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Prostate Cancer Center - El Paso, TX
- WebMD Physician Directory of El Paso Oncologist Doctors
- The City of El Paso
- Related Prostate Cancer Articles
- El Paso Emergency Contacts
- Nearby El Paso Hospitals
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El Paso Oncologist Doctors for Prostate Cancer
Type of Physician: Oncologist
What is a Oncologist? A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine; the oncologist specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of all types of cancer and other benign and malignant tumors. These subspecialists decide on and administer chemotherapy as well as consult with surgeons and radiotherapists on other treatment for cancer.
Specialty: Oncology (Medical)
Common Name: Cancer Doctor
Oncologist Doctors in El Paso * results
- 2
Marcelo Chauvet
El Paso Oncology Internal Medicine
2022 Murchison Dr Ste 100
El Paso, TX 79902
(915) 533-5388
- 12 years experience
- 3 office location(s)
- 3
Armando Beltran
El Paso Oncology Internal Medicine
2022 Murchison Dr Ste 100
El Paso, TX 79902
(915) 533-5388
- 32 years experience
- 3 office location(s)
- 4
Shravan K. Narmala
New Mexico Cancer Center
1160 Commerce Dr Ste A
Las Cruces, NM 88011
(575) 522-0441
- 11 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
- 5
Diane McElyea
Mesilla Valley Hospice
299 Montana Ave
Las Cruces, NM 88005
(575) 523-4700
- 1 office location(s)
- 6
Zina Nale
Garbar Breast Care Center
4801 Alberta Ave Ste C115
El Paso, TX 79905
(915) 215-6040
- 1 office location(s)
- 7
Spencer J. Frink Sr
El Paso Orthopedic Surgery Group
1755 Curie Dr Ste C
El Paso, TX 79902
(915) 533-7465
- 3 office location(s)
- 8
Mark M. Landeros
El Paso Surgical Associates PA
1700 Curie Dr Ste 1500
El Paso, TX 79902
(915) 543-9600
- 1 office location(s)
- 9
Mutombo Kankonde
Greater East Cancer Center
11601 Pellicano Dr Ste A2
El Paso, TX 79936
(915) 307-3354
- 1 office location(s)
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El Paso, Texas
El Paso is home to the University of Texas at El Paso (founded in 1914 as The Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy, and later, Texas Western College; its present name dates from 1967) and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso. Fort Bliss, one of the largest military complexes of the United States Army, lies to the east and northeast of the city, with training areas extending north into New Mexico, up to the White Sands Missile Range and neighboring Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo. The Franklin Mountains extend into El Paso from the north and nearly divide the city into two sections, the western half forming the beginnings of the Mesilla Valley and with the eastern slopes connecting in the central business district at the south end of the mountain range.
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Paso)
Prostate Cancer
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- The prostate is a gland that is a part of the male reproductive system that wraps around the male urethra near the bladder
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Emergency Contact for El Paso
- In case of Emergency, call 911
- Police Dept 915-832-4400
- Fire Department (915) 771-1000
Nearby El Paso Hospitals results
- 1Las Palmas Medical Center
1801 N Oregon St
El Paso, Texas 79902
(915) 521-120
- 2Providence Memorial Hospital
2001 N Oregon St
El Paso, Texas 79902
(915) 577-601
- 3Mesa Hills Specialty Hospital
2311 N Oregon St
El Paso, Texas 79902
(915) 545-182
- 4Sierra Medical Center
1625 Medical Center Dr
El Paso, Texas 79902
(915) 747-400
- 5El Paso Specialty Hospital
1755 Curie Dr Ste A
El Paso, Texas 79902
(915) 544-363
- 6Kindred Hospital
1740 Curie Dr
El Paso, Texas 79902
(915) 351-904
- 7Las Palmas Rehabilitation Hosp
300 Waymore Dr
El Paso, Texas 79902
(915) 577-260
- 8El Paso Children's Hospital
4845 Alameda Ave
El Paso, Texas 79905
(915) 298-544
- 9El Paso Psychiatric Center
4615 Alameda Ave
El Paso, Texas 79905
(915) 532-220
- 10University Medical Center
4815 Alameda Ave
El Paso, Texas 79905
(915) 544-120
- 11William Beaumont Army Med Ctr
5005 N Piedras St
El Paso, Texas 79920
(915) 742-212
- 12Del Sol Medical Center
10301 Gateway Blvd W
El Paso, Texas 79925
(915) 595-900
- 13Peak Hospital
5045 McNutt Rd
El Paso, Texas 88008
(575) 589-003
- 14Highlands Regional Rehab Hosp
1395 George Dieter Dr
El Paso, Texas 79936
(915) 298-722
- 15Foundation Surgical Hospital
1416 George Dieter Dr
El Paso, Texas 79936
(915) 598-424
- 16Sierra Providence East Med Ctr
3280 Joe Battle Blvd
El Paso, Texas 79938
(915) 832-200
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A milk jug and a pop can.
Two items most people use on a daily basis.
But after the milk has been consumed, what happens to the plastic container? And after the soda is gone, what do you do with the can?
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This photo, courtesy Rumpke Co., shows aluminum cans ready for recycling. Graphic below courtesy Ohio EPA.
If you're like a growing number of people in Seneca County, you toss them into your home recycling bin, and then you drop them off at an Aim to be Green recycling station.
More than 5 million pounds of recyclables were collected in the three counties served by Ottawa Sandusky Seneca Solid Waste District's Aim to be Green recycling drop-off program in its first year of operation.
And the trend is toward increasing numbers.
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Where to take your recyclables
Here's a listing of recycling locations and the items accepted for cities, village and townships in Seneca County. Items accepted and other details are noted.
Items identified as "Aim to be Green" locations are open seven days a week during daylight hours.
The district's bins can be recognized by the Aim to be Green logo.
Materials need not be separated. Accepted are No. 1 and No. 2 plastics, No. 3 and No. 7 plastic containers, aerosol cans (with tips removed), aluminum cans, cartons, corrugated cardboard, glass bottles/jars, junk mail, magazines, newspaper, office paper, paperback books, paperboard, phone books and steel cans.
For more information, call (419) 334-7222
Operated by Karl's Hauling
72 Adams St.
(419) 447-5227
Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday and Wednesday
Materials must be separated.
Materials accepted are No. 1 and No. 2 plastics, aluminum cans, corrugated cardboard, glass bottles/jars, lead acid batteries, magazines, newspaper, office paper, paperboard, plastic bags, scrap metal and steel cans.
Operated by Kohart Recycling of Fostoria
634 Spruce St., Fostoria
(419) 435-7792
Hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-noon Saturday
Materials must be separated.
Materials accepted are No. 1 and No. 2 plastics, aluminum cans, appliances, corrugated cardboard, lead acid batteries, magazines, newspaper, paperboard, scrap metal and steel cans.
Adams Township
Township garage
TR 148 (Hoppes Road) and TR 179
Green Springs
Aim to be Green site
Big Spring Township and New Riegel
Township garage
New Riegel
(419) 334-7222
Available to residents of township and village
Aim to be Green site
Bloom Township and Bloomville
Township garage
Phone: (419) 334-7222
Aim to be Green site
Clinton Township
Station 1
(419) 334-7222
Aim to be Green site
Clinton Township
Station 2
(419) 334-7222
Aim to be Green site
Eden Township
Former site of Melmore school
(419) 334-7222
Aim to be Green site
Hopewell Township
Township garage
(419) 334-7222
Aim to be Green site
Jackson Township
Township garage
(419) 334-7222
Aim to be Green site
Liberty Township
Township garage
TR 152 and CR 11
(419) 334-7222
Aim to be Green site
Loudon Township
Township garage
(419) 334-7222
Aim to be Green site
Pleasant Township
Old Pleasant Township House north of Old Fort Fire Department
Old Fort
(419) 334-7222
Aim to be Green site
Reed Township
Township center
(419) 334-7222
Aim to be Green site
Scipio Township and Republic
Former school
Rear of 309 S. Madison St.
