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Bette Davis said famously that old age is no place for sissies. Amusing, yes, and somewhat true. But with several ounces of prevention and a commitment to healthy habits, aging doesn't have to equal physical decline. Some of the deterioration we experience in our senior years can be directly attributed to a lifetime of unhealthy practices, and most of us assume that failing eyesight, less than perfect hearing, slower movements and disease are just a natural part of aging. Yet, according to longevity experts, your body can stay healthy, flexible and strong for 100 years or more — if you treat it right.
When we're young, our bodies fend off cellular damage with naturally produced antioxidants. But by the time we hit middle age, many of us find ourselves on the path toward disease and premature aging, as free radicals overwhelm our natural antioxidant system, causing cells to dysfunction or die faster than the body can replace them. Eventually, say Dutch gerontologists Gerbrand J. Izaks, M.D., and Rudi Westendorp, M.D., this accumulation of cellular damage inevitably leads to the diseases of old age.
Working hand in hand with free radicals, advanced glycosylation end products (AGEs) occur when a protein and a carbohydrate (glucose) are linked in the wrong way. As a result, protein becomes sticky and can adhere to the arteries, damage eyes and kidneys, and affect your sex hormones. The more AGEs produced, the faster we age.
A poor diet, lack of exercise and exposure to preservatives, cigarettes, alcohol and refined foods all can promote the development of free radicals and AGEs. But a healthy lifestyle and some well-chosen supplements can protect your cells and proteins — and give you an edge against aging.
Although cat's claw (Uncaria tomentosa) is a traditional Peruvian herb that has been used by indigenous people for generations, new research shows it may be a powerful weapon against aging. Not only does cat's claw boost immune function and thwart inflammation, but researchers at the University of Lund in Sweden have discovered the herb fights free radicals, reducing DNA damage. More important, during their clinical trial involving 12 healthy adults, the Lund team found that compounds in the herb actually enhanced DNA repair. While no adverse reactions have been reported, people with autoimmune diseases, multiple sclerosis and tuberculosis should use the herb with caution. Recommended dose: 350 mg a day.
Green tea (Camellia sinensis) is a tasty drink that has gotten a lot of press lately, primarily because of its protective action against a variety of cancers, including oral, prostate, gastric and skin cancers. This super antioxidant reduces oxidative stress and also is credited with promoting cardiovascular health by lowering total cholesterol, making platelets less sticky and cutting the risk of hypertension.
If that weren't enough, the polyphenols in green tea, espec- ially epigallocatechin-3-gallate, guard against periodontal disease and help protect the skin from premature aging by mitigating sun damage. Although most clinical trials use brewed green tea, a new study by the University of California, Los Angeles, has found that drinking green tea may not be as effective as taking a supplement of the extract. Better yet, the study authors note that green tea supplements offer large doses of polyphenols without the side effects of the caffeine found in the beverage. Recommended dose: 100 mg of green tea extract daily, the equivalent of three cups of brewed tea.
Russian researchers have found that rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) reduces stress and fatigue, improves memory, enhances concentration and physical fitness, and increases overall well-being. Rhodiola's antioxidant properties stimulate the immune system, enabling the body's own defenses to ward off the negative effects of stress. If that weren't enough, new evidence from Kaunas University of Medicine in Lithuania points to this herb's ability to bolster cellular resistance to stress-related damage. And preclinical data suggests rhodiola also might stop the growth of malignant tumors. Recommended dose: 200 to 600 mg of a standardized supplement daily.
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Carnosine is an anti-aging peptide that's created quite a buzz among longevity researchers. Made up of the amino acids histidine and alanine, studies show that carnosine reduces both AGEs and oxidative stress. In one study, researchers from China's Harbin Medical University found that this peptide also can breathe new life into aging cells and help prevent cataracts and other age-related diseases. Recommended dose: 500 mg daily.
Essential fatty acids (EFAs) produce hormone-like substances known as prostaglandins that regulate many bodily functions, in- cluding heart rate, blood pressure, blood clotting, fertility and conception. Prostaglandins also play a role in immune function and prevent the inflammatory response from getting out of control. But EFAs — especially omega-3 fatty acids — also are essential for providing the body with what it needs to manufacture cell membranes. What's more, studies show that omega-3 fatty acids, found in fatty fish and flaxseed, protect against heart disease, slow skin aging, prevent depression, improve cognition and ease osteoarthritis.
A healthy balance between omega-3s and omega-6s is important to reduce the production of inflammatory immune factors. A ratio of 4:1 is ideal — and the best way to achieve this balance is to take either 1,000 to 2,000 mg of fish oil or 3,000 to 6,000 mg of flaxseed oil a day.
Lutein, a powerful antioxidant, is one of the carotenoids credited with defending against age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) — the primary cause of blindness in older adults. Lutein is concentrated in the macula of the eye and acts like a filter to protect the eyes from potentially damaging ultraviolet light. In a recent double-blind, placebo-controlled study by the Department of Veteran's Affairs, 90 patients with ARMD were given either 10 mg of lutein, an antioxidant/vitamin supplement containing 10 mg of lutein or a placebo every day for a year. By the end of the study, visual function had improved in all of the patients taking either the lutein alone or the antioxidant/vitamin supplement. To protect against ARMD, take 6 mg of lutein daily with a fat-containing food to improve absorption. For more information on lutein, including dietary sources, please see "Eat Your Colors" on Page 26.
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The first signs of aging inevitably show up on your face in the form of fine lines and wrinkles. But you don't need to spend a king's ransom on high-priced cosmaceuticals or risky plastic surgery. Instead, create your own effective anti-aging treatments with ingredients from your health-food store and supermarket.
Makes 4 ounces
The healing properties of comfrey and witch hazel soothe aging skin, while the patchouli essential oil encourages the regeneration of skin cells.
1/4 cup comfrey infusion
1/4 cup witch hazel
10 drops patchouli essential oil
To make a comfrey infusion, gently crush 1/8 cup comfrey leaves and place in a small bowl. Pour 1/2 cup boiling water over comfrey and cover. Steep 5 to 10 minutes. Strain and cool before using.
Combine 1/4 cup of the infusion with witch hazel and patchouli. Store in a clean bottle. To use, apply to affected areas with a clean cotton ball twice daily.
Makes 2 ounces
Used on a regular basis, this rich cream will help chase away crow's feet and laugh-crinkles.
1 teaspoon apricot kernel oil
1 teaspoon grated beeswax
1/2 teaspoon aloe vera gel
3 drops grapefruit seed essential oil
1 vitamin E capsule
Combine oil and beeswax in the top of a double boiler. Heat until wax has melted; remove from the heat. Using a wooden spoon, beat in the aloe gel. Allow to cool slightly and add essential oil and vitamin E (puncture the capsule and squeeze out its contents), stirring well. Pour into a small jar. Cool and cap tightly. Apply nightly before bed.
Makes 1 ounce
This treatment must be used daily for several months before any improvement is seen. Note: This is a fairly strong treatment. If burning or irritation occurs, discontinue use.
