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Tenor Brian Nedvin and Pianist Stephen Coxe in Recital
Chandler Recital Hall, Old Dominion University
October 14, 2012
Review by John Campbell
In his one and one-half years as voice faculty at Old Dominion University tenor Brian Nedvin has made a fine impact on the musical life of our area. He has sung with Norfolk Chamber Consort, in a program at the Simon Family Jewish Community Center celebrating the Golden Age of Musical Theater, in a program of songs by Stephen Coxe and directed the ODU Opera Theater production of Guys and Dolls.
In a recital titled “Songs of Love, Loss and Desire” Dr. Nedvin shared with the audience his great passion for art song. He performed music by Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Henri Duparc (1848-1933), Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Stephen Sondheim ((b.1930) and Stephen Coxe (b.1966), his accompanist for the program. They offered us the experience of deep meaning of the texts, and the vulnerability that we experience while being in love, sharing with a partner and sometimes dealing with the deep loss of a relationship.
Hearing a live, complete performance of Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (The Songs of a Wayfarer) [also called Travelling Apprentice Songs] was a first for me and hearing them performed with solo piano was a revelation. Recordings with orchestra are the norm and a lovely experience but here the spectrum of emotional expression was more exposed. Mahler set four of six poems he had written at the end of a relationship with a soprano he had known at Kassel Opera in 1883 where he was assistant conductor.
In the first song the singer is taking a morning walk, only to recall his sweetheart is marrying someone else today, setting the stage for all the emotion expressed in Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht (When my sweetheart is married). The text is naïve and even trite but the melody is reckless, shedding dignity to express raw pain.
The second song is Ging heut morgen übers Feld (I walked across the field this morning). In the piano there is a happy dance partnered to the excitement in the voice singing of dew on the grass illuminated by sunlight, birds singing and bluebells blooming. Mr. Nedvin’s eyes sparkled as he looked out at all this until the last lines where he becomes introspective: “No, no, my happiness will never blossom.”
Immediately after this theme is magnified in Ich hab’ein glühend Messer (I have a burning knife … that cuts so deep) where raw despair, anger and frustration come pouring out with great passion. The singer appears baffled by his emotional storm then settles into an awful pained expression. The spirited piano rings like a bell.
A gentle beginning of Die zwei blauen Augen (The two blue eyes) is soothing after the emotional storm of the last song. The singer reflects on the love that sent him into a wider world. A piano-only section leads into the tender story of having finally slept under a Linden tree, he awoke refreshed and covered with its blossoms. In his dreams he came to terms with everything, both love and sorrow, completing the emotional journey of a lifetime.
The first song of the evening was one of three Petrarch sonnets set by Franz Liszt, Pace non trovo Sonnet No. 134 (I do not find peace). The title is an understatement of the roiling heart of a man passionately in love. It was bold to open a recital with a song with this vocal range and the demand of emotionally overwrought expression of a man totally possessed by being in love. The pianist offered wild rubato playing, quiet passages and sometimes even silence as the story unfolds.
Two contrasting French melodies by Henri Duparc continue the theme of love. The first, Extase (Ecstasy), has a gentle piano and is an exquisite sensual expression of the sweet repose after love making. It was followed by the agonized Le Manoir de Rosemonde (Rosemonde’s House) telling of a blind journey through life seeking the house of the lost beloved. The performance provoked tears of sadness for the dead lover!
Three songs by pianist Stephen Coxe followed. His selections were Levertov Songs from a group of twelve settings (three sets of four songs each) of poetry by Denise Levertov (1923-1997). Steve Coxe has written “The imagery and sensitivity in her work suggest immediate musical ideas.” Waiting is a poem of ambivalence that talks about waiting at a corner trying to find direction for life. In charming images concerning the moon, Adam’s Complaint tells us that some people are never satisfied. The Rain offers dreams that incorporate the sound in the piano and gently striking images.
The program closed with four Sondheim songs that gave a modern take on the theme of love, desire and loss. Too many mornings (Follies) is about longing for and being ambivalent about the past and his role in things falling apart. Pretty Women (Sweeny Todd) is an attempt to find the innocence of love for a woman. Losing my mind (Follies) is a song of regret and loss. “You said that you loved me” until that changed and both partners end up suffering. This was the most emotionally valid version of this song we have ever heard. Being alive (Company) speaks of an attempt to be part of the possible unbridled joy of life.
It was a deeply emotional experience from beginning to end.
For the listeners who want to hear the Mahler cycle again, there is a CD of baritone Thomas Hampson singing this cycle with David Lutz at the piano (Teldec D 135255) that includes seven other lieder with piano and eleven early Mahler songs with orchestral arrangements by Luciano Berio.
Tenor Brian Nedvin and Pianist Stephen Coxe in Recital
Chandler Recital Hall
September 30, 2013
Review by John Campbell
As the program opened, Mike Hall with a sackbut in hand and Jeffrey Phelps carrying his cello came out with Brian Nedvin and Steve Coxe for the first set of late Baroque/early classical songs. The sackbut, an early trombone, begins Et incarnates, soon to be joined by cello and piano and voice. Set by Michael Haydn (1737-1806), brother of Franz Joseph, the text is a brief and leisurely paced summary of Christ’s life and mission on earth. Then we heard Aria Solemnus by Johann Zechner (1716-1778) with the hardy, gruff toned sackbut between the melodious sung lines of a prayer.
The closing song was by Joseph I, the Hapsburg Holy Roman Emperor (1678-1711) who was an amateur harpsichordist, singer and composer of airs: his Alme Ingrate (Ungrateful Souls) encourages learning to love which will give one strength to face death.
After rousing approval from the audience we settled back into a standard recital format with three songs by Hugo Wolf who described his own songs as “poems for voice and piano,” a complete fusion of music and text. The lyrical text of Gebet (Prayer), Die Spröde (The Coy Shepherdess) and Verborgenheit (Seclusion) gave tenor Nedvin an opportunity for refined emotional expression. With pianist Coxe’s sensitive playing they extracted the essence of the poetry.
The aria Avete torto…Firenze è come un albero fiorito from Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) is a song of praise for the trickster Gianni Schicchi whose skill is needed to save the family fortune from the priestly class. Here Nedvin sang with an exciting tenoral “ping” creating great drama bringing the listener into the high emotion the situation presented.
After a short intermission we heard a cycle of recently completed Blake Songs (2013) by composer and pianist Stephen Coxe (b. 1966). The music illuminated the texts. I’ve always found William Blake (1757-1827) a puzzle and these poems add to the mystery. Blake was a poet, painter, engraver and mystic who worked tirelessly at his several arts. The first song in the set, A Cradle Song, is unsentimental about childhood. This text is not the familiar one from Songs of Innocence but from the Rossetti and Pickering manscripts. The next four poems come from Songs of Experience: The Angel, Nurse's Song, The Little Vagabond, and The Fly. Only the final song, The Echoing Green, is from Songs of Innocence. Dr. Coxe says there are more Blake settings coming for a recital in the spring of 2014.
