a two-month long investigation undercover detectives were successful in purchasing a quantity of methamphetamine from a female on Bourgeois Road. During the course of the investigation detectives identified the female as 31-year-old Denise Alvarez.
APSO detectives, along with State Police, executed a search warrant at 13393 Bourgeois Road, Gonzales, and seized approximately 2.5 pounds of methamphetamine, a quantity of marijuana, a quantity of ecstasy, and records of drug sales transactions, drug packaging, scales, pipes, nearly $2,000 in cash, two vehicles, and five weapons (three handguns, one rifle, and one shotgun). Two of those handguns were stolen.
At the time detectives executed the search warrant, three other individuals were in the residence along with Alvarez and they too were arrested on drug charges, added Sheriff Wiley.
Denise Alvarez, 31, of 13393 Bourgeois Road, Gonzales, was arrested and charged with distribution of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, illegal carrying of weapons, possession of drug paraphernalia, and illegal possession of a stolen firearm. She has been arrested eight times with charges stemming from aggravated battery and drug charges.
Quinton Hall, 30, of 1201 S. Stacy Ave., Gonzales, was arrested and charged with illegal carrying of a weapon, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of marijuana second offense, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Kevin Purdue, 27, of 4494 S. Sherwood Forest Blvd. Baton Rouge, was arrested and charged with illegal carrying of weapons, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute ecstasy, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Shannon Covington, 31, of 13393 Bourgeois Road, Gonzales, was arrested and charged with illegal carrying of weapons, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, illegal possession of stolen firearm, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He has been arrested ten times with charges stemming from simple burglary, theft, and drug charges.
All were booked into the Ascension Parish Jail and are awaiting bond.


You cannot make up some of the stuff we see in the news, or what makes for news these days. There is a Presidential race going on that will decide the future of America but today while perusing my favorite websites I came across article after article that were front and center and above any discussion of the Presidential election coming in November. It was so amazing to me that I figured I might just post the stuff you cannot make up on this blog every Friday and allow my readers to add their own findings to the list in the comments section below. Good idea? I think so and with that I will post 5 of the funniest/scariest/mind-boggling articles I found online just this morning: Winner of Most Absurd: Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich deemed to be racist. I'm not kidding. Read the article here about a Portland Principal that seems to think the PB&J is politically incorrect. Winner of Most Disgusting: So you are out to dinner on a first date and she asks if you have a condom. You think you are ready to go home but what she is really asking is if you have tried the edible condom. Not kidding.....A restaurant in London is serving such a meal. Read about the edible condom here. Winner of the I'm Not Surprised Award: KFC served chicken that was past its 'expiration' date? Oh the shock and horror or yup, I believe it. This is not in the story but yesterday I was watching a commercial and KFC had fine print on their commercial. Fine print? For what you may ask. It was to point out that the word fresh is used for thighs, legs, breasts and wings (so that fresh chicken nugget.....not so much.) Oh and if you live in Hawaii and Alaska it is not going to be fresh. Here is what happened in Conroe, Texas (Jeff please be careful when you eat at the KFC's down there.) A Banana Split For Breakfast? This isn't shocking per se but it sure got me thinking as to what to have when I wake up on Sunday. Sound delicious. Click here for the recipe. New Favorite Site: Lastly, my new favorite site: Waffleizer because I love everything waffles. The first two on the menu at our house will be the polenta waffle with sun-dried tomatoes and black beans. The second will be the s'mores waffle. [caption id="attachment_6494" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Source: Waffleizer[/caption] Got any links you want to share with other readers? Post them in the comments.
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Mark Lindquist
King of Methlehem
Never Mind Nirvana
Carnival Desires
Sad Movies
Reviews by Mark Lindquist: 2008 – 2018
Are You Experienced by William Sutcliffe
Entertainment News: Sunday, September 05, 1999
By Mark Lindquist
Special to The Seattle Times
This cross between a coming-of-age story and a road-trip novel was a best seller in England when it was first published in 1996. Now it makes its American debut in trade paperback, packaged for the backpack.
