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Thank you for visiting my storm chasing photos and videos website! I have been interested in weather since I was a young lad, and have carried this interest over into a career. Growing up on a small hobby farm in southern Minnesota near the town of Blooming Prairie, I got my fair share of severe weather and winter storms. This extreme weather is what drove me to wonder and investigate further as to how thunderstorms and tornadoes develop and then learn how to forecast the weather.
After high school, I decided to pursue Meteorology and Environmental Studies degrees at St Cloud State University (http://www.stcloudstate.edu/). Here is where I gained my knowledge of the vast world of weather and also learned how to storm chase after meeting two gals appropriately called the Twister Sisters (http://www.twistersisters.com/). In fact, my first 'real' storm chase was with them on June 24th 2003, in which we witnessed 13 tornadoes in one day! Some were multiple tornadoes at the same time. (https://www.weather.gov/fsd/20030624-tornadooutbreak) Since that day in '03, I have been storm chasing on a regular basis and, since 2007, started putting together chase logs and taking the hobby seriously. This was after being a cast member on a storm chasing reality show called 'Twister Sisters' that aired on WE TV in the winter of 2007/2008. Over the past several years, I have seen some incredible weather phenomenon, including everything from tornadoes, wall and shelf clouds, twisting barberpole storm updrafts, massive hail, lightning, flooding, intense straight line winds, and thunderstorm features that I cannot even comprehend. My love of weather is not just limited to thunderstorms, but I also enjoy winter and tropical weather as well as long range forecasting.
I have been employed as a Meteorologist with DTN since 2004. I am also part of the PGA Tour On-Site Meteorologist team, producing weather forecasts and helping with weather evacuations for various golf tournaments around the country, and several International events. It is an amazing experience to be able to travel all over the world and work as a Meteorologist for the Tour, PGA of America, The Masters, and others, as well as be employed with a highly successful weather company in the private sector.
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• June and July, 2008 → Weather Consultant for the production of 'Tornado Road', which aired on The Weather Channel in late 2009 and early 2010. Still have re-runs of this program on TWC to this day.
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It's then that I saw the headlights in my peripheral vision. I gasped. Braked. Then braced myself as a Corolla barreled into the front of our van. (Barreled it off, it turns out.) My head and shoulder hit the door. We spun about 90 degrees.
Mom and I sat there, stunned, assessing each other and ourselves—unhurt, except for what would be a goose egg tomorrow. Quizzed each other: I had the green, right? Yep. Still green. Did you see him? She wanted to know. Because I didn't see him. Looked into the car that was now adjacent to us, where thankfully driver and passenger were conscious, certainly shaken.
In all the ensuing chaos of lights, paperwork, and metal, many little gifts from God began revealing themselves. They piled themselves around us in so many heaps: My mom and I stepping out of the van, virtually unscathed. A sober, insured, and humble driver who admitted fault, along with a witness who heard him. My four kids sleeping at home with a trustworthy babysitter. Fast, insightful emergency personnel. Responsive insurance companies. Kind, intuitive friends to pick us up since my husband and father were out of town together. Even free drinks at the nearby Starbucks when at last we walked in to use the bathroom, dazed and scattered.
But my greatest revelation didn't show itself until the next morning on the phone with my very relieved grandma. I was attempting to explain the damage to our van—how it had shook and lurched when the tow truck separated the two vehicles so crunched together, our grill and fender now gone, wheels cocked sideways. (The speed limit on the cross road is 45.) I was telling my grandmother how I braked, and then…
I braked.
What if I hadn't braked?
That smashed front end that groaned when it was separated would have been—my door.
I had not just walked away unhurt. I had walked away alive.
In a split second, God had possibly saved not only my health, but my life. Mine. God seemed to make it very generously, kindly clear that He still has plans for me here on terra firma. When I put down the phone, I went over and kissed my daughter's head, suddenly hugely, somberly thankful to be making her oatmeal as she waited there in her pink flannel nightgown, wrapped up in her quilt.
In this whole journey to Africa, I have increasingly felt like a spectator, in a good way. God's plans seem to whirl around me in gracious and powerful ways that open my eyes to how I am part of His plans, and not the other way around. It was a feeling of Psalm 91: "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty…under his wings you will find refuge."
As I have watched God work powerfully around us—this little family way in over our heads, running like hamsters on a wheel trying to get ourselves out of the country—I have felt covered.
Side story: Retrieving some medicine from the pharmacy the other day, my kids were bouncing up and down like little pogo sticks. "We're moving to Uganda!" one of them brightly announced to the pharmacist. She probably thought something like, What a nice story. Where did you hear about that place? Isn't that in South America somewhere? So I offered a lopsided grin. "Actually, they're telling the truth. We're moving to Africa." She looked at me, then glanced at the kids who were racing around me. Her eyebrows lifted.
"Are y'all nuts?"
Good grief. I didn't even have all my kids with me.
The comforting theme of that story to me, which surfaces in little vignettes all over the place: Apart from God, yes, this is pretty close to bonkers. But with God, we are covered by Him. It's as if our family keeps doing our little part, working and working away at all the strange and widely scattered details of immunizations and lists of items to bring and pricing garage sale items. Things are careening at breakneck speed and even crashing around us. But over all these things that are so far beyond what we're capable of, my family hears, Just watch. I've got this one.
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Today I'd rather be...
... giving a great big hot bear hug
to Thomas Jane and James Marsden.
See, that's me! I'm coming to getcha, boys!
Don't you gimme that look, Thomas Jane. You're the one who signed on to star in a movie called Into the Grizzly Maze, for god's sake - who are you to judge? And as for James...