The conclusion of the recital was two settings of songs in Hebrew. Both pieces evoke the ever present melancholy that underlies Jewish music. Sh’ma Koleinu (a prayer for mercy) was set by Max Helfman (1901-1963) who used traditional elements of late nineteenth/early twentieth century music created by the Russian school of Jewish composers. The piano was dramatic and the voice large and present in the Sh’ma Koleinu. Maurice Ravel (1857-1937), though not Jewish, drew on a sizable library of folk material: Spanish, Basque, Corsican, Greek, Hebrew, Javanese and Japanese. Kaddish is a Hebrew daily prayer sung in synagogue services and by mourners after the death of close relatives and is a profoundly moving text praising God and the world he created. Ravel’s Kaddish begins a cappella with spare piano punctuation. As the text unfolds flowing piano chords are used for dramatic effect until we reach the conclusion with heavy piano chords and intense vocal power and a curt “Amen.”
With an audience with many students not familiar with recital etiquette, Dr. Nedvin explained in his opening remarks where applause was appropriate, at the end of each set of songs and to turn off cell phones. Bravo! After all, college exists to educate students.
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Five killed, over 300 injured in Iran's Azerbaijan province as 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits Tark county
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck northwestern Iran early Friday, killing at least five people and injuring over 300 others, officials said
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rattled the rural region nestled in the Alborz Mountains in Iran's Eastern Azerbaijan
At least five people were killed and over 300 injured in the tremblor that struck Tark county at 2.17 am
The US Geological Survey said the quake's epicentre was at a depth of 10 kilometers
Iran is on major seismic faults and experiences one earthquake a day on average
Tehran: A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck northwestern Iran early Friday, killing at least five people and injuring over 300 others, officials said.
The temblor struck Tark county in Iran's Eastern Azerbaijan province at 2.17 am, Iran's seismological centre said. The area is some 400 kilometers (250 miles) northwest of Iran's capital, Tehran.
Over 40 aftershocks rattled the rural region nestled in the Alborz Mountains, and residents rushed out of their homes in fear. The quake injured at least 312 people, state television reported, though only 13 needed to be hospitalised. It described many of the injuries happening when people fled in panic.
The head of Iran's emergency medical services, Pirhossein Koulivand, gave the casualty figures to state television. There were no immediate video or images broadcast from the area.
Rescuers have been dispatched to the region, officials said. State television reported the earthquake destroyed 30 homes at its epicentre.
The US Geological Survey said the quake's epicentre was at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). Shallow earthquakes tend to cause more damage.
Iran is on major seismic faults and experiences one earthquake a day on average. In 2003, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake flattened the historic city of Bam, killing 26,000 people.
A magnitude 7 earthquake that struck western Iran in 2017 killed more than 600 people and injured more than 9,000.
There was no comment from the Israeli military, which has conducted hundreds of airstrikes inside government-controlled parts of Syria over the course of its 10 year civil war, but rarely acknowledges them
In the past three months, more than 300,000 people have crossed illegally into Iran, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council, and more are coming at the rate of 4,000 to 5,000 a day
Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said the IAEA were 'under the influence of powerful countries' which 'finance them and in exchange apply pressure on them'


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A World United or a World Exploited? Christian Perspectives on Globalisation (PAPERBACK)
� Stephen Ames examines how religious belief adds a depth of meaning to human wellbeing and personhood, and a moral context for our response to globalisation. � John D’Arcy May considers how world religions can work collaboratively to enhance human wellbeing. He challenges the ‘secularisation thesis’, noting also the growing influence of Buddhism and Islam. � Bruce Duncan argues that the Global Financial Crisis is fundamentally a moral one exacerbated by neoliberal economics. To avoid such crises, economic policies must concentrate on promoting social equity and human wellbeing for everyone. � Rowan Ireland highlights the contradictions in the effects of globalisation in a Brazilian shanty-town, showing how these processes can disempower poorer people, but if well managed can develop resources in local struggles for justice and human rights. ￼� Robyn Reynolds considers how all religious traditions can manifest the divine in the world and promote the struggle for human wellbeing. Christian mission today involves listening to the poor and marginalised, especially women and indigenous peoples. � Jim and Therese D’Orsa focus on the role of education in helping develop a framework of meaning to make sense of the world and interpret people’s personal experience. � Wes Campbell draws from the German theologian, Ernst Troeltsch, to examine the relativising effects on religions and cultures of globalisation. Editor: Dr Peter Price is Lecturer at Yarra Theological Union, a College of the University of Divinity, and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow (History) of Monash University School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies.
The processes of globalisation are reshaping our world dramatically and rapidly. The great issues of our day emphasise that we are all in this together: startling inequalities, pressures on the environment, continuing hunger and poverty, climate change, economic integration, mass migrations, instant communications and recurring armed conflicts.
How do we ensure that these vast developments work for the ‘common good’, promote greater social equity and better life opportunities, especially for the most disadvantaged?
In this issue of Interface, scholars from the Yarra Institute for Religion and Social Policy within Melbourne’s University of Divinity tackle key aspects of globalisation.
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Effect of feeding garlic leaves on rumen fermentation, methane emission, plasma glucose kinetics, and nitrogen utilization in sheep
Journal of Animal Science and Technology volume 59, Article number: 14 (2017)
Garlic and its constituents are reported to have been effective in reducing methane emission and also influence glucose metabolism in body; however, studies in ruminants using garlic leaves are scarce. Garlic leaves contain similar compounds as garlic bulbs, but are discarded in field after garlic bulb harvest. We speculate that feeding garlic leaves might show similar effect as garlic constituents in sheep and could be potential animal feed supplement. Thus, we examined the effect of freeze dried garlic leaves (FDGL) on rumen fermentation, methane emission, plasma glucose kinetics and nitrogen utilization in sheep.
Six sheep were fed Control diet (mixed hay and concentrate (60:40)) or FDGL diet (Control diet supplemented with FDGL at 2.5 g/kg BW0.75 of sheep) using a crossover design. Methane gas emission was measured using open-circuit respiratory chamber. Plasma glucose turnover rate was measured using isotope dilution technique of [U-13C]glucose. Rumen fluid, feces and urine were collected to measure rumen fermentation characteristics and nitrogen utilization.
No significant difference in rumen fermentation parameters was noticed except for rumen ammonia tended to be higher (0.05 < P < 0.1) in FDGL diet. Methane emission per kg dry matter ingested and methane emission per kg dry matter digested were lower (P < 0.05) in FDGL diet. Plasma glucose concentration was similar between diets and plasma glucose turnover rate tended to be higher in FDGL diet (0.05 < P < 0.1). Nitrogen retention was higher (P < 0.05) and microbial nitrogen supply tended to be higher (0.05 < P < 0.1) in FDGL diet.