(419) 334-7222
Enter off of East Street and drop off materials in blue building
Proceeds from aluminum cans go to Republic Boy Scout Troop 442 and newspapers go to Zenobia Shriners
Materials to be dropped off in Aim to be Green containers need not be separated
Aim to be Green site
Trinity UCC
(419) 639-6155
Hours: 8:30-10:30 a.m. on last Saturday in January, March, May, July, September and November
Materials accepted are No. 1 and No. 2 plastics, aluminum cans, books, corrugated cardboard, glass bottles/jars, magazines, newspaper, paperboard, phone book, plastic bags and steel cans.
Thompson Township
Township garage
15910 Jefferson St.
Flat Rock
(419) 334-7222
Aim to be Green site
Venice Township and Attica
Attica Water Plant
451 S. Main St., Attica
(419) 426-0511
Aim to be Green site
No recycling offered in village
(419) 639-6115
Residents may take materials to the OSS Recycling Drop-off Center, CCC Camp, CR 113, Green Springs
Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday
Green Springs and any resident in the three-county OSS district
OSS Recycling Drop-off
Barney Quilter CCC Camp
Green Springs
(419) 639-6115
Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday
Separate these materials: No. 1 and No. 2 plastic bottles, aluminum cans, books, corrugated cardboard, magazines, newspaper and steel cans.
No need to separate these items: No. 3 and No. 7 plastic containers, cartons, glass, junk mail, office paper and paperboard
"So far, we've just had a really good response to the program, and the more they start to learn about it, the more they take advantage of it," OSS Director Tim Wasserman said. "Our goal is to keep increasing.
"We designed the program so we could add more containers and more pick-up times. The flexibility of the program allows it to grow. So far, we've been able to keep up."
He said there have been no issues to deal with.
"The first year often has growing pains, and I thought we would have more issues and problems with the program," he said. "It was a big undertaking to try to change all those locations. We just weren't sure initially how successful it would be."
Wasserman said much of the success is because of the cooperation of township trustees.
"We appreciate the cooperation of all of the township officials and the maintenance guys because they are the ones who are taking care of it, making sure the snow is plowed around the containers," he said.
At the end of September, which ended the first year of operation, district residents had recycled 5,019,642 pounds, and from Oct. 1 through Nov. 22, another 824,170 more pounds had been recycled.
"The amount of material recycled demonstrates that our district residents are committed to recycling," Wasserman said. "The program would not be successful without their participation."
In the townships
Adding up poundage from each of the Seneca County stations since the program began, Clinton Station No. 2 has collected by far the most recyclables at 344,142 pounds. Collecting more than 100,000 pounds were Big Spring Township at 163,068, Clinton Station No. 1 at 140,054, Attica/Venice at 131,032 and Loudon Township at 121,161. Weights are recorded from each drop-off site using scales on the forks of the trucks used for pickup.
The rest of the stations' poundages were: Hopewell Township, 92,988; Liberty Township, 92,025; Eden Township, 89,271; Bloom Township, 84,022; Jackson Township, 75,516; Thompson Township, 67,217; Pleasant Township, 58,829; St. Francis Campus, 55,326; Scipio Township, 45,419; Reed Township, 43,482; and Adams Township, 42,728.
The amount of recyclables being dropped off at the sites has been steadily increasing since the program began Oct. 1, 2012.
Between October and the end of March 2012, numbers ranged from a low of 69,000 pounds in the first weeks to a high of 100,300 in January.
Since April 1, however, drop-off poundage has not dropped below 92,000, and has been below 100,000 pounds only a half-dozen weeks. The highest amount recorded in one week was 138,872 pounds during the short week of May 28-June 1 after Memorial Day. The least amount recorded after April 1 has been 92,200 in mid-September.
In the first eight weeks of its second year, the Aim to be Green program has collected 824,170 pounds of recyclables, compared to 677,804 pounds in the first eight weeks of its first year.
Throughout the three-county area, Aim to be Green provides 139 eight-cubic-yard recycling bins at 41 sites. They are available for use seven days a week during daylight hours.
Separation of recyclables into different containers is not required.
"This requires less space when storing materials at home," Wasserman said. "When you to take your recyclables to the bin, you can easily place materials into the bin using the lid or sliding doors located on the side. The sliding doors are positioned at a convenient height for easy accessibility."
For larger items, the bin has a top lid, but some lids are locked to prevent them from blowing open during windy conditions.
Materials accepted for recycling in Aim to be Green bins include aerosol cans with tips removed, aluminum cans, cardboard, glass bottles and jars, cartons, magazines, newspaper, office paper and junk mail, paperboard, No. 1 and 2 plastic bottles, No. 3 and 7 plastic food containers and steel cans.
Cardboard and paperboard boxes should be broken down or flattened to conserve space in the recycle bins.
To reduce contamination, residents are asked to removed items from plastic bags before placing them in the bin. Also, do not include items that contain food such as pizza boxes with cheese stick to them or plastic jars with peanut butter still inside.
Some items that cannot be recycled include Styrofoam and packaging materials such as tissue paper, packaging peanuts and bubble wrap. They should not be placed in the bins.
Recycling in Tiffin
Recycling in Tiffin remains in a holding pattern since Karl's Hauling announced its plans to close its recycling center. However, the center remains open two days a week until a long-term solution can be worked out. Hours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at 72 Adams St.
Tiffin City Council is considering recycling options.
Vicki Turco of Karl's Hauling said the company is trying to work out some issues and she wasn't sure how long the temporary hours would remain in place.
Although the rural drop-off spots aren't designed to handle a city recycling program, Wasserman said the higher numbers at Clinton Station No. 2 are likely because Tiffin residents are dropping off items there.
"Those are only designed for rural locations," he said. "They are not designed to handle a city's recycling."
But Wasserman said Tiffin's limited drop-off times are not ideal.
"It provides less options for the residents," he said. "If the city has set up Karl's as the recycling option, we would prefer they use that."
However, he said he would rather city residents drop off their recyclables at the township location than not recycle at all, but it's a short-term solution.
"The best option for Tiffin would be curbside recycling," he said. "The city has kind of kicked this can down the road for eight to 10 years," he said. "While council has been reluctant, I hear from residents, 'Why don't we have curbside in the city?'
"That's what we've been hearing from the (township) residents. They like the convenience that it's available every day," he said. "That's an issue that needs to be resolved."
District-wide, Wasserman said, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency statistics show 45,274 tons of recyclable materials were collected from residential homes in the three counties in 2011, which is the latest information available on EPA's two-year reporting cycle. That's an estimated 25.75 percent.
Recycling from industries totaled 85,129 tons in 2011, which is more than 73 percent.
The district is part of the nationwide statistics on municipal solid waste tabulated by U.S. EPA and available on its website.
The information includes items such as packaging, food waste, grass clippings, sofas, computers, tires and refrigerators, but does not include industrial, hazardous or construction waste.
