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In the last issue we began exploring some of the basics behind the development of a quality nutritional program for show cattle. You'll recall that we discussed many nutritional basics not just as they apply to animals on the show circuit but to cattle in general. Remember that show cattle are no different from other cattle in terms of relative nutritional demands with the exception that they are probably better conditioned than the average beef animal and that substantially more dollars are spent to get them to any given point of their production life.
Some Basic Management
Let's discuss some basic management issues before we get specific about feeds. Considering the value of many show cattle, it is prudent to be more careful and attentive to your facilities, management styles, etc. It is also important to manage feeding schedules closely as well.
The barn or shed where the cattle are kept does not need to be elaborate. Each calf needs about 75 square feet of shelter. This is assuming the feed and water troughs are outside of the shelter. If so, less shelter space is necessary. The shelter also needs to be well ventilated and provide adequate, clean bedding. Additionally it is helpful to have ready access to electricity for fans or other electrical tools such as clippers, blowers, etc.
Overall you want plenty of exercise room for the calves. While this varies somewhat and will be contingent on your resources, a 100 x 200-feet lot is enough exercise space for two calves. You can get by with less if you are exercising them yourself (walking) regularly. Pens should be on slope to provide good drainage. The last thing you want is for calves to have to fight a lot of mud. Mud is very counterproductive to weight gain and feed efficiency. It also makes it very difficult to keep animals reasonably clean. This is a major issue on white or light colored cattle. It is a very good idea for the edge of the roof that leads into the pen, if it is down-sloped into the pen, to have a gutter to drain water away from the pens and prevent a mud hole right at the edge of the barn. Also, the entire area should be free of rocks, junk, exposed nails or screws or sharp edges. Fences should be of wood boards, metal runners, cable or woven fence wire. Avoid barbed wire if at all possible. Finally, the pen should provide easy access to catch pens and a head gate or squeeze chute.
Feeding and feed storage areas should be clean obstacle-free. The feed trough should be 6 to 8 inches deep, 12 inches wide and 20 to 24 inches long for each calf that will be eating. The top of the feed trough should be 12 to 20 inches from the ground, depending on the size of the calf. Cattle should not be fed at troughs excessively high since this can create an awkward position for cattle to eat in and may reduce intake. It's probably also best for cattle not to be fed at ground level (a trough on the ground) since contamination of feed with dirt, feces and urine is more likely. Some feeders believe that feeding cattle too high or too low may cause structural problems as well.
Bunk Management
The total amount of feed fed per day should be divided into at
least two meals per day. Feed early in the morning and evening, say at approximately at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. Try to stick to your time schedule as closely as possible, even at the show. Feed approximately half their daily allowance of feed in the morning and the other half in the evening. During particularly hot weather, cattle may not feel like eating much during the day. The daily feed allotment can be changed to approximately 40 percent of the feed fed in the morning and 60 percent in the evening if daytime feed intake is a problem. Some cattle are more difficult to keep on feed than others. In many cases this can be related to bunk management, provision of clean, fresh water and at least some good quality hay.
Clean out old feed or manure found in the feed bunk prior to feeding. Feed should not be allowed to accumulate from feeding to feeding since this can result in spoilage and mold growth. Dry matter intake and performance will decline if this is allowed to occur for very long. In hot, humid environments, feed can mold in a very short period of time, especially if it contains a higher moisture ingredient such as steam rolled or flaked corn. Be careful if large accumulations of feed occur because this indicates a decrease in feed intake. If a large amount of feed is seen to accumulate, remove this old feed from the trough and dispose of it. At the next feeding, be sure to reduce the amount by a pound or two and gradually begin to increase the amount provided again. Never increase the amount of feed provided at a given feeding by more than one pound (two pounds per day). If too much feed is provided after cattle have backed off for a day or two, they may come back to the bunk hungry and engorge themselves on the new, fresh feed. This can cause serious side-effects such as acidosis or bloat. The other scenario that may occur is the cattle will engorge themselves on the fresh feed in a short amount of time and "slick" or empty the bunk and not consume the next batch of feed you provide.
As mentioned above clean, fresh water should be available at all times. This is exteremely important to the health of the animal. Any animal can live for several days without feed. Lack of access to water can, especially in hot weather, cause serious metabolic problems in a short period of time, hours in some cases. Feed intake is very closely associated with how much water they consume. Water sources should be cleaned at least weekly. Algae should not be allowed to accumulate.
What to Feed
This is where the can of worms REALLY gets opened up! The number of quality show feeds out there is immense and each will have someone that will swear by it. This article will not discuss specific products mainly because we can't address them all in this format.
Show cattle feeders have a couple of options. One is for them to use commercial feed products available from area manufacturers. Most areas will have at least two or three options (different feed company offerings). Your best bet will be to talk to your local feed suppliers, extension agents, other producers, etc. to get a feel for what is working the best and what will best fit your program. Remember that there are no perfect products and there are no silver bullets. Some commercial show feeds will definitely fit the bill better than others and some research on your part will help determine what those may be.
A second option is for feeders to mix their own feed. This is not uncommon among many professional cattle fitters and show people. Those that have a lot of experience in this area commonly will make up their own blends using a mixing device of some type and keeping an inventory of various ingredients such as corn chops, oats, protein pellets, mineral and vitamin premixes and so on. While this CAN be more cost effective it is not necessarily so. It can also provide more versatility but it will definitely take more time. For anyone not terribly experienced in feeding show cattle this is probably not the path to follow.
Let's talk about some feed components:
Grains and Concentrates: An animal that is gaining weight at a moderate rate (two to three lbs. per head per day) needs about 1.5 percent of their body weight in grains and concentrates per day to provide the required energy to support those gains. Rapidly growing cattle (3 lbs +), such as steers and bulls can be safely fed up to 2.0-2.25 percent of their weight in grain and concentrate mixes. Very high grain diets (over 2.75 percent of body weight) can be detrimental for hair growth and can cause digestive upsets if not very carefully monitored. Corn, oats, barley, and sometimes milo and wheat are the main energy sources. Corn and oats are the most widely used in show diets and are normally processed in some way. Corn is normally cracked, crimped or steam rolled. Oats are normally crimped or steam rolled but can be fed whole. Oats are thought to be very useful because they carry a combination of protein, energy (from starch) and fiber. They provide for excellent animal growth with out the deposition excessive amounts of fat. Barley is similar to oats in that it also carries a combination of protein, energy and fiber but WILL tend to deposit fat more readily.
Proteins: Soybean meal and cottonseed meal are the most commonly used protein sources. Other protein sources include corn gluten feed, corn gluten meal, linseed meal, canola meal and sunflower meal. Alfalfa meal or alfalfa pellets are also commonly used sources of protein in show cattle feeds. Commercial protein supplements are also common in commercial feeds and will typically carry minerals, vitamins and possibly medications or other additives. In most cases, natural protein sources are preferred over those containing non-protein nitrogen such as urea or biuret for show cattle mixes although these ingredients are fine if used carefully.
Minerals: The minerals needed include calcium, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium. Show steers rarely need phosphorus but an added calcium source should be considered. A suitable calcium source is feed-grade limestone. Remember that a minimum calcium to phosphorus ratio is 1.2:1 but 2:1 or 3:1 are preferable. The higher ratios might be needed when feeding fat sources such as vegetable oil (fat can interfere with calcium absorption). Trace minerals need to be added to balance this portion of the ration and organic sources are often quite useful.
Vitamins: The major vitamin requirement in the feed is for Vitamin A. Normally vitamin supplements are provided in a vitamin A-D-E complex. Using high quality feeds can reduce some of the concern about the other vitamins. Make sure that cattle receive 20,000 to 30,000 international units (IU) of vitamin A per head daily. Vitamin D is not a critical since cattle which are exposed to sunlight manufacture most of the needed Vitamin D in their skin. Vitamin E is becoming more popular since it appears to have significant benefits on hair coat quality and overall animal health. Finally, it is often beneficial to add B-Vitamins to show cattle feeds especially when feeding of grains is at a very high level and roughage intake is minimized to promote rapid gains.
