Rancho Bernardo/4S Digest ? Issue of Nov. 1, 2012 - Pomerado News

New hours

Rancho Bernardo Library will be once again be open 1-5 p.m. on Sundays, starting Nov. 4. It is at 17110 Bernardo Center Drive.

It is also open 12:30-5:30 p.m. Mondays, 12:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturdays.

Election recap

Political strategist John Dadian will analyze the November election and share his thoughts on why particular candidates won or lost during the 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 Conservative Order for Good Government luncheon. It will be at Bernardo Heights Country Club, 16066 Bernardo Heights Parkway, Rancho Bernardo.

Cost: $20 for non-COGG members. RSVPs required by Friday, Nov. 9 with Carol Prendergast at 858-676-6186 or carol@cuprendergast.com.

Book sale

Rancho Bernardo Friends of the Library is holding its fall book sale 9:30 a.m. to 4 :30 p.m. today (Thursday) and Friday, Nov. 2; and 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at the RB Library, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive. Proceeds go to supporting the library.

Del Norte concert

The Del Norte High School choir department presents its fall concert, ?Sing and Rejoice!? at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6 in the DNHS Performing Arts Center, 16601 Nighthawk Lane, 4S Ranch. It will feature the concert choir, girl?s ensemble and glee club.

Tickets: $5 for students, $8 for adults at the door.

RB Lady Lions

Sandi Kimmel will give a musical performance during the 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 Lady Lions of Rancho Bernardo luncheon meeting. It will be at the Rancho Bernardo Inn, 17550 Bernardo Oaks Drive.

Cost: $22. RSVP with Sue Engelskirchen at 858-674-9656.

San Diego art history

Mary Kay Gardner, a San Diego Museum of Art docent, will talk about San Diego history and painting during 1900-1950 at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1 in the Rancho Bernardo Library, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive. The talk will include local painters Belle Baranceanu, Dan Dickey and the area?s famous landscape painters.

Bedtime stories

Rancho Bernardo Library, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive, will hold pajama story time at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6. Children are encouraged to come dressed in their pajamas. Call 858-538-8163.

Make a wreath

Craft expert Marta Brandes-Miesner will teach how to make a vintage-style holiday wreath from 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 at the Rancho Bernardo Library, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive.

The activity is free. All materials will be provided. The program is appropriate for children 8 years and older and adults. Space is limited. Register at the library?s information desk or call 858-538-8163.

Register for 4S run

Those who want to participate in the 4S Ranch Thanksgiving Thank You Run need to register by Friday, Nov. 16 at www.thankyourun.org/registration. It will be held in 4S Ranch Community Park, 16118 4S Ranch Parkway, on Thanksgiving day, Thursday, Nov. 22. The 5K will begin at 7:30 a.m., the 10K at 7:45 a.m. and the Kids 1K Fun Run for those 8 and under at 9 a.m.

Cost is $45 for the 10K, $40 for the 5K and $10 for the kids run. Proceeds benefit the 4S Ranch-Del Sur Community Foundation and Helen?s Closet, an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) organization.

Travelers to meet

Rudi Thurau will present ?Mississippi River Adventure? at the 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9 Rancho Bernardo Travelers meeting in the Seven Oaks Community Center auditorium, 16789 Bernardo Oaks Drive, Rancho Bernardo.

Those over 18 are welcome. Refreshments and door prizes will be offered. Call Dave Donley at 858-451-3964.

Business breakfast

Chris Meacham, president and CEO of Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, will present ?Is psychological entrapment hurting your financial future?? at the 7:30-9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 ?Business 4 Breakfast? event. It will be at Courtyard by Marriott, 11611 Bernardo Plaza Court, Rancho Bernardo.

Cost: $20 for San Diego North Chamber of Commerce members who pay online, $25 at the door; and $35 for non-SDNCC members. RSVP at 858-487-1767 or www.sdncc.com.

Childhood obesity

Ogie Shaw will speak about childhood obesity and physical fitness at the Thursday, Nov. 8 Rancho Bernardo ?Noon? Rotary Club luncheon meeting. It will be at Bernardo Heights Country Club, 16066 Bernardo Heights Parkway, Rancho Bernardo.

Prospective members are welcome. For details, go to www.rbrotary.org.

RBHS play

Rancho Bernardo High will present the play ?Eurydice? at 7 p.m. Nov. 1, 2 and 3 plus 2 p.m. Nov. 3 in its performing arts center, 13010 Paseo Lucido. It is a contemporary version about the mythological character Orpheus.

Tickets: $10 for general public, $5 for PUSD students at the door.

DNHS play

Del Norte High will present the comedic play ?The Election? at 7 p.m. Nov. 1, 2 and 3 in its performing arts center, 16601 Nighthawk Lane, 4S Ranch.

Tickets: $7.50 at the door.

Help make dolls

The Aviva Chapter of Hadassah needs volunteers to stuff Healing Dolls that are given to children hospitalized in San Diego and Israel. The dolls bring comfort and consolation to during traumatic situations.

All are welcome to an upcoming stuffing event at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 in Eastview Community Center, 17520 Drayton Hall Way, Rancho Bernardo. Contact Rose Greenberg at 858-487-5228.

Essay contest

The Library Friends of San Diego County is holding its annual essay contest for children, teens and adults. The entry deadline is Saturday, Nov. 3. Prizes in each age division are $100 for first place, $50 for second place and $25 for third place.

Answer the question, ?What?s next for the Library of the Year?? in 500 words or less. Essays must typed, preferably double-spaced and printed single-sided. Contest applications are available at any county library, including in 4S Ranch and Poway, and at www.sdcl.org.

Submit essays to any county library or mail to Dick Wayman, Ramona Branch Library, 1275 Main St., Ramona, CA 92065. Winners will be announced on Jan. 18.

Know your roots?

Genealogists Del Ritchart and Marge Kealey will talk about methods and resources available to research family lineage during the 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 Rancho Bernardo Chapter of Brandeis National Committee meeting. It will be at San Rafael Catholic Church?s Pastoral Center, 17252 Bernardo Center Drive, Rancho Bernardo.

Cost: $10, includes refreshments. RSVP with Gerri at 858-674-0838.

Hear a siren?

San Diego Fire-Rescue has launched a website at www.sdfiredispatch.org so those in the City of San Diego can see to what type of emergencies the department is responding when they hear sirens. The site is updated every five minutes.

