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Just getting into running? Before you start blazing trails, running specialist Aaron Case has some myths to dispel.
First, Case - who has worked with aspiring runners for years - wants to address the notion that running is unsafe. "We know that for most people who are already healthy and don't already have a problem in their joints and their knees, running is very safe," he says.
Case, a running specialist who trains athletes and beginners alike, commonly encounters the belief that a person needs to be in good shape before even beginning to run. "Running is so specific that if you start gradually enough, you can start tomorrow as long as you listen to pain in your body," says Case.
Another myth: Running is bad for your heart. While heart attacks do occur more frequently during running, they are caused by pre-existing conditions that should be addressed before setting out on a cardiovascular workout of any kind, running or otherwise, he says.
In fact, running strengthens the heart. "Your resting heart rate drops the more you run," Case explains, meaning "your heart can pump more blood, so it does become more efficient." Myths aside, there are several additional common mistakes people make simply out of eagerness.
"Too much, too fast, too soon is probably the No. 1 cause of people dropping out," Case says.
The amount of feel-good endorphins flowing through your body after a run can be addictive, but that's no reason to add runs or distance to a well-planned, three-times-a-week program.
However, just because you shouldn't overrun doesn't mean you should temper your enthusiasm.
Case insists that runners of all experience levels should augment their runs with cross training, strength training and stretching. Running alone "doesn't activate certain muscles [that] need to be activated to protect, to prevent injury," says Case, noting that working stabilizer muscles adds insurance and allows you to continue building on your program.


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Adam Lanza's Mom 'Didn't Like to Leave Him Alone'
The alleged Connecticut shooter had Asperger's syndrome and his parents had worried about his care, according to divorce details
As divorces go, the one between Peter and Nancy Lanza appeared to be as amicable as possible under the circumstances, with agreement on generous alimony and custody.
But when the Lanzas finalized their split in 2009, they did have concerns about the care of their then-17-year-old son Adam, according to the pair's divorce mediator.
"The only two things I remember them saying is that she really didn't like to leave him alone and I know they went out of their way to accommodate him," their divorce mediator, Paula Levy, tells the Associated Press.
According to Levy, the Lanzas said their son had been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder.
"They worked together about it," Levy adds. "The mom, Nancy, pretty much said she was going to take care of him and be there as much as he needed her, even long-term."
The issue of whether Adam has Asperger's is a heated one, with many mental-health experts suggesting there is no connection between autism and a propensity for violence – even though Adam, three years after the divorce, killed his mother and shot 26 others during the school massacre in Connecticut.
Many experts say the idea that people on the autism spectrum are incapable of empathy is oversimplified and often flat-out false. They are said to be no more likely to commit violent crime than other people, and in fact are vastly more likely to be the victims of violent crime than others.
The divorce papers came to light as police continued to search for a motive. New information from investigators reveals that Adam smashed the hard drive of at least one of his computers at home before he set off on his rampage. It is not clear if information could be retrieved
According to court papers, Nancy Lanza filed for divorce on Dec. 9, 2008, in Stamford, Conn., with the legal boilerplate reason that "the marriage has broken down irretrievably and there is no possibility of getting back together."
Nancy and Peter Lanza had been married for more than 27 years and had two sons. Adam's older brother Ryan was born in 1988.
The action was finalized on Sept. 23, 2009, with Peter, an executive making $8,556 a week, agreeing to pay $240,000 a year in alimony, with built-in increases yearly.
Nancy would have primary custody of Adam in their Sandy Hook home, but Peter would get "liberal visitation and vacations" and pay the college costs of both his sons, the papers say. Peter has since remarried.
Peter said in a statement over the weekend after the shooting, "No words can truly express how heartbroken we are. We are in a state of disbelief and trying to find whatever answers we can."

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Note well! While I am not an electrical engineer, this does not prevent me from understanding many, if not all, of the jokes in this comic! For example: I can tell that "place tongue here" is funny because while it would complete the circuit, it would also electrocute you. HA! Also, "open and close door real fast" is a hilariously cumbersome way to simulate the switching of the circuit from off to on (if my terminology is wrong, fuck you, i still get the idea). Many jokes based on the broad category of "electronics work by black magic" variety.
There's not much else there; it's not a comic that tells a story or has a punchline, just a long series of little (supposedly amusing) doodles. I did note with some degree of pleasure that there was only a single self-referential meta joke, and that was contained within the alt-text. We are not always so lucky.
Three other notes- I shall vanish over the course of this weekend and may not post till very late, perhaps as much as a full day late;
I will post the finalists in the contest on Friday April 30th (i have still not worked on it yet but by promising that I will do this i make it far more likely that I will),
I know this is real late but if you aren't reading Axe Cop yet, then why the crap not? It is wonderful, unless you have no soul. Do you?


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Last week, I spent my Friday morning at the Herr Library in Mifflinburg, where they were loading up two crates with supplies to take to the tornado-devastated areas of Oklahoma.
One thing both photographer Rob Inglis and I commented on was that there were probably 10 or so children and teens there to help at 9 a.m. on a Friday morning during summer – and we heard not one complaint.
It was really a very exciting and positive thing.
I myself have never had a problem getting up early to do what I have to do (seriously, I used to get up at 6 a.m. every day as a kid to get on the computer before everyone else was awake back in the days where you had one computer and had to share it). However, my sisters can't really say the same thing.
And to see these young people offering their time to a good cause was very inspiring and made the morning just a little bit brighter.
Here's some photos of the load-up:


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Speaking in Jerusalem, Mitt Romney says that preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons "must be our highest national security priority." Watch his entire speech.
JERUSALEM - Mitt Romney made an unannounced trip to one of the holiest sites in Judaism, the Western Wall, on Sunday, as the presumptive GOP nominee continued his week-long overseas trip.
Romney, joined by his wife, Ann, and son Josh, along with a bevy of aides, was escorted by American and Israeli security through a throng of well-wishers, press and worshippers gathered at the wall on Tisha B'av, considered the saddest day on the Jewish calendar.
Several top Romney donors were also seen at the wall, escorted by aides. A contingent of Romney donors have traveled here for a Monday fundraiser at a Jerusalem hotel.
Romney was shown a diagram of the second Temple, of which the wall is the only remnant. The destruction of the second Temple by Roman forces nearly 2000 years ago is one of the events mourned on this day, contributing to big crowds gathered there Sunday.
The Rabbi of the Western Wall read Romney a passage, and Romney placed his hand on the wall and appeared to pray. Ann Romney prayed at a separate section of the wall reserved for women. In keeping with tradition, both Mitt and Ann Romney wrote personal messages or prayers on pieces of paper and tucked them into cracks in the wall. An aide said it would not be appropriate to disclose what the couple wrote.
Mitt Romney would 'respect' Israel strike on Iran, aide says
As the Romneys left the wall amidst a crowd of people, Mitt Romney reached out and shook hands with supporters, and many Israelis shouted political messages at him as he passed.
"Mitt Romney! God will make you president because you came to Israel!" one man shouted.
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U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney visits the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, during prayers marking Tisha B'Av in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday.
"Free Jonathan Pollard," shouted several other men, referring to an American citizen convicted of spying for Israel, whose case has caused some friction between the two closely allied nations.
Earlier in the day, Romney met with Israeli leaders including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli president Shimon Peres. On Sunday night, Romney is due to deliver a speech on the importance of the American-Israeli alliance from Jerusalem, where he will be introduced by the city's mayor.
Romney looks for political lift in Israel after London miscues
Romney aides said the speech would focus heavily on the importance of the alliance, and the shared values that undergird it.
Excerpts released by the campaign indicate it would also address anxieties over the dangers posed to Israel and the world by a nuclear-armed Iran, which a Romney adviser earlier said was an "existential threat" to Israel, adding that a Romney administration would "respect" a unilateral Israeli effort to eliminate Iran's nuclear program if sanctions and other peaceful options failed.
"Today, the regime in Iran is five years closer to developing nuclear weapons capability," Romney was expected to say in his remarks. "Preventing that outcome must be our highest national security priority."
More world stories from NBC News:
- Military drafted in to fill empty seats at London Olympics
- Mitt Romney would 'respect' Israel strike on Iran, aide says
- 2 US climbers found dead on Peruvian peak
- Elephants slaughtered, orphan found in latest Africa poaching
- 'Heavy skirmishing' reported in Syria's biggest city
- Chinese pollution protesters turn violent in clash with police
- Syria regime 'reeling, armed to the teeth' with chemical weapons
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We love these two outfits. Edgy, fun and very Youtopia ^_^
We love these two outfits. Edgy, fun and very Youtopia ^_^
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Two sisters from Sweden created Youtopia in 2010. We are importing clothes from Asia, mainly Korea to sell online at www.youtopia.se.
We felt that we couldn't find the right clothes to be able to express ourselves in Europe and love Asian fashion because it is fun, flirty and allows you to be creative.
When following this blog, you will be able to go behind the scenes of Youtopia, and get to know Rachel and Nathalie a little bit more. You will be able to see what happens on photo shoots, follow us on our travels and get inspired by Asian pop culture/fashion. We will mainly blog about Japanese/Korean trends and fashion that inspires us.
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December 26, 2013
LAWT News Service
The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Elizabeth Doran, Executive Director) announced Academy Award and Emmy nominee Taraji P. Henson ("Person of Interest" "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button") will star as "Jane" in the World Premiere of "Above the Fold," the fourth production of its 2013 – 2014 Season. Written by Bernard Weinraub and directed by Steven Robman, ATF tells the story of Jane, an African-American newspaper reporter from New York, who flies to a Southern university where three white fraternity boys have been accused of raping a young African-American woman.
Taking place amidst the shift from print to digital journalism ATF asks tough questions about the exploitation of tragedy, the cost of success and the dangers that come when ambition collides with truth.
The cast of ATF will feature Kristi Johnson, who returns to The Pasadena Playhouse in the role of "Monique" after starring in the Playhouse productions of Jitney and Intimate Apparel. Johnson's television credits include "Hart of Dixie," "General Hospital," and "House M.D."
The cast also features Arye Gross as "Marvin," who is currently performing in "Parfumerie" at The Wallis in Beverly Hills. Gross is also a series regular on ABC's "Castle" and was a series regular on "The Ellen Show." Kris Higgins appears as "Victor". Higgins's television credits include "Secret Life of the American Teenager ,"NCIS," and "Cold Case." Mark Hildreth, a series regular on "Resurrection" will play the role of "Lorne". Joe Massingill , whose credits include series regular on "Hart of Dixie," and roles in "Epic" and "Trouble With The Curve will play the role of"Bobby"and Seamus Mulcahy, whose credits include "Killing Lincoln" and "One Fall" will play the role of "Eric".
Sheldon Epps, artistic director of The Pasadena Playhouse, says, "I am tremendously excited about mounting the first production of this play which we developed in our Hothouse series. The play is timely, resonant, hard hitting, and surprising. Bernie writes of a world that he knows very well, so it provides a fascinating insider's look at the intricacies and the sometimes dangerous aspects of the world of journalism. It is always a challenging pleasure to help give birth to new work and I look forward to both the process and to what I know will be the exciting rewards of having this play on our stage."
"If you've ever wondered how much a news story is affected by the whims and biases of even the most scrupulous reporter, check out this play," said Robman
"All the actors, led by Taraji, give such depth and meaning to their roles. They're supremely talented. And I'm deeply grateful to every one of them," added Weinraub
Henson earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress opposite Brad Pitt in David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. She is a 2011 Emmy nominee for Best Actress in a Movie or Miniseries for Lifetime's Taken From Me. She starred as Detective Joss Carter in the highly rated J.J. Abrams crime drama Person of Interest for CBS opposite Jim Caviezel and Michael Emerson. Henson starred in the major hit Think Like a Man, which opened #1 at the box office and just completed Think Like a Man Too. She will next star in Sony's No Good Deed opposite Idris Elba which opens in September 2014.
ATF will play January 28 – February 23, 2014. The Pasadena Playhouse is located at 39 South El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101. The performance schedule is Tuesday through Friday at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday at 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.; and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Tickets are available by calling The Pasadena Playhouse at 626-356-7529 or by visiting The Pasadena Playhouse Box Office, Tuesday – Sunday from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. during non-performance dates. On performance dates the Box Office is open Tuesday – Saturday from 1:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, visit www.PasadenaPlayhouse.org.