... doesn't it seem as if he's been in fifty movies this year? I feel like I have seen a lot of James Marsden lately. And yet, not the right lot. Bah humbug. Anyway here's the trailer (via, thanks Mac) for Into the Grizzly Maze, which is a thing, a movie even, that people got together and made, and that will actually be available for other people, probably mostly those who are related to or friends with those same people who made this delightful terrible-seeming thing, to watch, and this Tuesday at that. What a world.


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'Mr. Everything' makes a splash
March 20, 2010
By Judd Spicer
Special to NCAA.com
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Division III swimming and diving powerhouses Kenyon, Emory and Denison may deservedly own the wealth of headlines in the pool sports, but none of them have anything on Alma College's (Mich.) Spencer "Double Trouble" Johnson.
Johnson, along with fellow senior, Hanna Leestma, make up the entire Alma contingent at the Division III Swimming and Diving Championships at Minnesota's University Aquatic Center. And both Scots' are competing the 1- and 3-Meter diving events.
But during the regular season, Johnson competes in both swimming and diving. And the double-dip in the pool doesn't just serve as a résumé builder - Johnson was named the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Male Diver of the Year after winning both the 1- and 3-Meter titles at his conference championships last month. In the 100 backstroke, he finished fourth.
While Johnson didn't qualify for the 100 at the national championships, he earned All-American Honorable Mention honors with a 10th place showing in the 3-meter on Wednesday and an 11th place finish in the 1-Meter competition on Friday. Results aside, his ability to excel in both mediums has impressed both competitors and coaches alike.
"Everybody in our conference knows him. People were talking about him as a swimmer before he started diving," says Alma dive coach Channing Kimball. "When we started him out, he only dove one board because he was a 100 and 200 backstroker, so his third event was the 3-meter diving board. He kept practicing over the summers. So this year we knew he was really going to excel at it."
While Johnson has proven himself in both sports, there is often a stigma attached to athletes that double-dip for purposes of simply aiding team results.
"We call them 'Swivers,' because they swim and dive," Kimball says with a smirk. "They're usually a swimmer that gets put into a diving competition just to score points. But Spencer isn't a Swiver - he's definitely excelled at both. We didn't have a swim coach when I arrived at Alma six weeks into the season, three years ago. So when coach (Chris) Hamstra was hired, Spencer was already diving so much I just asked if we could keep him diving as well.
"I definitely haven't seen any other athletes that have excelled in both."
Johnson modestly acknowledges that his double disciplines are unique:
"I don't know anybody else that does it," Johnson says. "There's a swimming forum on 'd3swimming.com' and there was some talk between the coaches if anyone as ever competed in both, and nobody could ever vouch for anyone that's done it in the NCAA."
Johnson, who began swimming as a freshman in high school, was always interested in diving, but his high school coaches would not allow him to split time.
"In my sophomore year at Alma, I just went up to coach Kimball and said, 'I just want to fool around on the boards a few times a week. Is there any way you could just give me a few hints about what I'm doing wrong?'" he said. "She let me come in after our swim sessions and I'd just fool around on the boards for awhile and then after I started learning more about the sport, it just took off from there."
But Johnson's newfound board skills aren't the only thing taking flight. Participating in both swimming and diving also creates a unique grind in his study and training regime.
"I do three-a-days," he explains. "Swimming in the morning at six o'clock. Then I have my classes, and then go to diving at 11 o'clock, and have another swimming session at 3 in the afternoon.
"For swimming it's more about constantly being in the water, working on the stroke and endurance. For diving, it's more technical. We work on the same dives over and over to produce muscle memory. So when we're in a meet like this, your body just knows what to do. I'd say the dynamics between the two sports are pretty different."
Coach Kimball recognizes that it takes a special talent for a student-athlete to divide time:
"It was hard sharing him between both sports," Kimball admits. "He's our best swimmer and our best diver. Swimming requires a little more time because Spencer was lifting weights for swimming and working on his aerobics. This year, he'd never train five days a week in diving, so we'd focus on getting in shorter practices."
For Johnson, competing in both sports has given him a kind of balance. While swimming he says, can be tedious, diving - even practices - are a ball.
"I've been in swimming for a long time now," Johnson concludes. "It's one of those sports where it's really rewarding when you do well, but it's not always fun to do. Practices are hell, but the meets are really fun when you go out and compete. Diving is just fun. I love going to practices and learning new dives. I didn't have that much of a gymnastics background, but it really helps for diving because it's basically the same aspect, but just different atmospheres."


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Below are historical photographs of the now demolished Junction City Prison in Perry County. The prison was a satellite prison of the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus that was used to house good behavior prisoners and for the care of aged and disabled convicts. Prisoners here paid their debt to society by manufacturing bricks to be used for state projects. An escape attempt was made in 1927, resulting in the death of a prison guard. A tragic fire claimed the lives of fifteen convicts about a year later. In the 1970s, a hostage situation occurred when prisoners took three female workers hostage by knifepoint. One inmate was killed during the situation. The building was expanded several times during its tenure as a prison until the doors were permanently closed in the late 1970s. Hollywood came knocking not too long after the prison was closed and the motion picture Brubaker starring Robert Redford was filmed there. A pizza factory that made kits for schools occupied the site in the early 1990s, but the prison was left abandoned for good some time later. The majority of the prison was demolished in 2005. The newer cinderblock section remains and has been renovated as part of a junkyard. For more information on the Junction City Prison and to see the photos of our exploration there, click here.