History talk

The final Local Voices program of this year will feature archaeologist and historian Jack Williams, who will talk about early Native Americans in North County and the impact upon them by white settlers.

It will be 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14 in the Rancho Bernardo Historical Society Museum at Bernardo Winery, 13330 Paseo del Verano Norte, Rancho Bernardo. Admission is free. Call Nancy Canfield at 619-871-9333.

Have your art critiqued

Rancho Bernardo Art Association will hold its annual potluck and art critique at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15 in the RB Swim & Tennis Club, 16955 Bernardo Oaks Drive. Bring one or two artworks to be evaluated by art instructor Nathan Huff.

Cost: Free to RBAA members, $5 for non-members. The fee will be credited if individual joins within 30 days. For details, go to www.ranchobernardoart.org or call Phyllis Hensperger at 858-675-2262.

Poker tournament

San Diego North Rotary Club?s biannual Texas Hold?em poker tournament will be 6:30-11 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16 at the DoubleTree Golf Resort, 14455 Penasquitos Drive, Rancho Penasquitos.

There will be cash prizes and raffle. All proceeds will support the annual free Fun Run for elementary and middle school students, scholarships for high schoolers, clean water projects and other club charities. For details, call Matt Mahoney at 858-248-7775.

Toy drive

Rancho Santa Fe firefighters are holding their annual toy drive to benefit the Toys for Tots program and local children. They are seeking donations of new, unwrapped toys, which can be left at any of the department?s four fire stations including Station No. 2, 16930 Four Gee Road in 4S Ranch. Donations will be accepted through Monday, Dec. 10.

Drivers needed

Would you drive a neighbor to a doctor?s appointment or to the store? Sign up with Rides & Smiles, where volunteers give local seniors rides for appointments and errands.

Drivers receive liability insurance, mileage reimbursement and weekly list of ride requests to select as their schedule permits. Call 858-637-3051.

Protect RB

Rancho Bernardo Retired Senior Volunteer Patrol needs locals, 50 years and older, to join their group that assists San Diego Police Department. Members help prevent crime by serving as SDPD?s ?eyes and ears? and perform non-confrontational tasks so police can perform other law enforcement duties.

RSVP members also patrol the community, help with traffic control, make vacation house checks, visit elderly shut-ins, and make photo and fingerprint ID cards for children.

Members are trained, wear a uniform, use a provided vehicle and volunteer a minimum of three days a month. To join, call 858-538-8146.

Help at school

Local elementary schools are seeking senior volunteers to come to school an hour a week to help a child with reading. No special background is needed. Pick your day, time and school. Contact Jane Radatz at jradatz@att.net or 858-485-5449 for details.

Are you single?

Rancho Bernardo Singles is holding a membership drive. The club is open to single men and women who live in Rancho Bernardo or adjacent communities. Most members live in the age 55-plus neighborhoods of Oaks North and Seven Oaks.

The club offers a variety of activities. Annual dues are $17. Call Nedra Ward (membership chairwoman) at 858-673-9584.

Free Zumba for seniors

Rancho Bernardo Library is offering free Zumba classes for seniors at 1 p.m. on Fridays in the library?s community room, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive.

Zumba is dance-style exercise done to Latin rhythms. Those who are wheelchair bound can also participate. Call 858-538-8163.

Donate magazines

Pomerado Hospital is seeking used magazines for its waiting rooms and patient magazine cart. Please donate news magazines up to a month old and monthly magazines up to three months old. Bring to the front desk, 15615 Pomerado Road in Poway. Questions? Call 858-613-4659.

Help with harvesting

The Backyard Produce Project is seeking volunteers to harvest residential fruit trees. It is an enjoyable outdoor group activity. Participate at your convenience. All fruit is donated to local families in need. Contact Jane Radatz at jradatz@att.net or 858-485-5449.

Help needed

Palomar Health is looking for volunteers for its medical facilities, especially the new Palomar Medical Center opening this summer in Escondido. Positions include those with and without patient contact, various locations and duties, and flexible hours.

For details, go to www.pph.org/volunteer or call 760-739-3081 ext. 3654 for volunteer services at Palomar Medical Center and 858-613-4659 for volunteer services at Pomerado Hospital in Poway.

Flag disposal

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7766 in Rancho Bernardo will pick up worn, torn or badly faded American flags so they can be disposed in a respectful manner. Flags must be removed from poles.

To schedule a free pick-up, contact Mike Vaughn at 619-316-6851 or adj@vfwpost7766.org. To purchase a new, high quality, American-made flag, go to www.VFWstore.org.

Grief help

San Diego Hospice presents ?Understanding Grief: A Workshop for the Newly Bereaved? for adults recently impacted by a death from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the RB Swim & Tennis Club?s Club 21 Room, 16955 Bernardo Oaks Drive in Rancho Bernardo. Call 619-278-6141 or go to www.sdhospice.org.

New emergency website

Get critical emergency information on your computer, mobile phone or tablet using San Diego County?s new website, www.sdcountyemergency.com. Visitors can also get information about preparedness and recovery, up-to-date maps, shelter locations and social media messages.

Like to write?

Rancho Bernardo Writer?s group is accepting two new members writing a novel, memoir or articles. Members critique each others? work. It meets 9 a.m. to noon every Friday in Rancho Bernardo. Call Peter Berkos at 858-485-7148.

Adopt a doll

Sponsors are needed to provide healing dolls to children at hospitals in San Diego and Jerusalem. The dolls are made by local Aviva Hadassah chapter members and those at Jewish Family Service at Temple Adat Shalom.

Cost: $18 to adopt a doll that will be donated to a child. Dolls are inscribed with a donor?s or honoree?s name. Call Rose Greenberg at 858-487-5882 or go to www.adoptadoll.net to adopt a doll or volunteer with the project.

Hospital seeks volunteers

Pomerado Hospital, 15615 Pomerado Road in Poway, is seeking volunteers to help in the emergency room, work in the gift shop, drive the parking lot shuttle, transport patients in wheel chairs, attend to families of patients in surgery and do other interesting jobs. Call? 858-613-4659.

Book bargains

Friends of the Rancho Bernardo Library has book specials from 1-7 p.m. each Wednesday in its Book Shop on the library?s first floor, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive. All books are half the marked price. Call 858-613-3926.

Got news?

News brief submissions need to be received by noon Friday. Items run on a space-available basis. Submit by email at rbnews@pomeradonews.com or to Rancho Bernardo News Journal, 14023 Midland Road, Poway, CA 92064.

