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Salamandra salamandra
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|Scientific Name:
|Salamandra salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Name(s):
Salamandra maculosa Laurenti, 1768
|Taxonomic Notes:
|This account follows the suggested Salamandra monophyletic group distribution presented in Steinfartz, et al. (2000). Old locality records for Turkey need to be reconfirmed, and are not included here.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Sergius Kuzmin, Theodore Papenfuss, Max Sparreboom, Ismail H. Ugurtas, Steven Anderson, Trevor Beebee, Mathieu Denoël, Franco Andreone, Brandon Anthony, Benedikt Schmidt, Agnieszka Ogrodowczyk, Maria Ogielska, Jaime Bosch, David Tarkhnishvili, Vladimir Ishchenko
|Cox, N. and Temple, H.J. (Global Amphibian Assessment)
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category. A number of subspecies of Salamandra salamandra are restricted in range and may be considered to be threatened, in particular: S.s. longirostris in southern Spain (listed as Vulnerable in Spain), and S.s. bejarae-almanzoris in the mountains of north-central Spain (listed as Vulnerable in Spain).
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|This species is present across much of central, eastern and southern Europe. In the former Soviet Union, it is known only from the mountains and foothills of the Ukrainian Carpathians. The populations of this species in Iberia are very fragmented (there is a small Area of Occupancy within the wider Extent of Occurrence). The populations of Salamandra species reported from western Anatolia, Turkey, require further investigation into the species involved and are not evaluated in this account. It occurs from lowland areas up to 2,500m asl (in central Spain).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Albania; Andorra; Austria; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czech Republic; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Italy; Liechtenstein; Luxembourg; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Montenegro; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Romania; San Marino; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Switzerland; Ukraine
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|A number of large, stable populations of this salamander exist in Central Europe. Some local populations declines have been observed over parts of its range (e.g., through habitat loss, introduced predatory fish, and increased aridity in Spain). A severe decline has been reported in the Netherlands. Some local populations have disappeared, and its population density has also been reduced in parts of Spain.
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|It is associated with wet cool deciduous, mixed, or rarely, coniferous forests with well shaded brooks and small rivers. Within the mountain forest belt, the species can be found in woodlands, glades and forest edges, rocky slopes, dense bush, and herbaceous vegetation. It is possible, that the occurrence of S. salamandra on woodless mountain pastures and within hayfields indicates the past existence of forests. In the Iberian Peninsula the species may be found in upland Mediterranean type forest and associated habitats. The species prefers microhabitats covered with dense leaf-litter and moss. In general, the female gives birth to well-developed larvae, that complete metamorphosis in streams, ponds and still waters. However, the subspecies, S.s. bernardezi and S.s. fastusa may give birth to two to eight fully metamorphosed young on land. The species does tolerate some habitat modification, and has even been found in gardens.
|Terrestrial; Freshwater
|Major Threat(s):
|The principal threats include localized general habitat destruction, unsympathetic forest management, and pollution of breeding sites by agrochemicals, collection for commercial purposes (i.e., the pet trade), introduction of predatory species (salmonids and crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)) and population fragmentation. The mortality of adults on roads is a localized threat in some parts of its range. The presence of chytridiomycosis has been reported in some Spanish populations.
|Conservation Actions:
|This species is listed on Appendix III of the Bern Convention and is protected by national legislation over much of its range. It occurs in many protected areas, and is listed in a number of national and sub national Red Data Books and Lists. Some populations of this salamander are being monitored (e.g., central Spain; Zlote Mountains [southwestern Poland, East Sudety Mountains]). Further research into the impacts of chytridiomycosis on this salamander is urgently needed.
|Sergius Kuzmin, Theodore Papenfuss, Max Sparreboom, Ismail H. Ugurtas, Steven Anderson, Trevor Beebee, Mathieu Denoël, Franco Andreone, Brandon Anthony, Benedikt Schmidt, Agnieszka Ogrodowczyk, Maria Ogielska, Jaime Bosch, David Tarkhnishvili, Vladimir Ishchenko. 2009. Salamandra salamandra. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T59467A11928351. . Downloaded on 24 September 2018.
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Sadlier's Biography
Sadlier's BackgroundSadlier had an extremely long and prolific literary career that lasted from the age of eighteen to eighty. Relatively little is know about the personal details of her life, as she never wrote an autobiography and left no collection of letters, although letters written to her by her friend Thomas D'Arcy McGee, the Irish-Canadian poet and statesman, have been preserved in the Public Archives of Canada (Lacombe, Frying Pans and Deadlier Weapons, 15). The few extant biographical sketches are often contradictory and always spare. It is possible to piece together a basic outline of her life from various records, as well as her public writings, but her private thoughts will most likely remain a mystery.
Sadlier's YouthSadlier was born in Cootehill, County Cavan, in the Irish midlands, on December 31, 1820, the daughter of Francis Madden, a "man of refinement and literary tastes, and a highly respected merchant" (Kelly, 1) who could afford to have his daughter privately tutored (Lacomb, Dictionary, 293). Sadlier's mother, who died while her daughter was a child, "shared her husband's love for poetry and the legendary lore of their native land" (Kelly, 1). Little is known of Sadlier's childhood, or whether she had any brothers or sisters. Francis Madden encouraged his daughter's literary pursuits, and she published her first poems at the age of eighteen in a "genteel" London magazine, La Belle AssemblŽŽ (Anna Sadlier, 31). Francis Madden suffered a series of financial setbacks, and died in 1844 when Sadlier was 23 (Fanning, 13). More than one biographer suggests that "business embarrassments and financial troubles hastened Mr. Madden's death" (Kelly, 1).
Left impoverished and without any other family, Sadlier left Ireland in
1844 and emigrated to Montreal (Kelly, 1). She supported herself for two years, at least in part, by publishing for the Canadian journal The Literary Garland, although scholar Colleen MacDannell has speculated that
Sadlier also might have worked as a domestic servant. Publication records
suggest Sadlier contributed poems, short articles and sketches to the Garland on a monthly basis, eventually writing longer pieces serialized over a period of six months in early 1847. Sadlier soon found a larger audience for her work in the three million Catholics of the United States: in addition to the Garland, Sadlier published stories in such Catholic newspapers as the New York Freeman's Journal, McGee's New York-based American Celt and the Boston Pilot, the largest Catholic periodical in North America (Anna Sadlier, 331). Sadlier began to write survival guides for immigrants only six years after arriving in the New World herself. Her own disillusionment most likely played a part in the pessimism and anxiety that fills her novels. In one of her early poems, "The Village Bell," Sadlier writes an elegy for her lost homeland: "I hear thee now when time has damp'd/ The hopes of earlier youth,/ And cold experience shown the world/ In all its chilling
truth" (Lacombe, 98).
Sadlier's Early NovelsSadlier published her first book, Tales of the Olden Time: A Collection of European Traditions, serially in the True Witness, later publishing it by subscription in 1845 (Lacombe, Dictionary, 292). Sadlier's preface insists that she wrote Tales of the Olden Time because of financial need. "Had it been my fate to belong to that fortunate class which is happily exempt from the necessity of working, I should, in all probability, never have presented myself before you" (Lacombe, "Frying Pans," 99). Sadlier is thus in good company with Susan Warner, Fanny Fern and most of the American women novelists of the nineteenth-century, who began writing largely out of financial needs. As the panic of 1837 prompted women authors such as Susan Warner to write her best seller The Wide, Wide World, Irish economic depression in the 1840s, and most forcibly the Famine of 1845-1850, led many Irish women to emigrate to America to seek their fortunes (Tompkins, 589; Warren, xiv; Baym, 35).
