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Women And Weights: 8 Myths Debunked!
For women, the jump into the world of fitness can be a little terrifying. Opinions on ladies and lifting are often inaccurate and stuck in the 1950s ideal. As a result of these myths and unsubstantiated claims, it's difficult for many women to know how or where to begin.
You've probably seen at least one of the following lady fitness myths floating around the Internet, courtesy of some self-proclaimed "expert." It's time to put an end to the questions marks and the nervous glances around the gym.
TRUTH: Women should train however they want.
I'm not exactly sure what "training like a man" even means. Are deadlifts inherently masculine? I don't think I've ever seen a sign that says "Lady squatters ye be warned." It's true that some women shouldn't train like men, but that's not because they aren't capable or are unworthy. It's simply because the "manlifts" they might be doing may not match their fitness goals.
Whatever goal a woman might have for fitness should be supported by her training program. If her goals include a stronger bench press or bigger biceps, then there's no reason she can't support those goals with actual lifts.
By that same token, if a woman's primary goal is fat loss, she may not want to spend too much time trying to find her clean 1RM. A woman can train however she wants, although she should make sure that training matches her goals.
TRUTH: Not all women have the same goals.
Newsflash: Not all women want to look the same. Just like men, some women are in the gym to get strong. Some want to get ripped, some want to improve athleticism, and some want better health. That's the great thing about fitness—it's personal.
That's why it's so important to do research—so you're confident in the type of training you do. If your best friend is trying lean down while you're training for a powerlifting competition, you're probably not going to work out with her. That's a-okay.
TRUTH: Protein is protein
Want to know how to market a product to women? Slap a pink label on it and make sure the word "lite" is written in cursive. In actuality, when it comes to protein powder, men and woman can both scoop from the same tub. There aren't any man-only ingredients in protein powder, so there's no reason to fear randomly sprouting chest hair.
Each protein brand and type has specific amounts of protein, calories, carbs, and fat. Depending on your goals, you can find a type of protein powder that fits your nutrition protocol. If you're trying a low-carb diet, you can easily find low-carb protein powder.
If you're allergic to dairy products, then look for a non-dairy protein powder. A protein's ingredients and macronutrient profile—not its label—should inform your decision to buy it.
TRUTH: Just like anything, Olympic lifts can be dangerous.
Whenever I suggest that women add Olympic lifts to their training program, I'm usually hit with a resounding, "No way, that's too dangerous!" Yes, you can hurt yourself if you load the bar too heavy and try to lift without proper technique. The same can be said about doing biceps curls.
No matter your level, it's fun to try new things and add to your knowledge base. Now, I'm not saying load the bar with plates and go for it, but if you are interested in trying a snatch or a clean, pick up a broomstick or PVC pipe and try it. If it seems like something you'd like to get better at, find a coach or ask someone more experienced for help. You might surprise yourself.
TRUTH: Lifting builds muscle and burns fat.
Countless studies have shown that women who do resistance training are stronger, leaner, and healthier than women who do not. What that resistance training does to your physique is completely up to you and your DNA.
Even in the world of fitness, female physiques range from the brawny, like Dana Linn Bailey; to the athletic, like Camille Leblanc-Bazinet; to the slender, like India Paulino. Each of these women uses resistance training to sculpt a desired body.
The differences in their physiques come from genetics, how they eat, and the movements, volume, intensity, and load they use in their programming. Just like these women, you need a training regimen that reflects how you want to perform and what you want to look like.
TRUTH: Your body makes creatine naturally.
To people who aren't familiar with the body's natural chemical processes, creatine might seem like a scary ingredient only used by giant bodybuilders. The reality is that creatine is an important part of how your body makes and uses energy. It's the primary fuel source for short-term, high-intensity exercise.
Your body already makes it, but if you're doing fairly rigorous resistance training multiple times per week, you may not be getting enough. Studies have found that creatine supplementation, even in women, can help build and maintain lean muscle mass and increase the performance of those muscles.1-3 The only substantiated side effect is very small weight gain, which occurs because muscles are able to hold more water and are therefore more voluminous.