Provide comfort

Volunteers are needed to knit, crochet or sew afghans or quilts that will be given to local foster children. Call Chris Bodle at 760-480-3412.

Green thumb?

Volunteers are needed to tend a garden near Pomerado Hospital in Poway, growing produce for local families in need. No gardening experience is needed. Shifts are one hour a week on the day of your choice. Contact Jane Radatz at 858-485-5449 or jradatz@att.net.

Help RB?s seniors

Rancho Bernardo Senior Services needs volunteers. Front office volunteers are needed 3.5 hours a day to answer phones, schedule appointments, greet visitors and provide community information. Drivers are needed to deliver hot meals to home-bound individuals who live in Rancho Bernardo.

The office is at 16769 Bernardo Center Drive, Suite K-14. Call Beth Wilson at 858-487-2640.

Be fire-prepared

San Diego County has a website with free information on how property owners can prepare for emergencies, especially wildfire, at www.ReadySanDiego.org.

Rotary to meet

Maurice Wilson, co-founder of NVTSI/REBOOT, will talk about high rates of unemployment, homelessness, drug abuse and other issues associated with military-to-civilian reintegration at the 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7 Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary Club meeting. It will be held at the Country Club of Rancho Bernardo, 12280 Greens East Road. The speaker will begin at 8 a.m.

The optional breakfast is $15. For details, go to www.rbsunrise.org.

Join RSVP

Rancho Bernardo Retired Senior Volunteer Patrol is looking for new members, who are age 50-plus and available to patrol the community three days a month. Members must pass a background check, are trained and wear a uniform.

Duties include assisting San Diego Police, conducting residential vacation checks, visiting seniors and driving through Rancho Bernardo parking lots including banks, shopping centers, parks and schools. Call 858-538-8146.

Share your harvest

The Backyard Produce Project will collect backyard fruits and vegetables from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. today (Thursday) outside the Seven Oaks Community Center, 16789 Bernardo Oaks Drive in Rancho Bernardo, and The Connection Church, 14047 Twin Peaks Road in Poway.

All produce is donated to local families in need. Questions? Contact Jane Radatz at jradatz@att.net or 858-485-5449.

Bataan survivor shares experiences

Les Tenny, who survived the Bataan Death March in World War II, will speak about how he survived and how the death march affected his life at the Thursday, Nov. 15 Rancho Bernardo ?Noon? Rotary Club luncheon meeting. It will be at Bernardo Heights Country Club, 16066 Bernardo Heights Parkway, Rancho Bernardo.

Prospective members are welcome. For details, go to www.rbrotary.org.

Euro crisis

Bill Thayer, an expert on the Euro, will speak about the Euro crisis and how it affects Americans at the Thursday, Dec. 6 Rancho Bernardo ?Noon? Rotary Club luncheon meeting. It will be at Bernardo Heights Country Club, 16066 Bernardo Heights Parkway, Rancho Bernardo.

Prospective members are welcome. For details, go to www.rbrotary.org.

Musical entertainment

The Rancho Bernardo High School Madrigals will perform holiday music at the Thursday, Dec. 13 Rancho Bernardo ?Noon? Rotary Club luncheon meeting. It will be at Bernardo Heights Country Club, 16066 Bernardo Heights Parkway, Rancho Bernardo.

Prospective members are welcome. For details, go to www.rbrotary.org.

Grand jury 101

Don Glover, a member of the 2011-12 San Diego County Grand Jury, will explain how the grand jury works and summarize some of its key reports at the Thursday, Dec. 20 Rancho Bernardo ?Noon? Rotary Club luncheon meeting. It will be at Bernardo Heights Country Club, 16066 Bernardo Heights Parkway, Rancho Bernardo.

Prospective members are welcome. For details, go to www.rbrotary.org.

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As the East Coast is left reeling from Sandy, West Virginia is experiencing a storm that has dropped almost two feet of snow on some areas and is expected to intensify before it gets better. The Weather Channel's Janel Klein reports.

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Snow covers the streets Tuesday, after Superstorm Sandy moved through Elkins, W.Va. Sandy buried parts of West Virginia under more than a foot of snow on Tuesday, cutting power to at least 243,000 customers and closing dozens of roads. At least one death was reported.

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Wet snow and high winds spinning off the edge of Superstorm Sandy spread blizzard conditions over parts of West Virginia and neighboring Appalachian states Tuesday, shutting one interstate as trucks and cars bogged down and knocking out power to many.

The National Weather Service said more than a foot of snow was reported in lower elevations of West Virginia, where most towns and roads are. High elevations in the mountains were getting more than two feet and a blizzard warning for parts of the state was in effect until Wednesday afternoon.

Nearly 265,000 people in West Virginia were without power on Tuesday morning, according to The Charleston Gazette.

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In Elkins, a city of about 7,000 people, power went out across town before dawn and the only lights were from passing snow plows as heavy, wet flakes piled up to about 8 inches.

Authorities closed more than 45 miles of Interstate 68 on either side of the West Virginia-Maryland state line because of blizzard conditions and stuck cars.

On the Maryland side, crews were trying to remove several tractor-trailers stuck on the highway. Four or five passenger vehicles also were abandoned in the median, State Highway Administration spokeswoman Kelly Boulware said.

The higher elevations in western parts of Maryland received more than a foot of snow since Monday afternoon, and it was still snowing Tuesday before dawn, Boulware said.

Police rescued several stranded motorists on the interstate in West Virginia, according to a spokeswoman for the state's Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.

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Officials in West Virginia said a woman was killed Monday in a storm-related traffic accident. A spokeswoman for Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said about 5 inches of snow had fallen in the area of Tucker County where the crash occurred, making road conditions treacherous.

A West Virginia state official told The Charleston Gazette that it's better if people stay off the roads.

"It's hazardous out there. It's definitely not over," state?spokeswoman Leslie Fitzwater told the Gazette.?"Stay in if you can, don't venture out. We need the roads open for first responders to get out there and do the work they need to do."

A significant winter storm continued in northeast Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains, where the National Weather Service forecast continuing snow showers over the higher elevations through Wednesday morning.

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Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan?s assurances that the South African government would not spend more than it had budgeted scored a desperately needed goal for team South Africa. ?The minister has used the opportunity of the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement to steady the ship ? moving to restore the confidence of the business community, international analysts and investors as South Africa continues to weather the gales of global economic slowdown and domestic labour crisis? said AJ Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen, Head of Tax, Grant Thornton.