Married Life
At some point after she settled in Canada, the young writer met James
Sadlier, junior partner and Montreal branch manager of the New York Catholic publishing house D. & J. Sadlier & Company. The couple married in 1846. The Sadliers appear to have had a profound impact on each other's literary careers. Mary Anne Sadlier was both a contributor and editor for her husband's magazine and many books; James published, promoted and advised her on most of her books after their marriage. James frequently gave his wife advice on the reading habits of the Irish Catholic market, using his "wise counsel, keen business instincts and truly Catholic spirit," most likely focusing her novels on themes that would sell (Kelly, 1). Anna Sadlier, who became an author in her own right, notes that her mother "usually consulted with her husband as to the nature and scope of the story, and his practical business instincts, combined with the unerring judgment which led many to call 'the ideal publisher,' were of immense help" (Anna Sadlier, 335). The younger Sadlier may here simply be inflating her father's influence in order to conform with patriarchal marriage roles that demand the husband make all family decisions. It does appear, however, that Sadlier was responsive to her readers' demands; she changed the ending of Alice Riordan; the Blind Man's Daughter (1851) while preparing it for publication as a book, and gave her heroine a traditional happy ending -- marriage -- in addition to the good end Sadlier had planned -- spiritual salvation -- in response to reader requests (Lacombe, "Frying Pans", 107). In this light, it does appear likely that Mary Anne Sadlier adapted her writing to popular taste in order to increase sales.
Domesticity and the Woman Writer
Like Harriet Beecher Stowe, Sadlier combined motherhood with a busy writing career (Lacombe, "Frying Pans," 100-101). Sadlier's phenomenal productivity indicates she must have been working full-time. Sadlier and her family lived in Montreal for fourteen years, during which time she bore six children -- three boys, three girls and one foster son -- including Anna Teresa in
1854. Two of her sons later died young (James, 219). It should come as no
surprise that Sadlier the working mother did most of her writing at home in her own library, and wrote most of her work as she went along, "chapter by chapter, often when an emissary from a too-exacting printer was waiting in the hall" (Anna Sadlier, 334-5). Indeed, Sadlier's literary pursuits, copious as they
are, did occasionally take a backseat to her family's needs. "That Sadlier wrote
her serial novels to weekly deadlines in the manner of Charles Dickens is clear from a note in the Tablet of April 1, 1865, temporarily suspending publication of this one, due to the 'dangerous and protracted illness of one of the author's children" (Fanning, 116).
Sadlier's lifestyle and her writing, like that of Stowe and most other
female domestic novelists, were in stark opposition. Although Sadlier preached that women should stay home and tend to their families, she produced sixty books, edited a weekly newspaper, ran a business and was far more famous than her husband. In The Blakes and Flanagans, Eliza Blake is depicted as vain and foolish for learning French rather than acquiring domestic
skills such as sewing; yet Sadlier not only read French fluently, she also translated at least sixteen French novels and religious works. Sadlier depicts Sister Mary-Teresa as the ideal woman, one who lives in retirement and selflessly devotes her talents to God and the benefit of others. The school teacher Sister Mary-Teresa was:
"a woman of excellent understanding,
with a strong and vigorous mind, well fitted to grapple with
the most abstruse subjects, if such had been her taste . . .
Had she been a Protestant, she would have been
"a strong-minded woman," beyond all doubt; she might have
taken the lead at public meetings, edited a daily newspaper
in some of our great cities, delivered public lectures,
and written huge volumes on metaphysics or philosophy.
But being a Catholic . . . her mind was early imbued with
the old-fashioned Catholic notions regarding feminine modesty
and Christian humility. . . . her talents were hidden
in "the bosom of her God," and devoted to him in the service of his creatures."
--- Blakes and Flanagans, 106-7
Sadlier was often described in precisely the terms she used to evoke the true Catholic woman.
"She was not a literary woman in the sense in which that
term would now be applied. She did not follow writing
as a career; she lived in as much as in retirement
as circumstances permitted. Her instincts
were purely domestic, and in those early days, it was
the exception for women to devote themselves to
anything outside the home circle."
(Anna Sadlier, 331)
Anna Sadlier's justification of her mother's career, or non-career as she describes it -- in spite of the fact that Sadlier single-handedly ran her husband's publishing house for ten years after his death -- reads as if Sadlier's public life was in need of defending. Indeed, Sadlier's male editors were not naturally inclined to hire a woman. The male writer of a biographical sketch touches on the difficulty women faced in gaining respect for their work when he discusses the editor of the Quarterly: "The late Dr. [Orestes] Brownson was always a great admirer of Willie Burke, and readers of Brownson's own writings do not need to be told it was no easy accomplishment for a woman to win his praises as a story-teller" (Kelly, 324). Women such as Stowe and Sadlier may have had to negotiate patriarchal conventions in this manner in order to take the unconventional roles they did. As productive as Sadlier was, all of her writing was anchored about the most traditional and conservative of roles
for women -- religion, family, children, education, and patriotism.
Sadlier's writing suggests that she was aware of these issues and
grappled with them herself. In her preface to Tales of the Olden Time, written in 1845 before she was married and while she was supporting herself, confronts the position of the woman writer directly:
"Authorship is a perilous craft . . . seeing that there
are so many master to be pleased. It is foreign to a
woman's nature, moreover, to 'move in the uncongenial
glare of public fame' -- hers are, or should be,
the quiet shades of retirement, and woe to her who
steps beyond their boundary, with the hope -- of
finding happiness. A fair young Poetess, who only
appeared in the hemisphere of Literature, to vanish
forever from our sight, has sweetly and truly sung,
'Yet, genius, yet -- thou art a fearful thing --
Madness -- a broken heart -- an early grave --These are
thy portions." (Tales of the Olden Times, preface).
Sadlier ends the preface to Tales of the Olden Time with a quotation that underscores her anxiety, or at least mixed feelings: "And there is as much wisdom as melancholy beauty in the well-known wish of a distinguished writer, 'May my sons be talented -- and my daughters happy!' Alas! that the distinction should be so just" (Tales of the Olden Times, preface). Sadlier here appears to agree with Ruth Hall's advice to her daughter: "No happy woman ever writes." Six years later, in Alice Riordan, Sadlier again takes up the question of woman's proper public and private roles. In the "Epigraph" for that novel, however, Sadlier sounds as if she is reconciled to a domestic role and takes pride in it, in contrast to the anxiety of the earlier preface. "Warriors and statesmen have their meed of praise,/ And what they suffer men record;/ But the long sacrifice of a woman's days/ Passes without a thought, without a word" (Sadlier, Alice Riordan). Although Sadlier describes many working Irish woman -- domestic servants, wash women, sweatshop workers -- she never mentions a married woman who works outside the home.
Sadlier experienced her most productive literary period after her
marriage and was most creative after about the time all of her children were born. While living in Canada, Sadlier published eighteen books -- five novels, one collection of short stories, a religious catechism and nine translations from the French -- in addition to assorted magazine articles she contributed to the
Pilot and American Celt free of charge. After moving to New York in 1860, she produced 26 books, including 14 novels, within nine years. Sadlier apparently donated her articles out of sympathy with the nationalistic causes of Irish journals. In addition to the novels already discussed, during her stay in Montreal Sadlier also wrote two novels set in Ireland: Alice Riordan; the Blind Man's Daughter (1851) and New Lights; or, Life in Galway (1853). In New Lights, Sadlier deals with the Famine for the first time. The book proved one of her most popular, going through at least eight editions in fifty years. In this novel, Sadlier focuses a polemical attack on the Protestant practice of converting Irish peasants by promising them soup, but condemns peasant retaliation and violence (Fanning, 116).