This excerpt from the 1980 Twentieth Century Fox film Brubaker shows a flyby of the prison as it appeared decades ago. The designs around the roof were props used for the movie and were removed when filming was complete.


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Rita Ora axed her concert in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Thursday night (20Dec12) after reportedly falling ill.
The R.I.P. hitmaker's show at the Trocadero Theatre was originally due to take place in October (12), but the date was rescheduled as a result of superstorm Sandy, which caused devastation across the East Coast.
Ora was expected to hit the stage with support from rapper Iggy Azalea this week, but the gig was scrapped at late notice.
In a Twitter.com post on Thursday, she wrote, "I am so sorry Philly for cancelling tonight. I will be back next year..and make it up to (you) I promise I love you!"
The singer failed to give a reason for the cancellation, but a message on ticketing website Ticketfly.com blamed it on "illness".


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Overall Rating : B+.
I've been a fan of Robert Jordan's WoT series since I wandered into the local Walden's Bookstore years ago and found them handing out *FREE* copies of the first half of Book One. Smart marketing there. Now, 11 books and nearly 10,000 pages later (which Jason tells me works out to and estimated 2½ million words), I'm still hooked on it.
KoD is, as always, a superb narrative of the various characters in Robert Jordan's world. If there is a criticism, it is the usual one - you can tear out the first half of the book and not miss any plot-advancement. Elayne's been trying to win the Lion Throne of Andor for a couple books now; she still is. Mat's been trying to figure out women (specifically, Tuon) for two books; he still is. Perrin has been planning how to rescue his wife Faile for three books at least; he still is. About the only "progress" to the story in the first half of KoD is following Egwene as she sets about to undermine Elaida in the White Tower, all while being spanked thrice daily in an attempt to rehabilitate her.
But if the first half drags with regards to the overall plot, the second half more than makes up for it. All of the above sub-plots are resolved (except for Egwene/Elaida); and Rand withstands yet another attack of 10-gazillion trollocs (how DO they always seem to know where he is?), only to lose his left hand in an encounter with Semirhage. To boot, there is reason to believe Moiraine will make an encore appearance in the next Book.
Speaking of which, we are promised by Robert Jordan that the next book (tentatively titled "A Memory of Light") will finish the saga, even if it takes 1500 pages. Alas, RJ has some very serious health problems at present (see the Wikipedia entry on him for details), which makes the slated release date (early 2009) for aMoL quite problematic. It has long been my fear that RJ might "pull a Tolkien" and shuffle off this mortal coil before finishing WoT.
So we'll give KoD a B+ rating, taking off points mostly for the plot-dragging over its first half. It's still an excellent book.
So we'll give KoD a B+ rating, taking off points mostly for the plot-dragging over its first half. It's still an excellent book.


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GTA V 1.10 Patch Update and Full Change Log
Rockstar Games, who launched the bestselling game, GTA 5, recently released the full change log for 1.10 patch. On the 13th February, Rockstar Support updated fans with a long list of changes that will be implemeted through the 1.10 patch for GTA 5 Online. The long list of updates include fixes on the bug issues as well as introduction of new features in the game. The majority of the new features are added to improve the gamers' experiences in the multiplayer GTA 5 Online. For instance, they added the notification screen to prevent the in-game characters and personal vehicles from getting deleted accidentally. They have also added the names of the users who created the Rockstar verified jobs. This enables players to easily search for the user created jobs. The 1.10 patch fixes bug issues such as faulty timer, and cornrow hair glitch. The Rat Loader car is available in the game again. You can now acquire the Rat Loader car for free for a limited time period until the next update for Grand Theft Auto 5. The full change log of the 1.10 patch is listed at the Rockstar Support page of the official website. Rockstar has been releasing new updates for the GTA 5 ever since the debut of the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 versions in the past year. Rockstar Games constantly released new patches to fix the bugs in both the single player and multiplayer game. The patches also introduced new features into the game.
Take-Two Interactive Discussed about the DLC Packs of GTA 5 and GTA 6
Strauss Zelnich discussed in an interview about Rockstar's vision for GTA 5. On the 21st February, Breath Cast, who acts as the CEO and chairman for Take-Two Interactive, revealed in an interview that Rockstar had always wanted to create a game with a storyline that resemble the James Bond movie. Rockstar is not planning to release a new version of the Grand Theft Auto every year so there will be a long gap between the release of Grand Theft Auto 5 and Grand Theft Auto 6. Strauss Zelnick's interview can be found below: The long gap will allow some time for Take-Two Interactive to come up with the funding to develop the game. They revealed that they introduced the DLC packs in hope that they can generate more profits. The slideshow on the left provides some screenshots on the GTA Online. The remaining statement of Strauss Zelnick can be found below: The division of Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar Games, had made the downloadable expansions available for GTA 5. Some of the DLC packs are available for free while others can be purchased at a low price. Rockstar will be releasing the DLC packs cash card for both the single player and multiplayer versions of GTA 5 Online. More details at http://www.gta5cheats.online/


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Juan Gonzalez hit a three-run homer for Detroit in his return to Texas, but the players the Rangers got for him made up the difference.
Gabe Kapler and Bill Haselman, acquired by Texas in the Gonzalez trade last November, each homered.
Inside pitch: Gonzalez has 98 career homers at the Ballpark in Arlington.


