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We are one of the trusted organizations engaged in Supplying, Distributing, Manufacturing, Exporting and Wholesaling Animal Feed & Poultry Feeds and Supplements. These offered animal and bird feeds products are processed using high grade ingredients that are high on nutritional value. Our team procures them from the most trusted vendors. Moreover, we provide these products in genuine and food grade packaging material to ensure their freshness and taste. Customers can avail these at market leading prices.
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Goat Feed
Available with us is an extensive range of Goat Feed, which is processed by following all hygienic standards. The range offered by us includes Dairy Goat Feed, Halal Goat Feed, Meat Goat Feed, Goat Farm Feed, Goat Starter Feed, Lactating Goat Feed, Goat Breeder Feed and Goat Concentrates. We offer our products in tamper-proof packaging material and deliver the ordered consignments as per the time scheduled.
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Available with us is an extensive range of Cattle Feed, which essential for the growth of cattle. At our advanced production unit, we process Calf Starter Feed, Calf Grower Feed, Cattle Breeder Feed, Cattle Finisher Feed and Cattle Life Cycle Feed, among others. Our range is demanded is the market for its high nutritional content and 100% vegetarian and easily digestible.
Pig Feed
Our organization holds expertise in manufacturing, supplying and exporting a wide range of Pig Feed. We have a team of highly qualified professionals who process the entire range at our premises following all hygienic standards. Quality raw material is sourced from vendors which are further processes into a feed which is rich in nutrients and free from adulterants. We package it using moisture proof packaging material. Our clients can avail:
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Manufacturer & Exporter of Wheat Bran Pellet. Our product range also comprises of Goat Feed, Cattle Feed and Pig Feed.
Broiler Poultry Concentrate
Avail from us a wide range of Broiler Poultry Concentrate is processed in strict with the international quality standards. Our range is rich in vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. We use quality ingredients in the production process and offer the products in tamper-proof packaging material. The range offered by us includes Broiler Concentrate 2.5%, Broiler Poultry Concentrates 5%, Broiler Chicken Concentrate 7.5%, Broiler Concentrates 20%, Broiler Concentrate 30% and Broiler Poultry Concentrate 35%.
Layer Concentrates
We offer Layer Concentrates to our valued patrons to feed their livestock in a healthy and hygienic manner. It is formulated using quality raw material in tandem with set industry standards. This range is acknowledged for its high nutritional value, premium quality and competitive pricing. It is packed in air-tight packaging so that its natural qualities can be retained for a prolonged period of time. We offer:
Pigeon Feed
Owing to our years of experience in the respective domain, we are engaged in offering quality range of Pigeon Feed. Our entire range of textured pigeon feed, breeding pigeon feed and pigeon life cycle feed is hygienically prepared at our premises. Our feed is healthy and free from any adulterant. In addition, moisture proof packaging material to maintain the shelf life of the feed.
Duck Feed
Available with us is an extensive range of Duck Feed, processed in tandem with the international quality standards. Optimum hygienic standards are maintained throughout the production process in order to ensure that we deliver unadulterated feed. The range offered by us includes duck pre-starter feed, duck starter feed, duck grower feed, duck breeder feed, duck layer feed, laying duck feed, geese feed and all other types of duck nutrition supplements.
Turkey Feed
We extend a quality range of Turkey Feed to our valued patrons. This range is globally demanded in zoos, bird sanctuaries and other bird loving organizations and individuals. It is processed in advance machinery under the supervision of our veteran quality auditors. They procure best quality raw material from trusted vendors. We pack the entire product range in secure and safe packages. It is available at industry leading prices with us. We offer:
Rabbit Feed
We are one of the reputed manufacturer, exporter, distributor and supplier of a nutritious range of Rabbit Feed. It is formulated from finest grade cereals and grains cultivated organically in the most hygienic conditions. We test the entire range for high nutritional value, air-tight packaging and adulteration. This range is easily digestible and an excellent source of protein. Our products stimulate the immunity system of the livestock so that they become healthy and have a longer life. We offer it at industry leading prices. We offer:
Beef Feed
Our organization holds a wide range of Beef Feed, which is processed using ingredients like corn gluten meal, wheat gluten, soy meal, DDGS, grains, pluses and essential amino acids.
Camel Feed
With years of experience in the respective domain, we are engaged in offering our clients 100% vegetarian Camel Feed. Our complete range includes Camel Calf Starter Feed, Camel Grower Feed, Breeding Camel Feed, Camel Race Feed and Racing Camel Feed, to name a few. Our feeds acts excellent nutritional supplements for camels, helping them to remain fit in any harsh weather conditions. Our range caters to the requirements of domestic as well as international clients.
Dry Fodder
We are leading Dry Fodder Supplier, Dry Fodder Manufacturer, Dry Fodder Feed Exporter, Dry Fodder Feed Distributor from India dealing in complete product range of Dry Fodder Nutrition. Hindustan Animal Feeds is a leading Dry Fodder Suppliers, Dry Fodder Manufacturers, Dry Fodder Exporters, Dry Fodder Distributors located in Jamnagar City of Gujarat State, India.
Ostrich Feed
Our clients a delicious range of Ostrich Feed which is manufactured and processed in tandem with set industry standards. It is known for its effectiveness, increasing livability of the livestock and impeccable quality. Entire range is tested on several quality parameters that prevail in the industry. It is high technology feed designed for high economical growth and better health of the livestock. We offer:
Sheep Feed
We are leading Sheep Feed manufacturer, exporter, distributor and supplier of Sheep Feed. It is widely acknowledged for its rich and pure natural ingredients which are processed hygienically using latest machinery and tools. Owing to its incredible nutritional and medicinal value, this Sheep Feed is demanded heavily by our valued patrons. Offered at very reasonable prices, this range is delivered in customized packages to our clients. We offer:
Chicken Feed
Our organization is one of the trusted names in the market involved in manufacturing, supplying and exporting Chicken Feed. These are processed by our experienced professionals following all safety standards. Products are tested several time to ensure their longer shelf life and high nutritional value. The range available with us includes Chicken Breeder Feed, Organic Chicken Feed, Country Chicken Feed, Chicken Concentrates, Chicken Finisher Feed, Chicken Life Cycle Feed and all types of Chicken Nutrition Supplements.
Animal Feed
Avail from us a complete range of Animal feed at market leading rates. The range we offer includes Animal Starter Feed, Animal Grower Feed, Animal Breeder Feed and Animal Maintenance Feed. Besides, we offer Lactating Animal Feed, Gestating Animal Feed and Animal Fodder. These are processed using quality ingredients at our advanced production unit. As per the demands of our clients, we offer our product in bulk quantity and deliver the orders on time.
Livestock Feed
Being into the concerned domain for years, we have developed expertise in offering a qualitative range of Livestock Feed to our valued patrons. The range offered by us is completely safe for consumption, 100% organic and vegetarian. Fresh and quality grade raw material is sourced from a network of reputed vendors across the globe and is further processed using latest machinery. We offer:
Bird Feed
Our organization is engaged in manufacturing, supplying and exporting Bird Feed. The range available with us includes Chick Feed, Bird Grower Feed, Laying Bird Feed, Breeder Bird Feed and other such Bird Feed Supplements. Known for providing vital nutrients to birds, our range is hygienically processed as per the international quality standards. In order to maintain the shelf life of the product, we pack this using moisture-proof packaging material.
Broiler Quail Feed
Our organization one of the well-known names in the market engaged in manufacturing, supplying and exporting a wide range of Broiler Quail Feed. Our entire range is processed using quality ingredients under the strict supervision of our professionals. As demanded by the clients, we offer our products in bulk quantity and deliver the orders as per the schedule.
Broiler Poultry Feed
With years of experience in the respective domain, we are engaged in manufacturing, supplying and exporting Broiler Poultry Feed. We have all requisite facilities to process the feed hygienically in bulk quantity. Due care is also taken to pack the product in quality packaging material using automated packaging lines. The range available with us includes Broiler Pre Starter Feed, Broiler Starter Feed, Broiler Grower Feed and Broiler Finisher Feed.
