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A woman's look, or feel, in her vaginal and pubic region has a significant importance in a woman's life. It is closely related to her self-esteem, and to the actual and expected excitement involved with her sexual life and desire.
Discomfort in a woman's vaginal area can severely affects her psychological state.
Many women today seek cosmetic surgery solutions that will improve their look and feel in their pubic regions. Such solutions may include reconstruction (mostly tightening) of the vagina, cosmetic procedures in the labia (size-reduction and beautification), and others. Intimate Plastic Surgery corrects dysfunctions and improves the woman`s hidden aesthetics
As well, there is a growing demand today, mostly due to ethnic and religious requirements, to re-construct woman's hymen.
In general, cosmetic vaginal surgeries may be divided in the following groups:
• Vaginoplasty (mainly vaginal tightening and muscle re-building)
• Labiaplasty (reducing and/or reshaping the external genital structures)
• Hymenoplasty (re-construction of the hymen, to a "near-virginity" state).
Birth-giving, aging, and genetic factors often cause the vaginal muscles to loosen and weaken, sometimes even tear. The diameter of the vagina gets bigger and there is a loss of feeling.
There are three main technical approaches in vaginal surgeries:
• Scalpel
• Laser
• Radiosurgical techniques
The candidate will consult her physician and the surgeon about the methods the surgeon uses in vaginal procedures. Each technique has its advantages, and it all depends on the expert surgeon's experience and the specific patient's needs and preference.
Most patients are very happy after vaginal tightening surgery. Their regained vaginal muscle tone significantly improves their quality of life in general, and the quality of their intimate sex-life in particular.
Careful assessment of signs and symptoms, along with an in-depth clinical examination, will be made before any surgical decision. As well, any existing vaginal disease or infection will be diagnosed and treated before proceeding into cosmetic surgery.
According to the scientific medical paper of Masters and Johnson, sexual gratification is directly related to the amount of frictional forces generated. It is not, however, a solution for sexual dysfunction, lack of interest or arousal, or orgasmic inadequacy.
Labiaplasty can be combined with other cosmetic surgeries. Most women who wish to undergo labiaplasty also choose tummy tucks and liposuction procedures in parallel.
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verb leans, leaning, leaned or leant
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Word Origin for lean
"action or state of leaning," 1776, from lean (v.).
c.1200, from Old English hleonian "to bend, recline, lie down, rest," from Proto-Germanic *khlinen (cf. Old Saxon hlinon, Old Frisian lena, Middle Dutch lenen, Dutch leunen, Old High German hlinen, German lehnen "to lean"), from PIE root *klei- "to lean, to incline" (cf. Sanskrit srayati "leans," sritah "leaning;" Old Persian cay "to lean;" Lithuanian slyti "to slope," slieti "to lean;" Latin clinare "to lean, bend," clivus "declivity," inclinare "cause to bend," declinare "bend down, turn aside;" Greek klinein "to cause to slope, slant, incline;" Old Irish cloin "crooked, wrong;" Middle Irish cle, Welsh cledd "left," literally "slanting;" Welsh go-gledd "north," literally "left" -- for similar sense evolution, see Yemen, Benjamin, southpaw).
Meaning "to incline the body against something for support" is mid-13c. Figurative sense of "to trust for support" is from early 13c. Sense of "to lean toward mentally, to favor" is from late 14c. Related: Leaned; leaning. Colloquial lean on "put pressure on" (someone) is first recorded 1960.
"thin, spare, with little flesh or fat," c.1200, from Old English hlæne "lean, thin," possibly from hlænan "cause to lean or bend," from Proto-Germanic *khlainijan, which would connect it to Old English hleonian (see lean (v.)). But perhaps rather, according to OED, from a PIE *qloinio- (cf. Lithuanian klynas "scrap, fragment," Lettish kleins "feeble"). Extended and figurative senses from early 14c. The noun meaning "lean animals or persons" is from c.1200, from the adjective.

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Today we've got three new Marvel: Ultimate Alliance videos to share. That makes 11 so far if our counting abilities are to be believed. Then we realize that the game has 20 playable characters and more than 140 cameos - could they all be getting their own special videos? Does the internet have enough space left to contain all this heroism?
Whatever cracks you can make about quantity, however, you can't dis their quality. Most of these clips are better than any of the animated superhero shows on right now, and you get to see an entire comic universe interacting with itself - not just Spider-Man or the X-Men doing their own thing. Hit the Movies tab for profiles on the Thing, Spidey and what is clearly the Ultimate version of Thor (comic fans will surely notice), and look for the game to ship later this fall.
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Andrew Garfield & Emma Stone adopt dog
The Amazing Spider-Man co-stars reportedly took the two-year-old golden retriever home for the holidays to make sure she was the perfect pet - and it didn't take long for them to fall in love.
A source tells People.com that, after the initial trial period, the couple officially adopted the pooch, named Ren, on Christmas Eve (24Dec12).
The lucky pup was surrendered by her previous owner and was close to doggy death row when Garfield and Stone first fell for her at the Spot! Dog Rescue of Los Angeles.
The source adds, "They left and they couldn't stop thinking about her, so they came back for her. And it's true love."