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Rio Mavuba
Mavuba playing for Lille in 2010
|Personal information
|Full name
|Rio Antonio Zoba Mavuba
|Date of birth
|8 March 1984
|Place of birth
|Born at sea[1]
|1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
|Playing position
|Club information
Current team
|Sparta Prague
|Youth career
|Senior career*
|→ Lille (loan)
|Sparta Prague
|National team
|France U21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 March 2018
Rio Antonio Zoba Mavuba (born 8 March 1984) is a French footballer who plays for Czech club AC Sparta Prague as a midfielder.
He played most of his professional career with Bordeaux and Lille, winning the 2011 national championship with the latter.
A France international since 2004, Mavuba represented the country at the 2014 World Cup.
Early years[edit]
Mavuba's father was Mafuila Mavuba, a footballer who appeared at the 1974 FIFA World Cup with Zaire, while his mother was an Angolan national. He was born on board a boat in international waters during the period of the Angolan Civil War, and later stated that his birth certificate did not have a nationality on it, reading only "born at sea";[1] he received French nationality in September 2004.
Mavuba's mother died when he was two, and his father 12 years later. He launched himself into football to help deal with his grief.[1]
Club career[edit]
Mavuba played youth football with FC Girondins de Bordeaux. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 10 January in a 2–1 away win against Montpellier HSC and, under recently appointed manager Michel Pavon, became an immediate first-choice.
From the 2004–05 season until the end of his spell, Mavuba never appeared in less than 32 league matches.
Villarreal / Lille[edit]
On 3 July 2007, Mavuba signed a five-year deal with Villarreal CF worth €7 million, as the Spanish side had lost Alessio Tacchinardi who returned to Juventus F.C. following a loan.[2][3] He found it hard to break into the first team,[4] only totalling 219 minutes in La Liga, and in late January 2008 joined Lille OSC on loan until the end of the campaign.[5]
The transfer was made subsequently permanent in the 2008 summer, with the player penning a four-year contract for a reported fee of €7 million. He appeared in 46 matches between the league and the Coupe de France in his third year, helping Les Dogues win both competitions, the former after a 57-year wait.
Mavuba suffered a knee injury midway through the 2012–13 season, being sidelined for more than three months.[6] On 22 December 2013, the team captain scored his first goal of the new campaign, helping to a 2–2 draw at Paris Saint Germain F.C. and being involved in a scuffle with Zlatan Ibrahimović, with both players being booked late into the first half.[7][8]
On 26 May 2015, Mavuba signed a new four-year deal with Lille.[9]
On 21 July 2017, 33-year-old Mavuba agreed to a three-year contract with Czech club AC Sparta Prague.[10]
International career[edit]
In 2004, Mavuba was asked to play for the DR Congo national team, but he turned it down.[1] From the 2004 Toulon Tournament to the 2006 UEFA European Championship, he acted as captain to the French under-21s.[11]
Mavuba won his first cap for the senior side on 18 August 2004, in a 1–1 friendly draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina in Rennes.[12] From 2008 to 2011, he did make one single appearance.[13]
Mavuba was selected by coach Didier Deschamps for his 2014 FIFA World Cup squad.[14] He made his debut in the competition on 15 June, coming on as a second-half substitute for Yohan Cabaye in a 3–0 group stage win against Honduras.[15]
- Bordeaux
- Lille
- Ligue 1: 2010–11
- Coupe de France: 2010–11
- Trophée des Champions: Runner-up 2011
- ^ a b c d James Copnall (14 October 2004). "Mavuba: born without a nation". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2008.
- ^ "El Villarreal ficha a Rio Mavuba por siete millones de euros" [Villarreal sign Rio Mavuba for seven million euros]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 3 July 2007. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Mavuba, al Villarreal" [Mavuba, to Villarreal] (in Spanish). UEFA. 4 July 2007. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Mavuba tampoco juega en la UEFA" [Mavuba also does not play in UEFA]. Marca (in Spanish). 26 October 2007. Archived from the original on 29 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Mavuba rebondit à Lille" [Mavuba rebounds to Lille]. Le Figaro (in French). 21 January 2008. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Mavuba, et maintenant?" [Mavuba, and now]. Le Figaro (in French). 3 May 2013. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Lille hold PSG". ESPN FC. 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "PSG-LOSC (2–2): Mavuba sur Ibrahimovic: "Il fait 2 mètres, on lui touche la tête et il tombe..."" [PSG-LOSC (2–2): Mavuba on Ibrahimovic: "He's 2 metres tall, you touch him on the head and he falls..."] (in French). Eurosport. 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Rio Mavuba signs Lille contract extension". Get French Football News. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Rio Mavuba signs". Sparta Prague. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "France flurry flattens Germany". UEFA. 25 May 2006. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "La reconstruction est entamée" [Rebuilding on its way]. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 19 August 2004. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ "Equipe de France: Mavuba, le retour" [France national team: Mavuba, the return]. Le Monde (in French). 7 November 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ "World Cup 2014: Stephane Ruffier confirmed in France squad". BBC Sport. 3 June 2014. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ "Benzema bags brace as Bleus beat Honduras". FIFA. 15 June 2014. Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
External links[edit]
- Rio Mavuba at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Rio Mavuba – French league stats at LFP
- Rio Mavuba at National-Football-Teams.com
- Rio Mavuba – FIFA competition record
- Rio Mavuba at ESPN FC
- Rio Mavuba at Soccerway
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- People born at sea
- French people of Angolan descent
- French people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- French people of Republic of the Congo descent
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- La Liga players
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- France under-21 international footballers
- France international footballers
- 2014 FIFA World Cup players
- French expatriate footballers
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I'm Kim Cox. As an Equestrian Canada accredited Competition Coach Specialist in Dressage, I teach students and their horses to achieve a level of confidence and harmony together.