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DOVER -- The Sisterhood of Temple Israel of Dover is proud to host its Annual Fall Fund Raising Dinner on Wednesday, November 14 at 6:30pm at Temple Israel, 36 Olive Meadow Lane (formerly 515 Sixth Street), Dover, New Hampshire. This event is open to the public; Tickets are $25 per person and includes dinner and a presentation by Dr. Jeffrey Segil of Dover Women's Health. . Please contact the Temple office at (603)742-3976 or firstname.lastname@example.com to reserve your tickets now.
Segil of Dover Women's Health will be speaking on management and treatment of menopause and peri menopause, including hot flashes, sleep issues, libido, concentration and energy issues. Dr. Segil has been specializing in BioIdentical Hormones (natural alternatives) and hormone balancing for his patients.
DOVER -- A Christian Science lecture on "Living in Abundance" will be held in First Church of Christ, Scientist, 604 Central Avenu, at 11 a.m, Saturday, November 17. Child care will be provided.
ELIOT — You are invited to a discussion on: The Promise of Peace: Building Our Capacities for Developing a Culture of Peace. Sunday, Nov. 18 - 2:30 p.m., Fellowship House, 1037 Main St., Eliot, Maine. Discussion led by: Jaleh Dashti-Gibson, administrator of Green Acre Baha'i School. She served as director of academic programs for the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the
University of Notre Dame. No charge – Light refreshments will be served. For information call 207-439-8609 and www.bahaisofeliot.org.
YORK, Maine — Christian music artist Linnea Good will perform in concert during The Light at York-Ogunquit Church on Sunday, November 18 at 5:00pm. Linnea Good is a singer-songwriter and leader in the fields of music in all-ages worship. She tours much of the year throughout the U.S and Canada. The latest of her CDs, Swimmin' Like a Bird, was nominated three times for major awards as Outstanding Children's Album of the Year. A sample of Linnea's music is available on the church's website, youmc.org.
York-Ogunquit is honored to host Linnea Good for this special concert. A free-will offering will be collected to help support her ministry.
York-Ogunquit United Methodist Church is located at 1026 US Route 1 in York. For more information, go to youmc.org, or call 207-363-2749.
DOVER -- On Thursday, November 22nd, First Church of Christ, Scientist, 604 Central Avenue, Dover, will hold a Thanksgiving service at 10:30 am. Child care will be provided.
ROCHESTER -- Emmaus Christian Healing Ministries and Father Daniel Sinibaldi will have the next Healing Service of Merce and Hope on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. at St. Mary Church, 71 Lowell St., Rochester. For information go to emmauschristianhealingministry.com, e-mail email@example.com. Call Rachelle Arcoite 603-332-9682 or Susan Stetson 603-335-4728.
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And here they are--everyone's elfs!
Yesterday's winning name was "Dean," by Shannon Hale. Santa is a big fan.
That's it! Have a Merry Elf Christmas everybody!
I'll be back in January! Maybe I'll post something over the break--but I've never needed a break so badly, so I might not. In any case, big things are coming in January. Starting off with the second half of Taco Hell Drive Thru.
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A century after Dvorák's death, orchestras explore the myths, the realities, and the music that sprang from his sojourn in America.
The Road to Recovery
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Orchestras and musicians worldwide extend a hand to help the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra face the future.
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Women are bound for perhaps thousands of combat roles amid a mandated, military-wide integration, but the armed forces' most coveted jobs — including Navy SEALS and Army Rangers — could remain segregated, male-only preserves largely due to concerns about sex, according to former special operations troops.
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Maj. Gen. Bennet S. Sacolick addresses a crowd of Special Forces Regimental Day attendees during a ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C. He has commissioned the RAND Corp. to survey its men about the social ripples of placing women in those jobs.
Some ex-military members contend sexual attractions and relations are inevitable if male and female Special Ops members are placed in self-contained groups (as small as 12 or two) for long periods in lonely places. Those encounters, they add, could spark competition, jealousy and general havoc within tight teams where mutual trust and a laser attention to detail keep those troops alive.
Brandon Webb, a former Navy SEAL who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, contends that potentially disruptive hookups will occur if women are assigned to what are now all-male Special Ops teams: "How do you practically expect men and women not to have sex together under extreme stress, a half a world away from America — and how does that affect unit effectiveness?"
While the major branches each have submitted precise plans to test, train and assign some women to combat by 2016, leaders of U.S. Special Operations Command won't yet commit to opening their 15,497 jobs to females. They cite a certain disquiet — from the top of that exclusive service to the guys on the ground — about "culture" and "behavior" pitfalls potentially linked to integration.
"We haven't made any decisions, whatsoever ... There's concerns (among the rank-and-file). And we all share those concerns," said Maj. Gen. Bennet Sacolick, director of force management and development for Special Ops, which has commissioned the RAND Corp. to survey its men about the social ripples of placing women in those jobs.
In a dangerous scenario, the integration of women into smaller SEAL or Ranger teams could devolve into unhealthy distractions between young men and young women, predict some ex-Special Ops members.
"It can shift the focus of doing the job if everybody's trying to get laid. I know it sounds incredibly juvenile, but it's incredibly true," said Jack Murphy, a former Airborne Ranger and Special Forces sergeant in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"Throwing a woman in the middle of a team like that is just going to make the entire team useless because, in the end, there will be so much infighting, so much drama," added Murphy, who now authors military thrillers, including "Reflexive Fire."
'There for the mission'
Yet a small number of women already have been attached to Special Operations teams in Afghanistan, and their former commander — a female— doesn't foresee women allowing any consensual antics if, eventually, they are officially assigned to those ultra-professional teams.
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Marine Corps Capt. Colleen Farrell commanded about 20 women in Afghanistan, some of whom were attached to Special Ops.
"As a female Marine, for example, you have to be more than professional because you're going into that situation where there's already public opinion against how you behave and how you will perform," said Colleen Farrell, a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves who served in Afghanistan during 2010 and 2011. As a platoon commander there, she oversaw about 20 female troops attached to infantry and Special Operations units.
"The female Marines I worked with were the most professional Marines I ever led in my career. When you have elite teams where the level of discipline is just so high, I really don't think that's going to be a problem," Farrell said. "Those Special Operations soldiers and Marines who are over there, they are there for the mission. They're not in Afghanistan to get married."
Talk of potential "cultural disruption" due to integration, Farrell added, was used twice in the past by some U.S. military leaders: before the repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" — the policy that kept gays from openly serving in the armed forces — and before the branches were racially integrated.
"And we've seen that both of those (concerns) have been disproven," Farrell said.
Still, the open hesitation among Special Ops leaders and the planned survey of current Special Ops troops has caused some women-in-combat proponents to question whether females will get an honest shot to crack the SEALs or the Army's Green Berets.
"Words like 'cultural factors' always seem to be code for: 'We don't want women there,'" said Anne Coughlin, a University of Virginia law professor who helped inspire a 2012 lawsuit filed by two female service members against then-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, opposing the combat ban for women.
"This idea of unit cohesion — it simply rests on stereotypes. There's nothing left to study. Bring them on. Let's train them up. They're going to be able to do the job," she added. "There are women out there who are qualified to do these jobs, who want to put their lives on the line in the service of the country. The country needs to let them try."
Brains, not brawn
Amid the ramp-up for integration, each service is reviewing its fitness requirements for every job although, according to Army Lt. Gen. Howard Bromberg: "We're not changing standards."
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's decision to lift the 20-year ban on women serving in combat will open some 237,000 combat-related positions to women. Initially, women will be assigned to combat communications, logistics and drivers. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports.
That is one physical issue that doesn't worry Webb, the former Navy SEAL.
"The biggest argument (against women in combat) that I hear is: Men are stronger than women. Yeah? So what? The Special Ops community has always been about mental toughness," said Webb, who authored a book on his war experiences, "The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen."
To perhaps balance the gender mix while reducing the potential for inappropriate liaisons, Webb said he favors the idea of all-female units, such as sniper teams. He cited the example of Soviet sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko, who recorded 309 kills, mostly German soldiers.
"The Special Operations community is rooted in unconventional warfare. We're forgetting that," Webb said. "Let's shake off this conventional BS thinking of 'men only.' We need the element of surprise — putting women in these crazy roles to combat the enemy."
Related stories:
- Women in combat: Could special ops be the next stop?
- How the US military can become a 'band of brothers and sisters'
- 'Valor knows no gender': Pentagon lifts ban on women in combat


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>>>>some where that thing been in a dead animals rear,<<<<But you eat eggs. Does it really matter whether the animal's rear was dead or alive. :? :evil:I ate possum from the time I could set at the table until I was big enough to go to the neighbors to eat. I haven't eaten it since.My father loved it. He did the same, except instead of table scraps, he fed them nothing but bread and milk.
Had a taste as a Kid down at my Great Grandparents Farm. Was the most greasy thing I ever tasted. Other than that wasn't to bad. But that was fifty years ago. It probably doesn't count. :)
Ick :-P They smell awful & have "cooties" but they are easy to catch & if you keep em a month or so feeding clean type veggies & cooked enough to kill any parasites they would do better than starving & watching em eat your chix...I'd have to be pretty hungry though..would rather eat pine bark & squirrels. J
BTW, the book is titled Hunting The Hard Way. If you have any interest in archery or hunting it is a must read. Amazon.com: Hunting the Hard Way: Howard Hill: Books...JP


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The City of Austin has hired Hardy-Heck-Moore, Inc. to complete a historic resources survey for the area of East Austin roughly bound by IH-35 to the west, the Colorado River to the south, Pleasant Valley Road and the MetroRail line to the east, and Manor Road to the north. H-H-M, Inc.'s fieldwork concluded in the spring of 2016, which involved researching, documenting, and photographing buildings in order to create an inventory of structures within the survey area. Each identified resource was evaluated for eligibility for local landmark listing, historic district listing, and/or National Register listing. H-H-M, Inc. also completed a historic context report for East Austin and for the City of Austin as a whole to provide a framework for eligibility recommendations.
A complete hard copy of the survey, normally located at the One Texas Center, will be relocated to the Austin History Center. If you wish to view a print version of the survey, please visit the Austin History Center.
Please contact Andrew Rice, City of Austin Historic Preservation Office - 512-974-1686, email for more information.
Para cualquier pregunta en español favor de llamar a la siguiente persona: Debbie Valero - 512-974-3531, correo electrónico
Final Version East Austin Historic Resource Survey 10-25-16
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|Volume I - Executive Summary, East Austin Historic Context, Evaluation Framework, Property Types, Recommended Local Landmarks & Historic Districts
|Volume ll - Citywide Historic Context
|Volume lll - KMZ files (Google Earth) of Survey Area, Street Address Inventory (Appendices A-B)
|Volume lV - Recommended Eligible Local Landmarks and Recommended NRHP Eligible Resources by Street Address (Appendix C)
|Volume V - Recommended Eligible Historic Districts and NRHP Historic District Forms, Photo Contact Sheets, Future Austin Survey Area Maps, Future Survey Prioritization Tables, Preservation Resources (Appendices D-H)