The Sadlier's New York home became the hub of literary activity in the
Catholic community, and Sadlier also enjoyed the company of the brightest Irish writers in the United States and Canada, including New York Archbishop John Hughes, editor Orestes Brownson and McGee. She held weekly salons in her Manhattan home, as well as her summer home on Far Rockaway on Long Island (James, 219). Her closest friend was McGee, a poet, Irish nationalist
exile and Canadian statesman known as one of the founding "Fathers of
Confederation" who helped bring about Canada's independence. McGee and Sadlier shared an interest in a "national poetry" that would not only capture the spirit of a people, but inspire them to political and national independence. While McGee, as a man, could take part in political rallies and organize Irish-
American support for Home Rule, Sadlier, as a woman, directed her support for
Irish independence into literature. McGee's associates in "Young Ireland" included Samuel Ferguson, who in the words of one critic "become a link with the Irish Literary Revival of Yeats's generation" and were the founders of the Dublin newspaper the Nation" (Klinck, 169-170). McGee's biographer
notes that Sadlier's success inspired him to write emigrant novels, and was planning a novel on this subject at the time of his death (Phelan, 285). McGee's controversial politics that cost him his life, when an Irish-American radical who opposed McGee's shift to the right assassinated him in 1868. McGee, who
sorely missed the Sadlier family after their move to New York in 1860, had been
planning a visit when he was shot. His death was "a crushing blow to Mrs. Sadlier and her husband, who were his enthusiastic friends" (Anna Sadlier, 332). Sadlier edited a collection of McGee's poetry in 1869 in tribute to his memory.
McGee's death in 1868 was the first of two devastating losses; Sadlier
also lost her husband James in 1869. D. & J. Sadlier began to decline during the 1870s. An index of D. & J. Sadlier's success was its publication from 1864 to 1896 of Sadlier's Catholic Directory, Almanac and Ordo, a listing of all the Catholic parishes in the nation, the privilege of printing accrued to the most powerful publisher. Rival directories began appearing in 1886 as the company's influence wanted. James's death in 1869 prompted Mary Anne to assume a more active role in running the company. Denis was able to carry on the business, and emerged from the Panic of 1873 unscathed (Adams, 283). Financial troubles brought on by increased competition and unfortunate real estate speculations began to plague the firm in 1879, however, and the company was never able to fully regain its stride (Healey, 39). In 1881, Denis Sadlier was forced to close down the Tablet to ease his burden of debt (Lacombe, "Frying Pans", 103). Mary Anne Sadlier was forced to run the
company alone after Denis's death in 1885, managing to direct the firm from
Montreal for ten years until she lost control of the business to William Sadlier, Denis's son.
D. & J. Sadlier was then "swallowed up" by P.J. Kenedy, who bought out the copyrights, and proceeded to reprint all of Mary Anne's best-selling work. A new tide of Irish immigration in the 1880s made Sadlier's 30-
year-old stories marketable once again -- although Sadlier herself reaped few
of the profits. Even P.J. Kenedy's official history of the period credits Mary Anne for her valiant efforts. "Henceforth, all the tireless Mrs. Sadlier's own work appeared under the Kenedy label. The original Sadlier firm survived on a very subdued scale until 1912, when the remaining assets were sold to P.J.
Kenedy and Sons" (Healey, 39).
Sadlier's literary output declined steeply after James' death in 1869; she
wrote no novels after 1870. In addition to the emotional loss of losing McGee and her husband within a year of each other, James's death meant increased business responsibilities. With the exception of one historical novel and a collection a short stories, most of Sadlier's writing consisted of readers for
Catholic school children, a few one-act plays and translations. During the
1870s, she devoted much of her spare time to public works, in effect creating the kind of Catholic charitable institutions whose lack she had lamented in novels such as Willy Burke and Aunt Honor's Keepsake. In these novels, Sadlier had "exposed" the practices of American Protestant relief agencies, which aided the poor but insisted on their conversion. To provide Catholic alternatives, Sadlier founded the Home for Friendless Girls, the Foundling Asylum and the Home for the Aged. After Denis's death in 1885, she moved back to Montreal to be closer to her adult children, particularly Anna, with whom she collaborated on Stories of the Promises (1895). The tragic death of Sadlier's son Francis Xavier, a Jesuit priest, in Rome in 1885 prompted
her to write Purgatory: Doctrinal, Historical and Poetical the following year (Lacombe, Dictionary 294).
Sadlier, once something of an affluent New York society matron, was reduced to financial straits in 1895, toward the end of her life, when she lost control of D. & J. Sadlier to her nephew William and control of her copyrighted material -- a lifetime of work -- to other publishers. Once again, Sadlier was forced to turn to writing as a source of income, fifty years after emigrating to North America. "It must have been with no slight pang of disappointment that she left the home on Sherbrooke Street [Montreal], where for so many years she had tasted with her children an unruffled peace and received so many distinguished guests, to seek a residence in lesser quarters" (Lacombe, "Frying Pans," 104). Concerned friends in Montreal responded to her plight by creating the "Sadlier Testimonial Fund," raising $1300 which, as "the times were not propitious," Sadlier accepted. Friends also recommended her for several awards, so that the last years of her life gave Sadlier some recognition for her work. In 1895, Notre Dame University awarded her the Laetare Medal for literature. In 1902, the year before she died, Sadlier received a "special blessing" from Pope Leo XIII in recognition of her "illustrious service to the Catholic Church" (Lacombe, Frying Pans 105). Sadlier died in 1903 at the age of 82. With the exception of a few Catholic and Canadian histories -- she and work were forgotten after her death.
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Ronda wrote in with a press release, most of which is available at the Fedora site. From the version 1.1 release notes, this is mostly a bugfix release, and is compatible with 1.0 repositories (after config file updates). New features include a new API for querying repository info, better self-referential URL handling, and Oracle 9i support. Several significant-sounding bugs were squashed also.
Ed writes: "Net::OAI::Harvester is a new Perl module available from CPAN for easily interacting with data providers that implement the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. It provides an object-oriented client interface to OAI-PMH in the same way that LWP::UserAgent does for HTTP. Net::OAI::Harvester is basically a toolkit which allows you to quickly write programs that retrieve data from OAI-PMH archives without having to get your hands dirty generating HTTP requests, parsing large amounts of XML, and representing lots of data in memory.
Net::OAI::Harvester uses XML::SAX internally, so potentially large documents are handled as streams (no large DOMs in memory). An OAI DublinCore module is included for representing Dublin Core metadata; and there is an extension mechanism so that you can plug in your own metadata handler to handle other flavors of metadata. For more information see: http://search.cpan.org/author/ESUMMERS/OAI-Harvester-0.2/lib/Net/OAI/Harvester.pm
If you are interested in contributing at all to the project please express your interest at on the perl4lib list."
mdewsnip writes: "Greenstone v2.40 is now available for download! A big change in this release is the inclusion in the Windows download of the "Greenstone Librarian Interface", a tool for collecting, expanding and building digital libraries. It gives you access to Greenstone's functionality from an easy-to-use 'point and click' interface, and is also available for Unix systems. Other important changes include a new plugin for importing data from perl's DBI interface, a new plugin for parsing records from OAI servers, improvements to MGPP configuration, new Czech, Galician, Japanese and Thai interfaces, and many bug fixes and other improvements."
a little birdie yim'd me that DSpace version 1.1 (inc. docs) is available. From the sf news item: "New features include Advanced Search capability with fielded searching, better Unicode support, improved performance and lots of other good stuff. And bug fixes. Lots of bug fixes."
iVia in DLib
Don writes: "iVia - the software that runs the INFOMINE gateway - is described in an article from D-Lib Magazine, Jan. 2003 - "iVia Open Source Virtual Library System". Wow!"
MIT Libraries and HP have released version 1.0 of DSpace (source available from sourceforge). DSpace is a digital repository in production use since September at MIT Libraries as a service for capturing, persisting, and providing access to the intellectual (research) output of the MIT community. DSpace will also be the long-term archive for materials from OpenCourseWare. Now it's available as an institutional repository platform to the rest of the world. See also coverage from the Boston Globe and CNET.
Eric wrote to oss4lib-discuss: "This release of MyLibrary is incremental, but there still a number of noteworthy additions to the distribution: the software now encrypts users' cookies as they are sent from the server to the browser; Impersonate patron is fixed; there are statistical reports against the underlying database summarizing usage; the scripts distribution now includes a set of PHP scripts demonstrating how MyLibrary can participate in OAI (Open Archives Initiative) for sharing metadata. Similarly, the distribution also includes a Perl script for writing RDF files from the underlying database."
from the eprints site: "EPrints 2 is strictly internationalised with all metadata being stored as unicode and every phrase used to interact with users collected into an XML "phrase file" which may be translated. To save duplicated effort, later versions will bundle configurations for languages other than English."