FDGL diet did not impair rumen fermentation, improved nitrogen retention; while absence of significant results in reduction of methane emission, glucose turnover rate and microbial nitrogen supply, further studies at higher dose would be necessary to conclude the merit of FDGL as supplement in ruminant feedstuff.
Antibiotics have been used in ruminant and non-ruminant diets since 1940s at sub-therapeutical level for better growth performance [1, 2]. However, the use of antibiotics as growth promoter in animal feed is limited nowadays due to increasing public concerns over the spread of antibiotics resistance in bacterial pathogens, which poses threat to public health. Thus, there has been a considerable research on finding natural alternatives to antibiotics with growth promoting effects [1,2,3,4]. In recent years, many researchers are attracted toward plant bioactive compounds for its potential role as substitute to growth promoting antibiotics [1, 3, 5].
Garlic contains numerous active metabolites such as sulfur compounds (thiosulfinates, allyl sulfides, glutamyl cysteines, allicin), enzymes, free amino acids, sterols, steroids, triterpenoid, glycosides, flavonoids, phenols, organoselenium compounds and are also rich in vitamins (especially vitamins of B complex and vitamin C) [6, 7]. Martin et al.  reviewed the role of major sulfur compounds in garlic for numerous medicinal properties, such as anticancer, cardioprotective and immunomodulatory, antimicrobial, antioxidant, cardioprotective and immunomodulatory activities. In this regard, in vivo studies in sheep on plasma glucose concentration using garlic oil [8, 9] or raw garlic [9, 10]; on methane emission using allicin , garlic oil , raw garlic  or garlic powder ; on performance and carcass characteristics of using garlic bulb and husk  has been carried out. Similarly, in-vitro studies by Busquet et al., , Soliva et al.,  showed that garlic oil resulted in stronger effects in methane reduction when compared with effects of each active compound individually and suggested that effects observed are due to synergistic action of compounds present. Thus, instead of using individual components or combined form, using the components as available in plant as such would be beneficial.
Alliin (cysteine sulfoxide) is the major naturally occurring compound present in garlic and gets converted to allicin in presence of enzyme alliinase when crushed . Allicin is unstable and gets converted to various diallyl sulfides . The leaf is primary site for synthesis of alliin from where it gets transferred to other plant parts such as bulb . Alliin concentration was 3.7 mg/g in garlic bulb and 2.79 mg/g in garlic leaves at fresh weight basis in our preliminary experiment. Garlic leaves contains same major bioactive components as garlic bulb . The chemical composition of sulfur–containing compounds found in essential oil isolated from green garlic leaves showed that diallyl trisulfide (32%), methyl diallyl disulfide (31%) and methyl allyl trisulfide (11%) as major components  which is similar to garlic bulb essential oil composition . Similarly, the yields of essential oil (w/w) was highest on freeze dried compared to air and oven dried process . The loss in the yield was supposed to be due to long drying time required for process, resulting in greater degree of evaporation of the volatile compounds  making freeze drying process as most suitable method for preservation of active constituents present in garlic leaves.
Takko city alone in Aomori prefecture in Japan produces about 70% of total garlic production in Japan . Green garlic leaves and stem after harvest of garlic bulb in these areas is left over in field, which causes garlicky stench in the atmosphere. In this scenario, garlic leaves could be of importance as a by-product due to its abundance and possible utilization as livestock feed. Ensiling garlic leaves could be cost effective, as carried out by Kamruzzaman et al. , however they concluded that ensiling might have deteriorated the secondary metabolites present in garlic leaves and thus losing its effectiveness. Freeze drying is considered inefficient in terms of energy required for drying, but it has its advantages in terms of preserving the plant bioactive compounds. Keeping aside the cost of freeze drying, current study focuses only on effect of feeding FDGL on rumen fermentation parameters, methane emission, nitrogen metabolism and glucose kinetics in sheep.
The garlic leaves (Allium sativum var. Fukuchi white) were obtained from the commercial garlic farm in Aomori prefecture, Japan. Dead, dry wilted shoots and leaves were removed and only the green healthy leafy portion was used for the experiment. Garlic leaves were cut in about 2–3 cm in length and freeze dried (EYELA freeze dryer FD/5 N, Tokyo Rikakikai Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan). The freeze dried leaves were further grinded and passed through 1 mm screen (Cyclotec ™-1903, Foss Tecator, Sweden) and fed to animal by mixing with concentrate fraction of feed.
Animals, diet and management
Six healthy crossbred (Corridale × Suffolk) wether of 2 years of age weighing 46 ± 1.2 kg of body weight were used. The experimental design, animal handling, and sample collection were approved by the Animal Care Committee of Iwate University (Approval no. A201532). Two dietary treatments were tested using crossover design with two 22 days periods. Control diet was mixed hay plus concentrate at 60:40 ratio. Mixed hay consisted of orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata) and reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea). The chemical compositions of diets are presented in Table 1. The animal received 120 kcal/(kg BW0.75·d) metabolic energy, 7.48 g/(kg BW0.75·d) crude protein (CP), and 58.68 g/(kg BW0.75·d) DM content in control diet. Supplementation of FDGL at 2.5 g/(kg BW0.75·d) to the Control diet increased FGDL diet CP content to 7.82 g/(kg BW0.75·d) and DM content to 61.18 g/(kg BW0.75·d). Body weight measurements were taken weekly and feed was adjusted accordingly. The adaptation period to diet was 14 days in individual sheep pens and during the later 8 days sheep were moved to environmentally controlled house. The control house was maintained at 23 ± 1 °C with lighting from 8:00 to 22:00 h with relative humidity of 70%. Feed was offered once daily at 9:00 h and fresh drinking water was available ad libitum.
Collection of rumen fluid
Rumen fluid (50 mL) was collected on day 21 from each sheep using stomach tube inserted orally before feeding (0 h), 3 and 6 h after feeding. The pH of the ruminal fluid was measured (F-51, Horiba Ltd., Kyoto, Japan) immediately after collection. Rumen fluid was then centrifuged at 5000×g for 10 min at 4 °C (RS-18 IV, Tomy, Tokyo, Japan). Five mL aliquot of the liquid fraction was used to measure ruminal volatile fatty acid (VFA) concentrations and another 1 mL was mixed with 1 mL of 0.1 M HCl for ruminal ammonia (NH3) analysis. HCl was added to stop the microbial activity and prevent loss of NH3 from ruminal fluid. All samples were kept at −30 °C until further analysis.
Sheep were accustomed to open circuit respiratory chambers (50·70·100 cm) prior to the experiment. The methane gas sample from rumen of each sheep released from oral cavity was analyzed using methane gas analyzer (VA 3000A, Horiba Electronics, Kyoto, Japan) from day 15 to day 20, 2 days continuous for each animal. Span gas of 0 ppm and 159 ppm methane was used to calibrate the methane analyzer before the experiment. Fifty L/min of air inside chamber was removed continuously using the pump and a portion was fed to methane gas analyzer. Background air methane gas concentration was measured and subtracted for each sheep. Feed was offered once per day and water was available ad libitum. The temperature, pressure and humidity were recorded simultaneously and converted into standard temperature and pressure conditions and thus final methane volume was standardized.