Having achieved my Recorded Dressage judge level from Equestrian Canada, I plan to upgrade to Basic Dressage Judge in 2017. I am also certified for judging Western Dressage.
Creating freestyles, or kurs, for clients is a special area of expertise. I believe riding the freestyle is one of the most fun and challenging aspects of our sport. The music and choreography of the freestyle is edited to suit the individual competitor and the timing of the footfalls of the horse.
My current horse is an exciting prospect, Lord of London. "London" is a 2009 imported Hanoverian gelding, Londonderry x Brentano II. We made our training level debut earning championship scores in our first outing.
My "eyes on the the ground" are those of Chris Brand, an equitation specialist and true horseman. Chris gives clinics at Black Whiskey Ranch in Priddis Alberta every second Sunday. Auditors are welcome, call Bev Wysocki at 403-616-5771 for entry into the gated Black Whiskey Ranch property.
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Genetically Modified Organisms – Benefit or Danger?
The usage of genetically modified organisms in various industries, generally in food production, is a popular reason for outrage. People consider this meddling with genetic code to be disgusting or dangerous or something else. Generally, it simply means that they cannot understand it and, thus, consider it to be bad – the usual way people treat new and yet unknown things. In popular consciousness the understanding of genetic modification lies within the lines "Oh my god, they have crossed tomatoes and spiders!" and, although no one really knows whether it is true in any sense of the word, or, in fact, what it means, there is this creepy image of tomatoes springing out tiny legs and crawling around immediately formed somewhere in the collective unconscious.
But truly, what is GMO? GMO are simply organisms, DNA of which was directly influenced by human in order to enhance them in this or that way. There are no other differences between them and other products. If somebody hadn't thought of it as a good scapegoat for building up political influence, nobody would have ever heard about GMO being wrong at all.
GMO is just a new step in agriculture. Why the majority does not perceive selection which had been a usual practice for thousands of years, as something horrible? Because they are used to it. No doubt, when somebody first tried not to gather wild cereals, but came up with an idea of planting them and…


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Pork Chops and Applesauce
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We had pork chops and applesauce for dinner that night. I remember it, the jar of Mott's in the center of the table, the pale chops right next to it. No one ever talks much at dinner. From outside the house, the dining room light is the only thing that shines. The dining room table is small but fits us. The family portraits on every inch of the wall are the reason it feels cramped. I look up from my plate, which I never do. I see heads faced down with closed mouths vibrating, ripping, grinding, mashing, rotating, pulverizing. Animals, feral animals. I look at each of them with such a bitterly cold expressionless face it could instantaneously freeze them to death. I look down again and take a scoop of applesauce. I look up to see that my family has become wax figures. Then the figures begin to bubble, and ooze, and melt. Their faces congeal with their necks, as their entire bodies drip away. They are hollow within, and it is apparent now that they are halfway melted. I push the remnants of my pork chops out from underneath my gaze. I push my chair out from the table. I turn the chair to the left to give me enough room to squeeze out. I walk out of the dining room and leave my plate on the table.
It's been years now and my plate is still there. It has been festering on the dining room table ever since.


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Kim Kardashian's struggle with skin condition psoriasis has spread to her face.
The reality TV star was first diagnosed with the condition in 2010, when she discovered flaky patches on her legs and tried to cover up the rashes with make-up. She subsequently came clean about her health battle and last year (16), admitted she had finally "learned to live" with her "big flaw".
However, the condition, which can be triggered by stress, has since started affecting Kim's face, and she took to Twitter on Thursday night (05Jan17) to lament her latest skin issue.
"Wait why am I now getting psoriasis on my face," the mother-of-two wrote, alongside a crying face emoji.
Kim did not share any further details about the health woe, but it marked her first personal revelation online since she returned to social media earlier this week (begs02Jan17), following her harrowing armed robbery ordeal in Paris, France in early October (16). The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star was bound and gagged as thieves ransacked her apartment, taking jewelry and electronics, and the security scare prompted her to cancel a series of engagements and appearances around the world as she recovered from the incident away from the public eye.
Her stress levels no doubt hit new highs in late November (16) after her husband Kanye West was hospitalized for a mental evaluation in late November (16). He was reportedly treated for sleep deprivation and exhaustion after canceling the remaining dates of his Saint Pablo Tour.


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Maritime Museums in Maine
Two of Maine's biggest lures are lobster and lighthouses, but the state's maritime heritage goes far beyond these icons, as Maine's maritime museums aptly illustrate. It ranges from Native Americans, who paddled coastal nooks and crannies in birchbark canoes, to the early explorers, who mapped the state's 3,500 miles of coastline; from soldiers who built defensive forts to the lighthouse keepers who shined a beam on rockbound shores; from boat builders and sea captains to fishermen and cannery workers.
Maine is the site of the Popham Colony, a failed sister colony to Jamestown that predated the Plymouth Colony; the first vessel built by Englishmen on the mainland of North America; and it's where both the first Naval battle of the American Revolutionary War and the worst Naval disaster prior to Pearl Harbor took place.
As you'll learn by visiting Maine museums, the state is home to more than 60 lighthouses, including the oldest in the country; an impressive collection of forts; a fleet of windjammers that have traded their historic cargoes for human ones; and the only surviving maritime signal tower and the last extant herring smokehouse in the United States.
More than 125 Maine properties of maritime significance are listed in the National Register. These include lighthouses, sea captain's homes, shipyards, archeological sites, and forts. You can wander out a nearly mile-long breakwater and tour the lighthouse that caps it, explore seafaring villages filled with grand homes, tour forts, sail aboard historic vessels, even join a lobsterman on his daily rounds.