Open Archives Protocol 1.0 delivered
Today's the day: the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting is posted, and the public forum in D.C. is going on as we speak. Everyone in our community would do well to take a close look at 1.0 and consider the opportunities this new standard provides. Maybe we can get someone attending the meeting to report back, too (hint, hint). More info on the overall project can be found at the Open Archives site. Congrats to Herbert and Carl, et al.!
I might have missed the announce list message, but checking eprints.org (esp. the download page it appears that version 1.0 is ready to go. According to the main page, "An earlier private beta release of eprints met with unanimous approval. The first complete operational release is available (for free, of course) as of December 1 2000." Of course, the Open Archives standard is about to change as of mid-January (at the public meeting in D.C.), when they will release the next version of the OAI spec. So eprints will have to change pretty soon, but it looks solid already otherwise.


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In recent years added lodges have sprung up in the other areas of the park giving visitors a range of options and selections.
Lodge Rates tend to be higher around Bwindi Impenetrable Forest than other parks in Uganda, on the positive side, lodge rates are lower than in neighboring Rwanda for Gorilla Trekking.
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The share of taxpayers facing higher taxes would increase dramatically after 2025 in any of these scenarios. Under the Senate tax bill, all the provisions affecting families and individuals would expire after 2025, with the exception of a change to the inflation adjustments in the tax code (chained CPI), which would raise taxes on all income groups. Families can therefore expect a tax increase in later years unless the believe they will benefit from the corporate tax cuts and estate tax cuts, which are permanent under the Senate bill. As a result, the residents of 19 states would pay more in total federal taxes in 2027 than they pay today.
Republicans claim this is not a problem because all the provisions of the bill would eventually be made permanent. But it's worth noting that corporate CEO's did not trust such promises and demanded that their tax cuts be made permanent, and that's exactly what Republicans leaders provided in this legislation.
Why Do these Compromises Accomplish So Little?
There are many reasons why some households would face tax hikes right away under this legislation, and several of those reasons are not addressed by the "compromises" that are being discussed.
Many people whose deductions are limited would nonetheless pay less because the tax plan increases the standard deduction, which they can claim instead of itemized deductions. (The deduction for state and local taxes in one of several itemized deductions). But those with total itemized deductions that are greater than the increased standard deduction might not be so lucky.
Take the example of a married couple who claims $28,000 in itemized deductions under current law. This includes $11,000 in state and local income taxes, $5,000 in property taxes, and additional deductions for home mortgage interest and charitable giving. Under the Senate bill as passed, the amount of itemized deductions that this couple could claim would drop from $28,000 to $17,000 (because the $11,000 in state income taxes would no longer be deductible).
The House and Senate tax bills would allow a standard deduction of $24,400 for married couples in 2019. This couple would claim the standard deduction because this is greater than the amount of itemized deductions they would be allowed. In other words, this couple stops itemizing and benefits from the increase in the standard deduction, but is allowed to deduct less under the bill ($24,400) than they would under current law ($28,000).
On top of that, the House and Senate tax bill would repeal personal exemptions. Under current law, the combination of personal exemptions plus the standard deduction (or itemized deductions for those who itemize) determines the amount of income that is shielded from income tax. Under current law, in 2019 this couple would have two personal exemptions equal to $4,250. Their personal exemptions combined with their $28,000 in itemized deductions allow them to shield $36,500 from federal income tax. Under the House and Senate bills, they would be able to shield just $24,400 from federal income taxes (because the standard deduction would be $24,400).
Alpha-linolenic acid is the most common omega-3 fatty acid and is found in plants. While horses generally obtain alpha-linolenic acid by eating grass and hay, flaxseed and linseed oil are the most concentrated sources of this nutrient.
The omega-3 fatty acids known as EPA and DHA have also been identified as beneficial to the horse. These are longer-chain fatty acids and are generally found in fish oils. Shorter chain acids, like alpha-linolenic acid, can be converted into the longer chain acids EPA and DHA; however, this process is very inefficient, hence the benefits to provide them in the diet.
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Total omega-3 fatty acids: 10,780 mg per oz
Eicosapentaenoic (EPA): 3,210 mg per oz
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Omega fatty acids are known as essential fatty acids because they cannot be synthesized in the body and must be provided in the diet. Omega fatty acids are split into two categories: omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids. Both are necessary to the well-being of the horse; however, it is the amount of both of these acids relative to each other that is most important for overall health. Functioning at the cellular level, omega fatty acids impact the cell membrane, thereby influencing every system in the body. When properly balanced, the two types of fatty acids work in concert to keep your horse healthy.
Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are metabolized by cells in the body and used in the synthesis of hormone-like substances called prostaglandins. The primary function of these prostaglandins is the regulation of essential body functions such as blood clotting, blood pressure, immune and inflammatory response. Prostaglandins produced from the omega-6 series typically have a pro-inflammatory response and increase blood clotting, whereas those produced from the omega-3 series tend to have the opposite effect by mitigating the inflammatory response and decreasing blood clotting. Both the omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids compete for the same enzymes in the production of these prostaglandins, so it is the ratio of the omega-6 to omega-3 that has the greatest influence over inflammatory response and other vital body functions. When an abundance of omega-6 acids are consumed relative to the amount of omega-3, cells increase the production of prostaglandins from the omega-6 series, leading to an increase in inflammation, which, over time, leads to multiple health problems.
Alpha-linolenic acid is the most common omega-3 fatty acid and is found in plants. While horses generally obtain alpha-linolenic acid by eating grass and hay, flaxseed and linseed oil are the most concentrated sources of this nutrient.
The omega-3 fatty acids known as EPA and DHA have also been identified as beneficial to the horse. These are longer-chain fatty acids and are generally found in fish oils. Shorter chain acids, like alpha-linolenic acid, can be converted into the longer chain EPA and DHA; however, this process is very inefficient, hence the need to provide them in the diet.
Balancing the omega 6 to 3 fatty acid ratio in your horse's diet will help maintain your horse's good health. Contribute offers you an affordable way to include both beneficial plant and marine sources of omega-3 fatty acids into the diet.
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Jennifer Garner Goes To The Market
Jennifer Garner steps out in a warm brown dress to pick up some fresh fruit and vegetables at The Farmer's Market on Wednesday afternoon in Santa Monica, Calif.
The 36-year-old pregnant actress recently took her two-year-old daughter, Violet, to church on Monday afternoon.
Jennifer's husband, Ben Affleck, also recently said that he believes his relationship to Jennifer Lopez was doomed from the start. "I think Jen and I made a mistake in that we fell in love, we were excited and maybe too accessible. I don't think either of us anticipated the degree to which it would take on a world of its own," he said.
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock futures are rebounding after a two-day decline.
Dow Jones industrial futures are up 60 points to 13,932. S&P futures gained 8.1 points to 1,509.20. Nasdaq futures are up 12 points to 2,726.
There are no economic indicators and few corporate earnings reports due Friday. Markets are bouncing back, however, after being spooked by an apparent split among officials with the U.S. Federal Reserve over whether to push forward with economic stimulus programs, or to begin weaning the nation off of them.
Many investors also sensed that the Dow, which is getting close to an all-time high, had gotten ahead of itself.
The Dow is up 6 percent this year, the S&P 500 is up more than 5 percent, and the Nasdaq is up 3.7 percent.


