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Sometimes the tabloids get it right! Kristen Stewart apologized yesterday for cheating on Robert Pattinson with her "Snow White" director Rupert Sanders. She said, "I'm deeply sorry for the hurt and embarrassment I've caused to those close to me and everyone this has affected. This momentary indiscretion has jeopardized the most important thing in my life, the person I love and respect the most, Rob. I love him, I love him, I'm so sorry." A source says Kristen definitely wants to stay with Rob and make things right with him. Kristen did not apologize to Rupert's wife Liberty Ross, or their two children. But Rupert issued his own apology, saying, "I am utterly distraught about the pain I have caused my family. My beautiful wife and heavenly children are all I have in this world. I love them with all my heart. I am praying that we can get through this together." It was "Us Weekly" that broke the story which happened on July 17th in a few discreet areas around L.A. And not surprisingly, there was a photographer on their trail. The photographer followed Kristen from her house to a parking lot where Rupert got into Kristen's car and they proceeded to get it on. The photographer says, "Kristen was sitting up with her back against the driver's-side window, and this guy was kissing her entire body." But once they got the feeling they were being watched, they left in Kristen's car and went to a trail near the Hollywood sign. They parked and started making out again. Then they got out of the car and started groping and making out some more. The photographer says, "He was all over her. It seemed like they couldn't get enough." But every time they heard a voice or saw someone coming, they would split up and walk in opposite directions. Then they got back in the car and made out for another 20 minutes before she dropped Rupert off three blocks from his house. They kissed one more time, and he walked home. One thing we can't really say is if there was any actual sex between Kristen and Rupert. We also don't know if this was the only time they've been romantic. We haven't heard anything directly from Rob yet, but a source claims he's absolutely devastated, but doesn't want to say anything in public until he figures out what he's going to do.
You had to know this was coming, Kristen Stewart is getting death threats on Twitter for breaking Robert Pattinson's heart. Here are a few examples:
"Kristen Stewart cheated on Robert Pattinson with her director! WTF?! *loads and cocks gun* Imma kill that b****."
"Dear Kristen Stewart, Thank you for cheating on Rob. Now he's mine. But I'm still going to kill you for breaking his heart."
"So Kristen Stewart finally cheated on Robert Pattinson. B**** is about to die. No one cheats on Robert Pattinson."
And then there is the fan. There is a woman that's so distraught over this cheating scandal that she posted this pathetic video to YouTube. I'm embarassed for her. She does drop the F BOMB a few times! Click to 3:01 to see her breakdown.
T.J. Jackson, has been appointed temporary guardian of Michael Jackson's kids Paris, Prince and Blanket. At an emergency hearing yesterday, the judge said, "This is not a power play by T.J. Jackson. This is based on the allegation that Katherine Jackson is being prevented from acting as guardian." No one is blaming Katherine for this. They think she's a victim herself. A source says, "It is not about taking guardianship away from Katherine. T.J. didn't step in to remove her. He stepped in because she is not there. He is extremely tight with his grandmother." But Katherine is not okay with this. Yesterday, Katherine told ABC News, "I am devastated that while I've been away, my grandchildren have been taken away from me, and I'm coming home." She added that the court ruling that gave T.J. temporary custody was based on a bunch of lies.Meanwhile, she also refuted claims that her kids Jermaine, Randy, Janet, and Rebbie abducted her and forced her into the Arizona resort where she's been for over a week. Brothers Marlon, Tito and Jackie Jackson are reportedly opposed to what their siblings are doing. They think it's an attempt to gain control of Michael's estate and they want no part of it. Sister LaToya is sitting the whole thing out. Katherine said, "There are rumors going around about me that I have been kidnapped. I am here today to let everybody know that I am good and fine. My children would never do anything to me like that." As for why she had no contact with the kids for more than a week, she said, "One reason I didn't call is I just gave up my phone and I didn't want to have any phone calls while I was here." Katherine was scheduled to return home yesterday. In her statement, Katherine mentioned that she had finally spoken to Prince and Paris.
The cast of "Modern Family" has been negotiating for a significant pay raise for the past few months and things are not going well. Now, they're playing hardball. Yesterday, five of the adult stars Ty Burrell, Julie Bowen, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet and Sofia Vergara filed a lawsuit, asking to have their contracts voided. Those contracts have them locked in for four more seasons, but they want those scrapped in favor of more lucrative deals. Production on Season Four was supposed to begin yesterday, but the cast didn't show up, so it was canceled. Ed O'Neill has a higher pay scale than the other adult stars because he was the biggest "name" coming into the show. But in an act of solidarity, he's joined them in their holdout. Of course, he wants more money, too. The fact that the cast is acting together puts a lot of pressure on ABC and the production company, because without all of them, there is no show. The cast of "Friends" used this tactic successfully back in the '90s to score huge deals. Neither ABC nor the cast has commented on the negotiations. If you're interested in the specifics, here's the breakdown: The six main cast members started out making between $20,000 and $60,000 per episode, with Ed on the higher end. They were given a complimentary raise this past season that bumped their salaries up to between $60,000 and $105,000 per episode. According to the "Hollywood Reporter", the cast rejected the studio's latest offer, which was $200,000 per episode for Seasons Four and Five, $225,000 for Season Six, and escalating raises up to $325,000 per episode through Season Nine. Again, this is for the five adult cast members not named Ed O'Neill. His negotiations have been separate, but he isn't getting what he wants either. Obviously, that seems like a lot, but the show generates a ton of coin. "Modern Family" brought in $164 million in ad revenue for ABC last season, and repeats of the show were licensed to the USA Network for $1.5 million per episode. There have been 72 episodes so far so that would put the syndication deal at around $110 million already. For comparison, if the main cast got an average of $250,000 per episode, that would be $6 million apiece per season and $36 million for all six.


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Spitz in July 2008
|Olympic Medals Won
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Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is a retired American swimmer. He won seven gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics, an achievement only surpassed by Michael Phelps who won eight golds at the 2008 Olympics. Spitz set new world records in all seven events in which he competed, a record that still stands. Since the year 1900, no other swimmer ever won such a high fraction of all Olympic events at a single Games.
Between 1968 and 1972, Spitz won nine Olympic golds plus a silver and a bronze, five Pan American golds, 31 US Amateur Athletic Union titles, and eight US National Collegiate Athletic Association titles. During those years, he set 35 world records, but 2 were in trials and unofficial.[1][2] He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was named World Swimmer of the Year in 1969, 1971, and 1972 by Swimming World magazine. He was the third athlete to win nine Olympic gold medals.