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Lee Seung-gi to play Ha Ji-won's King?
Dude, what's with this drama and its inability to confirm a cast? Upcoming MBC drama The King starring Ha Ji-won (supposedly, since that's yet to be confirmed too) has now reportedly jumped its leading man ship to Lee Seung-gi (My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho). Am I allowed to be excited? Because I would be, but I'm not sure if I'm just going to get slapped in the face with a denial. That said, you KNOW I'm all over this if Seung-gi's up for the lead. Read more on Dramabeans.


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Gyps africanus
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Gyps africanus Salvadori, 1865
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|Taxonomic Source(s):
|del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
|Identification information:
|94 cm. A medium-sized vulture. Brownish to cream coloured as an adult. Contrastingly dark tail and flight feathers, especially from below. White rump patch and ruff. Dark neck and paler head with an all dark bill. Juvenile birds are darker. Similar spp. Within its range most likely to be confused with G. rueppellii or G. fulvus. Both of these species have a pale outer half to their bill and do not show such a marked contrast between the underwing-coverts and flight feathers from below.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Critically Endangered A2bcd+3bcd ver 3.1
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|BirdLife International
|Butchart, S. & Symes, A.
|Baker, N., Barlow, C., Bowden, C., Genero, F., Hancock, P., Millington, L., Ndang'ang'a, P., Peterson, D., Pomeroy, D., Simmons, R.E., Thiollay, J., Thomsett, S., Virani, M., Scott, M., Buij, R., Ogada, D., Jama, A., Roxburgh, L., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Hall, P., Scott, A., Kendall, C., Brouwer, J., Anthony, A., Mhlanga, W., Goodwin, W., Rainey, H., Mundy, P. & Murn, C.
|Bird, J., Butchart, S., Ekstrom, J., Harding, M., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Ashpole, J, Westrip, J., Wheatley, H.
This species has declined severely in parts of its range and overall it is suspected to have undergone a very rapid decline owing to habitat loss and conversion to agro-pastoral systems, declines in wild ungulate populations, hunting for trade, persecution, collisions and poisoning. These declines are likely to continue into the future. Recently published data suggests these declines are even more serious than previously thought. For this reason it has been uplisted to Critically Endangered.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|This species is the most widespread and common vulture in Africa, although it is now undergoing rapid declines. It occurs from Senegal, Gambia and Mali in the west, throughout the Sahel region to Ethiopia and Somalia in the east, through East Africa into Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa in the south. Its global population has been estimated at 270,000 individuals. Consistent with other vulture species, it has declined by over 90% in West Africa (J. M. Thiollay in litt. 2006), and it has largely disappeared from northern Cameroon (P. Hall in litt. 2016), Ghana apart from Mole National Park (F. Dowsett-Lemaire in litt. 2011), Niger (no records away from W National Park since 1997, J. Brouwer in litt. 2012) and Nigeria (in recent years there have been no sightings in last stronghold of Yankari Game Reserve, nor anywhere else, and probably extirpated from the country, P. Hall in ltt. 2016). The species has also declined in Sudan and South Sudan (Nikolaus 2006), Somalia (A. Jama in litt. 2011) and Kenya (c.52% declines in Masai Mara over c.15 years, M. Virani in litt. 2006, Virani et al. 2011), but is apparently more stable in Ethiopia (Nikolaus 2006), Tanzania (D. Peterson in litt. 2006), Uganda (short-term increases [Pomeroy et al. 2012]) and across southern Africa where an estimated 40,000 individuals remain (R. Simmons in litt. 2006; W. Goodwin in litt. 2016). An ongoing study near Kimberley, South Africa, shows the number of breeding pairs has increased by 72% in 22 years (from 50 to 86 breeding pairs) (A. Anthony in litt. 2015). However McKean et al. (2013) suggest that if current levels of exploitation continue in South Africa, the species could become locally extinct by 2034 or sooner. Overall it is suspected to have declined very rapidly.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; South Sudan; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania, United Republic of; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Vagrant:Lesotho; Liberia
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|The species's global population has been estimated at 270,000 individuals.
Trend Justification: The most recently published data on this species's population suggests the species has declined extremely rapidly, with a median estimate of 90% (range: 75-95%) over three generations (55 years) (Ogada et al. 2016). Declines have exceeded 90% in West Africa (Thiollay 2006), and have also occurred in other parts of the range including Sudan (Nikolaus 2006) and Kenya (M. Virani in litt. 2006), but populations are apparently stable in Ethiopia (Nikolaus 2006) and Tanzania (D. Peterson in litt. 2006). Virani et al. (2011) documented an apparent decline of c. 52% over c.15 years in the numbers of Gyps vultures present in the Masai Mara (Kenya) during the ungulate migration season, while in central Kenya an apparent decline of 69% was noted in the numbers of Gyps vultures between 2001 and 2003 (Ogada and Keesing 2010). As these are visiting individuals from a wide-ranging population, declines observed in the Masai Mara study may be representative of declines in Gyps populations ranging across East Africa from Southern Ethiopia to Southern Tanzania (C. Kendall in litt. 2012).