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25 Cocktails & Mocktails for Sparkling Celebrations
'Tis the season for sparkly drinks and a bit of bubbly. We're entertaining and enjoying the company of others this weekend. Whether or not that means alcohol is up to you, but no matter what you're drinking this New Years, we've got you covered. We have bubbly cocktails and mocktails of all sorts, from Peach Thyme Bellinis to Fig Old-Fashioneds. You can go classic with a Sazerac, or glam it up with a Spiced Pear Margarita (and a rim of glittering sugar). Or leave out the booze and sip an Asian Pear Sparkler or Rosemary Citrus Spritzer. Read on for these and more — we're sure there is something sparkling and bubbly here for you.
• 1 Champagne Bar for New Year's Eve: Three Bubbly Cocktails
• 2 Peach Thyme Bellini
• 3 Oscar Night Tipple: White Lady Cocktail
• 4 The Summer Sage
• 5 The Blueberry Rum Smash
• 6 A Cocktail for Apricot Lovers: The Knicker Twist
• 7 Fall Fig Cocktail: The Fig Old-Fashioned
• 8 Pitcher Cocktail: El Diablo
• 9 Lillet Liberté Cocktail for Bastille Day
• 10 Cold-Weather Cocktail Recipe: Pumpkin Buttered Rum
• 11 Patio Favorite: Southside Cocktail
• 12 A Very Merry Cocktail Recipe: The Spiced Pear Margarita
• 13 Recipe for Fall: Sazerac Cocktail
• 14 Christmas Morning Cocktail: Pecan Milk Punch
• 15 Recipe for Right Now: Income Tax Cocktail
• 16 Sunny Cocktail for a Snowy Day: The Salty Dog
• 17 The Pink Lady
• 18 Refreshingly Bitter Summer Cocktail: Campari & IPA
• 19 Spicy, Savory Sangrita from Mayahuel NYC
• 20 Meyer Lemon Whiskey Sour: A Sunny Drink for Winter
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• 21 Asian Pear Sparkler
• 22 Pink Grapefruit and Pomegranate Soda
• 23 Rosemary Citrus Spritzer
• 24 Watermelon Strawberry Cooler
• 25 Elderberry Shrub
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Jessie Wayne Warner, 73
Jessie Wayne Warner, 73, Monrovia, passed away at 4:36 a.m. on Sunday, September 26, 2010 at Kindred Hospital Indianapolis-South in Greenwood.
Wayne was born on January 13, 1937 in Clay County, Indiana to John E. Warner and Artie M. (Orman) Warner.
He married Norma J. Bell on June 6, 1964.
Wayne retired on January 14, 1998 from Lilly Industries, which is now Valspar Paint, in Indianapolis.
He served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957.
Wayne was a member of Eastview Christian Church in Martinsville.
He enjoyed being outdoors mushroom hunting, nut hunting, and working crossword puzzles.
Wayne is survived by his wife, Norma J. (Bell) Warner of Monrovia; two brothers, Ken R. Warner and wife Carolyn of Brazil and Wilbur Warner of Brazil; three sisters, Lucille Wells of Riley, Bessie P. Wells of Spencer, and Norma Garlits of Brazil; sister-in-law, Betty Warner of Arizona; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, John E. Warner; his mother, Artie M. (Orman) Warner; three brothers, John E. Warner, Jr., David Warner, and Warren Warner; and two sisters, Crystal E. Warner and Dorothy Blanton.
The graveside service will be at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at Peavey Cemetery in Jasonville with Rev. Rick Miller officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.
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Soft Wrap Bread
I blindly made this bread for a dinner that I had been looking forward to for a long time.
To be honest, I made this wrap-style bread myself (instead of buying it) because there isn't a good bakery close to me and I didn't want to eat cardboardy, stale pitas for dinner. My hopes weren't very high for this bread – it was more like a means to an end.
But all of that changed. When I tasted it.
Amazing. That's all I have to say. I don't have adequate wordage to describe how delectable this wrap bread truly is. It is soft. It is tender. It is chewy and flavorful.
It pairs perfectly with savory foods and conversely, it is fantastic drizzled with honey and eaten warm (which is the way my husband devoured at least four of the lovely discs).
Later this week, I'll be sharing with you what I served in the wraps, but to be honest, the hit was when I used the leftovers the next day to make mini pizzas for the kids.
Talk about a versatile bread. I am dreaming about when I can make it next. The wrap is pliable so it can easily be rolled up around a delicious filling or cut into wedges and served with a topping of sorts (hummus?) – the options are endless.
Oh, and one more thing – the bread is dry-fried over a griddle or frying pan so you don't have to fire up the oven and heat up your whole house to make it.
*Update (6/10): I've made this bread too many times to count since originally posting it and wanted to share that I now almost always make it with whole wheat flour (usually white wheat flour because that is what I have on hand to grind). The results are still extremely delicious and even healthier.
Soft Wrap Bread
- 3 to 3 1/4 cups (12 3/4 to 13 3/4 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour (see note)
- 1 1/2 cups (12 ounces) boiling water
- 1/4 cup (1 1/2 ounces) potato flour OR 1/2 cup (5/8 ounces) potato buds or flakes (I used potato flakes)
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 2 tablespoons (7/8 ounce) vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon instant yeast (see note)
- Place 2 cups of the flour into a bowl or the bucket of a bread machine. Pour the boiling water over the flour, and stir until smooth. Lightly cover the bowl or bucket and set the mixture aside for 30 minutes.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the potato flour (or flakes or buds) and 1 cup of the remaining flour with the salt, oil and yeast. Add this to the slightly cooled flour/water mixture, stir, then knead for several minutes (by hand, mixer or bread machine) to form a soft dough. It may look like the flour/salt/oil/yeast mixture will never absorb into the boiling water/flour mixture. It will, I promise, but you may need to take it out of your electric mixer, if using one, and knead the flour in by hand or add it very gradually into your electric mixer.
- Note: You can allow the dough to go through the entire kneading cycle(s) in the bread machine, but it's not necessary; about a 5-minute knead in the machine, once it gets up to full kneading speed, is fine. The dough should form a ball, but will remain somewhat sticky (the dough is fairly stiff, so don't be worried – just be careful not to overflour the dough). Add additional flour only if necessary; if kneading by hand, keep your hands and work surface lightly oiled. Let the dough rise, covered, for 1 hour (I let mine rise up to 2 hours).
- Divide the dough into 8 pieces (each about the size of a handball, around 3 ounces), cover, and let rest for 15 to 30 minutes. Roll each piece into a 7- to 8-inch circle, and dry-fry them (fry without oil) on a griddle or frying pan over medium heat for about 1 minute per side (I cooked mine about 2-3 minutes per side and they didn't dry out), until they're puffed and flecked with brown spots. Adjust the heat if they seem to be cooking either too quickly, or too slowly; cooking too quickly means they may be raw in the center, while too slowly will dry them out. Transfer the cooked breads to a wire rack, stacking them to keep them soft. Serve immediately, or cool slightly before storing in a plastic bag.
This recipe works best with instant yeast because it dissolves during the kneading process, so you don't have to knead liquid into the dough. If you really prefer to use active dry yeast, use only 1 cup boiling water for the initial dough, dissolve the yeast in 1/4 cup warm water, and add this mixture to the dough along with the potato flour mixture. It'll be somewhat "slippery" at first, but will knead in and eventually become smooth.
Also, I often use half to 3/4 finely ground white whole wheat flour with good results – and sometimes I get crazy and use 100% whole wheat flour (always finely ground white wheat).
Follow @melskitchencafe on Instagram and show me the recipes you are making from my blog using the hashtag #melskitchencafe. I love seeing all the goodness you are whipping up in your kitchens!
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A chocolate eclair is a French dessert. They are long, puffy, choux pastry buns stuffed with cream and topped with rich chocolate icing. Chocolate eclairs were served at the Welcoming Feast of 1991.[1]
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- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Appears in photographs)
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Benefit set Wednesday for family of Farmers & Artisans co-owner
Friends have set a benefit to raise money for the family of David Setzer, the local food advocate, baker and co-owner of Farmers & Artisans, who died last month.
Set for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, the event will include pulled barbecued beef from Plato Dale Farm, beer and beverages from Flying Bison, wine from Premier, mac and cheese from The Irishman, and bread and cookies from Farmers & Artisans.