Isotope dilution method
An isotope dilution technique using [U-13C]glucose was used to measure the turnover rate of plasma glucose on day 22. Two catheters, one for isotope infusion and the other for blood sampling were inserted into left and right jugular veins on the morning of each isotope dilution technique. Catheters were filled with sterile solution of 3.8% tri-sodium citrate in order to prevent blood clotting. Three hours after feeding, 3.0 μmol/kg0.75 of [U-13C]glucose (D-glucose-13C6,99 atom% excess 13C; Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, USA) dissolved in saline solution (0.9%) was injected as priming dose injection followed by [U-13C]glucose infusion at constant rate of 3.0 μmol/(kg BW0.75·h) for 4 h using multichannel peristaltic pump (AC-2120, Atto Co. Ltd. Tokyo, Japan). Blood samples were collected immediately before the priming dose and at 30 min interval during the last 2 h of the primed-continuous infusion of [U-13C]glucose. The collected blood samples were transferred to heparinized tubes and stored in crushed ice until centrifugation. Blood samples were centrifuged at 8000×g for 10 min at 4 °C and plasmas were then stored at −30 °C until further analysis.
Nitrogen utilization trial was carried out for 5 days from day 15 to 19 using metabolic crates. Feces and urine excreted during 24 h period were separately collected. Feces collected was air dried in an oven at 60 °C for 48 h, ground to 1 mm mesh screen and a subsample was stored until further analysis. Urine was collected in a plastic bucket with 50 mL of 3 M H2SO4. Total volume was measured and a representative subsample was taken. For purine derivatives and microbial protein synthesis, a subsample was diluted five times. Both total urine subsample and diluted urine subsample were stored at −30 °C until further analysis.
Dry matter of feed was determined following the standard procedure of AOAC . Nitrogen content in feed was determined by Kjeldahl method with the Foss Kjeltech System (Tecator Digestor System and Kjeltech 2300, Foss Tecator, Sweden). The neutral detergent fiber was determined according to Van Soest et al.  using the Foss Analytical FiberCap system (FiberCap™ 2021/2023, Foss Analytical, Sweden). Concentrations of rumen total VFA were determined by titrating the steam distillate of rumen fluid with 0.1 M NaOH. The titrated distillate was dried and individual VFA concentrations were determined using gas chromatography (HP 5890, Hewlett Packard, USA). The ruminal NH3 concentration was determined using colorimetric method as described by Weatherburn  using a spectrophotometer (V-630, JASCO, Japan). Isotopic enrichments of plasma [U-13C]glucose were measured as described by Fujita et al. . The isotopic enrichments of plasma [U-13C]glucose was determined by selected ion monitoring with gas chromatography mass spectrometry system (QP-2010, Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan). Plasma glucose concentration was determined enzymatically as described by Huggett and Nixon .
The purine derivatives excretion, namely allantoin, xanthine plus hydroxanthine and uric acid from diluted urine samples were determined by the procedure described by Chen and Gomes . The amount of microbial purines absorbed (X mmol/d) corresponding to the PD excreted (Ymmol/d) was based Newton’s iteration process .
Where, digestibility of microbial purines was 0.83, nitrogen content of the purines was 70 mg N/mmol and ratio of purine nitrogen to total nitrogen in mixed rumen microbial biomass was 0.116.
For isotope dilution methods, the turnover rate of plasma glucose was calculated using the equation described by Tserng and Kalhan  as follows:
Where, I was the infusion rate of [U-13C]glucose and E was the isotopic enrichments of [U-13C]glucose during the steady state.
Results were presented as mean values with standard error of the mean. All data were statistically analyzed using analysis of variance with the MIXED procedure of SAS . The least square means statement was used to test the effects of diet and time, with sheep as the random effect. Results were considered significant at the P < 0.05 level, and a tendency was defined as 0.05 < P < 0.10. The repeated measures statement and the Tukey’s adjustment were used for time course changes and the significance level was P < 0.05.
Rumen fermentation characteristics
The time course change in rumen fermentation properties is presented in Fig. 1 and the mean values of time course change are presented in Table 2. Rumen pH decreased (P < 0.05) after feeding and was similar for three and 6 h after feeding in both the diets. The rumen pH did not differ between the diets and there was no diet and time interaction. The total VFA and individual VFAs concentration increased (P < 0.05) after feeding and were similar for 3 and 6 h after feeding. No significant differences were found in total VFA and individual VFAs. The acetic to propionic acid ratio also did not differ between the diets. Rumen ammonia concentration decreased (P < 0.05) at 3 h after feeding in Control diet, and in FGDL diet it decreased (P < 0.05) at 6 h after feeding (Fig. 1). Rumen ammonia concentration tended to be higher (0.05 < P < 0.1) for FDGL diet.
Methane emission (Table 3)
The methane emission per day and methane emission per kg metabolic body weight per day did not differ between diets. The methane emission per kg dry matter ingested (DMI) and methane emission per kg dry matter digested (DMD) was lower (P < 0.05) in FDGL diet. Dry matter digestibility did not differ between the diets.
Plasma glucose kinetics (Table 4)
No effect was observed on body weight gain between two diets. Basal plasma glucose concentration did not differ between the diets. Plasma glucose concentration and isotopic enrichment of [U-13C]glucose were stable during the last 2 h of primed continuous infusion of [U-13C]glucose in isotope dilution method (Fig. 2). Plasma glucose turnover rate tended to be higher (0.05 < P < 0.1) in FDGL diet compared to the Control diet.
The effect of feeding FDGL on nitrogen utilization is presented in Table 5, and on purine derivative excretion and microbial nitrogen supply in Table 6. The nitrogen intake was higher (P < 0.05) in FDGL diet. Fecal nitrogen was lower (P < 0.05) in FDGL diet and thus nitrogen absorption was higher (P < 0.05) in FDGL diet. Urinary nitrogen did not differ between diets and nitrogen retention was higher (P < 0.05) in FDGL diet. The nitrogen digestibility was higher (P < 0.05) in FDGL diet. Allantoin excretion tended to be higher (0.05 < P < 0.1) in FDGL diet. Uric acid excretion and xanthine plus hypoxanthine did not differ between diets. As allantoin contributes major portion of total purine derivatives excretion, the total purine derivatives excretion in FDGL diet tended to be higher (0.05 < P < 0.1). Based on total purine derivative excretion calculations, the total microbial nitrogen supply in FDGL diet also tended to be higher (0.05 < P < 0.1).