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|Primarily a lowland species of open wooded savanna, particularly areas of Acacia. It requires tall trees for nesting. However it has also been recorded nesting on electricity pylons in South Africa (de Swardt 2013). A gregarious species congregating at carcasses, in thermals and at roost sites. It nests in loose colonies.
|Terrestrial; Freshwater
|Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat:
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|Movement patterns:
|Not a Migrant
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The species faces similar threats to other African vultures, being susceptible to habitat conversion to agro-pastoral systems, loss of wild ungulates leading to a reduced availability of carrion, hunting for trade, persecution and poisoning.
In East Africa, the primary issue is poisoning (particularly from the highly toxic pesticide carbofuran), which occurs primarily outside protected areas; the large range sizes of this and G. rueppellii species puts them at significant risk as it means they inevitably spend considerable time outside protected areas (Ogada and Keesing 2010, Otieno et al. 2010, Kendall and Virani 2012). Recent evidence from wing-tagging and telemetry studies suggests that annual mortality, primarily from incidental poisoning, can be as high as 25% for the species (Kendall and Virani 2012). Cases across Africa suggest the species may be subject to deliberate and accidental poisoning respectively (Roxburgh and McDougall 2012, Ogada et al. 2015). In the former case for witchcraft and to prevent birds from drawing attention to poaching activities. At least 144 White-backed Vultures were killed after feeding on an elephant carcass in Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe in 2012 (Groom et al. 2013).
The ungulate wildlife populations on which this species relies have declined precipitously throughout East Africa, even in protected areas (Western et al. 2009). In 2007, diclofenac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug often used for livestock, and which is fatal to Gyps spp. when ingested at livestock carcasses, was found to be on sale at a veterinary practice in Tanzania (BirdLife International 2007). It was also reported that in Tanzania, a Brazilian manufacturer has been aggressively marketing the drug for veterinary purposes (C. Bowden in litt. 2007) and exporting it to 15 African countries (BirdLife International 2007). However, given that livestock carrion is not generally left out for scavenger consumption, this is likely to have less of an impact than it has in south-east Asia (C. Kendall in litt. 2016). In southern Africa, vultures are caught and consumed for perceived medicinal and psychological benefits (McKean and Botha 2007), and the decline and possible extirpation in Nigeria has been attributed to the trade in vulture parts for traditional juju practices (P. Hall in litt. 2011). It is recorded in trade in West and Central Africa, with an estimated 924-1,386 individuals traded over a six year period in West Africa, probably representing a significant proportion of the species's regional population (Buij et al. 2015).
In South Africa, White-backed Vulture is one of the preferred vulture species in trade, according to a survey of traditional healers and traders (McKean et al. 2013). As a result of this and environmental pressures, it is predicted that the population in Zululand could become locally extinct in 26 years, unless harvest rates have been underestimated, in which case local extinction could be 10-11 years away (McKean and Botha 2007). There is evidence that it is captured for international trade; for example in 2005, 13 individuals of this species being kept illegally in Italy were reportedly confiscated (F. Genero in litt. 2005). Electrocution on powerlines is also a problem in parts of its range, and it is vulnerable to nest harvesting or disturbance by humans (Bamford et al. 2009); perhaps more so than G. rueppellii, as it breeds in trees rather than on inaccessible cliffs (C. Kendall in litt. 2012). There is a minor threat from road traffic, with individuals occasionally killed by vehicles (BirdLife Botswana 2008).
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CITES Appendix II. The species occurs in a number of protected areas throughout its range. A press release was circulated in July 2007 to raise awareness of the impacts of hunting for medicinal and cultural reasons in southern Africa (McKean and Botha 2007). In 2007, a survey began to establish the extent of diclofenac use for veterinary purposes in Tanzania (BirdLife International 2007), and in 2008 an awareness-raising campaign at a conference of the World Organisation for Animal Health in Senegal led to a resolution being adopted unanimously by more than 160 delegates to "request Members to consider their national situation with the aim to seek measures to find solutions to the problems caused by the administration of diclofenac in livestock" (Woodford et al. 2008, C. Bowden in litt. 2008). BirdLife Botswana have launched a campaign to tackle illegal poisoning (Anon. 2013). At the 2014 Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Migratory Species, a set of guidelines to address poisoning was formally adopted (Ogada et al. 2016). The Hawk Conservancy along with the Endangered Wildlife Trust are currently working on providing training and equipment for anti-poisoning teams so that field staff will have the skills and equipment to respond to a neutralise poisoned carcasses (C. Murn in litt. 2016). The production of a Multi-species Action plan for the conservation of Africa-Eurasian vultures is underway. The species is listed as nationally Critically Endangered in the Eskom Red Data Book of Birds of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland (Allan 2015), and Endangered in Uganda and Namibia (WCS 2016, Brown and Simmons 2015). Ongoing monitoring efforts are underway in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Namibia, Ethiopia, and Botswana with plans to extend these to Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique in 2016 (BirdLife Botswana 2008, C. Kendall in litt. 2016).
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Establish a monitoring network for African vultures. Establish legal protection for the species in range states and enforce legislation to prevent illegal trade. Raise awareness amongst pastoralists of the dangers of using poisons for pest control. Eliminate the veterinary use of diclofenac and other toxic drugs in Africa. Limit the hunting of game to improve the availability of carrion and reduce potential lead exposure. Reduce human-wildlife conflict to limit incentives for poisoning carrion sources (C. Kendall in litt. 2016). Carry out education and awareness programmes, particularly targetted at farmers, to reduce persecution, unintentional poisoning and hunting for cultural reasons. A number of recommendations were produced at the 2012 Pan-Africa Vulture Summit (Botha et al. 2012, Ogada et al. 2016): 1) Regulate import, manufacture and sale of poisons; 2) Legislate and enforce measures to prosecute those involved in illegal killing and trade in vulture species; 3) Protect and effectively manage breeding sites; 4) Ensure new energy infrastructure is 'vulture-friendly' and modify existing unsafe infrastructure; 5) Support activities to conserve vulture populations, including research and outreach activities.