1 teaspoon grated horseradish
1 teaspoon aloe vera
1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon white vinegar
3 drops lemon essential oil
Combine all ingredients, mixing well. Be careful not to touch the eyes after handling the grated horseradish, as it can result in severe burning. Set the mixture aside for 30 minutes before straining and pouring into a clean jar with a tight-fitting lid. To use, dab a bit of the solution on the affected area using a clean cotton ball.
Because this mixture can make the skin more sensitive to sunlight, be sure to wear protective clothing and apply sunscreen before heading outdoors.
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From Dec. 7, 1941 until long after VJ Day and the end of World War II, Americans referred to the Japanese strike against Pearl Harbor as a "sneak attack." In his declaration of war before a joint session of Congress the next day, President Franklin Roosevelt captured the nation's shock and fury, promising it would be "a date which will live in infamy."
But on this 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day, with old war wounds healed and racial sensitivities heightened, the phrase used more often to describe that day is "surprise attack." For most Americans, the "infamy" of Dec. 7, 1941 has receded since Sept. 11, 2001.
The survivors of those doomed ships -- many from the Bay Area -- are mostly hard of hearing now, but the buzz and the boom of the bombs from that day still ring in the ears of John Tait of Concord, Ed Silveira of Hayward and Dempson Arellano of Antioch. Gordon Van Hauser, who lived in San Carlos until his death in 2008, often spoke of his service not in terms of fighting for his own life, but for the life of his country.
Readying for war
The Great Depression had dragged on for more than a decade by the time Tait went to the Navy's Oakland recruiting office in 1940 and enlisted. "Times were hard, and civilian life was not working for me," Tait says, sitting at his kitchen table in Concord, where he and his wife, Marge, settled after his 22 years in the Navy ended. The war in Europe had already begun, and an appetite for more of it was in the air every time Tait's father switched on his ham radio.
"We didn't think they were good sailors, or that they had good ships," said Tait, now 91 beetling his busy white eyebrows as he talked about the Japanese. "Well, they turned out to be good seamen with good ships." During his final three years in the Navy, Tait was posted in Japan, where he and Marge taught English to Japanese self-defense forces. His students were often startled to learn where he had been on the first day of the war.
Aboard the USS Arizona
Today the ghost ship USS Arizona sits at the bottom of Pearl Harbor, the 1,102 sailors who perished seven decades ago entombed there for all time. On the evening of Dec. 6, 1941, a young Marine, Gordon Van Hauser took a liberty boat from his barracks to the Arizona, to have dinner with two friends from boot camp.
After chow Van Hauser and his buddies joined other sailors on the ship's fantail to watch a movie, which Van Hauser disliked so much he took a boat back to the base that night.
A lazy Sunday morning
Van Hauser was about to go on duty the next day, Dec. 7, when low-flying Japanese torpedo bombers -- headed for Battleship Row and the Arizona -- appeared out of a clear Hawaiian sky, rattling the Marines' rooftops and strafing the parade ground. "I took my rifle, which was a 1903 model Springfield, and we were firing .30-caliber ammunition...as the Japanese torpedo bombers came in," Van Hauser said in a video his son recorded before his death. Firing single-shot, bolt-action rifles scarcely better than muskets, he and about 800 other Marines brought down two or three Japanese zeroes, Van Hauser recalled, and watched them burst into flames.
First licks
Even as an 86-pound boy growing up in Hayward, Silveira could raise a 100-pound feed sack over his head. He recalls this with overweening pride at 89, inviting anyone who questions his strength to punch him in the stomach. "I was a rowdy kid, no question," Silveira says. "I fought at the drop of a hat. Size meant nothing to me. It's the one who gets in the first hit."
Aboard the USS West Virginia
Dempson Arellano had just suggested to his friend Gleason that they visit their girlfriends in Honolulu, when somebody burst through the door and shouted, "The Japanese hit!" Arellano had the jumper he wore on liberty pulled halfway over his head when he felt the battleship shake violently. "I finally got my head out of the blouse and said, 'What the hell was that?'"
Just then, a second torpedo struck the ship, peeling open a hole in the hull. As brown water came rushing down the passageway, Arellano said, "Gleason, let's get the hell out of here." When they reached the deck, a Japanese plane was spraying the deck with machine gun fire. "We had just brought potatoes aboard and there was a stack about 8 or 10 feet tall," says Arellano, who now lives at the Antioch Care Home, "so we ducked behind that and the Japanese plane strafed all those potatoes."
Aboard the USS San Francisco
For three months, Ed Silveira did nothing but peel potatoes. "On Dec. 7, I was mess cooking on the second deck. On Saturdays and Sundays, you rack out, you don't do nothing. At about five minutes to 8, I'm looking up and seeing all these airplanes. I thought they were our people practicing. They were just peppering the bay. And I was thinking, 'Gee, what a good mock battle this is!' About that time, I saw a plane hit the West Virginia with a torpedo bomb, and I realize this ain't no drill."
Aboard the USS Arizona
At 8:06 a.m. -- 12 hours after Van Hauser made the fateful choice not to stay with his friends on the ship -- they were dead. A 1,760-pound armor-piercing bomb flew into the Arizona's ammunition magazine, igniting a fire so hellish it would burn for two days.
Aboard the USS West Virginia
Arellano had just started to heave himself up onto his assigned gun turret when another seaman stepped on top of his head. "It seemed like he was in a hurry to get out of there," Arellano recalls. The sailor had just seen a bomb whistle past him, drop through the turret, and descend into the depths of the ship. Arellano found out a year later that the bomb had landed in the powder handling room, but failed to explode.
The Japanese had built a limited number of armor-piercing bombs, and the West Virginia took two of them. One disemboweled Captain Mervyn S. Bennion. "He didn't die right away," Arellano says, his eyes glistening. "He managed to man the loudspeaker and he said, 'All hands, abandon ship. God bless you.'"
The West Virginia was sinking. But to prevent it from rolling over on its side as the Oklahoma had done just a few berths away, a damage control team dived into the oily water -- which was on fire -- and blew the ballast tanks, causing the ship to right itself before settling to the bottom. "The ship was sinking right under me," says Arellano, who scrambled off the ship just as the second wave of Japanese bombers arrived with their deadly cargo.
Aboard the USS Tennessee
Almost as soon as he stepped onto the Tennessee, Arellano was handed a fire hose and ordered to fight a major fire on the fantail. He attacked the the fire until his breathing apparatus ran out of oxygen and he passed out. "The next thing I knew, I was looking up at the sky up on deck," he says.
The Arizona lay in front of him. "Even on the Tennessee, there were guys with flash burns from when the Arizona blew up," he says. "It actually cooked their eyeballs. Some of them were running blind on the deck of the Tennessee. Their flesh was hanging down off their face, and their eyeballs were burned out. A lot of them just ran a few feet and collapsed. That's what I remember more clearly than anything."
Aboard the USS St. Louis
By 9:30 a.m., Tait heard the command to cast off lines. The St. Louis was going to make a desperate escape through the south channel, where the sinking USS Nevada might block other ships from getting out.
The speed limit through the channel was 5 knots. "By the time we got to the mouth of the channel, we were doing 28 knots," Tait says. The ship's anti-aircraft guns would bring down three planes, but the light cruiser's troubles weren't over as it neared open waters.