Striking the right notes on growth and projecting an incremental improvement in South Africa?s budget deficit while identifying efficiency gains and savings as likely sources of additional revenue, ?the minister, nonetheless, reserved the right to change tack should the economic situation deteriorate further? added Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen.

Certainly, if efficiency gains and savings are to account for additional revenue other references to the South African public sector in the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement may prove instructive.

On this front the minister?s mention of ?aligning municipal spending plans to predetermined objectives while promoting transparent systems of governance over expenditure is most welcome and, if implemented, will assist the administration?s clean audit objectives? says Terry Ramabulana, Public Sector Specialist, Grant Thornton. Other mentions that should drive public sector efficiency gains and savings include:

• A greater requirement for treasury to outsource training to local government on IT governance and financial management.
• Long overdue cash flow management efforts alongside stringent project management discipline at all levels of government. Certainly, ?for earmarked infrastructure development projects to succeed in providing the efficiency, skills and employment dividends that government projects, a greater deal of financial management, facilitated by adequate monitoring systems, are a prerequisite? adds Ramabulana.
• Welcome creative tax measures,? including a real time tax clearance certificate system will streamline the process, reduce the incidence of tender fraud and, importantly, allow for the verification of tender revenue in recipients tax returns.

Notable for Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen was the minister?s failure to specifically mention funding options for the NHI, even though previous Medium Term speeches included the proposal. Although there was mention of health infrastructure spend, the annual increase in health spending over the next three years is put at around 7.5%. This is unlikely to cover NHI aspirations in the medium term. As such, more definitive insight into NHI funding mechanisms is crucial. While mention was made of various NHI documents which are to be released in November this year and January 2013, ?one can only hope that clarity will be provided in the budget speech in February next year? said Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen, adding that ?funding the NHI through VAT or an employer levy or a payroll tax or a combination of the three is a bit vague for my liking.?

While the minister committed more effort and resources to upgrade infrastructure at both local and provincial level, ?we hope that the managers entrusted to spend the allocated budgets apply business intelligence tools and methodologies to make informed decisions. This is important as lack of capacity, especially in local government, has frustrated much of South Africa?s infrastructure spend in the past? cautions Ramabulana.

Since the minister forecasts that the bulk of infrastructure funding is to come from parastatal balance sheets this, in effect, means that users will likely pay for the recovery of these costs over time, ?similar to Eskom?s 16% tariff increases and toll road funding which add to the pool of stealth taxes we already suffer ? says Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen.

The commitment to plan procurement and planning is also most welcome from a public sector perspective, ?but needs to result in actual delivery if the infrastructure spend is to create skills and drive growth and job creation? says Ramabulana.

Though the minister expected the budget deficit to narrow from 4.8 percent to 3.1 percent of GDP in 2015/16, this is based on annualised increases in tax revenue collections of about 10% up to 2013/2014. ?If the level of economic activity required to support these levels of collections are not achieved, both spending reductions and tax increases may need to be considered? said Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen.

The Medium Term Budget Policy Statement repeatedly refers to DISCIPLINE, the importance of QUALITY of spending, and the reduction of WASTE ? to be achieved by linking future cash flows to actual project delivery. ?As much as Finance Minister Gordhan is committed to lead by example, the challenge will be for his fellow ministers follow his lead ? says Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen.

So, while as ever the devil may lie in the detail, ?on the whole the minister has proved his mettle and met a difficult challenge head on, sending a message of fiscal discipline and policy consistency at a time critical to the reputation and future prosperity of South Africa? concluded Ramabulana.

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Gaza rockets draw Israeli strikes; 2 Gazans die

JERUSALEM (AP) ? Rockets and mortars from the Gaza Strip pummeled southern Israel early Wednesday and an Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian militant, in a sharp escalation of violence following a landmark visit to Gaza by Qatar's leader.

Another Gaza man died Wednesday of wounds sustained in an Israeli air attack the night before, a health official said. The deaths bring to four the number of Palestinians who have died in strikes on Gaza in the past two days.

Several foreign workers were wounded in the rocket fire Wednesday, and a number of militants were wounded in the Israeli air attacks, Israeli and Palestinian health officials said. Hamas security forces were ordered to evacuate their facilities for fear they would become targets of Israeli airstrikes, and some schools in southern Israel and Gaza canceled classes.

Crossings between Gaza and Israel were shut down following the exchanges of fire.

The Israeli military said 60 rockets and mortars were fired by early morning, and that Israeli aircraft struck Gaza three times. The Popular Resistance Committees said one of its members died in one of the airstrikes, and Gaza health official Dr. Ashraf al-Kidra said another Gaza man died of wounds sustained in an attack Tuesday night that killed two militants. No militant group claimed him as a member.

One of the rockets hit a house, causing no injuries, and one of the airstrikes struck a mosque in the southern Gaza village of Khouza for the second time in several weeks.

Hostilities have been simmering for weeks, and Israel's defense minister vowed that his country would not reconcile itself to attacks from Gaza.

Asked if Israel was considering a ground operation in the Palestinian territory, Ehud Barak told Israel Radio that "if we need a ground operation there will be a ground operation. We will do whatever necessary to stop this wave" of violence.

Much of the fighting has been between Israel and smaller militant groups. But the military wing of Gaza's Hamas rulers and a smaller militant group claimed credit for the rocket and mortar fire Wednesday.

In a statement, Hamas and the Popular Resistance Committees said "these holy missions come in response to the repeated, continuous crimes of the enemy against our people, which killed four and injured 10 in the past 48 hours."

The barrage from Gaza came just hours after Qatar's ruler accorded Hamas unprecedented political recognition by becoming the first head of state to visit the largely shunned Palestinian territory on Tuesday.

The emir, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, also promised his oil-rich country would invest hundreds of millions of dollars in construction projects, something that would help to revive flagging popular support for Hamas by generating thousands of jobs in the destitute territory of 1.6 million people.

Israel's border with Gaza has been largely quiet since a major Israeli offensive four years ago, but violence has flared sporadically since.

Despite the recent flare-up, neither side appeared interested in a renewal of large-scale hostilities, and Hamas has largely stayed out of direct confrontation with Israel since the 2009 war. But it is also under pressure from various militant groups, including al-Qaida-inspired Salafis active in Gaza, to prove it remains in confrontation with Israel, whose existence it rejects.