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Your eyebrow questions raised & answered by Vanita Parti
Eyebrows are clearly on my mind this week (even if they're barely present on my forehead), and with reason. First the Diorshow Brow Styler made my scrawny little guys look like the face-framing wonders I knew they were born to be. Second, Beauty Woo Me has had a few questions about brows recently so we asked eyebrow fixer-upper extraordinaire, Blink Brow Bar's Vanita Parti, to shed some light on the mythical art that is good eyebrow maintenance. You asked, Vanita answered:
Can everyone thread their eyebrows? I have tiny ones but am still interested because I still pluck the strays from time to time. Yes, threading is just a better alternative to plucking as it gets the tiniest of hair out from the roots without breaking them.
Where does threading come from? Threading originally comes from China but is now predominantly practised in India and the Middle East.
I have really sensitive skin. Will threading irritate it? As long as you do not have any allergies and have been able to remove hair without any reaction before it should be fine. If you are removing hair for the first time, it is often a good idea to do a small patch test to see if your skin reacts to having facial hair removed. Make sure that you apply a soothing and natural lotion (tea tree or calamine lotion) afterwards and do not use any make up or perfumed products on the skin for another 24 hours.
Does it hurt? Threading is a little painful the first few times you have it done. This is because your eyebrow hairs are tough and are being pulled out for the first time. Over time they gradually get weaker and hurt less. It is more of a tingling sensation than a painful one, that can make you sneeze and your eyes water. However, if having it for the first time, let your therapist know and they will go slow!
Does it work better than waxing or tweezing? Most definitely. The results are infinitely better and speak for themselves. No messy liquids and no sharp tweezers to mess around with. It is also much easier to guide the thread to the perfect shape and every little hair out.
What can I do to make my eyebrows standout more? Use a colour pencil to fill in any gaps and even them out and then wave a coat of eyebrow gel over them to make them glossy and keep them sleek.
Why is eyebrow grooming so important? I've never really been bothered before. It instantly lifts the face and makes you seem years younger. Having heavy and unkempt eyebrows can make your whole face seem heavier and older. Having beautifully groomed brows opens up the eyes and balances the whole face.
What tools should I have at home for eyebrow maintenance? A white eye pencil to mark the boundaries of your new eyebrows. Slanted Tweezerman tweezers. Eyebrow pencil to fill in any gaps and even out the brows, cooling lotion to calm down any redness, grooming gel to slick the brows into shape.
Which celebrity's eyebrows do you like the best? Kate Winslet, Penelope Cruz and Frieda Pinto.
Every time I shade in my eyebrows it looks fake. Help! Use a pencil that is not to chalky and does not smudge. Do gentle strokes in the direction of your hair growth and then blend with an eyebrow wand.
Vanita Parti is founder of UK-based Blink Brow Bar.
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The regional study entitled "Energy Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean" has been conducted by the WEC Latin American Member Committees. Having identified that the weak link between existing national energy infrastructures remains a major stumbling block to strengthening regional economic integration, this study aims to propose alternative views – primarily on the integration […]
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Jazzercizing To 'It's Raining Men'? Hallelujah!
All this winter, Morning Edition has been creating The Ultimate NPR Workout Mix by asking people what music makes them move. NPR's own Susan Stamberg says her favorite workout method, Jazzercise, is inherently musical.
"Jazzercise is, in my case, a group of women of a certain age — although there are a few young ones in the class — who kind of flounce around to so-called contemporary music," Stamberg says. "It's the only exercise I've ever stuck with, and I've been doing it for something like 20 years."
Since hearing it for the first time in a Jazzercise class, Stamberg says, her favorite song to make her move is The Weather Girls' 1982 hit "It's Raining Men."
"It's got a good beat, it's steady, I can keep up with it, and I like the lyrics," Stamberg says. "There's lots of good energy, and it gets me going at a certain pace."
More than the beat, Stamberg says, it's the words that really get her.
"The thing I love the most about it is one particular lyric in which she sings, 'God bless Mother Nature, she's a single woman, too / She looked up to the heavens, and she knew what to do.' And she makes it begin to rain men," Stamberg says. "The words always interest me more, really, than the melody itself. Those lyrics are very funny and very witty."


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Legends of the Star – Emmitt Smith
As we come to the end of our exclusive series "Legends of the Star," you can certainly make the case that we saved the best for last. It is with great pleasure that I introduce Emmitt Smith as this week's Legend of the Star.
Emmitt Smith may go down in history as the greatest player ever to wear the uniform of the Dallas Cowboys. The NFL's all time leading rusher had it all and I'm not just talking about his enormous athletic ability. He was a great and charismatic leader, a passionate player who loved the game, a positive influence who made those around him better, and one of the classiest players that football has ever known.
Emmitt Smith burst onto the national scene while playing running back for the University of Florida. He set many school records as a Gator including their single game and season rushing records, and all of their scoring records. After three years at Florida he had scored 37 touchdowns, had 23 100-yard rushing games, was a NCAA All-American and still holds 58 school records. Emmitt opted not to complete his senior year and decided to enter the NFL draft.
After posting the worst record in franchise history at 1-15, the Cowboys drafted Emmitt Smith in the first round of the 1990 draft. Head coach Jimmy Johnson felt that Emmitt was the kind of player who could be the cornerstone of the team's offense. He was right.
Over the next twelve seasons, Emmitt captured the hearts of Cowboy fans everywhere with his intensity and hard-nosed style of play. Together with Michael Irvin and Troy Aikman they formed the most lethal offensive punch that the game had ever seen. Emmitt Smith had real nose for the endzone and was nearly unstoppable inside the ten-yard line. During his career in Dallas, he was able to help lead the Cowboys to three Super Bowl Championships, lead the NFL in rushing four times, was the league MVP in 1993, and MVP of Super Bowl XXVIII. He was selected to eight Pro Bowls and was the first player in NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards in 11 consecutive seasons.
Emmitt Smith now holds the NFL record in career rushing yards with 18,355, breaking the previous record held by his childhood idol, and former great, Walter Payton. Besides this prestigious record, Emmitt holds over a dozen other NFL records including the all time career rushing touchdown record with 166 scores. He is one of only two non-kickers to score over 1000 points in his career, the other being Jerry Rice.
Next week, on July 21st Emmitt Smith will be enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame.
On September 19, 2005, Emmitt Smith was enshrined in the Cowboys Ring of Honor along with his former teammates Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin. He is sure to be a first ballot NFL Hall of Famer as soon as he becomes eligible in 2010.
It was a great pleasure reviewing all of the great players that have graced the "Silver and Blue" and I hope you enjoyed reading each of our weekly editions. Now it's time to get ready for another great season of Cowboys football. I hope you check in with StarStruck each and every day for our ongoing continuous coverage of everything near and dear to the Dallas Cowboys.
Legends of the Star is an exclusive weekly feature found only on StarStruck. Each week we will profile one of the many interesting personalities that have played for the Dallas Cowboys.


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By Kathleen Foody
Gannett Wisconsin Media Investigative Team
Feb. 17, 2013
The standards for ambulance quality and equipment haven't been significantly updated for 14 years, even though they're used as a yardstick when a state inspector visits the 1,200 ambulances carrying patients in Wisconsin.
The result, emergency medicine providers say, is that their departments are forced to keep buying equipment that's less useful for patients or more expensive than other options.
"Fourteen years is a long time without change, especially in the medical field," Jim Austad, a battalion chief for the Oshkosh Fire Department and a member of Wisconsin's EMS Advisory Board, said. "Most services are doing the right thing and trying to put updated items on there, but that's in addition to what the state requires.
"Are all ambulance services taking it upon themselves to put that equipment on there?"
Austad's question isn't one the state can answer, though he and state officials believe individual departments do what's best for their patients. But just checking the 150 items that the state does require takes one inspector two years.
The checklist the inspector uses is based on a portion of the Department of Transportation's administrative code known as "Trans 309." The rule spells out exact standards for the vehicles and can take years to change, a hurdle in the constantly changing EMS industry.
Even the methods for treating minor injuries are affected by the logjam. The rule requires ambulances to carry sanitary burn sheets, which expire and have fallen out of favor with some medical associations. A dry dressing or clean cotton sheet can affordably serve the same purpose, keeping air and dirt or dust off a burn, Austad said.
A recent report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recommended one way to make changing state standards easier: by moving inspections and the responsibility for updating ambulance standards from the State Patrol to the Wisconsin EMS Division within the Department of Health Services.
Karen McKeown, administrator of the department's public health division, said her agency is reviewing the report's recommendations. A spokeswoman for the Department of Health Services could not provide a time frame.
State officials charged with setting and enforcing standards for ambulance providers say they're short on the staff and time to update the chapter. Changing a state rule can take years, including public hearings.
Austad said he understands updating the state rule on ambulances will take time but wants the State Patrol to make it a priority. The state should take the national highway administration's recommendations seriously because the State Patrol is "too slow to react" to changes in emergency medicine, he said.
In the meantime, individual ambulance providers and private groups have tried to fill the gap between Wisconsin's requirements and what's best for patients, especially children.
In 2002, if the Oconomowoc Fire Department received a rare call for a child seizing or choking, paramedics heading to the scene could only guess at what size tubing and wiring the patient would need for help breathing or the right dose of medication. With the child's anxious family or friends nearby, they had to make an educated guess and scramble to find the right item in drawers, cabinets or a chock-full bag.
Now about 99 percent of Wisconsin's ambulance companies have a "ped bag," short for pediatric bag holding equipment beyond the state's requirements and color-coded by size. Some departments bought the kits on their own, while members of the Wisconsin General Federation Women's Club raised $600,000 statewide and donated bags to nearby ambulance departments.
Glenn Leidel, deputy fire chief of the Oconomowoc Fire Department, worked with the Wisconsin General Federation Women's Club in the "ped bag" project's early days. He seems resigned to working without an update to the state standards, referring to the ambulance equipment rule as one of many challenges in emergency medicine.
"The whole emergency service worker persona is that if we're presented with a problem, we're going to find a solution," Leidel said. "If we can't fund it, we'll have a bake sale or have an organization step in and fund it for us."