Early life
Spitz was born in Modesto, California, the first of three children[3] of Arnold and Lenore (Smith) Spitz. His family is Jewish.[4] When he was two years old, Spitz's family moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, where he swam at Waikiki Beach every day. "You should have seen that little boy dash into the ocean. He'd run like he was trying to commit suicide." Lenore Spitz told a reporter for Time (April 12, 1968).[3] At age six his family returned to Sacramento, California, and he began to compete at his local swim club. At age nine, he was training at Arden Hills Swim Club in Sacramento with swimming coach Sherm Chavoor, who mentored seven Olympic medal winners including Spitz. Before he was 10, Spitz held 17 national age-group records, and one world record.{{ safesubst:ifsubst |{{subst:Unsubst|Citation needed| name|¬|reason|¬| date|July 2012 }}| Template:Fix At 14 his family moved to Santa Clara so Spitz could train with George F. Haines of the Santa Clara Swim Club. From 1964 to 1968 Mark trained with Haines at SCSC and Santa Clara High School. During his four years there, Mark held national high school records in every stroke and in every distance {{ safesubst:ifsubst |{{subst:Unsubst|Citation needed| name|¬|reason|¬| date|August 2008 }}| Template:Fix. It was a remarkable and unprecedented achievement. In 1966 at age 16 he won the 100 meter butterfly at the National AAU Championships, the first of his 24 AAU titles. The following year Mark set his first world record at a small California meet in the 400 meter freestyle with a time of 4:10.60, and emerged on the world swimming stage.[5]
Swimming career
Maccabiah Games
The 1965 Maccabiah Games was his first international competition. At age 15 in Tel Aviv, Spitz, won four gold medals and was named the most outstanding athlete.[3]
He returned to Israel in 1969 following the Mexico Olympics to again compete in the Maccabiah Games. This time he won six gold medals.[6] He was again named outstanding athlete of the Games.[7]
In 1985 Spitz lit a torch to open the Maccabiah Games.[8]
In 2005 he was a member of the U.S. delegation at the 17th Maccabiah Games. He spoke at the JCC Maccabiah Games Opening Ceremonies, which was held in Richmond, Virginia. The Weinstein JCC in Richmond was one of the Host JCC's for the 2005 games with over 1,000 teenagers participating in various sports, including swimming.
Pan American Games
In 1967 he won five gold medals at the Pan American Games, thereby setting a record that lasted until 2007 when Brazilian swimmer, Thiago Pereira, won six golds at the XV Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.
1968 Olympics
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Holder of ten world records already{{ safesubst:ifsubst |{{subst:Unsubst|Citation needed| name|¬|reason|¬| date|August 2008 }}| Template:Fix, Spitz predicted brashly he would win six golds at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. However, he won only two team golds: the 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay in 3:31:70, and the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay in 7:52:33. In addition, Spitz finished second in the 100m butterfly in 00:56:40. In this event he was beaten by fellow American Doug Russell by a half second, despite holding the world record and having beaten Russell the previous ten times they had swum against each other that year.[9] Russell did briefly match Spitz's world record in late August 1967, holding the world record equally with Spitz for five days before Spitz regained it solely on October 2, 1967. As a result of being beaten by Russell, Spitz did not get to swim in the 4 × 100 meter medley relay, which gave Russell his second gold medal and the USA team another World Record swim.
College training
Disappointed in his 1968 Olympic performance, Spitz decided in January 1969 to swim for the Indiana University Hoosiers[2] to train with legendary coach, Doc Counsilman,[10] who was also his coach in Mexico City. He called choosing Indiana and Counsilman "the biggest decision of my life (and) the best."[11] While at Indiana, Spitz won eight individual NCAA titles. In 1971 he won the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States. Spitz also set a number of world records during the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials held in Chicago's Portage Park in 1972.
He was nicknamed "Mark the Shark" by his teammates.
1972 Olympics
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- See also: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (West Germany), Spitz was back to maintain his bid for the six gold medals. He did even more, winning seven Olympic gold medals. Further, Spitz set a new world record in each of the seven events (the 100 m freestyle [00:51:22], 200 m freestyle [01:52:78], 100 m butterfly [00:54:27], 200 m butterfly [02:00:70], 4 × 100 m freestyle relay [03:26:42], 4 x 200 m freestyle relay [07:35:78] and the 4 × 100 m medley relay [03:48:16]). Originally Spitz was reluctant to swim the 100m freestyle fearing a less than gold medal finish. Minutes before the race he confessed on the pool deck to ABC's Donna de Varona, "I know I say I don't want to swim before every event but this time I'm serious. If I swim six and win six, I'll be a hero. If I swim seven and win six, I'll be a failure." Spitz won by half a stroke in a world-record 51.22.[12]
Spitz is one of five Olympians to win nine or more career gold medals: Larisa Latynina, Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis also have nine;[13] only swimmer Michael Phelps has won more with 18.[14] Spitz's record of seven gold medals in a single Olympics was not surpassed until Michael Phelps at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Following the Munich Olympics, even though he was still only 22, Spitz retired from competition.
In 1999 Spitz ranked #33 on ESPN SportsCentury 50 Greatest Athletes, the only aquatic athlete to make the list.
Spitz briefly came out of retirement in 1992 to compete for a place on the U.S. Swimming Team at the Barcelona Games at the age of 41. He was two seconds slower than the requisite qualifying time at the Olympic trials.
Hall of Fame
- International Swimming Hall of Fame, Inducted 1977.[15]
- International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, Inducted 1979.[16]
- United States Olympic Hall of Fame, Inducted 1983.[17]
- San Jose Sports Hall of Fame, inducted Wednesday, November 14, 2007.[18][19]
- National Jewish Museum Sports Hall of Fame, Inducted 2007.[20]
- Long Beach City College Hall of Fame, Inducted 2007[21]
- Indiana University Athletics Hall of Fame[22]
Film and television career
After swimming retirement
After his retirement from swimming at age 22, he was managed by the William Morris Agency, which tried to get him into show business while his name was still familiar due to his athletic success.
A poster featuring Spitz wearing his swimsuit and seven gold medals made him the hottest pin-up since Betty Grable.[23]
In 1973–74, Spitz appeared on TV's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour. On the TV drama Emergency!, he portrayed Pete Barlow, who accidentally shoots his wife (played by Spitz's wife, Suzy). He also appeared briefly on the The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast of then-Governor of California Ronald Reagan in September 1973.
Spitz went to work for ABC Sports in 1976 and worked on many sports presentations, including coverage of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[24] In 1985 he appeared as a TV announcer in Challenge of a Lifetime. He continued as a broadcaster for some time, but within a few years, he was hardly seen as a public figure[23] except perhaps as a commentator for swimming events like the 2004 Summer Olympics. Instead Spitz focused on his real estate company in Beverly Hills and hobbies such as sailing.[23]
Critical praise
In 2006 he received critical praise for his narration of Freedom's Fury, a Hungarian documentary about the Olympic water polo team's famous Blood in the Water match against Russia during the Revolution of 1956—considered the most famous match in water polo history. The film was executive produced by Quentin Tarantino and Lucy Liu, and made its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival.