"There was a two-man submarine waiting for us," Tait says. "They fired two torpedoes at us, but the torpedoes hit a reef and exploded." which led to the ship being dubbed the "Lucky Lou." Tait's crew spent Christmas at Pearl that year, and on the menu for the ship's dinner, Capt. George Rood congratulated his men.
"The good ship has had her first test...and came through with flying colors," he wrote. "Every officer and man took his station at once and the whole ship functioned as smoothly as though it were a drill. We...know now what we can do, and nothing can bother us in the future."
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Local remembrances
Pearl Harbor survivors will be honored at two events in the area on Dec. 7. At the USS Hornet Museum (707 W. Hornet Ave., Alameda) Ed Silveira will share his memories of that day as a crewman on the USS San Francisco. The ceremony begins at 1 p.m., and will conclude with chaplain John Berger performing a service of remembrance. At Moffett Field in Mountain View, two survivors of the attack will be honored guests at the Moffett Museum's art exhibit of Hangar 1 paintings, beginning at 2 p.m.
Deadliest ever
The United States suffered 2,459 casualties during the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. More than 50 million people are believed to have perished during World War II, the deadliest conflict in human history.


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A Coffin - An Exercise in Anglescomments (4) August 5th, 2014 in blogs
This simple looking box, can turn out to be a challenge in SketchUp and in the shop. The angles create the difficulty, particularly in corner joinery - in this case being dovetails. The video shows how I approached the design, while considering the procedure that I would use in the shop. In keeping a short video length, I will break the activity into multiple videos. This first stage produces the Side, Foot End, and the dovetails on this latter component.
Here it is with the top hidden....
Here is the view with the Side hidden.....
So I start with a shape and size of the Bottom. The outside perimeter of this face represents the inside dimension of the box. To create the Side, I pick the Line Tool and raise up to the height at the Foot end. Then I establish the higher length at the Head End.
From this bottom form, I create the Side and Foot End components. I will make them 1/8-in. longer at each end to ensure a good intersection at the dovetail joints. Since these components are 1-in. thick, that will give me 1/8-in. extra at each end joint. I like to have this extra length in the shop made components as well. After creating and gluing the dovetail joints, I hand plane the joints to remove all the extra material.
Here is an X-ray view of the dovetail joint with only half the joint finished. I'll do the rest in another video.
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I indeed created a joint that would not work with tight fitting pins and tails, rather there is a very small interference by my laying out the tails square across the foot board.
I have corrected that layout error in another video shown here:
It is a subtle difference but one that I should have seen in the beginning. Again, thanks for the feedback.
Posted: 4:43 pm on September 2nd
I spoke too quickly, as I believe my current design works fine. As mentioned in my previous note The Foot End should be assembled first by pushing the Sides into the joints on the axis of the Sides. Then the Head End will push in fine, like a cork, as the angles are opposite.
The sequence, Foot End first, then Head End, is important while in the assembly and gluing process.
Posted: 3:40 pm on August 26th
I think you are right. I can install each of the Sides into the Foot End, by pushing the Sides along their angled axis. But then how do you push the Head End into the other end of the Sides? It would not go without some distortion, crushing of the joints. I can see that tiny interference when I perform the assembly in SketchUp. You could probably make it work with some force, but it isn't right.
So I will re-think the making of the dovetails so that both the Head End and the Foot End can be pushed straight into the Sides (while angled) on the common Red Axis.
Thank you very much for pointing out this issue.
Posted: 12:09 pm on August 26th
Won't this layout method (tails first square across the foot board) make pins that are wider at the ends than the base resulting in a joint that can not be assembled with tight fitting pins? Or have you determined that at this slight angle the difference is not significant.
Posted: 12:06 pm on August 25th
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Eddie Bauer Deal Suits Jos. A. Bank
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc.'s $825 million acquisition of Eddie Bauer appears built to help shake off a hostile takeover offer from larger rival, Men's Wearhouse, but it also features an unusual escape hatch for Jos. A. Bank's board.
Eddie Bauer's private-equity owners, Golden Gate Capital, will put about $261 million of new cash into Jos. A. Bank. That translates into a 16.6% stake and comes with two board seats, which means Golden Gate will have a big say in how Jos. A. Bank deals with Men's Wearhouse, should the latter continue to pursue it. And Golden Gate, which bought Eddie Bauer out of bankruptcy in 2009, appears to be in for the long haul. "We are excited to be able to participate in [Eddie Bauer's] ongoing growth through our investment in Jos. A. Bank," managing director Josh Olshansky said.
Jos. A. Bank said it would also buy back 4.6 million of its own shares at $65 apiece, an 18.4% premium to Thursday's close and well above Men's Wearhouse's existing $57.50-a-share offer. So shareholders who want to cash out, especially those who may have pressed Jos. A. Bank to negotiate with its larger rival, can do so.
By shedding investors most anxious to sell, Jos. A. Bank will be left with a stockholder base that places a higher value on its shares. The company has effectively neutralized the threat of a hostile takeover, absent a big price bump from Men's Wearhouse, which said later on Friday that it was considering it's options.
Because Jos. A. Bank is buying back nearly as many shares as it will issue to Golden Gate, the deal won't dilute existing shareholders positions. Dilution can anger investors and attract lawsuits. The stock buyback is conditioned on the Eddie Bauer transaction going through, Jos. A. Bank said.
The deal has defensive undertones. It makes Jos. A. Bank more expensive, adds a new business line of outdoor wear, brings in Golden Gate as a significant shareholder and board presence and adds up to $900 million in new debt from Goldman Sachs Group, which is financing the acquisition.
Jos. A. Bank appeared to anticipate criticism of the move by including an unusual escape route for its board: Jos. A. Bank can terminate the Eddie Bauer deal if it gets an offer its board thinks will create more value than the combined acquisition and buyback.
Sellers in M&A deals almost always have this option, which ensures they fulfill their duty to get the highest price for stockholders in buyouts. But they are rare for buyers like Jos. A. Bank, which have no such obligation to their own shareholders.
Regardless of whether it is ever needed, the provision should help smooth any legal challenge to the deal, either from Men's Wearhouse or shareholders like Eminence Capital LLC, which has pressured Jos. A. Bank to negotiate with Men's.
Jos. A. Bank also took pains to show the deal wasn't a knee-jerk reaction to Men's Wearhouse's pursuit. The company said it had conducted an intensive two-year search for acquisition targets and that Eddie Bauer had been near the top of its list from the beginning. Talks first began in early 2012, Jos. A. Bank said.


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BPC's Pi Gamma Mu recognized with national excellence award
MOUNT VERNON – Brewton-Parker College's chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, an international honor society in social sciences, was recently recognized with a 2008-2009 national award of excellence, the Roll of Merit, reports chapter advisor Prof. Vance Rhoades.
Rhoades facilitates the Mount Vernon campus membership, and Dr. Susan Kinsella, the Liberty County Campus membership. The award was announced during the Pi Gamma Mu Board of Trustees meeting at the national headquarters in Winnfield, Kansas.
The Roll of Merit focuses on the "activity and effectiveness of the chapter on its campus… including chapter organization and participation by faculty and students, election and initiation of members and financial responsibility. Local initiative in developing new activities or methods of operation is especially noted."
Brewton-Parker College is one of eight chapters in the international organization to receive this recognition this year.