EMU Feed
Our organization is a leading name in the market engaged in manufacturing, supplying and exporting EMU Feed. The range available with us includes emu pre starter feed, emu starter feed, emu grower feed, emu breeder feed, emu layer feed, emu farm feed and emu maintenance feed, among others. These are processed marinating all hygienic standards at our sophisticated production unit. We offer our product in moisture proof packaging material to maintain the shelf life of the feed.
Guinea Fowl Feed
We hold the reputation of being a reliable provider of Guinea Fowl Feed that is processed using latest tools and machinery. Our experts procure finest grade raw material from reputed agriculturalists and process it under utmost hygienic conditions. Subsequently, the processed Guinea Fowl Feed is securely packaged in air-tight packages to retain its characteristics for a longer period of time. We offer:
Horse Feed
We are one of the reputed manufacturer, exporter, distributor and supplier of a nutritious range of Horse Feed. Our veteran professionals formulate it from finest grade cereals and grains which are cultivated organically in the most hygienic conditions using latest production techniques. This range is tested on several quality parameters such as nutritional content, safe to consume and adulteration. Our clients can avail it at industry leading prices. We offer:
Layer Poultry Feed
We offer to our clients a comprehensive range of Layer Poultry Feed which is widely appreciated for its niche quality and impeccable processing. This range comprises of nutritional cereals, wheat, soy meat and other ingredients, each one 100% vegetarian and organic. We test the procured raw material on several quality parameters and is then processed as per latest production techniques. We offer:
Layer Quail Feed
We extend a qualitative range of Layer Quail Feed which is processed with utmost hygiene at our well-equipped manufacturing facility. Our quality auditors keep a strict vigil on quality at each level of production for impeccable outcome. The entire range is easy to digest, enhances the overall Quail health, and ensures weight gain and liveability of the livestock. We offer this range at industry leading prices.
Love Bird Feed
Our clients can demand best quality Love Bird Feed form us at industry leading prices. It is specially formulated to meet the dietary requirements of such exotic birds. We procure organic and hygienically cultivated ingredients from trusted vendors and process it in our robust manufacturing facility. Our clients can take home this range of Love Bird Feed at highly competitive prices from us. We offer:
Organic Animal Feeds
We are one of the renowned providers of Organic Animal Feed which is demanded across the globe for its hygienic processing and impeccable quality. It is rich in vitamins, minerals and other essential proteins. We procure finest quality ingredients from reputed vendors and test it as per prevailing industry standards. The entire range is 100% pure, vegetarian and natural and acts as an energy booster. Rich protein content and fibre makes the animals healthy and strong. We offer:
Organic Poultry Feed
We are instrumental in offering Organic Poultry Feed to our clients. A tasty supplement that ensures healthy growth and several other added health benefits, this range of feed finds huge demand in the industry. Being of palatable form and its high nutritional value, longer shelf life and optimum quality, this range is widely acclaimed. We offer the entire range at industry leading prices and package it in tamper-proof packing. We offer:
Parrot Feed
Our organization holds expertise in manufacturing, supplying and exporting a wide range of Parrot Feed. These are processed at our premises following all hygienic standards and after extensive research. This ensures that the feed we offer is rich in nutrients and free from adulterants, vital for the health of parrots. Our professionals take due care to pack the orders in bulk quantity using moisture proof packaging material.
Poultry Feed
With the assistance of our professionals, we are involved in offering our clients a wide range of Poultry Feed. The range available with us includes broiler starter feed, broiler grower feed, broiler breeder feed, broiler finisher feed, broiler poultry life cycle feed, organic broiler poultry feed and all types of broiler poultry nutrition supplements. Our range is offered in quality packaging bags to ensure longer shelf life.
Quail Feed
We put forth a comprehensive range of Quail Feed for our clients. This range is widely appreciated for its optimum quality, high nutritional value and air tight packaging. It is manufactured under hygienic production techniques to retain its nutrient levels. The entire range complies with set industry standards and is offered at industry leading prices with us. Our range of Quail Feed comprises of the following:
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A continuous stream of new-build ships is a hallmark of Celebrity Cruises (five new ships in five years), but it's the imaginative onboard features that make the cruise line such a crowd-pleaser. Aboard the new Celebrity Silhouette, there are interactive cooking classes at the Lawn Club Grill and self-guided iPad tours of onboard art collections, while the line's "Solsticizing" upgrades ensure that the older ships rise to the standard of the newest.
What's New: Thanks to the high-tech Reverie Dream Sleep System on next year's Celebrity Reflection, guests will be able to adjust bed settings (elevation, massage functions) from personal iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touches.
Number of Ships: 10.
Destinations: The majority of Celebrity's sailings tour the Caribbean, but the line has been expanding its offerings, particularly in Asia and Europe. Celebrity also has three ships that operate out of Alaska, four that sail to Hawaii, Panama, and South America, and three that ply the waters down under.

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Job fair shows economic progress, room for improvement
NATIONAL CITY A presentation on the second annual job fair in National City to council members on Tuesday revealed lower unemployment rates among residents in the area, but there's still room for improvement, said Jacqueline Reynoso, CEO of the National City Chamber of Commerce.
Reynoso revealed a 3 percent drop in unemployment from last year to 15 percent, but said the city still has the highest unemployment rate in the county.
"That's good news but we're still twice the national average," she said.
The chamber partnered with the city and South County Career Center for the "Career Pathways to Success" job fair to promote job creation and economic development in National City.
"This job fair is a workforce development vehicle to get National City residents back to work, regain their buying power and contribute to our local economy," Reynoso said.
More than 800 job seekers attended the event, an increase of 200 from 2012, held April 3 at the Martin Luther King Community Center.
Nearly 40 area employers representing health care services, hospitality, maritime industry, retail and other sectors offered 1,660 opportunities.
Of the participating employers, half were National City-based companies.
"Not only are we seeing a growth in the number of job seekers from National City but we're also seeing an increased participation from employers in National City," Reynoso said.
In addition, 15 resource agencies provided technical assistance, career development, on site resume review, one-on-one career training consultations, introductions to training programs and volunteer opportunities.
Reynoso said the event's success in part was due to increased promotional efforts.
The chamber said it was able to reach more than 25,000 people through printed advertisements, social media sites, and community promotion.
The South County Career Center, which is funded by the Department of Labor through the San Diego Workforce Partnership, is a huge resource for the area. The center received $1.4 million this fiscal year, with $700,000 going to training for individuals. The center said 84 percent of those individuals were employed after training.
"Our mission is to assist people who are unemployed, underemployed or are looking for a career transition," said Diane Rose, business services coordinator for the career center.
From 2013 to 2012, 15 percent fewer job seekers were unemployed, however, 46 percent still claimed they earned less than $15,000 per household.
Furthermore, the majority of National City job seekers fell between the ages of 40 and 55, according to data provided by the chamber.
"While most folks are trying to plan for retirement they're now looking for employment opportunities," Reynoso said.
Sixty percent of job fair attendees claimed they only had a high school diploma, while more than 30 percent claimed they had a bachelor's or associate degree.
"What we're seeing is a different type of workforce that is unemployed right now," Reynoso said. "They're not necessarily low skill, low educational attainment levels, these are bachelor's, university graduates who are having trouble finding an opportunity and employment."
Reynoso said the problems for employment seekers is highlighted by the loss of tools needed to get people back into the workforce.


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This NASA shuttle photograph (opposite page), taken on a March morning in 1994, and the explanatory diagram show a regional "haze" inland from the coast of California. While no chemical analysis is available, the haze is a widespread aerosol from sources that probably include smoke particles from biomass combustion and cities in the region. The enhanced albedo due to the haze causes sunlight to be reflected upward and thereby to fail to reach the ground. This constitutes a "direct climate forcing."
The aerosol cloud is visible from the northern extremity of the Sacramento Valley on the left to the Bakersfield area of the San Joaquin Valley on the right, a distance of about 600 kilometers. The Sierra Nevada mountains and the coastal range bound the aerosol-laden valley.
The photograph also shows coastal stratus clouds that extend along the coast and penetrate into the San Francisco Bay region. The albedo of these clouds, which can be influenced by anthropogenic aerosols, clearly controls the albedo of the oceanic portion of this view.