There will also be music, a 50/50 split, and auctions. Participants can bid on items including a picnic basket stuffed with goodies and 12-person llama trek at Hemstreet Farm Llamas in East Aurora.
The site is Calvary Episcopal Church in Williamsville, 20 Milton St. at Cayuga Road. Tickets are $30. For more information, call organizer Michael Starks at 553-2570.
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Jul 21, 2011
I can sum up this week's theme in one word: bokeh. That's the first word that popped into my head when I saw the screen shots for Inspired, a theme for ADW Launcher.
ADW Launcher is a home screen replacement utility that allows you to customize the look, feel and function of your Android device's graphical user interface. Custom themes built for ADW Launcher make it extremely easy to replace the entire icon set, wallpaper and dockbars, giving your device a more personal identity.
Now, back to that word I mentioned earlier, "bokeh." In photography, bokeh refers to the blur, or the aesthetic quality of the blur, in the out-of-focus areas of photographic images. It can make for some very appealing shots that many photographers strive for in their work, and, as you can see by the screenshots, it's part of why I chose this week's theme.
I'm not sure if the images in the included wallpapers were photographs that have been blurred to the point of abstraction or if they were already abstract splashes of color with a blurring filter applied to them, but they are simply gorgeous. They cause the icons to pop right out at you. It makes for a perfect wallpaper that is both beautiful and eye-catching, but not distracting. You can see the icons clearly and identify them quickly.
The only thing I don't like is the color scheme of the folders, as seen in the screenshot below.
The way the folders are done here is a wrinkle in an otherwise flawless theme — one of my favorites to date.
The clock being used in the screenshots is a free clock widget called BobClockD3. I think it's a perfect complement to this already outstanding theme.
Inspired is available on the Android Market for US$1.00, and the author does welcome icon recommendations, just in case you don't find a custom icon for your favorite app.


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There's been much speculation about the role of hedge funds in the recent price rallies in oil and other commodities. Economist Gary Blumenthal says the evidence doesn't bear out the claims. Blumenthal was interviewed following his presentation at the Ag Issues Forum sponsored by Bayer CropScience prior to Commodity Classic in Tampa, Fla.
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We're taking back City Hall for Labour - but we need your help if we're going to do it!
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama has appealed to veterans and military families in defense-focused southeast Virginia, casting himself as a president who is ending foreign entanglements and aiding returning soldiers with educational opportunities.
Obama chided rival Mitt Romney for saying, in secretly taped remarks months ago, that nearly half of Americans believe they are victims entitled to government help.
Obama said instead of victims, he sees veterans who have served "with bravery and distinction" and military families wondering if loved ones will "come home safe and sound." Obama was introduced by Sen. Jim Webb, a conservative Virginia Democrat who is a former Marine and Navy Secretary.
Romney was campaigning nearly 200 miles away in Springfield, Va. Obama won the state in 2008; it is among the most competitive of the 2012 contest.


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Jennifer's Rustic California Country Kitchen
Jennifer's rustic octagonal house—fondly called Maison Un, or the "House One" in French—lies off an old logging road in the redwood country of Rio Dell, California. The two-story circular home was designed for optimal viewing of rolling hills, the orchard, and the pond. The house "feels like it's always been there," as does the kitchen to some extent. Rustic and well-worn, you can almost smell the homemade apple pie.
See the Full Tour: Jennifer's Maison Un at Apartment Therapy
Related: A Dreamy Rustic Stone Kitchen in Provence
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text: The Revolution 10/17/2013 Listen to THE REVOLUTION with Jim & Trav The Official Radio Program of Outdoor Channel 10/17/2013 - This week on The Revolution with Jim and Trav it's open season for elk! So tune in to find out how to locate bulls, get some lessons in bugling basics, learn how to field judge elk on the hoof, select the proper caliber and get tips on how to close the distance between you and that trophy monster bull. Plus, you'll hear detailed elk reports from around the nation. Don't miss this broadcast!


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2 vehicle crash kills 1 in Brunswick
Driver of second vehicle uninjured
2 vehicle crash kills 1 in Brunswick
Driver of second vehicle uninjured
BRUNSWICK, Maine —
David Lamontagne,45, of Monmouth, was killed late Friday evening in a motorcycle crash On Bath Road in Brunswick.
Police said the crash happened just after 11 p.m. and involved a pickup truck driven by Roger Reid, 78, of Harpswell. Reid was uninjured in the crash.
According to police, rescue personnel found Lamontagne unresponsive in the parking lot of Maine Mattress and Futon. Lifesaving efforts were initiated by rescuers, but police say Lamontagne was pronounced dead after being transported to Midcoast Hospital.
The crash is currently under investigation.


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While warm summer temperatures make the challenges of icy, frigid weather seem far away, now is the time to make the preparations that will minimize those wintry challenges. Dave Smith, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension beef veterinarian, along with several ranchers from various locations, offer this top-10 list of strategic management practices to secure herd health and lower input costs this winter.
- Take inventory of available forage
With escalating feed prices, the cost of feeding the cowherd is a huge issue, Smith says. Cattlemen need to take stock of available feed and forage sources and what will be needed to get through the winter months.
"It's been a tough year with high input costs due to fuel and feed prices," says Kevin Hafner, vice president of operations for Express Ranches, Yukon, OK. "It's important to be aware of opportunities to lower costs. Cattlemen need to be flexible in their winter supplement programs."
This year, Hafner will focus on feeding mostly forage. Economically, alfalfa and high-quality legumes will be looked at as a bargain in comparison to feeding grain to the cowherd. Cattlemen should look to the value of grazing residual crops if the opportunity is available.
- Forage analysis
Smith says now is a good time to complete a forage analysis to ensure the nutritional requirements of the cowherd are met.
"A nutritional analysis can help cattlemen decide what feed to provide to which cattle and when," Smith says. "By evaluating the body condition score (BCS) of cattle, we can make decisions on sorting cattle into different groups based on caloric-intake requirements."
Smith says it's critical to maintain a moderate BCS score post-weaning so cows don't have to play catch-up in late January and February. This will help the cowherd weather the cold winter months and add up to huge savings in input costs.
- Up-to-date vaccinations
Convenience isn't a good reason to vaccinate your cows, Hafner says.
"Too often, I see producers who give their annual shots when it's convenient for them," Hafner says. "However, the convenient time isn't always the optimal time for the cattle."
Hafner's calves are on a vaccination schedule with the last round of respiratory shots given two weeks post-weaning. Hafner prefers post-weaning shots over pre-weaning shots administered in the pastures because there are less health and stress problems on the calves and less labor.
Smith isn't an advocate of fall vaccinations, as this is not the optimal time to protect cows during pregnancy, and it generally means cattle receive killed rather than modified-live virus (MLV) vaccines. However, Smith says that today's market offers effective MLV vaccines that are safe to give during gestation, but only if the cow has been exposed to the vaccine in the previous 12 months. Smith adds that this is the time when cattlemen should consider giving vaccines for calf scours to immunize the cow so she can later protect her calf.
- Parasite control
Although protocol varies for ranchers in diverse locations, monitoring parasite load is critical when preparing for the winter months.
"Deworming is probably the number-one issue concerning herd health," says Arnold Wienk, owner of Wienk Charolais in Lake Preston, SD. "We've found that deworming results in heavier weaning weights the following year, and the cows stay in better condition."
"Lice is another problem that affects animal well-being, along with facility damage caused by itching cattle," Smith says. "The cost of external parasites due to lost performance can sometimes really hurt cattlemen."
Smith says it's vital to design a strategy for controlling internal and external parasites. Depending on your location, cattlemen have to target different time periods for strategic deworming. Smith suggests consulting your veterinarian before implementing a new program, as it should be tailored to the operation.
- Pregnancy examinations
For pregnancy examinations, the earlier the better, Smith says.