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I have a question about Tenaya Canyon in Yosemite. The SummitPost route description for Tenaya Canyon states that the route should only be attempted when water levels are low enough. It is not clear what constitutes a low enough water level to safely descend the canyon via the usual routes. According to USGS water data (http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ca/nwis/uv/?s ... cy_cd=USGS) the current stream flow on the Merced River at Pohono Bridge is about 700 cubic feet per second. This is much more than the historical median of 29 cfs for October 11, but much less than the 2011 maximum flow of 7000 cfs during the spring snowmelt in June.
If anyone here who has experience descending Tenaya Canyon can give us a better idea of what stream flow levels are suitable for descending the canyon, please let us know what you think. Thanks.


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Today is the seventh day of the Chinese New Year and the weekend is just around the corner. Therefore getting a good bite on this Saturday morning tucked away from work can be such a blessing, indulging a good dim sum is a must. So I would like to recommend you to try out the line of dim sum prepared by Master Dim Sum sifu Yoon Kong Thye at Lai Ching Yuen Chinese Restaurant Grand Millennium Hotel Kuala Lumpur. My last post featuring Dim Sum Masterchef Lee Kor Yew at Ee Chinese Cuisine Eastin Hotel Petaling Jaya need to be check out as his Dim Sum too a gourmet to die for.
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Have you lost your bongos?
IF YOU have ever left your mobile phone on an Ipswich train or perhaps an umbrella or even a set of bongo drums then you better pick them up soon - the Roma St lost property office is overflowing.
More than 1200 items make their way to the Queensland Rail lost property office each month including the expected umbrellas, wallets, mobile phones and bags as well as many weird and wonderful items.
Queensland Rail Chief Customer Officer Cathy Heffernan said she was surprised by what items people carried on trains and the number of people who managed to leave them behind.
"We've collected a heap of unusual items in our lost property office including a stethoscope, false teeth, a television and the contents of a kitchen including cutlery, crockery, spices and an electric jug," Ms Heffernan said.
"We also collect hundreds of car keys, glasses, novels and mobile phones."
In the 2010-11 financial year, 791 mobile phones were collected or handed in to the Queensland Rail lost property office.
Of these, only 202 were collected by their owners.
"You'd think if you left behind an item of value such as a mobile phone, you'd take steps to try and find it, but many don't," Ms Heffernen said.
"Our lost property team members are always determined to reunite these treasures with their owners.
"It's very rewarding for the team when we are able to return an item to its rightful owner."
All lost items, including mobile phones, are stored for three months.
After that, sim cards and memory cards are removed and the phones are sent to public auction, while other items are donated to charities.
Queensland Rail donates all money generated through auctioning the mobile phones to various charities, several times throughout the year.
If anyone believes they've left something on a train or at a station, visit the Queensland Rail lost property office at Roma St station, or call the team on 3235 1859, Monday-Friday 7.30am-5pm.


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With Bashar Assad waging a brutal war on his own people, there's a definite temptation for Americans to look for ways the United States could use its military power to turn the tide against the dictator. And past interventions in Libya and Kosovo have created the impression that we could play a decisive role in defeating Assad's forces at very low risk to our own.
Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., have advocated that we deploy air power to establish safe zones in Syria for the rebels. But they underestimate the risks of the job.
That's clear from a new analysis by Brian T. Haggerty, a Ph.D. candidate in MIT's Security Studies Program. His 70-page paper on the topic concludes that "to establish safe havens in Syria defended from the air would be a major military undertaking, likely requiring greater resources, facing greater risks and with a lower probability of success than any of NATO's previous air campaigns in response to humanitarian crises in Bosnia, Kosovo or Libya."
Syrian air defenses would be a persistent danger, he argues, and our air power would do little to prevent the Syrian army from carrying out devastating attacks on insurgent forces. To defeat the government, NATO might well have to expand its mission to include strategic bombing and even ground troops of its own. What starts out as a brief, low-risk undertaking could turn into something more than Americans are prepared for.
There are lots of humanitarian crises involving vicious regimes around the world. Syria is one of the many that we'd be smart to stay out of.


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Early one morning, Maria—then nine months pregnant—and her family were stopped by the police for no discernible reason. A special breakfast outing became a nightmare—and at one of the most intimate moments of her life, Maria found a team of immigration agents—not her husband—by her side.
Maria's chilling story, which Breakthrough captured on a trip to the Mexico/Arizona border, is the centerpiece of "Checkpoint Nation? Building Community Across Borders," a powerful new documentary that depicts the reality of post-9/11 racial profiling — as mandated by laws such as SB 1070 in Arizona, which are now being imitated and implemented nationwide — along with the new and strengthening alliances of diverse groups committed to racial justice.
Set in the U.S./Mexico border area near Tucson, Arizona, a region that sees more and more migrant deaths every year, the video explores the idea that the way to move forward is to find connections and build coalitions among between diverse groups of allies — including Muslim-, South Asian-, African-, and Latino-Americans; civil rights lawyers and media activists — that have identified with each other's histories and united in the common goals of justice, equality, and respect for all.
"Checkpoint Nation?" was produced to complement the release of a new report and Week of Action around the 10th anniversary of September 11th spearheaded by Rights Working Group, a national coalition of more than 300 civil liberties, national security, immigrant rights and human rights organizations committed to restoring due process and human rights protections that have been eroded in the name of national security. The report, "Reclaiming Our Rights: Reflections on Racial Profiling in a Post-9/11 America," will be released September 14th.
The groups that are featured in the video are ACLU of Arizona, Alliance for Educational Justice, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Derechos Humanos, DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving), Funding Exchange, VAMOS Unidos
Denying fairness and justice to some puts all of our freedoms at risk. Ten years after September 11th, we must challenge ourselves to unite across our differences and reaffirm the real American values of pluralism, democracy, and dignity for all.
Watch the video and take action to stop racial profiling in your community.