Molasses and other additives: Many rations will contain molasses. Molasses or a molasses blend added at 6 to 10 percent of the feed may be added to increase the palatability of a ration and reduce dust problems. Water can be added to the molasses to improve it's mixing characteristics. Liquid products, if added by the feeder, should be added just before feeding or only mix up enough for that day. The goal is to keep the feed fresh, especially during hot weather and not cause a mold problem. Other additives that are useful may include:
Yeast stimulate intake and decrease digestive upset.
Fats dry fats, vegetable oil. Very concentrated source of energy. Can stimulate gains and finish on cattle requiring something extra.
Organic trace minerals such as Zinc, Copper or Selenium improve performance and stimulate health
Rumensin or Bovatec ionophores which improve performance and increase feed efficiency. These will also reduce digestive upsets.
CTC, OTC Antibiotics that can help offset sickness in stressed cattle.
Some General Feeding Guidelines
Feeds should be of good texture, meaning a nice mixture of particle sizes and as little exceptionally fine material as possible. Dusty or moldy feed should not be used. Coughing can sometimes be an indication of dusty feeds. If the problem persists, consider feeding steam flaked or steam rolled grain. Any processing done should not make the grain portion of the feed too fine.
One of the most important aspects of feeding animals is how much they eat. Therefore, scales which you can use to weigh the feed you are giving them are very useful. This is especially important if you are mixing your own feed. Many people feed their cattle based on the volume in a coffee can or a five-gallon bucket. Feeds can vary drastically and most people are pretty poor judges of weight. Weighing out the amount you are feeding or need to feed is critical. Also, keep a log of feed intake. Keeping a calendar by your feed storage area where you write down the amounts fed can be extremely helpful!
Feed at least four to five pounds of hay daily. Feeding high quality alfalfa may promote diarrhea since it is high in protein and generally quite digestible. Good quality grass hay will be a better choice or blend two pounds of alfalfa with two to three pounds of grass hay. Wheat bran or dried beet pulp (shredded is better than pellets) are also good feeds for adding bulk to a diet. However neither should be fed at over 20 percent of the diet. If the animal's belly appears to be becoming too large, reduce the bulk in the diet. Cattle should, however, carry some belly at home to insure adequate growth.
Changing Feeds. Your feed company may offer a series of feed products to use as the calf grows. Initially you may want to use a starter feed which is higher in protein, a little higher in fiber and higher in minerals and vitamins to get the calf off to a good start and to feed the younger calf more correctly for it's stage of development. After the calf is up on feed, and eating well you may need to switch to a grower which grows the animal, promoting muscle and bone development without depositing a lot of premature fat. This is very important in heifers. Finally, a calf should be moved up to a finisher which is higher in energy and will promote gains and a look of finish or fat deposition. While most judges do not want an excessively fat animal they do want one that is carrying an appropriate level of finish or fatness. Ideally, you will want to work with someone knowledgeable in cattle nutrition to develop a specific diet for your calf with your available feeds. When changing from one feed to another, do so over several days (three to four) and by mixing the current feed with the one you are wanting to move up to. You'll want to mix this at a 50:50 ration during this period.
Holding Cattle. This is always a challenge and since different livestock shows occur at different times of year, having a calf in exactly the right condition at all times can be difficult. A common comment and question asked is, "My steer is done and the show is not for another 30 day. How can I hold my steer's weight and finish?" Unfortunately, there is not a good answer for this question. Trying to hold a steer can reduce marbling (deposition of fat within the muscle) and increase the incidence of dark cutters (dark color meat caused by stress). As mentioned before, ideally you will want to work with someone knowledgeable of cattle feeding. Estimate what the finished weight of your calf will be. Set up a feeding program that produce body weight gains that match the dates when cattle need to be ready. This is basically done by varying the amount of roughage and grain fed during different periods of the feeding program.
Preparing for the Show and Show Feeding and Management
Four to five days before going to the show, begin tying your calf up while he eats. The next day, tie him, but instead of letting him eat out of the trough, put his feed in the feed pan he will use at the show. Continue to feed the calf out of the feed pan, and water him out of a water bucket. The last two feedings before you leave, reduce the amount of feed to 2/3 the normal amount. This will help him travel better and relieve stress during transport. You can provide the calf with a little more hay at this time to compensate.
Upon arrival it is probably best not to feed and water your animals immediately. Allow them time to rest first, especially if the trip is longer than one to two hours. After some rest time it is usually recommended to allow cattle only 1/2 to 2/3 of their normal feed at their first feeding following arrival. You can gradually increase the amount at each feeding. Many people slightly increase the amount of good dry hay at shows as it keeps them on feed better and also keeps their manure firmer. This makes keeping the animal and stall clean an easier task.
Water should be limited initially so that the animals will not get sick. Do not let them gorge themselves on water although they may be very full. Animals may not drink water which they are not accustomed to. Adding a cup of molasses or 1/2 cup of salt, sugar or Jello per five gallons of water can be considered to offset any unusual taste or odor. Ideally, this should be started five to seven days before you leave for the show so the animal is accustomed to the difference.
It is not uncommon for cattle to go off feed while at a show. If he or she is not eating well, check the following:
Don't bother him while he eats. Don't comb, brush, etc. while the calf is trying to eat.
Adjust the rope length. Make sure he has plenty of rope to reach into the feed pan
Lack of exercise can decrease a calf's appetite, walking the calf can help stimulate appetite.
Has the feed been changed?
Is he thirsty?
Other pointers:
Feed offered but not cleaned up in 30 minutes should be removed.
Feed pans should be cleaned after each feeding.
Grain and Concentrate should be fed first and then the hay.
Some people prefer to feed hay only at night in the tie outs keeping the indoor stall cleaner.
Water is usually not offered until after the animals have eaten their morning or evening feeding.
One or two flakes of grass hay are usually laid out in front of the tie-outs so animals can eat during the night.
Keep on their same feeding schedule as when they were at home
Showing cattle is an exciting, fun and educational process. It also involves a LOT of work both physically and in doing your homework. If starting off it's always best to spend time talking with those folks who are experienced in the process. Ask lots of questions and never assume you know it all no matter how experienced you are. Good Showing!
Dr. Steve Blezinger is and nutritional and management consultant with an office in Sulphur Springs Texas. He can be reached at 667 CR 4711 Sulphur Springs, TX 75482, by phone at (903) 885-7992 or by e-mail at email@example.com.
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While a certain British Harry has made waves over the last 24 hours thanks to his recent engagement announcement, it's time to take a break from royal news and turn our attention to another British Harry—former teen star and current heartthrob Harry Styles. Styles revealed in an interview with Entertainment Tonight that he takes inspiration—in both music and fashion sense—from the Canadian queen of country music, Shania Twain. It make sense, when you think about it—both have figured out how to spin a cross-genre record into a smash hit, both have a heart of gold when it comes to dogs, both love to take risks and rock a cheetah print print look.
In the interview, Styles calls Twain "amazing." His official declaration of love for the singer in all her cheetah print glory should also serve as a petition for Styles to perform at the next big sporting event—the Super Bowl perhaps—in a big pile of puppies. Until then, we'll have to tune in to Styles' performance at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Shanghai, which airs November 28 at 10pm on CBS. R&B singer Miguel, Hamilton's Leslie Odom Jr. and Jane Zhang are also scheduled to perform as the glittering Angels Bella Hadid and Alessandra Ambrosio take the stage.
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Today, when she's not too busy feeling unimpressed by nude photos of Brad Pitt, Twain can be found in her native Canada, being pulled onto stage by sled dogs at the Canadian Football League's Grey Cup halftime show, where she recently performed her 1997 classics "That Don't Impress Me Much" and "Man! I Feel Like A Woman" in addition to "Life's About to Get Good," from her most recent album, Now.