Rumen fermentation parameters
The average pH was above six for both diets, thus the rumen environment was favorable for normal fermentation process . The results are consistent with other studies where rumen pH values did not differ on addition of garlic oils , garlic components  or garlic leaf silage . Conditions where rumen buffering cannot keep pace with accumulation of VFA in rumen, the rumen pH lowers . Low rumen pH for prolonged periods below 5.5 can negatively affect feed intake, microbial metabolism, and nutrient degradation . No such imbalance was found due to addition of FDGL in diet. The observed lower concentration of rumen pH after feeding can be linked to higher VFA concentration in the rumen, which is due to the negative relationship between VFA concentration and pH in rumen fluid .
Patra et al.  fed garlic bulb at the rate of 1% dry matter intake to buffalo, Chaves et al.  fed garlic oil at 0.2 g/kg dry matter to lambs and Wanapat et al.  fed graded levels of garlic powder (80–120 g/d) along with treated urea rice straw to steers and did not find any changes in rumen total VFA concentrations. Similar lack of effect was also found by Busquet et al. , Klevenhusen et al.  and Garcia-Gonzalez et al.  on invitro experiments. These findings suggest that inclusion of FDGL, garlic or its components in diet do not have negative effect on carbohydrate fermentation.
Ruminal ammonia nitrogen has been reported to be an important nutrient as this is considered to be the major source of nitrogen for microbial protein synthesis . Wanapat and Pimpa  observed higher level of rumen ammonia nitrogen was associated with higher nutrient digestibility and intake. Zhu et al.  found an increase in ruminal ammonia when infused garlic oil in rumen at 0.8 g/d in goats. Yang et al.  reported that garlic diet increased ruminal ammonia concentration in growing lambs and lactating cows, when garlic fed at 5 g/d. The present experimental findings did not support the findings reported previously who supplemented garlic extract at rate of 15 mg/kg DM invitro ; 2 g allicin/d , 5 g garlic oil and 2 g DADS/kg DM  in sheep and reported decreased ammonia concentration. Wanapat et al.  showed that addition of garlic powder did not influence the rumen ammonia concentration in steers. McIntosh et al.  observed ammonia concentration to be influenced by dose rate of garlic oil, as in lower concentrations the ammonia concentration did not change or increased but at higher dose, the ammonia concentration decreased due to inhibition of hyper ammonia producing bacteria. Chaves et al.,  observed that ammonia concentration did not change at 250 mg/L, but increased at 100 mg/L on invitro experiment. The concentration of active compound in garlic leaves might not be high enough to decrease ammonia concentration in our experiment. Furthermore, the excess protein content present in garlic leaves of FDGL diet might also have partly contributed to increase ammonia level.
Tao et al.  supplemented 2 g allicin/day and observed decrease in daily methane output scaled to digestible organic matter intake. Similarly, Patra et al.  fed raw garlic at 1% dry matter intake and found reduction of 11% methane emission in sheep fed concentrate-roughage diet at 1:1 ratio in open circuit respiratory chamber. Klevenhusen et al.  observed similar reduction in methane emission per kg organic matter digested when fed at 2 g DADS/kg DM in sheep. Klevenhusen et al.  speculated that the presence of organic sulfur contributed the growth of anaerobic fungi leading to increased fiber digestibility leading to decrease in methane per kg organic matter digested. In our study, FDGL diet reduced methane per kg dry matter intake was well as per kg dry matter digested without reduction in dry matter digestibility. The antimicrobial activity of garlic has been attributed to the presence of organosulfur compounds, and particularly to the allicin , which results change in microbial population in rumen causing the reduction in methane emission . The sulfhydryl groups of the organosulfur compounds found in garlic modify the microbial metabolism through their interaction with the other sulfhydryl groups of microbial protein [45, 46]. The capacity of sulfhydryl containing enzymes participating in different activities of archea (methanogens) metabolism  decreases methane emission. Miller and Wolin  demonstrated by inhibiting 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA reductase, it has the potential to specifically inhibit rumen methanogenic archea without affecting rumen bacteria due to their different membrane lipid composition. Zhu et al.  found that the final step of biohydrogenation was interrupted in the rumen of goats infused with garlic oil. We however cannot say that garlic leaves might have similar mode of action because garlic leaves metabolism inside rumen with respect to their anti-methanogenic effects have not yet been identified in detail. Although direct effects against methanogens are probable, indirect effects are also possible through suppression of ruminal protozoa or ruminal fiber degradation or both or lower supply of hydrogen to the methanogens .
Plasma glucose concentration was similar between the diets. This report was in accordance with Chaves et al.  and Anassori et al.  where plasma glucose concentration did not differ when garlic was fed to growing stage or mature sheep, respectively. Although garlic has long been claimed to possess a hypoglycemic effect , attributed due to an increase in serum insulin level , we failed to observe the hypoglycemic effect of garlic leaves. Our result contrasts with Kamruzzaman et al. , Kholif et al.  and Pirmohammadi et al.  where feeding garlic silage or garlic components increased basal plasma glucose levels. They suggested the increase might be associated with higher propionate concentration in rumen and propionate is the main precursor of glucose in ruminants. The exact mechanism for increase or decrease in propionate concentration due to garlic constituents have not been discussed elsewhere. In our study, we did not find difference in propionate concentration among the diets which may thus have not been reflected in the plasma glucose level.
To our knowledge no information is reported on the effects of garlic leaves on glucose turnover rate in sheep. The determination of glucose turnover gives more dynamic information about situation of the substrate invivo, rather than the determination of glucose concentration only in plasma. It helps us to determine the glucose recycling in the body i.e. glucose disposal and hepatic glucose production while in a steady state and is measured by using stable isotope using isotope dilution technique. The glucose turnover rate tended to be higher in FDGL diet in our study which might be because of enhancement of glucose utilization by increasing the pancreatic secretion of insulin as reported by Eidi et al.  in rats. Anassori et al.  observed increased insulin level without rise in blood glucose level when garlic was fed to sheep. Similarly, increased insulin concentration increased glucose turnover rate  in both normal and pancreatic dogs. Sano et al.  also found that glucose turnover rate increased with increased concentration of insulin in sheep. S-Allyl cysteine sulfoxide and diallyl trisulfide, two major active sulfur compounds of garlic, were shown to have potent insulin secretagogue activity [55, 56]. Furthermore, it has been suggested that these compounds have the effect of sparing insulin form –SH inactivation by reacting with endogenous thiol- containing molecule such as cysteine, glutathione, and serum albumins . In the present experiment, though insulin concentration was not measured, we speculate that the active sulfur compounds present in FDGL might be involved in higher insulin production and thus influencing the turnover rate of glucose.