He appeared in an ad for the California Milk Advisory Board. One of his print advertisements featured the caption "I always drink it-is something I like to do. I want to be loved by the mothers."
In 1974 he was in a number of Schick razors commercials.[25] In 1998 he appeared with Evel Knievel in a TV commercial for PlayStation.
In 2004 he appeared in a TV commercial for Sprint PCS.[26] Then in November 2007, Spitz made a cameo appearance on Amanda Beard's first television commercial (for GoDaddy) featuring her own seven Olympic medals (won between 1996–2004). The ad was entitled "Shock".[27] Also, in 2007 he appeared in the infomercial for the "Orbitrek Elite" fitness workout.[28]
He appeared in a commercial for Lear Capital, a gold investment company. (at 8:13 and 15:42 on a video at http://www.stanpredicts.com/media.php dated February 12, 2011, but the commercial was edited out of the version labeled "Episode 1: Will Massive Amount [sic] Of Oil Be Discovered In Israel?")
In 2012 Spitz appeared in a commercial for Ageless Male, a testosterone supplement.
Personal life
Family life
When Spitz returned from the Olympics, he began dating Suzy Weiner, a UCLA theater student and part-time model, who also was the daughter of one of his father's business acquaintances.[23][29] Less than a year after the Munich Olympics, they were married on May 6, 1973,[28] in a traditional Jewish service at the Beverly Hills Hotel.[25] They have two sons, Matthew (born October 1981) and Justin (born September 1991). Justin currently is a sophomore at Stanford University, and is on the swim team.[24][30][31]
From 1964 to 1968 Spitz attended Santa Clara High School. After graduating he went on to Indiana University.[23] At Indiana University from 1968–72, he was a pre-dental student and member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. TIME magazine asked him if he wanted to return to dental school after the Olympics. "I always wanted to be a dentist from the time I was in high school, and I was accepted to dental school in the spring of 1972. I was planning to go, but after the Olympics there were other opportunities. I did some television and speaking engagements, and things just went from there."[32]
Post-swimming career
In 1972, soon after his return to the US, Spitz landed several lucrative corporate endorsement contracts. He earned about $7 million in a two-year period.[33] However, as the memory of his feat receded, so did his endorsement and promotional deals. As his endorsements faded he started a successful real-estate company in Beverly Hills. He bought a Ferrari and says he made more than $1 million. "A million dollars in 1972 would be equivalent to more than $10 million today," Spitz said. "I did very well, thank you very much."[34] "I would say I was a pioneer. There wasn't anyone who'd gone to the Olympics before me who capitalized the same way on opportunity. It depends on timing, it depends on hype, it depends on the economy, and most importantly, it depends on looks. I mean, I've never seen a magazine of uglies. That's our society. I'm not saying it's right. That's just the facts."[35]
Per his official website, Spitz is self-employed as a corporate spokesperson and motivational speaker. However, Sports Yahoo! lists his occupation as a stock broker and motivational speaker.[36] According to a recent interview "Spitz became a stockbroker in 2002 and has since moved into private equity. He is now also dabbling in the "water business," as he calls it, and is in negotiations to build a water-bottling facility on aquifer-rich land that he and a business partner own.[37]
He has pursued various entrepreneurial projects with former NBA player Rick Barry. He travels the world delivering about 25 lectures a year. His biography, The Extraordinary Life of An Olympic Champion by Richard J. Foster was released in July 2008.[38]
In July 2012 he endorsed Istanbul's bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. [39]
His hobbies include sailing, skiing and collecting art.[40] He has been involved in blue water ocean racing (sailing) and in the summer of 1981 competed in his third Trans-Pac Yacht Race from Los Angeles to Hawaii, finishing third.[24]
Iconic moustache during Olympics
In an era when other swimmers, male and female, were shaving body hair, he swam with a moustache. When asked why he initially grew one he stated "I grew the moustache because a coach in college said I couldn't grow one."[32] Spitz said he originally grew the moustache as a form of rebellion against the clean-cut look imposed on him in college. "It took a long time to grow," he said.[41] It took four months to grow, but Spitz was proud of it, he decided the moustache was a "good-luck piece."[42]
Mark Spitz is quoted as saying, "When I went to the Olympics, I had every intention of shaving the moustache off, but I realized I was getting so many comments about it—and everybody was talking about it—that I decided to keep it. I had some fun with a Russian coach who asked me if my moustache slowed me down. I said, 'No, as a matter of fact, it deflects water away from my mouth, allows my rear end to rise and make me bullet-shaped in the water, and that's what had allowed me to swim so great.' He's translating as fast as he can for the other coaches, and the following year every Russian male swimmer had a moustache."[43]
According to a Sports Illustrated article, on February 14, 1988, after talking about shaving off his moustache for a year, he finally did. "He looked great with it, don't get me wrong," explained his wife Suzy, "but he looks so handsome without it."[44]
When he was asked why he shaved it off he responded "well, one, I'm not swimming anymore; two, it started to turn gray; and three, my wife had never seen me, nor my family, without the moustache... I'm happy [without it]."[45] He also commented on his moustache in a live, in-studio interview with KCRA host Mike TeSelle on June 14, 2008, Spitz commented that he no longer maintains his iconic moustache because it had become "too gray."
Health issues
After retirement, Spitz was diagnosed with acid reflux disease, a condition from which his physician thinks he suffered throughout his career.[46] "During my Olympic training, I attributed the symptoms [of acid reflux] to an overexposure to chlorine and eating too soon before and after swimming," says Spitz. "It wasn't until the symptoms began to get in the way of my 1976 Olympic broadcasting career in Montreal, which was four years after retirement that I suspected something more serious must be happening."