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LOS ANGELES — Sometimes a couple errors ends up working out. After UC Santa Barbara second baseman Brandon Trinkwon committed two errors that helped lead to a four-run inning, he was replaced by light-hitting freshman Peter Maris.
Batting only .140 on the season when he stepped to the plate in the 12th inning, the 5-foot-9 freshman infielder delivered his first hit since April 1 at the opportune time.
With runners on first and second, Maris laced an RBI single to score Brett Vertigan and give the Gauchos a thrilling 5-4 extra-inning victory at USC's Dedeaux Field Wednesday night that helped spoil a spectacular performance by USC redshirt senior Andrew Triggs.
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The towns of Port St. Lucie and Fort Pierce are among several that make up the south end of the so-called "Treasure Coast," named for old Spanish shipwrecks lying off the coast. These are smaller, comfortable, more laid-back residential communities than the bustling beach cities farther south. Port St. Lucie is a small, business-friendly but largely nondescript community just south and inland from Fort Pierce along U.S. 1.
Growth is rapid, as is redevelopment as the town makes the transition from a sleepy backwater to a preferred small town destination. Employers include QVC, Tropicana and a Wal-Mart distribution center, but the area in general doesn't have a lot of high paying jobs. Fort Pierce shares the story with a little more historic interest and typical beachfront amenities. Entertainment is provided by baseball spring-training camps, golf, water sports and the study and viewing of wildlife. The area is still less crowded and affected by sprawl problems than those areas to the south, but it's also far from services such as healthcare and air transportation. The long commute times reflect distances from jobs rather than congestion.
The landscape consists of a barrier island and coastal plain—topography typical of Florida's coastal cities. There is extensive agriculture, tropical trees, and vegetation inland. Lake Okeechobee is 40 miles to the southwest. The subtropical coastal climate is pleasant year-round. Summer temperatures are tempered by ocean breezes and by the frequent formation of afternoon cumulus clouds and showers. Temperatures of 90 degrees have occurred in all months but seldom reach 100. There is some hurricane risk, but the area is north of the major hurricane tracks.
As of 2014, St. Lucie County's population is 278,246 people. Since 2000, it has had a population growth of 44.39 percent.
The median home cost in St. Lucie County is $119,300. Home appreciation the last year has been 11.70 percent.
Compared to the rest of the country, St. Lucie County's cost of living is 8.40% Lower than the U.S. average.
St. Lucie County public schools spend $10,328 per student. The average school expenditure in the U.S. is $12,435. There are about 18.9 students per teacher in St. Lucie County.
The unemployment rate in St. Lucie County is 7.40 percent(U.S. avg. is 6.30%). Recent job growth is Positive. St. Lucie County jobs have Increased by 3.69 percent.
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Kim Jong Un Guides Firing Competition among Teachers of Military Universities
| Pyongyang, March 19 (KCNA) -- Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and first chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission, guided a firing competition among teachers of Kim Jong Suk Naval University and Kim Chaek Air Force University.
Its participants competed in shooting pistols and automatic rifles to hit the targets at the fixed distance and time. Winners were decided by points.
They pulled their triggers in the spirit of firing at the chests of the U.S. imperialist aggressors, the chieftain of aggression and the sworn enemy of the Korean people.
Whenever the bullets hit the targets right in the center, the spectators clapped their hands.
Saying that the objective of arranging such a firing competition often is to train all servicepersons as crack shots by intensifying the firing exercise, Kim Jong Un noted that its vitality was being fully displayed in the competition.
He said that the results of the current competition were higher than those in the recent firing contest among teachers of other military universities, adding that this clearly proved that the KPA was raising a strong wind of shooting drill as intended by the party.
The air force university won both the pistol firing and the automatic rifle firing to come first in team standing.
And then the competition was reviewed and the winners were awarded prizes.
Kim Jong Un appreciated the successful competition.
Among the spectators were Choe Ryong Hae, Ri Yong Gil, Jang Jong Nam, Pyon In Son, So Hong Chan, Kim Su Kil, Kim Myong Sik, Ri Pyong Chol, Kim Yong Chol, Jo Kyong Chol, Pak Thae Su, Jang Tong Un, Han Kwang Sang, Hwang Pyong So and service personnel of the KPA.
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The across-the-board salary increase Oakland school district staff have built into the second half of next year's planning budget (the raise would go into effect in January 2012) would cost about $2 million in general-purpose dollars. For a full year, of course, it's double that amount.
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Bellavista Finance Corporation filed as a Statement & Designation By Foreign Corporation in the State of California and is no longer active. This corporate entity was filed approximately eleven years ago on Friday, July 23, 2004 , according to public records filed with California Secretary of State. It is important to note that this is a foreign filing. A foreign filing is when an existing corporate entity files in a state other than the one they originally filed in. This does not necessarily mean that they are from outside the United States.
Claus Lund served as the President Claus's past corporate affiliations include Bellavista Funding Corporation, Belvedere Trust Finance Corporation and four others.
The registered agent for the company is Russell Thompson. Also known as a statutory or resident agent, the registered agent is responsible for receiving legal notifications regarding court summons, lawsuits, and other legal actions involving the corporate entity.
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I have been standing in these shoes all day! My Feet Hurt! Maybe the pain will go away…….
Those are six very dangerous words, maybe the pain will go away….
An activity as simple as standing all day can lead to pain in your feet. So you need to know how to protect your feet when you're stuck standing for hours on end, especially on a hard surface.
Besides the stress of prolonged standing, the architecture of the foot can also increase the symptoms from pre-existing conditions: Plantar fasciitis refers to the inflammation of the fascia under the heel. Flat or tilted feet (from heel pronation) and bony spurs in the base of the ankle may make the condition worse. Achilles tendonitis results from over stretching of the Achilles tendon. Bunions at the side of the big toe may arise because of heel pronation and may be aggravated by narrow shoe boxes (the area in front of the shoe) and prolonged standing. Corns on top of the toes may be aggravated by scraping against the inside of your shoe.
The most common symptom from prolonged standing on your feet, and usually the first to occur, is discomfort and fatigue in the legs.
The closer the body part is to the ground, the more likely it will be affected by prolonged standing (i.e. the feet are most often affected, followed by the shins and calves, followed by the knees, thighs, hips and low back). However, symptoms from working on your feet may reach to the top of your body. In some studies neck pain symptoms have been related to prolonged standing at work!
Beyond simple fatigue and discomfort, more serious health effects can result from working on your feet for long hours.
In lab experiments people could not distinguish fatigue in their legs from whole-body fatigue. Therefore, that whole-body fatigue feeling could be related to working on your feet.
Some of these are: Low Back Pain, Painful feet and other foot problems, Plantar Fasciitis and Heel Spurs, Orthopedic changes in the feet (e.g. flat feet), Restricted blood flow, Swelling in the feet and legs, Varicose veins, Increased chance of arthritis in the knees and hips
Joint compression: Gravity squeezes your joints under the weight of your body. Each body part is compressed by all of the sections of the body above it. (For example, your hips are compressed by your head, arms and torso, but your feet are compressed by the weight of your whole body!)
Compressing a joint is like squeezing a sponge – body fluids are squeezed out of the space in the joint. Without body fluids and circulation, your joints become malnourished, and cannot continue to support the weight of your body. Wear and tear of body parts occurs.
Postural muscle fatigue: Postural muscles keep your body from falling over while you're standing. Standing for a long time forces these muscles to work without a rest. Without rest these muscles become exhausted, resulting in pain.
These effects are like working without lunch. Joints and muscles get their "lunch" from circulation, and need rest breaks to recoup from bouts of work. Think how you would feel without lunch!
Insufficient venous blood return in the legs: Gravity pulls blood down into your feet. One way that blood is pushed back up to your heart is through cyclic muscle contractions, often called a "muscle pump". If the muscles are engaged in one long contraction (sustained contraction) to keep you standing, they cannot produce a 'muscle pump" effect. Continuous muscle contractions also hinder circulation of body fluids.
Keeping the body in an upright position requires considerable muscular effort that is particularly unhealthy even while standing motionless. It effectively reduces the blood supply to the loaded muscles. Insufficient blood flow accelerates the onset of fatigue and causes pain in the muscles of the legs, back and neck (these are the muscles used to maintain an upright position).
