The band formed in 1989 when Jian Ghomeshi ( then going by Jean Ghomeshi ), Murray Foster and Mike Ford, former classmates at the local Thornlea Secondary School and playing in a pub band called The Chia Pets at the time, joined with David Matheson to busk in Toronto.

Pedott first learned about Chia Pets when he attended a housewares show in Chicago in 1977.

Chia Pets achieved popularity in the 1980s following the 1982 release of a ram, the first widely marketed Chia Pet.

As of 2007, approximately 500, 000 Chia Pets were sold annually, and they are sold only during the holiday season.

Originally made in Mexico, Chia Pets are now produced in China.

Additionally, there are Chia Pets depicting presidents, including Barack Obama.

* 2006 Wave 11 — Chia Bear, Chia Alex and Chia Marty introduced, Chia Ram and Chia Bull reintroduced, Chia Kid, Chia Clown and Chia Lion Cub retired, Chia Alarm Clock included with all Chia Pets, Chia Heads and Chia Tree, Cuddly Chia Puppy and Cuddly Chia Cub introduced.

Pack-in items in normal Chia Pets discontinued.

The purpose of the Chia Cat Grass Planter is to give something tasty and nutritious for cats to eat, rather than one's Chia Pets.

Other versions of the legend say that after stepping into the lagoon of Iguaque, Bachué ascended to the sky and became Chía ; in other versions Chia and Bachué are two different figures.

Chia Pet Cuddlies are plush toys with soft fabric " Chia " fur bodies.

Most Famous Chia are sculpted a Chia Head type of planter, with exceptions noted below.

* Chia Po — Wave 12 ( 2007 ), a bust depicting the character from the waist up, rather than a head as most Licensed Chia are made, or a full body.

The presidents are sculpted as heads, atop a base that is thicker than normal for a Chia Head planter.

Chia seeds are typically small ovals with a diameter of about.

Chia seeds placed in water or fruit juice are consumed in Mexico and known as chia fresca.

Chia sprouts are used in a similar manner as alfalfa sprouts in salads, sandwiches and other dishes.

Chia sprouts are sometimes grown on porous clay figurines which has led to the popular U. S. novelty item of the Chia Pet.

Its two most popular items are The Clapper and the Chia Pet.

P. Wilson, D. A. Chia, B. C. Ehlers " Green Chemistry in California: A Framework for Leadership in Chemicals Policy and Innovation " < http :// coeh. berkeley. edu / news / 06_wilson_policy. htm >.</ ref > The report concludes that these market conditions represent a key barrier to the scientific, technical, and commercial success of green chemistry in the U. S., and that fundamental policy changes are needed to correct these weaknesses.

Chia admits to Masahiko that she has found something in her luggage and that might be what the unknown men are seeking.

Masahiko and Chia go onto the Net to get the help of Chia ’ s friend Zona Rosa, who claims to be the leader of a Mexico City “ girl gang ” and from the Walled City who are protecting the distributed system of which Masahiko is a part.

" Here are some cards that didn't make it to print: Socks of Garfield, Hot Monkey Love, Colonel's Secret Recipe, Squee's Play, Banned in France, Spoon, Disrobing Scepter, Butt Wolf, Lotus Roach, Sesame Efreet, Needless Reminder Text, Chicken Choker, Clockwork Doppelganger, Henway, HELP I ' M TRAPPED IN CARTA MUNDI, Mad Cow, Poke, Lord of Wombats, Gratuitous Babe Art, Brothers ' War Bonds, Dwarven Kickboxer, Mickey's Drunk, Pact with the Wastes, CoP: BO, Urza's Chia Pet, Thallid Shooter, Shoelace, When Chihuahuas Attack, Wall of Cookies, Kobold Ninja, Mucusaur, Kjeldoran Outhouse, Bear in the Woods, Dental Thrull, Flavatog, Cereal Killer.

* Yuan-Yi Chia, Lok-Hi Chow, Chun-Chieh Hung, et al., Gender and pain upon movement are associated with the requirements for postoperative patient-controlled iv analgesia: a prospective survey of 2, 298 Chinese patients, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia.

* Chia Terra Cotta Herb Garden — Wave 5 ( 1996 ) second version: four pots ( terracotta ), four saucers ( terracotta ), four Chia Growing Sponges, six packets of herb seeds ( cilantro, sweet marjoram, basil, chives, dill, parsley ), six plant markers, four saucer liners, and recipe book.

* Gourmet Chia Herb Garden — Wave 10 ( 2004 ), includes four pots ( terracotta ), four saucers ( terracotta ), four Chia Growing Sponges, six packets of " gourmet " herb seeds ( cilantro, sweet marjoram, sweet basil, chives, dill, curled parsley ), six plant markers, four saucer liners, and recipe book.