According the U.S. EPA, Americans generated about 250 million tons of trash in 2011, and recycled almost 87 million tons, or 34.7 percent.
On average, each person generated 4.4 pounds of waste per day, and recycled 1.53 pounds, leaving 2.87 pounds to go into landfills.
Organic materials are the largest waste product. This category includes paper and paperboard, 28 percent of municipal solid waste; yard trimmings and food waste, 28 percent; plastics, 13 percent; metals, 9 percent; rubber, leather and textiles, 8 percent; wood, 6 percent; and glass, 5 percent.
But organic materials also are the most often recycled, the website states, including paper and paperboard, 53 percent; yard trimmings, 22 percent; food waste, 2 percent; plastics, 3 percent; metals, 9 percent; wood, 6 percent; and glass, 4 percent.
Food waste is the largest category discarded, at 21 percent. Others are plastics, 18 percent; paper and paperboard, 15 percent; and rubber, leather, and textiles, 11 percent.
Since 1990, EPA says, the total amount of municipal solid waste going to landfills dropped by more than 11 million tons, from 145.3 million to 134.2 million tons in 2011.
The net per capita discard rate after recycling, composting and combustion for energy recovery was 2.36 pounds per day, a decrease from 3.19 pounds per capita in 1990.
"Recycling has environmental benefits at every stage in the life cycle of a consumer product - from the raw material with which it's made to its final method of disposal," the EPA website says. "By utilizing used, unwanted, or obsolete materials as industrial feedstocks or for new materials or products, we can each do our part to make recycling work."
In addition to environmental benefits, EPA says recycling also benefits the economy and job creation.
More information on the Aim to be Green program or other OSS district programs can be found at www.recycleoss.org.


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A few key criticisms leveled at GM's generally popular 2011 Chevy Volt electric vehicle (EV) is the short all-electric range (before the gas engine kicks in) and the relative lack of places to recharge on the go. Similar problems face Ford and Chrysler who are promoting electric vehicles of their own. GM, who perhaps of the domestic automakers has the most hopes riding on electric vehicles, has decided to do something about this predicament, pushing a new initiative to wire communities with recharging stations.
Gas vehicles wouldn't have very long ranges without the gas stations that are littered throughout most of America. That's the point GM is making when it comes to the Volt. While, the relatively long 3 hour charge time (on 220V, 6.5 hours on 110V) precludes a quick recharge, at locations that see longer stays -- like gyms, colleges, and workplaces -- a recharging station could be just the thing for those looking to avoid resorting to using gas in their Volt. The Volt can go 40 miles on a charge before the gas engine kicks in to replenish the battery pack.
GM will be working closely with city officials in San Francisco and Washington D.C. to adopt citywide EV recharging stations. Much work will have to be done with area utilities to arrange for payment schemes and to negotiate rates. GM also plans to target communities that are cited as having poor support after the Volt launches. GM is working with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and a coalition of more than 40 utilities to help work out the payment schemes.
At the Washington Auto Show, GM announced the new program. Ed Peper, GM North America vice president, Chevrolet, was on hand, stating, "Collaborating with communities such as San Francisco and metropolitan areas such as Washington, D.C. - where there's already an interest in plug-in vehicles - is another important step toward raising customer awareness of the environmental and economic benefits of vehicles such as the Volt. The Chevy Volt is truly coming to life, but preparing the market for electric vehicles also requires capable partners from outside the auto industry. Momentum is building as governments, technology companies, communities and universities are increasingly working together to prepare the market for electric vehicles."
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom comments, "Cities have an indispensable role in making plug-in vehicles successful. Here in San Francisco, we are acting now to make sure the charging infrastructure will be available to support these vehicles as soon as they are ready for sale, and we are working with other cities in the region to make the Bay Area a thriving market for electric transportation."
San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland announced in November that they were planning a new infrastructure for plug-ins and would be offering incentives to purchasers. Those incentives would come in addition to the $7,500 tax credit that the government is offering to those who purchase the Volt, in order to try to boost the domestic EV market.
While the other domestic automakers are very committed to electric vehicles as well, it's hard to argue that GM is blazing the trail for the other manufacturers and is putting much more of its future success and image on the line. At GM, most believe this is a good thing, though.
"We know plenty of work still remains, both within and outside of GM," adds Peper. "But today's and other recent announcements underscore the comprehensive work being done to bring the Chevrolet Volt and other electrically driven vehicles to market - and they also highlight why we are so optimistic about the ultimate success of the Volt."
quote: Last I looked, San Francisco was in California: the state with continuing rolling electrical black/brown-outs due to lack of capacity...
quote: but I don't see how they can play a significant role in solving our fuel consumption and pollution problems without looking at generation issues.
quote: The Volt is yet another smokescreen by GM.
quote: I don't see why we are sitting here thirty years after the first oil crisis without an affordavle solution
quote: We don't have the luxury to wait another 30 years.
quote: The reality is more likely that *no* company can do enough, fast enough, to make a person such as yourself happy.
quote: Sorry, but these things don't solve themselves, and it is even harder to do while people such as yourself constantly get in the way without providing any real help in solving the problems
quote: The Volt is yet another smokescreen by GM. If the company were really serious about this, it would have invested in this sort of effort 10 years ago.
quote: Detroit automakers should stop sucking up resources and cede the field to those who can.
quote: They tried with the EV1 EXACTLY 10 YEARS AGO and nobody bought them. If you remember, even mighty Toyota quickly stopped leasing (or selling) their RAV4-EV because there was simply no market for i
quote: Toyota is no different than GM.
quote: If you ever took your head out of the sand, look at the 2010 Fusion Hybrid - a car that beats the Camry Hybrid hands down in every way (41/36 mpg compared to 33/34 mpg).
quote: Then they spent much more money an their ultimately successful effort to get the Air Resources Board to rescind the zero emissions requirement.
quote: (applicants far exceeded the available supply)
quote: Ford's prospects for re-attracting customers in that segment are not good.
quote: It's not an impossible situation but it's not going to be easy and it's a problem of their own making.
quote: Because government mandated requirements such as this one will never work in a free market without consumer demand for such vehicles.
quote: ...if they simply enacted a tax on motor fuel....
quote: when it came time for people to actually pay and take delivery, far fewer people actually committed to it.
quote: I don't want to even think about the economic impact of losing the entire automotive industry.
quote: The important thing is that GM and Ford are turning around and finally producing world-class vehicles.
quote: Ford's prospects for attracting passenger car customers are about the same as Toyota's prospects for attracting fullsize truck customers.
quote: But I would rather give them a chance...
quote: Also remember that these are they guys that produced Jeeps, Hummers, and tanks in the last world war, and we probably wouldn't exist as the US of A without them.


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Hoard's Dairyman: Keeping calves gaining during cold weather
Keep calves gaining during cold weather
by A.F. Kertz
The author is the principal in Adhil, LLC, a St. Louis-based consulting firm.
Much calf research has been done under what is called a thermal neutral ambient temperature of 68°F. It is the temperature range in which the calf does not need to expend appreciable energy to either keep warm or to keep cool. Typically, it ranges from about 60 to 75°. This temperature range is particularly critical for calves under 2 to 3 weeks of age for they have limited calf starter intake which means they have little heat from rumen fermentation to help keep them warm in colder weather.
So what are the options in colder weather? Well, you can feed more of a milk replacer or pasteurized waste milk, use a higher-fat-level replacer, or add a fat supplement to the liquid feeding program. Simply feeding more may seem like the most straightforward approach, but that means you will overfeed protein.