The Brewton-Parker College "Georgia XI" chapter held two professional lecture series on campus; sponsored the activities meals and materials for one night of the college's Cultural Awareness Week; and, assisted a local Hospice center during the Easter season to assemble and distribute "Easter Baskets" to hospice clients in the Vidalia area. The chapter also participated in the college's Assessment Day activities by having two members report to the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences of their academic research in their fields of study.
To learn more about the chapter and how to get involved with their local community outreach, contact Prof. Rhoades (Mount Vernon) at 912-583-3153 or Dr. Kinsella (Hinesville) at 912-448-2752.
Brewton-Parker College is the only accredited four-year Christian college in south Georgia.


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Our Nation's rangeland and pastures, the forages and other plants that grow on them, and the domestic and wild animals that graze them or consume harvested forages, all contribute to our agricultural, environmental, economic, and social well-being. Rangeland, pasture, and forages together comprise about 55% of the total land surface of the United States, about a billion acres. Privately owned lands comprise about 45% of this total, or about 640 million acres. These lands represent the largest and most diverse land resources in the U.S. Rangelands and pastures include the annual grasslands of California, the tundra rangelands of Alaska, the hot arid deserts of the Southwest, the temperate deserts of the Pacific Northwest, the semiarid cold deserts of the Great Basin, the prairies of the Great Plains, the humid native grasslands of the South and East, and the pastures and hay lands within all 50 states from Hawaii to Maine and Alaska to Florida.
These lands are the primary forage base for our livestock grazing industry in the U.S. They are utilized by more than 60 million cattle and 8 million sheep and support a livestock industry that contributes more than $60 billion in farm sales annually to the U.S. economy. The estimated value of hay production alone is $11 billion, our third most valuable crop to U.S. agriculture, behind only corn and soybeans. The publicly owned rangelands in the western U.S. are also important, providing forage on 260 million acres for 3 million beef cattle and sheep. Nearly 70% of dietary protein and 40% of dietary calories for the U.S. population are of animal origin, and forage resources are crucial for sustained production of our animal-based products.
The functions of these lands are of increasing importance as watersheds and as habitat for a set of biologically diverse plants and animals. Maintaining adequate supplies of clean water for urban areas, irrigated agriculture, and environmental needs is a critical function of rangeland, pasture, and forage-producing ecosystems. Rangelands and pastures also provide forage and habitat for numerous wildlife species, including 20 million deer, 500,000 pronghorn antelope, 400,000 elk, and 55,000 feral horses and burros. Associated with these functions is an array of additional demands placed on these natural resources, including camping, hiking, fishing, hunting, and other recreational activities. This multitude of uses--from grazing lands to watersheds, critical habitats, and recreational areas--require an improved understanding of basic ecological processes and the effect on these processes on grazing, livestock production, and management practices. Science-based solutions to these needs must be economically viable and socially acceptable. The overall goal of this national program is to provide the appropriate technologies and management strategies to sustain our rangelands and pastures.
Harvested and conserved forages provide a dietary resource for continuity of livestock production. This is especially important during periods of cold or drought when nutrient-rich plants are not available. Harvested and conserved forages also provide an important source of roughage and nutrients for dairy cattle in confined animal feeding operations. To meet this demand, nearly 200 million tons of forage crops are harvested each year from 73 million acres in the U.S., which is 24% of the cropland. The value of forage crops harvested as hay or silage is $16 billion annually. About one-half of these crops provide the forage requirements of dairy cattle. The remainder, along with rangeland and pasture, supplies the forage needs of beef cattle, sheep, horses, and other livestock.
To accomplish these objectives, the Rangeland, Pasture, and Forages National Program has five science-based program components: (1) Ecosystems and Their Sustainable Management, (2) Plant Resources, (3) Forage Management, (4) Grazing Management: Livestock Production and the Environment, and (5) Integrated Management of Weeds and Other Pests. The critical problems being addressed by these components include (1) identification and mitigation of livestock grazing impacts on water resources, (2) development of improved forage legume germplasm, (3) integration of strategies for management and control of weeds, (4) identification and testing of measurements and systems for monitoring rangeland and pasture ecosystems, (5) development of science-based decision support systems for sustainable resource management, (6) development of ecologically-based methods to repair degraded systems, and (7) development of efficient forage harvest and conservation techniques.


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I Heart Huckabees
- Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Release Date: Oct 1, 2004
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The result is by far the most original comedy of the year. Russell might alienate some audience members here--but it's possible they literally won't know what they're missing.
Watching I Heart Huckabees was like taking my first Manhattan cab ride with a madman behind the wheel. As the skyscrapers whizzed by, I thought, "What a view! I just wish we'd slow down, so I could take everything in."
A fresh, buoyant, mischievous and rather jolly meditation - if that's the word for a movie as divinely nuts as this one is - on the meaning of life in an unhappy world.
One of the boldest, most audacious American movies of the last 25 years, a freewheeling cerebral carnival of energy and ideas, if not always coherence or cohesion.
A lot of people are going to describe it as a waste of time, yet there's a likeability to the quirky characters that held my interest while tickling my funny bone.
Best of all is Mark Wahlberg as Tommy, an angry post-9/11 firefighter so against Big Oil that he rides to fire scenes on his bike.
The frantic nuttiness of the stylistically dynamic Huckabees is often laugh-out-loud funny, but amid the pandemonium there's a sense of truly rigorous soul-searching.
As one might imagine, with such a neato premise and lofty goal, the plot's a little messy. So points docked for execution.
Clever but distancing, this existential comedy bounces along on the backs of its tasty cast, witty writing and stylistic verve.
There's more than a bit of Charlie Kaufman to the heady premise, although the scenario doesn't double back on itself--except perhaps in the joke of having Schwartzman's actual mother, Talia Shire, play his mother on-screen.
The movie is undeniably weird, though it's hardly what you'd call "experimental." My hunch is that whether you love it or reject it as obtuse, incoherent or self-involved will be a generational thing.
With razor-sharp performances, zingy one-liners, broad slapstick humor and a message of sorts, there's enough to distract the viewer from becoming hopelessly lost in the lint-filled chaos that is the umbilicus.
Despite a consistent tone of all-out absurdity, it's a very demanding movie, and its goofiness is never inspired or laugh-out-loud funny enough to carry us along on its leap of imagination.
What emerges is part screwball comedy, absurdist farce, social satire and earnest self-exploration. If it had the unwavering focus and clear-eyed vision of Russell's previous two features, I Heart Huckabees might have been brilliant.
So I didn't Huckabees, nor did I entirely not it. Rather, when the end draws nigh and judgment beckons, I'm doomed again to dither in the tepid netherworld, that vast limbo where movies are only half-decent and movie-going is merely half-ed.
Huckabees boasts an impressive cast, and every one of them is fun to watch. But there's a strong sense that no one really knows what's going on here.