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The Jade Roller
Yes, there is a purpose to these crystal things that look like small rolling pins for the face that you see all over the internet. Also known as jade rollers, they are one of the best things to happen to our face care routines after cucumbers on our eyes. Let's be real here, when was the last time you actually had cucumbers on your eyes?
As wellness enthusiasts and lovers of self care, it seems like we used to have to go to professionals or "experts" to receive proper self care, but now it can be done in the comfort of our own homes. We can make ourselves *expensive* rose petal baths, detoxify ourselves with aromatherapy candles and essential oils, invest in new technological devices for at home facials like led light therapy, and last but not least, make ourselves an organic DIY face make recipe. Everything is at our fingertips and it is our choice to create a self care routine for ourselves that works and feels good.
Jade Rolling Self Care
Of course, we're all here for the one face care trend that is all over the internet and is quite intriguing. Anyone I know who has seen the jade roller has first been like "wtf is that?" and then takes another second to really look at it and thinks "but really, wtf is that. I kind of want one". At first sight it looks like everyone is just rolling a stone on their face with no rhyme or reason, maybe because it looks pretty or because it's trendy. But there are in fact many reasons as to why everyone is hopping on this jade rolling trend.
Personally, I am not convinced there is enough science to prove that the rolling actually does exactly what it says it does in the body but I am also an optimist, so I like to believe in things. However, the science behind jade rolling is not the only reason why I do it. According to my personal belief (that knowledge is power and the only way to obtain true knowledge is through experience), the only way to find out what the hype was all about was to own a jade roller myself. So I bought myself a pretty little jade roller and have consistently made it part of my morning routine. The rest is history. I love the jade roller because of my own purpose that I found with using it, and if the science behind its benefits are true, well, that is just the cherry on top.
Why I Jade Roll
• I used to ice underneath my eyes with ice packs and paper towels because when I wake up sometimes my eyes feel puffy and it's the only thing that feels good instantly. Now I use my jade roller straight from the freezer and sometimes I don't even roll it on my face, I just place it on my eyelids for the cold and roll it under my eyes to reduce puffiness.
• If I eat sugar the night before or drink wine, I wake up puffy, and it feels amazing to roll out in the morning.
• If I feel extra tired in the morning, the cold sensation on my face wakes me up and is actually really rejuvenating. The jade roller is said to increase collagen production.
• If I have something I need to get ready for in the morning like a photo shoot or an event — it makes me feel brighter before doing my makeup.
• I like having it as part of my routine. It's something I look forward to now in the morning as a little moment of self care before starting my day. It's calming, it feels good, and it's doing wonders for my skin and facial health.
• It is said to drain the lymphatic system, which reduces inflammation, puffiness and darkness. It also helps promote collagen production and activate the muscles of the face, leaving them feeling more plump (in a good way). I do feel this to be true, but also sometimes question if it's a placebo effect or real, so I'm just going to go with IT'S REAL.
How to Use the Jade Roller
Since it's super hard to try and explain this via words without visual context, here is a great video for you to see how to use the jade roller properly.
Storing and Cleaning
Storing and cleaning your jade roller is an essential part of the jade rolling process. You want to make sure that wherever you store the jade roller, it is cleaned properly before being put away and that it has it's own home within your home.
When cleaning my jade roller, after each use I use a microfiber cloth (an eyeglasses cleaner) to wipe the surface clean before storing. After a few uses, I also thoroughly clean it with a small cloth or paper towel dipped in diluted tea tree oil (a drop of tea tree oil and water) to clean the surface from bacteria build up. You can also use rubbing alcohol or straight up vodka if that's what you have on hand. Avoid cleaning the jade with any acids such as lemon or vinegar, since the jade stone is sensitive to those substances.
When storing the jade roller, I make sure it has it's own space in a glass jar (in my freezer) but you can also just leave yours in a glass container anywhere in your home. It's important to make sure it does not sit in wet or damp surfaces because the metal on the roller can rust. If you are storing your jade roller in the freezer, make sure it is completely dry before storing so there is no growth of bacteria or rust.
Where to Buy The Jade Roller
Like most other things, you can search for a jade roller on amazon and get it delivered to your door, but I think it's best to purchase from a reliable source where you can trust the quality. You want to make sure that it is a real jade stone from a reputable company, and that the metals are also quality material. A few places that sell good jade rollers are Credo, Sephora, The Detox Market, and Herbivore.
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Property taxes are important because they provide a stable, consistent source of funding for public safety, streets, sidewalks, parks, libraries, and other services provided by the City.
Property taxes are an important source of revenue for schools, libraries, and city and county governments. Murray City receives 13% of the total overall property tax revenue collected.
No. To adjust property taxes, the City must initiate a public hearing process called Truth-in-Taxation and decide whether the adjustment is necessary.
The blue bar displays the percentage of growth in property tax revenue received by the City, and the orange bar displays the rate of inflation for that same year. For example, in 2012 the rate of inflation was over 2% and the City's property tax revenue was less than the previous year by -.25%.
There are two possible reasons for the change. The first is that another taxing entity (school district or Salt Lake County) has gone through the Truth-in-Taxation process and raised their rates on one or more years which would increase your taxes. The second is that your property has increased in value more than other properties. When the property value of the City increases, the tax rate automatically decreases which gives the City the same revenue from year to year. However, if your property increases in value at a rate higher than the tax rate decreased then you will see a tax increase. The City will not see that increase because another property's value would have decreased or become tax-exempt which would mean a tax decrease, and results in no change to the City revenue.
Between 2008 and 2016, the City operated with considerably reduced revenues stemming from the economic downturn. In 2016, the City finally recovered to the same annual revenue amount it received in 2007. During those years, inflation increased an average of 2%-3% per year meaning costs increased but the City's revenues remained reduced.
The City focused all its resources on providing the same levels of service and maintaining the City's infrastructure (e.g. parks, roads, sidewalks, facilities) within these financial restraints, however, this approach purposely focused resources to items that required attention and delayed normal infrastructure maintenance and compensation issues.
It has been over a decade since 2008, and it has become important for the City to find a solution to funding infrastructure maintenance and protect its investment in a trained and professional workforce.
The City has included a 5-year infrastructure maintenance and replacement program in this year's budget. This program requires annual funding of $5.1 million per year. Without this tax increase, the City will not be able to budget for this program and the City's assets will continue to age without the proper maintenance which leads to the increased cost of replacement.
In addition, the City recognizes its greatest asset is its workforce. Knowing the increasing competitive environment for trained professionals (especially in law enforcement), the City commissioned a comprehensive compensation study to protect its investment. The study identified the City's compensation structure as below average when compared to other similar agencies. As such, the City has adopted a compensation plan and adjusted employee wages to the average market for their experience and position. The majority of this change is directed to the police and fire departments.
The City has a 5-year projection based on current inflation and knowledge. This model indicates the City will not need another increase until 2024, however this decision will be evaluated each year as the budget is prepared.
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When Garbage went into hiatus around 2006, nobody expected the band to be gone forever. It really did seem like more of a 'recharge the creative batteries' break than a 'we hate each other and can't stand to work together ever again' thing. So when they announced their plans to return, it was not really a surprise. What is a surprise is that their new album, Not Your Kind Of People, sounds like they never missed a day. It does what Garbage – Shirley Manson, Butch Vig, Steve Marker and Duke Erikson – have always done best, and that's to sound like themselves. That indefinable quality that makes each Garbage album sound different to the one before it, yet makes them all sound like part of the unified output of those four musicians and the dynamic between them.
"We did not want to reinvent ourselves," Vig says. "We wanted to embrace the sensibilities of what we like as the four of us. And just basically try to capture what it is that makes it sound like who we are." Part of that was the realisation that nobody else sounds like Garbage, and that there's something about having an identity that's very hard to define and quantify, but that when you find it, you hang on to it. "I think that's a huge, valuable asset in today's world, to have that kind of signature sound. So we decided to simply do what we like to do. And that's the sound of this record. A lot of people said it reminded them of our first album."