Using a higher fat replacer is an option, but that means having a second replacer to feed and maybe overfeeding energy, depending on the weather, age, and starter intake of the calves. The option of using a fat supplement may provide the greatest flexibility but still requires you to make some decisions and watch what you're doing.
I want to explore this option in this article because it also lends itself to illustrate the greater energy needs due to colder weather. The particular fat supplement used in these examples has 7 percent protein and 60 percent fat in dry form. (In the interest of disclosure, I consult for a company that has such a product.)
I will use the Young Calf Model in the 2001 National Research Council's Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle. Calf weights of 80, 100, 120, and 140 pounds were used with ambient temperatures of 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, and 0°F. I used a 20 percent protein/20 percent fat replacer at 10 ounces per 2 quarts fed twice daily. That equates to 1.25 pounds dry replacer daily. The fat supplement was fed at 2 ounces per replacer feeding which resulted in 0.25 pound fed daily. This boosts the solids level in the replacer from 12.5 to 15 percent, still a reasonable solids feeding level.
With the 80-pound calf (Figure 1), the replacer alone provided enough energy for just over a pound daily gain at 60°. But now notice (yellow bars) that, as the temperature drops by 10° intervals, gain drops off to the point that, at 10°, the replacer alone provides for no daily gain. At 0°, the replacer alone results in a weight loss.
The gains predicted are energy-based daily gain. Protein gain really does not change with the cold.
Feeding 0.25 pound or 4 ounces of the fat supplement (see red bars) beginning at 50° provided enough additional energy for 0.5 to 0.6 pound more daily gain down to 0°F. The blue bars show the net effect of combining both replacer and fat supplement for energy-allowable daily gain.
More calf, more needs . . .
Figure 2 shows that an additional 20 pounds of calf weight versus Figure 1 lowered daily gain by about 0.4 pound across the temperature range of 50 down to 0°. The fat supplement still provided 0.5 to 0.6 pound daily gain, but the contribution of the replacer was so much lower simply due to the greater maintenance needs that go with another 20 pounds of calf.
And the combined energy contribution from both replacer and fat supplement barely maintained any daily gain at 0°F. This marked effect of 20-pound increments in calf size is seen more dramatically in Figure 3 which is set at 30°. For the 120-pound calf, replacer alone resulted in negative daily gain, while the 140-pound calf netted out zero daily gain (no blue bar visible) even with 0.25 pound of the fat supplement.
With both 120- and 140- pound calves, there should be significant starter intake. The impact of that can be considerable. For instance, a quarter pound starter intake for the 120-pound calf would boost expected gain by about 0.3 pound while an intake of one-half pound starter would jump gain to 0.5 pound at 20°. Naturally, this gain would be somewhat less, maybe 0.1 pound, with a 140-pound calf due to its greater size and maintenance.
But, remember, calves need about four times as much water intake as starter intake. This means needing to feed warm water in winter and doing it up to three times daily.
How critical is warm water? A recent Oklahoma State study showed that steers had reduced rumen content temperature by an average of 4° and up to 7° when they drank normal temperature water. This change negatively impacts rumen fermentation until the temperature is returned to normal. Not feeding warm water would also cause the calf to use additional energy to warm up the just consumed, colder water.
So how does this all net out? First, develop the best approach for your operation to adjust the liquid feeding program for your calves in winter weather. From this graph, you can see you need to make allowance for an additional 0.5 pound daily gain during colder winter months. For the younger calves, that needs to come from the liquid feeding program. For bigger calves, that may require some additional energy through the liquid feeding program, but it does require greater attention to getting good starter intake. This, in turn, requires that you make sure you feed warm water.


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Last night I participated in a food panel with Mother Jones magazine. The topic was simply "What's In Your Food?" and my esteemed fellow conversationalists and I discussed how the food we eat plays a critical role in our lives and in politics. From Big Ag to pink slime and food deserts to the possible ban on large servings of soda, we shared our thoughts on what we think can be done to change the way we eat.
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Recent MU Biomedical Sciences Research M.S. graduate, William L. Patterson III, "Billy", has authored a review on the relationship between omega-3 Fatty Acids (FA), inflammation and cancer with his graduate advisor, Dr. Philippe Georgel (Biomedical Science Graduate Program faculty in the Cancer Biology research cluster.)
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The first half went almost exactly as planned for Fort Lewis College.
The second?
All Colorado Mesa.
The Skyhawks women�s basketball team led by two at intermission, but the No. 19 Mavericks used 9-0 and 10-0 second-half runs to pull away and stay undefeated with a 77-62 win Sunday at Whalen Gymnasium.
Colorado Mesa, formerly Mesa State College, responded to a see-saw first half the way unbeaten teams tend to.
Christen Lopez and Kelsey Sigl powered a 9-0 run out of the locker room that built a Colorado Mesa lead of 43-36 after the Mavericks trailed 36-34 at intermission.
Just minutes later, the Mavericks (9-0, 5-0 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) used a 10-0 run to lead 56-42, and behind the three-headed offensive monster of Sigl, Lopez and Katrina Selsor, built a lead as big as 20 points before coasting to an easy victory that seemed improbable at halftime, given how well the Skyhawks played in the first 20 minutes.
�We were (sluggish), and that�s the big disappointment,� Fort Lewis head coach Jason Flores said.
�I wish it was more about them doing stuff that we didn�t know. It had nothing to do with Xs and Os. We had a focus in the first half and a togetherness.
�We lost our mind. We threw everything out the window.�
The Skyhawks were hampered in the second half by the nation�s fourth-best scoring defense, which took away penetration lanes and post scoring that Fort Lewis used to build a lead as big as seven in the first half.
Christie Groh, who led Fort Lewis with 15 points, scored her only points after halftime on a jumper with less than 2 minutes to go.
�I think that they were just more ready to play than we were. We were comfortable where we were at, and we didn�t come out to fight,� guard Ashley Kuchar said.
Sigl had her inside-outside game working well, scoring her 1,000th point in a Maverick uniform as part of her 24-point night.
Selsor had 18 points and 13 rebounds for a double-double, while Lopez chipped in 16 points.
�In the second half, it seemed like they hit a couple of big shots, and we got frustrated and tried to do it on our own,� Kuchar said.
Alex Easterbrook had 11 points and six assists to go with Groh�s 15 points for the Skyhawks.
The loss dropped the Fort Lewis College women to 2-6 overall and 1-3 in the RMAC, making tonight�s 5:30 p.m. game with Western State all the more important as the Skyhawks look to start off a stretch of seemingly winnable games off with a much-needed victory.
After a break for the holidays, Fort Lewis will hit the road to play Chadron State and Black Hills State before returning home to face Western New Mexico and New Mexico Highlands.
�We have to win (today) to stay in the conference hunt at 2-3 in conference. We�ve got to be there,� Flores said.


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For the second time this season, College Sports Madness has selected Stetson women's basketball senior guard Victoria McGowan (Inkster, Mich.) as its Atlantic Sun Player of the Week, the website publication announced on Monday.
McGowan earned Hatter Classic MVP honors after averaging 16.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 6.0 assists per game in a pair of Hatter victories last week. Against Georgia Southern, McGowan registered 15 points, eight rebounds, and six assists as Stetson held the Eagles to just 39 points in a 70-39 victory.
Against UNC Asheville, McGowan scored 17 points, adding five rebounds and six assists as Stetson rolled to a 74-47 triumph.