TRUTH: Ladies should be lifting, too.
Even if you want to be a competitive runner, studies have shown that resistance training helps increase your aerobic performance.4 Cardiovascular training absolutely has its place, but it's not the only path toward fitness.
In fact, constant running doesn't help build strength or help you find that balanced physique. Moreover, multiple studies have found that consistent endurance training may not be the best method for fat loss.5-6
Although it's completely understandable to feel embarrassed or intimidated in the pit of racks and barbells, sticking to that same old treadmill or elliptical may not be helping you get the results you want.
Add some resistance training to your regimen. By building more lean muscle, you'll burn more calories and get leaner faster.
TRUTH: Leanness works differently in each woman.
I think Molly Galbraith nailed this subject in this blog post. Not every woman reacts to being lean the same way. For a lot of women, being hyper lean has extreme hormonal effects on the body. Even professional appearance athletes don't stay lean all year. They usually lean out a few weeks prior to an event and then peak right before they hit the stage.
If you want to see your abs, try to get there. But remember, every person is different. What takes your friend six weeks to achieve may take you a year. You might look shredded but feel tired, weak, and skinny. Be honest with yourself about your goals. Honesty is a great step toward training and eating effectively.
- Branch JD: Effect of creatine supplementation on body compostion and performance: a meta-analysis. Int J Sports Nutr Exerc Metab 2003, 13:198-226.
- Cox G, Mujika I, Tumilty D, et al: Acute creatine supplementation and performance during a field test stimulating mach play in elite soccer players. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab 2003, 12:33-46.
- Kambis KW, PizzedazS: Short-term creatine supplementation improves maximum quadriceps contraction in women. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metabol 2003, 13: 87-96.
- Osteras H, Helgerud J, HoffJ: Maximal strength-training effects on force-velocity and force-power relationships explains increases in aerobic performance in humans. European Journal Of Applied Physiology 2002, 88(3):255-63.
- Hickner RC, Racette SB, Binder EF, Fisher JS, Kohrt WM. Effects of 10 days of endurance exercise training on the suppression of whole body and regional lipolysis by insulin. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000, 85 (4):1408-504.
- Cosgrove, Rachel. Why you can't lose weight. Women's Running. 2013. http://womensrunning.competitor.com/2013/03/health-wellness/why-you-cant-lose-weight_11491.
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Great read..Specially the last point.
Dropping to much lower BF for some women may cause hormonal disbalance..
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Myth 5 is the most annoying one. Women think if they touch a weight, they are going to get huge over night.
If only it were that easy....
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No crap, i wish it were that easy. If it were id have another 20 lbs of of muscle on me like it was nothing
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Great information here. I used to think that all I needed was the treadmill. There were times when I would leave the gym if there wasn't a treadmill available. Thankfully, those days are long gone!
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Unfortunately, I still know a lot of women (competitors) who works on a treadmill every day for 40 minutes... Crazy :/
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Thank you for the information, I have never heard of women not picking up weights. So this seems a little odd to me that people think women shouldn't pick up weights.
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Nice to see, just as men fella's as ladies commenting on this article. I'd love to see nore ladies down the gym pushing it hard, most of the girls at my gym don't even break into a sweat, booooooooooooooo go hard or go home girl
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Thanks so much for the positive feedback! Let me know if you have questions. Happy lifting!
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Another one - women shouldn't eat more than 1200 calories a day. The biggest challenge I have when training women isn't getting them to lift weights, but convincing them they need to eat! Of course they need to eat the right food at the right time, but the diets I see from people who come to me for advice are often scary. It's no wonder so many people have a hard time achieving their goals.
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Ugh oh! I'm guilty of this.
Even if their goal is to lose weight? It make sense (in "girl brain") that the calories you burn you don't want to eat. Then there would never be a deficit. Am I wrong?