"Completing pregnancy exams early gives cattlemen the opportunity to have an idea of the staging in a cow's gestation," Smith says. "This can be useful for planning ahead in your upcoming calving season and identifying open and short-bred cows to be sold."
Wienk agrees that pregnancy exams just make financial sense: "It costs too much money to keep an open cow around for a year."
- Marketing cull cows
Maximizing the residual value of cull cows is always difficult, Hafner says.
"It's never the same answer from year to year," Hafner says. "However, this year we have seen prices for cull cows as high as ever."
While Smith concurs that the equation for selling cull cows differs annually, he says it will be particularly important this year to cull open, late and poor-producing cows. "Cows bred late might not be profitable for you, but a marketing opportunity may be available as these cows could have more value in someone else's cowherd. Producers should be aware of marketing options for cull cows," he says.
- Caring for herd bulls
Herd bulls are a big investment. Take care of these investments by sorting off the bulls, maintaining clean and dry bedding, and feeding younger bulls during the winter months to help them recuperate from a long summer of breeding, Wienk says.
For Hafner, monitoring the BCS of the herd bulls is a huge concern. "We pull our bulls away from the cowherd on July 1," Hafner says. "Once isolated, it's paramount to monitor bulls' BCS, as they often get too fat if they only do spring calving."
- Replacement heifers
It's important to pay close attention to the replacement heifers right now, Hafner says.
"We'll start breeding the heifers shortly after Thanksgiving," he says. "Planning and management is key. We focus on our attainable goals to stay ahead of the game and get those heifers bred."
Smith offers another consideration for bred heifers and cows. "Think about the locations of your pregnant cowherd and replacement heifers in relation to other cattle that could expose them to disease," Smith says. "Be aware of cross-fence exposure from stocker cattle and neighboring cowherds that could present risk for pregnant cows to abort. A safe location is critical during gestation."
- Health verification pays
For some cattlemen, there's opportunity to add value to their cattle with health verification, and now's the time to start the process, Smith says.
"Cattlemen have the opportunity to test for various diseases through fecal and blood samples," he says. "If a producer is working on a disease-control program with his veterinarian, now may be a convenient time to test and use that information to decide how to reduce the risk of the disease prior to spring calving."
What's more, testing for disease and earning a clean health verification status may add value to your calves when it's time to market. Plus, it's a relief to know you're proactively managing the health status of the herd, Smith adds.
- Anticipate adverse weather
Wienk knows from experience how unforgiving South Dakota winters can be. His approach is to prepare for the worst and have a backup plan for adverse weather conditions.
"During rough blizzards, water sources can freeze over, feed can be hard to deliver to cows and places for shelter aren't always accessible," Wienk says. "It's so important to have your feed sources close to the cows. Be prepared to haul feed, water and provide shelter. Build windbreaks if trees aren't available to use. What's your back-up plan?"
Amanda Nolz, BEEF intern, is a senior South Dakota State University agricultural journalism student from Mitchell, SD.
Winter checklist
Take inventory of available forage
Forage analysis
Up-to-date vaccinations
Parasite control
Preg-check cows and heifers
Market culls
Monitor herd bulls
Manage replacement heifers
Herd-health testing
Prepare for adverse weather


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Xbox 360 update bans Call of Duty dupes
Microsoft stuffs cracked copies
Microsoft's mandatory Xbox 360 update, issued yesterday, was described by the company as a fix for a known bug. It turns out that it also combats gamers who own illicit copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops and other games.
Posters on the Xbox-Scene forums discovered their "back-up" copies of CoD and Modern Warfare 2 no longer run. They say the enforced download was somewhat larger than what you might expect for a simple bug-fix patch.
The update claimed to give users the ability to boot a pre-inserted game when you power on, a feature that was apparently disabled by accident in November. ®


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For those of you in the area...I am giving a workshop with my Sandra Troux Mysteries co-author, Linda Lombri on e-publishing. Would love all of you to come. In four jam packed hours, we'll cover some writing exercises to unblock that wonderful book you have begging to be written, an over view of a few e-publishing companies to help you choose the best for you, and marketing tips for your book.
The expansion of e-publishing is nothing next to phenomal and a wonderful new "golden age" of publishing for writers who have been closed out of the market.


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Police: Bullet enters 2-year-old girl's bedroom
Police: Bullet enters 2-year-old girl's bedroom
LEBANON, Pa. —
A bullet entered a bedroom where a 2-year-old girl was sleeping early Friday, according to Lebanon police.
Officers were called to the 1300 block of Church Street shortly before 3 a.m. Friday.
A resident told police she heard arguing coming from an adjoining home and then she heard a single gunshot.
She found a bullet hole in a wall in the room where her daughter was sleeping, police said. The girl was not injured.
Officers searched the adjoining home and found a shell casing, but nobody was home, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Lebanon police at 717-272-6611.


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GPSolo Magazine - March 2005
GP Mentor
Voices of Experience
Edd Vasquez
What is your background, and what inspired you to become a lawyer?
I was born and raised in Yuma, Arizona. Both my parents had only a high school education. My mother, who always stressed education to my two sisters and me, inspired me to become a lawyer. She claimed that was the first thing I ever said I wanted to be when I grew up—I guess it was my destiny.
What influenced your decision to pursue a general practice/solo/small firm career?
I was sort of forced into it when I was RIFed (reduction in force) by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C., along with 130 other attorneys. It happened a couple of years ago when the economy was down, there were no jobs, and no one was hiring. I decided to take the experience I had and venture out on my own. I knew I had the knowledge needed to represent clients in the area of trademark law.
What did you find hardest about setting up as a general practice/solo/small firm lawyer, and where did your biggest help come from?
I had the most trouble with the administrative, day-to-day tasks involved in setting up and running a solo practice. There are simply a lot of things to consider when setting up a practice. My biggest help actually came from GPSolo magazine. I had joined the Section the same year, and the magazine became my best resource for important information regarding practicing as a solo.
What early lawyer experiences have helped you in your career?
My experience at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office taught me all about trademark law, as well as how to deal with a number of different clients at the same time. On any given day, I dealt with at least ten different clients.
Whom do you most admire?
My mother, who passed away ten years ago, was the best possible role model—she led by example. In my profession, I admire those attorneys who have made a real difference through their efforts and done incredible work for under-represented minorities.
What was the best professional advice you ever received?
Solo practice doesn't have to mean "all by yourself." Use the resources available, particularly through the local, state, and national bar associations. It's important to have a professional network.
Who or what got you started with ABA and/or GP|Solo Section involvement?
I was involved as a lieutenant governor with the Law Student Division of the ABA when I was in law school, but I didn't re-involve myself until a couple of years ago. Joseph Manalili helped me get back involved with the ABA, and Benes Aldana helped me get involved with the GP|Solo Section.
What can the ABA and/or GP|Solo Section do to be a good home to young lawyers?
The Section does a great job reaching out to young attorneys. My experience as a Diversity Fellow with the Section has been outstanding. The people of the Section are very welcoming. The Section works very hard and is usually a leader in terms of programs and resources it provides for its members.
What personality trait has served you best through the years?
I'm easygoing. I try to keep stress in my life to a minimum.
What is the one thing you cannot stand regarding the law/lawyers?
We as a profession (including myself) still do not do enough for the under-represented—the poor and those who cannot afford legal counsel. More than 200 years since the founding of the country, we still have not achieved "equal justice under law," the famous statement atop the U.S. Supreme Court Building.
What advice would you give new lawyers?
• Find an area of law that excites you.
• Get involved with local, state, or national bar associations. They provide great leadership opportunities and training.
• Develop and use your professional resources and network.


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About 150 students, faculty, staff, and community leaders were encouraged to become "dreamers" at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast Friday, January 18, 2013.
The event is hosted each year in recognition of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. UCA President Tom Courtway offered greetings to attendees reinforcing the importance of celebrating the legacy of King. "We need to remember his work and his legacy."