Standing too long not only produces muscular strain but other discomforts also. Prolonged and frequent standing, without some relief by walking, causes blood pooling in the legs and feet. When standing occurs continually over prolonged periods, it can result in inflammation of the veins. This inflammation may progress over time to chronic and painful varicose veins. Excessive standing also causes the joints in the spine, hips, knees and feet to become temporarily immobilized or locked. This immobility can later lead to rheumatic diseases due to degenerative damage to the tendons and ligaments (the structures that bind muscles to bones)
In my practice, I work 90 hours a week on average. What is worse is that I am standing on my feet the entire time.
How do I do that and still run barefoot?
If someone should have an excuse for why they can't run or run barefoot it should be me.
This is my typical week:
I practice about 12 hours a day from 9:00am in the morning to 9:00pm at night, minimum five days a week. At least 3 nights a week I am working on my feet until midnight on a VIP client. I work at least one full day if not two on my feet on the weekends.
When you're on your feet for an extended period of time, the muscles that suspend your feet or the spring suspension system muscles are in a sustained contraction that has to be maintained for a certain amount time.
What is sustained contraction and how does it lock your joints and specifically the human spring?
An example would be holding a glass of water in my hand. Although I can do this easily.
If I hold it for too long in a sustained contraction I am going to get tired. My arms will have an inflammatory reaction and be stiff. The stiffness can even lock up your joints.
What is foot lock?
The foot and ankle has 33 movable joints to allow the force of the landings to be spread out over these joints for a smoother landing.
When the foot locks in any one of the 33 joints this causes a less smooth landing and a compensation for the normal motion. Any abnormal motion in the foot will cause an abnormal motion in the entire flooring system of the 7 floors of human spring which eventually locks.
Do we see this clinically? Of course!
To think any different defies the laws of gravity, engineering and physics.
Can weakness in the suspension system muscles lead to a locked human spring?
- Standing on your feet all day leads to fatigue of the spring suspension system muscles which determines your ability to resist impacts of walking, recycle energy through the spring and provides for healthy movement.
- Stiffness in the spring suspension system muscles eventually leads to stiffness or locking of some of the 33 joints of the foot and ankle.
- When the human spring is locked at the foundation, the body compensates with abnormal motion through the entire seven floor human spring.
- Abnormal motion in moving parts leads to stress and strain of the muscles, ligaments and tendons that guide the movement of the bones and joints.
- Abnormal stress and strain leads to wear and tear of the joints.
- Wear and tear leads to the release of inflammation.
- The release of inflammation leads to pain, fatigue and accelerated aging of the musculoskeletal system and other systems of the body.
- High levels of inflammation (cytokines) have also been strongly linked to feelings of depression.
This is true when YOU stand too long.
The sustained contraction can lock the spring mechanism. The spring mechanism loses spring mobility and may not be as effective in springing our bodies off the ground upon impact from the forces of the landings.
We were designed to function optimally if we keep moving so that the spring suspension doesn't settle, drop and lock.
The theory states that once your foot and kinematic spring chain lock then the body bangs into the ground instead of springing off the ground. The landing becomes a bang and twist instead of a spring and roll. (see below)
When you stand too long your muscles have a sustained contraction similar to what happens when you hold anything in one position with your muscles contracted continuously.
What happens next is your arch linkage drops and eventually can lock. What I have found is that the arch drops and locks primarily at the second metatarsal cuneiform joint and the third. For those of you who are not doctors that is around the middle of the foot.
People know me as the "anti-shoe" doctor and the "barefoot running" doctor.
Ideally we should be shoeless and constantly moving like our ancestors were.
Click here to read Was My Chronic Pain, Fatigue, Fibromyalgia Cured with a Pair Of Shoes? NO!
So why does a barefoot running doctor recommend shoes in some instances?
That's because we are supposed to keep moving for optimal use of our spring mechanism. When we keep moving we keep springing.
Some of us might think that healthy movement for the human spring mechanism is in the direction that stimulates development of the spring muscles that spring you forward as in running straight. This would be similar to someone doing the bench press and curls in weightlifting.
We used to see athletes only doing bench press and curls in the gym and we know what happened to those athletes. They got shoulder, back and neck conditions as well as injuries.
Then someone came up with the bright idea that we had to exercise muscles that control the movements of all the joints in all ranges of motion. That way we could develop a more balanced joint motion and strength.
Running training in my opinion is still in the dark ages of development. Many of us still run straight ahead with little to no directional changes. That is, in my opinion, why many of you have conditions related to imbalances of strength in the spring suspension system.
Experts throw the concept of over pronation (over rolling of the foot into the unsafe range inward) and over supination (over rolling of the foot into the unsafe range outward) What is actually being described is the position of the foot at the impact point and through the point when it pushes off.
For those who understand training bone and joint position is controlled by muscle strength.
muscle strength is important to maintain the bones in the position during standing, walking impact forces, running impact forces and endurance strength for many impacts.
If you are running you must run drills in all directions the foot and body moves for a balanced spring mechanism to withstand the impact forces.
This comes directly from the book Supertraining by Siff and Verhkoshansky:
(page 41)Since stretching is a particular type of mechanical loading, application of stretching can be more effectively applied if the effects of the loading on collagen are studied carefully. In fact physiological stretch of this possible because collagen and is a viscoelastic material that is, under rapid loading it behaves elastically while under gradual loading it is viscous and can deform plasticity.
(page 42) Since tendons and ligaments are viscoelastic, they also exhibit sensitivity to loading rate, and undergoes stress relaxation, creep and hysteresis. Prolonged and excessive stretching of this type encourages joint mobility at the expense of its stability sold at a joint then has to rely more on its muscles for stability. Despite the widespread opinion that the muscles act as efficient synergistic stabilizers, it should be remembered that the musculature cannot respond quickly enough to protect a joint against injury if large impacts are applied rapidly, particularly Lee if they are torsional since joint stability involves three-dimensional actions over several degrees of freedom, the necessity for appropriately conditioned in all the interacting soft tissues becomes obvious.
Plasticity defined in physics from Wikipedia below:
In physics and materials science plasticity describes the deformation of a material undergoing non-reversible changes of shape in response to applied forces.[1] For example, a solid piece of metal being bent or pounded into a new shape displays plasticity as permanent changes occur within the material itself. In engineering, the transition from elastic behavior to plastic behavior is called yield.
Plastic deformation is observed in most materials including metals, soils, rocks, concrete, foams, bone and skin. However, the physical mechanisms that cause plastic deformation can vary widely. At the crystal scale, plasticity in metals is usually a consequence of dislocations. In most crystalline materials such defects are relatively rare. In brittle materials such as rock, concrete, and bone, plasticity is caused predominantly by slip at microcracks.
For many ductile metals tensile loading applied to a sample will cause it to behave in an elastic manner. Each increment of load is accompanied by a proportional increment in extension, and when the load is removed, the piece returns exactly to its original size. However, once the load exceeds some threshold (the yield strength), the extension increases more rapidly than in the elastic region, and when the load is removed, some amount of the extension remains.
However, elastic deformation is an approximation and its quality depends on the considered time frame and loading speed. If the deformation behavior includes elastic deformation as indicated in the adjacent graph it is also often referred to as elastic-plastic or elasto-plastic deformation.
Perfect plasticity is a property of materials to undergo irreversible deformation without any increase in stresses or loads. Plastic materials with hardening necessitate increasingly higher stresses to result in further plastic deformation. Generally plastic deformation is also dependent on the deformation speed, i.e. usually higher stresses have to be applied to increase the rate of deformation and such materials are said to deform visco-plasticity.
Flow Plasticity theory, uses a set of non-linear, non-integrable equations to describe the set of changes on strain and stress with respect to a previous state and a small increase of deformation.
If the stress exceeds a critical value, as was mentioned above, the material will undergo plastic, or irreversible, deformation. This critical stress can be tensile or compressive. The Tresca and the von Mises criteria are commonly used to determine whether a material has yielded.
There are several mathematical descriptions of plasticity. One is deformation theory (see e.g. Hookes Law where the stress tensor (of order d in d dimensions) is a function of the strain tensor. Although this description is accurate when a small part of matter is subjected to increasing loading (such as strain loading), this theory cannot account for irreversibility.
