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Basic Immigration Law 2020: Business, Family, Naturalization and Related Areas

Speaker(s): Alexis S. Axelrad, Amy C. Cococcia, Cheryl R. David, Cora-Ann V. Pestaina, Cyrus D. Mehta, David Grunblatt, Jojo Annobil, Jun H. Lee, Karin Wolman, Kenneth Craig Dobson, Matthew L. Guadagno, Noemi E. Masliah, Timothy J. Houghton
Recorded on: Feb. 6, 2020
PLI Program #: 275716

Amy Cococcia is a Partner at the New York office of Fragomen, where she has practiced immigration law for more than 20 years. Amy currently leads worldwide engagements for multinational financial and technology companies.

Amy regularly counsels clients regarding employer sanctions and I-9 compliance issues, represents companies in I-9 investigations before Immigration Customs Enforcement, and advises clients on the E-Verify program and Social Security Administration "No-Match" letter issues. She provides counsel to multinational companies on I-9 policy development and program implementation for compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act, including discrimination related issues in their recruitment and hiring processes. Amy also has extensive experience representing both corporate and individual clients regarding professional work visas, extraordinary ability petitions, family-based permanent residency, and complex citizenship and naturalization matters.

In 2015, Amy was on a short-term assignment to the firm’s Singapore and Malaysia offices, where she was instrumental in the opening and development of Fragomen’s office in Kuala Lumpur.

Amy is a Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association, a Board Member of the Tufts Lawyers Association, and a member of several industry associations, including the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the American Foreign Law Association and the Federal Bar Council. She holds a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and a B.A. from Tufts University. Amy was listed in Best Lawyers in America from 2017 to 2020, and Super Lawyers from 2013 to 2019.

Cheryl R. David has been practicing immigration law since 1995.  She handles all aspects of immigration law with an emphasis on removal and family-based cases.  Prior to opening her own practice she was an associate for five years at Bretz & Coven, LLP where her main area of concentration was deportation defense of individuals with criminal convictions.  She is a frequent lecturer on issues related to removal and complicated family based cases.  She is the Chair for AILA of the Removal Defense Steering Committee and she serves on the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service Headquarters committee for AILA.  She currently is on the Board of Directors of Asista.  Previously she served on Department of State national committee of AILA from 2018-2020.  Some of her additional past positions and membership include:  Co-Chair, NY-AILA  ICE committee; Member, AILA ICE National Committee, 2016-18; Director, American Immigration Lawyers Association Board of Governors, 2007-2013; Member, Board of Directors of the City Bar Fund of New York – 2007-2013; Chair, National Liaison Committee for the American Immigration Lawyers Association and Executive Office for Immigration Review, 2010-2012; Chair, National Liaison Committee for the American Immigration Lawyers Association and U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), 2007-2010, Chair, AILA NY ICE - Detention & Removal Committee, 2007-2009; Chair and Founder, NY AILA Chapter of the juvenile pro-bono committee with the Executive Office for Immigration Review, 2007-2009; Member, Immigration & Nationality Committee of the City Bar, 2008-2011 Co-Chair, NY AILA Chapter Pro Bono Committee -2007-2009.

Cora-Ann V. Pestaina is a Partner at Cyrus D. Mehta and Partners, PLLC where she practices primarily in the area of business immigration law. She represents large global corporate clients, emerging growth companies and individuals in a wide range of industries including Information Technology, Finance, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Management Consulting and Design. Ms. Pestaina has extensive experience in PERM labor certifications and she regularly counsels clients regarding temporary employment-based nonimmigrant visas and permanent residence sponsorship for their foreign national employees. She also represents artists and investors including EB-5 investors. Ms. Pestaina also represents individuals in family-based applications and naturalization.

Ms. Pestaina received her J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law/Yeshiva University where she served as an Editor for the Cardozo Women’s Law Journal.  She earned her B.A. in Political Science from Marymount Manhattan College.

Ms. Pestaina is admitted to practice in New York and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) where she served several terms as co-chair of the New York Chapter’s Department of Labor Committee and the Corporate Practice Committee.  Ms. Pestaina is also the author of articles that have appeared in professional publications such as Bender’s Immigration Bulletin and on the firm’s website,, and the firm’s blog, The Insightful Immigration Blog.  She has been a featured speaker on various business immigration panels including at AILA meetings and conferences both locally and nationally. She was a speaker on PERM labor certifications at the AILA New York Chapter Immigration Law Symposium in 2011 and 2014; at the AILA National Immigration Conference in 2016 and 2017; and at the 2017 AILA PERM/H-2B Practice Conference.

She is included in Chambers USA, which identifies the world’s leading lawyers and law firms and she has also been included in various editions of The Best Lawyers in America. She is also ranked by Super Lawyers and listed in Who’s Who Legal Corporate Immigration.

Craig Dobson provides ethics advice to lawyers, represents lawyers in disciplinary matters, and practices immigration and nationality law at Dobson Law LLC.  He has a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Furman University and a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from New England School of Law.  During law school, he received CALI awards in both the Law and Ethics of Lawyering and International Business Transactions and served as Editor-in-Chief of the New England Journal of International and Comparative Law.  He previously served as Georgia UPL Liaison for the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) Georgia-Alabama Chapter and was appointed by the Supreme Court of Georgia to serve as Chairperson of the District 1 UPL Committee for the State Bar of Georgia from 2014 to 2017.  He is currently Chair of AILA’s National Ethics Committee and is Co-chair AILA New York’s Ethics Committee.  He is also a member of the Association of Professional Responsibility’s (APRL) Cross-Border Practice Subcommittee, which is working on proposed amendments to current ABA multi-jurisdictional practice rules.  Additionally, he is a member of the New York City Bar Association’s Mindfulness & Wellbeing in Law Committee and AILA’s new lawyer well-being committee.  In October 2017, he became one of the first National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coaches.

Jojo Annobil is the Executive Director of Immigrant Justice Corps (IJC) the country’s first and only fellowship program wholly dedicated to increasing access to counsel for low income immigrants. He previously served as Attorney-in-Charge of The Legal Aid Society’s city-wide Immigration Law Unit. Mr. Annobil is an adjunct professor at New York University School of Law where he co-teaches the Immigrant Defense Clinic.  He also serves as Special Counsel to the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division First Department’s Disciplinary Committee on immigration matters. Mr. Annobil is a graduate of Fordham Law School.