Garbage has never really fit in. They use electronics but they don't fit in with electronica. Butch has been involved with legendary grunge albums (after all, he produced Nevermind) but they never fit with grunge. They're not hipsters but they're popular. They're not pop but their melodies touch on it. "That's how we all feel as individuals. We never felt we were too cool for school. Shirley being Scottish, they're always being beaten down by the Brits. We embrace all these different styles of music when we write a song, and we got radio play when we never had a massive top 40 hit, and we that's okay. We are who we are. For better or for worse, this record sounds like Garbage, and we're okay with that." That's one of the themes of the record: about embracing the fact that it's okay to be different, it's okay to feel like the outsider and it's okay to feel like a creep. "We have some crazy misfit fans, and that's okay!" Think back to when Garbage played the Big Day Out festival – scary metal dudes like me were standing alongside alternative kids and pop fans, and all were digging it. Even the metalheads. "I'll say this, Peter, there are some moments in songs, where we get – not really metal, but we can get heavy. We were just today running through "Why Do You Love Me?" and "Bad Boyfriend" and "Push It," and we kept trying to dial it up, dial it up, dial it up. I know Duke and Steve were working on some guitar tones to make it heavier and heavier sounding. I think because the nature of who we are as a band, and how we embrace things, and the subtle elements in the arrangements, between heavy, fuzzy guitars and pop melodies and whatever, we do have a pretty big fan base. We have no idea what to expect when the new album comes out. And we feel like by embracing all these different genres, including hard rock and heavy metal, you listen to some Garbage songs and we just want to go there, man. And I think you're gonna hear some of that on the new tour! We're dialling up some of the heavy guitar tones for a few of the songs." Vig is no stranger to the glories of fuzz and the emotional response it evokes. "To me that's rock and roll. To me rock and roll is the sound of guitars. Really, rock and roll is attitude more than anything, but also for me, personally, it's the sound of guitars. And there are definitely some fuzzy guitars on the new record."
So how does Garbage create in 2012? This is the first album they've recorded in Los Angeles. Not in Hollywood or Beverly Hills but in a small suburb called Atwater Village. It's a very funky, bohemian neighbourhood about a mile from Vig's house. "It was done sort of geurilla style," he says. "We did the first four records at my studio back in Wisconsin. Some of the drums were done here at my bedroom studio upstairs. It's not really a proper studio. I would send my daughter off to school then go up and play drums in my pyjamas, and it's a really minimal setup. And then I would run it through an old tube preamp to go ahead and saturate the sound. It sounds so fun and so cool! Shirley did at least four or five songs sitting here with a handheld mic and not even headphones, just speakers playing. There's a sort of playful casual to it, kind of loose, y'know? And it's a real crucial part of trying to make a record sound vibey. Not getting crazy with editing and quantizing and trying to make it sound perfect." This was inspired by Vig's work on the latest Foo Fighters album, Wasting Light, which was recorded to tape. "There's something about performance that really gets to what makes you excited about a part in a song. So we tried not to make everything sound perfect. So the record to me, it's not super tight and all focused, but that's good! I listened to it the other day in someone else's car and they said 'Wow, the record sounds weird!' Because it doesn't sound like anything else. And all along, the recording, the mixing, it has a vibe to it. And as a band we're proud of that. One of the things I realised with the Foos, when everybody hits the 'one,' no matter how tight it is, if it's on tape you can't move it around by a few milliseconds, so what happens is the one, the downbeat, gets wider. Most people will just hear the one and go 'whatever,' but there's a thickness, a width, a heaviness of sound when it's played for real in realtime. It is what it is, and that makes the music bigger, and breathe."
Does Vig have a secret studio weapon? "The Roger Mayer RM58 limiter, man. I use that all the time here. I run drums through it all the time. If he made a plug-in of that he might be able to make a lot of money! If someone could emulate the what it does with sound, the way it compresses… I love my RM58." Vig's drum rig for the new album included a few different things initially used to program, before getting into the nitty gritty of playing acoustic drums. "If I was coming up with a song idea I'd use an M-Audio Trigger Finger which I can run into my Pro Tools. I have BFD emulations of drums, and lots of other software. I have a Drum Workshop kit set up with a couple of mics on it: a kick and snare, a couple of overheads. Sometimes I'll put a couple of tom mics up if I'm playing a lot of tom parts. Then I have a mono room mic which sounds like a tube 47 and I put that down in the corner by the bathroom in my den and I compress the shit out of it. I run it through a plug-in called Decapitator [by SoundToys], and the second you do that, it's instant vibe. A lot of the drums sound really big on the record, and my room is so small! Twelve feet by sixteen feet, and the walls are drywall. There's nothing special about it. It sounds kinda trashy but I was looking for that sound."
A little while after recording was completed on Not Your Kind Of People, the band returned to the studio to lay down a few more tracks. "I think we'd written maybe 26 songs, and we want all of them to come out," Vig says. "So there's no point in holding them back and putting them out on a B-side album five years from now. I think part of it is because all of us feel invested in the songs. So we went back in and finished I think five or six songs, and this morning we're working on another one that we're trying to finish. We want them to all come out over the next year and a half, whether it's a film, a TV show, whatever it is. We just want to be able to give the music that we feel. We want to get it out there. We don't have to go through all the bullshit bureaucracy and red tape that you go through when you're on a label. And honestly, I can't complain about major labels too much because we have been very successful. We sold a lot of records. But at the end of that it had sort of run its course and we felt we did not see eye to eye with the label. And we don't have to deal with that any more, so that's a good thing. We're sort of in command of what we want to do. And at some point all of the content, all of the different things we're working on are all going to come out, and relatively soon."
[geo-in country="Australia" note=""]So, any Australian tour plans? "We've had some of our best tours in Australia, and I'm not just saying that. We've always embraced going down under. And I don't know… maybe early next year. We're not going to go on an ages-long tour like we used to. We're about to go on tour and play some festival shows. But we know we've got a great fan base there. I love going to Australia. It's near and dear to all of our hearts. You know, before we signed to a record company in America, we signed with Mushroom. That was such a low-key deal. They had no idea what was going to happen. They just said 'Sure, we'll put your record out.' And that's how it all unfolded. When the band took off we had no idea that'd happen. So we're going to come back. We have no illusions about selling a lot of CDs, and we've never been a band that made a lot of money touring. I know a lot of bands like the Sex Pistols say they're only in it for the money. We're really doing it for a labour of love. We just feel jazzed about making music together. And because we're on our own label now we can pick and choose what we want to do, when we want to tour, what we want to release and when we want to release it. That's quite liberating."
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The humble bike rack & pannier has remained unchanged for nearly half a century. They can be heavy, unsightly, compared to modern road bike, and are not compatible with all road bikes. A redesign was long overdue, and Tailfin is the solution.
Tailfin is introducing an entirely new category of bicycle rack & panniers. The company debuts, with an advanced carbon fiber rack and companion pannier bags. The rack is adaptable to any road bike, is ultra-light and quick release. Both the rack and bag are designed to complement your road bike beautifully. The Tailfin rack & panniers work perfectly together, and, ingeniously, the rack can also fit with traditional panniers. Beginning with the road bike market, the Tailfin rack & panniers have been designed around the core belief, that every journey is not just about the destination, it's about enjoying the ride.
To enable the Tailfin rack to fit any road bike, (including those lacking rack mounts or carbon fiber frames and seatposts), it ships with a custom made quick release skewer, with built-in mounting features. The rack is mounted to the bike, by forming a stable triangle between the ends of the skewer and the seatpost (the seatpost connector is carbon friendly and designed to fit almost any size). The rack is quick release, allowing it to be added, or removed, without tools, in seconds. For security purposes, it can be locked, with screws, if preferred. The rack weighs 275 grams, 50% lighter than the majority of existing racks. By utilizing carbon fiber as it's main material, it is ultra rigid, and tested beyond industry standards (EN 14872-2006).