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Argument previews: When do state courts have general and specific jurisdiction?
This morning, the Court will hear two cases, Goodyear Luxembourg Tires v. Brown and J. McIntyre Machinery Ltd. v. Nicastro, involving the bounds of general and specific personal jurisdiction. When a court has general jurisdiction over a resident defendant, it can hear any claim against that defendant, even if the claim originated outside the forum state. By contrast, a court can have specific jurisdiction over a non-resident defendant as long as the claims arise out of the defendant's contacts with the forum state. At issue in Goodyear is a claim of general jurisdiction over a U.S. company's foreign subsidiary that arises from an accident that occurred overseas involving a foreign-designed and manufactured product, while Nicastro involves a claim of specific jurisdiction over a British corporation that sent its products to New Jersey via an out-of-state U.S. distributor.
Goodyear v. Brown
In 2004, two North Carolina teenagers were killed in a bus accident in France that occurred after a tire on the bus blew out and the bus overturned. The tire was designed, manufactured, and distributed by three foreign Goodyear subsidiaries, the petitioners in this case. Although the tires include markings required by the U.S. Department of Transportation and modified versions of those tires were imported into the United States when a U.S. plant was on strike in 2006, the tires are not regularly sold in the United States. The Goodyear parent, a U.S. corporation, is present in North Carolina, wholly owns the foreign subsidiaries, and centrally manages the subsidiaries' tire distribution.
The teenagers' parents filed a lawsuit against the Goodyear parent and its foreign subsidiaries in a North Carolina state court. The foreign subsidiaries moved to dismiss the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction. The trial court denied the motion. It concluded that the foreign subsidiaries were subject to general jurisdiction in North Carolina as a result of Goodyear's integrated distribution system: in the court's view, the subsidiaries had such substantial ties with North Carolina that requiring them to defend a suit in North Carolina would be consistent with due process.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed. It agreed that the North Carolina courts had general jurisdiction, reasoning that the foreign subsidiaries had "purposefully injected their products into the stream of commerce" and "knew or should have known" that the tires would be distributed in the United States and North Carolina. After the North Carolina Supreme Court denied discretionary review, the subsidiaries filed a petition for certiorari, which the Court granted on September 28, 2010.
In their brief on the merits, the subsidiaries make three main arguments. First, they argue that the Court's historical jurisprudence rejected a finding of traditional general jurisdiction when the defendant merely sells products within a forum state. Rather, due process limits on jurisdiction are meant to protect defendants against an unreasonable exercise of state power "" the state must either have authority over the defendant (general jurisdiction) or the in-state conduct (specific jurisdiction). And for general jurisdiction to exist, a corporation must be present in the state. Moreover, the fact that affiliated companies sell or market a product within the state "" as the Goodyear parent did in this case "" cannot create jurisdiction over the foreign company. The subsidiaries bolster their arguments by pointing to the Court's seminal jurisdiction case International Shoe v. Washington (1945) and its modern progeny, which explain that due process requires contacts with the forum state to be "continuous and substantial," and more than a mere distribution of goods, to find general jurisdiction.
Second, the subsidiaries argue that a finding of general jurisdiction is likewise improper under a modern "stream of commerce" theory, which may establish jurisdiction over defendants that send products into a market when those products end up in the forum state. The subsidiaries argue that a "stream of commerce" theory by its very definition is limited to specific jurisdiction. And, in any event, the court has not even resolved the question of whether mere participation in the "stream of commerce," without more, satisfies the less-rigorous requirements of specific jurisdiction. Here, the foreign subsidiaries argue that there was no attempt to target their products at North Carolina; even if targeting is not a requirement, the number of sales of the product in North Carolina was not sufficiently continuous or substantial to establish general jurisdiction. They also warn that finding jurisdiction could increase forum shopping and moreover discourage interstate and foreign commerce, harming the American economy. As a further fall-back position, the subsidiaries argue that even if a "stream of commerce" theory could theoretically support a finding of general jurisdiction, such a finding would not be "reasonable," as required by Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court (1987), in this case because of the remoteness of the subsidiaries' connections to North Carolina.
Finally, the subsidiaries emphasize that, if the Court holds that general jurisdiction is not proper, the respondents have waived any attempt to establish specific jurisdiction, which does not in any event exist because the claim itself did not occur in North Carolina as required for specific jurisdiction to apply.
In their brief on the merits, the respondents argue that the foreign subsidiaries do not need to be physically present in North Carolina for a court to find general jurisdiction. Instead, they merely need to have sufficient contacts with the state. The respondents emphasize that general jurisdiction traditionally is not a mechanical test: for example, in Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc. (1984), the Court upheld a finding of general jurisdiction for a magazine publisher that did not have a physical presence in the forum and only distributed a relatively small number of its magazines within the state.
Flexibility is even more important, the respondents suggest, in an era in which corporations commonly have wholly owned foreign subsidiaries. In this case, general jurisdiction is appropriate because the subsidiaries had no distribution capabilities of their own, relying instead on central distribution by the U.S. parent.
Second, the respondents argue that finding general jurisdiction over the subsidiaries still provides the due process required by International Shoe. Under the Court's "unitary business" doctrine, invoked to uphold taxation and enforce labor and discrimination laws for foreign subsidiaries, the Court should be willing to consider the Goodyear parents and subsidiaries one company for the purposes of jurisdiction. Moreover, as subsidiaries of a large U.S. corporation, the burden of litigating in North Carolina is small for the subsidiaries; by contrast, the interest of both the state and the respondents in litigating in North Carolina is high, given the state's interest in protecting its citizens and the substantial burden for the respondents to bring suit in Europe.
Finally, the respondents argue that refusing to find jurisdiction over foreign subsidiaries of U.S. corporations will accelerate outsourcing to avoid U.S. litigation. Moreover, the foreign subsidiaries vastly overstate the negative practical effects of finding general jurisdiction for foreign subsidiaries: courts can control forum shopping and insure that claims are litigated in the proper forum.
J. McIntyre Machinery v. Nicastro
J. McIntyre Machinery is a British company that manufactures heavy machinery for the scrap metal industry in the United Kingdom; as relevant here, it distributed that machinery to only one U.S. distributor, an independent company in Ohio. In 1995, the Ohio distributor sold a scrap-metal shearing machine to a New Jersey company. In 2001, an employee of that New Jersey company, respondent Robert Nicastro, was injured while using the device. Nicastro subsequently filed suit against J. McIntyre Machinery (as well as its distributor) in New Jersey state court.
After a series of proceedings, the trial court dismissed the complaint against J. McIntyre for lack of personal jurisdiction, reasoning that there was no basis for the British company to expect that its products would be sold in New Jersey. On appeal, the state's intermediate appellate court reversed. It held that jurisdiction was proper because J. McIntyre does business in the United States through a single distributor, meaning that the British company could have expected the products to end up anywhere in the United States, including New Jersey. The New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed that decision, holding that even if it lacked specific contacts with New Jersey, J. McIntyre had "targeted" the entire United States. J. McIntyre filed a petition for certiorari, which the Court granted on September 28, 2010.
In its brief on the merits, petitioner J. McIntyre Machinery makes several arguments. First, it contends that states historically were barred from exercising jurisdiction over defendants who were not present within the borders of the state. Even with the more modern minimum-contacts test of International Shoe, due process still required sufficient ties to the forum state. When, as here, a plaintiff alleges that a court has specific jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant, courts must evaluate whether the defendant has purposefully directed the product to the forum state; if the defendant has done so, it will have had "fair warning" that it would be subject to the forum state's laws. McIntyre points to two cases that, in its view, support this argument. First, in World-Wide Volkswagen v. Woodson (1980), the Court held that there was not specific jurisdiction, and Volkswagen lacked minimum contacts in the forum state, because it had not made any attempt to avail itself of the forum state's laws. Second, Justice O'Connor's Asahi plurality provides the proper "stream of commerce" test. In that case, eight Justices agreed that it would be unreasonable to find jurisdiction for a foreign company, but they could not agree on the proper test. Thus, Justice O'Connor authored a plurality opinion (joined by three other Justices) in which she suggested that jurisdiction is only appropriate if a corporation has purposefully directed its product at the forum state; a non-resident defendant's awareness that its product might enter a state is not enough to establish minimum contacts. In a separate plurality joined by three other Justices, Justice Brennan rejected Justice O'Connor's approach. Rather, he suggested, a defendant's awareness that its products would enter a forum state is enough to establish minimum contacts for specific jurisdiction.
In any event, J. McIntyre argues, neither Asahi test is met in this case because the New Jersey Supreme Court "" although finding jurisdiction "" suggested that it did not have sufficient contacts with the state to satisfy either Asahi "stream of commerce" tests. Instead, J. McIntyre argues, the New Jersey Supreme Court relied on the fact that J. McIntyre had a single U.S. distributor, thereby targeting the entire United States. J. McIntyre contends that this ruling departs from the usual jurisdictional focus on individual states and lacks any support in the Court's jurisprudence.
Finally, like the petitioners in Goodyear, J. McIntyre also argues that finding jurisdiction would discourage foreign companies from doing business in the United States for fear of being unexpectedly haled into state courts; moreover, it could strain relations with other nations.
In his brief on the merits, Nicastro counters that J. McIntyre had sufficient contacts for specific jurisdiction: unlike in World-Wide Volkswagen, he argues, McIntyre purposefully marketed its product throughout the United States, including by attending trade shows in the United States, contacting customers in New Jersey, and allowing its lone U.S. distributor to use the "McIntyre" name.
Second, Nicastro argues that under either Asahi plurality opinion, the New Jersey Supreme Court could have found jurisdiction over McIntyre based on the "stream of commerce" theory: McIntyre created the product and marketed it to the entire United States, purposefully selected a distribution center that could distribute the product nationally, and had knowledge that its products could be distributed to any state. Thus, the company had fair warning that it could be haled into court in any state.
Third, Nicastro argues that there are no extenuating practical reasons to reject a finding of jurisdiction. Finding specific jurisdiction would not harm international relations because such a finding is less offensive internationally than a finding of general jurisdiction, which is much broader. Moreover, there is no due-process requirement that a defendant have physical contact within a state's territory for a court to find jurisdiction; rather, targeting the whole United States with a single distributor is enough to satisfy due process concerns, which exist to safeguard a defendant's liberty and are not imposed simply to respect a state's territorial boundaries. Finally, New Jersey has a significant interest in ensuring that its citizens have a local forum in which to litigate accidents that occur within the state.
Recommended Citation: Andy Zahn, Argument previews: When do state courts have general and specific jurisdiction?, SCOTUSblog (Jan. 11, 2011, 7:06 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2011/01/argument-previews-when-do-state-courts-have-general-and-specific-jurisdiction/