For the week McGowan shot 60 percent (12-for-20) from the field including 89 percent (8-for-9) from inside the arc. She dished out 12 assists while committing only one turnover. She also recorded a pair of steals in each game.
McGowan currently ranks third in the league in scoring (16.7 ppg), second in field goal pct. (.513), and third in assists (4.7 apg). She leads the league and ranks among the NCAA leaders in three-point field goal pct. (.457).
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An interview with Rupert on the set of Cherrybomb aired last night on the local news in Northern Ireland. Thanks to Lauren and her friend Scrib we have the video capture here on YouTube! Or you can download it here.
We also received an e-mail from RG.net reader Barbs who dropped by the set of Cherrybomb and observed the following scene being filmed:
"...there was definite filming going on! there was a blonde girl with Rupert ( who seemed to be wearing a tracksuit or something, and had his hair slicked back), they just appeared to be chatting, then she got up and walked away, ending the scene!
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When that happens there is an "autosave" feature that lets you recover the lost post.Originally Posted by deedee1
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Thanks again deedee! Great summation on your thoughts and feelings on the elite men at this competition.
Thanks, Mathman! I will read it later.
(To your eyes, only, MM...to tell the truth, I see "Auto-Saved" button in yellow appearing and then disappearing at the right bottom of 'Reply' area all the time. It disappears in a second or two before I come to realize how to use that function...so I just let it disappear. I was too lazy and too embarrassed to ask how to use it.) So, thanks again, I will try it later!
Overall thoughts on World Team Trophy
10) Ice coverage, speed and presence on ice:
When watching a competition live, one thing I enjoy and appreciate is speed and ice coverage by skaters. Without any knowledge on the rules or requirements for levels, these things are clearly visible even to the eyes of casual fans like myself, as well as successfully landed jumps and/or well-executed spins/step sq.
Unless we are from a wealthy family, we can not afford to buy rink-side tickets all the time. For most of the spectators who sit far and above in the aerna, they just can not see skater's facial expressions or complexity of choreography. But they can see whether s/he skates with the music or just goes through the music, whether s/he skates with the decent speed that the music requires or not, whether s/he skates big or not. (They can also notice connecting steps, moves inbetween, or complicated transitions in and out of each jumps/spins/lifts, if they look for them intently, of course. But they need to be more familiar with rules, first.) So they tend to be more appreciative for speed and ice coverage. Patrick, Meryl/Charlie. Tessa/Scott, not so much with Funny Face program this season, unfortunately. Presence on ice is also appreciated. Daisuke, Brian, Florent, Ashley this season, all have it. Jeremy prior to the start of music, less presence, maybe. Music choice and its choreography are important. Carolina and Jeremy, hands down! But in order to reach the audience, it is more important for a skater to make his/her music and choreo his/her own's, and show the audience his/her take on the program. For me at this WTT, I got to see many great performances, so I don't name them all here, but Kevin, your SP is definately one of them!
I would like young skaters who competed with big guns at this WTT for the first time in their career; namely Kovtun and Bush from Russia, or Silete, Meite, Popova and Massot from France, to realize what the audience love and enjoy. They can also learn these things from their fellow (elder) skaters at this WTT, who are definately the top skaters of the world, not only how to land a quad/3A or how to get levels for spins.
Also, I would like to encourage members here on this board, if you never got to see competitions live yet, please go when there is a chance. There is nothing like live competitions! I can assure you it's worthy to pay for a ticket. And if you get to see a lot of skaters back to back, you may discover good things in your non-favorite skaters, or a reason may come to your sense one day why, what do you say in English, 'X skater gets love from judges no matter what'?, before complaining in front of PC.
Okay, everyone. Here goes the Award time by deedee!
-Best Team Award: Team France & Team Italy!!!
WTT would be never be the same without you guys!
-Best skater Award: Daisuke Takahashi & Meryl Davis/Charlie White
Thank you for two flawless, lovely, passionate performances full of your heart!
-Best crowd pleaser Award: Brian Joubert
How much Air France had to charge him for extra luggage full of stuffed animals? I don't know.
-Best dancer on ice Award: Florent Amodio, Jeremy Abbott (SP) & Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte (SD)
Florent, you beat Dai this year. But better watch out, Dai will beat you back next season with his cool 'Sweat' EX.
-Best dresser Award: Carolina Kostner & Tessa Virtue!
Hands down. No complains from ya, for this one, right?
-Most improved skater in recent years Award: Narumi Takahashi/Mervin Tran & Kevin Reynolds
My hubby and I still remember Narumi crying like a small kid, and Mervin cradling her as if he were a big brother after their disappointing LP at 2009 WTT. But this time around, your performance to Imagine was so beautiful and literally made us cry. Thank you so much for representing Japan as sole pair team over the years. And many congratulations for winning the first world medal on your second appearance at the senior worlds! We are so proud of you!
As for Kevin, I hope he heard all the shouts and cheers every time you went for quads. My wish is judges will finally notice how Kevin has improved over the years, and reward you with higher PCS next seasons.
-Young skater Award: Yretha Silete
Adelina and Gracie already got lots of recognitions by skating fans. So, let deedee go for a dark horse. I just love her huge jumps and her unique LP this season. I always love great jumprs, and she reminds me young Miki of pre-senior. She has goods. With a good coach to help her improve skating skills, spins, steps, postures, and mind set for comp (yes, yes, I know, there are still loads of work ahead of her), and proper packaging with the right music and its choreo which suits her strength, she has potential to become something around 2018.
And the most important award finally!
-MVP Award: Nathalie Pechalat!!!!
No one can beat Nathalie the Captain.
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Deedee, thanks again for the reviews!
We should have you be our special correspondent. I really like to hear your thoughts on international individual events.
In WTT, the individual event winners just couldn't hold this long to be 100% present there. However, this event did serve as redemption opportunity for the skaters who did not win at individual event - I'm not talking about only men's skating.
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11) World champions and medalists:
What made most remarkable about the second World team Trophy, and so that made this competition the most exciting and the worthiest to witness for all the spectators, is we had all reigning world champions from all 4 disciplines; Tessa Vitue and Scott Moir, Patrick Chan (2-time champion!), Carolina Kostner (many congratulations for finally winning the title which you so deserve, Carolina!), and with many thanks to Aolina Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany (four-time champion!!) who came all the way to Tokyo just to perform in the Gala. As for the reigning world medalists, we had all 3 medalists from Ladies and Ice Dance, 2 medalists from Mens and Pairs, only missing 2 medalists who had to withdraw due to injuries. We also had the former champions; Meryl Davis and Charlie White, Daisuke Takahashi and Brian Joubert.
What else opportunities could we have had except Worlds and/or Grand Prix Finals?, I wondered. What a feast for all the long-time skating fans in Japan who remember the old days when this sport was less popular and they had to search for small articles in sports section of every major newspapers, dying for the results on their favorite skaters on the international competitions, with no PC, with no online streamings, no ISU's online results, and/or PBP from core skating fans!, I thought to myself.
Without doubt, these champions and medalists made this 4-day competition really special for all the spectators and skating fans in the world, and helped a great deal to attract good sponsorships, media attention/coverage and casual viewers in Japan.
I am sure a lot of people among the audience felt the same way. So, from the the moment when Nathalie the Captain and team France stepped onto the ice, atmosphere in the arena and audience atittude was very welcoming and friendly, with expectations and appreciation, to every skaters regardless of nationalities, rivalies, and favorites or not, throughout the entire comp. We tried our best to show our gratitude to all skaters and coaches, judges, tec panels, ISU officials, TV crews, backstage staff, oh and Go-chan!, by clapping, cheering, shouting and throwing in flowers and stuffed animals for 4 days. While we felt sorry for the skaters who fell on jumps or did not get to perform as they wished for, we did not get disappointed or annoyed by its outcome at all. I hope it showed on TV/PC screen for you.