Ductile materials can sustain large plastic deformations without fracture. However, even ductile metals will fracture when the strain becomes large enough – this is as a result of work hardening of the material, which causes it to become brittle. Heat treatment such as annealing can restore the ductility of a worked piece, so that shaping can continue.
Science tells us that standing for a long time and even slowly delivered impacts can stress tendons, joints and other tissues to deform their shape weakening the stability and performance. They can be referred to as plastic deformity vs elastic deformity.
In fact sports research found that the shorter the contact time of your foot or bodyweight on the ground the more it improves performance.
Its obvious that standing for a long time is really damaging to our joints!
If the muscles which maintain the foot in the safe range from supination to pronation are not able to maintain them in the safe range then we have to strengthen them.
You would think that athletes would be able to maintain the foot in the safe range during standing for long periods of time.
IN other words if an athlete works all day standing as a teller in a bank they could do it no problem.
If you gave a typical woman's purse to an athlete and told him to hold it in the 90 degree curl position for 20 minutes he or she would be feeling the strain of the constant contraction burning in the muscles and the strain on the joints as they compressed from the constant pulling and the attachment of the tendons to bones. Pretty soon if it was left long enough they would end up with a condition that had to be treated.
There is no difference with constant contraction related to standing in one position for too long.
Ok, we understand that and I realized long ago this was a problem for me as I stand for long periods of time in one position treating patients. This is especially true when I'm performing one of my pain exorcisms which is body work to release spasms that compress joints from the foot to the head lasting sometimes 2 – 10 hours on one patient.
Tip One:
– Rock and Roll The Feet – What I try to do is rock back and forth into supination and pronation. This keeps your muscles contracting and not stagnating into fatigue. Sometimes I get distracted and forget.
When I forget then the fatigue sets in and my foot starts rolling out of the safe range.
What I have found is that once the spring suspension system muscles fatigue on me my foot will roll either in or out of the safe range either over pronation (85% of the population) or over supination (15% of the population) as a compensation and due to weakness.
What I found as the best way to balance this negative is to find a shoe that kept my foot in the safe range as long as possible until I could get off my feet and release the muscle tension and fatigue.
Tip Two:
- I wear a shoe with a very strong reinforced counter support.
I have also found some footwear with an extended medial counter support that may extend 2 – 4 inches across the sides of the heel to keep the heel from rolling out of the safe range.
The other important feature I like in my shoes are those with a hard plastic encased inside the leather as a reinforcement.
This is especially important for those who are on their feet for a long time, those of you who see their feet roll out of the safe range or have been told they have over pronation of the feet or over supination of the feet.
Also, many of you who are a little or a lot bigger (you know who you are) and those who have big feet, should seek out the extended medial counter shoe.
It's interesting that shoe companies design shoes of a size 8 with the same counter support material as a shoe size 14. Dont they realize that a man or woman with a size 14 impacts the ground with more force than a person with a size 8 even if they are an ideal body weight?
This is just poor engineering. If I had my own shoe company I would change that but until then you can use the tips here to do what you can to avoid illness and injury from standing on your feet too long.
Tip Three:
– Release your feet and legs when you get home with the spring release techniques I give you below in tutorial 77 – 89:
Video Tutorial #77 How to Self Adjust Your Toes
Video Tutorial #78 Deep Tissue Treatment Of The Knee Popliteus Muscle
Video Tutorial #79 Deep Tissue Treatment Of The Gluteus Medius Muscle of the Hip
Video Tutorial #80 Deep Tissue Treatment Of The Subtalar Joint Of The Ankle On The Inside
Video Tutorial #81 Deep Tissue Treatment Of The Ankle (Subtalar Joint Outside)
Video Tutorial #82 Deep Tissue Treatment Under The Big Toe And Second Toe
Video Tutorial #83 Deep Tissue Treatment Above The Big Toe And Second Toe
Video Tutorial #84 Scissor Stretching Of The Feet
Video Tutorial #85 Great For Mortons Neuromas And Narrow Heels
Video Tutorial #86 Dr James Stoxen DC Recommends The Best Shoes To Prevent The Foot From Deforming
Video Tutorial #87 Deep Tissue Of The Ankle Mortise
Video Tutorial #88 Stretching Of The Foot While Sitting At Your Chair
Video Tutorial #89 A Stretch To Increase The Flexibility Of The Arch Of Your Foot
Watch above as Dr Stoxen demonstrates deep tissue release
If you don't want to do all the hands on therapy you can use Team Doctors™ Massage Assist™ vibrating massager.
The only tool Dr. Stoxen uses on his patients for Foot Lock, heel pain, plantar faciitis, morton's neuroma and more.
Tip Four:
– Walk, Jog or Run Barefoot in zig zag, circle and figure eight directions to release the human spring and strengthen it in a balanced range of motion
Watch this video to see two time Taekwondo National Champion Christian Medina and Dr. Stoxen run barefoot in zig zag patterns.
I also suggest you read Anthony Field's book, How I My Wiggle Back. He is an entertainer who followed my approach and it helped him change his life. The book has over 200 tips for you in the 100 pages of content that are on the Human Spring Approach.


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Cleveland is home, but is that enough?
Today: What does a Cleveland developer owe its home city?
It's the question that, rightly or wrongly, follows Forest City Enterprises Inc. in its hometown:
Why not Cleveland?
The company is working on some of the highest-profile real estate projects in the country. It has been recognized nationally many times over for its expertise in handling difficult urban sites. And here, the case could be made, right outside the windows of its Terminal Tower headquarters, is an entire city awaiting redevelopment.
Some look at Forest City and see a company that hasn't invested much here since it completed Tower City Center in 1990. They see executives whose sole effort locally has been to try to prop up the ailing retail center, and to do so at the expense of taxpayers.
Others look at Forest City and see a company that has given more to Cleveland than should be expected. They see executives who care deeply about the city, who are engaged in its stewardship and who would like nothing better than to tackle a big, new development in its back yard.
Forest City Chief Executive Chuck Ratner said the developer's commitment to Cleveland is unassailable:
"Look, this is where we started. This is where we've been. This is where we are today. We're here, and we're going to continue to be here and be committed."
Forest City employs about 700 people in Terminal Tower, 300 more elsewhere in Greater Cleveland.
Forest City paid $6.5 million in city and county taxes last year. And it continues to develop and manage properties in the region: planned communities in North Ridgeville and Pepper Pike, the Golden Gate shopping center in Mayfield Heights, senior apartments in Eastlake, a corporate park near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and many others.
More important, some say, is the commitment of Forest City, and the Ratner family that controls it, to philanthropy and community leadership. Family members and others have given millions to various causes and organizations and have served on the boards of a long list of institutions, including Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, the Cleveland Clinic, the Cleveland Foundation and the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland.
"I bristle when people say they've turned their backs on Cleveland," said David Browning, managing director of the Cleveland office of CB Richard Ellis, which handles leasing for some of the developer's properties.
But the fact remains that Forest City doesn't consider Cleveland one of its "core markets." The bulk of its new projects are in California and the metropolitan areas of New York, Boston, Denver and Washington.
And what it does have here isn't performing at the level Forest City has come to expect elsewhere. Chuck Ratner said "it's no secret" that Tower City isn't doing well, and the company has warned in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that high vacancies and low rents in its Cleveland office properties could hurt future returns.
A look inside the corporate mindset
To get a view into Forest City's corporate mindset, consider that Chuck Ratner has committed to memory statistics in an April Plain Dealer story about U.S. population trends. The story, citing U.S. Census Bureau figures, said Ohio's population during the next 25 years will grow a paltry 1.7 percent, or roughly 200,000 people. California, Florida and Texas are each projected to gain more than 12 million people — more than the current population of Ohio.
"Now, as a real estate developer looking to develop a program and build a business, you obviously want to participate in that growth," Ratner said. But that doesn't mean, he said, that there aren't opportunities in Cleveland.
He cited Case Western's proposed 14-acre West Quad biotechnology campus, a $125 million project that Forest City is negotiating to develop. It would be Forest City's largest development here since Tower City. And it's a textbook case of the kind of deal that Forest City loves: a partnership with a university that plays on one of the region's main strengths, the health sciences.