Matthew L. Guadagno has been practicing immigration law since 1997.  He is a solo practitioner in Manhattan.  Mr. Guadagno’s practice focuses on deportation defense and federal litigation relating to immigration.  He has argued numerous cases in the federal courts that have resulted in precedent decisions.  He has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.  In the past, Mr. Guadagno has served on the Amicus Committee of the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association, the Advisory Committee to the Legal Action Center of the American Immigration Council, and the Advisory Committee to the Immigration Unit of Brooklyn Defenders.  In September 2019, Mr. Guadagno was listed in the New York Metro Edition of the publication Super Lawyers for the eleventh year in a row.  He is also AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.  Mr. Guadagno regularly speaks at continuing legal education courses about immigration law.  Mr. Guadagno is an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School where he teaches a course on deportation defense that he created.

Timothy J. Houghton entered on duty as District Director for District N-13 in March of 2020. He previously served as the Deputy District Director for District N-13 from December 2015 - March 2020.

Background Experience

Mr. Houghton has over 21 years of government service which began with legacy Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) at the Garden City Office of the New York District in 1998. He has his held a variety of positions In United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.

He began his federal service as a District Adjudications Officer at the Garden City Office of the New York District. In 2004, Mr. Houghton became a Supervisory District Adjudication Officer in the Naturalization Unit. In 2007, he was assigned to the Adjustment of Status Unit where he served as supervisor until May 2009. In 2008, Mr. Houghton received the Federal Executive Board Award as Supervisor of the year for his work in the Naturalization Unit by organizing a more efficient manner to receive documents from customers. In May 2009, he became a Supervisor for the Newark District Office in the Adjustment of Status Unit where he served in that position until March 2010. In March 2010, Mr. Houghton was selected by New York District to serve as Section Manager for Adjudications 2. The Adjudication 2 Unit adjudicated multiple immigration applications and adhered to the Stokes Agreement. In January of 2011, he was assigned as Section Manager for the Naturalization Unit. Mr. Houghton received the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; Distinguished Government Service Award on May 11, 2012. In May 2012, Mr. Houghton was selected as Field Office Director for the New York Queens Field office. In May 2014, Mr. Houghton was selected as the Field Office Director of New York Field office where he served until appointment as the Deputy District Director in December 2015. Mr. Houghton received the Manager/Supervisor of the Year in 2017.

Born in New York City, Alexis S. Axelrad has over two decades of experience in immigration and nationality law. Ms. Axelrad received her B.A. from the University of Maryland at College Park (1994.) After earning her J.D. from New York Law School (1997), Ms. Axelrad was admitted to practice in New York in 1998.

Ms. Axelrad has been active in the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) – the preeminent bar association for US immigration lawyers - since she began practicing law. Ms. Axelrad currently serves as an elected as a director of AILA National's Board of Governors (BOG) and as the Chair of AILA National’s Customs and Border Patrol (CBP).  Ms. Axelrad is a past Chair of the New York Chapter of AILA and served in every capacity on the NY chapter's executive committee.  She is currently the chair of the New York Chapter of AILA’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Committee and a member of the District Director Committee for over ten years. Ms. Axelrad is also an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Executives Association of New York.

Ms. Axelrad was also the recipient of the distinguished 2020 AILA Susan Quarles Service Award and a past recipient of AILA President's Commendation Award for Outstanding Service on the USCIS HQ liaison committee, June 2008-2010 & 2014, 2019. New York Super Lawyers has listed her in the 'rising stars' section of top immigration attorneys in New York in 2011 and 2012, and as a Super Lawyer from 2013 to present. She is recognized by Chambers & Partners USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.

Ms. Axelrad was the author of quarterly column on immigration matters published in the New York Law Journal and the researcher and writer of US Immigration Laws: Working, Living and Studying in America (1999). She is a frequent writer for periodicals and speaker on immigration and nationality law and is honored to be a source of information and guidance for her colleagues in and outside of the immigration bar and for the NYC SHRM community.

Ms. Axelrad maintains a busy corporate and family-based immigration practice with a particular emphasis on interaction with the various offices of Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department including USCIS, Department of State, and Customs and Border Protection.

I graduated with a B.A. from Cornell University majoring in Government with concentration in International Relations.  Graduated with a J.D. from Syracuse University School of Law.   I am admitted in the State if New York, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department.

I have been a Staff Attorney with the Attorney Grievance Committee since 2001.  I am presently a Principal Staff Attorney investigating and prosecuting professional misconduct by attorneys in the First Department where allegations vary from neglect of legal matters to escrow violations.  In addition, I have been designated to oversee the investigation of complaints filed against attorneys practicing in the area of immigration law.  I am a member of the Katzman Study Group as well as a member of the Protecting Immigrants New York Task Force.

Karin Wolman is Principal of the Law Office of Karin Wolman, PLLC, serving businesses of all sizes, non-profit organizations and individuals, across industries from healthcare and the sciences, academia, finance and technology, to the performing arts and entertainment, fine and graphic arts and new media, culinary arts, fashion and beauty, architecture and design. Ms. Wolman is a frequent speaker at local and national conferences on topics in immigration law ranging from aliens of extraordinary ability to naturalization, for organizations including the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Practising Law Institute, New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, and New York State Bar Association. Ms. Wolman has been recognized among the top 5% of attorneys in the New York Metro area by SuperLawyers, and has a 10/10 “Superb” rating on Avvo. A graduate of Columbia University and UCLA School of Law, she worked at the Brooklyn Academy of Music when the O & P visa categories were first introduced. She has served since 2002 as moderator of the AILA InfoNet forum on O & P visas, as well as other forums, plus the Vermont Service Center liaison committee for AILA national and local committees for the New York chapter of AILA.

Noemi E. Masliah is the principal of The Masliah Firm PC in New York City. She has been engaged exclusively in the practice of immigration law since 1980 and has spoken and written frequently on a broad range of immigration topics. Her practice covers all categories of employment-based cases for both temporary and permanent visas. She also represents individuals in family-based immigration matters and citizenship applications. She has received several community awards for her activism in immigration reform, specifically in connection with the discriminatory impact of the US immigration laws on the LGBT community.  She served on Lambda Legal’s Board of Directors for many years. Ms. Masliah was a co-founder of Immigration Equality. Most recently, she has been involved in the sanctuary movement, helping establish an immigration clinic at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah where she is a Board Director. A long-time and active member of the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association, Ms. Masliah served as a Trustee of the American Immigration Council.