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This year's ANNpower Fellows were selected for their leadership potential and commitment to creating positive social change. Together with mentors from the Vital Voices Global Leadership Network, as well as executives from ANN INC., the girls participated in a three-day training program designed to expose them to new perspectives and equip them with the skills to catalyze their own leadership to transform their own local communities and beyond. Activities included leadership and communications trainings, presentations on real-world solutions for social change, and unique mentorship opportunities. Role models and speakers included: award-winning actress, the face of Ann Taylor's Spring/Summer 2013 campaign, and ANNpower Advisory Council member, Kate Hudson; ANN INC. president and CEO Kay Krill; Vital Voices president and CEO Alyse Nelson; as well as other prominent women leaders from all over the world. 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One of my Aunt's favorite tales is Uncle Bob vs the Soda Can. Imagining my Jarhead father assaulting the stubborn can of soda which refused to yield its nectar to him never fails to entertain.
The story goes my parents were visiting her sister and had the run of the house while my aunt and uncle were at work. Spying a can of Coke in the fridge my dad asked my mother if she wanted any. The impudent can immediately defied him by not opening in the traditional manner. My father, refusing to be rebuffed by an inanimate object went to work with a can opener. It was merely a can of soda after all; it would open for him.
My aunt returned home from work and dad remarked he couldn't figure out how to open the stupid can of Coke. My aunt replied they didn't have any coke. Dad said she sure did and it was on the counter in the kitchen. So she entered the kitchen to find a mangled and abused can of Coke sitting on the counter.
"Bob, that's not a soda, it's a can safe."
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It follows I have inherited my father's complete and utter hatred of inanimate objects which refuse to obey me. My old company XO lamented time and again he never had a notebook handy whenever I would denigrate my office computer for the loathsome paperweight it was. This was generally any time I pressed the "ON" button. My computer ninjas have had to advise me time and again that waving tomahawks in front of printers will not actually make the print anything. I disagree.
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*UPDATE* As soon as I posted this my battalion Gunner had a catastrophic incident with the coffee pot resulting in shattered slivers of glass in and around the coffee mess. Fortunately, none of the precious nectar was lost in the incident. The inanimate objects are rebelling!


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A California-based retailer with more than 1,000 locations nationally will open one of its first Kentucky stores in Elizabethtown next year.
The property management firm for Mall Park Center finalized a contract with Ross Dress for Less for a 30,000-square-foot location at the heart of the shopping center on North Dixie Avenue. Ross will go alongside the new Gap Outlet that's being developed.
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I don`t know how to protect my server againest DDos Attacks?may you help me?
I don`t know how to protect my server againest DDos Attacks?may you help me?
Technically, you can't. Any DDoS of any worth would take your server offline no matter what precautions you put into place on the server itself. All it takes is a simple saturation of your up/downstream and your server will carry no traffic until the attack is done.
The best thing you can do is to use a datacenter that provides either a hardware firewall that can filter the attack before it enters your network, or uses an upstream filter (like Ev1's FireSlayer).
Software wise, you could look into mod_evasive, which will help to control the number of httpd connections from a single IP, or scrutinizer, which will do the same but runs at a different level. Some suggest using SYN Cookies, which requests verification of all incoming SYN packets before they are accepted. This violates a few protocols though, and will not help a bandwidth overload if someone decides to actually target you. Tweaking your server to accept low numbers of ICMP packets through a system like APF will help to keep that flooding down... I have mine set to only accept 1 ICMP packet per second, and to drop the rest automatically. Only keeping the ports open that you actually use will help to keep attacks down a bit too, as it will drop all traffic destined for the 'un-used' ports. APF will do this, as well.
Check out Chirpy's Firewall script. It works a lot like APF, but plugs directly into WHM.
Don't think that by installing loads of "DDoS Software" on your server that you are safe from it though. As I mentioned, the line to your server will only carry so much traffic, and it's easy these days to overload that line. You'll want a datacenter that can properly filter the attack before it even gets to you. If your Datacenter won't do that, then they're not a very good one to begin with.


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'A house divided against itself, the house cannot stand' (Mark 3:25). Big money and special interests has controlled our elected officials for too long and in 2006 this must end. Government can't meet the needs of all Oregonians if this continues.. We must;
Cap government spending at a 3% increase per year and prioritize our spending on public safety, education and the Oregon Health Plan.