Forest City isn't likely to take on other kinds of projects here because Northeast Ohio simply doesn't yield the profits that a multibillion-dollar, publicly traded company needs to generate. Part of the problem is the region's weak population and job growth; another drawback is the high cost of construction here, which developers and industry observers said was on par with better-performing markets like Chicago.
"What I always hear from [Forest City] is, if I have a dollar and have a choice to invest it here, where I can get $1.02 or 98 cents back in 10 years, or invest it in New York or L.A., where I can get $1.50, $2, $3 back, it's an easy choice," said Alec Pacella, vice president of investment services for the Cleveland office of Grubb & Ellis Co., a commercial real estate services firm. "That's the philosophy that most real estate people have, and I can't counter it."
Cleveland should consider itself lucky to have a company like Forest City, regardless of its activity here, said Ronn Richard, president and CEO of the Cleveland Foundation.
"Cleveland needs the Ratners more than the Ratners need Cleveland," Richard said. "There's no business reason for them to stay here. It's their pure affection for the city. And I think, frankly, they don't get nearly their due."
That kind of talk gets under the skin of Cleveland City Councilman Mike Polensek — one of the few elected officials willing to speak on the record about Forest City.
"How many times can you pat them on the back? I appreciate everything they've done, and I praise all of their charitable work, but since Tower City was built out, I've been disappointed," said Polensek. "The public stepped up to the plate to help them, and now it's their opportunity to rise to the occasion."
While Polensek supported the more than $100 million in public subsidies that helped build Tower City, he criticized the additional public assistance that Forest City has sought to support the mall. Most recently, that has included lobbying to put a new Cuyahoga County governing center on Public Square and to build a convention center behind Tower City.
Polensek said Tower City has already received plenty of help because of its connections to the Gateway sports complex and the federal courthouse, built on Forest City-owned land behind it.
"Why does everything have to go there? Are we supposed to underwrite everything and get nothing in return? After all of the efforts with public money to link them up and inject bodies, every time I pick up the paper, I see them investing in Denver and Pittsburgh and New York."
Polensek said Forest City should take on a big downtown project that could re-energize the city. His favored location: the Scranton Peninsula, roughly 70 acres of barren industrial land across the Cuyahoga River from Tower City. Forest City owns a large part of the peninsula and has flirted a couple of times with developing housing there.
When talk of building a new convention center turned serious in 2003, Forest City held out the promise that if it got the facility behind Tower City, it would develop the peninsula. When those talks fell through, it pulled the peninsula off the table and has since said that the market isn't ready for more downtown housing.
Critic says company puts its interests first
Forest City's involvement in the convention center debate, which is heating up again, is just another example of the developer putting its interests first, said Roldo Bartimole. He's a corporate and media gadfly who published a one-man newsletter for decades and has been consistently critical of Forest City.
Over the years, he has chided the developer for the subsidies it received for Tower City, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, M.K. Ferguson Plaza, Halle Building and other projects; for its close relationship with former Mayor Michael R. White; for requesting from Cuyahoga County, and receiving, lower values on its property that resulted in lower taxes; and for strong-arming the federal courthouse deal and demanding that every other big project be located near Tower City.
Developer Bob Stark countered by saying that Forest City "has invested more than anybody in the community and they've gotten the least amount of recognition or cooperation."
"We have the geniuses of urban development in our midst, and they give us free advice all the time that we scorn, reject, ignore, and we go about paying millions of dollars to consultants that don't know anything," Stark said. "The city should run to the money to make things happen. . . . Instead, people are jealous and suspicious."
Eric Hodderson, president of Neighborhood Progress Inc., a nonprofit group dedicated to revitalizing Cleveland neighborhoods, said Forest City has tackled important developments in the city that haven't received much attention. They include a partnership with Rysar Properties and others to build 450 homes in Cleveland's Central neighborhood and redeveloping the Lee-Harvard Shopping Center.
Cleveland City Councilman Joe Cimperman, whose ward includes downtown, said the city in recent years has taken the wrong approach with Forest City.
"The city hasn't said, 'This is what we're willing to partner on.' Instead, it's always, 'What are they going to develop?' " he said. "And the question is, how would we treat an out-of-town company that had the same presence here? If their survival benefits our existence, then why are we acting this way?"
There's speculation that after a poor relationship with Mayor Jane Campbell, Forest City will become more active now that its choice for the office, Frank Jackson, will be taking over. For years there has been talk about handing Forest City the prime piece of real estate in the city: Burke Lakefront Airport. It's an idea that could gain currency if lakefront plans start to move forward.
Alec Pacella, of Grubb & Ellis, is doubtful.
"That's a lot of eggs to have in the Cleveland basket," he said. "It's a big chunk of land to take on in a market that's growing this slowly."
Cleveland commitment: Will it continue?
Chuck Ratner didn't want to discuss his views on what could help the city, but he said Forest City wishes for "the same things that everybody wishes for."
"We all want Cleveland to grow. We all want to create jobs. There's no doubt about what we want to see happen," Ratner said.
"The logical question is whether you think it can and what stops it from happening. And obviously we, like others, have opinions about all of that, but I think we've proven that we'll work with whoever is here. We want to be helpful. We want to be a supporter. We've got a major investment here, and it's a priority for us."
But there are concerns about Forest City's future in Cleveland. Some wonder whether the younger generation of family members will have the same commitment to the city as co-Chairmen Albert Ratner, 77, and Sam Miller, 84.
Richard Moore, a real estate analyst with KeyBanc Capital Markets in Cleveland who covers Forest City, said it's likely that a nonfamily member will succeed Chuck Ratner, 64, as CEO. Some of the top executives — including David Larue, president and chief operating officer of the commercial group, and Bob O'Brien, executive vice president of finance and investment for the rental properties group — are outside the family.
Chuck Ratner said Forest City has "broadened the definition of family" by bringing in outside talent. But he said the founding family will continue to play an important role. Several younger family members, among them two of Chuck's sons, work for the company. And Chuck said he doesn't have any intention of leaving his job anytime soon.
Mark Rosentraub, dean of the Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University, said Forest City's presence in Cleveland is safe for another 20 years. The current leadership, including Chuck Ratner and his siblings and Albert's son Brian, all live in Cleveland.
"It's the generation after them that we have to worry about," Rosentraub said. "At a certain point in time with family-owned businesses, it comes down to the question of whether they're committed to keeping it in the region."
Forest City has implied behind closed doors that its presence in Cleveland isn't guaranteed, most recently during the heated competition to win the county building, which ended up going to a site owned by developer Dick Jacobs. Forest City wanted the county to choose the old Dillard's building on Public Square.
Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora said Albert Ratner, Sam Miller and other executives "pulled no punches" during the talks.
"They said they could fold up their operations here and pull out, that Tower City could go dark," Dimora said. "They were throwing everything at us, including the kitchen sink, to try to get us into the Dillard's location."
Chuck Ratner said that "all we meant to imply was that we thought we had the best deal."
"We said consistently that if we don't have the best deal, don't come to our place. But what better place is there to invest than Public Square? It's good for you and it's good for the community," Ratner said. "We aren't at risk, but our investment continues to be so."
County Commissioner Tim Hagan said the risk to Cleveland is clear. "Where will Forest City be in 20 years? Who knows? But they're going to make decisions that are based on the best interest of their publicly held company. If anyone thinks otherwise, they're not living in the real world."
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Note: for grilled polenta, the recipe can be made a day ahead. Place in a loaf pan that has been rinsed with cold water, making it easy to remove from the pan. Cover with plastic wrap and cool. Place in refrigerator.
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Men's T&F 8th at NCAA Regional; Vegh Heads to NCAAs
NC State men's track and field finished eighth at the NCAA East Regional as the second Wolfpack athlete advanced to the NCAA Championships on the second and final day of competition in Tallahassee, Fla.
Tibor Vegh finished fourth in the steeplechase to advance to the NCAA Championships for the second straight season with a 8:52.31.
John Martinez, who was ranked ninth nationally in the steeplechase heading into the regional, finished seventh to just miss making the national meet as an automatic qualifier. He will now go into a pool and should make the NCAA Championships as an at-large selection.