Studies on plant secondary metabolites on ruminants have focused their potential to improve nitrogen utilization as it serves both to solve problem of productivity and environment. Nitrogen retention is the index of protein status in ruminants and microbial protein reaching the duodenum represents the greatest contribution of protein in ruminants . Microbial protein has relatively good amino acid balance, thus it is necessary that it should be maximized for efficient use of feed protein and energy . In our experiment, the nitrogen intake in the FDGL diet was 0.06 g/(kg BW0.75·d) higher because of extra nitrogen added by garlic leaves supplement. Fecal nitrogen was lower in FDGL diet because of higher digestibility of N in FDGL diet. Urinary nitrogen was similar between both diets. Nitrogen absorption and nitrogen retention is higher in FDGL diets. Previous studies on nitrogen balance in sheep have shown that garlic or its constituents have shown positive effects. Kamruzzaman et al.  fed 10% of hay replaced by garlic leaves and found increased nitrogen absorption, nitrogen digestibility and microbial nitrogen supply in sheep. Tao et al.  also found that supplementing 2 g alliin/head/d improved fecal nitrogen, nitrogen retention and nitrogen digestibility in sheep. Wanapat et al.  supplemented garlic powder at 40, 80 and 120 g/d did not affect fecal nitrogen, urinary nitrogen was decreased while nitrogen retention was increased only at 120 g/d in steers. The exact mechanism for positive nitrogen balance is yet not clear. Tao et al.  proposed the increased digestibility due to increase in cellulolytic bacterial populations. According to Amagase et al.  and Kamruzzaman et al.  garlic could act as remedy for intestinal disorder, flatulence, worms and respiratory infections. Such positive effect in digestive tract might be one of the reasons for increased digestibility and increased nitrogen balance.
Inclusion of FDGL as feed supplement at 2.5 g/(kg BW0.75·d) had no negative effects on ruminal fermentation characteristics and had positive N utilization. However, research using higher doses of garlic leaves may further explain its potential on methane reduction as well as on glucose turnover rate.
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The family of a Worcester man killed in a standoff with police on Tuesday is pressing investigators for more information about the encounter.
The family wants authorities to release the name of the officer who fired at Phet Gouvonvong, 31. The officer has been placed on administrative leave, and police officials said the officer’s name would eventually be made public.
“They had no right taking my son’s life. They had no right,” Gouvonvong's mother, AnnMarie Gonzalez, said Thursday as she stood on Grafton Street in the area where her son died, the The Telegram & Gazette reported.
At one point, Gonzalez dropped to the ground and wept as traffic passed by.
Police fatally shot Gouvonvong during a confrontation Tuesday after he called 911 around 10:30 p.m. and claimed to have a rifle and a bomb that he threatened to detonate, District Attorney Joseph Early said at a news conference Wednesday.
Police found him on Grafton Street and said he was wearing body armor and had a backpack and what appeared to be a rifle, according to Early.
A police SWAT team joined several negotiators who tried to calm the man, Early said, and another negotiator reached him by phone. After about half an hour, the man grew more agitated and made a motion that provoked the shooting, Early said.
Police said they believe one officer fired several shots, and that Gouvonvong did not fire. Gouvonvong died at the scene.
Early said Gouvonvong had “what appeared to be an assault rifle” and an explosive device. Officers later recovered a handgun with multiple rounds of ammunition from the body.
Gonzalez said she found out her son was in a standoff at about 11 p.m. Tuesday and — calling from her Southbridge home — contacted Worcester police, hoping to talk to her son.
“They kept putting me through to people to people to people to people. Hold on. I let you talk to this one. Hold on,” Gonzalez said. “They would not speak to me. I was there on the line for the whole time. I could have prevented this. I could have come down and stopped this. If they had him there for two hours, I could have stopped this.”
Timothy J. Connolly, spokesman for the Worcester District Attorney’s office, declined to comment on the open investigation.


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Carthage Bulldogs Win Their Fifth State Championship
Within two days, East Texas has two state high school football championship titles coming home! For the fifth time in school history, the Carthage Bulldogs are state champions! In the battle for Class 4A Division I, the Carthage Bulldogs had to face off against the Bulldogs of Abilene Wylie in Arlington at AT&T Stadium.
With a final score of 31-17, the Carthage Bulldogs celebrated wildly on the field where the Dallas Cowboys will be playing Sunday night! This marks the fifth state title within the last 10 years! Looks like they'll have to make more room in the trophy case at the school!
Congratulations to this hard working team - something a lot of the guys have dreamed about since playing youth football. What a way to start the Christmas break, with a CHAMPIONSHIP WIN! ETSN.fm will have a complete wrap up of the Bulldogs' winning game along with stats, pics and more!
Last night the Mineola Yellowjackets won the state title in Class 3A Division I for the first time in school history!
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Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Philippa has always had her head in a book. For this she blames her father who thought Lord of the Rings was suitable bedtime reading for an eight year old. At the age of thirteen she began writing fantasy stories for herself.
She first earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Political Science and then a Bachelor of Applied Science in Library and Information Science. So soon enough she found herself working in the magical world of libraries where she stayed for over a decade.
Her first professional sale was in 1997, and since then she has gone on to produce mostly novel length fiction. In 2006 she became New Zealand’s first podcast novelist, and she has voiced and produced Weaver’s Web, Chasing the Bard, Weather Child and Digital Magic as podiobooks. Her podcasts have won both a Parsec Award and a Sir Julius Vogel award.
She is also the co-author of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series with Tee Morris. Phoenix Rising debuted in May 2011 and The Janus Affair came out in May 2012. Phoenix Rising won the Airship Award for best written steampunk, and was the number eight best Science Fiction book of 2011 according to Goodreads.com. The Janus Affair was the seventh most popular science fiction book of 2012 on Goodreads.com. The series continues with Dawn’s Early Light in December 2013.
In addition she is also the author of the Shifted World series with Pyr Books, with the first book Hunter and Fox released in June 2012, and the second Kindred and Wings scheduled for August 2013.
When not writing or podcasting, Philippa loves reading, gardening, and whenever possible traveling. With her husband Tee and her daughter, she is looked after by a mighty clowder of five cats in Manassas, Virginia.
Smoke blew off the once-admired canals of the capital of the Empire of Arkaym. Several times the geistlord, who wore a coyote shape, had to backtrack as he found bridges broken before him and houses tumbled down everywhere. The Fensena sniffed at the bodies left to rot in the alleyways of Vermillion, but unlike a real coyote he did not pause to dine.
The fact that a five-foot-tall coyote was wandering the byways of the heart of the Empire in broad daylight would have been impossible to contemplate even just a few months before. Yet, here he was with the run of the place, and not a Deacon of the Order or a soldier of the Imperial Guard to give him pause. The Emperor of Arkaym had very little care for his capital, and had chosen instead to chase after the Princes who had risen in rebellion against him—and it turned out there were quite a few such princes
Papers rustled and blew past the coyote in the sharp wind. He caught one as it spun by him, his lightning fast paw pinning it to the ground. Through gleaming golden eyes the geistlord read—a skill he had taken pride in developing. It was the offer of a bounty; one on the head of Sorcha Faris. She was accused of sedition, treason and murder. More telling was the title they were giving her. “Arch Abbot of the outlawed Order” was written beneath the badly drawn picture of her. The Fensena had no love for the Deacons, but he knew what awaited him on the Otherside and had no desire to see this world burn.