This comp also helped to promote Ice dance and Pair desciplines in particular, which are less popular in Japan, I believe. Normally, we can expect TV stations to cover single competitions, but seldom cover ice dance and pairs (maybe except NHK Trophhy.) What I observed from the upper deck this time was all the fascinating and smiling faces of the audience who seemed to be impressed by world's top dancers on th ice and to be wowed by big tricks by the world's top pair skaters. Tickets sold well overall. Full house on Saturday and Sonday. High TV ratings proved ISU's PR strategy to promote this event was successful.
I agree that this WTT was a great success as an individual event. But if we see it as an experimental event to prepare for Team event at the next Olympic Games which is only two years away, I have other thoughts and concerns, just like you.
Can I continue some more? Maybe I should change the post.
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12) Concerns
At the same time, I really felt for all the skaters. The long and exhausting season nearing to its end finally and right after the Worlds, it must have been very hard for skaters to concentrate on this half cheesy half real competition. Especially those who could accomplish their goals such the world title or medals; it was obvious as some of you mentioned earlier. Every skaters more or less suffer injuries; we can easily imagine. Thank god there seems no visible big injuries during this comp!, me remembering Jessica Dube's scarey fall from the twist lift in the Gala three years ago...
Not only physically, because for younger skaters, it must have been financially demanding to cover for their coach for this additional comp, too; I worry, though I donot know whether their feds would cover.
As some of you suggested, this WTT should be moved to the beginnig of the season. If ISU's intention is to hold it every other year, it should be in the Olympic season and its intermediate season; e.g. 2014 and 2016. Very helpful and worthwhile for participating skaters and its coaches to try out in front of int'l judges and tech panel and get the feedback for their programs in the Olympic season.
I am all for ImaginaryPogue's geat idea to give participants senior B points, so, at least partially, that can ease the burden on skaters, both physically and mentally, for preparing 2 new programs get fully ready pior to the actual Prand Prix season starts.
As for the venue, I do not like ISU's idea to hold it in Japan three time in a row, though it's already announced so by ISU. Reasons why the recent two WTTs in Japan turned successful are obvious. Money. This sport got suddenly popular ever since Shizuka won the sole Olympic medal for Japan which was gold in 2006, as well as emergence of wonder kids dominating on the junior circuit in the early 2000, such as Dai, Yukina, Miki, Nobu, Mao and Taka. Japan has been a powerhouse in single disciplines since then. Tickets go sold out in a minute for almost every competitions and ice shows where either Miki, Mao or Dai enters. First WTT had both Mao and Miki. Second WTT had only Dai, but his fan base is diverse. It also covers, almost identical I would say, Mens skating fans and long time figure skating fans in general.
It's off-topic but let me explain a bit regarding long time skating fans in Japan like myself.
Some of us as young girls got interested in this sport thru TV coverages every 4 years (= Winter Olympic Games), by seeing foreign boy skaters in beautiful costumes, tall and slim with blue/green eyes skating and dancing to beautiful classical music, while landing huge jumps effortlessly and smiling. Mostly Russian or American skaters because they were dominant. We wanted to see them as princes in the fairy tales we used to read as little kids, maybe.
We had great skaters such as Nobuo Sato and Minoru Sano in the past. We had Takeshi Honda, a great jumper and excellent at steps. We very much rooted for him and wished him to be very successful, while feeing sorry for the fact he had to compete against kings like Alexei and Evgeni. We of course rooted for other Japanese skaters, both girls and boys, but mainly because they were our countrymen/women and seldom expected good results or did not pressure them out to do so, except Midori (who looked to anyone to have enough potential to be the champion) and maybe young Takeshi and young Shizuka (especially at Nagano 1998 and at SLC 2002).
I am not sure how you see it from other side of skating world, but to those fans, emergence of young Daisuke was quite a shock. It was not because he won the first junior title ever by a Japanese skater at the age of 16. Because he skated to the music, danced with the music while landing hard jumps. What he did on the ice was we never expected from Japanese boys, or never dreamed we would have a boy skater like Dai one day. For that matter, a lot of his fans can easily imagine how Utako sensei, his long time coach, felt when she discovered 14 y.o. Dai on the ice, because we share the same feeling. That's probably one of reasons Dai fans spread out to every generations, including 'Aunties' . Dai's presence on the scene over the years also helped to attract and increase more male fans in Japan, who used to believe figure skating as a sport was for girls, only...how shall we call them, 'Uncles'?
Dai has enthusiastic fans devoted young girls, too, of course. But there are a lot of others; skating fans or mens skating fans first, then became fans of Dai's skating later. And at this WTT we had more of these fans, compared to three years ago, I guess.
Get back to topic.
My point is, popularity of this sport is a bubbly boom in Japan. It may not last forever. The circumstances may change drastically once 'star' skaters like Mao or Dai retires after 2014. Of course we have Yuzuru, definitely a star quality who is younger and appreass even more talented, but who else after Yuzu?, I am afraid.
If ISU is really serious about developing this team event into a new discipline of figure skating as an Olympic sport, and serious about making this sport more popular again and attract more media attention/TV coverage, sponsorships, viewers, and most importantly, to attract more kids (potential future elite skaters) and their parents (because of $$$ they have to pay for ice time, coach, traveling fees, etc.), my suggestion is (if they ask me...), they should make turns among the Continents. In the Olympic season, should be same venue/city/country, preferrably at the Olympic ice rink if it's ready enough. Then, in the intermediate season, they can circulate among the continents: e.g. North America -> Europe -> Asia. If they worry about ticket sales and sponsorships, they can designate either Japan or Korea, instead of Asia anytime. And once they succeed to regain the popularity of this sport, they need not worry about Europe and North America, I would say. Powerhouses such as US, Canada and Russia hold lots of young talented skaters in all disciplines standby. Surely they will raise their hand and beg ISU to hold the event.
I really hope ISU does not go after so-called 'easy money'...
I wrote it in a rush. Sorry in advance for mistakes in grammar or English words if any. I may edit it later...
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The next WTT is scheduled for April 2013 in Japan, so it seems that the plan for "every other year" would skip the the 2014 Olympic season as well as 2016.
As for the venue beyond 2013, alas, which country other than Japan will ever be able to pay the prize money, expenses, etc.?
I am doing it more for myself for a record, I guess, so I am writing it down so randomly...sorry for that.
btw, I liked that photo, too!
They were amaging at this comp, indeed, they have improved since the last WTT. For me they were the best in unison among six pair teams.
And thanks for WTT schedule. Yeah I know...if it's in Tokyo again next year, I will probably be going, but still...a little disappointed I feel.
They can not depend on Japanese fed and its sponsors forever. It does no good for this sport in the long run, you know. Seriously, there comes the time they need to work out how to promote this sport sooner or later.
13) Japanese skaters
Even though Japanese skaters had been in advantegeous positions prior to the comp, such as no traveling, no jetlag, no stress on hotel/food/water/language/customs/culture, etc. and of course, huge home crowd and a bit of home cooking once got started, I think they really did great.
Here is my thoughts and hoping on our boys and girls.
Let me start with the Reeds because they so deserve to be 'honorably' mentioned first!