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Malware Digitally Signed With Fake Certificate
German security software company Avira has uncovered a malware sample digitally signed with a fake certificate listing them as the signer. The certificate is issued to Avira GmbH and is valid from 2011-02-10 until 2039-31-12.
The malware itself is a member of the well-known Zbot/ZeuS malware family, and is spread via spammed e-mail. Its behavior is not new in any way. After running it deletes the original executable, sets itself to run when Windows starts, and contacts a command server for further instructions.
Digital certificates utilize the public key infrastructure to provide cryptographic proof of the origin of a file. Because anyone can (and has in this case) claim to be "Avira GmbH" Windows warns if the certificate was not issued one of a group of "trusted certificate authorities."
Avira doesn't discuss it, but in this case, based on the screen shots, the certificate is issued by an authority named "VeriSign." This is not the real VeriSign (now Symantec Authentication), but a fake certificate authority created by the malware author. In case this wasn't obvious, Avira confirms it by describing the error message produced by Windows when running the malware: "A certificate chain processed, but terminated in a root certificate which is not trusted by the trust provider."
It is possible that some security systems would naively check only that an executable was digitally signed, or not completely authenticate the trust chain, but Windows by default gives the user the proper information.
[Note: I have done paid work for VeriSign and for Symantec Authentication.]
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On May 15, 1829, John the Baptist restored the Aaronic Priesthood to the earth. He did so by laying his hands upon Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery and speaking these words: "Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of Messiah I confer the Priesthood of Aaron, which holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of the gospel of repentance, and of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins" (D&C 13:1).
Later, the Lord revealed these further truths: "The lesser priesthood … holdeth the key of the ministering of angels and the preparatory gospel;
"Which gospel is the gospel of repentance and of baptism, and the remission of sins" (D&C 84:26–27).
Effects of the Aaronic Priesthood
What does it mean that the Aaronic Priesthood holds "the key of the ministering of angels" and of the "gospel of repentance and of baptism, and the remission of sins"? The meaning is found in the ordinance of baptism and in the sacrament. Baptism is for the remission of sins, and the sacrament is a renewal of the covenants and blessings of baptism. Both should be preceded by repentance. When we keep the covenants made in these ordinances, we are promised that we will always have His Spirit to be with us. The ministering of angels is one of the manifestations of that Spirit.
During His ministry, Jesus taught that baptism is necessary for salvation. "Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (John 3:5). When we are baptized, we covenant that we will take upon us the name of Jesus Christ and serve Him and keep His commandments.
At the conclusion of His ministry, Jesus Christ introduced the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. On that sacred occasion known as the Last Supper, Jesus explained the mission of the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost. The Comforter would testify of Him and reveal other truths.
The close relationship between partaking of the sacrament and the companionship of the Holy Ghost is explained in the revealed prayer on the sacrament. In partaking of the bread, we witness that we are willing to take upon us the name of Jesus Christ and always remember Him and keep His commandments. When we do so, we have the promise that we will always have His Spirit to be with us (see D&C 20:77).
To have the continuous companionship of the Holy Ghost is the most precious possession we can have in mortality. But we must keep ourselves free from sin. When we sin, we become unclean and the Spirit of the Lord withdraws from us. How grateful we are that the Lord has provided a process for each baptized member of His Church to be periodically cleansed from the soil of sin. The sacrament is an essential part of that process.
We are commanded to repent of our sins and to come to the Lord with a broken heart and a contrite spirit and partake of the sacrament in compliance with its covenants. When we renew our baptismal covenants in this way, the Lord renews the cleansing effect of our baptism. In this way we are made clean and can always have His Spirit to be with us. The importance of this is evident in the Lord's commandment that we partake of the sacrament each week (see D&C 59:8–9).
We cannot overstate the importance of the Aaronic Priesthood in this. All of these vital steps pertaining to the remission of sins are performed through the saving ordinance of baptism and the renewing ordinance of the sacrament. Both of these ordinances are officiated by holders of the Aaronic Priesthood under the direction of the bishopric.
Officiating in the sacrament
I will now suggest how teachers and priests and deacons should carry out their sacred responsibilities to act in behalf of the Lord in preparing, administering, and passing the sacrament. I will not suggest detailed rules, since the circumstances in various wards and branches in our worldwide Church are so different that a specific rule that seems required in one setting may be inappropriate in another. Rather, I will suggest a principle based on the doctrines.
The principle is that those officiating in the sacrament—whether preparing, administering, or passing—should not do anything that would distract any member from his or her worship and renewal of covenants.
Deacons, teachers, and priests should always be clean in appearance and reverent in the manner in which they perform their solemn and sacred responsibilities. Teachers' special assignments in preparing the sacrament are the least visible but should still be done with dignity, quietly and reverently. Teachers should always remember that the emblems they are preparing represent the body and blood of our Lord.
Sacred words
To avoid distracting from the sacred occasion, priests should speak the sacrament prayers clearly and distinctly. Prayers that are rattled off swiftly or mumbled inaudibly will not do. All present should be helped to understand an ordinance and covenants so important that the Lord prescribed the exact words to be uttered. All should be helped to focus on those sacred words as they renew their covenants by partaking.
As a 16-year-old priest, I was just beginning a part-time job as a radio announcer at a local station. After I offered a prayer at the sacrament table in our ward, a girl who was present told me I sounded like I was reading a commercial. Can you imagine the shame I felt? After 50 years that rebuke still stings. Brethren, remember the significance of those sacred prayers. You are praying as a servant of the Lord in behalf of the entire congregation.
Deacons should pass the sacrament in a reverent and orderly manner, with no needless motions or expressions that call attention to themselves. In all their actions they should avoid distracting any member of the congregation from worship and covenant making.
All who officiate in the sacrament—in preparing, administering, or passing—should be well groomed and modestly dressed, with nothing about their personal appearance that calls special attention to themselves. In appearance as well as actions, they should avoid distracting anyone present from full attention to the worship and covenant making that is the purpose of this sacred ordinance.
This principle of non-distraction applies to things unseen as well as seen. If someone officiating in this sacred ordinance is unworthy to participate, and this is known to anyone present, their participation is a serious distraction to that person. Young men, if any of you is unworthy, talk to your bishop without delay. Obtain his direction on what you should do to qualify yourself to participate in your priesthood duties worthily and appropriately.
With the single exception of those priests occupied breaking the bread, all who hold the Aaronic Priesthood should join in singing the sacrament hymn by which we worship and prepare to partake. No one needs that spiritual preparation more than the priesthood holders who will officiate in it.
The Aaronic Priesthood holds the keys of the "gospel of repentance and of baptism, and the remission of sins" (D&C 84:27). The cleansing power of our Savior's Atonement is renewed for us as we partake of the sacrament. The promise that we "may always have his Spirit to be with [us]" (D&C 20:77) is essential to our spirituality. The ordinances of the Aaronic Priesthood are vital to all of this. I testify that this is true, and I pray that our brethren of the Aaronic Priesthood will understand the importance of their sacred responsibilities and act worthily in them.