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 147 Ratings
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Mixed: 9 out of 78
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CJMorrisDec 11, 2007WARNING: this movie is NOT for a general audience like all books are not written for one person, etc. If you like philosophy and ideas, this WARNING: this movie is NOT for a general audience like all books are not written for one person, etc. If you like philosophy and ideas, this is as good a dramatization as has been realized on screen. That's Russell's real achievement here. As for the cast, score, design, etc. it's terrific. Well done, Mr. Russell. This film has a heart and a voice that is infinite. An undeniable classic that captures the times.… Full Review »
PatC.Mar 12, 2007Excellent movie on a cerebral level, and proof that genuine creativity is still possible in Hollywood. Too bad the film is structurally weak. Excellent movie on a cerebral level, and proof that genuine creativity is still possible in Hollywood. Too bad the film is structurally weak. The convolutions of the thought processes presented spill over into the plot presentation - just a little too much to juggle on the fly. And sure, it's a comedy, but the music mocks the content. End result: Less than the sum of its parts.… Full Review »
Mar 9, 2014It's about as frantic and as unpredictable as a hummingbird on blow, but David O. Russell's crack at existentialism does prove to be a cleverIt's about as frantic and as unpredictable as a hummingbird on blow, but David O. Russell's crack at existentialism does prove to be a clever and entertaining philosophical piece at times.… Full Review »


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Looks like Bench Warmers may "run away" with this one.
And now things get really tough.
After a week of record-breaking viewing and voting, it's time to select the winning pic for our 2013 Oklahoma State Fair Photo Contest.
This year's field is perhaps the strongest we've ever had. The numbers show this. To date, the first two semi-final rounds (Semi-Final Group 1, Semi-Final Group 2) have received 75,000 page views, 8,000 Facebook shares and 7,600 voters. Hell, it even made Dave Barry's blog. I don't know if I should be proud or ashamed about that. Maybe next week we'll make Reader's Digest.
Once again, the grand prize for this year's contest is a $250-value feast for you and some friends to Picasso Cafe in the Paseo. We'd like to thank Shaun, Kim and their hippie gang for being good sports and providing prizes for these silly contests. Go there and grab dinner and a beer sometime. You will not be disappointed.
Anyway, here are the six finalists. One of them will be our 2013 champion.
I have no clue what's happening in that pic. I would guess the kid is either motorboating his mom or trying fried breast milk for the first time. He could also be scared that his sister is apparently eating a small owl. I don't know. Either way, I think I'm going to start a petition to get undercover DHS agents to start roaming the state fair midway. That would be a good thing.
Photo by Twyla
Baby Got Barf
I showed this pic to a very high-level girlfriend and the first thing she noticed was the fake Gucci bag. The second thing she noticed was the pile of vomit on my carpet. After that, things got as hazy as a pool of sweat near a butt crack.
Seriously, that's just disgusting. Thank God the technology to smell photographs doesn't exist. They should arrest that lady for indecent exposure and ban her from wearing clothes from Justice.
Photo by Erin
Bench Warmers
I'd like to trade places with a bunch of different things in life. A state fair bench is not one of them. That would be awful.
Also, can someone please explain how a person can sit on a bench, have a rod wedged between their ass, and not seem to care or notice? I'm asking for a friend.
Photo by Anon
Daisy Dukin'
I can't tell if this guy's a super redneck weirdo or just a big Arrested Developmentfan. Since he didn't paint his body blue, I'll go with super redneck weirdo.
Anyway, here's a bit of advice. If your girlfriend's jorts are longer than yours, it may be time to reconsider major life decisions like being born or waking up in the morning. Then again, maybe this guy's a genius. When you wear jorts like that, no one really notices when you feel up your girlfriend.
Photo by Eli
Hanging Loose
You can tell this guy takes the State Fair seriously. Not only does he properly stretch out his legs, but he also gets in the "zone" before the 20-yard walk over to the corn dog stand that's nestled behind him. Someone should remind him that he's at the fair. He's not about to run in a half half-marathon.
Also, I should probably note that we try to take steps to protect the identity of children in this contest. That's why we put a black bar over the girl's eyes. If only we could have done the same for that guy's junk.
Photo by Erin
Too Many Corndogs
That kid is not impressed.
Photo by Eldric
Looks like Bench Warmers may "run away" with this one.
When the one you picked is in last place, it hurts a little. I don't get what is so great about the Bench Warmers anyway. It's okay I guess.
I think it must be the thought that this woman "freakin has to know that she has a bench stuck in her ass" and if not then "oh my gawd if she can't feel that then the cat, dog and small children are at great risk of danger".
I mean look at that photo-look close, all she had to do was move 8-12 inches either direction and "NO BENCH BAR IN ASS"……….I think she likes it and so does the guy with her……you know he's thinking "better the bench than me"
I have a theory that the "too many corndogs" is Jeff from last year…
*slow clap*
A friend told me that they saw the guy in Daisy Dukes at the fair. He was telling everyone he dressed up as a joke, with fake buck teeth in, "Joe Dirt" style. One of his friends did it too. Everyone was laughing at him but he was totally in on the joke.
…then how do you explain his creeper right hand?
I saw them too. They were walking in as my daughter and I were leaving. I did a double take just to make sure, but yeah, they were dressed up in the fake teeth and mullets on purpose.
I don't think the Daisy Dukes guy was one of them though.
Hanging Loose may be the coolest dude I've ever seen.
How can Hanging loose be in last place. Look at that dude! The Headphones are tucked under the sweatband. Eyes are closed knowing all the ladies are looking at him. Dude is legit!
The dude abides.
come on benchwarmers should not make it because that is standard fare for the fair. how many times do you see a man lying with his head inside an outhouse when most of us can barely go inside at all. it's a classic. the kid seems to be saying please help me
Not sure how a monther can have her 10 yr old underneath her sweaty shirt and not win over a woman with a bar stuck up her ass.
Says something about Oklahomans in general that so many people don't find that abnormal.
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By Jim Ringelman, Ph.D.
How quickly things change. A year ago, gasoline prices were soaring and corn ethanol plants were the darling of many investors. Today, fuel prices are among the least of our financial concerns, and some investors are beginning to avoid ethanol plants like mallards flaring from a bad decoy spread. But taking the long view, these swings in energy-related consumer prices and business investments are just distractions from the constant, inexorable increase in the world's hunger for energy. Between now and 2030, world energy demand is projected to increase by 45 percent. What will be the implications for ducks?
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Bluegreen Corporation (BXG) : Company Profile and SWOT Analysis
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BMW Unveils i-Series Models in Frankfurt (Slideshow)
BMW AG today unveiled two concept cars in Frankfurt that kick off its i-Series sub-brand, which focuses on efficiency and improved urban mobility through electric and hybrid vehicles. The company says it will launch the first car, the all-electric i3, in 2013 and the i8 high-performance plug-in hybrid in 2014.
The i3 is a tall, compact sedan which BMW says "embodies an intelligent form of urban transportation and commuting." Without releasing many numbers, the company says the lightweight, rear-wheel-drive i3 will be able to travel long distances and deliver a BMW-like driving experience, including a tight turning radius and crisp handling.
Its electric motor puts out about 170 horsepower – enough to propel the i3 from zero to 62 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour) in less than eight seconds.
The i3's four-seat passenger compartment, called the life module, is designed to be airy, spacious and comfortable. Parts of the interior door panels and dashboard are made with natural fibers and the seats are naturally tanned leather.