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Family Values: Family values involves more than just abortion and gay marriage. Family values involves honesty and integrity. Caring about your neighbor and the poor (Matthew 22:36-40). Not judging others with whom you disagree (John, chpt.8). I support choice and gay marriage but I'm against this war and I want our soldiers home in 2006.
Our government belongs to the voters of Oregon and we can make it work for everyone! I ask for your vote.
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WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted this evening to pass legislation to ban abortion after 20 weeks, except in what Democrats assailed as "narrow" cases of incest of a minor, rape, and health of the mother, prompting a partisan debate on the House floor as lawmakers grappled over the question of how soon a fetus is able to detect pain in the womb.
The bill, H.R. 1797 – Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, passed by a vote of 228-196. Six Republicans opposed the measure, while six Democrats crossed the aisle to support it.
Republicans contend that a fetus is capable of detecting pain well before the current cut-off for abortions, at 24 weeks.
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Still, House Republican leadership decided that Franks would not manage debate on his legislation, and tasked Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a former member of the Judiciary committee, to oversee the GOP's floor debate.
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"Passage of today's landmark bill marks the first time in history, in either chamber of the U.S. Congress, that affirmative protection has been extended to unborn children," Franks, R-Ariz. said after the bill passed. "It is my prayer that today also marks a day when America finally opens her eyes to the humanity of these little victims and the inhumanity of what is being done to them."
The bill was also tweaked after the committee markup to allow exceptions for rape and incest of a minor. Those changes led some of the most conservative Republicans to abandon support for the bill.
"As a medical doctor, I believe it is my duty to protect children at all stages of life," Rep. Paul Broun, a Senate hopeful who removed himself as a cosponsor of the legislation after the changes were added to the bill, said in opposition to the legislation. "I am extremely disappointed that House Republican leadership chose to include language to subject some unborn children to needless pain and suffering. I will not support legislation that harms innocent children, and I will continue in my efforts to protect all unborn children by making abortion illegal at all stages of pregnancy."
The legislation stands no chance to pass the Democratic-controlled Senate, and the White House had vowed that the president would veto the bill had it reached his desk.
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The six Democrats supporting this legislation are Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Dan Lipinski (Illinois), Jim Matheson (Utah), Mike McIntyre (North Carolina), Collin Peterson (Minnesota) and Nick Rahall (West Virginia).
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PHOENIX – Freeway improvement projects will require closures or lane restrictions in the Phoenix area this weekend, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation
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• Northbound State Route 51 (Piestewa Freeway) closed between Glendale Avenue and Shea Boulevard from 11 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Sunday (April 21) for installation of ramp meters and traffic-flow equipment. Northbound SR 51 on-ramp at Shea Boulevard will remain open. DETOUR: Traffic will go west on Glendale Avenue, north on Seventh Street and Cave Creek Road and east on Cactus Road to reconnect with SR 51. Please consider alternate routes, including northbound I-17 to Loop 101 to reach the north Valley.
• Eastbound Interstate 10 closed between the Interstate 17 'Stack' interchange and Seventh Street from 9 p.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Saturday (Apr. 20) for tunnel maintenance. DETOUR: Drivers can use southbound Interstate 17 to reconnect with eastbound Interstate 10 near Sky Harbor Airport.
• Grand Avenue (US 60) narrowed to one lane in both directions between 71st and 84th avenues from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (April 22) for pavement improvements. 75th Avenue, 83rd Avenue and Peoria Avenue closed at times at Grand Avenue. Drivers can expect short delays and closures up to 20 minutes. DETOUR: Consider using 67th Avenue, Cotton Crossing or 91st Avenue.
• Loop 202 (Santan Freeway) on and off-ramps at Hawes Road closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (April 22) for work related to State Route 24 construction. DETOUR: Consider using ramps at Power Road.
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NSW chronically pissed away a massive advantage in this game. It's virtually level pegging right now. #bloodyhopeless
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#408. Sixty three not out forever.
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One Ton Tim.
On a similar point though Horsehead needs to start converting. It's great he's chipping in regularly and averaging over 50 for the season and mid 40s career, but with only 4 tons in 50 innings he's not going on with it enough.