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Suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be defended by one of the legal profession's most respected public defenders. WSJ law reporter Ashby Jones has details. Photo: Getty Images.
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In an economic environment where stocks are advancing, investors turn to stocks because of quick returns. However, volatility plays a vital part in how long these gains can be sustained. When there is a downturn in the equity markets, like we have been experiencing, investors seek to find safer investments such as bonds and other more stable instruments. Indeed, the diversity and hedge capabilities of convertibles offer investors a veritable plethora of opportunities to tailor a portfolio to meet their specific goals. Still, many investors do not include convertibles to their portfolios fearing the intricacies of convertible securities are beyond their level of market sophistication. Nevertheless, the basic principles and terms of convertibles are as easy to understand as the key concepts of "straight" (non-convertible) bonds and stocks. Even the more advanced concepts of convertible trading can easily be learned. To be sure, some of the concepts we outline in this article may seem complicated, and in most cases, a basic understanding is all that's necessary as our model calculates and determines many of these values for each convertible in our survey.
Because convertibles are hybrid instruments—part fixed income and part warrant on the underlying stock—it is very common for analysts to have different opinions on the price of a particular convertible. The value assigned to the bond portion plus the value of the conversion feature together form the fair value for the convertible, and that value is then used as a benchmark by our model to determine if convertible is over- or undervalued. The two main factors used in evaluating a convertible, however, are the issue's conversion value—calculated by multiplying the effective conversion ratio by the current stock price—and its bond value—the value assigned if there was no conversion feature. Sometimes, the conversion ratio may be a unit composed of two or more securities (in the case of a spin-off) or stock plus cash (in the case of a completed merger, where the convertible is left outstanding). On the other hand, an issue's investment value (or bond value) is fairly easy to understand but more complicated to accurately derive. Thus, the conversion value and the investment value represent theoretical floors, below which the issue should not trade.
Once an issue's conversion value is determined, and its investment value is estimated, the premiums over both of these values become the two most important factors in determining to what degree the issue is bond- or equity-sensitive and in estimating whether the issue is over- or undervalued. The issue's premium over conversion value is simply its current price divided by its conversion value, expressed as a percentage, and its premium over investment value is the same formula, substituting estimated investment value for conversion value. The magnitude of an issue's premium over conversion or investment value will determine how much the issue is exposed to changes in the price of the underlying common, interest rates, or both. For example, if an issue has a low premium over conversion value but a high premium over investment value, the issue will be very equity sensitive and have a high correlation to movement in the underlying stock, but be relatively insensitive to changes in interest rates. On the other hand, if the issue has a low premium over investment value but a high premium over conversion value, the opposite will be true—high sensitivity to interest rates, low sensitivity to changes in the underlying common's price. If both premiums are modest or moderate, it will have moderate exposure to changes in both the price of the underlying stock and to interest rates. The combination of these premiums also helps to determine an issue's upside potential versus downside risk (leverage projections). Furthermore, the magnitude of the premiums versus the convertible's reward/risk ratio aids in evaluating whether or not an issue is over- or undervalued.
The last two features investors should be familiar with before purchasing convertibles are the call/put terms (if any) of the individual issues. Call provisions are the terms under which the issuing company can redeem (buy back) the convertible from the holder. In general, the warrant value (or conversion premium) of a convertible increases in value as the duration of its call protection increases. Callable issues, however, will trade at little or no premium if a call appears likely. A put feature is the ability to sell the convertible back to the issuing company, on a certain date, for either cash, stock, notes, or a combination of both. If a convertible is putable, it adds downside protection (another floor), providing the market believes the company can honor the put. "Hard" puts for cash are the most valuable.
As most convertible investors know, investing in convertibles is a trade-off. As opposed to buying the stock outright, full participation in a stock's upside potential is often traded for the downside protection a convertible's yield advantage provides. Convertible investors will usually accept a lower yield than a straight (non-convertible) bond or preferred would offer because of the equity play holders have if the underlying common rises. Over time, some issues will become equity surrogates, some toward fixed-instrument vehicles, and others will hold the characteristics of a typical convertible. This creates a uniquely attractive feature of convertibles in that portfolios can be tailored to different market conditions, strategies and investors' goals, yet still participate and be profitable if the market moves in an opposing direction. No matter which side of the market an investor wants to be in, chances are investors can utilize convertibles in hedge strategies to suit their purposes. Here are some of the choices investors have in designing a convertible portfolio:
Equity sensitivity, bond sensitivity or a combination of both. As mentioned, an issue's premium over conversion value and premium over investment value determines how sensitive an issue is to movements in either the underlying stock or interest rates. Investors looking for equity plays should focus on convertibles with low premium over conversion value. Investors seeking yield plays should look for issues with low premium over investment value. In addition, investors seeking moderate exposure to both markets should look for issues with modest premiums over both, or the portfolio could be diversified to have some sensitivity to each market by having a mix of equity-sensitive and yield-sensitive convertibles.
Industry diversification or target market sectors. As a general rule, investors should diversify their convertible holdings, if possible, across 10 different issues in at least 10 different industries. This decreases their exposure to market risk and industryspecific risk. Still, for investors looking to bet on a rebound in a specific industry (e.g., financial services, high-technology, drug, etc.), convertibles offering favorable leverage (due to their higher yield, and thus greater downside protection versus the common), can be found in virtually all industry segments.
Focus on convertibles that are investment quality or "junk" grade and/or play the yield curve. Again, investors who buy convertibles accept a tradeoff. At issuance, buyers accept a lower yield (usually 1%- 2% below that of a "straight" bond of equivalent terms and quality) in return for the warrant component of the convertible (which provides participation in the underlying stock). Most convertibles offer higher yields than their underlying stocks and have more secure payouts than common dividends. Indeed, most convertible preferreds accrue missed payments and, in the case of convertible bonds, the company will usually lose some degree of control if it defaults. Also, convertibles have a higher claim on assets if the company goes into bankruptcy. As a result, the debt component of most convertibles offers holders downside protection. But the ability of the company to honor its payments now or in the future will depend heavily on this downside protection. Bond rating agencies have a range of investment grades, which represent a company's risk of default on a specific issue. In our service, investment grades range from A (Highest) to L (Lowest and in bankruptcy). Our investment range of D (equivalent to an S&P rating of BBB) or higher, corresponds to issues considered of investment quality (low risk of default). Below-investment-grade quality issues (E or less in our service) are technically termed "junk" bonds. As the investment grade declines, the risk of default increases. Still, companies with investment grades of E, F and G are considered viable and should not be overlooked. The vast majority of convertibles outstanding are issued by small- to mid-sized capitalization companies and the investment grades of convertibles issued by these companies often fall within this range. Grades of H and I, however, should be viewed carefully.
The investment grade should establish a cutoff point for purchasing candidates. While investment-quality issues offer greater certainty that payments will be honored, yield rises as investment grades slide. Moreover, opportunities come around in which a financially secure convertible trades on its investment value, giving investor the warrant portion virtually free of cost. However, we caution that there are situations where a convertible that appears to be trading at or below its investment value may reflect market anticipation of a reduction in its investment grade—and the market is often right.
Playing the yield curve is another way to capitalize on investment grades and values. In this case, investors would focus on issues with a very high premium over conversion value that trade below their estimated investment value. Investors seek to capitalize on the issue's price rising to its investment value. Such "busted" issues are often undervalued. This is because they are out of favor in the convertibles market and are unappreciated in the bond market, particularly in the case of junk convertibles. Another slant on this strategy is to shift investments to shorter maturities if interest rates begin to rise and then move back to longer maturities when rates appear to peak. One of the drawbacks of this particular strategy, however, is that the yield curve flattens rather than moves up across all maturities. This puts more downward pressure on the price of short-term issues than on long-term issues.
The ability to hedge convertibles. Although rising interest rates and falling equity prices are usually viewed as a convertible holder's worst nightmare, there are various ways to hedge convertibles that will keep losses at a minimum and potentially produce gains, even in adverse market conditions. These strategies include selling stock short against convertibles, a strategy which offers the strongest downside protection to declines in the underlying common. Another common hedge strategy is writing call options against convertibles which can be tailored to provide varying degrees of downside protection as well as increase income. While there is no hedge strategy to protect convertibles against a rise in interest rates, a falling bond market is usually accompanied by a declining equity market. As a result, hedging the equity side of the convertible will often cushion the decline in its investment value.
Generally speaking, there are always plays to be made in the convertible market. For investors with a long-term view, a buy and hold strategy (riding out the short-term ups and downs) is a solid investment strategy. Still, for convertible investors who feel they can "time" market shifts and who want to hedge their positions, convertibles offer a wide variety of possibilities. In addition, for investors looking to make new investments, convertibles offer numerous possibilities for tailoring a portfolio's sensitivity to either the equity market, the bond market, or both.