Dave, the narrator, is a 17-year-old Londoner with a year off before he starts school at the university. He decides to spend three months traveling through India, and not out of any intellectual or spiritual curiosity. His only goal is to bed his traveling companion, Liz.
Dave is immature and cynical, but also smart and funny. "I had heard the old cliche about how when you arrive in India, it's like stepping into an oven, but this hadn't prepared me for the fact that when you arrive in India, it is like stepping into an oven."
Liz, unlike Dave, feels obliged to "give something back to India." She reveals that she wants to bathe lepers. "It's always been a dream of mine, actually," she says. Not for Dave. When Liz begins meditating and saying things like, "My karma really has changed," Dave responds, "Karma, my arse." She abandons him.
Dave is forced to go it alone, and he begins mixing with the locals out of necessity. Dave is no Jack Kerouac – this is not a book about the joys and insights of new experiences, but more about the excruciating boredom of bumpy 14-hour bus rides. Still, Dave does start to get into the swing of things. He even hooks up with a native who speaks his language: booze and girls.
This is an enjoyable and occasionally hilarious read for anyone who has ever suffered from the idea that "a long and unpleasant holiday is of crucial importance to one's development as a human being."


While we don't encourage players of Pokémon Go to cheat their way to the top, there are some tips and tricks we've learned to increase a Pokémon's strength and progress your way up in Pokémon Go sooner. How do you do that, you may ask?
An app called Poke Radar can help you find and locate rare and special Pokémon like Pikachu. Players that locate a particular Pokémon can register it to the location where they've spotted the little critter in the Poke Radar app, and you can then follow directions, taking you to the site to catch one yourself. It's currently available in the Apple App Store and coming to Google Play soon.
Another way a player discovered to locate and track Pokémon in Pokémon Go is to download the Ingress app, which is also made by Niantic. This can be helpful when, say, your Pokémon tracker becomes unresponsive.
Why is it helpful? Because Niantic, the maker of the Ingress app which uses location-based data and services, uses the same mapping system and locations in the Pokémon Go app. Once you've downloaded and install Ingress on your mobile device, open it, along with the Pokémon Go app. In Ingress, there are white dots that indicate exotic matter. Where there are large clusters of white dots in Ingress, it's also noted to reveal the location of Pokémon in Pokémon Go. Once you get to a large cluster of white dots, you can switch back to the Pokémon Go app and should then see Pokémon on your screen.
We've heard several different iterations on how and when you should throw your Pokeball to catch Pokémon in the Pokémon Go game. In our experience, as the colored circle goes from large to small around the Pokémon, it should be exactly in between the largest and smallest size on the Pokémon, and land within it to catch those sneaky creatures. Also, if you throw a curve ball or a perfect throw, you'll also gain more experience points—from a range of ten to fifty.
While you're out and about, hit as many Pokestops as you can. You not only get experience points, you also get a lot of items.
Pay particular attention to Pokestops that have pink leaves falling around them. That means someone has dropped a lure there and, not only will you get Pokestop items, you may also catch some unexpected Pokémon. Maybe you should hang out there for a bit to see what you get. You could get lucky and catch a rare Pokémon.
Are there lots of Rattata, Weedles, or Pidgeys in your area? By us, they are common, and you should try catching the most common ones as much as those rare Pokémon. When you catch a Pokémon, you get three pieces of candy and one hundred stardust, unless it's the first of its kind you've caught. Then, in that case, you get five hundred experience points. Once you've grabbed a bunch of similar Pokémon and your stash has grown with candy and stardust, power up and evolve those buggers. Even if you only keep one of the evolved forms of a certain Pokémon, you get hundreds of experience points and can level up quicker by doing this also. Plus, when you power up a Pokémon before evolving it, it has more CP, which will make the evolved form stronger and gain a higher CP. Then, you can trade in the evolved Pokémon you don't want and get one piece of candy for each trade.