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Associated Press writers Ibrahim Barzak and Diaa Hadid in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, contributed to this report.

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Good workers missed by picky employers

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If I make my resume eight pages long, and include 100 keywords, maybe I'll get noticed!

By Allison Linn, TODAY

There are about 12 million unemployed people in the United States, and yet many employers will tell you that one of the biggest problems they face is finding qualified workers.

That's sure to leave many Americans - and particularly unemployed Americans - scratching their heads.

Researchers will tell you the gripe actually?has merit in some fields, such as highly skilled manufacturing.

But as the job market slowly recovers, many also are pointing their fingers back at employers, who they say have become overly choosy and?too reliant on technology that won't always spot the best candidate.

Rusty Rueff, a career and workplace expert for the company information website Glassdoor, calls it the ?arrogance of supply.?

?(Employers have) become pickier and pickier and pickier, and what?s happened is all the technology has allowed you to become even more stringent, to a fault in some cases,? Rueff said.

Anyone who's looked for a job in the past few years knows exactly what kind of technology Rueff is talking about. Most companies now rely on automated systems that scan resumes for keywords, automatically weeding out people who don't list a certain education level or an?experience with very specific technologies.

The resume scanners do have benefits for both employers and jobseekers, however.

In such a tight job market, some companies may get 1,000 applications for a single job opening, said John Sullivan, professor of management at San Francisco State University.?The prospect of actually reading all those resumes is mind-numbing,?and a computer that screens applicants is preferable to even more haphazard systems.

Sullivan said he's known of managers who?only looked at?resumes that came in on colored paper, or rejected those he didn't believe were stapled correctly. By comparison, scanning for keywords is much more precise.

Still, even Sullivan admits that submitting your resume electronically is virtually useless unless you know how to work the system and find other ways to get an edge.

?We call it the black hole,? he said.

To get noticed these days, Sullivan said he recommends that people write pages-long resumes that include virtually every keyword in the job description. But even then, he says, you may never get flagged unless you can use your networking skills to connect with the hiring manager in another way.

That's because automated screening systems won't necessarily spot even the best candidate, and not all managers are checking them thoroughly.

Brandi Britton, district president for the temporary services and recruitment firm OfficeTeam, said it?s all too common for outside recruiters to identify a candidate, only to find that the candidate applied through the company's system but then fell through the cracks.

?Companies need processes to keep track of their applicants, but sometimes those processes are what?s preventing them from finding (candidates) in the first place,? Britton said.

It's especially tough for people who have the bigger uphill battle of convincing an employer they can do a job even though they may not have one of those keyword requirements, like a college degree.

Russ Wichelman, 60, has been looking for work since last November, when he lost his job as a engineering and programming manager for a manufacturing company.

Although he has 30 years of experience in the field, Wichelman fears he isn?t being considered for some jobs because automated resume screeners are often looking for a college degree. That?s something the Royse City, Texas, resident doesn?t have.

?It doesn?t matter if I?m qualified or not. It?s like, the degree. If (you) don?t got it, they aren?t talking to you,? he said.

In the past, Wichelman said he would often physically go to the potential employer to fill out an application and hopefully get a foot in the door. But these days, he said, even that doesn?t help.

?Now I go to places and they say, ?No, you have to go online and such and such a website and apply on there,'? he said.

Ioana Elena Marinescu, assistant professor of economics at the University of Chicago, has for several years been working with the jobs site CareerBuilder.

One thing that surprised her is that jobseekers typically apply for employment?that does?fit their skills. That could debunk the idea that many people are flooding the system with resumes in the hopes of getting a hit.

Still, she said, that doesn?t mean that employers and employees are doing a great job finding each other.

One issue is that companies - knowing the unemployment rate is so high - may write a job description that is so detailed and arduous that almost no one would be qualified for the job. She said CareerBuilder actually offers a tool that can show a company whether anyone in their system could match the qualifications, to help avoid that problem.

?Some employers seem to feel that because the labor market is the way it is, all of a sudden they can be super demanding,? Marinescu said.

For example, an employer may think they need to find an employee who has a whole bunch of skills, such as knowledge of several programming languages. In reality, they might have an easier time finding an employee if they focused on just one of those programming skills, and planned to train the worker in the others.

But many employers these days see training as a last resort, believing that they shouldn't have to spend money on training when there are so many unemployed people out there who are desperate for a job.

That means the onus is?on jobseekers to either train themselves or to work hard to convince the employer that they can learn fast.

Matt Youngquist, president of the Bellevue, Wash.-based consulting firm Career Horizons, said employers these days are much like consumers: They want things cheap, quick and perfect.

?They want someone who can come in on day one and produce results with very little or no training, and there are not many candidates who can do that,? Youngquist said.

The tight job market also has made employers demanding in other ways. Britton said companies also risk losing candidates because they are taking so long to decide who to hire. Many applicants are now subjected to multiple interviews, tests and screens - and the best ones may move on before the company has made a decision.

Another barrier: Salaries. Britton said many employers think they can offer lower salaries because of the weak economy, but that can backfire in fields where workers are in higher demand.

?There is a bit of an unrealistic idea of what an employer can get for what they sometimes want to pay,? she said.

Researchers say there are some good explanations for the problem. In the past five years, many people who worked in fields like construction or manufacturing have lost their jobs, while fields like health care have seen some of the strongest growth. It?s no surprise that it?s tough for someone with a background in construction to get a job as a nurse.

Although they may gripe about employer practices, experts say the truth is that it?s still a buyer?s market. That means employers have little incentive to change their practices, and jobseekers need to learn to adapt.

Youngquist, the career coach, recommends that jobseekers have multiple resumes that are tailored to specific jobs, so they are more likely to make it through electronic screens. They also may need to be flexible about things like salary and hours, especially if they are currently unemployed.

But, he said, jobseekers also need to realize that they should be spending less time on the resume and more time on the good, old-fashioned networking that is so often the key to landing a job.

For many people, that means becoming more of an extrovert and a sales person than they are naturally comfortable with.

?Talent is only half the battle,? he said. ?Self-promotion is the other half."

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Jurich celebrates 15 years at the University of Louisville

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- Tom Jurich has been with the University of Louisville for 15 years and in that time there has been a building boom not just with facilities, but with entire programs.

The sheet of accomplishments for Tom Jurich is staggering, seemingly new facilities for every sport, and a visionary for title nine.? On Monday Jurich was honored as a man that has progressed Louisville Athletics much further than most could have predicted.