David Grunblatt is a Partner at Proskauer Rose LLP, heading its Immigration Practice Group and is an authority on employer immigration compliance and employment-based immigration benefits.  He served as Chair of the New York Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and of its Vermont Service Center Liaison Committee.  He was formerly Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Immigration and Nationality Law and was Chair of the Committee on Immigration and Nationality Law at the New York County Lawyers Association.  He lectures and writes extensively on the subject of Immigration and Nationality Law.

Cyrus D. Mehta, a graduate of Cambridge University and Columbia Law School, is the Managing Partner of Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners PLLC in New York City. Mr. Mehta is a member of the American Immigration Lawyer’s  (AILA) Administrative Litigation Task Force; AILA’s FOIA Strategy Committee; former chair and current member of AILA’s Ethics Committee; special counsel on immigration matters to the Departmental Disciplinary Committee, Appellate Division, First Department, New York; board member of Volunteers for Legal Services and board member of The New York Immigration Coalition.  Mr. Mehta is the former chair of the Board of Trustees of the American Immigration Council and former chair of the Committee on Immigration and Nationality Law of the New York City Bar Association. He is a frequent speaker and writer on various immigration-related issues, including on ethics, and is also an adjunct professor of law at Brooklyn Law School, where he teaches a course entitled Immigration and Work.  Mr. Mehta received the AILA 2018 Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award for advancing the practice of immigration law and the AILA 2011 Michael Maggio Memorial Award for his outstanding efforts in providing pro bono representation in the immigration field. He has also received three AILA Presidential Commendations in 2010, 2016 and 2020.  Mr. Mehta is ranked highly by Who’s Who Legal – Corporate Immigration Law  and also by Chambers USA and Chambers Global in immigration law, among other rankings.


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The trial of Victor Uadiale and Capt. Everest Nnaji before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for an alleged $5 million fraud continued on Monday, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presenting more evidence against them.

Uadiale and Nnaji are facing a three-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence to the tune of $ 5million, to which they pleaded “not guilty”, when they were first arraigned on December 14, 2018.

One of the counts reads: “That you, Victor Uadiale (aka Victor Emeka/Amaka Emeka), Captain Everest Nnaji, and Ismail Lawal (now at large) between 22nd April and 12th day of October 1998, in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, obtained the aggregate sum of $1, 292, 000. 00 (One Million, Two Hundred and Ninety Two Thousand United States Dollar) from Tawfeeq A. Al-Omar, a Kuwaiti national, by falsely representing to him that the said sum represented payment for Urea Phosphate fertilizer, which you claimed was procured from National Fertilizer Company of Nigeria (NAFCON), Port Harcourt and Bonny Light Crude oil, which pretext you knew to be false and committed an offence contrary to Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, No. 13 of 1995 as amended by ACT No. 62 0f 1999.”

At the resumed sitting today, prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, who led the third prosecution witness, Danladi Daniel, an EFCC operative, in evidence, presented more documents to prove the case against them.

The documents include photos taken in the course of investigation; Certified True Copies (CTC) of letter written to MTN and MTN’s reply; CTC of EFCC’s letter to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) and NFIU’s response; CTC of EFCC’s letter to the US Consulate-General and the response; CTC of EFCC’s letter to NNPC and the response; EFCC’s letter to the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA); EFCC’s letter to the victim and the response and EFCC’s letter to Keystone Bank and the response.

The documents were all admitted against the defendants by the Court as Exhibits P38 to P53.

In his examination-in-chief, Daniel, who identified all the documents, further narrated how the EFCC had immediately swung into action, after receiving a petition from the complainant.

He said: “We confronted the second defendant with our findings, but he said he could not recall because of the length of time; so, he asked for time to contact his bank.

“He later came back that he had written to the bank and was waiting for their reply.

“However, he came back with an email that the bank declined giving the statement of account on the grounds that the bank had since closed the account.”

According to the witness, he and another operative, Abdulkarim Chukkol, took it upon themselves to visit the Country Representative of Barclays Bank in Nigeria.

He added: “She was able to view the account in our presence with her laptop computer and confirmed that the account had since been closed and that she did not have any clearance to give a third party details of the account. So, she advised us to either approach the second defendant to approach the bank to release the details or go by the Legal Mutual Assistance to be able to recover the details.”

He also told the Court that the EFCC, thereafter, engaged SOCA and the FBI “to facilitate the speedy process and we followed up with the Nigerian authorities, by writing to the NFIU and the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF.

“The NFIU confirmed that the transaction actually occurred.”

He further told the Court that in order to establish the fraud case against the defendants, the EFCC contacted MTN for the call logs of two numbers, which were identified as the phone numbers used to communicate with the victim.

According to him, “Having studied the bundles of documents submitted by the victim to us through his lawyer, we found that the defendants had done everything to make sure there was no transaction traced to Nigeria and the only thing were the two phone numbers the victim gave us as the recent ones he used to reach the first defendant.

“We, therefore, decided to write to MTN requesting the call records of these two numbers.

“Going through, we were able, by analysis, to identify frequent callers and individuals who were calling from the same location.

“We got two individuals laying claim to the numbers.

“One of them resides in the same vicinity with the first defendant.

“We invited and interviewed him and he confirmed that the first defendant was the one using one of the phone numbers.

“We traced the first defendant to his house and arrested him.

“By the time of arrest, we were able to recover a phone with a SIM card bearing the same number.”

The matter was adjourned till Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at the request of the prosecution, for the SIM card and other items recovered in the course of the arrest to be tendered before the Court.


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The Shielding Tree by Black Elk

tree of lifeThe international conference on the climate is being held in Lima, Peru.

This poem is by Black Elk.

Hey! Lean to hear my feeble voice.

At the center of the sacred hoop

You have said that I should make the tree to bloom.

With tears running, O Great Spirit, my Grandfather,

With running eyes I must say

The tree has never bloomed

Here I stand, and the tree is withered.

Again, I recall the great vision you gave me.

It may be that some little root of the sacred tree still lives.