We've touched on this subject before, but we've also learned something new since then: you can only hold up to nine Pokémon eggs at a time. So, if you've got eggs and you've got incubators, set up a batch to incubate and hatch around the same time.
Then, right before your Poke eggs hatch, use a lucky egg if you've got one; because once those eggs hatch, you get mad experience points and stardust. By using a lucky egg with that process, you'll bank double the experience points. The lucky egg lasts for thirty minutes, so after your eggs hatch make sure your Pokeballs are ready and catch as many Pokémon as possible before your time's up.
There you have it. We've learned these tips and tricks through playing Pokémon Go, as well as receiving input from other avid Pokémon Go players. Most are gained from our own trial and error while playing, and personal theories we've actually used and put into practice along the way. Have any other tips and tricks? Let us know!


Mercer disease or Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is defined as "a strain of Staphylococcus aureus that is resistant to a large group of antibiotics called the beta-lactams, which include the penicillins and the cephalosporins". "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium responsible for difficult-to-treat infections in humans". The bacterium develops resistance when there is haphazard use of antibiotics which is what makes treatment difficult.
MRSA is a contagious and hard-to-cure disease that can be caught by direct contact with an infected person or direct contact with something they have handled. MRSA causes skin infections where persons with the disease will develop boils or pimples on their skin which, if left untreated will turn into pustules and affect important organs of the body such as the lungs, and heart as well as the blood stream. Complications such as fever, low blood pressure, joint pains, severe headaches and shortness of breath many also develop and persons will require urgent medical attention. Mercer disease may result in fatalities without proper and efficient treatment.
There are some individuals that carry the staph bacteria on the skin or inside the nose but do not suffer from illness (they are colonized). However, because the bacteria are highly contagious it can be transferred to others. In most cases staph bacteria are harmless but in some cases such as weakened immune systems or old age they will cause serious illness to the individual. Staph bacteria become more dangerous if they enter the body through broken skin, but the level of damage is usually minor in healthy people.
Persons that develop a resistance to major antibiotics are prone to MRSA. This kind of resistance will develop from unnecessary or excessive use of antibiotics. This most likely happens with prescriptions for viral infections call for antibiotics as the cure; however, the antibiotics may not have been the best solution. After constant use the body develops immunity to the effects of these drugs.
Antibiotics are also found in livestock and passed on to humans when their feedlots contaminate municipal water systems, streams and groundwater.
Antibiotics may also increase the resistant bacteria present in the body indirectly. When antibiotics are used as treatment they do not eradicate all the germs present, these germs continue to live in the body and develop immunity to future courses of antibiotic treatment. The germs eventually begin to mutate creating more germs that are resistant.
Persons that are sick, or weakened from age, will be more vulnerable to mercer disease especially those that are hospitalized, this is more so in patients that have an open wound whether from surgery or otherwise. MRSA can survive for long periods on objects or surfaces such as door handles, sinks, floors and cleaning equipment as such individual most practice proper hygiene to avoid infection.


is it even right to rate Dickens? I am exhausted from the beauty of his prose. This is the third time I have read this novel and it keeps getting better and more topical!
Many times this was very hard to put down. Anxious with anticipation.
It is hard to believe mans inhumanity to man.


Urist likes badgers for their underground communities.
A small mammal with a striped face. It lives in groups and is ferocious in combat.
A small mammal (about half the size of a dog) that travels in groups referred to in the community as "congas", badgers distinguish themselves from the common pack critter that occasionally wanders onto your map by their Prone To Rage feature. This means that badgers will often go berserk and attack adventurers, dwarves, and livestock.
For an adventurer, badgers can serve as a superb sparring partner (much better than other critters like gophers or hoary marmots) in order to gain experience in skills like Shield User and Armor User. See this FAQ section for more details.
Badgers that are enraged will hunt down common peasant dwarves going about their business on the surface, disrupting early fortress setup procedures as they force a terrified dwarf to run to the edge of the map before being cornered by the badger.