The i8 sports car combines an electric powertrain similar to the i3's that drives the front axle while a three-cylinder internal-combustion engine sends about 220 horsepower to the rear axle. The two power plants work together to give the i8 the sports-car performance with compact-car fuel economy.
BMW says the i8 accelerates from zero to 62 mph in less than five seconds, which puts it the same league as the company's racy M3 coupe. But the i8 also can travel up to 20 miles on battery power alone and is expected to have fuel economy of about 78 miles per gallon
In February BMW said it was developing an i brand to build super-efficient vehicles using electric power and released preliminary details about the i3 and i8.


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PARKERSBURG - The Parkersburg Citizens Police Academy kicked off Thursday night in the Parkersburg City Building.
Police Chief Joe Martin and Sgt. Greg Collins conducted the first meeting introducing the new class members to the academy criteria. The course will meet every Thursday for the next 10 weeks; students were chosen based on residency and a first-come basis, Martin said.
"We want to have a lot of laughter, a lot of friends made in here," Collins said at the beginning of the class.
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Parkersburg Police Chief Joe Martin conducts a course for the Citizens Police Academy on the administrative and operational aspects of the department.
The course list includes information on what officers and detectives on the force face on a daily basis. The reason most people decided to take the course was to learn more about their local law enforcement.
Cousins Chelsea Barker and Steve Black, both of Parkersburg, wanted to take the course for an opportunity to learn how a police department operates. Barker is pursuing a career in criminal justice at West Virginia University at Parkersburg and hopes to become a K-9 officer, she said.
Black said he wants to pursue a career in law enforcement.
"I was thinking on patrol and maybe a detective some day," he said.
Parkersburg resident John Grim said he is an usher at The Rock Church on Emerson Avenue where he has made friends who are in the law enforcement career field.
"I like to see the security aspect of things," Grim said of why he decided to take the course.
He said the church services can bring in 500-600 people and he would like to understand the type of people he may encounter in his profession. He said he would also like to gain a better understanding of what police officers do on a day-to-day basis.
"I've seen a lot of bad things; it doesn't really phase me," Grim said. "Sometimes it's hard to see the good when you're used to the bad."
The outcome of the class could show Grim the good things law enforcement officers offer their community, he said.
Martin shared some of his experiences as a police officer since the mid-1990s. He said his goal was not to portray the department as perfect but to help the public draw its own opinions.
Most of the students in the class were from Parkersburg but some were from Vienna, Boaz, Elizabeth, Mineral Wells and Williamstown.
Courses range from narcotics, K-9, firearms, the S.W.A.T. team, mock criminal investigations and a mock court case conducted by former police chief Mayor Bob Newell.
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American Express $1 Million Grant Aids Japan, India Sites
The Cathedral Church of St. Michael in Coventry, England; the historic center of Brazil's Salvador de Bahia; and the earthquake-ravaged city of Sawara, Japan, are among World Monuments Fund sites that will share a $1 million restoration grant from American Express Foundation.
The other sites are the Ruta de la Amistad in Mexico City, 22 sculptures created for the 1968 Olympic Games; the Canterbury Provincial Government Buildings in Christchurch, New Zealand; and the fragile Balaji Ghat in Varanasi, India.
"It's a great boost to have corporate support for the World Monuments Watch," WMF President Bonnie Burnham said by phone. "The visibility of these grants will make the public more aware of the importance of saving these buildings and sites."
Founded in 1965, the WMF has worked to preserve more than 600 architectural and cultural sites in about 130 countries such as St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
American Express has given more than $10 million to the nonprofit from 1996 to 2006, aiding the conservation of more than 150 heritage sites around the world. The aid program was renewed last year with American Express pledging $5 million during the next five years to the fund's "at-risk" sites.
The grant for the restoration of the Coventry cathedral will aid the development of a management plan for the ruins, stabilize its structure and restore medieval stained glass salvaged during World War II.
A portion of the grant will assist the rebuilding effort of seven Edo-period (1603-1867) townhouses (known as machiya) in Sawara that function as residences and workspaces. Government funding and insurance policies covered some of the rebuilding costs. More than a third of the city's 300 machiya were damaged in the March 2011 earthquake, Burnham said.
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My 25 weeker hated tubes on his face. He would constantly pull on them and scratch at the tape on his face. After 14 weeks he is tubes free- but he still searches for the tubes. It results in him scratching his cheeks and pulling hard on his lower lip. He has drawn blood with his scratching. We have trimmed his nails and we swaddle him but it doesn't seem to help our OT doesn't want him to wear mittens for developmental reasons. I hate seeing him scream in pain. And he doesn't seem to understand he is causing himself the pain. does any one have any advice?
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We were told the same thing about the mittens with our boys & I ended up putting them on anyway because I hated the marks all over their faces . Other then that no advice Sorry I know it's a big trade off . Btw my boys are doing great for their adjusted age
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It's probably not that hes doing it cause of the tubes. It's most likely because of the irritation from the tape and his face is sensitive and irritated from that. Try and put a little bit of vaseiline on his cheeks and his mouth. Good luck!
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Try getting the zoli buzz nail trimmer. I got mine on amazon. It is an electric filer. It makes the nails really smooth and there is no chance of over trimming. They didn't allow us to cut the nails in the nicu where I was at so this is what I used and it worked great.


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A Richmond woman accused of leaving her newborn daughter in a dumpster has been charged with first-degree murder.
Media outlets report that a grand jury indicted 27-year-old ShaVaughn Robinson on Wednesday.
Richmond Circuit Court Judge Gregory L. Rupe ordered that Robinson will remain in jail without bond.
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I went to Mother Baby School in a small village, which is on the opposite side of Varanasi. But the school was closed at that time. It was a hard way to go there from Varanasi not because of distance but because of negotiation with Riksha wara, I didn't want to take Riksha. So what I can do was just to walk. It was a so long way to walk, and I was so tired. The girl was there. She walked with me a little time. When I hold my camera, she went all shy. I tried several time, and then finally she flashed a smile.
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| In the world before Monkey, primal chaos reigned. Heaven sought order, but the phoenix can fly only when it's feathers are grown. The four worlds formed again and yet again, as endless aeons wheeled and passed. Time and the pure essences of Heaven all worked upon a certain rock, old as creation. It became magically fertile. The first egg was named "Thought". Tathagata Buddha, the Father Buddha said "With our thoughts, we make the world". Elemental forces caused the egg to hatch. From it came a stone monkey.
The nature of monkey was irrepressible!!
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Posted 12 June 2004 - 12:30 AM
|Can anyone cook something up for lite from this.
this what u looking for:
and some other stuff i have been working on taday.
Posted 12 June 2004 - 12:31 AM
Posted 12 June 2004 - 02:05 AM
|QUOTE (RapBoy @ Jun 12 2004, 02:30 AM)
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Thanks RapBoy
Looks even better than I hoped.
I take it you'll put it on AXS ?
Posted 12 June 2004 - 04:24 AM
I'd like to edit it a little and see what you think about it...
Posted 12 June 2004 - 11:13 AM
and Odb go head and edit it. i think it needs work on the colors, i wanted to change them but i was too lazy to fix 'em my self!
i can send you the skin.xip and the hexbe file.