He has also reported having high cholesterol and other chronic health issues.[47] "People don't believe that I have high cholesterol, but it's a fact," said Spitz. "I take medication every day because my doctor told me that diet and exercise are not enough to keep my cholesterol down. He is a paid spokesperson for Medco, a pharmacy benefit management company."[48]
Olympic controversies
1972 medal podium incident
In 1972, Spitz was accused of product placement during the medal ceremony. Following the 200-meter freestyle race Spitz arrived to obtain his gold medal barefoot and carrying his shoes. He put them down when the American national anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner" was played. After the anthem played, he picked up his shoes and waved to the crowd. The Soviets saw this as product placement. When questioned by the IOC, Spitz explained that the gesture was innocent, the shoes were old and he was not paid. The IOC cleared him of any wrongdoing.[49]
Issues with 2008 Summer Olympics
Spitz felt snubbed by not being asked to attend the 2008 Olympics to watch Michael Phelps attempt to break his seven gold medal record. In an article, he is quoted as saying, "I never got invited. You don't go to the Olympics just to say, I am going to go. Especially because of who I am....I am going to sit there and watch Michael Phelps break my record anonymously? That's almost demeaning to me. It is not almost—it is."[36]
Spitz has stated that he has no hard feelings towards Phelps. He is, however, unhappy that he was not invited to the 2008 Summer Olympics. As a result, Spitz refused to attend the games.[50] "They voted me one of the top five Olympians of all time. Some of them are dead. But they invited the other ones to go to the Olympics, but not me," he said. "Yes, I am a bit upset about it."[51]
However, on August 14, 2008 Spitz appeared on NBC's Today Show where he clarified his statement and his pride in Michael Phelps: Template:Quote
Also on August 14, 2008, in an interview aired on Los Angeles KNBC-4's morning news show, Today in L.A., Spitz was quoted saying he does believe that, "Michael Phelps is the greatest Olympic athlete ever."[52]
On August 15, 2008, as part of an interview on NBC, Spitz said that he felt Phelps' performance in the 100 fly in Beijing was "epic". Spitz paid this compliment to Phelps just two hours after his record-tying seventh gold medal during a live joint interview with Bob Costas:
Views on drug testing
Mark Spitz has been consistent in criticism of both swimming's world bodies, FINA and the IOC, in their incomplete attempts to keep drugs out of the sport. He has felt that not enough has been done to monitor and encourage drug-free participation. In 1998 he criticized FINA for its "embarrassing" attempts to stamp out drug abuse, urging them to test for all known drugs. In September 1999 Spitz said the IOC had the technology to test for a plethora of drugs but was refusing to do so because of some IOC member protests.[53]
During a radio interview in Australia, Spitz was quoted as saying "They don't want to test for everything because there's tremendous pressure from the television networks because they want the television to have athletic competitions with the world record holders there for the finals. They want the medals not to be tainted in their value of accomplishment by winning them, and it's all about ratings and commercial selling of time and about money. And an International Olympic Committee has got their hand in the pockets of the network television people, so there's a tremendous conflict of interest in what they should do and what they're doing."[54]
In August 2008 the Los Angeles Times reported, that Spitz continued to discuss drug testing and was saying "the IOC has sponsors who demand a good show. Television pays the IOC for the rights to that good show, and its sponsors want that too. Drug news and drug distractions are not a good show. People are not going to tune in to see athletes have their medals taken away from them."[55]
|Preceded by
Template:Country data AUS Michael Wenden
|Men's 100 metre freestyle
world record holder (long course)
August 23, 1970 – June 21, 1975
| Succeeded by
Jim Montgomery
|Preceded by
Don Schollander
|Men's 200 metre freestyle
world record holder (long course)
July 12, 1969 – August 23, 1974
| Succeeded by
Tim Shaw
|Preceded by
Template:Country data ARG Luis Nicolao
|Men's 100 metre butterfly
world record holder (long course)
July 31, 1967 – August 27, 1977
Note: Held Jointly with Doug Russell August 29 & October 2, 1967
| Succeeded by
Joe Bottom
|Preceded by
Template:Country data AUS Kevin Berry
John Ferris
Gary Hall Sr.
Template:Country data FRG Hans-Joachim Fassnacht
|Men's 200 metre butterfly
world record holder (long course)
July 26, 1967 – August 30, 1967
October 8, 1967 – August 22, 1970
August 27, 1971 – August 31, 1971
August 2, 1972 – June 3, 1976
| Succeeded by
John Ferris
Gary Hall Sr.
Template:Country data FRG Hans-Joachim Fassnacht
Template:Country data GDR Roger Pyttel
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- ↑ Mark Spitz – "Swimming Isn't Everything". Sports.jrank.org. Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
- ↑ Great Jewish Men By Elinor Slater, Robert Slater. Jonathan David Company, 1996. ISBN 0-8246-0381-8
- ↑ Jewish Virtual Library ',Maccabiah Games',. Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
- ↑ He also won a bronze medal in the 100m freestyle in 00:53:00 at the same games. International Olympic Committee – Athletes
- ↑ Indiana University Archives. Indiana.edu (May 16, 2003). Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
- ↑ Template:Cite book
- ↑ Moore, K. Spitz's mark of seven world records in one Olympic meet was equaled by Michael Phelps in 2008 (This was because Phelps's 100 m butterfly win fell short of the world mark). "Bionic Man." Sports Illustrated. October 23, 1989. Retrieved August 13, 2008.
- ↑ Template:Cite book
- ↑ {{cite web |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-blogs/swimming/phelps-reaches-the-end-so-limitless-and-free.html%7Ctitle=Phelps reaches the end, so limitless and free|accessdate= 08/05 2012 |date= August 4, 2012 |work= NBC 2012 Olympics |publisher= http://www.nbcolympics.com
- ↑ International Swimming Hall of Fame. Ishof.org. Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
- ↑ Mark Spitz. Jewishsports.net (February 10, 1950). Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
- ↑ Hof Polls , Team USA. U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame (July 1, 2009). Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
- ↑ San Jose Sports Authority – [ Hall of Fame ,. Sjsa.org. Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
- ↑ Mark Spitz Update. Santa Clara Swim Club (November 14, 2007). Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
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- ↑ Long Beach City College Athletics. Athletics.lbcc.edu (October 11, 2007). Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
- ↑ :Phi Kappa Psi:.:Indiana Beta:. Indiana.edu. Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
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- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Bruns, Bill (July 8, 1974). The Shark Gets Soft – Couples, Olympics, Mark Spitz, Suzy Spitz. People. Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
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- ↑ www.gostanford.com
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- ↑ 36.0 36.1 Spitz, once the star, upset over Beijing snub. Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
- ↑ McGarr, Elizabeth. "Catching up with Mark Spitz", Sports Illustrated, July 21, 2008. Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
- ↑ Goodman, Dean. "Mark Spitz makes splash about Beijing invite", 2 August 2008. Retrieved on August 16, 2008.
- ↑ Olympic legend backs Istanbul 2020
- ↑ Olympic Legends: Mark Spitz. Rediff.com (August 10, 2004). Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
- ↑ Mark Spitz reveals the story behind his mustache, Around Town. Blogs.mercurynews.com (November 18, 2007). Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
- ↑ Mark Spitz – Glory Days – Mustache, World, Soviets, Swimmer, Stroke, and Swimming. Sports.jrank.org. Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
- ↑ Extremes, Survival, Injuries, Faster Higher Stronger – Fitness Fixer. Healthline.com. Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
- ↑ "Catching up with Mark Spitz", CNN, July 21, 2008. Retrieved on May 2, 2010.