The panniers are 40% lighter than most existing panniers, weighing just 600grams. They contain a rigid backbone, to keep items stable in transit, and reduce any sway or swing whilst cycling. Each pannier has a sizeable capacity of 24Litres, with the ability to accommodate even the largest 17" laptop, if used for commuting. The pannier fabric is a high performance, advanced sailcloth laminate, making it exceptionally waterproof, durable and lightweight.
Tailfin's founder, Nick Broadbent, a passionate cyclist, is a mechanical engineer and has been designing and engineering products for over a decade, having worked for various international product development consultancies & startups. Nick Broadbent says: "Creating a light and elegant product was important, but it was critical that the product function was as also better than existing racks & panniers. Fundamentally, I wanted to enable every rider's journey to be effortless, by designing the most advanced rack and pannier system ever. The aim is to ride fast, with more."
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"History is a product of labor just like the work of art itself, and obeys analogous dynamics."
"Out of this jumbled superposition of different kinds of temporal models History does in fact emerge––as a work of art, like any other work of art, but made by everyone together."
"Really the question became quite philosophical; how to be? What to care about? And how to become a little less solitary?"


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Finding the right EHR vendor for your facility: A buyer's guide
For solo physician practices, as well as multihospital systems straddling state lines, the steps for choosing an EHR vendor are similar. This buyer's guide covers all the bases.
The process of choosing an electronic health record vendor can be quite arduous, especially if a health care provider has never used EHR software before. With the release of the meaningful use final rule and the standards and certification final rule, health care providers now know how they must use EHR technology, but many questions undoubtedly remain. This buyer's guide will help providers know what features to look for and what questions to ask as they select an EHR vendor.
Electronic health record systems could change health care just as bar codes forever altered the retail industry. But with health care, there's a lot more on the line than just cutting costs and maximizing efficiency. Electronic health records could improve the health of individual patients by electronically coordinating the care from all their providers, sharing lab results and supporting electronic prescriptions. Moreover, clinical decision support promises to reduce such errors as incorrect medical procedures or drug treatments that can't be taken together or to which a patient is allergic.
On a more massive scale, public health researchers could improve the health of the U.S. population as a whole by developing better treatments from the knowledge they gain from examining the new, rich data collected through a standardized national network of interoperable EHR systems.
That's the theory, at least -- if all the health care providers can get on the same standards page.
To accomplish these goals, federal authorities in both the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, or ONC, set rules and deadlines for the certification of the EHR systems health care providers will use, as instructed by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health, or HITECH, Act.
The choice of an EHR vendor, however, is up to providers, as is the responsibility for getting certified for meaningful use -- the key to earning financial incentives and avoiding reimbursement penalties. The hard part? Narrowing the choice to one, out of hundreds of EHR vendors.
Most hospital IT leaders and national experts tell SearchHealthIT.com that the first step in buying an EHR system has nothing to do with software. Instead, it's workflow analysis: Look at how information presently flows in your office, and pinpoint bottlenecks that need improvement. Typically, these are time-wasting processes that frustrate physicians, nurses and front office staff. They also can be billing holes, which lose income for a practice when treatments fall through the billing cracks, get rejected because they're coded incorrectly, or require staff to conduct numerous follow-ups in order to receive reimbursement.
Fix these problems first. If you don't, an EHR system simply turns a bad paper workflow into a bad electronic one. For some, the best fit will be to rip and replace practice management and billing systems at the same time and start over with an integrated applications suite.
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Good nutrition is the bedrock of lifelong health and should ideally start right from infancy. A balanced diet is essential to get all the nutrients needed for growth. It is also critical if one wants to maintain optimal health. Poor eating habits not only result in overweight and obesity but can also lead to serious diseases like diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, osteoporosis and some form of cancers.
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Too much or too less of either of the three is bad for your health. If you avoid fats to lose weight http://www.nativeremedies.com/products/ecoslim-natural-weight-loss.html and eat more of proteins and carbohydrates then your body will convert some of them into fat. Lack of fat intake results in the body burning its stored fat and may lead to metabolic disorders. A balanced diet ensures that you get the right amount of fats, proteins and carbohydrates along with the right quantity of minerals, vitamins and fiber on a daily basis. Some basic foods that you should include in your daily diet are:
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- Vegetables - The deeper the color of the vegetable, the greater concentration of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.
- Fruits - All fruits are good for health. Packed fruit juices can contain up to ten teaspoons of sugar per cup. Prefer fresh fruit juice.
- Dairy products - Organic dairy is the best choice.
- Proteins - Aim for variety while choosing source of proteins. Fish, especially oily fish is the best source of proteins. Reduce consumption of red meat. Egg, poultry, beans, nuts and seeds are other foods that have high protein content.
- Oils - Fresh high quality oils like olive and coconut oil and oils derived from raw nuts and seeds are healthy sources of fat.
Besides this you should eat slowly and chew your food properly before swallowing. Digestion actually begins in your mouth where digestive enzymes in the saliva mix with food. Eat everything, but in moderation. The signal of a full stomach reaches the brain after about 20 minutes - eat slowly to avoid over eating.
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What is Coworking Space?
Coworking is a self-directed, collaborative, flexible and voluntary work style that is based on mutual trust and the sharing of common core values between its participants. Coworking involves a shared workplace, often an office, and independent activity. Unlike in a typical office, those coworking are usually not employed by the same organization.


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Adidas This is Not a Jersey
Adidas New Zealand introduced nanotechnology into their "This is not a jersey" advertising campaign featuring rugby jerseys worn by members of All Blacks. The microsite, www.thisisnotajersey.com, gave fans in 2008 opportunities to have their name literally etched onto a thread, stitched into the silver fern logo of captain Richie McCaw's jersey.
Visitors to the Adidas This is Not a Jersey site were able to watch special web films of the team talking about the All Blacks jersey, with a variety of press ads, team posters, desktops, screensavers and 30 special individual player posters to download. Thousands of All Blacks fans added their name and support to the website "adiThread", writing their own personal "mantra" on what the jersey means to them. The site used Papervision3D, a relatively new piece of Flash technology, to enable fans to move around a 3D model of the adiThread and, if they looked hard enough, to see their own name.
Claim Your Birthright
Parents were able to register the birth of any NZ baby born on the day of an All Blacks home rugby test match in order to receive a special "birthright" All Blacks jersey. The site enabled parents to upload a photograph of their child wearing the birthright jersey.
Jersey Poster Campaign
Giant supersite billboards, press ads, bus backs, adshels with real signed All Blacks jerseys inside them were used to attract fans to the site. "This is not a jersey. This is a portal to greatness". "This is not Black. This is the Absence of Fear". "This is not a uniform. This is a country unified".
Two posters, one featuring the 2008 All Blacks team, spell out the manifesto of the campaign.
This is not a jersey.
This is a portal through which men pass.
This is not material.
This is fabric that binds us together.
This is not a souvenir.
This is a reminder of all who have worn it before us.
This is not black.
This is the absence of fear.
This is not a uniform.
This is a country unified.
This is not a jersey only 22 men wear.
This is a jersey fitted for four million people.
This is victory and loss, but will not be defeated.
This is everthing but a "Jersey".
The site also hosts mantras from the entire team, with their own statements written on a jersey, navigatable through a flash interface. McCaw offers: 'This is not a jersey, this is a legacy', while Jerome Kaino believes: 'This is not a jersey. This is a challenge to be the best.'
The Adidas Jersey campaign was developed at Adidas New Zealand by John Beckett and Greig Bramwell, and at TBWA\WHYBIN New Zealand by executive creative director Andy Blood, creative director Guy Roberts, creatives Corey Chalmers and Robert Harvey, and account manager Blake Crosbie.
The site was developed at Shift, Auckland.
Fiber imprinting nanotechnology was developed by Professor Richard Blaikie and research engineer Gary Turner at the MacDiarmid Institute of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology at the University of Canterbury.