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Samba de Janeiro - Wilgen translates into Brazilian Portuguese
The work here is diverse and I can contribute my professional skills
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Briefly introduce yourself: Who are you and what are you doing?
Hello, my name is Wilgen and I am a Brazilian journalist and I recently started working at alugha. I just finished giving the Portuguese version of the alugha homepage a little Brazilian flair. I translated the content from German to Portuguese. Alugha is starting to enter the Brazilian market and I am contributing my journalistic competence to help them become known there. I also help to increase alugha's level of awareness in Germany. Of course, I am also going to write Portuguese articles for the blog and translate them for the German market, if there's demand.
Which three keywords describe you best?
Oh my goodness! I am persistent, competent and I love learning new things...
What is your favourite thing to do in your free time?
My husband, my son and I love to do sports together, therefore we train capoeira two times a week. If we have time, we go to the gym. Apart from that, we make use of all the seasons in Germany: In the spring, we do bike tours. In the summer, we go to the lakes since there are no beaches close by. In the Autumn, we take long walks in the forest and during winter, we go skiing whenever it is possible. Furthermore, I love meeting friends, having barbecues, traveling, and before I go to bed, I like to read a book or watch a film.
What guided you to alugha?
I already knew the Korz family for a couple of years. Our children have been friends since kindergarten. One day, Bernd invited us to a concert and we talked about work. He invited me to work for alugha and I immediately was excited.
What are your tasks at alugha and what is your impression of working here?
I translate and dub, I also help in the PR department, see to the content of the Brazilian homepage version and help make alugha known on the Brazilian market. The work here is diverse, you do not only learn something new every day, but also grow in your field.
What do you like best about working here?
The ideas of the staff are put into practice here! Thus, the employees feel appreciated. My colleagues are very friendly and helpful. At alugha, there is a friendly working atmosphere!
Where do you see yourself and the company in the future?
The company has a very visionary focus and is innovative in its field. Alugha has the potential to grow. We all work for that! Fate will show where alugha and I are going to be in the future.
What is your own big dream?
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Basel/Muttenz, 23 May 2011 - PanGas AG, a Swiss affiliated company of the Linde Group, has constructed a new air separation unit (ASU) at Muttenz in Basel, with a total capital expenditure of 68 million Swiss francs. PanGas officially opened the plant on 20 May 2011, with guests in attendance.
The new ASU produces the high-purity air gases oxygen, nitrogen and argon for customers in Switzerland as well as in the markets of Southern Germany and Northern France. The operation at the ultra-modern plant is a transnational affair: specialists at Leuna, the German chemical site, are working closely in remote collaboration with the qualified employees on site in Muttenz.
"The new air separator enables us to increase supply reliability, particularly for chemical and pharmaceutical enterprises in the border triangle of Switzerland, Germany and France. Above all, with this investment PanGas is emphasising the tie between this location and its customers in the region," explains Bernd Eulitz, CEO of PanGas AG.
The Linde Group has invested 68 million Swiss francs in the air separation plant in Muttenz. Applications from local businesses for the construction of buildings, building infrastructure and streets on the 13,000-square-metre plot were given priority. From the outset, the air separation plant was planned with the ROC operation in mind. Management and supervision of the highly complex technology is carried out by specialists at the Remote Operation Centre (ROC) at Leuna in Germany, who work closely with their colleagues based on site in Muttenz.
This set up enables more efficient production in Muttenz: daily output for the production of gases is approx. 360 tonnes of nitrogen, 140 tonnes of oxygen and seven tonnes of argon. What's more, 50 tonnes of gaseous nitrogen are produced every day.
The liquid gases are delivered to companies in Switzerland, Northern France and Southern Germany. Infrapark Baselland is connected directly to the new air separation plant by pipeline and provides the various chemistry and life sciences companies on site with a secure and reliable supply.
PanGas celebrated the official opening of the plant with customers, business partners and guests from the region on 20 May 2011. Peter Zwick, member of the cantonal government for Basellandschaft and Renaud Spitz, CEO of Clariant (Switzerland) AG emphasised the significance of the new air separation plant for the industry in the border triangle of Switzerland, Germany and France. Linde Group management was represented by Professor Dr. Wolfgang Reitzle, CEO of Linde AG, Dr. Aldo Belloni, Member of the Executive Board of Linde AG, and Bernd Eulitz, CEO of PanGas AG.
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Gentoo Penguin
Pygoscelis papua
About This Animal
SIZE: 30 -35 inches tall. 11 - 23 lbs.
RANGE: Antarctic Peninsula and sub-Antarctic islands.
HABITAT: Rocky and uninhabited shores with preferred nesting sites on low level or gently sloping coastal plains.
DIET: Crustaceans (mostly krill), Rock Cod, Lantern fish and squid.
ON EXHIBIT: Penguins' Rock exhibit in Ocean Journey
Gentoos are black with a white belly. Their feet and bill are yellow and their eyes are brown. Their head is black with white triangular patches that meet over their eyes. They have a more prominent tail than other penguins. The males tend to be larger then the females but gender is very difficult to distinguish. Their life span in the wild is estimated to be 15-20 years. They are the third largest of all the penguin species and are known to be the most curious.
In the water, sea lions, leopard seals, and orca are all predators of the gentoo. On land there are no predators of full grown gentoos. Skuas can steal their eggs and other seabirds will snatch chicks.
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Penguins really are "birds of a different feather". They have a funny way of walking around on land, and an amazing way of "flying" underwater. So naturally we get a lot of questions about our gentoo and macaroni penguins. Here are some answers to the most asked penguin questions.
Q: Can penguins fly?
A: No. You might say penguins have flippers while most other birds have flappers. Birds that spend most of their time in the air need a lightweight and sturdy wing bone. Penguin wings are adapted to propel them through water which is much denser than air. So penguins have strong, heavy wing bones so they don't have to fight the tendency to bob back to the waters surface. Penguin flippers provide power on the upstroke and the down stroke making them "fly" through the water. ZOOM!
Q: What kind of penguins will we see at the Tennessee Aquarium?
A: We have gentoo and macaroni penguins on display in Chattanooga. "Penguins' Rock" is the only gallery in the region with these two species. Gentoos are the classic looking black and white birds. Macaronis have a crest of yellow feathers decorating their heads.
Q: How big are the penguins at the Tennessee Aquarium?
A: Gentoo penguins are the 3rd largest penguins in the world. They can grow to between 30 and 35 inches tall. Macaroni penguins are the largest of the crested penguins with a standing height of 25 to 28 inches.
Q: What's the size range for penguins?
A: The tallest penguin species is the emperor which stands nearly 4 feet tall. The smallest is the little blue penguin which only grows to a height of around 16 inches.
Q: How many kinds of penguins are there?
A: There are 17 species of penguins in the world today. All of them are found in the Southern Hemisphere
Q: Penguins look shiny, not fluffy like other birds. Do they have feathers?
A: You bet! In fact their tiny feathers are tightly packed on their bodies. Penguins have 70 to 80 feathers per square inch. To see how many feathers that really is; use a ruler to draw a one inch box. Now try to draw 80 dots inside that box.
Q: What is molting?
A: Molting is the annual process where penguins lose all of their feathers in a short period of time. In some penguins, this happens in as little as two weeks. They molt their old feathers and grow new ones, usually right after breeding. This puts a tremendous physical strain on the penguins' bodies. Our veterinarian says it would be like a human growing four feet of hair in two weeks.
Q: I've heard there are cold and warm penguins. What does that mean?
A: Cold climate penguins like our gentoo and macaroni species come from the sub-Antarctic islands surrounding the South Pole. They are adapted to cold weather conditions, and must live in a chilly environment to stay healthy and happy. Warmer species like African and Humbolt penguins are found in the wild from southern Africa and South America, to islands nearly on the Equator.
Q: Do penguins mate for life?
A: Gentoos, like many penguin species, tend to pick one mate for life. Some species like African penguins have a longer breeding season and may not be as committed.
Q: Do penguins lay more than one egg at a time?
A: Egg-laying varies among penguin species. Emperor penguins only lay one egg at a time. Gentoo penguins usually lay two eggs. Macaroni penguins usually lay two eggs, but the first is usually one half the size of the second egg and rarely produces a chick.
Q: How long must a penguin chick stay with its parents before it can venture out on its own?
A: Macaroni parents care for their chicks for 60 to 65 days. Gentoos care for their babies for 70 to 75 days. After this time period the chicks of both species have grown their adult feathers and are ready to head out into the world on their own.
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Acclaimed mystery writer Tony Hillerman passed away recently. In a series of books set in the Four Corners area (where Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico meet) of the United States, Hillerman wrote beautifully about the land and the people who lived there, as well as crafting complex, believable murder stories that would keep you guessing until the end. I don't know of any other writer who could so completely capture the "feel" of a place – not only the physical landscape, but the atmosphere, the quality of light, the unique everyday qualities of a particular location.
Hillerman also wrote respectfully of the many peoples and cultures that live in the Southwest – Navajo, Pueblo, Mexican, white. While he won many awards including the Golden Spur Award from the Western Writers of America and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America, he often said he took the greatest pride from his Special Friend of the Dineh award from the Navajo Tribal Council.
Although he wrote more than 30 books, Hillerman is best known for his Leaphorn-Chee series. His first novel, The Blessing Way, introduced Joe Leaphorn, an older, experienced police-officer who understood but did not follow his people's traditional beliefs in the spirit world. People of Darkness introduced Jim Chee, a young police officer who was also training to become a Navajo shaman. Hillerman's breakthrough novel was Skinwalkers, when he brought both characters together in the same novel (they do not always get along) Their divergent views bring depth and understanding to the conflict between cultural assimilation and the pull of the old ways.
The entire Leaphorn-Chee series is recommended for their spare, evocative writing, fascinating cultural insights and suspenseful mysteries.
- The Blessing Way
- Dance Hall of the Dead
- Listening Woman
- People of Darkness
- The Dark Wind
- The Ghostway
- Skinwalkers
- A Thief of Time
- Talking God
- Coyote Waits
- Sacred Clowns
- The Fallen Man
- The First Eagle
- Hunting Badger
- The Wailing Wind
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Thousands of drug capsules filled with powdered flesh from dead babies are being smuggled into South Korea from China every year, said a report by the BBC on Monday, as customs officials attempt to curb the illegal trade by increasing inspections on all drug shipments.
Since August 2011, Korea Customs Service has confiscated almost 17,500 of the capsules being smuggled from China, with the "drug" said to be a panacea for all sorts of diseases, as well as a renowned stamina booster.
Yet, Korean health authorities have warned that the capsules may be full of bacteria and could be a health risk for anyone who consumes them.
"It was confirmed those capsules contain materials harmful to the human body, such as super bacteria. We need to take tougher measures to protect public health," a customs official was quoted as saying by the Korea Times.
According to the Telegraph, the capsules are made in China's Northeast cities – Yanji, Jilin, Qingdao and Tianjin – with the remains of dead infants and foetuses. The bodies are chopped into small pieces, before they are dried them on stoves and turned it into powder.
China's Ministry of Health is believed to have already launched an investigation into the drugs' origins last August. A health ministry spokesman, Deng Haihua, said at the time that the ministry would give the matter "a high degree of attention" and "resolutely crack down" on the practice.
Related: US Lawmaker Wants To Ban Human Foetuses In Food
Related: China To Impose Lifetime Bans For Food Safety Violators
Related: China Scrambles To Crack Down On "Fake Eggs"
Still, the illegal drug trade appears to be thriving with ethnic Chinese living in Korea believed to be the main customers. The buyers themselves also believed to be the ones smuggling in the drugs by hiding the capsules in their luggage or through international mail.
South Korea's customs agency only became aware of the situation after receiving a tip a year ago. Thus far, no one has been punished for smuggling in the drugs as the amounts were deemed small and weren't intended for sale, confirmed a customs official, who requested anonymity, citing department rules.