- ↑ Mark Spitz talks about his mustache (and Michael Phelps). Amny.com. Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
- ↑ Mark Spitz expresses health issues he faced while achieving Olympic dreams. Medicalnewstoday.com. Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
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- ↑ Lane 9 News Archive: Industry News: Mark Spitz, Greg Louganis Join Tour of Champions to Educate Americans on Health Care. Swimmingworldmagazine.com. Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
- ↑ Roberts, M.B.. Spitz lived up to enormous expectations. ESPN Classic. Retrieved on August 16, 2008.
- ↑ Related Topics: athletes, olympics, sports. Mark Spitz. Mahalo.com. Retrieved on January 30, 2011.
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(a) Appointment or Designation of Chief Acquisition Officer.— The head of each executive agency described in section 901(b)(1) (other than the Department of Defense) or 901(b)(2)(C) of title 31 with a Chief Financial Officer appointed or designated under section 901 (a) of title 31 shall appoint or designate a non-career employee as Chief Acquisition Officer for the agency.
(b) Authority and Functions of Chief Acquisition Officer.—
(2) Advice and assistance.— A Chief Acquisition Officer shall advise and assist the head of the executive agency and other agency officials to ensure that the mission of the executive agency is achieved through the management of the agency's acquisition activities.
(3) Other functions.— The functions of each Chief Acquisition Officer include—
(A) monitoring the performance of acquisition activities and acquisition programs of the executive agency, evaluating the performance of those programs on the basis of applicable performance measurements, and advising the head of the executive agency regarding the appropriate business strategy to achieve the mission of the executive agency;
(B) increasing the use of full and open competition in the acquisition of property and services by the executive agency by establishing policies, procedures, and practices that ensure that the executive agency receives a sufficient number of sealed bids or competitive proposals from responsible sources to fulfill the Federal Government's requirements (including performance and delivery schedules) at the lowest cost or best value considering the nature of the property or service procured;
(D) making acquisition decisions consistent with all applicable laws and establishing clear lines of authority, accountability, and responsibility for acquisition decisionmaking within the executive agency;
(E) managing the direction of acquisition policy for the executive agency, including implementation of the unique acquisition policies, regulations, and standards of the executive agency;
(F) advising the executive agency on the applicability of relevant policy on the contracts of the agency for overseas contingency operations and ensuring the compliance of the contracts and contracting activities of the agency with such policy;
(G) developing and maintaining an acquisition career management program in the executive agency to ensure that there is an adequate professional workforce; and
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(c) Senior Procurement Executive.—
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Source(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3,Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3701; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title VIII, § 849,Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1853.)
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2013—Subsec. (b)(3)(F) to (H). Pub. L. 112–239, § 849(a), added subpar. (F) and redesignated former subpars. (F) and (G) as (G) and (H), respectively.
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Students in the Volunteer State Community College TRIO Student Support Services program picked up awards in a national competition. TRIO Quest invites TRIO students from around the country to participate in one or more of three web activities: Media Quest, PhotoEssay, and TRIO Sites. John Fields of Hendersonville won the Silver Award for his PhotoEssay entitled "The Last 300 Miles" and Helen Nash of Goodlettsville won the top prize, the Best of Contest Award, for her PhotoEssay entitled "A Different Kind of Hunt".
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Saint Francis' Social Work Club will hold a week of "Take Back the Night" activities for victims of violence, to raise awareness of the types of abuse and violence and to give new perspectives about the stigmas that accompany abuse. The events will be held April 2 - 7.The events are free and the public is invited to attend. All events will be on the Loretto campus.
"Take Back the Night" originated in the 1970s as a march for women who had been victims of rape. It has expanded to an event that educates and empowers vulnerable populations. The university's social work club has sponsored the campus' annual week of empowerment and education events since 1998.
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Sexual assault can have a long lasting impact on victims and these cases are often some of the most difficult to prosecute. Erika Jugan, supervisor of direct services at Victim Services, and Beth Bolton Cambria County, assistant district attorney, will discuss the dynamics of sexual assault as they pertain to victims and to the criminal justice system. They will highlight Cambria County's protocol for responding to sexual assault and give an overview of services available for victims. This talk will take place from 12:15 pm-1:15 pm in Scotus Hall, room 209.
Dr. Snyder, assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice at Saint Francis, will discuss sociological and ethical ideas related to "Take Back the Night" based upon his research on violence and trauma. Dr. Snyder will also discuss the meaning of "Take Back the Night" for Saint Francis University. This talk will take place from, 7:00 pm-7:30 pm in Schwab Hall, room 102.
Jennifer Roseman-Farabaugh, vice president at Vet Advisor Services will speak about threat and reality of sexual assault in our society. Other presenters bring over a decade of experiences in sexual assault prevention and response, victim advocacy and mastery of the criminal investigative process. Unfortunately, each has participated in hundreds of incidents involving sexual assault, evidence identification and collection, victim and suspect interviews and each has provided courtroom testimony. This talk will be held from 12:00 pm-1:00 pm, in Schwab Hall, room 302A.
By applying a team approach, the Cambria County Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) works with victims of sexual assault on multiple levels including emotional, medically, and if the victim chooses so, legally. The team consists of a sexual assault nurse examiner, a victim advocate, and law enforcement to help provide healing to victims. Respondents from the SART program will go over the Rape Kit and present the process of what happens when a victim is entered into the SART program. This session will be held from 6:30 pm- 8 pm, in Padua Hall, room 112.
Missy Raho from Cambria County Children and Youth Services will discuss the different types of child abuse and how to identify it. She will also discuss the responsibilities of a mandated reporter. This lecture will provide the basics about child abuse prevention and intervention and will take place from 12:15 pm-1:10 pm, in Padua Hall, room 112.
Paul Girardi from campus ministry will offer participants the opportunity to become familiar with different aspects of self-defense. The focus will be on developing a sound mind and sound body relative to self-defense techniques. Through the participation in confidence building activities and role play, participants will feel less vulnerable and more in control. Activities include: awarenress, prevention, risk reduction, risk avoidance, and self-realization of physical power. This event will take place from 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, in the Stokes Center's Auxillary Gym.
Sue Obarsky from the university's counseling center and Officer Reese from campus police will share protocol about how Saint Francis handles sexual assault and rape cases.This will take place from 12:00 pm-1:00 pm, in DiSepio, room 201.
Witness the deadly effects of domestic violence from the Blair County Coroner. It will be a chilling and educational experience, but viewer discretion is advised. A survivor of domestic violence will also speak about her experience. A candlelight ceremony, student information presentations, and other activities planned for this session that will take place from 4:00 pm-5:00 pm, at the JFK Student Center.
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The gallery's furloughs would begin in June and take place on up to seven Mondays, spokeswoman Deborah Ziska said Thursday. The furloughs would force the gallery, which is open every day except Christmas and New Year's Day, to close its doors to the public for those days. The gallery is likely to have over $5.7 million cut from its $128.4 million budget for the fiscal year.