"Evolution of the Dream" was the theme for the event. Using it, Thelma Moton, founder and executive director of Choosing to Excel, challenged the audience to reflect on the last 50 years since King's famous "I Have a Dream speech."
"Dr. King is probably the most iconic African American of all time," said Moton, the guest speaker at the breakfast. "The 50th observance of any event demands reflection."
Moton told the audience that King would likely be proud of the many accomplishments America has made in the areas of racial equality and social justice. She asked the audience to reflect on where the nation still falls short.
"We can't revel in the successes without looking at where we are falling short and we are," she said. "I believe he would not be satisfied by what is happening in America's communities. I believe he would not happy and satisfied by what's happening with our families. I do not believe Dr. King would not be happy with what's happening in our schools."
She encouraged the audience to not take off for the King Holiday, but take it on instead. Without this work, the full evolution of King's dream cannot be realized, she explained.
"We must make a shift from 'I have a dream' to the collectively we have a dream." Moton said. "Do you have a dream? Are you a dreamer?"
Moton was invited by the Office of Multicultural Student Services. The office supports all students and campus community members by promoting multicultural programs and initiatives that educate, challenge and foster a sense of inclusion for the members of the UCA community.
"Because Dr. King was a mentor to a very diverse group of people on his journey to equality for all, I wanted to find a speaker for this occasion who was a great mentor in our community which led me to Mrs. Moton who impacts the lives of students and adults on a daily basis." said Angela Jackson, director of the Office of Multicultural Student Services.
Representatives from the City of Conway, Conway Police Department, the Arkansas Martin Luther King Commission, Congressman Tim Griffin's office, Senator Mark Pryor's office and various local businesses and churches attended the event.
To see highlights, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJeqqOHkhbM&list=PLlnJ8RNl9iWatPDQhOyjr59TSSKENknsS&index=3.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Robert Mueller is leaving the law enforcement agency that he has run every day since the week before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the same way that he entered it: being grilled about how the FBI is carrying out the most high-profile criminal investigations in the country.
For Mueller, Thursday marked another routine appearance on Capitol Hill. There were questions about leak probes involving The Associated Press and Fox News; the Boston Marathon bombings; the attack at Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans; and two government surveillance programs so breathtaking in scope that they instantly became a major Washington controversy when their details spilled out into the public record last week.
It was Mueller's last appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, but it was impossible to tell from his generally placid demeanor whether he was pleased or sorry to be leaving. His last day on the job is Sept. 4. He graciously accepted the occasional gestures of thanks from committee members for his public service. He gave as good as he got when the back-and-forth got testy.
For years, the National Security Agency has been collecting millions of U.S. phone records along with digital communications stored by nine major Internet companies. In his three hours of testimony, Mueller defended the two government surveillance programs and deplored the leaks that brought them to light.
"Every time that we have a leak like this — and if you follow it up and you look at the intelligence afterwards" — the terrorists "are looking at the ways around it," Mueller said.
"One of my problems is that we're going to ... lose our ability to get their communications. We are going to be exceptionally vulnerable," he said.
The admitted leaker of the National Surveillance Agency's secrets, 29-year-old NSA contractor Edward Snowden, is the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation, Mueller testified.
In the leak probe involving the AP, the government seized the records for more than 20 separate telephone lines assigned to the AP and its journalists in April and May 2012.
"I will tell you that I do believe that there was a substantial effort made to minimize the request" for the phone records, Mueller said of that episode, which had involved an AP story about a CIA operation targeting terrorists in Yemen.
In the leak probe involving Fox News, an affidavit seeking a search warrant in the investigation characterized Fox journalist James Rosen as a probable co-conspirator to the alleged leaker, a State Department contractor. Mueller said that "quite often in search warrants there are occasions where a person will be mentioned as having culpability, but there will be no discussion or anticipation of prosecution."
"I did briefly review the affidavit when the issue arose. So I am somewhat familiar with it," Mueller said. "I can tell you that the focus of our investigations are on the person within the government who has leaked the information."
The FBI director also got questions about the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings when impending court proceedings ended the interrogation of the bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
"In a very narrow sliver of cases where it is terrorism, where the threat is substantial, I would say that one could look at opportunities for giving those questioners additional time to extract information that may protect the public," Mueller told the committee.
Mueller also touched on the FBI's delay in getting agents into Benghazi last year to conduct an investigation of the attack that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.
The two-week delay "adversely impacted the ability to gather evidence in a variety of ways and adversely impacted the investigation," Mueller said.
"In Benghazi, there is no law enforcement," he explained. "There is nobody that you can deal with in terms of assuring your security." In addition, putting agents into the country was dependent on getting visas from the Libyan government and "the government then and today is still unstable," Mueller said. "It's very difficult to get any decision made."
As to where the Benghazi probe stands now, Mueller said, "We've had some success that I can't get into today" and that the investigation was ongoing.


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Saturday, January 19, 2008
Those were @#$%^@!* Days
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- Jon Cooke said...
Very funny, you made watching these stinkers a lot more tolerable, Matthew! My favorite observation was about hating to be the poor guy who takes a bite of a fly-filled popcorn ball. Yum!
- January 20, 2008 at 7:30 AM
- J Lee said...
The character designs for "Days" were pretty much reused with only slight modifications (including about a four cup-size breast reduction for the damsel in distress) by Hardaway and Dalton for 1938's "Love and Curses".
It's interesting that at the time "Days" was made, not only Warners, but the Fleischers, Terrytoons and even Disney were having trouble animating muscular male characters without making them look like they swallowed a helium balloon. For Ben and Cal to go back to this "look" four years later makes the animation in their 1938 short look particularly ugly.
- January 20, 2008 at 10:42 AM
I'd love to see how Tex Avery and his team would've handled "Those Were Wonderful Days", and have Carl Stalling do the score instead of Norman Spencer. It looks almost like a Screen Song cartoon for SMITS sake!
- January 20, 2008 at 11:05 AM
- Brandon said...
Listening to you groan was like the Angry Video Game Nerd, but without the foul language.
- January 20, 2008 at 1:22 PM
I think audiences were easily entertained in 1934. Being that animated pictures was still a relatively new thing, if you gave them some fairly fluid animation and some swinging music set to it, they'd be wowed. Not only that, but the animation staff was still learning their craft, and as you said, in 1934 there was quite a bit of hand-changing going on so there was a definite lack of direction. It wasn't until a few years later when the greats like Tashlin, Avery, and Clampett started to turn around the WB animation department that Looney Tunes REALLY took off, though.
Even if these cartoons weren't the greatest, thanks for uploading them. I've never seen them before.
- January 21, 2008 at 8:29 AM
Are there any Merrie Melodies you find tolerable,Matt?I like Shake Your Powder Puff because it doesn't us the things come to life thing.
- January 21, 2008 at 3:08 PM
The hero in Those Were Wonderful Days has a cameo in Friz's The Girl at the Ironing Board.
- January 27, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Jack King animates the bartender playing chopsticks on the cash register and Frank Tashlin animates the boxers dancing.
- January 27, 2008 at 2:52 PM


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W. Pa. woman admits to posing as rodeo star
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A western Pennsylvania woman has pleaded guilty to federal charges that she scammed more than 700 cellphones and two handmade saddles by posing as a rodeo star.
Susan Rowan, 39, of Vanderbilt pleaded guilty today to five counts of mail fraud in connection with her theft of the identity of professional barrel racer Sherry Cervi of Arizona.
Prosecutors say Rowan opened a corporate account with Sprint by posing as Cervi and her associates. The scam cost Sprint $432,000 in phones and services and cost a saddle-maker $8,000 between July 2008 and Feb. 2010.
Rowan also used a fake email account to conduct online relationships with three men who flew into western Pennsylvania thinking they were going to meet Cervi.
Public defender Linda E.J. Cohn says she disputes the prosecution's loss totals.
Cervi is a two-time world champion racer from Arizona.
Sentencing is scheduled for July 2.
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