Jurich first came to Louisville in 1997 after spending time at Colorado State.? Jurich actually admitted on Monday that he passed on the Louisville job four times.? After 15 years in town he said that might not be enough.
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George McGovern dies; lost 1972 presidential bid

FILE - In this July 14, 1972 file photo, Sen. George S. McGovern makes his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach. At left is his running mate, Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton of Missouri, and at right, convention chairman Lawrence F. O'Brien. A family spokesman says, McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died at the age of 90. According to the spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends. (AP Photo)

FILE - In this July 14, 1972 file photo, Sen. George S. McGovern makes his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach. At left is his running mate, Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton of Missouri, and at right, convention chairman Lawrence F. O'Brien. A family spokesman says, McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died at the age of 90. According to the spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends. (AP Photo)

FILE - In this July 14, 1972 file photo, Sen. George S. McGovern with his wife, Eleanor, and Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton with his wife, Barbara Ann, stand before the Democratic National Convention delegates who chose them to try to capture the White House from President Richard Nixon in Miami. A family spokesman says, McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died at the age of 90. According to the spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends. (AP Photo)

FILE - In this undated file photo, Sen. George McGovern sits in the cockpit of a training plane. A family spokesman says, McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died at the age of 90. According to the spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends.(AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 1984 file photo, Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, and former Sen. George McGovern both gesture during the Democratic presidential debate in Manchester, N.H. A family spokesman says, McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died at the age of 90. According to the spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends.(AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this March 10, 1969 file photo, Rosalie Bryant holds her two year old son, Gregory Michael as she talks to Senators George McGovern, D-S.D., right and Jacob Javits, R-N.Y., in Immokalee, Fla. A family spokesman says, McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died at the age of 90. According to the spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends.(AP Photo/Jim Bourdier, File)

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) ? George McGovern once joked that he had wanted to run for president in the worst way ? and that he had done so.

It was a campaign in 1972 dishonored by Watergate, a scandal that fully unfurled too late to knock Republican President Richard M. Nixon from his place as a commanding favorite for re-election. The South Dakota senator tried to make an issue out of the bungled attempt to wiretap the offices of the Democratic National Committee, calling Nixon the most corrupt president in history.

A proud liberal who had argued fervently against Vietnam War as a Democratic senator from South Dakota and three-time candidate for president, McGovern died at 5:15 a.m. local time Sunday at a Sioux Falls hospice, surrounded by family and lifelong friends, family spokesman Steve Hildebrand told The Associated Press. McGovern was 90.

The family had said late last week that McGovern had become unresponsive while in hospice care.

"We are blessed to know that our father lived a long, successful and productive life advocating for the hungry, being a progressive voice for millions and fighting for peace. He continued giving speeches, writing and advising all the way up to and past his 90th birthday, which he celebrated this summer," the family said in the statement.

Hildebrand said funeral services were to be held in Sioux Falls and details would be announced shortly.

McGovern could not escape the embarrassing missteps of his own campaign of 1972. The most torturous was the selection of Missouri Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton as the vice presidential nominee and, 18 days later, following the disclosure that Eagleton had undergone electroshock therapy for depression, the decision to drop him from the ticket despite having pledged to back him "1,000 percent."

It was at once the most memorable and the most damaging line of his campaign, and called "possibly the most single damaging faux pas ever made by a presidential candidate" by the late political writer Theodore H. White.

After a hard day's campaigning ? Nixon did virtually none ? McGovern would complain to those around him that nobody was paying attention. With R. Sargent Shriver as his running mate, he went on to carry only Massachusetts and the District of Columbia, winning just 38 percent of the popular vote in one of the biggest landslides losses in American presidential history.

"Tom and I ran into a little snag back in 1972 that in the light of my much advanced wisdom today, I think was vastly exaggerated," McGovern said at an event with Eagleton in 2005. Noting that Nixon and his running mate, Spiro Agnew, would both ultimately resign, he joked, "If we had run in '74 instead of '72, it would have been a piece of cake."

A decorated World War II bomber pilot, McGovern said he learned to hate war by waging it. In his disastrous race against Nixon, he promised to end the Vietnam War and cut defense spending by billions of dollars. He helped create the Food for Peace program and spent much of his career believing the United States should be more accommodating to the former Soviet Union.

Never a showman, he made his case with a style as plain as the prairies where he grew up, sounding often more like the Methodist minister he'd once studied to become than longtime U.S. senator and three-time candidate for president he became.

And he never shied from the word "liberal," even as other Democrats blanched at the word and Republicans used it as an epithet.

"I am a liberal and always have been," McGovern said in 2001. "Just not the wild-eyed character the Republicans made me out to be."

McGovern's campaign, nevertheless, left a lasting imprint on American politics. Determined not to make the same mistake, presidential nominees have since interviewed and intensely investigated their choices for vice president. Former President Bill Clinton got his start in politics when he signed on as a campaign worker for McGovern and is among the legion of Democrats who credit him with inspiring them to public service.

"I believe no other presidential candidate ever has had such an enduring impact in defeat," Clinton said in 2006 at the dedication of McGovern's library in Mitchell, S.D. "Senator, the fires you lit then still burn in countless hearts."

George Stanley McGovern was born on July 19, 1922, in the small farm town of Avon, S.D, the son of a Methodist pastor. He was raised in Mitchell, shy and quiet until he was recruited for the high school debate team and found his niche. He enrolled at Dakota Wesleyan University in his hometown and, already a private pilot, volunteered for the Army Air Force soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The Army didn't have enough airfields or training planes to take him until 1943. He married his wife, Eleanor Stegeberg, and arrived in Italy the next year. That would be his base for the 35 missions he flew in the B-24 Liberator christened the "Dakota Queen" after his new bride.

In a December 1944 bombing raid on the Czech city of Pilsen, McGovern's plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire that disabled one engine and set fire to another. He nursed the B-24 back to a British airfield on an island in the Adriatic Sea, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross. On his final mission, his plane was hit several times, but he managed to get it back safety ? one of the actions for which he received the Air Medal.

McGovern returned to Mitchell and graduated from Dakota Wesleyan after the war's end, and after a year of divinity school, switched to the study of history and political science at Northwestern University. He earned his master's and doctoral degrees, returned to Dakota Wesleyan to teach history and government, and switched from his family's Republican roots to the Democratic Party.