Posted 12 June 2004 - 03:01 PM
and rapboy, is that the new batman logo or a photshopped version of the old one? whatever it is, it looks pretty sick! is that and the white abstract one up for d/l'ing by any chance?
Posted 13 June 2004 - 12:03 AM
What went wrong?
no transperent
no reflective
(Damn I hate feeling like a focking noob )
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Soccer cleats give players the traction they need to reach top speeds on the field. Not all cleats are the same, however. The three basic types of cleats are firm ground, soft ground and hard ground. Each type is suited to a specific type of playing field. Selecting the right cleat will make sure you're able to keep your footing during the game.
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"Teenie Weenie Beanies- The Video
October 30, 2010 by Patricia Sund
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on November 22, 2010 at 7:57 pm | Chris Burgr
Looks good! By that I mean I think I would find it tasty. I LOVE beans.
on November 22, 2010 at 8:31 pm | Lynne
Looks great! I'm going to mix mine this way from now on. Mine is usually very boring!
Hey Patricia,
"Most" beans are good but there are a few "no-no's"—like kidney and lima.
on May 24, 2011 at 4:40 am | Salah
Is there a reason for making the bean mix separate from the chop ?
can i add the beans to the chop mix and mix it together?
on July 31, 2011 at 10:53 am | Joyce Chenier
Why are kidney beans said to be bad for birds? I share them with my birds and am just now hearing that. I have also fed them lima beans when I give them the veggie mix (corn peas carrots green beans and lima beans)
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[…] Re: First time Eckie owner, need advice. Hey Rave I found this video of a bean mix. You don't have to go as far as the she did but if you did that'd be great! She feeds this mix in addition to her chop mix or whatever else. Just to give you some ideas. ?Teenie Weenie Beanies- The Video | Parrot Nation […]
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I soaked my 15 bean mix and only 2 hours in many looked wrinkly and split??


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Welcome back, Kottke MAY 30 2005
I'm back from a week and a half of vacationing in Ireland. Aside from the frequent rain, Ireland is a beautiful country...and even the rain isn't that bad. I'll have some photos up soon (three quick photos on Flickr for now). I didn't take my computer along or check email while I was there, only thought about the web once or twice**, and didn't miss it at all. But it wasn't exactly the revelatory recharging experience that I've heard about from other people who are tethered to the web all day long and then take an extended break from it. Not exactly sure why...maybe I've honed my gear switching ability to a fine point so that whatever situation I'm in, I'm in the appropriate mental state. Or perhaps I can only concentrate on one thing at a time. Anyway, I'm back and ready to get back to work (or whatever it is that I do here).
Thanks to David and Anil for posting remaindered links while I was gone. It's fun (if a little strange) coming back to a bunch of unfamiliar content on my own site...looking forward to rolling through all their links. However if you're considering hiring either of these two fellows to help you with your blog business, I would direct your attention to the graph of my traffic over the past week at right. When those guys took over -- which day will henceforth be known here at kottke.org as "Black Monday" -- well, you can see what their reign of terror did to the number of daily visitors around here. On the other hand, they were probably too busy with their proper (i.e. paying) jobs to worry too much about posting, so they are to be commended for their attention to their duties. In either case, it's been a pleasure...come back anytime.
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Eclectus are my passion. They are beautiful, intelligent, engaging creatures. As a breeder of these parrots I feel, sadly, that the day will come eventually when they have no habitat left in the wild. As aviculturists, as the stewards of parrots in captivity, we have a duty to keep the species from extinction. I take this responsibility seriously.
All of our Eclectus are pure subspecies. I keep primarily Vosmaeri eclectus, but breed some Solomon Islands also. We are a small operation and are able to spend a lot of time socializing the babies we raise. They are all fully fledged and weaned onto a diet of brown rice, cooked beans, vegetables and fruit with a small addition of a dry food mix.
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a1 Department of Zoology, Bareilly College, Rohilkhand University, U.P., India
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The effect of oxyclozanide, hexachlorophene, nitroxynil, rafoxanide and diamphenethide on malate dehydrogenase activity of homogenates of Fasciola gigantica, Fasciolopsis buski and Paramphistomum explanatum was investigated. The ratio of oxaloacetate reduction to malate oxidation in homogenates of Fasciola gigantica, Fasciolopsis buski and P. explanatum was 4·5:1, 3·6:1 and 5·2:1 respectively. Oxyclozanide and rafoxanide at 10−3 M inhibited enzyme activity by 100% in homogenates from all three species while hexachlorophene at 10−3M also caused 100% inhibition in homogenates from Fasciola gigantica and P. explanatum but only 65% of malate oxidation in Fasciolopsis buski homogenates. Nitroxynil at 10−3M produced 60% inhibition in F. buski homogenates yet had little effect at this concentration on preparations from the other species. Little inhibition was seen with diamphenethide, even at high concentrations. Rapid death of Fasicola gigantica and P. explanatum resulted in vitro when 10−3M oxyclozanide, hexachlorophene, nitroxynil or rafoxanide, were added to the incubation medium. Fasciolopsis buski was killed by 10−3M oxyclozanide but at this concentration the remaining compounds only caused reduced activity. Assay of malate dehydrogenase following drug treatment in vitro failed to show any appreciable reduction in enzyme activity in Fasciola gigantica and P. explanatum but oxyclozanide and hexachlorophene produced inhibition in Fasciolopsis buski. The mode of action of these compounds is discussed.
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Dig Site, TheEdit This Entity
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Archaeological Dig Site, sign posted east of Varrock.
Members Only
Skill: 25 Thieving, 10 Agility, 10 Herblore.
Item: Tinderbox, Chisel, Rope (2+) (Can be stolen from dig-site workers), Pestle and mortar, Vial, Uncut opal (Can be obtained through quest, but faster if you have it), Cup of tea, Leather gloves and Leather boots (to be worn at all times when digging).
- These skills may be temporarily boosted with Stat Enhancers to complete the quest.
- Stat Enhancers can NOT be used on this skill to meet the quest requirements.
For Skill Requirements without either of these pictures, you may or may not be able to use stat enhancers. If you can confirm either way, please submit a correction.
Item: Small amount of food, Energy enhancing items (Boots of Lightness, Spotted/Spottier cape, Energy potions, etc), Varrock Teleport Runes. Also have extra space in inventory (about 5 slots).
..."There's gold in them there hills" (well stream actually) as well as many other items that can be found at the Digsite. Join the students in their attempt to be a qualified archaeologist, and become experienced in making the earth move! Have you got what it takes to unearth the hidden altar to one of RuneScape's lesser-known Gods...?
Part 1:
Archaeological Examinations
Step 1
Get Tea.
Talk to examiner, then curator.
Talk to the examiner again.
Items needed: Tea (obtained during step, used in next step).
Teleport to Varrock. While in Varrock, be sure to buy or steal a cup of tea from the Tea Stall, south-east of the east bank.
Talk to the Examiner at the Exam Centre (located at the bottom right of this map). Ask if you can take the exams. She says you need to get a certificate signed by the Varrock Museum Curator. Go to Varrock and use the certificate with the Curator. He will sign it and asks you to tell him later about your progress.
Go back to the Examiner and you'll be able to take the level 1 exam, but the answers will come out as wrong. You need to get the answers off the students walking around the Digsite.