FMD a Gulbis ton. What are you doing SA?
Tim Paine back in the hutch whilst Evan Gulbis goes on to post a ton. So good. T00p Cat and R00gins enjoying the strokeplay immensely.
All the cray cray happening at Manuka
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7/505 and SA choke is in full swing
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Charleston's long-standing plan to develop a pedestrian-friendly retail hub around the intersection of Bees Ferry Road and Glenn McConnell Parkway is gaining momentum after plans were recently submitted to the city for a new shopping center in the area.
The new retail center is planned for nearly 16 acres along Grand Oaks Boulevard, directly across Bees Ferry Road from Wal-Mart.
Plans submitted to the Charleston Technical Review Committee by local developer Rivers Enterprises Inc. include renderings for a 53,000-square-foot Harris Teeter, five smaller retail buildings and two large outparcels arranged around an expansive parking lot.
Residents of the new Grand Oaks community would have direct access to the center without having to travel on busy Bees Ferry.
The technical review of the project is the first of a series of steps the city must take before developers are given permission to build the center, so it's unclear when it will be completed. Rivers Enterprises declined to comment on the project.
For more than 10 years the city has discussed the construction of West Ashley Circle, a large ring of roads around the parkway and Bees Ferry Road that would encase a downtown-type of environment in an area of West Ashley that is still largely undeveloped.
The proposed shopping center is the first activity the project has seen since the first quarter of the circle was built several years ago to service a Wal-Mart.
The vision for the rest of the circle is to fill in the vacant space in front of the superstore and the other two quadrants with mixed-use developments, Charleston planner Tim Keane said.
"Along those three quadrants we would expect office development, retail, maybe even residential above those offices and retail spaces, just a great variety and mixture of things," he said.
Keane added that work to complete the circle will begin in the next few months, and that it's on "parallel paths" with construction of the new retail center.
It will cost $5 million to complete the road project, which will be paid for with Charleston County's special half-cent sales tax. The city of Charleston is handling the design work, and the county will oversee construction.
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Las Vegas, Nev. - A man with two prior felony convictions who was found guilty in August of unlawfully possessing five rounds of ammunition has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
JONATHAN ASHER LLANA, age 25, of Las Vegas, was sentenced to 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Kent J. Dawson on Wednesday, December 14, 2005. He was convicted by a Las Vegas jury on August 17, 2005, following a two-day trial.
In May 2004, a North Las Vegas Police Department Officer observed LLANA fire a handgun from a vehicle toward an occupied residence at 3638 Blue Dawn Avenue, in North Las Vegas. The incident was witnessed by a citizen ride-along passenger who was traveling with the officer. LLANA fired the handgun at the residence during the course of an altercation with another individual. Before LLANA was transported from the scene, he threatened to kill the officer and citizen ride-along if he testified against him.
The firearm was determined to be an antiquity and did not qualify as a "firearm" under federal law. However, the firearm contained four live rounds and one spent round of ammunition, which the defendant, as a twice-convicted felon was prohibited from possessing.
LLANA has prior felony convictions in Clark County for Battery with Substantial Bodily Harm and Battery by a Prisoner.
This case was investigated by Officers with the North Las Vegas Police Department and Special Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney William R. Reed. It was initiated through the Southern Nevada Project Safe Neighborhoods Task Force, a law enforcement task force which screens all arrests involving firearms in Clark County to determine whether they should be prosecuted in federal or state court. From 2002 to October 2005, this task force reviewed for prosecution approximately 2,100 gun cases. From 2002 to October 2005, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Las Vegas prosecuted 630 individuals with federal gun crimes. Approximately 40 percent of these individuals received sentences of imprisonment of at least five years, and approximately 75 percent received sentences of imprisonment of at least three years. There is no parole in the federal system. Persons sentenced to prison serve almost their entire sentence, but for any "good-time" credits they may earn from the Federal Bureau of Prisons.


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I have not been paying much attention to the 9/11 anniversary reports on TV or in the papers. I recall the day well enough and media hype and repetition is not interesting to me. I had expected to treat the day as many others.