* Chia Tree — Wave 2 ( 1983 ), includes seeds for three plantings and drip tray, can be used as a candle holder.

Its battery canister is placed down into the Chia Tree through the same hole used to fill the planter with water and to hold a candle on the original Chia Tree.

The Chia Pet was first used on September 8, 1977, and although its name is trademarked, the Chia Pet is not a patented invention.

The term is also used in literary criticism to describe a mannered " Chinese-esque " style of writing, such as that employed by Ernest Bramah in his Kai Lung stories, Barry Hughart in his Master Li & Number Ten Ox novels and Stephen Marley in his Chia Black Dragon series.

Chia ( or chian or chien ) has mostly been identified as Salvia hispanica L. Today, chia is grown commercially in its native Mexico, and in Bolivia, Argentina, Ecuador, Australia, and Guatemala.

Masahiko and Chia embark on a search for the truth to the marriage of Rez and Rei by going to the club where Rez announced the event, though the club no longer exists in the rapidly changing Tokyo scene.

In 1985, at the age of 15, Chia was sentenced to two years ' probation by a juvenile court following an incident where he and group of other boys broke into a school and committed vandalism.

Chia then became a student at the National University of Singapore ( NUS ), where he read Psychology and Philosophy.

CP's family ties with the mainland enabled it to become the first foreign company to establish itself in the newly created Shenzhen free trade zone, where the company set up its Chia Tai Co. subsidiary.

* Cerro de Las Tres Viejas ( mountain ): the three summits where known by the precolumbian natives as Chia, Vitaca and Quemuenchatocha, it is one of the places in the region most imbued in history and legend.

Other practicing tempera artists include, Philip Aziz, Ernst Fuchs, Antonio Roybal, George Huszar, Donald Jackson, Tim Lowly, Jim Lutes, Helen Clapcott, Altoon Sultan, Grégoire Michonze, Shaul Shats, Sandro Chia ( e. g. Studio 1986 ), Jon Gernon, Fred Wessel, Michael Bergt, Tim Donovan ( wildlife artist ), Alex Colville, Peca Rajkovic, Beverley Bonner, Estefan Gargost, Elaine Drew, and Fred Wessel, Kimberly Zsebe, Daniel Ambrose, Australian artist Jeremy Gordon and Suzanne Scherer & Pavel Ouporov ( Russian-American artists ).

Cagliari is close to other beautiful seaside locations, such as Maddalena Beach, Chia or Villasimius, still relatively unspoilt by tourism.

* A Cultural Study of Religious Education in America in Feng Chia Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences pp. 149 – 166, No. 18, Jun.

It is also sometimes called Hsing Ming Chia, the School of Forms and Names.

* Chia Thye Poh, former leftist Member of Parliament, was arrested without charges and held under detention without trial in 1966.

In a speech made in Colombo on 5 July 2010, current Secretary General Dato ' Patricia Yoon-Moi Chia said: " The gearing up of the level of our activities is made possible through the voluntary contributions of member countries and international agencies such as OPEC fund.

In her 2010 speech, Dato ' Patricia Yoon-Moi Chia states: " the current Colombo Plan looks very different since our restructuring and revitalization in 1995.

The incumbent Secretary-General, Dato ’ Patricia Yoon-Moi Chia from Malaysia assumed duties on 7 August 2007, as the 20th head of the Organization and also the first Asian female to hold this position.

: The fort served as the place of internment of the Singaporean political prisoner Chia Thye Poh in the period from 1989 to 1993.

Chia Thye Poh represented the constituency in parliament between 1963 and 1966.

The book As Seen on TV ( Quirk Books ) by Lou Harry and Sam Stall highlights the history of products as the Flowbee, the Chia Pet, and Ginsu knives.

After moves to charge prominent figures such as Eric Chia and the then Land and Co-operative Development Minister, Kasitah Gaddam, with corruption, Abdullah Badawi's administration's efforts to combat corruption allegedly became less transparent.

* Artists such as Sandro Chia and Sean Scully, to whom Saatchi had been a patron in the late 1970s and early 1980s, felt betrayed by him when their work was sold in bulk from his collection, and Saatchi was accused of destroying Chia's career.

Saatchi said that the matter only became an issue because Chia " had a psychological need to be rejected in public " and is now " most famous for being dumped ", but that he had only ever owned seven Chia's, which he sold back to Chia's two dealers, who re-sold them easily to museums or notable collectors.

SDA member Steve Chia ( the leader of the National Solidarity Party ) also entered Parliament as a non-constituency MP after securing 34. 6 % of the votes in the constituency of Chua Chu Kang, which was the highest percentage of the vote secured by a losing opposition candidate at the election.

Steve Chia lost his position as a non-constituency MP.

Though Chia increased his share of the vote in Chua Chu Kang to 39. 63 %, this was lower than the 43. 9 % gained by the Worker's Party in Aljunied GRC.