"I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American," he said.

In the early 1950s, Democrats held no major offices in South Dakota and only a handful of legislative seats. McGovern, who had gotten into Democratic politics as a campaign volunteer, left teaching in 1953 to become executive secretary of the South Dakota Democratic Party. Three years later, he won an upset election to the House; he served two terms and left to run for Senate.

Challenging conservative Republican Sen. Karl Mundt in 1960, he lost what he called his "worst campaign." He said later that he'd hated Mundt so much that he'd lost his sense of balance.

President John F. Kennedy named McGovern head of the Food for Peace program, which sends U.S. commodities to deprived areas around the world. He made a second Senate bid in 1962, unseating Sen. Joe Bottum by just 597 votes. He was the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from South Dakota since 1930.

In his first year in office, McGovern took to the Senate floor to say that the Vietnam war was a trap that would haunt the United States ? a speech that drew little notice. He voted the following August in favor of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution under which President Lyndon B. Johnson escalated the U.S. war in the southeast Asian nation.

While McGovern continued to vote to pay for the war, he did so while speaking against it. As the war escalated, so did his opposition. Late in 1969, McGovern called for a cease-fire in Vietnam and the withdrawal of all U.S. troops within a year. He later co-sponsored a Senate amendment to cut off appropriations for the war by the end of 1971. It failed, but not before McGovern had taken the floor to declare "this chamber reeks of blood" and to demand an end to "this damnable war."

McGovern first sought the Democratic presidential nomination late in the 1968 campaign, saying he would take up the cause of the assassinated Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. He finished far behind Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, who won the nomination, and Minnesota Sen. Eugene McCarthy, who had led the anti-war challenge to Johnson in the primaries earlier in the year. McGovern later called his bid an "anti-organization" effort against the Humphrey steamroller.

"At least I have precluded the possibility of peaking too early," McGovern quipped at the time.

The following year, McGovern led a Democratic Party reform commission that shifted to voters' power that had been wielded by party leaders and bosses at the national conventions. The result was the system of presidential primary elections and caucuses that now selects the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees.

In 1972, McGovern ran under the rules he had helped write. Initially considered a longshot against Sen. Edmund S. Muskie of Maine, McGovern built a bottom-up campaign organization and went to the Democratic national convention in command. He was the first candidate to gain a nominating majority in the primaries before the convention.

It was a meeting filled with intramural wrangling and speeches that verged on filibusters. By the time McGovern delivered his climactic speech accepting the nomination, it was 2:48 a.m., and with most of America asleep, he lost his last and best chance to make his case to a nationwide audience.

McGovern did not know before selecting Eagleton of his running mate's mental health woes, and after dropping him from the ticket, struggled to find a replacement. Several Democrats said no, and a joke made the rounds that there was a signup sheet in the Senate cloakroom. Shriver, a member of the Kennedy family, finally agreed.

The campaign limped into the fall on a platform advocating withdrawal from Vietnam in exchange for the release of POWs, cutting defense spending by a third and establishing an income floor for all Americans. McGovern had dropped an early proposal to give every American $1,000 a year, but the Republicans continued to ridicule it as "the demogrant." They painted McGovern as an extreme leftist and Democrats as the party of "amnesty, abortion and acid."

While McGovern said little about his decorated service in World War II, Republicans depicted him as a weak peace activist. At one point, McGovern was forced to defend himself against assertions he had shirked combat.

He'd had enough when a young man at the airport fence in Battle Creek, Mich., taunted that Nixon would clobber him. McGovern leaned in and said quietly: "I've got a secret for you. Kiss my ass." A conservative Senate colleague later told McGovern it was his best line of the campaign.

Defeated by Nixon, McGovern returned to the Senate and pressed there to end the Vietnam war while championing agriculture, anti-hunger and food stamp programs in the United States and food programs abroad. He won re-election to the Senate in 1974, by which point he could make wry jokes about his presidential defeat.

"For many years, I wanted to run for the presidency in the worst possible way ? and last year, I sure did," he told a formal press dinner in Washington.

After losing his bid for a fourth Senate term in the 1980 Republican landslide that made Ronald Reagan president, McGovern went on to teach and lecture at universities, and found a liberal political action committee. He made a longshot bid in the 1984 presidential race with a call to end U.S. military involvement in Lebanon and Central America and open arms talks with the Soviets. Former Vice President Walter Mondale won the Democratic nomination and went on to lose to President Ronald Reagan by an even bigger margin in electoral votes than had McGovern to Nixon.

He talked of running a final time for president in 1992, but decided it was time for somebody younger and with fewer political scars.

After his career in office ended, McGovern served as U.S. ambassador to the Rome-based United Nation's food agencies from 1998 to 2001 and spent his later years working to feed needy children around the world. He and former Republican Sen. Bob Dole collaborated to create an international food for education and child nutrition program, for which they shared the 2008 World Food Prize.

"I want to live long enough to see all of the 300 million school-age kids around the world who are not being fed be given a good nutritional lunch every day," McGovern said in 2006.

His opposition to armed conflict remained a constant long after he retired. Shortly before Iowa's caucuses in 2004, McGovern endorsed retired Gen. Wesley Clark, and compared his own opposition to the Vietnam War to Clark's criticism of President George W. Bush's decision to wage war in Iraq. One of the 10 books McGovern wrote was 2006's "Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now," written with William R. Polk.

In early 2002, George and Eleanor McGovern returned to Mitchell, where they helped raise money for a library bearing their names. Eleanor McGovern died there in 2007 at age 85; they had been married 64 years, and had four daughters and a son.

"I don't know what kind of president I would have been, but Eleanor would have been a great first lady," he said after his wife's death in 2007.

One of their daughters, Teresa, was found dead in a Madison, Wis., snowdrift in 1994 after battling alcoholism for years. He recounted her struggle in his 1996 book "Terry," and described the writing of it as "the most painful undertaking in my life." It was briefly a best seller and he used the proceeds to help set up a treatment center for victims of alcoholism and mental illness in Madison.

Before the 2008 presidential campaign, McGovern endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination but switched to Barack Obama that May. He called the future president "a moderate," cautious in his ways, who wouldn't waste money or do "anything reckless."

"I think Barack will emerge as one of our great ones," he said in a 2009 interview with The Associated Press. "It will be a victory for moderate liberalism."