Fortunately, it's still a small and fairly harmless creature due to its size and lack of any notable form of attacks, and a common adult unarmed dwarf will probably cripple it with a single kick (which is not to say that a badger can't get lucky, but it mostly seems to be limited to bruises and scratches). However, children are vulnerable to their attacks, especial the young (and hence small) ones.
If you are attacked by aggressive badgers early on while still digging out your fort, consider training some of your dogs to be wardogs - a wardog is more than a match for a badger, and spares you the need to set a valuable soldier dwarf to badger-hunting duty.
Honey badgers are similar to normal badgers, but found in tropical and desert regions rather than temperate ones. Giant badgers are far larger, far more fun versions of badgers. Some dwarves admire badgers for their underground communities and their striped faces.
This article or section has been rated D for Dwarf. It may include witty humour, not-so-witty humour, bad humour, in-jokes, and references to the Bay12 forums. Don't believe everything you read, and if you miss some of the references, don't worry. It was inevitable.
Here is a lovely quote from Untelligent of the Bay12 forums.
"For ages, the crown of the King of Beasts has rested upon no head, the title long being vacant. Elephants became docile long ago, Carp have shrunk even smaller than they once were and dwarves made less fearful of their terrifying stare, and Giant Cave Spiders had the razor-tips of their fangs filed off.
But now, a new beast, freshly wrought from the blood-forges of Armok himself, has begun its reign of terror over the land. He made it ubiquitous, such that all would know its name. He filled it with fury, such that none would think it harmless. And He granted several of them tremendous size and insatiable anger far beyond that of their normal kin, such that even those who had thought they had mastered them had still more treacherous foes to be slain by.
There is a new King of Beasts, and its name is Badger. Tremble before it."
This may seem to contradict earlier claims of the badger being harmless. This is true, for a single badger or for small groups. Unfortunately, they tend to enter the map in huge "badger storms", swirling masses of highly irritable, lightning quick, sharp-clawed monsters. Any dwarf unlucky enough to be caught alone in a badger storm will soon find themselves being torn to shreds, reduced to a mangled pile of flesh.
..Hands and feet will be severed.
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Keogh plan financial definition of Keogh plan
https://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Keogh+plan
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Related to Keogh plan: 401k Plan
A type of pension account in which taxes are deferred. Available to those who are self-employed.
An account into which a self-employed person makes contributions up to a certain limit throughout his/her working life, and from which he/she begins to take distributions following retirement. Under a Keogh plan, contributions are tax deductible and withdrawals are taxed. The limit on annual contributions to a Keogh plan varies each year and is indexed to inflation, but in any case, it is higher than the limit for an IRA or a 401(k). Contributions to Keogh plans are invested in securities and usually own common stock and certificates of deposit.
A federally approved retirement program that permits self-employed individuals to set aside for savings up to a specified amount. All contributions and income earned by the account are tax deferred until withdrawals are made during retirement. Investment opportunities include certificates of deposit, mutual funds, and self-directed brokerage accounts.
Keogh plan.
A group of qualified retirement plans, including profit sharing plans, money purchase defined contribution plans, and a defined benefit plan, is available to self-employed people, small-business owners, and partners in companies that file an IRS Schedule K, among others.
Together these plans are sometimes described as Keogh plans in honor of Eugene Keogh, a US representative from Brooklyn, NY, who was a force behind their creation in 1963.
The employer, not the employee, makes the contributions to Keogh plans, but the employee typically chooses the way the contributions are invested.
Like other qualified plans, there are contribution limits, though they are substantially higher than with either 401(k)s or individual retirement plans, and on a par with contribution limits for a simplified employee pension plan (SEP).
Any earnings in an employee's account accumulate tax deferred, and withdrawals from the account are taxed at regular income tax rates.