Step 2
Talk to the student in the purple skirt.
Find teddy bear and return it.
Talk to the green shirt wearing student.
Get it back via pickpocketing workmen.
Give it back to the student.
Talk to the student in a red shirt.
Pick up a pan and try panning.
Give the guide your tea.
Take the cup back to the student.
Take the first exam.
Talk to all the students.
Take the second exam.
Give the girl in purple an opal for her answer.
Talk to the students in red and green.
Take the third exam.
Items needed: Tea.
Talk to the student in the purple skirt (Picture). She will give you the answer if you find the teddy bear she lost. It can be found by searching the bushes just south of the brown urns, near the blue urns (Picture). Take it back to the student for the answer to the question. Talk to the student in the green shirt. He's lost an animal skull, and he says someone might have picked it up. Pickpocket the Digsite workmen to find it. Take it back to the student for the answer to the question. Now talk to the student in the red shirt (Picture) and he'll tell you he's lost a cup. He says he lost it near the river, so pick up a panning tray from a tent near the river (Picture) and use it with the panning spots. A guide will stop you, saying you don't have permission to pan, but he'll overlook it if you bring him a cup of tea. If you haven't already, go to Varrock and steal a cup of tea from the stall south-east of the east bank. Use the cup of tea with him and you'll be allowed to pan. You should get the cup soon, so take it back to the student, and he'll give you the answer. Go back to the Examiner and take the exam. The correct answers are below:
The study of earth sciences is the study of the earth, its contents and history.
The eligible people to use the Digsite are all that have passed the appropriate earth sciences exam.
The proper health and safety points are gloves and boots to be worn at all times, proper tools must be used.
If you answered correctly, she'll give you a level one certificate and a trowel, and will let you start the level 2 exam (Picture).
As with the level 1 exam, all answers at the beginning are incorrect in the level 2 exam. You need to get the answers off the students. You don't need to get anything for the students this time. Just talk to them to get the answer. Once you have obtained the answers, go back to the Examiner and take the exam. The correct answers are:
Always handle with care, strike the rock cleanly on its cleaving point.
Samples taken in rough form, kept only in sealed containers.
Finds must be carefully handled, and gloves worn.
If you answered correctly, she'll give you a level 2 certificate, and will let you start the level 3 exam (Picture).
As with the other exams, all options at the start are wrong, and you need the help of the students. The students in the red and the green shirts will give you their answers without anything (just talk to them). However, the girl in the purple skirt wants something, namely an uncut opal. If you didn't bring one, you can pan for one in the river. Go back to the Examiner and take the exam once you have the information needed. The correct answers are:
Brush carefully and slowly using short strokes.
Handle bones carefully, and keep away from other samples.
Samples cleaned and carried only in specimen jars.
If you answered correctly, she'll give you the level three certificate (Picture). Now go back to the Curator and show him the certificates.
Part 2:
Impressing Expert and Making Explosive
Step 3
Search the sacks.
Find the Talisman.
Use it on the expert.
Search any of the sacks near any digging areas to find a specimen jar and pickpocket a Digsite Workman to get a specimen brush. Talk to Elissa the expert near the northeast digsites, and then go digging with your trowel in the most north-east Digsite.
Eventually, you'll unearth an Ancient Talisman (Picture). Use it with the Archaeological Expert (Picture), who will give you a letter allowing use of the dig shafts.
Unless you are lucky and get the talisman early, the additional objects you dig up will spill onto the ground. Either drop the excess items so that you see each dug up object in your inventory at one point, or move around when digging so the objects you dig up are visible on the ground. If the talisman is on the ground under all the other items, it's very hard to see.
Step 4
Get the key and use it on the chest.
Get the expert to ID it.
Get nitro from the barrel and get it IDed.
Get coal and grind it up.
Get an arcenia root.
Combine the ingredients, use on the bricks, then use tinderbox with bricks.
Pick up stone tablet and take back to expert.
Go to the Exam Centre and search the bookshelves until you get a book about chemicals. Read the book, then go to the winch in the west of the Digsite. A workman will stop you, you need to show him the letter to be allowed access. Now go down and then search the bricks. Afterwards head to the winch in the east of the Digsite and attempt to go down. Use your rope with the winch to go down and talk to the workman once down there. Ask him how to remove the stones from the cavern and he will give you the key. Once you have the key, go back up and go to the tent with the panning tray respawn. There should be a chest nearby; use the key with it to get 'Chemical Powder'. Use it with the Archaeological Expert, and he'll identify it as Ammonium Nitrate.
Near the tent with the Ammonium Nitrate are some barrels (Picture). Use your trowel with a barrel to open it, then use a vial on the open barrel to get some unusual liquid. Use it with the Archaeological Expert and he'll identify it as Nitroglycerine. Identify both the Ammonium Nitrate and the Nitroglycerine at the same time, for it saves time.
Search the specimen tray near the tents to find a piece of charcoal. Use it with your pestle and mortar to obtain ground charcoal.
Go to the winch to the west and there are some Arcenia Roots inside, pick one up. Now you have all the ingredients for the bomb. Get the arcenia root last, otherwise you'll need more rope.
Go back down on the winch and along the hallway to some bricks. Use the Ammonium Nitrate with the Nitroglycerine vial, then the ground charcoal with the mixture, then the Arcenia Root to obtain a Chemical Compound. Do not drop the Chemical Compound, or you will suffer a large life point loss which may kill you. Use the Chemical Compound with the bricks, then use your tinderbox with them also. The bricks will blow up, revealing a cavern beyond. There is an altar at the end (Picture). Take the stone tablet off the ground, then go back and use it with the Archaeological Expert.
A: You need to do certain exams to be able to access the different dig sites. Without a level 3 certificate, you cannot dig to find the Zaros Talisman.
A: They will explode, dealing you damage. The Explosive mixture deals 250 damage, and the Nitroglycerin deals 350.


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Genre/Subjects: Crime, Drama, Literary, Mystery, Thriller
Program: Contemporary World CinemaLanguage: Polish English Subtitles
DIRECTOR: Jacek Bromski
Producer: Juliusz MachulskiScreenwriter: Jacek Bromski, Juliusz MachulskiCinematographer: Marcin KoszalkaPrincipal Cast: Maja Ostaszewska, Marek Bukowski, Danuta Stenka, Andrzej Seweryn
Facing a murder case with only unlikely suspects and no motives, Cracow-based prosecutor Agata Szacka (Maja Ostaszewska) begins to uncover secrets from the brutal past of the Polish Communist regime. As she gets closer to the truth, figures from the shadowy Department D emerge to threaten Agata and her family. To complicate matters, she must work alongside detective Smolar (Marek Bukowski); their own indiscretions have given the enemy weapons to undermine her case.
Director Jacek Bromski creates a thriller (based on the novel by Zygmunt Miloszewski) from which there seems to be no way out; the innocent as well as the guilty harbor skeletons better left in the dark. Coercion has the upper hand over justice, and bribery seems almost an honorable solution. Bromski's characters show clever determination in refusing the safe and easy route—which would be to simply stop asking questions. Entanglement is a fitting title for a mystery with so many threads.—MARK ANTONATION
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