The This Is Not A Jersey/AdiThread campaign won an Innova Lotus and was a finalist in the 360 Lotus category at Adfest 2009.
Filed under: Adidas, All Blacks, Commercials, Interactive, Posters, Print, Rugby union
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Working within a community-based behavioral health setting, The Children's ACT Clinician provides assessment, therapy, family therapy, functional support and crisis management to children and families ages 3 to 21 years old. Treatment for the children and families will be provided mostly in the community such as schools and in family homes and at times in the office. This is a full time, 40 hour a week position working 5 days a week with typically hours of 11am-7pm.
Major Functional Areas and Description of Duties
- Provide solution-focused therapy for children and adolescents and their families in a community based setting in a 35 hour work week and a flexible schedule;
- Develop person centered goals and treatment planning with each client and their family in a small team supportive collaborative approach;
- Provide timely documentation on each service delivered;
- Collaborate and coordinate efforts with community partners such as the schools, primary and specialty case physicians, legal system, and/or other involved providers;
- Rotation of On-call phone support;
- Serve on appropriate committees, both internal and external, as determined by the program director;
- Represent CLM in a professional and appropriate manner in the community;
- Perform all other duties as assigned by supervisor;
- Twenty-two hours a week of direct face to face contact with children and families in the community;
- Ensure that services provided comply with all federal and state regulatory standards and statutes;
- Adhere to the Center's Code of Ethics.
- Master's degree in mental health field and NH licensure as an LCMHC MLADC preferred, or LICSW.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with professionals and clients/families;
- Advanced documentation skills and familiarity with data reports/spreadsheets;
- Demonstrated leadership skills.
Physical Demands and Working Conditions
- Must have ability to sit at computer and use keyboard for data entry;
- Must have ability to sit for 60 minute intervals while in sessions and/or meetings.
- Must be able to flex schedule to accommodate needs of clients and staff;
- A majority of the work will be visiting clients in the community and also in their homes. Proof of car insurance, a reliable vehicle and a clean driving record all are required. An ability to freely enter/exit client's homes is necessary.
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reported on c't (in german) and summed up on the inquirer, it seems that workstation xeons (code-named foster) will have a built-in l3 cache! memory performance is the single greatest hindrance to performance and keeps a cpu from revealing its true potential (something i find very difficult to convey to non-tech folk). every benchmark shows that data and code, when fully in l1 and l2, make the processor fly at breakneck speeds. once l1 and l2 sizes are exceeded however, the speed tends to drop off rather sharply, and is severely bottlenecked by how fast main memory can be accessed. an l3 cache could greatly speed things up by "hiding" some of the latency in accessing main memory by acting as a go-between. many p4 users might decide to make the jump to the xeon camp if the performance is noticeably greater. it could prove to be an interesting twist in the mhz battle.
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|hmm (11:55am est wed aug 15 2001)
its goatguy's dream come true! – by de@d st0p
|lmao – literally (11:58am est wed aug 15 2001)
thanks for the plug, de@d st0p.
what can i say? "itz twoo, itz twoo!"
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|interesting… (12:12pm est wed aug 15 2001)
can you say k6-iii? – by bahh to intel
|but seriously – amd **has** to work smarter (12:59pm est wed aug 15 2001)
[a] they're kissin' cousins with nvidia.
[b] they're hopelessly unable to market to corporate mushrooms 'cuz of the megahertz gap.
[c] they more-or-less perform overpar to p4's, but [b] occludes the truth.
[d] they just released the dual, which appears quite potent. [b] is still an issue though.
[5] every benchie out there shows the athlon to have better l1, l2 caches, but pathetic memory performance compared to p4.
therefore… the nforce needs to be able to control a significant amount of l3 cache externally, on order to keep the athlon on par or above compared to xeon + l3.
listen up, amd: you've got about 3 months to figure out how to counter this move… and if you miss the window of opportunity, no matter what you follow up with, it'll be seen as "too little, too late". we all luvya for sure, but we're also perty fickle.
just take commander mcrick's recent position, for instance. now don't go fiddlin' with your pipeline to improve your mhz numbers. nosiree.
i'm glad i'm not amd at the moment.
– by goatguy
|ps for you golfers out there… (1:01pm est wed aug 15 2001)
i know that "under par" is better, but in the above i was thinking of "over" as "better performance".
– by goatguy
|the l3 should help…. (1:20pm est wed aug 15 2001)
but why l3? why not increased l2 or l1? the latency issues are going to be significantly reduced with a large l3 when compared to something without it, but what would it have been if the l1 or l2 were increased?
overall the xeon line has been continuously degraded by intel. first piii's (256k cache) disguised as true xeons (those with 1-2mb l2 caches), then p4's add a few pins, allow mp, and renamed p4 xeon (albeit with a better chipset to support them). then intel just adds l3 to an existing p4 core when the next die shrink happens. now that they have throughly destroyed the xeon brand name, they finally introduce a version that might live up to the name. sigh, i just don't understand who is running the intel ship sometime…
if intel can come up with an improved chipset to support foster, then in the dual arena they may have some reason for those of us with dual xeon 700 2mb systems to finally trade up. i'll have to reserve my kudos and $$$$ until i see some performance figures and reports on stability relative to the competition when they begin shipping in volume.
athlons need more cache, faster clockspeeds, and better/cheaper chipsets to finally break into the dualie market with a vengance. the tyan thunder board does not hack it. – by action
|why not l2 or l1? (1:50pm est wed aug 15 2001)
because those two will increase (by a pretty substantial amount) the size of the chip, and the power it consumes… and together, doubling l1 + l2 will have a lot less improvement effect than smoothing out the "middle region" between ram and chip cache.
there's a little appreciated principle of making a static ram cell that trades off size-and-power for speed. the l1 cache on the p4 (and a4) is both large and runs hot. that's how it gets clock-synchronous (under 1 nsec) performance. the l2 cache runs a 1/4th that rate, but consumes less power – and has more data in about the same area. still and all, it runs at 2.5 nsec or so, which is roughly 25x faster than ram.
so, "something" needs to be between l2 [2.5nsec] and ram [65 nsec]. say a 10 nsec external cache… with good parallel streaming? sure! gets the little bursts from the cpu all nicely queued up, and swaps back to delivery mode very very quickly. just needs a good external l3 cache controller.
nvidia… are you listening?
– by goatguy


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Source: The Peninsula 2014
Qatar's non-oil economic growth is foretasted to pick up in 2014. Fitch Ratings said in its latest "Mena Sovereign Credit Overview" that Qatar's high government capital spending and population growth should sustain double-digit non-hydrocarbon growth.
The country's huge project spending in pipeline brings management challenges and overcapacity risks. Benign external environment is keeping inflation under control despite rising rents.
The ratings agency said the average sovereign ratings of energy exporters and importers in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) have further diverged in 2014. Credit fundamentals across the energy exporters are expected to remain strong, driven by triple digit oil prices. Fitch forecasts that Brent crude will average $105 per barrel in 2014 and $100 per barrel in 2015. As a result, all energy exporters are expected to record external surpluses and all except Bahrain ('BBB') are forecast to post fiscal surpluses in both years.
Fitch assumes that economic performance should improve in most energy importers in 2014 due to greater external financial support, a recovery in eurozone and, in some cases, improved political stability.


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2011 - End of Year Reviews - Road: Running\Race Walking
Provided by IAAF
26 December 2011 - Monte Carlo – Statisticians A. Lennart Julin (SWE) and Mirko Jalava (FIN) continue their 'End of Season' review with their fifth installment, which looks back at the year's action on the Roads: Running and Race Walking.
Road Running
When the history of modern Marathon running is written sometime in the future the year 2011 will almost certainly be considered as very special indeed. Strangely enough not mainly because of the new World record set in Berlin by Patrick Makau when he lowered Haile Gebrselassie's 2:03:59 from 2008 by 21 seconds. Of course a new World record is always something very special and Makau executed his race in brilliant fashion.