Nourish it then

That it may leaf

And bloom

And fill with singing birds!

Hear me, that the people may once again

Find the good road

And the shielding tree.

Roberts, Elizabeth; Amidon, Elias (2011-04-26). Earth Prayers: 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations from Around the World (p. 86). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition.

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    Leading the young fold forward on a fresh
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In 1988, a young New Yorker named Erik Seidel achieved notoriety when he finished runner up to Johnny Chan in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Seidel was a former professional Backgammon player, but more notably a former stock trader.

In 2011, Seidel travelled to the Bahamas in the Caribbean to play at the PCA. He finished fourth in the High Roller event and decided to travel to Australia to play in the Aussie Millions.

During the next few weeks, Seidel won more than $3 million playing poker in Oz and it was at this time that his trading experience kicked in.

Ask any top trader what the keys to success are and they will vary with the exception of a few key principles. Know when to cut your losses and when to ride your winners. Seidel could feel it in his bones.

The PCA and Aussie Millions successes were telling him to ride his winners. Seidel normally plans a very scant annual schedule, but in 2011 he decided to ride the wave as long as he could. In the next 11-months, he would win a staggering $6.5 million.

The Seidel example, mentioned in the tips to play poker on Betfair, is a macro example of riding your winners, but the micro level is critical too. If you feel that you are playing well and winning, then carry on.

Your mind will be trying to tell you to quit while you are ahead, to go and hide your nuts like a good little squirrel. But this is counter intuitive. Instead, you should follow Seidel’s lead and just go for it. You never know when it may happen again.

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Fueled fired heaters

Fuel-fired heaters offer many solutions in regards to what you may be looking for. These types of units are commonly found in many types of atmospheres and industries including operational machinery, buses, trucks, industrial processes, and plants.

Here are 5 things to know about fuel-fired heaters….

1. What are fuel fire heaters most commonly used for?

  • There are many kinds of uses for fuel fire heaters as they are an extremely versatile type of heater that can adapt to many different needs.
  • Fuel-fired heaters can be found in many industrial plants as tested and trusted and efficient ways of heating a facility. Many plants have products and goods that need to remain at a certain temperature to ensure the integrity of the perishable products, not to mention, keeping employees working in a comfortable atmosphere.

2. How do different industrial processes benefit from fuel fire heaters?

There are many industrial processes that these heaters are used for. Many machines that have gears, pulleys, and cylinders are often kept inside in the winter to ensure they keep working in top shape. In some places, like Canada, it can get pretty hard on these machines to be woken up from a -40 sit overnight.

3. How do engines benefit from fuel fire heaters?

  • Have you ever seen someone turn the key of a truck and wait for a light to turn on before they turned the key to start the vehicle or large machinery? That is because that vehicle or equipment is diesel operated.
  • Many diesel-operated vehicles and operational equipment contain fuel-fired heaters to keep engines preheated, such as farm equipment, and machinery, diesel buses, trucks, and large industrial machines. These types of engines use less fuel and have better omissions.

4. How can fuel-fired furnaces work in your facility?

If your fuel-fired furnace is gas-based, gas-based furnaces are commonly found in factories, plants, and other large industrial facilities. Something about gas furnaces to keep in mind is that gas furnaces burn either propane or natural gas, so they are generally designed to burn only that specific gas.

5. Can you save money by using a fuel-fired furnace?

Who doesn’t want to save a few bucks? Natural gas furnaces are more efficient than fuel oil furnaces, so it’s possible to save on your energy bills and significantly decrease your overhead after you convert to a fuel-fired furnace.

There are a few types of fuel-fired heaters to choose from…

Air Heaters use air and not liquid to heat the area while hydronic/liquid coolant heaters are used for keeping perishables at a certain temp and are commonly used to keep cabs warm. There are two types of heaters that rely on fuel to operate: diesel fuel and gas-fueled heaters. Both diesel fuel and gas-fueled heater energy sources are pulled from the equipment they are installed to.

Things to keep in consideration when choosing a heater…..

When you are choosing a fire-fueled heater, be sure to consult an expert to match the best type of heater for your needs and ensure your heater is professionally installed by a reputable fire-based heater supplier.

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Warren Moon: A Football Life – “I was just trying to calm her down.”

PolitiChicks.comThe NFL brand took a hit during the worst possible time: female propitiation month. Outcry over the league’s tepid response to the elevator knock out game and Southern-style switch hitting forced a disciplinary do-over.

To insulate the brand from negative publicity, more pink appeared on the sidelines, #NOMORE launched on Twitter and Roger Goodell lengthened suspensions. To do its part, ESPN aired a redemptive tale of spousal abuse – Warren Moon: A Football Life.

The NFL-produced documentary characterizes Moon as the embodiment of talent, victimhood and pride.

Young Warren assumes the role of head of the family after his father’s passing. A sense of duty becomes entrenched in his psyche. Family members start referring to him as “Pops.”

Warren becomes tight, rigid. His one escape is football. He dreams of becoming the first black quarterback in a time when black players primarily played running back or right guard. He often retreats to the kitchen where he bakes cookies; his way of combating disappointment and setbacks.

He excels at West L.A., then at the University of Washington. Warren, scorned, having gone undrafted by the NFL, signs with the Canadian Football League. As quarterback for the Edmonton Eskimos, he passes for 21,228 yards and scores 144 touchdowns.

After six years of playing in the CFL, Moon gets his opportunity to play quarterback in the NFL. The Houston Oilers entice Moon to play for them; signing on his former Edmonton coach to sweeten the deal.

Faced with the daily onslaught of hate from racist fans, Moon once again retreats to his kitchen to bake cookies. This time he takes his cookie baking from catharsis to franchise.

One day the pressure becomes too much. The housekeeper hears screams from the Moon’s bedroom. The housekeeper sees Moon’s hands clasped around his wife’s throat. He pleads with his wife, “You’ve gotta calm down.”

Moon’s side of the story remains the same 18 years later. “I was just trying to calm her down.”

NFL producers paint this as a one-time incident. It is inferred that the racism of the Houston Oilers fans incited this otherwise non-violent person to violence.

Screen credits roll as Moon is seen baking cookies with his son.

To this day Felicia Moon defends her ex-husband and blames herself.

