Addiction to Mountain Dew is a condition which affects people who drink Mountain Dew, with a concentration in central Appalachia. Combined with improper dental care, tooth decay occurs amongst people suffering from this condition.
Background
Mountain Dew, a soft drink produced by PepsiCo, is high in sugar and caffeine. This helps to produce an addiction due to the way that caffeine interacts with the body. Combined with improper dental care, tooth decay can occur. Although all the teeth are at risk for being affected, it is most likely that the maxillary anterior teeth will suffer the most damage. Additionally, children are unable to brush their teeth because of the pain associated with the cavities, causing further decay.
In 2009, in a report on the poverty in central Appalachia, Diane Sawyer documented occurrences of addiction amongst people there. Babies were even given it in their bottles. The documentary also reported on a two year old had twelve cavities in their baby teeth, an occurrence of baby bottle caries. The condition doesn't just affect people in Appalachia. In a well-publicized event, Caron Butler gave up his addiction to the drink the same year as the documentary after drinking six cans a day. After quitting, he dropped eleven pounds.
Of note, early advertising for the drink showed a hillybilly shooting at a reveneuer, a common stereotype of people from Appalachia. A group on Facebook is dedicated to the addiction, and The Onion satirical website has parodied the addiction.
Background
Mountain Dew, a soft drink produced by PepsiCo, is high in sugar and caffeine. This helps to produce an addiction due to the way that caffeine interacts with the body. Combined with improper dental care, tooth decay can occur. Although all the teeth are at risk for being affected, it is most likely that the maxillary anterior teeth will suffer the most damage. Additionally, children are unable to brush their teeth because of the pain associated with the cavities, causing further decay.
In 2009, in a report on the poverty in central Appalachia, Diane Sawyer documented occurrences of addiction amongst people there. Babies were even given it in their bottles. The documentary also reported on a two year old had twelve cavities in their baby teeth, an occurrence of baby bottle caries. The condition doesn't just affect people in Appalachia. In a well-publicized event, Caron Butler gave up his addiction to the drink the same year as the documentary after drinking six cans a day. After quitting, he dropped eleven pounds.
Of note, early advertising for the drink showed a hillybilly shooting at a reveneuer, a common stereotype of people from Appalachia. A group on Facebook is dedicated to the addiction, and The Onion satirical website has parodied the addiction.
Renard Queenston (Real name David Remmler, who releases music under multiple names, including Adraen, Aurastys, Azrael, D-Mode-D, Darius, Furries in a Blender, Jackal Queenston, Kitcaliber, Kitsune², Klippa, Mayhem, NegaRen, Sonitus Vir, The Queenstons, The Quick Brown Fox, or just simply Renard) is an electronic music producer and founder of his own record label, LapFox Trax (formerly VULPvibe Records). He lives in Hamilton Ontario, Canada. Each of his musical aliases, which represent different styles of music, are visually represented by an anthropomorphic animal character, or "fursona".
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Elizabeth Dovydenas vs. The Bible Speaks is a landmark and important case involving undue influence (brainwashing) of an American heiress of the Dayton Hudson fortune and a ministry of Carl H. Stevens Jr., The Bible Speaks, in Lenox, Massachusetts.
Between the years 1984 and 1985, Elizabeth (Betsy) Dovydenas donated $6.5 million to The Bible Speaks ministry. She also changed her will, leaving her estate to the ministry and disinheriting her husband Jonas Dovydenas as well as her children.
In 1986 she and her family brought a lawsuit against Carl H. Stevens Jr. and The Bible Speaks, seeking to recover the $6.5 million. The court found in her favor, and this proved to be a pivotal event, as the Bible Speaks declared bankruptcy, lost their property in Lenox Massachusetts, and relocated to Baltimore.
The presiding judge said in his 60-page decision that the testimony revealed "an astonishing saga of clerical deceit, avarice, and subjugation" by Stevens, who "has abused the trust of the claimant as well as the trust of many good and devout members of the church." He described Betsy as intelligent and trusting, but said Stevens achieved "total dominion and control over her."
This story can be viewed on You Tube by searching for Pat Manchester 60 Minutes,Part 1 & 2
Between the years 1984 and 1985, Elizabeth (Betsy) Dovydenas donated $6.5 million to The Bible Speaks ministry. She also changed her will, leaving her estate to the ministry and disinheriting her husband Jonas Dovydenas as well as her children.
In 1986 she and her family brought a lawsuit against Carl H. Stevens Jr. and The Bible Speaks, seeking to recover the $6.5 million. The court found in her favor, and this proved to be a pivotal event, as the Bible Speaks declared bankruptcy, lost their property in Lenox Massachusetts, and relocated to Baltimore.
The presiding judge said in his 60-page decision that the testimony revealed "an astonishing saga of clerical deceit, avarice, and subjugation" by Stevens, who "has abused the trust of the claimant as well as the trust of many good and devout members of the church." He described Betsy as intelligent and trusting, but said Stevens achieved "total dominion and control over her."
This story can be viewed on You Tube by searching for Pat Manchester 60 Minutes,Part 1 & 2
Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif (born Joseph Anthony Davis) is a Tukwila, Washington man and convicted felon indicted for planning an armed attack on a Military Entrance Processing Station, or MEPS, in Seattle, Washington. Abdul-Latif was arrested on June 23, 2011 along with Walli Mujahidh (born Frederick Dominque Jr.) and indicted in Federal District Court on eight counts including Conspiracy to Murder Officers and Employees of the United States and Conspiracy to Use Weapons of Mass Destruction. In addition Abdul-Latif hoped that the attack would serve to "wake the Muslims up" to what he described as "defending their religion from U.S. actions abroad". Abdul-Latif also had an extensive online presence, including videos of himself that he posted to YouTube.