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By Dan Larson and Jeremy Martin, cattle nutritionists
As the value of feeder and finished cattle climbs, production risk increases as well. Therefore, as cattle producers and nutritionists, we need to search for strategies that can create
improvements in feed efficiency.
Micronutrients are a class of feedstuffs fed at very small amounts that are essential to basic body functions. Since they are fed at such low levels, micronutrients are typically subject to
antagonism by other nutrients, which may reduce their efficacy or restrict them entirely. When bound to an organic molecule such as an amino acid or an organic acid, micronutrients are less subject to antagonism and may be more available to the animal. This is accomplished by a biochemical process known as chelation.
Necessary for growth. The strategic, targeted use of chelated trace minerals in cowherds is gaining popularity in many areas, backed by a variety of research data. Micronutrients include zinc, cobalt, copper, manganese, chromium, selenium and iodine. Zinc, cobalt, copper and iodine can improve foot quality and growth performance.
Chromium may improve feed intake and energy utilization, especially in newly received feedlot cattle. Zinc, copper and manganese are the trace minerals most likely to benefit cowherd reproduction if supplied in the chelated form.
Numerous reports show that feeding chelated trace minerals during prebreeding positively impacts reproductive parameters, resulting in quicker return to ovarian activity after calving, improved AI conception rate and improved pregnancy rate. Our own experience indicates it is possible to produce substantially more calves early in the breeding season, with up to 20% more cows calving first cycle in some herds.
The most critical time for making changes to your mineral program is from 60 days prior to the breeding season to the midpoint of the breeding season. During this time frame, we expect the combination of an ionophore and a high level of chelated trace minerals to increase mineral cost by approximately $3 to $6 per head annually over the cost of a mineral with no ionophore or chelated trace minerals. Other benefits at this stage include improved calf health and immune response.
Receive and feed. Micronutrients are essential to calves' health. Zinc and copper amino acid chelates have been shown to improve immune function and response to vaccinations compared to inorganic supplements. When organic trace minerals were fed at supranutritional levels, the incidence of respiratory disease dropped by 17.2%. Chromium propionate
may increase feed efficiency and reduce mortality rates.
In a series of studies, chromium propionate reduced the number of animals treated by more than 10% and reduced mortality by 3% to 7%. In a separate trial, increasing levels of chromium
propionate increased dry matter intake in the first 56 days on feed by more than 5%. In the finishing phase, feeding 360 mg of zinc methionine per day increased final weight by 40 lb.
compared to control groups. The cost of the zinc methionine product was 2¢ per day, or $2.80 for a 140-day feeding period; however, the return was $45 per head.
As you can see, chelated trace minerals may be more expensive, but their availability to the animal can create profit.
DAN LARSON AND JEREMY MARTIN are ruminant nutritionists at Great Plains Livestock Consulting, Inc. For more information, visit their website at www.gplc-inc.com.