But still the real "greatest ever" magic wasn't quite there as it didn't feel at all like a perfect record race. Makau himself was in fact mainly focused on winning the race and "wasted" valuable energy on tactical maneuvers aimed at shaking off former record holder Gebrselassie. And just a few weeks later the feeling was confirmed when Wilson Kipsang in Frankfurt almost snatched the record from Makau missing it by just four seconds.
No, what really made 2011 a year that will be considered of historical significance in the sport of marathon running was that it changed our perception of what is really possible. The best illustration is probably the fact that there were new course records set in all the five races making up the "World Marathon Majors".
On 17 April in London Emmanuel Mutai won handsomely by over a minute (ahead of Martin Lel and Makau) in 2:04:40 taking half a minute off Samuel Wanjiru's two-year-old course record of 2:05:10.
The next day in Boston Geoffrey Mutai and Moses Mosop waged a breathtaking two-man battle culminating in a sprint finish won by Mutai in 2:03:02, four seconds ahead of Mosop. The previous top time at this, the most classic (born 1897!) of all yearly marathons, was close to three minutes slower: 2:05:52 by Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot just one year earlier. The 2:03:02 was also by almost a minute the fastest Marathon ever on a full-distance course, although the net drop from start to finish invalidated it for record purposes.
On 25 September in Berlin Makau as said lowered the official World record – set in Berlin three years eariler by Gebreselassie – by 21 seconds to 2:03:38. Makau won the race by well over four minutes.
On 9 October in Chicago Moses Mosop – claiming to be quite far from top fitness after injury problems during the summer – still with his 2:05:37 took four seconds off Samuel Wanjiru's course record set in 2009. Mosop won the race by 38 seconds.
On 6 November in New York the ten-year-old course record (Tesfaye Jifar 2:07:43) was completely demolished as Geoffrey Mutai took away over two and half minutes in a race without pacesetters! With his 2:05:06 he not only had a 1:22 time cushion over his nearest opponent (London-winner Emmanuel Mutai) but also suddenly moved the supposedly un-fast New York course from "nowhere" up into sixth place on the all-time course record list (seventh if Boston is included).
But even more intriguing than the course records themselves were the "race profiles" where all but Berlin had negative splits (and Makau lost just 10 seconds) and where all but Chicago had the winner running sub-1:02 in the second half. The most impressive negative splitting came in New York where Geoffrey Mutai passed halfway in 1:03:18 and then added 1:01:47.
What has happened to that much talked-about "wall" you are supposed to hit after running "out of gas" at 30K or thereabouts? A question that gets even more pertinent if one looks at some of the 10Ks recorded on-route: In Berlin and Chicago Makau and Mosop respectively were clocked in 28:58 and 29:01 between 25K and 35K. And in London and New York we saw 28:44 and 28:54 between 30K and 40K for winners Emmanuel and Geoffrey Mutai! Not to mention Boston where G Mutai and Mosop pushed each other to 28:24 at 30-40K!
The exact same pattern was also displayed in the World Championships race in Daegu where winner Abel Kirui broke away by running the 10K between 25K and 35K in 28:58! His halves were 1:05:07/1:02:31.
Obviously that infamous wall has crumbled – or the top runners have found some kind of "hole" in the wall to sneak through that enables them to run sub-29 10Ks even in the second half and even after opening at supposed breakneck paces of 1:01-1:02. This observation has inevitably fueled speculations and discussions concerning whether the first sub-2:00 performance will happen within a not so distant future.
"Common sense" and experience says it is impossible – but maybe we have been fooled by history? There now definitely is a new breed of Marathon runners that approaches the event – both in training and in competition – with a different attitude and maybe also a new level of specific talent? Rather than being something that "old" track runners do when winding down their long careers the Marathon now is something you focus on right from the start.
People like the Mutais, Makau, Kipsang and Mosop have of course competed on the track but they quite early decided not to have track running as a main priority. Only Mosop has run in international championships on the track (World 10,000m bronze in 2005) but already at age 22 (in 2007) he left the track to focus 100% on road running, mainly half and full marathons. People like Gebrselassie and Tergat, following traditional wisdom, didn't make their switches until they were into their 30s.
With so many young runners - especially in Kenya – now having aspirations on successful international careers there is not room for all of them on the track. There are simply not enough races on the professional circuit and in each of those races only a very small number of some 15-25 runners can participate.
On the road no such limitations exist as there are mass races with attractive prize money on offer at especially 10K, Half Marathon and Marathon more or less "everyday and everywhere" all over the world. The influx of new talent to the roads in the last few years has been incredible and most of those runners have no previous background in serious track running. They have instead gone directly to the road where their recent success proves that Marathon running is not necessarily something only suited for "retired" track specialists in their 30s. And the new road runners have gone there with a fresh attitude of not being scared or intimidated by paces previously thought to be suicidal.
One final reason why 2011 will go down in the history books as a very remarkable year indeed in marathon running: on the 2011 world list (as per early December and only counting "record legal" courses) all of the top-20 runners come from the same nation – Kenya! Not even traditional rivals Ethiopia managed to break into the top-25! In this day and age of truly globalised athletics and in an event available to everybody (no need for special arenas or expensive equipment) in every corner of the earth – but Antarctica – such complete domination by one single nation should not be practically or theoretically possible. But still it happened!?!
Race Walking
Race Walking has in recent years – especially at the international championships – been dominated by Russia. In the last three global championships – 2008 Olympics and 2009 and 2011 Worlds – Russia has won five of the six gold medals at stake. However, it should be noted that all the three 20Km triumphs have been courtesy of one single athlete – Valeriy Borchin – and only this year in Daegu did Russia have the backup in the form of also the silver medallist (Vladimir Kanaykin).
Borchin's current supremacy at the shorter walking distances was underlined by the fact that he in addition to the World title also won the international 20K events in Rio Maior (POR) in April and Sesto San Giovanni (ITA) in May. He finished off his perfect year by securing the IAAF Race Walking Challenge title after dominating also the final 10Km event in La Coruna (ESP) a couple of weeks after Daegu.
But the 25-year-old Borchin still ought not to become complacent with the 2012 Olympics coming up as China's Wang Zhen –five years younger than Borchin – improved substantially in 2011. Finishing fourth in Daegu Wang just missed the podium in his international championships debut. Before that he had compiled an impressive season winning in both Lugano and Taicang in 1:18 as well as in Dublin in 1:19. Wang capped his breakthrough year by finishing second fairly close behind Borchin at 10K in the Challenge final in La Coruna.
The new 50Km World champion Sergey Bakulin just like Borchin was born in 1986 which signals that he probably is still in the beginning of his career at this distance which he first tested just two years ago. Look e.g at silver medallist Denis Nizhegorodov who at 31 did his sixth global championship and who scored his fifth top-five finish. And remember that legend Robert Korzeniowski won his first global title at age 28 and his last at 36.
The 50Km walk is probably still the least "global" of all athletics events. In Daegu only 22 of the IAAF's 200+ member federations were represented; of those 15 were European. But that is not preventing Australia from arguably being the top 50K-nation after Russia thanks to the trio of Jared Tallent (bronze in Daegu, silver in Beijing Olympics), Luke Adams (fifth in Daegu, his seventh global top-10 placing combining 50Km and 20Km) and Nathan Deakes (dnf in Daegu, but winner at the 2007 Worlds).
The Russian golden domination is also present in the junior and youth categories where the reigning World junior champion from 2010 is Valery Filipchuk and the reigning World Youth champion from 2011 is Pavel Parshin. So even though the 2011 World champions Borchin and Bakulin are just 25 Russia seems already well equipped to keep its success well into the next decade. Something that is not possible to say of some other traditional walking powers.