If you participate in a Keogh plan, a 10% federal tax penalty applies to withdrawals you take before you turn 59 1/2, and minimum required distributions (MRD) must begin by April 1 of the year following the year that you turn 70 1/2 unless you're still working. In that case, you can postpone MRDs until April 1 of the year following the year you actually retire.
The only exception -- and it is more common here than in other retirement plans -- is if you own more than 5% of the company. If you leave your job or retire, you can roll over your account value to an individual retirement account (IRA).
If you're eligible to establish a qualified retirement plan, a Keogh may be attractive because there are several ways to structure the plan, you may be able to shelter more money than with other plans by electing the defined benefit alternative, and you have more control in establishing which employees qualify for the plan.
But the reporting requirements can be complex, making it wise to have professional help in setting up and administering a plan.
Under prior law, a Keogh plan was a retirement plan set up for a self-employed taxpayer. The rules that applied to self-employed taxpayers differed from those that applied to common-law employees. Under current law, self-employed individuals are subject to the same rules as common-law employees.
Keogh plan
adjustments to income
qualifying annuity
simplified employee pension plan
The rate of return on the Keogh plan, SEP, or IRA investment is no less favorable than the rate of return on an identical investment that could have been made at the same time at the same branch of the bank by a customer who is not eligible for (or who does not receive) reduced or no cost services.
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For example, the following table shows the results of investing $7,500 annually in a Keogh plan where the rate of return is 8%:
Chapter 22: HR 10 (Keogh) plan
The judgment debtor was 57 years old, had various health problems, substantial debts, and no retirement income other than the funds in the Keogh plan, which were approximately $127,000.
CREDITORS' RIGHTS: Tax Qualified Plans and IRAs
Keogh plan: Such plans are commonly used by sole proprietors and partners to defer current taxation of income from their wade or business activities and by employees who also generate earned income from SE activities (e.g., a member of a corporate board of directors).
Distribution options for defined-contribution plans (Part I): this two-part article examines issues and strategies to enhance the value of defined-contribution-plan distributions. Part I describes the common types of plans and applicable restrictions
Under an exception to the rule requiring periodic payments, distributions from IRAs or Keogh plans maintained by self-employed individuals qualify for the exclusion regardless of whether the distributions are periodic payments or lump-sum distributions.
NEW YORK BENEFICIARIES NOW ENTITLED TO PENSION AND ANNUITY EXCLUSION
However, the "annuity" exception does not apply to IRA or Keogh plan distributions.
New York State and City income tax consequences of IRA and pension distributions
Example 2: G, a 65-year-old single physician in the 45% combined Federal and state income tax bracket, had a $2 million balance in his Keogh plan at the end of 2000.
Proper IRD planning can preserve family wealth
For example, a self-employed taxpayer with preliminary form 1040 adjusted gross income of $150,000 might decrease taxable income by $15,000 when adding a Keogh plan deduction of $10,000 (that is, the $10,000 Keogh contribution reduces AGI so as to allow 50% or $5,000 of a rental loss to become deductible).
Ten tax tips for the small business; here are the tax planing areas that will be important in 1990
Distributions from Keogh Plans. When there is a distribution from a Keogh plan to a self-employed individual or a common-law employee of the entire balance in an account, the distribution can be rolled over into another Keogh plan, a qualified plan or an individual retirement account (other than an endowment contract).
Rollover contributions
Using a defined contribution Keogh plan, an individual can contribute and deduct up to 15% of net SE income (maybe more if a defined benefit Keogh plan is used), but Keogh plans must be in existence before the end of this year to take a deduction.
Advising a client who is planning to become self-employed
In Durando,(47) a taxpayer argued that allocated S corporation income was self-employment (SE) income for Keogh plan purposes.
Current developments - eligibility, elections and terminations; operations; reorganizations; and legislation
The Ninth Circuit recently ruled in Durando, 70 F3d 548 (1995), that shareholders' pro rata share of S income is not self-employment income for Keogh plan deduction purposes.
Ninth Circuit disallows Keogh deduction based on S income
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