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Congrats to PaxEtBonum for being the first Maine cachers to reach the 1,000 cache mark.
Way to go! We hope to get there before long.
Congrats to PaxEtBonum for being the first Maine cachers to reach the 1,000 cache mark.
Way to go! We hope to get there before long.
congrats on hitting 1k!!!!!!
WOW!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!
Congratulations and welcome to "The Club"

Wow! That is fantastic. I hope to be there one day myself, but it will be awhile for sure!
~ Beach Comber ~
Hey ,congrats. I hope to be there one day soon as well and would like to meet you also. Maybe at the Mnt A event at the end of the month.
Just smile it won't crack your face
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is
suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best
friends -- if they're okay, then it's you.
What if the Hokey Pokey is what its all about?
Have Fun & Be Safe!
Congratulations X 1000. Must be alot of stories.
Why not live life like it is your last day....instead of pretending to be a member of the Peter Pan Club and believing you will be around forever.
that is so impressive! congratulations!
"life is short...make a mess of it!"


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80s Flashback: Celtics Beat Pistons, Will Meet Lakers in FinalsPaul Pierce scored a very efficient 27 points (shooting 8-12 from the field and 10-13 from the free throw line) as the Boston Celtics rallied from a 70-60 fourth quarter deficit to beat the Detroit Pistons 89-81 in game six of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Celtics will now advance to the NBA Finals, where they will face the L.A. Lakers in a matchup of the two most storied franchises in league history. Ray Allen added 17 points and six rebounds; he did most of his damage in the first quarter but in these tight, defensive struggles every point counts. Kevin Garnett got off to a woeful start, making just 2 of his first 10 field goal attempts, but he anchored Boston's defense throughout the game and made some key second half shots, finishing with 16 points on 7-16 field goal shooting. He also had six rebounds and four assists. Rajon Rondo added 11 points, four rebounds (all of them on the offensive glass) and three assists. He shot just 5-13 from the field. ESPN's Jeff Van Gundy said that Rondo's best skill is rebounding, which is a strange thing to say about a 6-1 point guard; the funny thing is that this is probably true: Rondo is not a great shooter, he is only beginning to understand when he should pass versus when he should shoot and despite his athletic gifts (long arms, quick feet, jumping ability) he was burned repeatedly on defense by the stronger, wilier and more experienced Chauncey Billups. The one thing that Rondo did really well in this game was chase down offensive rebounds.
Billups did his best to try to carry the Pistons to a seventh game in Boston, scoring 29 points, grabbing six rebounds and dishing off six assists while not committing a single turnover. The big question before the game was about the status of Richard Hamilton's right (shooting) elbow but his injury was not an issue as he scored 21 points on 9-14 field goal shooting. Tayshaun Prince scored 10 points but shot just 3-10 from the field. For the most part, the other Pistons were--as Keith Olbermann used to say on SportsCenter--just watching. Jason Maxiell provided some energy (seven points on 3-4 shooting in 16 minutes) but that was not enough to offset the lack of production from starters Rasheed Wallace and Antonio McDyess. Wallace shot 2-12 from the field and had fewer points (four) than fouls (five), though he did grab a game-high 10 rebounds. McDyess had six points and six rebounds.
Garnett and Wallace are each marvelously skilled players but for substantial portions of this series they seemed to be engaged in a contest to see who could spend less time in the paint on offense. Midway through the fourth quarter, Van Gundy exclaimed, "I want Kevin Garnett on the post right now!" Right as he said that, Garnett made a long jumper but Mark Jackson said that--even though Garnett hit that shot--"I couldn't agree more. You've got to go with the high percentage play." The reality is that Garnett and Wallace are never going to simply plant themselves in the post and go to work; it just is not in their nature to do that. The difference between them--and the reason that Garnett is an MVP candidate while Wallace is an enigma--is that Garnett is always fully engaged in the game defensively and as a rebounder and passer, while Wallace not only drifts to the perimeter offensively but frequently seems to drift out of the game altogether. If either of their teams depended primarily on those guys providing scoring in the paint then they would be in trouble but Pierce and Allen are the usual closers for Boston while Billups and Hamilton fill that role for Detroit.
In game six, Allen and Hamilton both went to work early, with each of them scoring 10 first quarter points. The Celtics led 24-21 after the first quarter. The Celtics maintained a small lead throughout the second quarter and were up 40-37 at halftime. Boston led 52-47 at the 7:16 mark of the third quarter when Garnett got his fourth foul. Boston Coach Doc Rivers left him in the game but the Pistons went on a 6-2 run anyway and after Rivers sat him down a couple minutes later Detroit closed the quarter with a 15-6 spurt to go up 68-60. Remember the Brent Barry/Derek Fisher play at the end of game four of the Western Conference Finals, the non-call that got all the conspiracy theorists working overtime? I said that I have seen similar plays be no-calls, offensive fouls or defensive fouls and near the end of the third quarter of this game we saw a great example of what I meant: Pierce faked a shot, Hamilton made contact with him outside the three point line and both players fell to the ground after Pierce fired a shot that went through the hoop. It looked like it would be a four point play opportunity for Pierce but Bennett Salvatore called an offensive foul on Pierce. How can the Fisher play be a defensive foul--the NBA issued a statement saying that a non-shooting foul should have been called on Fisher--but this play is an offensive foul on Pierce? The simple answer is exactly what I said in my post: depending on which referee is involved, sometimes this is a no-call, sometimes it is an offensive foul and sometimes it is a defensive foul. I'm not saying that this is right or wrong, I'm just making an observation.
If the Phoenix Suns had been on the wrong end of such a call I'm not sure that their delicate psyches could have handled the extreme trauma. How can a team possibly be expected to overcome such an obstacle with more than a full quarter left to play in a close game? Forgive my sarcasm, but my point is that there are good reasons that some teams that are very talented get over the hump and other teams do not; some teams make no excuses and find ways to get things done, while other teams seem to spend more time searching for explanations for why they lost than for ways to actually win. Hamilton's jumper at the 10:29 mark of the fourth quarter made the score 70-60 Detroit and it would have been very easy for the Celtics to give in to the moment, say to themselves that this was not their night and simply rely on winning game seven at home. Instead, they scored 10 straight points in less than three minutes. The teams then traded baskets before a three point play by Pierce put Boston up 75-74. That was the start of an 11-2 run that put the Celtics in the driver's seat. A three point play by Billups cut the margin to 83-79 and a pair of missed free throws by Garnett left the door open but Pierce and Allen made two free throws each in the last :30 to preserve the victory.
For most of the game, the teams were separated by five points or less. According to the conventional wisdom, this is the type of game that Detroit should be expected to win: a close playoff game at home against a team that has struggled on the road throughout these playoffs. Yet it does not surprise me at all not only that the Pistons lost but that they lost in precisely the manner that they did; after all, I predicted virtually this entire scenario in my series preview: I mentioned Boston's superiority in rebounding, I pointed out that Detroit never shot better than .410 from the field versus Boston during the regular season, I declared "the Celtics are an outstanding defensive team that will outexecute the Pistons down the stretch" and I concluded, "Coach Flip Saunders' much vaunted 'liberation offense' works a lot better in the regular season against overmatched teams than it does in the latter stages of the playoffs against elite teams. Look for the Pistons to have some brutal fourth quarter stretches offensively, look for the Celtics to finally win a road playoff game and look for Boston to win this series in six games." In the comment section to that post I made the additional point that since the departure of Coach Larry Brown and four-time Defensive Player of the Year Ben Wallace the Pistons have had trouble defending the paint in the playoffs.
Let's look at how each one of those factors played out in this game and in the series:
1) Rebounding
The Celtics outrebounded the Pistons 38-36 in game six and in the fourth quarter with the game up for grabs (no pun intended) the Celtics enjoyed a 12-6 rebounding advantage. During the series, the Celtics outrebounded the Pistons 238-191, a differential of 7.8 rpg, and they enjoyed an edge in this category in every game except game one, when each team had 37 rebounds.
2) Boston's Defensive Field Goal Percentage
The Pistons shot .420 from the field in game six, including 6-18 in the fourth quarter--and the final basket was an uncontested shot with the outcome of the game no longer in doubt. In three of Boston's four wins the Pistons shot worse than .425 from the field. The Pistons shot .493 in their game two win and .514 in their game four win to boost their series percentage to .450 but the Celtics' ability to hold down the Pistons' field goal percentage proved to be a decisive factor in this series.
3) Brutal Fourth Quarter Stretch Dooms Pistons
In addition to shooting 6-18 from the field in the fourth quarter of game six, the Pistons committed six turnovers, a staggering number for a team that is renowned for its ability to protect the ball--but, as I stated in my series preview, Saunders' "liberation offense" works a lot better in the regular season than it does in the playoffs against elite teams. The Celtics outscored the Pistons 29-13 in the fourth quarter of game six. The Pistons actually had some decent fourth quarters earlier in the series but at various times in each of their losses their offense went through some stagnant periods.
4) Celtics Beat Pistons on the Road Twice
Despite the Celtics' road woes in earlier playoff rounds, they beat the Pistons twice in Detroit, winning the series in six games exactly as I expected.
5) Points in the Paint
The Celtics outscored the Pistons in the paint 32-18 in game six and enjoyed a 206-130 advantage in this category during the series, an average of 12.7 more points in the paint per game. The Celtics won this department by at least 10 points in every game except their game four loss, when each team scored 24 points in the paint.
My final comment in that series preview post was that--although there is no way to prove it--if the Cavaliers had gotten past the Celtics then they would have beaten the Pistons. Considering that the Cavs forced the Celtics to a seventh game and had a chance to win that contest right until the end while the Pistons bowed out on their home court in game six, I remain confident that the Cavs would indeed have defeated the Pistons just like they did last year.
Perhaps readers who think that I "hate" the Pistons will now understand clearly that all I am doing is analyzing matchups; I identified specific reasons why the Celtics would beat the Pistons and the series went exactly as I predicted it would.
Labels: Boston Celtics, Chauncey Billups, Detroit Pistons, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Rasheed Wallace, Ray Allen, Richard Hamilton
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With print journalism among the industries most impacted by the Internet, panelists at a Silicon Valley event Friday debated what possibilities are in store for the news business.
Indeed, the Internet has brought about a revolution in how content is delivered and wreaked havoc on the traditional print ad business model. Panelists, with backgrounds at organizations like the Wall Street Journal and Google, recognized technology trends that could lead the way for journalism, such as e-reader devices like the Amazon Kindle as well as rich content versions of publications. They also pondered content delivery models including subscription-based Web publications and blogging.
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Rode manufacture some great microphones. This video accompanies the Rode NT1-A Kit recording pack and in it Peter Freedman (company CEO and owner) shows how to knock up an effective and inexpensive vocal booth.
It's fun to get your hands dirty when it's for audio's sake!
The basic technique is to put eyelets in a couple of duvet/doonas, stuffed with craft-store padding, and hang them in hooks in the corner of a room. Extra duvets/doonas can be used to complete the isolation. Simple, inexpensive but effective, just what we like to see! 4,874