Brand protection apparently allows for criminal behavior and absolution. A publicity campaign or two is supposed to excuse the presence of a wife beater calling play-by-play, a rapist playing quarterback and murderer providing halftime analysis. A remorseful interview is supposed to erase our memory of dog fighting.

With its own propaganda studio at its disposal, NFL Films tries to fictionalize facts and redeem its worst sinners. If the NFL was truly serious about abuse, felons would not be allowed to grace the sidelines or run the field.

Like the double reverse, players are too fast to fall for that old trick anymore. Likewise, fans, particularly female fans, aren’t going to fall for trick plays and redirection either.

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The Left’s Nauseating Virtue Signaling

PSA: We Care! (Lol!!)

Folks, it’s been a hard 3-4 months for the Hollywood Left. Impeachment failed followed by the Corona Virus. They were locked down in their mansions without being able to go to work and be fawned over by their public. It’s been rough, bless their little hearts. They MUST have love and adoration! So they decided to make a PSA to virtue signal their solidarity with the common black folks that they’ve never met or even come close to identifying with.

Those who appear in the PSA include Sarah Paulson, Julianne Moore, Justin Theroux, Stanley Tucci, Aaron Paul, Kristen Bell, Mark Duplass, Bryce Dallas Howard, Debra Messing, Ilana Glazer, Kesha, Bethany Joy Lenz, Piper Perabo and others. The website will host the campaign, created by Tommy Oliver and Adam Platzner of Confluential Content in partnership with the NAACP.

Here is what the Celebrities had to say (with some helpful commentary):

I take responsibility

I take responsibility

I take responsibility

I take responsibility for every unchecked moment

Oh, look out! Something different!

For everytime it was easier to ignore than to call it out for what it was.

Every not so funny joke…every unfair stereotype

Every blatant injustice no matter how big or small

Everytime I remained silent

Wait, what? When have leftists EVER remained silent? About anything!

Everytime I explained away police brutality or turned a blind eye.

What we see here is that the Hollywood Left has a bigotry problem. I wonder if these statements apply to those of us who have a different view than they do (i.e. conservatives or Christians). HA!

I take responsibility. Black people are being slaughtered in the streets. Killed in their own homes. These are our brothers and sisters.

Our friends, our family. We are done watching them die. We are no longer bystanders. We will not be idle. Enough is enough.

Yes I am sure these folks have their black folks over for tea and crumpets all the time.

I will no longer allow an unchecked moment. I will no longer allow racist, hurtful words, jokes, stereotypes, no matter how big or small, to be uttered in my presence

I can honestly say I don’t have any friends or family who would ever say or allow those things. It is telling that apparently they do.

I will not turn a blank eye. Going for a jog should not be a death sentence. Sleeping in your own home should not be a death sentence.

A “blank eye”? Sounds like a pirate. “Errr I’ve me a blank eye”. Out of curiosity I looked up the definition of the term: “A blank eye is one which seems dead to the light of the world”. Bingo. If that doesn’t succinctly describe these folks I don’t know what does.

Playing video games with your nephew should not be a death sentence.

Did I miss something? Who got killed while playing a video game?

Shopping in a store should not be a death sentence. Business as usual should not be life threatening.

Unless of course you walk into a store during the corona virus without a mask on.

I stand against hate.

I stand against hate.

I will stand against hate in love. I will make my presence known.

GROAN. We need much less of yall’s presence known. None would be lovely. Just shut up and go away!

And killer cops must be prosecuted, they are murderers. We can turn the tide. It is time to take responsibility. Call out hate. Step up and take action.

Ok! Here we go! They are going to tell us what actions to take in following their lead.

Oh, wait. That was the end? Seriously??

I think what we’ve just witnessed is an anti-climax.

Notice there is no offer of tangible financial help or even a willingness to march in peaceful protests. These people are phonies.

But I am sure these celebrities feel much better now that they’ve virtue signaled us to boredom. They care! They took time out of their busy schedule to film videos of themselves in their rich homes guarded by walls and privately hired protection. I’m sure non-Caucasian people feel secure and happy now and will sleep well tonight.

The utter arrogance of these folks is astounding. I’m happy and content knowing that I haven’t seen any of their work. And I take FULL responsibility for it.

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How To Fix Racist Team Names Like the Washington “Redskins”

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“The Redskins Should Change Their Racist Name”

There’s actually a list of racist team names. A few of them even.

If you think the oh-so-rich professional sports leagues are the pure avenues of Everyman in pursuit of recreation in a troubled world, get over yourself. They are brand-obsessed, like all corporations. Some brands stink with their racist team names, logos, mascots and symbols, even though there are those that attempt to reflect positive elements of race [Atlanta Braves?]. A variety of people are saying this: #ChangeTheName and #ChangeTheMascot and that they are #NotYourMascot. Sounds like common sense to me.

But the only “good” reason I’ve ever heard about why some teams need to keep their racist names is…tradition. Maybe I’ve missed a few, but this one is so very sad. Tradition. Slavery was traditional as well. As well as keeping women from voting.

But let’s not only “pick on” Washington [the seat of the government that fought for the emancipation of a race from this slavery thing]. Let’s focus on the rest of the teams that have a rich tradition of sporting a racist team name!

Edmonton Eskimos, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Blackhawks, etc.

I think the NBA is doing ok. Any guesses why that is? Sociologists, anyone?

Here’s the best Superbowl commercial that never was. Watch for the very powerful ending and how it fits into removing bigotry from sport!

OK, here’s a solution. Don’t just change the name/logo/brand/iconography/mascot. Make a big deal about changing the name. Use it as a catalyst for a community-engagement rebranding, like New Coke, except for something worthwhile, so it can be the opposite: a success.

Through this process, you start by acknowledging the long culture of your team, which itself is bigger than, and not dependent on, racist names or names that objectify a people. And then you say something like, “our greatness is not dependent on a name that is offensive to some; our greatness of the past, present and future is because our commitment to [insert your league/sport and iconic players/coaches here] is eternal, so we need a new name to carry forward with us because no one wants to inadvertently be bigots.”

Then you open it wide open and make a big deal out of crafting a new identity, one that can be shared proudly by everyone. You explore your greatness with those who love you. What has made you great? What non-bigoted symbols reflect that greatness? You explore your hopes and dreams and visions for a future of splendour and authentic integrity and the sincere desire to be role models for those seeking guidance!