-The Reeds:
How gutsy of them not to withdraw from the comp and to have skated two clean programs (with no visible big mistakes), fighting through the pains! It was so good for them, too, to able to skate their Free program, which unfortunately they had to miss at Nice Worlds, in front of home crowd. (I was so heartbroken over Cathy's tears in the backstage in Nice on TV...)
We were so much proud of you, Cathy and Chris! Hope you heard our shout-outs after your performances.
Please have good rest as much as needed, Chris. Hope you will recover from headaches soon, Cathy. Please take good care of yourselves during the off season.
I loved your free dance to bollywood music! I normally do not like top skaters to carry over programs. But because you had to withdraw from comps a couple of times this season, I hope you will keep it if possible.
-Narumi and Mervin:
They were probably the one who improved the most among our skaters to me, compared from three years ago. And it was indeed a good opportunity to showcase the characteristics of pair discipline to not only skating fans, but casual viewers in front of TV in Japan.
Narumi and Mervin, congratulations again for winning the bronze medal at the recent Worlds! We hope and believe(!) this medal is the very first one for you two, out of many medals you are going to get in the future.
Mervin, thank you so much once again for having represented our country over the years.
I am sure that the presence of you and Narumi on the int'l scene definitely inspire and encourage kids in next generations, so that there will be kid skaters who want to follow your path as pair skaters.
-Kanako Murakami:
I loved her SP this season. She does not look juniorish with this one anymore.
I always admire her willingness to give her 100% at every comps she enters. At the same time I worry about her fatigue and burnout; she does a couple of domestic comps while fully competitng on Grand Prix circuit for the last two years. She can't compete like that forvever. I am afraid it may evantually lead her to potential injuries...
Kanako, I adore your cheerfulness!
Please slow down a bit. Please work on your stamina in order not to lose stream towards the end of your Free. And if possible, with the help from a good jump coach, such as Mr Nagakubo or Takeshi, I hope you can rework on your toe kicks and your entrances to jumps. You may get your foot injured if you keep on hitting the ice so hard for your Flip and Lutz...
-Takahiko Kozuka:
I loved his SP. I really liked what David Wilson did for him, and helped Taka to out of his comfort zone. On the other hand, his Free not so much. I mean, when he announced his music choice, it was a kind of 'predictable' to me how the program was going to look like...
This season has not turned out as Takahiko and his team anticipated for or hoped for, due to boot problem. Also, my guess is he must have pressured himself out too much after such successful 2010-11 season.
Tahakiko, thank you for that 'cool' short program to Inter Urge, which I really enjoyed!
Do not be disappointed too much with this season...Most of the champions, including your big bro Daisuke, have been through, more or less, the similar path as yours at some point in their career before finally climbing up to the top. Hope you regain yourself and surprise us again next season!
-Akiko and Daisuke:
I think I have already wrote a lot about these two, who are so special as skaters to me. And I am sure I will write more in other threads in The Edge. So, I guess not much to be said here, except:
Congratulations, Akiko and Daisuke, for winning the WTT! Without your proper captaincies, especially Akiko's 'shadow' captaincy , it would have not been possible.
Thank you so much for having given us, all skating fans all over the world, such many great performances full of your heart and soul over the years. And thank you so much for not retiring from competitive skating yet.
We all are aware how hard, both physically and mentally, demanding to you to stay eligible and keep competing. Regardless of Olympic title/medals or not, you already ARE skater's skater, but if it's possible, we really would like you to give another try at the next Olympics. Our only wish is to see both of you, Akiko and Daisuke, on the Olympic ice and to see your broad smiles after your performances there!
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I agree with golden. It might be the only option for ISU to have WTT in Japan at present time. Lucky you guys! I so envy you! If YuNa Kim were still competing, it could be held in Korea too. Anyother places have already had enough GP events. From the view point of ISU, it doesn't make any sense to add a WTT in any country but Japan.
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NIAGARA FALLS – Democratic State Senate candidate Amy Hope Witryol attacked State Sen. George D. Maziarz Friday over his record on downtown Niagara Falls economic development projects.
For the first time, all of Niagara Falls is joining the 62nd Senate District, represented by Maziarz, this year. But the Newfane Republican has long been a key player in Falls development deals, and Howard Milstein, whose Niagara Falls Redevelopment owns extensive property in the city, is Maziarz' largest campaign contributor when one counts corporate contributions and those from Milstein relatives and employees.
Standing in front of the new Niagara County Community College Culinary Institute in the former Rainbow Centre Mall, Witryol told reporters that Maziarz had opposed building the project in the Falls.
Maziarz said, "I wanted everyone to have a fair shot at it, Lewiston, Lockport, North Tonawanda, Niagara Falls. … When David Cordish donated the property [at the mall], that closed the deal. It was going to Niagara Falls. I was on board 1,000 percent after that."
"One example of how the pay-to-play system in Albany costs us jobs and taxes is Sen. Maziarz's support of putting Off-Track Betting in downtown Niagara Falls, in the heart of our tourism district," Witryol said.
"Maziarz wanted his proposed OTB operated by one of his largest donors [Tuscarora Indian businessman Smokin' Joe Anderson]. That plan would also depress rather than improve surrounding land values to the benefit of [Milstein], a New York billionaire real estate developer, who is Maziarz's single largest donor, and whose subsidiaries seek to acquire land as cheaply as possible," Witryol said.
Maziarz said the OTB project wouldn't have helped Milstein, and he said the project didn't progress because of doubts about its appropriateness from Empire State Development and Mayor Paul A. Dyster.
"It had nothing to do with Milstein and NFR, and it wasn't promoted by me," Maziarz said.
Witryol also sought to blame Maziarz for for the failure to settle the battle between the state and the Seneca Nation over casino revenue, which has blown a $58 million hole in Niagara Falls' budget.
"When the state and the Senecas had reached an agreement to resolve the impasse [in November 2011], Maziarz sought to exploit it with a pre-announcement. Both sides apparently thought the other had leaked the agreement, and it collapsed. As a result, more jobs in Niagara Falls are on the chopping block today," Witryol said.
"She's totally making this up. I don't know what she's talking about," Maziarz said. He blamed the collapse of the deal on internal Seneca politics.
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Quote from: 7enderbender on September 08, 2012, 03:37:30 PM[...]And here's the thing. The "old" sensor is still professional grade and delivers. [...]The "old" sensor is fine if no one else worked on sensor technology in the past 3+ years.Seeing as they have, I would like my current vendor of choice to also strive to improve their offerings.
[...]And here's the thing. The "old" sensor is still professional grade and delivers. [...]
Maybe you should go back and read my post again, and of course the previous posts.1. I'm not sad that people are content with their 5D Mark II's. Read again!2. How'd you come up with the part the people wanting something different makes me sad?One couldn't get my post more wrong! I wonder how you managed that...It's very funny that you suggest, we should be "grateful" to a corporate company, cut them some slack and stuff like that. Are you a baseball coach or something?I'm paying a premium for a Canon or Nikon product and I should be grateful? WTF???And oh yeah, I can very well tell if an image was shot with a 5DII, 1DsIII, or 800E. I don't expect you to do it, because you think 5DII's sensor is still professional grade and you are grateful for it!
Quote from: scokar on September 09, 2012, 03:41:40 AMQuote from: 7enderbender on September 08, 2012, 03:37:30 PM[...]And here's the thing. The "old" sensor is still professional grade and delivers. [...]The "old" sensor is fine if no one else worked on sensor technology in the past 3+ years.Seeing as they have, I would like my current vendor of choice to also strive to improve their offerings.EXACTLY!