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Online:

McGovern Center for Leadership and Public Service: http://www.mcgoverncenter.com

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EDITOR'S NOTE ? Walter R. Mears, who reported on government and politics for The Associated Press in Washington for 40 years, covered George McGovern in the Senate and in his 1972 presidential campaign.

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217-333-3291
University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

URBANA For animals as well as people, diet affects what grows in the gut. The gut microbial colonies, also known as the gut microbiome, begin to form at birth. Their composition affects how the immune system develops and is linked to the later onset of metabolic diseases such as obesity.

Common wisdom is that cats, by nature carnivorous, are healthiest when fed high-protein diets. Researchers at the University of Illinois wanted to find out if this is true.

"There are a lot of diets now, all natural, that have high protein and fat and not much dietary fiber or carbohydrates," said animal sciences researcher Kelly Swanson. He and his team examined the effect of dietary protein:carbohydrate ratio on the gut microbiomes of growing kittens.

One month before mating, eight domestic shorthair female cats were randomly assigned to one of two dry diets: high-protein, low-carbohydrate (HPLC) or moderate-protein, moderate-carbohydrate (MPMC). When the kittens were born, they were housed with their mothers until they were 8 weeks old, weaned, and then fed the same diets as their mothers.

After weaning, the 30+ kittens were twin- and triple-housed within the dietary-group cages. They were allowed to go into a common area furnished with toys and scratching posts to play with people and each other.

"It became quite a party right away," said Swanson. "It was a bit chaotic but fun as well."

Twelve of the kittens became part of the study. The researchers took fecal samples at weaning and 4 and 8 weeks after weaning. They extracted bacterial DNA and used bioinformatics techniques to estimate total bacterial diversity.

"This was one of the first studies in cats to use sequencing to really lay out what is in the gut in regards to microbiota and apply it to nutrition," Swanson said.

The researchers found important differences between the two groups in microbiome composition. As they had expected, levels of proteolytic bacteria (which break down protein) were higher for kittens on the HPLC diet and levels of saccharolytic bacteria (which break down carbohydrates) were higher for kittens on the MPMC diet.

They also looked at relationships between the diets and physiology. The kittens fed the MPMC diet had high levels of bifidobacteria, which was linked to higher blood ghrelin levels. Ghrelin is a hormone that stimulates appetite and thus may be linked to weight gain.

At the same time, the bifidobacteria may promote better gastrointestinal health. Low levels in humans have been linked to inflammatory bowel disease.

Other bacteria found at higher levels in the MPMC kittens, including lactobacilli, are also linked to gut health. The researchers found a positive relationship between lactobacilli, blood cholesterol, and blood leptin levels. Leptin is the signal that tells the body to stop eating. Hence, lactobacilli may be linked to cholesterol metabolism, appetite, and body weight regulation.

Although kittens fed the HPLC diet had lower levels of some health-promoting bacteria, including Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus, and Megasphaera, all the animals were healthy throughout the study.

Swanson hopes to use the associations found in this study as a basis for further research. "There were some interesting observations that could have applications for disease or the practical side of owning a pet," he said.

"The cat is fairly unique metabolically," he added, "But when it comes to gut microbes, there are a lot of similarities to other species. If you feed the bacteria in a cat, dog, or human colon the same substrate, there are probably going to be similar outcomes."

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The research has been published online in British Journal of Nutrition.

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Contact: Susan Jongeneel
sjongene@illinois.edu
217-333-3291
University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

URBANA For animals as well as people, diet affects what grows in the gut. The gut microbial colonies, also known as the gut microbiome, begin to form at birth. Their composition affects how the immune system develops and is linked to the later onset of metabolic diseases such as obesity.

Common wisdom is that cats, by nature carnivorous, are healthiest when fed high-protein diets. Researchers at the University of Illinois wanted to find out if this is true.

"There are a lot of diets now, all natural, that have high protein and fat and not much dietary fiber or carbohydrates," said animal sciences researcher Kelly Swanson. He and his team examined the effect of dietary protein:carbohydrate ratio on the gut microbiomes of growing kittens.

One month before mating, eight domestic shorthair female cats were randomly assigned to one of two dry diets: high-protein, low-carbohydrate (HPLC) or moderate-protein, moderate-carbohydrate (MPMC). When the kittens were born, they were housed with their mothers until they were 8 weeks old, weaned, and then fed the same diets as their mothers.

After weaning, the 30+ kittens were twin- and triple-housed within the dietary-group cages. They were allowed to go into a common area furnished with toys and scratching posts to play with people and each other.

"It became quite a party right away," said Swanson. "It was a bit chaotic but fun as well."

Twelve of the kittens became part of the study. The researchers took fecal samples at weaning and 4 and 8 weeks after weaning. They extracted bacterial DNA and used bioinformatics techniques to estimate total bacterial diversity.

"This was one of the first studies in cats to use sequencing to really lay out what is in the gut in regards to microbiota and apply it to nutrition," Swanson said.

The researchers found important differences between the two groups in microbiome composition. As they had expected, levels of proteolytic bacteria (which break down protein) were higher for kittens on the HPLC diet and levels of saccharolytic bacteria (which break down carbohydrates) were higher for kittens on the MPMC diet.

They also looked at relationships between the diets and physiology. The kittens fed the MPMC diet had high levels of bifidobacteria, which was linked to higher blood ghrelin levels. Ghrelin is a hormone that stimulates appetite and thus may be linked to weight gain.

At the same time, the bifidobacteria may promote better gastrointestinal health. Low levels in humans have been linked to inflammatory bowel disease.

Other bacteria found at higher levels in the MPMC kittens, including lactobacilli, are also linked to gut health. The researchers found a positive relationship between lactobacilli, blood cholesterol, and blood leptin levels. Leptin is the signal that tells the body to stop eating. Hence, lactobacilli may be linked to cholesterol metabolism, appetite, and body weight regulation.

Although kittens fed the HPLC diet had lower levels of some health-promoting bacteria, including Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus, and Megasphaera, all the animals were healthy throughout the study.

Swanson hopes to use the associations found in this study as a basis for further research. "There were some interesting observations that could have applications for disease or the practical side of owning a pet," he said.

"The cat is fairly unique metabolically," he added, "But when it comes to gut microbes, there are a lot of similarities to other species. If you feed the bacteria in a cat, dog, or human colon the same substrate, there are probably going to be similar outcomes."

###

The research has been published online in British Journal of Nutrition.

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AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.

Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/uoic-ktm102212.php

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