The NC State 4x100 relay team of Kevin Hutton, Reggie Reese, A'Tolani Akinkuotu and Dexter Adams posted a 40.16 to finish sixth.


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More than 25 million Americans over 20 have diabetes. Nearly 25 percent of Americans are estimated to have elevated blood sugar levels that may lead to diabetes, but only four percent realize it.
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Knew this was on the horizon.
We are still in recession, right?Universal Orlando raises some ticket prices, expands blackout dates for summer time
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Wednesday, January 05, 2011 10:25 AM
ORLANDO Universal Orlando has raised some of the prices on its annual passes for Florida residents, and put more blackout dates in them.
Universal offers three annual passes, the cheapest is the two-park annual Power Pass. It now goes for $159.99, which is a $20 increase.
The pass also adds about six more weeks of blackout dates, including all of July, and a couple of weeks in August.
Many of those dates apply only to the Islands of Adventure, where the Wizarding World of Harry Potter has been attracting record crowds since it opened last year.
Source: Disney and Universal Hike Pass Prices for Locals - Orlando sightseeing | Examiner.com


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Washington D.C. Forecast: Storm System Moving More Quickly
Heavy rain will be ending sooner than anticipated because of the storm's forward speed. That's good news for the morning commute.
- Overnight:
- Heavy Rain Ending, Breezy with Rising Temperatures
- Temperatures: 40s and 50s
- Rain: 2-3 inches
- Wednesday:
- Morning Rain Changing to Snow Dhowers, Gusty and Colder
- Temperatures: 40s to 30s
- Snow: Up to an inch NW Surburbs
- Thursday:
- Mostly Sunny,Quite Breezy at Times
- Highs: Mid 30s
- Wind: NW 10 m.p.h.
A developing winter-like storm system over the Southeastern U.S. will continue to strengthen as it moves across the lower Chesapeake Bay, on a track that will take it to the New England coastline later tomorrow. Along the way, it will be pulling tons of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and especially the Atlantic Ocean. The increased speed of the system will mean the heavy rain will end in the early morning hours...before 3 am. But periods of rain will continue through the morning rush.
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When the storm center passes north of our latitude, winds will veer to the northwest. This will draw colder air into the back side of the departing storm, And as the storm interacts with strong high pressure building over the Central Plains, the winds will increase. This process increases the chances many parts of the area will see the rain mix with or change to snow tomorrow afternoon. And on the huge travel day Thanksgiving Wednesday always is, it could adversely affect road travel even though any accumulations will be light to non-existent locally. Heavy snow will be a problem but over the mountains of MD, WV and Western PA. Heavy snow could make headlines over northern and northwest PA, Western NY and Western New England.


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'The Simpsons' at 500: Untold Stories
As TV's most successful show hits 500, Matt Groening reveals he had no car for his first meeting with James L. Brooks, Conan O'Brien confesses he gave guest star Johnny Carson bad directions and the voice of Homer tells how he came up with 'D'oh!'
My arm shot up when they asked for volunteers to record Bob Hope's voice at his home in Toluca Lake. We were alone in his study when Mr. Hope came in. He was quite hearing-impaired at the time, and his daughter was trying to get him to say the line. He kept saying, "Huh? What is it?" Then one of his people came in and said, "Mr. Hope, I'm sorry. We just got bad news from the vet about one of your dogs." And Bob said, "Well, you better let me tell him!" And he went whistling up the stairs.
I was also there when Johnny Carson came by after he retired from The Tonight Show. He was in a room full of writers who revered him. When Johnny was leaving -- in a white Corvette -- I was outside of the recording stage and he asked, "How do I get out of here?" I kind of panicked. I said, "You go down here and you take a right." And he went, "OK, thank you." And just as his car pulled away. I thought, "Shit! It's a left!" And I kept watching. And sure enough about 45 seconds later, it comes back the other way. And I could just imagine him going, "Stupid kid." I was that stupid kid.
The Simpsons came from the old world of television: Fox was an upstart, it was just the big three networks, and The Cosby Show was still dominant. And now, 23 years later, we're living in this world of 650,000 channels and literally nine cake shows. And yet The Simpsons is still with us. It's probably the only real bridge from the old world of media into the new world of media. When I walk around, sometimes people want to talk trivia about one of the episodes I worked on 20 years ago! They want to know every detail. And I just say, "All I remember is that the muffins were stale."
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Mike Scully
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"My first day happened to be the day Conan got the call from NBC that he was getting the late-night show at 12:30, so we had just shaken hands right before he got the call. I felt a tremendous amount of pressure coming in and didn't consider myself a replacement for Conan. The writers room was so overwhelming -- I didn't go to college, and it was basically 18 Harvard graduates and me, the village idiot. My first month there, I don't think I got up the nerve to pitch a joke in the room. I remember driving home every day saying, "Tomorrow is the day I'm going to talk" and telling my wife that we shouldn't buy anything because I'm going to get fired.
I love the episode where Homer visits rock 'n' roll fantasy camp. We had Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Tom Petty and Elvis Costello in. At one point, Mick wanted to speak with me. I thought, "Oh no, this could be trouble." I went in thinking I'd be greeted by bodyguards, but it was just him in the green room. He patted the couch for me to sit next to him and pointed out the lines he liked. On the outside, I had the demeanor of a professional writer, but inside, the 12-year-old in me was saying, "Oh my God, it's Mick Jagger!"
Episode 72 was my first one, and I remember thinking at the time that it would only go a couple more years. I think the show will outlive all of us. Nothing would make me happier than some episode in the future to end with a title card that reads, "In memory of Mike Scully."
Nancy Cartwright
voice of Bart, Nelson
"I'd gotten a call from my agent -- at the time, I was driving a Honda Prelude -- and I remember hopping in my car, putting in a Rick James tape of "Super Freak" and driving over the hill in Burbank to the Fox lot. I'd been told it was for a "little bumper." I didn't even know what that was. Originally, they wanted me to read for Lisa, an 8-year-old middle child. I picked up the script and looked at this little monologue; there was a picture of Lisa and next to her was Bart -- the 10-year-old school-hating underachiever and proud of it. And that just hit my heart like chocolate. I drove away thinking, "Wow, cool, I got another job." But it really was just another job. I was already on six Saturday morning cartoon shows. I had already bought a house and was quite successful doing voiceover work, and this new gig wasn't any big deal.
I think Nelson has evolved the most out of all the characters I do. There's a soft spot in him that the writers have found. He's got this special attraction to Marge, and he sings these songs, and he's got a crush on Lisa. There's something about this poor kid -- his mother works at Hooters, his dad went out to buy milk and never came back. I wouldn't want him to come over for dinner, but I really love doing his voice."
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Dan Castellaneta
voice of Homer
"Before The Simpsons, I was at Second City in Chicago, and Tracey Ullman and [Tracey Ullman writer] Heide Perlman saw me perform a sketch comedy bit about a blind, crippled comedian. They asked me to come to L.A. and audition. Tracey liked something I did in that sketch and thought my laugh was very genuine. She said if it hadn't been for my performance, I wouldn't have gotten the part.
I was a big cartoons fan. I'd done voiceover for Chicago radio and an animated commercial that I don't think made it to the air. I was already a big fan of Matt's Life in Hell and read that religiously. I thought it was doubly cool to do because it was a cartoon and it was working with someone whose work I already admired. Homer had a big droopy mouth and was kind of deadpan, and I immediately thought of Walter Matthau. That's the voice I started with and I eventually refined it to make it cartoonier. Julie Kavner's voice for Marge was more tired, and she decided she'd talk more quietly. About the "D'oh!": In Laurel and Hardy films, [the duo's foil] Jimmy Finlayson went, "Dooooh!" when they got hit, hurt or frustrated. In The Simpsons scripts, it was written as "annoyed grunt" -- and still is. I asked Matt what an annoyed grunt is, and he said it could be whatever I wanted it to be. My mind latched on to Finlayson's "Dooooh!" Matt said we only had a minute, so we shortened it to make it faster. I thought Finlayson's expression was a euphemism for "damn" because you couldn't say that on TV at the time. When we had our 200th show reading, Dave Mirkin, who was running the show, came in and said, "Well, we're halfway there." He didn't know how wrong he was! I don't know if we're going to reach a second 500 -- I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop for 15 years -- but I'll go as long as the show goes."