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I am for the death penalty on certain conditions. The person had to know that they committed the crime in cold blood. They chould not be mentally disabled (like the law states). If they show no remorse, why should we show them remorse?
My view is the conditional eye for an eye: If you kill someone and adhere to the guidlines above, the death penalty should be administered.
Also, why should we pay for these villians for the rest of their lives in prison (if you can call it a life)?
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February 24, 2010
Wordless Wednesday
I Heart Umbrellas
23 comments:
- "Julie" said...
I love them too! And I also love to refer to them as "umbrella-ella-ellas" thanks to Rihanna :)
- February 24, 2010 10:47 AM
- Macey said...
We never use em here in Oregon, but it's nice to have a really fancy schmancy cute one just to carry!! :)
- February 24, 2010 11:11 AM
- Macey said...
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- February 24, 2010 11:11 AM
- Unknown said...
I love them till they are all wet and drippy and I have no place to put them. Then they suck.
- February 24, 2010 11:16 AM
- Amber said...
I love them, especially today here in my part of NC where it is pouring!
- February 24, 2010 11:39 AM
- A Real Housewife said...
i don't. i think they are so cumbersome!! very snazzy photos, though!
- February 24, 2010 2:34 PM
- Mrs. M said...
Those pictures are fantastic!
- February 24, 2010 3:46 PM
- Julie Leah said...
Oh, these pictures are great! There's something about umbrellas that's so whimsical, especially in these pictures!
- February 24, 2010 4:02 PM
- Olivia Carter said...
Ummm... I LOVE that huge gray one & I'm a sucker for yellow- especially on a rainy day.
- February 24, 2010 5:19 PM
- meredith said...
there's just something about umbrellas and rain boots that make my heart go pitter patter! :)
- February 24, 2010 7:19 PM
- Ed said...
They come in handy when it's raining.
- February 24, 2010 7:51 PM
- Lia at Petite Little Bee said...
Great post. Love umbrellas. Lia
- February 24, 2010 11:33 PM
- Unknown said...
Great photos!
Thank you so much for visiting my SITS day blog, even if it was a day late. Glad yuo came; hope you'll come again.
- February 25, 2010 12:02 AM
- Erin said...
Those are such great pics!
Stopped by from SITS and decided to stay a while! =)
- February 25, 2010 1:18 AM
- Blair @ Reasonably Swanky said...
Beautiful pictures!
- February 25, 2010 7:20 AM
Love it. I have a small collecton of umbrellas - vintage and other unique ones. Kind of funny when you consider that Colorado hardly ever rains. I just think they're pretty!
- February 25, 2010 8:50 AM
- Tina L. Hook said...
I would take April showers over snow any day! Can't wait.
PS (From your previous post)You gotta love Robin Thicke and his album titles. I wanna shake it for daddy.
- February 25, 2010 9:27 AM
- Carma Sez said...
in reference to comment #2 - umbrellas are not used in Oregon??? I'm incredulous :D
- February 25, 2010 12:11 PM
- sarah said...
I love pictures of people with umbrellas.
- February 25, 2010 3:18 PM
- Tia said...
love those pictures!
- February 25, 2010 3:19 PM
- Tracie said...
Those are great! I never have an umbrella when I need one. Yet, if I put one in my car it won't rain for a month.
- February 25, 2010 5:26 PM
- Unknown said...
It is good, for me, to get away from food bloggers, once in a while, and see the world as Bloggerville. It is interesting and I have enjoyed your various topics.
- March 01, 2010 8:13 PM
- Sera said...
I've never had good luck with umbrellas, and I've got this strange fear that the my fingers are going to get pinched when it either opens or closes. I had this totally cute little mini umbrella (the mini part was the handle, not the actual top part) in college, and I was using it on my way to class one day in a crazy rainstorm and the thing got completely busted up - wind blew it all to heck just like you see in the movies. Damaged beyond repair. But, the memory of that makes me laugh. Had to be comical for people who were driving by when it happened. Anyway, love these pictures you found. They are so serene and peaceful, and they make me wish I were in a meadow. By myself. Sleeping. :)
- March 03, 2010 10:55 PM


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Dear Friends and Family of the Gowanus Studio Space:
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