If you take different parts of old people and stitch them together, do you get a young person?So, I guess that Canon is planning to put out a "new" product which is simply a Frankenstein of outdated products.
feck it with the camera name, just reveal the specs already! and for october release please!!
Well, I dont want to start 5D Mk III vs D800 flame war again.
And its not all about sensor, processors counts too...
I don't care when they reveal the specs, but when they *deliver* the camera - think of the 24-70ii - and Canon might be very well inclined to market specs before the camera is ready to counter the Nikon d600 at least on paper. That's because every day a 6d isn't there people will buy a 5d3 because they think the 5d2 is too old and they bite the bullet and go for the current 5d model.
Keep your breath for the upcoming 6d vs d600 flame war - $2000 touch flip screen plastic crippled amateurish camera vs $1500 semipro body ... or maybe canon has learned something from the 5d3 marketing disaster? Let's hope so.
... but most of all, the whole package counts and not just the core tech specs you find on a data sheet. If the usability is amateurish like xxxd and the firmware is crippled w/ with most customization options gone the camera is positioned in another market segment. Think of the "metering linked to af point" that is on the 1dx, but not on the 5d3 - surely just for marketing purposes since the af unit is the same.
My ideal package for 6D would be: 5D Mk III/1D-X/new sensor, 7D AF and 7D metring, 7D build, Digic 5/5+, 3.5-4.5 fps, AFMA.
... and of course there's planned obsolescence even with high-priced products as digital camera bodies and lenses (24-70 IS anyone?) :-(If Canon would release the one you described it not artificially limit it by firmware it would be a sales hit and saturate the dslr market for years to come. That's fine for the next quarterly sales figures, but produces a mid-term problem if Canon tries to market the next successor - they have this problem w/ the 5d2 which is just too good and feature-complete to make the 5d3 @$3500 competitive. Imho that's why they didn't put a better sensor in the 5d3 btw, this time they upgrade the body specs (fps, af), next time it's the sensor again like 5dc->5d2.And Canon's strategy seems to be to make money from selling camera bodies, the alternative of selling cheaper bodies and then hope for L lens sales is tricky because of the good 3rd party manufacturers.
Ehm, and what do you think about 40 f/2.8 STM ? Why they delireved such lens (for FF) with (currently) no FF that supports new phase detection AF ? Do you think that this new body could have sensor tech for it ?
I'm sure all upcoming canon camera will have phase detection pixels, there's no drawback afaik and it helps the crappy contrast af. I think that might be the reason for Canon to delay any new cameras (70d, 6d): The 650d sensor surely was just the first issue with the old 18mp version as a base - they'll learn from the performance and adapt future sensors accordingly. And maybe the time since the 650d release is just too short to engineer a new sensor generation, ff or crop - or is it?
If Canon see the future as all cameras having phase detection pixels then wouldn't they have started to develop the FF sensor at the same time as the crop? So it may well be ready to be market tested in a lower grade body.
What would sell? IMO, Take the 7D body and slap a FF sensor in it and either stay with the Dual Digic 4 or use the 5 or 5+ while keeping everything else the same. Call it the 7Ds (just like the 1Ds is the FF version of the 1D) and slap a $500 premium for the FF which will put it smack in the $1500-2000 vacant price point between the 7D and the 5D3 where the 5D2 is going extinct. I think people would buy a FF body capable of 6-8fps. Forget new vs old technology, what product is missing from their lines? A poor man's 1Dx.


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Just stumble across this.
Someone posted a link to this site and got slammed.
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"Gluten has been around for a long time, and has been consumed by millions. It's not poison. Dont limit your diet, as removing all gluten foods is extremely limiting, due to fear."
Sometimes I just wish I could punch the internet in the face!
Don't feel bad. A couple of my best friends are wheat farmers. =8O
I'm pretty sure I just read research scientists are trying to make gluten-free wheat...... Just more confusion for the clueless public.
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Did they call it rice?
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If bakers didn't know about the switch from older wheat to dwarf hybrid wheat, we're in trouble.
I dunno about gluten free wheat... at least it doesn't have the addictive gliadin unnatural gluten proteins. If all the bread is flat and icky, maybe no one will eat it anyway.
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Isn't gluten one of those "trust your body" and YMMV things?
I've eaten gluten-laden bread for decades. I've baked. I've also gone though long periods without gluten (zero wheat of any kind) not because of paleo or anything like that but because I needed cheap food that stored well and cooked without fancy tools. Rice fit the bill, so I ate lots of rice.
I have never felt ANY evidence that - TO ME - gluten is either harmful or helpful compared to other protein (or anything else in my diet). I'll accept the argument that fresh vegetables are less energy-dense and nutrient-rich, that starches and sugars are metabolized differently or don't provide long term satiety, that my socioeconomic situation is such that cheap bulk foods are now unwise and unneccessary, and so on, but the idea that gluten is somehow especially bad for me? No, it doesn't jive with my personal experience. I don't have any food alergies. There are foods I have never enjoyed (e.g. peanut butter...I didn't like it when I was 6, and I just don't like it now) but I'm not alergic to those foods. I have friends who do have honest food alergies and every time we eat together I'm reminded of how glad I am not to share that affliction.
I'm not going to say that gluten is great for celiacs or other gluten-sensitive people, any more than walnuts are great for someone with a walnut alergy, but the fact that YOU are alergic to walnuts, or shrimp, or gluten, or whatever, doesn't mean that I am, or that those foods are bad in any way. If you are of a healthy weight (which MANY bread-eaters are) and in otherwise good health (which, again, is true for MANY bread-eaters), and don't have other issues, then enjoy your bread, gluten and all. If you find you have a problem, make changes. Is that wrong?
Yup, I think it is wrong. Gluten can wreak havoc on your health regardless of outwardly noticeable symptoms. Also, with second-degree symptoms that you might never realize can be caused or facilitated by gluten. Gut permeability and all that. You could feel fine and wake up with an autoimmune disease tomorrow. Obviously there's not conclusive studies to cite, but plenty of evidence of same exists.
Obviously I could be struck by a meteor tonight as I sleep. That's a controllable risk, too. With minor lifestyle changes (moving into a salt mine for example) I could severely reduce the impact of such an impact. Is it worth doing?Obviously there's not conclusive studies to cite, but plenty of evidence of same exists.
It's a matter of odds. If the odds of being struck by a meteor were 1:1, then yes by all means let's move underground. 1:100... again, probably a good idea to take some preventive steps. 1:1000? It would be smart. 1:10,000? It's not crazy. 1:100,000? Eh.1:1,000,000? No, the risks involved in taking action are probably higher than the risks you are avoiding. 1:1,000,000,000? Now that would be crazy.
So what are the odds of waking up with a gluten-induced autoimmune disease tomorrow? I know a few people with autoimmune diseases so it could happen...but at least two of them tried gluten free and it didn't help so you can't automatically blame gluten anyway.
It's like lactose intolerance. You may be lactose intolerant. Avoiding dairy may be very important for you. That doesn't mean dairy is a problem for me.
As for micro-tears and the like... that's interesting. I'd find it more compelling if I had experienced any symptoms myself, but I'll accept it as somewhat of a theoretical basis (assuming it isn't pseudoscientific BS like a lot of the anti-salt, anti-fat, anti-meat, anti-whatever-I-don't-like ranting).
Last edited by Him; 12-07-2012 at 12:54 PM.