But, this Saturday morning (9/10), I grab for a CD to listen to in the car and my subconscious does its work. I grab emo band Thursday's "War All the Time" CD, originally released in September 2003 after both the 9/11 attacks and the starts of the Aghan and Iraq wars.
Now, it has been publicly detailed by the band that this CD is not about 9/11. However, once released, music gets interpreted by the listener. The song "War All the Time" was quickly viewed as a commentary on the attacks and the subsequent wars. I know that was my reaction when I bought the CD. And, listening to it today, the emotions of 9/11 really came back:
It is clear that the early part is about young kids dealing with more personal tragedies such as an older brother's death and suicides. The lyric about parking in a car in a garage and listening "to the lullaby of carbon monoxide" is quite vivid. I see this as giving people a perspective that all sorts of tragedies impact people all the time. Everyone is at war with things every day.
Where this resonates as about 9/11 is the repetition in the chorus about the New York skyline and ashes of America flags falling. This becomes more specific when we get lyrics such as "we used to be very tall buildings but we've been falling for so long." Knowing that people jumped from the towers and then the towers eventually fell in what felt like slow motion, it is hard to avoid thinking of 9/11. However, the best part of the song is when the imagery of falling pieces of American flags gets reversed into a hope:
when the pieces fall it's like a last-day parade
and the fires in our streets start to rage
so wave to those people who long to wave back
from the fabric of a flag that sang
love all of the time.
When I hear this song, the idea of people waving to each other longing for love is a sublime outcome that most would and should seek for all people everywhere. This theme of unity and reaching out to heal is a natural reaction to the 9/11 attacks.
We must be realists.
Another song that I viscerally associate with 9/11 is Laibach's "B Mashina" from thw "WAT" album, also released in September 2003. Laibach's track is actually a cover version of a song by fellow Slovenian band Siddharta. The original is written before the 9/11 attacks but as is typical of Laibach, they deconstruct the song and write new lyrics to be delivered in spoken word fashion.
only one day
we are leaving the others
we're going away
Today we all steal
animals we are
possession is lost
Our souls are from the wild
and wings to reach the sky
let the sun fall into the ocean,
let the earth erupt in flame
It is enough to have the strength
and knowledge
to raise our dream machines
into the sky
Let them sleep who do not know
the final day is here
the very last
and we leave at dawn
There is no force no money and no power
To stop us now and change our fate
Now every problem is destroyed
We raise our hands and bodies to the peak
Into the Universe - towards the stars we go
Machines we are sending to the skies
Above us all
And leave behind those who don't know
Of the final day
We leave in sleep those who don't know
and we leave at dawn
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By Marty Malone, Extension Agent for Park County
The Arthun Ranch in northern Park County is home to 550 black cows and also produces grain and hay to balance the operation. Les is the third generation to run cattle in this part of Montana. In 1904, Louie Arthun homesteaded on Sixteen Mile Creek near Ringling, which was named for the Ringling Brothers, who built a spur to White Sulphur Springs from the Milwaukee Railroad to provide transportation for their rodeo stock. Ringling is also famous for a Jimmy Buffett song, J.T.'s Bar and the Ringling Five.
Les is a founding member of the Ringling Five, a group of singing ranchers of which the owner of Nordie's Store in downtown Wilsall said, "They still can't carry a tune, but at least they are consistent."Les graduated from MSU with a degree in Animal Science in 1977. The Ringling Five started while Les and several other young men from the area were attending college. While singing for fun, the group became known as the Ringling Boys and later became the Ringling Five. They now appear at 30-40 concerts during the year singing and entertaining crowds throughout the Northwest. Les is on the road for nearly two months every year, and Chris and the rest of family care for the ranch in his absence. The concert dates often happen during haying and calving season. The Ringling Five now has three music CDs and a recently released DVD. Everyone in the cow business or who has an appreciation for homegrown music should have a copy. Their website is www.ringling5.com.