As these dark thoughts filled him with dread, he moved on through the city and finally made it to the Bridge of Gilt. The canal that ran beneath it was clogged with all manner of dead and decaying things that made his nose twitch. Someone had tied offerings to one of the small gods on the railings; fruits, dead birds and something bloody and unidentifiable.
Still, the bridge was intact, and so he padded over it toward the Imperial Island. The coyote’s ears pricked forward as they traced running footsteps up ahead among the shops that lined the bridge. Though most merchants had long since abandoned their businesses for whatever safety they wrongly perceived elsewhere, a few brave held on. He could smell them huddled in their little shops, and hear them whispering.
A young woman was running along the bridge toward him, clutching something to her chest. The odor of fear was overpowering to the Fensena’s sharp senses.
It was a baby. She was cradling a baby to her chest as she ran. In the lowering light of sunset, her eyes were wide with terror. Finally, she saw the huge coyote standing in the middle of the bridge and skidded to a halt.

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After the success of their #1 Blues album, “Revelator” the Tedeschi Trucks Band hit the road, performing non-stop for almost an entire year. Now in 2012, we get a live album from the Tedeschi Trucks Band entitled “Everybody’s Talkin’.” The album was released on May 22 through Sony Masterworks and debuted at #25 on the Billboard Album chart.
The two disc set begins with the title-song, “Everybody’s Talkin’,” which is only one of two songs that fall below the eight-minute mark. The songs on the set are mixed between covers (“Rollin’ and Tumblin’”) and originals (“Bound For Glory) and all of them invite the band to jam with many songs exceeding the ten minute mark. While listening to these great musicians, you wish some of the songs would just keep going and never end, but many of Derek Trucks’ outstanding slide guitar solos begin soft and are sometimes hidden by the quietness of his performing. Almost as if he doesn’t want to steal the spotlight away from anybody.
The band fully comes together on a cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Uptight” and the rhythm section and the horns highlight the funk of Wonder’s original in a live setting. The 11-song set closes with the slow, gospel-blues of “Wade In The Water.” Not exactly what I would have expected them to end a live album with, but the song quietly brings this jam to a close.
Recordings for this album were taken from a set of shows performed in October 2011 in Toronto, ON, Washington, D.C. and Bridgeport, CT. The Tedeschi Trucks Band is currently on tour through the end of September. For more information on the new live album, “Everybody’s Talkin'” and for a complete list of tour dates, be sure to check out tedeschitrucksband.com.

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Sofitaki apartments are located in Argostoli, the capital city of Kefalonia island, 5 minutes walking from the central square.

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The World Leaves Fowey
Sunday 1st August 2010
The World leaving Fowey
The cruise ship, "The World", left Fowey at 8.30pm, last night ( 31st July) after a very successful visit. Earlier in the day, Fowey Town Crier, Michael Penprase, welcomed passengers and crew to Fowey.
The World provided an impressive backdrop to the colourful sailing events that took place in the afternoon.
The passengers and crew of "The World" remarked on the friendly welcome given by the people of Cornwall. As the cruise ship left, there was a carnival atmosphere with crowds waving from the Town Quay, balconies and boats. The waves were enthusiastically returned by the passengers lining the rails as they took a last look at Fowey. The Town Crier, aboard one of the Harbour Master's boats, added to the jovial atmosphere by calling out and ringing his bell.


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Sweats & Balances ("S&B") is a community that connects like-minded, career-driven women who are passionate about fitness and who strive to be their most healthy, balanced and successful selves. S&B provides an open and supportive platform that empowers women through group workouts, events, and an online community. We know everything for the modern woman is about balance - work, life, fitness, health – and S&B is here to provide an outlet for women to support one another in all of these facets of life!
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We met through our passion for fitness, health and wellness and quickly learned we are just as passionate about our careers and enjoying all that NYC has to offer!

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What’s your favorite pastime?
Moonlighting at Annie Bloom’s Books in Multnomah Village on Friday nights which I’ve done for the past 24 years.
What’s something the average person doesn’t know about you?
I bake a pretty darn good apple pie
Where’s your favorite place in the city?
Washington and Yamhill County wineries.
Where are the best spots to eat in your neighborhood?
Seasons & Regions, Chez Jose, Marco’s, Casa Vaca Bistro, Baker & Spice, Maplewood Coffee & Tea

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Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park is one of the many highlights of the park. It was named after Christian Brevoort Zabriskie, the vice-president of Pacific Crest Borax in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Located in the Amargosa Mountain Range between Furnace Creek and Pahrump, NV along State Route 190, it is one of the easier and most visited locations in the park. The site is well marked with a parking area, and restroom facilities. From the parking area there is a short uphill climb to reach the main overlook.
Nine million years ago an ancient lake covered the area around Zabriskie. During the millions of years that the lake existed, sediments collected at the bottom of the lake in the form of saline muds and gravel. The animals that once traversed over this area included camels, mastodons, horses, carnivores, and birds.
What we see today is a direct result of the climate becoming more and more arid, which caused the lake to dry up. During the same time that the lake was drying the valley began widening and sinking, and the Black Mountains began to lift. This caused the land to tilt, and erode into the badlands formation that we see today.

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"Alastair Ian "Al" Stewart" is a Scottish singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician who rose to prominence as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s in music/1960s and 1970s in music/1970s. He developed a unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of characters and events from history.
Stewart is best known for his 1976 hit single "Year of the Cat (song)/Year of the Cat", the title song from the platinum album of the same name. Though Year of the Cat and its 1978 platinum follow-up Time Passages brought Stewart his biggest worldwide commercial successes, earlier albums such as Past, Present and Future (Al Stewart album)/Past, Present and Future from 1973 are often seen as better examples of his intimate brand of historical folk-rock – a style to which he has returned in recent albums.cite newsIf you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous musicians! More Al Stewart on Wikipedia.


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These Guys Are Good
Korn Ferry Tour pro plays Phil Mickelson-esque shot from grandstands, becomes instant folk hero in Boise
They sure do love their blue turf in Boise. We know that, of course, from the Boise State football team's blinding field, but the grandstands at the Albertsons Boise Open have a familiar look. And one player got to see it up close on Thursday.
Harry Hall hit his second shot on the par-5 16th hole into those grandstands during the opening round of the Korn Ferry Tour Finals. And instead of taking relief, he played his ball as it lied, much to the delight of the crowd.
Have a look—from a couple different angles—as Hall pulls off this daring pitch shot that would make Phil Mickelson proud:
Quick, someone spray paint Phil "Hall was here." That is wild. Also, Bryson DeChambeau would be proud of that Hogan cap.