At a House appropriations subcommittee hearing Wednesday, Librarian of Congress James Billington testified that the library's budget will be reduced by 5.3 percent, or more than $31 million. Seventeen percent of that reduction would come from four furlough days through the end of the year. Other library cuts include reductions in bookbinding and book preservation and a reduction in acquisition amounting to more than 400,000 collection items. There will be delays for information requests from the Congressional Research Service, an increase in the backlog of claims to the U.S.
Museums and arts institutions have not received official budget reductions from the White House Office of Management and Budget, but they are expecting reductions to their annual budgets for the fiscal year of 5 to 6 percent.
The Kennedy Center, which functions both as a memorial to former president John F. Kennedy and as a performing arts center, is expecting a $1.8 million cut from its annual operating budget of $200 million for this fiscal year, according to spokesman John Dow. Federal funding for the Kennedy Center is used solely for maintenance of the facility and does not affect programming.
The center is expecting to delay some repairs, which "could have a negative impact on the condition of the building," Dow said. "We've been proactive, and we don't expect personnel reductions, but this will be a challenge for us in the long term."
The budget cuts will not affect the Kennedy Center's recently announced $100 million expansion project, which will be financed by private fundraising. Only about 50 employees of the Kennedy Center's 1,200-member staff could be affected by the budget cuts. Federal employees of the Kennedy Center work in maintenance, facilities and security.
Smithsonian Institution officials say budget cuts will not dramatically affect museum visitors. The cuts total about $40 million, or about 5 percent of an $811.5 million federal appropriation, and "the good news for the public is we're going to absorb that $40 million through a number of ways," said spokeswoman Linda St. Thomas. The cuts will mainly come through the delay of repairs, maintenance and equipment purchases. There will be reductions in staff travel and a hiring freeze. The Smithsonian is not planning furloughs, and the museums and the National Zoo will be open their normal hours, seven days a week. St. Thomas said construction of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, scheduled to open in 2015, will continue, as will work on the Arts and Industries Building, scheduled to reopen in the summer of 2014.
The National Endowment for the Arts will also incur a 5 percent reduction, totaling $7.3 million of its $147 million budget, a spokeswoman said. The 5 percent will be prorated equally between grants and the administrative budget.
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MINNEAPOLIS - Groundbreaking for the new Minnesota Vikings stadium is tentatively set for October 2013.
Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority Chairwoman Michele Kelm-Helgen announced the date at Friday's board meeting.
The $975 million stadium will be built on the site of the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis.
The date is a bit later than the timetable previously mentioned by authority and team officials. They initially projected groundbreaking to take place sometime during the third quarter of 2013.
Vikings vice president Lester Bagley tells KARE 11 the October groundbreaking is an estimate. He says the most important thing is to hire a construction manager by Jan. 25 to ensure construction on the stadium can be completed by August of 2016.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
To The Side
This wonderful lady told me that her hair style came out of convenience. She began to part her hair to side after a back injury made it difficult to style her usual do. I think it looks just grand!
11 comments:
- mamacita said...
I'm a daily lurker, so it's definitely time for me to stop by and tell you how much I enjoy your blog. It just really makes my day.
- July 28, 2009 at 11:40 AM
- Volker said...
what a well dressed granny!
- July 28, 2009 at 3:13 PM
- ARANXA. said...
i love her hair and that jacket is soo retro I LOVE IT.
- July 28, 2009 at 4:09 PM
What a glamorous lady! Isn't it so much easier to dress while temperature is milde? I like all these wonderful dressed people, showing us their creative looks.
Thank you for "shooting" them.
- July 29, 2009 at 3:45 PM
- Rosina at Middle Ageless said...
What a chic lady! Love the way her necklace matches her tote and the gold in the jacket pulls it all together. And what a sweet face!
- July 29, 2009 at 8:13 PM
- Dragonfly said...
Wow! I hope I still have the energy to take so much pride in my appearance in my advanced years! I really admire the people you have featured - so inspirational. Thanks, and look forward to seeing more pics.
Cheers, Karen
- July 31, 2009 at 5:19 AM
- smilla said...
Hi, i love your blog! its just great, I just found it, and already its my favourite blog! Its like your blogging from my heart :-)
Go ahead..I say it with a smile like this wonderful lady! smilla
- August 1, 2009 at 5:16 PM
- thwany said...
hahah i guess the definition of convenience back then is diff from now. she looks awesome though.
- August 3, 2009 at 2:40 AM
- madeleine said...
wow, i'm o impressed by all the pictures on your blog. it shows that stylistic sense doesn't depends on the age
- August 18, 2009 at 9:58 AM
absolutely fabulous!
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- "You have heard about the Liberty City Rampage? The owner still will not accept my offers. I have been more than reasonable...The time for negotiation if over. Do what needs to be done..."
- ― Ray Bulgarin
Dropping In... is a mission in the downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto IV, The Ballad of Gay Tony given by Ray Bulgarin to Luis Fernando Lopez.
Ray Bulgarin orders Luis to work with his henchman, Timur. Marki Ashvilli won't sell him the Liberty City Rampage hockey team, (probably because of what happened in the previous mission) so he plans on murdering him to send a message. He sends Luis to the MeTV building in Algonquin, but since it would be impossible to enter from the ground, Ray wants him to parachute onto the building to silently infiltrate it to kill Ashvilli.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Wait for Timur
- Go to the heliport
- Get into the chopper
- Fly towards Star Junction, as high as possible
- Jump out and parachute onto the building
- Find Ashvilli and take him out
- Jump out of the window to escape
- Land on the truck
100% Objectives
Complete the mission in 6:40
Take less than 40% damage
Have 70% Accuracy
Land inside the halo after jumping from the Maverick.
Ashvilli's body falls out of the window, and lands on the ground below.
Get into the car and wait for Timur. Now drive to the Higgins Helitours site in Algonquin. Steal a chopper, and climb through the pink rings to gain altitude over the city. Once you're high enough, jump and pull the chute to glide onto the building. Once you're inside, you must fight through the floors of the building through the stairs and eliminate the security goons. When you reach the main floors and kill the enemies behind the desk, a fire will start from a computer that was shot, causing the fire alarm to ring and fire sprinklers to be activated. Kill all of Ashvilli's guards in the conference room. When Ashvilli is finally alone, shoot him to send him flying from the window, onto the ground to his death.
Now jump from the broken window as more enemies appear behind you. Timur will be driving a truck, and you must land on it to safely end the mission.
If you miss the truck, Timur will leave you behind and two enemy cars will come after you. You can either kill the attacking bodyguards, or drive away very fast. You may find the latter to be easier.
Video Walkthrough
- Marki Ashvilli - Killed by Luis on orders of Ray Bulgarin.