How hard is that? Remember all the effort that went into New Coke? It can’t be anywhere nearly as hard as that, and this has every chance of actually succeeding.

And you don’t need to call out “Redskin,” “Brave,” “Chief,” “Blackhawk,” [etc.] lovers as anything at all. Most/all probably aren’t racists or wanting to be racists as they support their team. If they happen to be, it’s not because of the team name. They’re racists anyway. So don’t worry about it. It’s not your fault. And frankly, if they want to abandon your team because your community changed its name away from something racist, that should actually help you sleep better at night?

And in Vancouver, I see what we’ve got with this Canucks team name. Seems ok, except when people pronounce it Canooks. Imagine if we were, historically, the Vancouver Salish [or various racist slurs, which I won’t type because you know what I’m talking about], or Vancouver Chinese [or racist slurs], or Vancouver South Asians [or racist slurs]? I’d quite hope we’d put a stop to that, like the Nepean Redskins did! See, they figured out how easy it was: “the controversy over the name has taken away from the outstanding work done by players, coaches and volunteers”!

So let’s do what we can to support those communities to fix their racist/tokenistic team names/identities. Let’s help them get to a new era where they won’t be burdened and distracted by inadvertent bigotry.

Because I hope they’d do the same for us!

By the way, congratulations, Pacific Northwest on the Seahawks win yesterday. A long road, and no racism was perpetrated in the expression by the 12th man of your iconography.

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  1. Thank you. This does make total sense. I’ve been following this sort of thing, mostly at and a few years ago I never would have thought much about any of this but now after reading about it my eyes have been opened. I’ve also grown older and become much closser to my culture.

    I suppose one reason this was allowed to go on for so long is because often when something is so common people become desensitized to it as it’s an every day thing so nobody thinks twice about it. That’s a big problem today with many things.

    It would be wonderful if all these teams, that aren’t part of a (mostly) Native American/First Nation college/univeristy, changed their names and/or imagery.
    I mean, I haven’t seen any other teams running around under derogatory names and images so why is this okay? It’s not. It dehumanizes us.

  2. Sounds like someone definitely needs to get over themselves. Perhaps decide to tackle some real American problems, which don’t include drama based around sports.

    1. i think you may want to read this again. if you think it is about sports drama, you’re entirely missing the racism, which is the whole point, and a real american problem, which i’m sure you’re aware of?

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Provida Mater Ecclesia

Provida Mater Ecclesia was an apostolic constitution by Pope Pius XI, that recognized secular institutes as a new form of official consecration in the Catholic Church.[1]

Promulgated on February 2, 1947, the constitution recognized secular consecration; that is, it recognized that lay men and lay women could, while remaining "in the world", live consecrated lives - which hitherto had been held to be possible only as a religious. The specific charism of secular institutes unites the elements of a consecrated life lived according to the evangelical counsels and living as a lay person not in a religious community. Pius described them as "societies, clerical or lay, whose members make profession of the evangelical counsels, living in a secular condition for the purpose of Christian perfection and full apostolate."[2]

This way of life dates back at least to the sixteenth century and Angela Merici's Company of St. Ursula. Merici envisioned the members as consecrated to God and dedicated to the service of their neighbor, but to remain in the world, teaching the girls of their own neighborhood, and to practice a religious form of life in their own homes. In this, she anticipated the secular institutes that were approved centuries later.[3] The members wore no special habit and took no formal religious vows. Merici wrote a rule of life for the group, which specified the practice of the evangelical counsels in their own homes. The rule she had written was approved in 1544 by Pope Paul III.[4]

While not living together under the same roof, members come together at meetings.[5] Unlike apostolic societies dedicated to a particular work, secular institutes are organizations of like-minded Catholic laity or clerics who share a certain vision lived out personally.

Along with Primo Feliciter and Cum Sanctissimus the constitution Provida Mater Ecclesia provided the basis for Catholic secular institutes to receive their own legislation.[6]

  1. ^ "History", Voluntas Dei Institute
  2. ^ Skarda, Patricia. "Secular Institutes -- the vocation of the 21st century", The Boston Pilot, January 2, 2015
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Today we will be covering the basic features of a brand new (out-of-the-box) Power Apps Portal application called Field Service Portal. This was announced in Dynamics 365 2021 release wave 1 plan (link is in the References section below). It was first released for public preview on Apr 26, 2021 but hasn’t hit the General Availability at the time of writing this article.

This is a long-awaited requested feature from Microsoft. And we are so excited that its finally out there!

Disclaimer: This feature not released yet so it should not be used in Production environments.

What is Field Service Portal?

Field Service Customer Portal is a Dynamics 365 Field Service feature/add-on that connects Power Apps Portals to Field Service in Dynamics 365 and provides self-service scheduling capabilities of service appointments for Customers.

Why Field Service Portal?

It allows customers to book service appointments online without the need to call an agent. Instead, the customer can go online and see all available timeslot(s) for the specific type of service they need. The customer can then select the day and time that best works for them. Once the customer submits, the system automatically creates a booking and a work order, then presents the customer a confirmation of the booking (and a confirmation Email/SMS if configured). This saves a lot of time and energy compared to when the customer calls an agent and spends time on the phone trying to schedule.

One other advantage of using the self-service functionality is the ability to access the portal from any device, laptop, PC, or mobile phone. Power Apps Portals App is known for its responsive design so it will work on any device.

How to set up this feature

You need to have Dynamics 365 Field Service version ( or higher.

Also depending on your requirements, you might want to set up Office 365 Exchange (or alternate email connector like Twilio, for example) to send emails, SMS provider for automatic SMS communication, or both. For instructions on how to set up Email/SMS notifications, please see the link to Microsoft Docs in the references section at the end of this article.

Install Field Service Portal

  1. Navigate to http://make.powerapps.com
  2. Select Field Service Portal, enter name and subdomain, then click Create.
  3. That’s it!

Configure Field Service Portal

Before using Field Service Portal, the following are (at a minimum) configuration/settings that need to be completed in order to get the Portal up and running and enjoy the full benefits of it:

Setup Account & Customer Assets

Setting up an Account is necessary because the Portal displays Service Products based on the logged-in user’s Account Assets. In our case, we have the pre-setup Account Contoso Electronics with Assets.