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Effects of Astragalus Polysaccharides, Achyranthes bidentata Polysaccharides, and Acantbepanax senticosus Saponin on the Performance and Immunity in Weaned Pigs
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Effects of Astragalus Polysaccharides, Achyranthes bidentata Polysaccharides, and Acantbepanax senticosus Saponin on the Performance and Immunity in Weaned Pigs
Kang, P.; Xiao, H.L.; Hou, Y.Q.; Ding, B.Y.; Liu, Y.L.; Zhu, H.L.; Hu, Q.Z.; Hu, Y.; Yin, Y.L.;
Two trials were conducted to study the effects of two Chinese herbal polysaccharides, Astragalus polysaccharides (APS) and Achyranthes bidentata polysaccharides (ABPS), and one Chinese herbal saponin, Acantbepanax senticosus saponin (ASS), on the immunity and growth performance of weaned pigs. Experiment 1 was a 14-day growth assay, in which 32 weaned pigs were randomly allocated to one of four dietary treatments: i) 0.05% talcum powder control; ii) 0.05% APS; iii) 0.05% mixture of APS and ASS in a 1:1 ratio by weight; and iv) 0.05% mixture of APS, ASS, and ABPS in a ratio of 1:1:1 by weight. Blood samples were collected on day 14 to determine plasma parameters. Feed intake, body weight gain, and feed efficiency were also determined. Experiment 2 was a 21-day immunity assay, in which 16 weaned pigs were randomly allotted to one of two dietary treatments: i) 0.05% talcum powder control; and ii) 0.05% mixture of APS and ASS in a 1:1 ratio by weight. On day 21, pigs were challenged with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and 3 h later blood samples were collected and analyzed for lymphocyte proliferation as well as interleukin 6 (IL-6), insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), growth hormone (GH), and cortisol levels. In Experiment 1, feeding Chinese herbal polysaccharides and saponin increased growth performance of the pigs. The effects of the mixture of APS and ASS were especially notable, as there was a significant improvement in growth performance compared with the control (p<0.05). The plasma concentration of immunoglobulin G (IgG), nitric oxide (NO), and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) were increased in all treatments groups, with the mixture of APS and ASS increasing the level of IgG and NOS significantly (p<0.05), compared with the control. There was no difference in the NO level between the control and treatment groups (p>0.05). In Experiment 2, Chinese herbal polysaccharides and saponin showed immunostimulating effects. The level of cortisol, GH, and IGF-I were significantly increased (p>0.05), and the level of IL-6 showed a significant decrease (p<0.05) in the APS and ASS treatment after the LPS challenge. The mixture of APS and ASS could stimulate the blood lymphocyte proliferation significantly whether the LPS was injected or not (p<0.05). These results show that Chinese herbal extracts can improve growth performance and stimulate immunity of weaned pigs. A mixture of APS and ASS, compared with APS alone, could be a new kind of immunostimulant for weaned pigs, which could result in greater positive effects on their growth performance and immunity.
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Survey finds more users of illegal drugs (0)
According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the rate of illegal drug use increased last year to 9 percent – highest level in nearly a decade. Of all the illegal drugs, marijuana use increased sharply as well as a surge in ecstasy and methamphetamine abuse.
Some of the causes may be the eroding attitude about the perception of harm from illegal drugs as well as the growing number of states approving medicinal marijuana. With the attitude that marijuana can be used for medical purposes, young people seem to see it as an okay drug to use. However, marijuana is still an illegal drug. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's annual report shows that marijuana use rose by 8 percent and remained the most commonly used drug. The good news is that cocaine abuse continues to decline, with use of the drug down 32 percent from its peak in 2006.
About 21.8 million Americans, or 8.7 percent of the population age 12 and older, reported using illegal drugs in 2009. This shocking statistic that shows 12 year olds use of illegal drugs is the highest level since the survey began in 2002. The previous high was just over 20 million in 2006.
Other results show a 37 percent increase in ecstasy use and a 60 percent jump in the number of methamphetamine users. In the early 2000s, there was a widespread public safety campaign to warn young people about the dangers of ecstasy as a party drug, but that effort declined as use dropped off.
Even though meth use had been dropping after a passage of a 2006 federal law that put cold tablets containing pseudoephedrine behind pharmacy counters, law enforcement officials have seen a rise in "smurfing," or traveling from store to store to purchase the medicines, which can be used to produce homemade meth in kitchen labs. In addition, more people are getting their meth from drug runners from Mexico.
Education is the key to stopping illegal drug use. In addition, more TV ads showing the effects of meth on teenagers need to be aired. Just "saying no" to drugs as well as showing the consequences of illegal use needs to be graphically shown to our young people today.


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Greeted by the cheers of spectators gathered outside, Prince William and Kate Middleton toured the museum before meeting with veterans of the Second World War, the Korean War, peacekeeping missions and Afghanistan and their families.
The royal newly-weds also spent time with a group of Canadian war brides who had left Europe during World War II to marry soldiers in Canada. During World War II, approximately 45,000 British and European women emigrated to Canada during this time.
Kate spoke with a group of war brides who originally came from London, while Prince William asked many veterans about their various tours of duty.
The Prince chatted with one veteran who had received the MBE from his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, and later accepted a snow globe decorated with the Canadian maple leaf from a young girl attending the reception.