Unfortunately, Harry, whot shot an even-par 72, wasn't able to pull off the miracle birdie, but things could have turned out a lot worse than making par from there. With his wedge that open, popping one off the tent—or, yes, a spectator—was definitely a possibility.
Instead, Hall hit a shot that anyone who witnessed it won't soon forget. Hopefully, he'll never have to buy a beer in Idaho again.

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Alternative Fuel Use Study
The Ohio Department of Taxation must study and submit a report by October 2007 that examines the feasibility of encouraging the use of alternative fuels by reducing the motor fuel tax rate on alternative fuels to reflect their lower energy content. The Ohio Department of Development is required study and submit an additional report by October 2007 that examines ways to make the production, sale, and use of biodiesel and blended ethanol fuels a commercially viable and self-sustaining industry in Ohio. (Reference House Bill 245, 2006, and Ohio Revised Code 203.99, Section 7B)
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What Your Pets Want You to Know!
Since last spring, we’ve spotted LOTS of residents out for walks with their canines, and know even more are entertaining and being entertained by feline companions inside their Crystal Valley abodes. And you may think you’re able to interpret every tail flip, body rub and head tilt, but let’s see if you can REALLY decipher what your dog, cat or bird is trying to tell you by the way they behave.
You come home from work and are greeted by your pets. The first one rushes to meet you at the door, tail wagging; the second stares at you from the couch, blinking slowly; and the third bobs his head in a welcoming happy dance. Your dog, cat, and parrot are all expressing how happy they are to see you, but each does it in his or her own unique way.
The Expressive Canine
Dogs don’t hold back. They express their feelings with their entire body. You need to observe every gesture from ears to tail to understand what they are communicating. Some of the signals are obvious, like when a dog “smiles” with a wide open mouth and loose tongue—which means they are relaxed and happy.
Other behaviors are not as straightforward. When a dog yawns it might mean she’s sleepy, but it also can signal that your dog is feeling uncomfortable. Yawning can relieve tension when a dog is unsure of what will happen next. We could watch these dog and cat videos all day — but we have work to do — don’t you?!
One of the reasons we love dogs so much is the adorable behavior they exhibit. Animal Channel’s Catherine Marucci confirms those big puppy dog eyes mean exactly what they seem to say: your dog loves and trusts you!
Another endearing behavior is when dogs tilt their heads to one side, as if questioning something. Spruce Pets explains that your dog is actually repositioning her head in order to get a better position to see or hear something.
Some dogs will profusely sneeze during play, but it doesn’t mean they’re catching a cold! The website How I Met My Dog explains that sneezing is caused by excitement and anticipation. Some husky owners pick the breed because it’s one of the most talkative. Huskies are known for whining, howling, yapping and crying – in fact they’re very good at imitating the tonal qualities of humans – to an hilarious extent. Just watch this Youtube video and see for yourself!
Any cat owner will acknowledge that cats require a bit more psychology. In fact, you might sometimes wonder if your feline friend is ever straightforward! Pet Helpful explains that your cat considers you to be their human—belonging to them in every sense—so they have no obligation to listen to you. After all, they’re the boss!
A perfect example of your cat taking care of you is when she brings you a “gift” of a dead bird or mouse. Remember, cats think they own you, so they are just doing their job of providing you with food!
A Happy Cat
The most obvious way for a cat to indicate contentment is purring. Animal behaviorist Dr. Jeffrey Levy explains it is also a mechanism to bond with humans—who doesn’t love to hold a purring cat? Another primal behavior that bring cats happiness is kneading. When cats gently pulse their paws against you, they are reliving the infantile behavior of a kitten nursing.
Some of the more endearing ways cats show they love you include nose-rubbing and head-butting, according to the Farmers Almanac. A more puzzling sign of cat love is when your cat slowly blinks at you, then turns away. While it may feel more like a dismissal, The Honest Kitchen explains that exchanging slow blinks with a cat is similar to two humans exchanging smiles—it’s a way to connect.
Birds of a Feather
If you are the owner of a parrot or parakeet, it might be easier to understand what they are trying to tell you since they can talk, whistle, chirp and otherwise vocalize! The Beauty of Birds website gives you some hints on what their particular vocalizations mean.
Soft chattering is a sign of contentment. If you hear loud chatter, your bird is trying to get your attention. Tongue-clicking may be the parrot entertaining himself or he may be begging to be picked up. And anytime your bird is singing, talking, and whistling, that means she’s happy!
If you don’t have a bird and wonder what the attraction is for humans, take a look at this parrot and parakeet compilation video. We dare you not to smile and think – however fleetingly – maybe a bird would be fun to have!
In the wild, birds are part of an extensive flock that fly together, so a pet bird naturally craves companionship. The blog Trained Parrot explains they want to be the center of attention and do everything you do, so make sure to spend plenty of quality time with them every day. Parrots have several ways of letting you know they want attention or are ready to be picked up, including head bobbing and even staring at you.
Crystal Valley Is a Great Place for Pets!
Pets bring such joy to our lives that it’s hard to imagine how we would get along without them. With the wide open natural surroundings in the master-planned community of Crystal Valley, your pets will have room to roam! Check out the beautiful new homes from Century Communities, D.R. Horton, and Richmond American Homes, and Kauffman Homes, priced from the $300s.

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When a car accident left Australian dancer Marc Brew paralysed at the age of 20, he didn't let that stop him from travelling the world and flourishing in his chosen career.
This week he joined artistic director of Queensland Ballet Li Cunxin in Jakarta for the second Indonesian Ballet Gala.
The event was Brew's first performance in Indonesia, after working in the UK for the past 20 years.
From his wheelchair, he impressed the crowd with a personal dance he choreographed shortly after his accident, called Remember When.
"It's very intimate. It's very reflective," Brew said.
"It's nice to revisit older work of mine."
The gala featured other artists with disabilities, including Magali from France, Candoco Dance Company from the UK, and some local Indonesian dancers.
Brew wants to encourage others who are unsure about their talent or who want to develop their dancing skills but don't know how.
"I think it's about finding opportunities, and I know that can be sometimes limited," Brew said.
Mariska Febriyani helped to organise the gala, and said she was inspired by Unlimited Festival in Glasgow, where she met a lot of international artists who also had disabilities.
"They possess a high level of work ethic so we won't see that they're actually disabled," Ms Febriyani said.
Mao's last dancer inspires new generation
Li Cunxin last performed in Jakarta 31 years ago, and came back to hold a special masterclass for Indonesian ballerinas.
"I think the interest, the enthusiasm has certainly grown," he said.
He believes a well-developed curriculum must be established to help the Indonesian ballet scene grow.
"I feel the talents in dancing here, but I think the training system probably needs to be gradually developed."
The Australian Embassy in Jakarta has been supporting the cultural event for two years.