- The beacon on top of the MeTV building may be hard to see after jumping out of the chopper. However, it is the only building in the vicinity with an obviously visible helipad.
- After having killed Ashvilli, be sure to jump out of the building, deploying Luis's parachute. If the player heads for the elevator instead Luis will be stuck in a small corridor with endlessly respawning enemies.
- If you shoot a barrel down the elevator shaft at the beginning, you can lure out two guards that can be picked off. Otherwise, you'll have to deal with them when you go down to the lower floor.
- When Luis jumps out of the helicopter to land on the building, it will spin down to the ground with Timur inside, though this doesn't fail the mission.
- This mission has several references to the movie Die Hard.
- This is the only mission given by Ray Bulgarin where you don't hear his sister Galina's voice.
- After this mission, Yusuf Amir calls Luis and his final mission For The Man Who Has Everything is unlocked.
- The way Luis and Timur stop speaking in the car is very similar to a scene in Fargo, when Peter Stormore's character isn't speaking and Steve Buscemi's character says "total silence", like Luis does. The characters in question are also both criminals.
- If Luis misses the truck, Timur will stop the truck and the player will have a very short time to enter before Timur drives away.
- There is a glitch where you can go inside of the building through the floor when you go in the room with the radio as you walk in there is a metal trolley sort of thing with cardboard on it walk over to it and click Y or Triangle and you climb through the floor to get out you need a parachute and jump around and you can climb out of the wall and parachute to the ground (can be done on multiplayer by doing the base jump or land on the roof).


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Nenjiang River grassland
Endangered red-crowned cranes on the Nenjiang River grassland. @ C.Michael Hogan
Nenjiang River grassland is an expansive low lying grassland drained by the Nenjiang and Songhua Rivers of China. The Nenjiang River originates among low hills that define China's northeastern border with the Russian Far East. After winding through a series of valleys, the Nenjiang River flows down onto the Songhua-Nenjiang plain where flooded grasslands have historically provided important summer breeding habitat for a variety of migratory birds including six of the world's fifteen crane species. The Red-crowned Crane, White-naped Crane, Siberian Crane and Demoiselle crane breed in this ecoregion, while the Common Crane and Hooded Crane stage here prior to migrating to their breeding habitat. Overfishing and agricultural development threaten the bird populations of this species-rich ecoregion.
Location and general description
Nenjiang River grassland is an expansive low lying grassland drained by the Songhua River of China. The rich soils have led to intensive agricultural exploitation, and the ecoregion also suffers from overfishing. The basin of the Nenjiang River is enclosed by low mountains, the Large Hinggan to the west and the Little Hinggan to the north. Higher mountains that form the base of the Korean Peninsula define the southern margin of the plain. The entire region drains into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) through the Songhua River, a major tributary of the Amur River of the Russian Far East.
Soils in the basin have been deposited from rivers and lakes throughout the Quaternary. These tend to be poorly drained, creating swampy, sometimes saline conditions in the low-lying areas. Boggy peat soils are present in some areas. Westward, this swampy landscape undergoes a transition to the drier steppes of the Hinggan foothills.
Icy flooded grasslands of the Nenjiang basin. @ C.Michael Hogan
The climate here is continental monsoon climate and is warmer and drier than in the surrounding mountains with mean annual precipitation of 400 to 450 millimeters (mm).
Typical vegetation in the lowlands of the Nenjiang River Basin consists of a distinctive coniferous swamp forest interspersed among meadows dominated by grasses and sedges. Forests are dominated by the Olga Bay Larch (Larix gmelini ssp. olgensis) which may grow through a lower story of Japanese White Birch (Betula platyphylla subsp. mandshurica). Meadows are dominated by grasses such as Feathertop Grass (Calamagrostis epigeios) and another Boreal Reed Grass, C. purpurea, that are adapted to grow in flooded soils. These often grow as dense tussocks that emerge from the flooded areas. Lakes are sometimes filled or lined at the margin by the salt-tolerant reed Phragmites australis.
The basin contains extensive flooded grassland areas, typified by the landscapes contained within its two largest nature reserves, Zhalong (in Heilongjiang Province) and Momoge (in Jilin Province). Among the flooded meadows are shallow, reed-filled lakes, rivers and old river courses undergoing ecological succession to grassland. Lakes may be either fresh or brackish, and salt concentrations are increasing in many areas as a result of freshwater diversions for agriculture.
Biodiversity features
Two large nature reserves protect wetland habitat in this ecoregion. Zhalong Nature Reserve (2100 square kilometres), located in the lower drainage basin of the Wuyur (Ulun) River, is a vast complex of permanent and seasonal freshwater marshes with numerous shallow lakes and ponds and extensive reed beds (Phragmites spp.). There are a total of 303 recorded vertebrate species in the Nenjiang River grasslands ecoregion. Extensive flooding typically occurs during the spring and summer rainy season.
Zhalong serves as a wetland breeding area for bird species such as the rare Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) and Chinese Merganser (Mergus squamatus). In addition to flooded grasslands, the reserve includes a network of freshwater reed marshes (400 square kilometres) that line or fill numerous small lakes and ponds. Natural lakes are mostly permanent freshwater, although some are seasonal or saline. During the April-June breeding season, productivity is high, with abundant fish, frogs, mollusks and aquatic insects, making this an ideal breeding area for waterfowl.
More than 200 bird species have been recorded in the Nenjiang River grasslands, including at least six of the world's 15 crane species. The four species that breed here include Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis), White-necked Crane (G. vipio), Siberian Crane (G. leucogeranus), and Demoiselle crane (G. virgo), while two species stage here prior to migrating to their breeding habitat, the Common Crane (G. grus) and Hooded Crane (G. monacha). Other rare bird species that breed here are White Stork (Ciconia ciconia), Black Stork (C. nigra), Oriental white ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus melanocephalus), Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata), and Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia). This wetland habitat, together with the surrounding grassland, was declared a Ramsar site in 1992. It serves as a Chinese center for research on cranes, a bird revered in China as a symbol for long life.
Zhalong also supports 42 fish species. A few small nature reserves such as Heilonggong and Shanhe have been established to protect these species, as well as Rana amurensis.
A number of amphibians are found in the Nenjiang River grasslands, including the Asiatic Toad (Bufo gargarizans), typically found in flooded meadows; the Siberian Frog (Rana chensinensis), thought to hibernate underwater; Japanese Treefrog (Hyla japonica), an anuran who spawns in oxbow lakes and ponds; the Oriental Fire-bellied Toad (Bombina orientalis), found chiefly in mixed conifer-broadleaf forests. Zhalong also supports the amphibians Mongolian Toad (Pseudepidalea raddei) , European Treefrog (Hyla arborea), Black-spotted Frog (Pelophylax nigromaculatus) and R. temporaria. The Khabarovsk Frog, R. amurensis, is a protected anuran found in Zhalong.