Figure 1: Account Assets

Setup Portal Contact

Next up is setting up a Portal Contact. There are many ways to create a portal contact, in our case, we had created a Portal user account through Field Service portal Invitation process (#1 in the list below).

  1. Invitation process through Field Service portal.
  2. Invitation process (Out of the box)
  3. Regular registration process on the portal.
  4. Manually create Portal Contact.

If you do not follow Step 1, then you will need to manually add the web role Web API User to the Portal Contact for the Portal to work properly.

You can find more about how to set up Portal Contact in the reference at the end of this article.

Setup Bookable Resources

We need to set up at least one Bookable Resource and associated Work Hours. The two main reasons for this are:

  1. Field Service Portal respects Bookable Resources Calendars, Work Hours, Lunch time, Weekends, and Time-off. Therefore, Bookable resource calendars and availabilities are essential information for the Field Service portal to display the available time slots.
  2. Bookable Resources Skills: Field Service Portal will look for Bookable resources that have the necessary skills identified when the user selects Incident Type on the Field Service portal.

Tip: If you have more than one Bookable Resource, it may be a good idea to set up a default Work Template and apply this template to your bookable resources.

Tip: Make sure that the Resource type is User. Portal will not consider any other types of resources.

Below is a screenshot of sample Work Hours for a Bookable Resource that we created (8 am to 5 pm – Excluding Weekends):

Figure 2: Resource Calendar (8 am to 5 pm – Excluding Weekends)

Setup Incident Types

Incident Types determine the type of Work/Service to be done when work orders and bookings are created. Incident Types are populated in the dropdown Service Type on the Field Service portal. Incident Types also determine:

  1. The duration of work that needs to be done, and therefore the suggested timeslots that will be presented to the customer on the Portal will be affected by the duration of work required.
  2. The Bookable Resource Skills needed to perform the Work/Service.

You can create new Incident Types or use existing sample data that you can install for free from the Microsoft Docs website (link in the references below). However, you need to ensure that Incident Types contain the following information:

  1. Default Work Order
  2. Estimated Duration
  3. Enable for C2 = Yes

In our case, we will use Install IoT as Incident Type.

Figure 3: Incident Type “Install IoT”

Setup Incident Type Characteristics

Once you set up Incident Type, you need to set up Incident Type Characteristic that is the bridge between Incident Type and Characteristic.

In our case, we have created Incident Type Characteristic Arm Band Servicing and linked it to the Install IoT Incident type and the Characteristic Arm Band Service.

Figure 4: Incident Type Characteristic

Setup Bookable Resource Characteristics

Finally, ensure that there is at least one Bookable resource that is linked to the Characteristic Arm Band Servicing (through Bookable Resource Characteristic). This step ensures that ultimately, the Bookable Resource is linked to the Incident Type.

Figure 5: Bookable Resource Characteristic

Now that we have completed our setup, we are ready to test this!

Demo: Book Timeslot on the Field Service Portal

As a customer, login to the portal and follow these easy steps to book your timeslot:

Select Service Product

This is the Customer Asset associated with the current logged-in portal user Account. Notice that Service Address is populated under the dropdown.

Figure 6: Service Product

Select Service Type

As previously mentioned, this dropdown represents Incident Types in Dynamics. Notice the duration of the work is listed under the dropdown (1 hour).

Figure 7: Service Type

Select Day

Once we select Install IoT, the system automatically loads the Calendar and circles the days that are available. As you can see from the screenshot below, the customer is only presented days available from Monday-Friday (8 am to 5 pm) because there is not any bookable resource available during the weekend.

Figure 8: Select Day

Select Time

When we click on any available day, the available time slots are displayed (default 30 minutes between each timeslot). System also respects Bookable Resource Calendars.

Figure 9: Select Timeslot

Click “Book”!

Portal now displays a confirmation of your booking.

Figure 10: Booking Confirmation

Behind the Scenes

Once the Booking is submitted from the Portal, Dynamics automatically creates a Work Order, a Resource Requirement, and a Booking in Dynamics. See below screenshots:

Work Order

Figure 11: Work Order

Bookable Resource Booking

Figure 12: Bookable Resource Booking

Known Limitations

Field Service Portal has a lot of potential, and it is expected that more and more features and new ideas will be added to it in the next releases. However, at the time of this article, there are some known limitations of Field Service Portal that we hope change in the future. Perhaps the most prominent ones are:

  1. It would be nice if the Customer can have the ability to Cancel a previously confirmed booking.
  2. Field Service portal currently does not take into consideration Resource travel time when finding availability.
  3. Field Service Portal cannot be integrated into an existing Power Apps Portals. It’s a standalone feature. However, the good news is that you can have both Field Service Portal and a regular Power Apps Portal coexist without worrying about a one-Power Apps portal per environment limitation.
  4. As mentioned above, Field Service portal only considers Bookable resource calendars of Type = User.

For more information about other topics that were not covered in this article, pre-requisites, release dates, and other updates:

2021 release wave 1 plan:

Sample data installation for Field Service:

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Horse joint supplements work! We finally have some formal studies that back this claim up. However, "nutraceuticals," as these compounds are called, are not tightly regulated by the FDA, so "consumer beware" applies. Indeed, it's easy to get lost among all the products and their ingredients.

The best approach with equine joint supplements is to read the labels to make sure the product contains appropriate ingredients in effective amounts. NOTE: These are the recommended levels if each ingredient is being used alone. When combined, many ingredients are effective at lower levels because they then work synergistically with the other ingredients.

Glucosamine is the best-studied ingredient in joint supplements. The basic building block of all connective tissues, including cartilage, it comes as either glucosamine sulfate or glucosamine hydrochloride, both of which are effective. It's best to stick with either the manufactured pure glucosamine or shellfish sources.

Glucosamine relieves pain, sometimes in as short a time as 10 to 14 days. Studies have shown that it can slow cartilage breakdown and may encourage healing. An effective dose is 6,000 to 10,000 mg/day. The 10,000 mg dose is usually needed for horses that are being worked. This higher level is also recommended during the first week or two of any horse's treatment, known as the "loading" period, which helps speed up results.