Les and Chris love to ranch. Les's dad, Carl, taught Les to work hard and be a good steward of the land. According to Chris, "Les's dedication to ranching was evident in the fact that it took him two years to ask me for a date after getting my phone number from my mother." Chris said she just figured that he was busy ranching. When asked if they were ever interested in selling the ranch, Chris emphatically stated that they are not interested in selling land despite the high prices being offered for land in Park County.
Leif, the oldest of the next generation, is following in Les's footsteps. Leif is a senior at MSU in animal science and a member of the MSU track team. Courtney is a sophomore at Rocky Mountain College majoring in exercise science, while Brock is majoring in football at Shields Valley High School. Leif is anxious to return to the ranch.
The headquarters of the Arthun Ranch is on the exact site of Shields, Montana. The town of Shields was, at that time, the end of the rail line. Ranch property extends from Wilsall north for 18 miles. When asked why the ranch is that long, Les replied that his dad purchased land when and where the price was right. He turned down the offer to purchase adjoining property, and instead purchased property near the northern border of Park County for 75% less.
The ranch consists of irrigated and dryland property. It is well balanced and produces all the hay necessary for the cow herd plus grain for a cash crop. Carl saw the need for irrigation and was very instrumental in establishing the Shields River Canal and Cottonwood Reservoir to ensure a stable water supply. The first pivot sprinkler in the Shields Valley was purchased by the ranch in 1979—the same year that Les told his Dad he wanted to be a part of the ranch. While attending MSU, Les had been on several ranch tours where ranchers were making the best use of the water and labor available. Since that time, additional pivots and wheellines have been placed on the property to expand the irrigated acres and reduce labor costs.
Cooperative marketing and buying The extended Arthun Family has always marketed their calves as one lot. According to Les, buyers are very interested in purchasing large lots of quality calves that are raised in the same area. Late calves are put into the yearling herd. One of the more interesting aspects of cooperation is purchasing land together. The second generation purchased several large ranches together and then divided them later after the sale. One ranch that was purchased was originally owned by Will and Sally Jordon, a couple that has two Montana towns named after them: Wilsall and Jordon.
Challenges to the ranch Calving and concentration of livestock are major challenges for the ranch. All of the cows are calved at the headquarters. Vaccination is a high priority. They haul pairs away from the calving area as soon as possible to prevent disease from spreading. Les would like to have more land near the headquarters to allow cattle room to spread out in late winter after calving.
People pressure is another major concern. With the ranch spread out like it is, cattle spend a fair number of days being herded up and down Highway 89. Les says he has seen his share of road rage, even on the sparsely traveled road between Wilsall and Ringling. A loaded gravel truck went through the herd, injuring several cows and killing one. Another time, a motorist in a foreign sports car thought he was tougher than the cowboys, till he stepped out of the car.
Challenges to the industry Les says that a rancher faces challenges every day with weather, fluctuations in the markets, environmental and wildlife concerns and increased land values—which are helpful if you sell, but detrimental if you own land and watch taxes increase. Weather is a take-what-you-get-and-do-the-best-with-it matter of fact.
Markets are somewhat more manageable, but dealing with them on an individual basis is overwhelming, says Les. That is where being involved in agricultural organizations and those organizations' cooperation are of extreme importance. He also said finding a niche for marketing products we already have or developing other opportunities of income with resources that are available with be a challenge.
Environmental concerns have become more of a focus in the last several years, influenced largely by media attention. The Arthun Ranch has tried to be as proactive as possible by implementing off-stream watering, fencing off stream banks, cross fencing for range management, monitoring the ranch, and guarded use of fertilizer and chemical application.
In most cases, ranchers have been good stewards of the land and managers of wildlife by leaving excess grass for those animals to eat. That's one of the reasons why large waves of people are moving to Montana. Out of state people buying into Montana increase land value, which increase our asset value, said Les, but hinder or even halt our ability as production-based agriculture to expand through buying for leasing. He said this will be a major hurdle for family operations and their future success.
Les added that managing around wolves and other predators will be a major challenge for agriculturalists in the future. Other wildlife such as deer and elk increase the exposure to several diseases that can devastate a cow heard.Less concluded, as much as some of us complain about our situation in agriculture in the United States, one does not have to look very far to realize how blessed we are to be in this business in this place.
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