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The death this morning of Polish president Lech Kaczynski and First Lady Kaczynska is a tragedy that will touch the heart of many Americans. President Kaczynski was a Polish patriot of the first order, whose life exemplifies the meaning of courage, sacrifice and commitment to his family, his country and the Polish people.
From his early days in the legendary Solidarity movement, President Kaczynski fought for the independence, sovereignty and self-determination of his country. And in the two decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, President Kaczynski has been at the forefront of his country's transition from an impoverished and Soviet-dependent economy, to a bright and vibrant regional leader. Poland is now a key member of NATO and a serious player within the European Union. As Commander-in-Chief, President Kaczynski has also overseen deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan where Polish troops serve bravely alongside American and British servicemen and women in defense of liberty and freedom.
America is home to a large Polish Diaspora, who will feel President Kaczynski's passing keenly. There were few others who worked as hard as he to maintain the Polish-American relationship, which President Kaczynski saw as integral to the future of his country. Tributes are pouring in from across the world, including a touching remembrance from The Prince of Wales who made a royal visit to Poland last month as guest of the President and First Lady. Americans will be looking to President Obama to strike an equally appropriate tone as Americans join with the world in mourning the passing of a Polish hero and patriot.


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Diabetes, heart disease and other "lifestyle-based diseases" now kill more people than infectious diseases worldwide.
As Pastor Rick Warren was baptizing 827 people, he was having a not very spiritual thought running through his mind. Wow! Everybody is FAT! He was getting tired since his church, Saddleback Church in southern California, baptizes by lowering people under the water and lifting them back up. He figured he had lifted more than 145,000 pounds that day, based on the average weight of Americans.
Warren had read all about the growing epidemic of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease but that day he said he actually "felt the weight of America's health problem in a dramatic way". He said his second thought was more personal and pointed: "But I am fat too! I'm as out of shape as everyone else is!"
Like many of us, Warren grew up in a family (and probably a church) where members didn't drink alcohol or smoke but all food, no matter how unhealthy it might be, was considered okay. He writes, "Every memory of my childhood, both good and bad, was connected to food. When we were happy, we celebrated by eating. When we were sad, we consoled ourselves with comfort food. If I had a difficult day as a child, the antidote was cookies and milk or a piece of fresh pie."
He says that baptism was a wakeup call to the health issues in his life and that of his congregation. He knew drastic changes needed to be made so he started educating himself concerning health. He was shocked to learn that seven out of ten Americans are overweight.
He learned while millions suffer from not having enough to eat, millions are struggling with diseases caused by eating too much. Diabetes, heart disease and other "lifestyle-based diseases" now kill more people than infectious diseases worldwide.
The next Sunday, Warren stood before his congregation and made this public confession, "Friends, I have been a poor steward of my health and a terrible example for you. While we've been helping many around the world, I've ignored the problem here at home. Today, I am publicly repenting, and I ask for your forgiveness! God expects us to take care of the bodies he has given us, but I have not done that. Now, I have only gained two to three pounds a year, but I have been your pastor for thirty years so I need to lose ninety pounds! Do any of you want to join me in getting healthy?"
Warren's audience responded beyond anything he had imagined. He was overwhelmed when more than 12,000 people signed up to join him in the first few weeks. Because Warren was preaching that day about a man in the Bible named Daniel who refused to eat junk food and challenged a king to a health contest, he called the new movement "The Daniel Plan".
Since Warren knew nothing about health, he recruited three nationally known doctors, Dr. Daniel Amen, Dr. Mark Hyman, and Dr. Mehmet OZ, to coach him in developing the plan. They donated their help because they are concerned about the health of Americans and each one has become a public figure attempting to educate our unhealthy population. All three realize it is time for change to revolutionize our health. We all know Dr. Oz. Dr. Mark Hyman has been on Oz's show and every other news and talk show. Their main message is the same: Wake up America! Eat real food and take care of your health. Since they are the medical/nutritional advisors, the Daniel Plan is nutritionally sound.
During the first year 15,000 people who participated in the Daniel plan lost over 260,000 pounds and were on their way to better health. The Daniel Plan is far more than a diet. It is a lifestyle program based on Biblical principles and five essential components: food, fitness, focus, faith, and friends. Warren calls the last two components the secret sauce that makes the Daniel Plan so effective. When you have God and a group, you have far more than willpower helping you be consistent in making wise choices.
When it comes to getting healthy, two are always better than one. Research has revealed that people getting healthy together lose twice as much weight as those who do it alone. God never meant for us to go through life alone and that includes the journey to health. The support group, along with education seems to be a perfect combination for success. Is your church conscious enough to sponsor a group? Whatever your religious or spiritual beliefs, we are all in this journey to health or to sickness together. Are you willing to make positive changes and encourage others? By going to www.danielplan.com you can learn more. The Daniel Plan Church Campaign Kit ($38.99) is a great way to encourage everyone in your church toward a healthy lifestyle, explore biblical principles for health, and unite your congregation around the single purpose of honoring what God has given us.
The Daniel Plan is designed to be done in a supportive community relying on God's instruction for living. Are you ready for a healthy adventure?
(Janice Norris lives in Heber Springs, has a B.S. in home economics from Murray State University, owned and operated health food stores in Illinois and Heber Springs, and wrote a weekly column in Illinois for 15 years. She can be reached at email@example.com)