Julie Kavner
voice of Marge
"Marge's sound came out of just having a tired voice. I didn't want my voice coming out of a cartoon face, so I wanted for it somehow to be different! The fact that the writing is so good and they're coming up with fresh stories at this point just amazes me. Our upcoming Lady Gaga episode is no different! The story has to do with Lisa having low self-esteem and Marge not knowing what to do with her anymore. It has such a good message. Jim Brooks was on hand to help direct the episode. Lady Gaga was there with all of us, but a lot of times the guest artists aren't able to be there to read with everybody because of their schedules. But they all really want to be there. They know it's sort of prestigious."
Yeardley Smith
voice of Lisa
"I originally auditioned for Bart. That lasted a good eight or nine seconds. It was like: "Cut, cut, cut! You sound too much like a girl!" I'd never done voiceover before. I was teased relentlessly as a kid for having this voice. And so you sort of think, "Well, I can't imagine how that would ever work in my favor." And then they said, "Well, here's a picture of Lisa and she's 8." During the audition, I was in an empty room with a low coffee table and a beat-up couch, and there was one of those tape recorders where you had to push record and play at the same time -- that was the sophisticated equipment they had for the audition. I read for casting director Bonnie Pietila. I came back a couple days later and read for Matt. He was like, "OK, that's good." I thought, "Oh, er, what?!" I mean, I didn't think it had gone very well. A lot of people have said to me, "You're so much prettier in real life" and "You're taller than I thought." "And I'm like, "Thanks? Taller than what? Taller than 4-foot-2? Taller than Lisa Simpson? Taller than the way you see me on your TV?"
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Hank Azaria
voice of Moe, Chief Wiggum, Apu
"I'd just done a pilot for Fox where I did the voice of an animated dog. It was a Roger Rabbit-type of idea where the dog was animated and everybody else was real. Around that time, they were replacing the voice actor who'd done the voice of Moe on Simpsons. I'd always thought it was because they were unhappy with his work, but I found out from Matt recently that they were quite happy with his vocal work. He was just difficult to work with. Boy, lucky for me! I went into a room with Matt and Sam Simon; I didn't know them, but I knew Jim Brooks was a genius. I did the first Moe recording and got hired on the spot. The next week I did Apu, the next week Wiggum, and that was it, we were off and running. We were able to experiment quite a bit, especially in the beginning. Jim was able to shepherd and protect it. He didn't have to take network notes, so he didn't. He let the thing be what it wanted to be and turned it over to some really creative people who took that vision and ran with it."
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AndrosteNOL (abbreviated "nol") is a pheromone found in fresh sweat of human males and females. It is considered to be less powerful that the other types of pheromones, but that doesn't make it any less useful than the other ingredients commonly used in pheromone colognes and perfumes. In fact, most products containing AndrosteNOL tend to be far more versatile. Because this compound is usually given off by sweat, the general response to smelling it, is the perception that the wearer is in-shape and ready for reproduction. In this way, the wearer becomes more approachable due to subconscious sexual desires present in nearly all females and males. AndrosteNOL has a very light, pine-like musky scent. Both sexes usually enjoy the scent, though not to the level a certain woman might enjoy AndrosteNONE.
Because of its versatility, more products have been released recently that make use of AndrosteNOL as a human pheromone ingredient. Personally, given my needs, AndrosteNOL is one of my favorite pheromones. If you have somewhat of an overbearing or argumentative personality, AndrosteNOL can bring peers into a more peaceful state of mind when they are near you. Another hidden benefit is that the user himself (or herself) is also pulled into that same state of mind.
Pheromone colognes containing AndrosteNOL are proven to be very effective at getting those around you into a more relaxed, positive attitude. It will also give you a friendly approachable image and can make older men appear a lot younger. This makes it one of the very best to use in business situations or when you are looking to meet someone new. They won't be attracted to the pheromones as much, technically, which makes the attraction itself more real in whatever future relationship you might have with them. Because of these characteristics, I highly recommend AndrosteNOL to human pheromone newbies. I also recommend AndrosteNOL to people that want to get more out of human pheromones than just sex.
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Pressure from environmental organizations to make wind energy bird friendly and therefore truly green is showing some initial signs of changing the attitude and behavior of wind developers and the federal government. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service advisory committee has now begun the task of writing recommendations to protect birds from habitat destruction and collision risks associated with wind farms, but much work remains to be done to convert an industry and their regulatory agencies that have long viewed wind power as environmentally benign.
"The push for a massive expansion of renewable sources of energy has tremendous potential for improving environmental conditions and moving us towards the goal of energy independence," said Steve Holmer, American Bird Conservancy's Director of Public Relations. "But we must make sure that in the rush for sustainable power we do not sacrifice sensitive habitats and bird migration corridors, or impact bird and bat populations through needless fatal collisions with spinning turbines. Green energy is only going to be green if we take into account all the environmental factors."
The current energy plan for the United States calls for 350,000 megawatts of power generation capacity from wind energy by 2030, which is predicted to require building wind farms to cover a total of 19,000 square miles of countryside—approximately the combined areas of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey. The effects on birds and bird habitats could be significant, and require close attention and mitigation.
To help with mitigation efforts, The Nature Conservancy has produced a map of the United States identifying sensitive areas to wind power development, and NRDC and National Audubon Society have joined with Google Earth to produce a map of 13 western states identifying areas where wind developments should be avoided. American Bird Conservancy and Cornell Lab of Ornithology are working to further the development of computer models to predict risks to migrating birds from wind projects. The approach uses data gathered by weather radar stations across the country to predict both where concentrations of birds will occur during the migration seasons, and the weather conditions that could force birds to fly at lower elevations, increasing the probability of collisions with wind turbines. These models would allow wind projects to temporarily shut down, avoiding avian collisions.
A similar project has been introduced by Iberdrola Renewables, which incorporates real-time radar developed by DeTect, Inc. for use at a wind project in coastal Texas. This system uses DeTect's airport birdike avoidance radar to identify flocks of migrating birds and automatically shut down the wind project when the risk of collision is high.
While these recent advances point towards a better regulated and more responsive wind industry, many projects that may still be very risky for birds are being fast-tracked. For example, several projects in the Great Plains states of North and South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas are going ahead without provisions to protect endangered Whooping Cranes. Cranes are well known to be at risk from collisions with electricity transmission lines, and thousands of turbines now being erected along the cranes' migration route could provide an additional, serious hazard at a time when the population is already at a critically low level.


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With the launch of a Delta rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California last week, the Iridium constellation of communications satellites was completed. Mobile phones that use the new network will work anywhere in the world. Out of the 72 satellites that were launched, five have been lost due to a variety of failures, from a thruster that used up all the fuel to a faulty gyroscope. Two more had "minor glitches", according to Iridium spokeswoman Michelle Lyle, but will soon be working.
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Neurological Conditions
The nervous system is a complex, sophisticated system that regulates and coordinates body activities. It is made up of two major divisions, including the following:
- central nervous system - consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
- peripheral nervous system - consisting of all other neural elements.
In addition to the brain and spinal cord, principal organs of the nervous system include the following:
- eyes
- ears
- sensory organs of taste
- sensory organs of smell
- sensory receptors located in the skin, joints, muscles, and other parts of the body
Neurological conditions are concerned with diseases, injuries, and disorders of the brain, nerves, and spinal cord. The nervous system is vulnerable to various disorders and can be damaged by the following:
- trauma
- infections
- degeneration
- structural defects
- tumors
- blood flow disruption
Listed in the directory below are some neurological conditions that can affect growing children, for which we have provided a brief overview.
If you cannot find the information in which you are interested, please visit the Pediatrics Online Resources page in this Web site for an Internet/World Wide Web address that may contain additional information on that topic.
Disclaimer - This content is reviewed periodically and is subject to change as new health information becomes available. The information provided is intended to be informative and educational and is not a replacement for professional evaluation, advice, diagnosis or treatment by a healthcare professional. © 2009 Staywell Custom Communications.


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In case you missed it or would simply like to see it again, here is the full video of Chris Jericho's controversial return to Monday Night Raw last night in Memphis, Tenn.
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