Momoge Nature Reserve
Momoge Nature Reserve (1440 km2) serves as a breeding and staging ground for six crane species, an estimated 2000 individuals overall, including Red-crowned Crane, Siberian Crane, White-naped Crane and Demoiselle Crane. Other notable birds that breed here are the Great Bustard (Otis tarda) and White Stork (Ciconia ciconia). This site is thought to have potential for ecotourism and outdoor recreation, but is threatened by water pollution as well.
Ecoregion status
Satellite view of the grassland along the Nenjiang River, China. (Photograph by USGS) The Zhalong Nature Reserve and other areas of wetland habitat in the Nenjiang River Basin have been threatened for many years by overfishing and encroachment by agriculture. However, many reserves have been put into place to protect the rare and endangered bird species of this ecoregion.
Types and severity of threats
Disruptive activities include collecting reeds, hunting, and collecting bird eggs. Salinisation has become a problem in some areas. This occurs when demand for irrigation water is so high that insufficient freshwater transits through the system to thoroughly flush out the salt. Industrial and tourism development also threatens some areas.
Petroleum and natural gas deposits provide one of China's most productive oilfields here in the Songhua-Nenjiang Plain. The oil industry needs to be regulated very carefully, however, in order to be compatible with the wetland bird habitat.
General recommendations for nature reserves in this area are to control as best possible the water pollution caused by oil extraction, to prevent overfishing, to avoid dam construction, and attempt to develop tourism in a manner that is compatible with ecological integrity of these wetland areas.
Justification of ecoregion delineation
Due to the fertile soil in the region, the surrounding areas are intensively used for agriculture and thus the original extent of this ecoregion is difficult to estimate. Mapped ecoregion boundaries are derived from the Chinese Vegetation Map Compilation Committee saline meadow and flooded grassland along the Nenjiang River. Adjacent areas of annual cultivation are also included.
Further reading
- Chinese Vegetation Map Compilation Committee (CVMCC). 1979. Vegetation map of China. Map (1:10,000,000). Science Press, Beijing. ISBN: 7030089561
- International Crane Foundation. Retrieved (2000)
- MacKinnon, J. and K. Phillipps. 2000. A Field Guide to the Birds of China. Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN: 0198549407
- MacKinnon, J., M. Sha, C. Cheung, G. Carey, Z. Xiang, and D. Melville. 1996. A biodiversity review of China. Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) International, Hong Kong.
- Meine, C.D. and G.W. Archibald. editors. 1996. The cranes: Status survey and conservation action plan. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, and Cambridge, U.K. 294pp. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Home Page. (Version 02MAR98).
- Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.
- United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved (2000)
Disclaimer: This article contains some information that was originally published by the World Wildlife Fund. Topic editors and authors for the Encyclopedia of Earth have edited its content and added new information. The use of information from the World Wildlife Fund should not be construed as support for or endorsement by that organization for any new information added by EoE personnel, or for any editing of the original content.


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Profile: Actress Julie Bowen's Role as Allergy Mom
AL: How did you get involved in Mylan Specialty's "Get Schooled in Anaphylaxis" campaign?
JB: It was an easy fit for me because I was one of those people who had thought that allergies were things that crazy, hyper-involved parents made up. You would hear about the very dramatic cases of somebody having peanut or something they're highly allergic to and dying.
But I didn't know any of those people, I just knew nervous Nellies. I thought, I'm not one of them, so my kids will be fine. Then there's my big, strapping, gorgeous kid being rushed to the emergency room with a swollen face and almost not breathing and you realize – this is real.
That made me understand I needed to get educated. [She spoke to doctors, including their pediatrician.] At first I realized, I don't know anything about this. And that's what this awareness campaign is about. It's about getting people educated. It's supposed to help you be aware and prepared, but not scare you with a huge amount of long words.
The idea is that it becomes as common as CPR education or the Heimlich manoeuver so that people just know what it is. You say 'anaphylaxis', and they will say, 'I know what that is.'
AL: I'm sure you'd like to think that if your allergic child started to react, people around would know what to do.
JB: Yes, exactly! I mean we're always very careful, and Oliver takes his epinephrine auto-injector in his little backpack on playdates and they have it at school. But you hear these terrible stories about people who aren't aware that their child has an allergy and the child is at school or a game and a reaction occurs. There are plenty of adults around and you hope that they've become educated and know how to respond in situations like this.
AL: A lot of moms are nervous about sending a food-allergic child off to school on the first day. How did you feel?
JB: I wasn't the least bit nervous, since I also really want Oliver to live a happy, active life. We're very straightforward with him as far as, 'you do not eat nuts'. They have a table at the school for kids who can't eat nuts – and by the way the table is packed.
Food allergies are a big deal, but it's not like he's a kid sitting alone sniffling into his nut-free cereal. He is surrounded by friends and living a perfectly normal life. He just has to be a bit educated. He's better about asking about food than just about anyone I know.
The good part about so many kids having allergies now – is that there are so many kids. One day volunteering at snack time, I saw them all crowded around at one table – I didn't realize at first it was the no-nut table. It looked like the cool kid table for 5-year-olds. They were hanging all over each other, laughing, and it was a large group of kids.
AL: How would Claire Dunphy on Modern Family manage allergy parenting?
JB: [laughs] I imagine she would have gone more in the direction of having things being color-coded and scheduled and organized. I share that with her to a degree, but I know things get dramatized for TV. Her neuroses are great for comedy, but I don't want that as much in my life.
In our life, we're aware, we're prepared, we know what to look out for and how to treat [a reaction], and that's what I want for everyone and why I'm telling them to go to the website at anaphylaxis101.com.
AL: Thanks for sharing your experiences with our readers.
JB: My pleasure.
Editor's Note: For stinging insect allergies, which cause about 40 deaths a year in the United States, allergy practice parameters recommend that patients consult an allergist about venom immunotherapy in addition to carrying epinephrine auto-injectors.


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Hi everybody! I noticed a picture today on brickipedia, Something that interested me a LOT. Steam trains in the lego community have made a comeback recently, with the Emerald night, Toy story train, and Ghost train. Now, I present the newest jewel in this collection. May I present, The Lone Ranger (western) Train chase and the Lone Ranger polybag set. THESE ARE EPIC and I can't wait for their June release.
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My first mission: to rebuild it in something other than dark green. I **have** a dark green steam engine, thankyouverymuch!
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I can't wait for this one (and the movie). I was one of those kids that watched the Lone Ranger on Sunday afternoons. The stagecoach set from the same line also looks really cool.
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Interesting find! I am a little worried that the locomotive is a little bit like the one from the monster fighter's series; not quite detailed enough for my taste. But, i am sure i'll still get the set. looks good otherwise.


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