Actually one reason behind the increased Russian walking success is that nations like Italy, Spain and Mexico seem to have problems with finding and nurturing new athletes capable of challenging for the top positions. In Italy it seems that everything now rests on Alex Schwazer, the Olympic 50K winner in Beijing. This year he didn't compete at that distance and at 20K he finished ninth, almost two minutes behind the winner.
As for Spain their top finish in the 20K in Daegu was 17th and in the 50Km none of their three entries finished the race (2 dq and 1 dnf). Typically their top-three men statistically of the year at 50Km were 42, 38 and 32 years old in 2011. In Mexico Eder Sánchez is the only man capable of seriously challenging for podium positions, but he failed in Daegu having to be content with a very discrete 15th place in the 20Km.
Road Running
The times have really changed with the standard of marathons in the last few years. Before for women, a 2:23 or a 2:24 Marathon would have easily taken a place in the top five of the season, but this season there were a total of 39 women under 2:25 in 2011.
At the top 34-year-old Russian Liliya Shobukhova was the strongest runner with two fast national records during the season. First Shobukhova finished second in London clocking 2:20:15 behind Kenyan Mary Keitany and then won in Chicago in a world leading 2:18:20 in October. Keitany's 2:19:19 in London was the second fastest of the year and the 29-year-old also finished third in New York in 2:23:38 in November for a fine duo of marathons for the season.
Much like on the men's side, the women's Marathon is being dominated more and more by two African countries, Kenya and Ethiopia. In 2011 there were eight athletes from both countries for a total of 16 in the world top 20 leaving only four places to other counties, one each from Russia, Germany, United States and Sweden.
Although many times these days different athletes are competing in the World Championships Marathon than those occupying the top placings in the major marathons, the picture is same there, too. In Daegu Kenya scored a 1-2-3 lead by Edna Kiplagat while Ethiopian Bezunesh Bekele finished fourth. In addition to Kenya and Ethiopia, China has done well in recent World Championships. It's the only country with an athlete in the top six four times in a row 2005-2011 including two medals, one gold (Bai Xue) and one silver (Zhou Chunxiu). Zhu Xiaolin has placed in the top six in three successive World Championships 2007 (4th), 2009 (5th) and 2011 (6th) and in between 2007 and 2009 she placed fourth in Beijing at the 2008 Olympics as well. In the last four editions 2005-2011, Kenya has won the most medals with five and China and Japan are next with two each.
Ethiopia has easily the best depth in this event with 33 athletes in the world top 100. Kenya has 18 for second place and Japan 11 for third.
Race Walking
Although there was a World record (pending) set in the women's 20Km Race Walk, the athlete in charge of that performance, Russian Vera Sokolova, was nowhere near being the best walker of the season. In race walking winning the major championships is everything and at the moment there is only one walker winning and that is another Russian Olga Kaniskina.
The 26-year-old has won every major championship since finishing in silver medal position in Gothenburg at the 2006 European Championships: three successive World titles 2007-2011, the Olympic title in 2008 and of course the 2010 European Championships as well. Kaniskina knows how to prepare for major meets. She only competed twice before Daegu, winning both times, first in April in Rio Maior and on May Day in Sesto San Giovanni. She was nowhere near the fastest time of the year and still added an easy title in Daegu winning in 1:29:42.
The number two walker seems to be quite clear too as 24-year-old Chinese Liu Hong has won a medal in the last two World Championships. Following a bronze medal in Berlin she walked a balanced race in Daegu for a clear second place 18 seconds behind Kaniskina. She only lost twice during the season, both times to Kaniskina (she did finish in fourth place in London in a test race on the Olympic course, but that was not a real competition).
2010 European silver medallist Anisya Kirdyapkina won the first worldwide medal finishing third in Daegu in 1:30:13, but new World record holder Sokolova did not do as well finishing the race in 11th place well behind the medals. In the yearly results Kirdyapkina was second in the same race where Sokolova set the World Record in Sochi in February with a 1:25:09 result, just a second behind the winner.
Third on the world list was Liu Hong, who equalled her 1:27:17 personal best with a win in Taicang in April having previously walked the same time in Beijing Olympics 2008 where she was fourth.
China continues to dominate this event with 28 athletes in the world top 100. Russia is a clear second with 16 and Spain third with seven.


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France Confers Historical Archives to the U.S. Holocaust Museum
Washington, D.C., February 27, 2013.
The Diplomatic Archives of the French Foreign Ministry handed over 70,000 digital files to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in a ceremony held at the Museum on February 27. The documents and images contained in these files, which came from the archives of the French Protectorate in Morocco, chronicle the history of the Jewish community in that country during the 1930s and 1940s.
The ceremony was attended by Museum Director Sara Bloomfield, and Paul Shapiro, Director of the Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, together with other museum personnel. The French Embassy in Washington was represented by its chargé d'affaires, Frédéric Doré. Representatives of the Moroccan Embassy and the U.S. State Department, including U.S. Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Douglas Davidson, were also present.
- Frédéric Doré, Minister Counselor of the French Embassy, and Sara Bloomfield, Holocaust Memorial Museum Director (Photo courtesy U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum).
This event follows the signing of an agreement between the French Foreign Ministry and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on January 15 renewing scientific, educational and cultural cooperation for the next 10 years.
With this new agreement and symbolic ceremony, France fully reaffirms its commitment to fostering Holocaust remembrance. The French Foreign Ministry is still working actively to inventory and digitize its archives relating to that period.


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Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, Judge Supreme Court of Pakistan, while agreeing with the decision of the court, wrote additional remarks depicting the state of the nation and reminding people of their duty to the Country. I am copying a very effective poetic part of it. Complete version can be seen here.
3. With an apology to Khalil Gibran, and with reference to the present context, I may add as follows:
Pity the nation that achieves nationhood in the name of a religion but pays little heed to truth, righteousness and accountability which are the essence of every religion.
Pity the nation that proclaims democracy as its polity but restricts it to queuing up for casting of ballots only and discourages democratic values.
Pity the nation that measures honour with success and respect with authority, that despises sublime and cherishes mundane, that treats a criminal as a hero and considers civility as weakness and that deems a sage a fool and venerates the wicked.
Pity the nation that adopts a Constitution but allows political interests to outweigh constitutional diktat.
Pity the nation that demands justice for all but is agitated when justice hurts its political loyalty.
Pity the nation whose servants treat their solemn oaths as nothing more than a formality before entering upon an office.
Pity the nation that elects a leader as a redeemer but expects him to bend every law to favour his benefactors.
Pity the nation whose leaders seek martyrdom through disobeying the law than giving sacrifices for the glory of law and who see no shame in crime.
Pity the nation that is led by those who laugh at the law little realizing that the law shall have the last laugh.
Pity the nation that launches a movement for rule of law but cries foul when the law is applied against its bigwig, that reads judicial verdicts through political glasses and that permits skills of advocacy to be practised more vigorously outside the courtroom than inside.
Pity the nation that punishes its weak and poor but is shy of bringing its high and mighty to book.
Pity the nation that clamours for equality before law but has selective justice close to its heart.
Pity the nation that thinks from its heart and not from its head.
Indeed, pity the nation that does not discern villainy from nobility.


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A favela is the term for a shanty town in Brazil, most often within urban areas. The first favelas appeared in the late 19th century and were built by soldiers who had nowhere to live. Some of the first settlements were called bairros africanos (African neighbourhoods). This was the place where former slaves with no land ownership and no options for work lived. Over the years, many former black slaves moved in.
Even before the first favela came into being, poor citizens were pushed away from the city and forced to live in the far suburbs. However, most modern favelas appeared in the 1970s due to rural exodus, when many people left rural areas of Brazil and moved to cities. Unable to find a place to live, many people ended up in a favela. Census data released in December 2011 by the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) shows that in 2010, about 6 percent of the population lived in slums in Brazil. This means that 11.4 million of the 190 million people that lived in the country resided in areas of irregular occupation definable by lack of public services or urbanization, referred to by the IBGE as "subnormal agglomerations".
Photo was taken 2002.