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Report: Iran confiscates over a ton of narcotics a day
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's media are reporting that police confiscate over a ton of narcotics a day from smugglers.
Gen. Ali Moayedi, head of Iran's anti-narcotics police, is quoted by newspapers Sunday as saying that some 30 drug smugglers and addicts are identified and arrested every hour in Iran. He said over 200,000 were detained in the past nine months alone.
Iran lies on a major drug route between Afghanistan and Europe, as well as the Persian Gulf states.
Moayedi said that over 1,286 kg (2,835 pounds) are confiscated each day. This represents about a fifth of the total drugs that officials have previously said enter Iran --- of the rest, nearly 700 tons are consumed inside Iran and the remaining 1,300 tons are transited to Europe.


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Increasing water stress and the resulting competition for high quality fresh water sometimes limits or restricts the use of conventional water sources for industrial cooling water and boiler water make-up. Met-Mex Peñoles, a Mexican mining and metallurgical company, filled that void by reclaiming tertiary treated municipal wastewater.
The company is one of the first adopters of wastewater reclamation for boiler water make-up when it first made a request in 1994 to Industrias Islas to design, build and start up a water reuse facility. This plant, which has been in operation for 12 years, was the first of four reverse osmosis (RO) plants and was designed to treat 1 million liters per day (MLD) (0.27 million gallons per day (mgd) of domestic wastewater. This wastewater is the tertiary treated effluent of a biological treatment process operated by Met-Mex Peñoles. The source of the wastewater is an urban wastewater treatment plant, whose effluent comes from Torreón City.
The RO plants allowed the company to continue operating and increase the capacity of its metallurgical operations. This site is located in Torreón, Coahuila, a desert area in Mexico where water reclamation is an appreciated, sustainable option. The company uses the treated wastewater as process water for cooling towers, boilers, and for the zinc electrolytic process.
The first RO plant was designed with a six-four array FILMTECTM BW30-8040 with four elements in every pressure vessel and operated at 50 percent recovery. The pretreatment consisted of dual media filters, activated carbon filters and a cartridge filter with particle retention up to 1 micron. The design capacity for this plant was 425 L/m2/d (10.4 gal/ft2/d) with a maximum allowable percent salt passage of 2 percent (83 mg/L in the product with 2044 mg/L in the feed). The design pressure was 8.8 bar (124 psig) and increased during operation to 13 bar (190 psig) due to fouling. High concentrations of calcium and silica in the water contributed to the fouling. Operators cleaned the plant four times a year as recommended by the manufacturer. This plant ceased operations in 2000, when additional RO plants came online.
The production of treated domestic wastewater increased over time and has doubled since 1999 from 7.8 to 15.6 MLD (2 to 4.1 mgd). Because of Peñoles' good experience with water reuse, it built more RO facilities ─ three more over 10 years (see table). These later plants have a three-stage design and all use FILMTEC BW30-400 membranes, operating at 70 to 75 percent recovery. Half of the tertiary wastewater (7.8 MLD) is fed into the RO modules to produce 5.2 – 7 MLD (1.4 – 1.85 mgd) of demineralized water for boiler water make-up for medium pressure boilers.
The fourth plant was designed to obtain a permeate flow with a chloride content below 30 parts per million (ppm) and a conductivity less than 70 micro Siemens (µSiemens). This process has a different setup and consists of two RO plants that treat domestic wastewater from the effluent of a biological process to obtain 2.2 MLD (0.58 mgd). The conductivity is typically ~ 1650 µSiemens in the feed and ~ 65 µSiemens in the permeate.
Additionally, one brine treatment RO plant started in 2006 to treat the concentrate from the second through fourth RO plants. The pretreatment for the RO concentrates of Plants 2, 3 and 4 are carried out by lime softening. The magnesium present in the treated concentrates helps to reduce the amount of silica in the water. Following the lime and carbonate softening, the water goes through two multimedia filters and two ionic exchange columns that are regenerated with a sodium hydroxide solution. In the last step, pretreated brine is forwarded to the RO plant. The brine feed has a conductivity of ~ 6000 µSiemens. This plant has four stages with an 8/6/4/2-4 array design using seawater RO elements, or FILMTEC SW30HRLE-400 membranes. The obtained permeate flow is 1.1 MLD (0.29 mgd) and a conductivity of ~ 135 µSiemens. Besides having a low chloride concentration (less than 30 ppm), the percent recovery of the treated effluent is optimized to between 70 and 75 percent.
The use of treated wastewater from municipal sewage treatment plants can be a valuable diversification strategy for cooling water and boiler water make-up for industrial purposes. This strategy has several benefits, including:
Met-Mex Peñoles has achieved long-term reliable and stable operation using best-in-class RO membranes to treat municipal wastewater. Without these water reclamation plants, the company would not have been able to operate at its current scale, due to water scarcity.


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punkinBoT the CNC pumpkin carving machine
Published on Aug 1, 2012
This is the very first cut made by the punkinBoT
Pretty wobbly like a newborn, but it is alive!
This was at the Detroit, MI Maker Faire, July 29, 2012
Thanks to the great guys from SeeMeCNC for sharing booth space with us, your H-1 3D Printers are awesome. Check them out at www.seemecnc.com
punkinBoT was designed and built by Brian VanDiepenbos, Eric VanDiepenbos and Alex VanDiepenbos.