Chondroitin sulfate is a major structural component of cartilage, bone, and tough connective tissues such as the whites of the eyes. The pain-relieving effects of chondroitin are not as obvious as with glucosamine, although some observers report that horses on chondroitin only seem to move more "fluidly" overall. Formal studies on chondroitin give mixed results, with its greatest benefit appearing to be prevention of further cartilage breakdown. An effective dose is between 1,250 and 5,000 mg/day.

Glucosamine + Chondroitin
Recent research shows that best results are obtained when using combinations of glucosamine and chondroitin, rather than using either substance alone. Many equine joint supplements now combine these two ingredients (among other things). What you will often find, though, is that a product may contain both ingredients, but the dosage of one, or both, is low compared to the individual dosages listed above. Your best bet is to use a combination product that supplies a full dose of glucosamine (for pain control) and as close to a correct dose of chondroitin as you can find.

Keep in mind that glucosamine and chondroitin are the cornerstones of any joint supplement program. Unless new research eventually shows something else works better, you should focus on those two.

Hyaluronic Acid(HA)
An important component of both the cartilage itself and the joint fluid, Hyaluronic Acid has been available as an oral supplement. It is particularly good for controlling pain, heat and swelling. The gel formulations cost more, but seem to give the most rapid and reliable results. Dosage is 100 mg/day.

HA is also found in a variety of powdered supplements. Addition of as little as 20 mg to a glucosamine and chondroitin combination product may make a difference for some horses. In other cases, you will have to use the full 100 mg dose or even more. If your horse has not responded as well to glucosamine and chondroitin as you had hoped, this is a reasonable next step. You can get an idea of how your horse may respond by first trying a gel in addition to your regular supplement for a few days.

Avocado and Soy Unsaponifiables (ASU)
Avocado and soy unsaponifiables are plant fats that are normally protected from digestion and absorption in the intestinal tract but are extracted and purified by a special procedure. In an equine study where arthritis was induced by a surgical procedure, these substances showed a protective effect against cartilage breakdown in a group of supplemented horses compared to those not supplemented. However, they did not appear to have an effect on pain. Yet studies in other species have shown that the release of inflammatory substances is inhibited, while growth factors needed for repair and maintenance increase.

ASU is classified as a "chondroprotective" (chondro = cartilage). It is a slow-acting substance. You won't see results overnight. Effective equine dose is at least 1,200 mg/day.

Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM)
Although it is still not clear how methylsulfonylmethane works, or what the long-term side effects might be, it is an effective anti-inflammatory. One equine study in horses with hock arthritis showed it takes a dose of at least 20,000 mg/day to be effective. MSM is added to many joint supplements but rarely in doses that high. To assess your horse's response to MSM, buy a pure MSM product and add that at varying doses.

Hydrolyzed Collagen
Collagen is a protein that forms the structural framework for all connective tissues in the body, including bone and cartilage. Hydrolyzed collagen is collagen that has been purified and also broken down into smaller protein units for easier digestion and absorption. It has naturally occurring amounts of glucosamine, chondroitin and hyaluronic acid, but the benefit is believed to come from the connective tissue-specific protein and amino acids.

Collagen hydrolysates have been used to promote wound and ulcer healing, and most recently, as a treatment for arthritis. However, the dosages required to get this effect in people have been quite high, and a horse may need as much as 40,000 mg a day.

Cetylated Fatty Acids (cetyl myristoleate, or CMO)
CMO (sometimes marketed under the name Celadrin) has received mixed reviews. It may help with pain and protect cartilage in some cases. It works better when combined with therapeutic dosages of other joint support nutrients, but no studies have been done to compare the combination of CMO with glucosamine/chondroitin versus just the glucosamine and chondroitin alone. Minimum equine dose is likely to be at least 1,400 mg.

Vitamin C
Vitamin C is essential for the health of cartilage and other connective tissues, but this is definitely an area where more is NOT better. Excessive amounts may even damage cartilage. No equine studies are available. The equine equivalent of a human dose found to have a mild effect would be 4,000 mg/day, but a horse's body is capable of manufacturing its own vitamin C, and this could be too high. A horse on fresh pasture is taking in about 1,000 to 2,000 mg/day of vitamin C from grass.

A variety of anti-inflammatory herbs are often added to equine joint supplements, but there's no guarantee the amount being added is enough to have any effect. These herbs are most useful for horses that continue to have pain despite adequate doses of other joint nutraceuticals. The list of herbs is a long one, but here are two of the most commonly used and their likely effective dosages:

• Yucca—3,000 mg/day of 10% saponin powder to 15,000 mg/day of 2% saponin powder
• Boswellia—500 mg/day of extract

Manganese is a trace mineral that plays a critical role in cartilage metabolism. It is required for the production of chondroitin sulfate in the body. However, if your horse's hay, pasture and grain are average quality, he is not only meeting his minimum requirements but probably getting a lot more manganese than he needs. With minerals, more is definitely not better. Avoid manganese entirely or find the lowest dose you can (25 mg or less) while still getting the other ingredients you're after.

Copper and Zinc
These minerals aren't included as commonly, but many equine diets are both high in manganese and low to downright deficient in copper and zinc. Copper plays a key role in connective tissue formation, and both copper and zinc are involved in one of the body's important antioxidant enzyme systems. If they are in the supplement, 50 mg of copper and 150 mg of zinc are reasonable and safe potshot levels.

Summing Up
• Don't wait until your horse is severely lame to start a joint supplement. Some changes may be irreversible.
• Start with a supplement that provides 6,000 to 10,000 milligrams (mg) glucosamine and 1,250 to 5,000 mg chondroitin.
• Hyaluronic Acid is most useful for acute flare-ups or for horses with persistent heat and swelling, which indicates ongoing inflammation.
• Avocado and soy unsaponifiables and cetylated fatty acids are both slow-acting ingredients that may protect against further cartilage breakdown.

TIP: Look for the NASC seal for assured quality and safety—and stick with research-based products! For example, Absorbine was one of the first companies in the industry to perform a clinical field study on joint supplements. Today, the company's Flex+Max Optimized Pellets contain guaranteed levels of glucosamine (10,000 mg) and chondroitin sulfate (1,200 mg in a special low molecular weight to enhance its bioavailability), as well as 5,000 mg methylsulfonylmethane (MSM), 150 mg of Hyaluronic Acid and 5.6 g. rice bran. Also included: 11g of flaxseed, 130 mg of Boswellia Serrata and fenugreek for increased palatability.

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