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Coca-Cola Deals Greece a Blow
Shifting to Coca Cola Hellenic's listing to London from Athens may help lower company's financing costs but it is another blow to Athen's rapidly shrinking stock market. DJ's Nektaria Stamouli explains why. Photo: Getty Images
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Jimmy Dodson credits his late father, Giles, with much of his success as a farmer and for his commitment to stewardship of the natural resources he depends on for his living.
"I learned to farm from my dad," Dodson says. "He taught me a lot about stewardship as a concept, and how stewardship for the land results in leaving it better than I found it. From him I learned to always try to find a better way of doing things."
Dodson's dedication to soil and water conservation and sound management practices earned him the Southwest Region Farm Press High Cotton Award for 2009.
Dodson's father started farming near Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1937, taking over from his father who moved to Nueces County around 1900 from east Texas. For a time, it didn't look like farming was in the cards for Jimmy.
"I went to Texas A&M in 1971 and thought farming was out of the question," he says. "The price of land was way up and there were not enough acres on dad's farm for both of us."
He planned to work on a Masters degree or possibly a PhD in economics and then teach in college or go into banking. "I got married in 1972 and got real serious about school," he says.
In the fall of 1974 a neighbor farmer decided to sell out and talked with Dodson's father about buying the operation, including equipment and a long-term lease on the land. "Dad said he couldn't do it on his own and wondered if I'd be willing to work as a partner. He was smiling from ear to ear. I canceled my plans to work on a Master's degree and started farming in the spring of 1975.
"It was a good time to farm. Commodity prices were up and I was soon able to buy my father's interest in the partnership and operate on my own. I began to lease more land and grew the business."
Much of his early success came from the reputation his father had earned over the years. "He gave me a good name," Dodson says.
He also gave him good advice about protecting his resources. Today, Dodson manages land to preserve moisture, improve the soil and provide a haven for fish and wildlife while making a living from cotton and grain sorghum.
"I've always cared about wildlife," he says, "and I strive to protect the environment so the next generation of fishermen and hunters can enjoy it. I try to plant wildlife plots every year."
He says he enjoys wildlife with the exception of wild hogs, which have become one of his worst pests in grain crops.
He's reduced tillage over the years but does not maintain a strict no-till system. "The older I get the more I think there is no absolute one best approach to tillage in every case," he says. "I'm trying to reduce tillage to limit erosion and we're doing a better job than we were 15 years ago. We're keeping dust from blowing and keeping nutrients where they belong."
I've probably reduced tillage by half or two-thirds over the last few years. It varies with the field and the rainfall we receive.
"I'm probably more concerned with moisture management than simply reducing tillage but cutting back on trips now is important because of energy costs."
He says sometimes following dry harvest periods he may do some tillage to open up clay soils packed down by combines, pickers and trucks. "I'm not a no-till purist in any sense," he says.
When deep tillage is called for, he manages crop residue with a Wilcox machine that breaks the soil about 12 to 15 inches deep with a crumbler to break up clods. The crumbler also incorporates crop stubble into the soil. "This machine saves us a trip," Dodson says.
A rolling stalk chopper also helps manage crop residue and saves a plowing trip.
Grain and cotton yields in no-till compare with conventionally-tilled fields, but getting a stand can be risky if the preceding harvest was wet or if spring rains don't materialize. "If we do it right, no-till hasn't hurt, but I'm still not convinced it's our best option every year."
Technology also helps conserve resources. "We use RTK guidance systems on all our units," he says. "We have no overlap with plowing, spraying or harvest. We use swath control, too, and that saves us money."
He applies fertilizer in a band about 6 inches away from his row. The RTK puts it where he wants it. "This is much more efficient than broadcast application, and this is more important with higher input costs," he says.
Eliminating overlap also reduces energy demand and wasted fertilizer and chemicals.
"We can also work at night and can go 24 hours a day if we need to get field work done before a front or a hurricane."
He says operator fatigue is much less with guidance systems.
"We have no guess work in finding rows and we can run several tractors in a field at the same time without worrying about overlap or getting in each other's way. We're seeing a payoff with this technology."
Dodson is careful about how he treats fields near residential areas. "We farm a lot on the edge of town so we try to find ways to minimize drift and odor. We want to be good neighbors."
He sometimes uses border strips to stay further away from residential areas. "We may choose not to plant cotton in certain fields because it's too close to neighbors."
In some locations he uses a highboy sprayer instead of an airplane to treat fields.
Dodson says the boll weevil eradication program has done much to improve cotton production and the environment in Texas. "I worked hard to help get it started and am now looking to get it finished. We have reduced pesticide applications and reduced production risk quite a lot. Yields have climbed and costs have declined. It's good for us and good for the environment. I used to apply up to 14 cotton insecticide applications a year. Now I get by with two or three and I'm using gentler chemistries compared to what had been required."
He shreds cotton stalks as soon as possible after harvest and applies 2, 4-D to kill vegetation, usually two applications, to prevent boll weevils from over-wintering, and to conserve moisture.
Seed technology has helped, too.
Dodson plants mostly FiberMax varieties with either Liberty Link or Roundup Ready technology. "I'm concerned about herbicide resistant weeds. I have seen no evidence of resistance, but I rotate grain and cotton and also rotate chemistry. If we're not careful, we'll have resistant weeds. I still use a yellow herbicide, too."
He quit using his hooded sprayer. "With Liberty Link and Roundup Ready varieties, I don't need it anymore."
He used Bt cotton on most of his acreage last year and says one-third of the fields "needed it bad. With more stacked gene cotton, we'll use more Bt."
Last year Dodson planted 60 percent of his acreage in grain sorghum and 40 percent in cotton. "I sometimes plant corn or soybeans, but cotton and sorghum work best most years."
Acreage for 2009 depends on commodity prices at planting time, but he's contemplating reducing cotton by another 20 percent.
He'll stick with FiberMax varieties, FM835 and FM840. "I prefer to diversify, but keep fiber quality high."
He says fiber quality has been a big factor in variety selection in south Texas. "We had better quality than we expected in 2008 considering the wet harvest weather we had. Staple was a little shorter than usual; color was 41 and it's usually 31 or 21. Loan value averaged 53 cents a pound."
That value was okay, he says, but down from the 2006 average of 57 cents.
He's used pickers on 100 percent of his acreage the last few years "as we started to raise more high quality cotton. Higher quality demand from end users encourages picking the crop."
He irrigates none of his acreage. "We have no good ground water source," he says. "We usually get 28 inches to 30 inches of rain but it is very erratic. Moisture management is crucial. Typically we have more dry years than wet ones. The last two have been wet during harvest.
"In 2008 we were very dry early. We harvested about 600 pounds after weather cost us 150 pounds off the top. Long-term yields have been over 700 pounds."
Dodson gives a lot of credit to others involved in his farm operation. He says farm manager Jon Gwynn is an important part of the operation. "If it weren't for Jon, efficiency would suffer, and I couldn't be as involved in the Cotton Council or the Farm Credit Bank of Texas."
His son Bryan, 26, works with him, and two daughters, Licia Massa and Lori McDonald, "are all involved in the farming business." His wife, Barbara, contributes time, talent, and organizational skills. "She manages the office, brings meals to the field during busy seasons, and is the glue that keeps the whole thing together.
"We are all partners, and we share the benefits from all the unique talents that each person contributes."
Dodson says cotton farmers face tough times with low prices and high production costs and their involvement in producer organizations is more important than ever. "Agricultural producers benefit greatly from teamwork with organizations that serve us," he says. "The Council and its leaders have maximized the influence of the industry, and added benefits that growers and others in the industry often take for granted.
"We have to be more politically involved. This means contributing our time, talent, and treasure — cash. If we don't tend to this aspect of our business, someone else surely will, and the result won't be pleasant."
In addition to service to the National Cotton Council Dodson is also a director of the Farm Credit Bank of Texas, Gulf Coast Cooperative, and is active in the Real Life Fellowship Church in Corpus Christi.