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Minna - Emergency Workout

"Lose weight and tone your body in just six weeks!" claims the back cover of Emergency Workout. Don't expect to look like gorgeous Minna Lessig, former Ms. Fitness USA and National Fitness champion, in that time, but do expect to have fun getting into shape with these two well-designed, high-energy, 30-minute workouts.
Remember the pre-hip-hop era of aerobic dance when we were doing cha cha, salsa, mambo, grapevines, and hip-swinging, feel-good combinations that kept our heart rates and moods up without taxing our minds terribly much? That's what Lessig gives us in the aerobic segment. The dance moves are just challenging enough to be fun and give us a sense of accomplishment, without being a major learning endeavor. Lessig teaches the routines smoothly and expertly, a move at a time. Her two female assistants, their faces animated, seem to be having a great time, too.
The second workout is a non-stop weight segment using dumbbells. Lessig's routine is an interesting mix of combination moves, such as biceps curls with lunges, or leg extensions with lateral raises, sometimes involving balance. The only problem is that you have no time to change weights between muscle groups, so you have to go light. Each workout has its own warm-up and cooldown, so you can alternate them on different days, or blitz yourself by doing the whole hour. A sample 1,100- to 1,200-calorie diet menu is included. --Joan Price

Courtship and breeding
Sarus Cranes are known for their loud trumpeting calls. The loud trumpeting calls are like in other cranes possible by the elongated trachea that form coils within the sternal region.[15] Pairs may indulge in spectacular displays of calling in unison and posturing. These include "dancing" movements that are performed both during and outside the breeding season and involve a short series of jumping and bowing or going in circles. Dancing may also be shown as a displacement activity when the nest or young are threatened.[6] They breed during the monsoons in India (from July to October although there may be a second brood[10] and there are records of breeding at other times of the year-May[16] and February[17][18][19]),[5] and with the onset of the wet season in Australia. They build a large nests, platforms made of reeds and vegetation in wet marshes or paddy fields.[20] The platform nests can be more than two metres in diameter and nearly a metre high.[21] Pairs shows high fidelity to the nest site often reusing nests over as many as five years.[22] The clutch is 1 or 2 eggs (rarely 3) which are incubated by both sexes[23] for about 31 days (range 27-35 days). Eggs are chalky white and weigh about 240 grams.[6]The eggshells are removed by the parents after the chicks hatch either by carrying away the fragments or by swallowing them.[24] Chicks stay along with their parents for a long duration of more than three months.[


The Sarus Crane, Grus antigone is a large crane that is a resident breeding bird with disjunct populations that are found in parts of South Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia. Standing at a height of about 1.8 m,[3] the tallest of the flying birds, they are conspicuous and iconic[4] species of open marshlands. Their numbers have declined greatly in the last century and it has been estimated that the current population is only 10% or even just 2.5% of the numbers that existed in the 1850s. The stronghold of the species is in India, where it is traditionally revered and has adapted to live in close proximity with humans. The species has been extirpated in many parts of the large range.

Adults birds are very large with grey wings and body; a bare red head and part of the upper neck; a whitish crown; and a long dark pointed bill. In flight, the long neck is held straight, unlike a heron that folds it back, and the black wing tips can be seen; their long red or pink legs trail behind them. They have a grey ear covert patch, a reddish iris and a greenish grey bill. Juveniles have a pinkish base to the bill and the head is fully feathered and grey.[5] The bare head and neck has red skin that is brighter during the breeding season. The skin is rough and covered by papillae and a narrow area around behind the head is covered by black bristly feathers. The sexes do not differ in colour although males are larger on average than females; Indian males can attain a maximum height of approximately 200 cm (6.6 ft), with a wingspan of 250 cm (8.5 ft), making them the world's tallest living flying bird. The average weight of nominate race individuals is 6.8-7.8 kg, while five adult sharpii averaged 8.4 kg.[6] Across the range, weight can vary from 5 to 12 kg (11-26 lbs), height typically from 115 to 167 cm (45-69 in) and the wingspan from 220 to 280 cm (87-110 in). Birds from Australia tend to be smaller than birds from the north.

There were about an estimated 15-20,000 mature Sarus Cranes left in the wild in 2009.[1] The Indian population is less than 10,000 birds but is the strongest population. They are considered sacred and the birds are traditionally left unharmed[32] and in many areas they are unafraid of humans. They used to be found on occasion in Pakistan, but not seen since the late 1980s. The population has however declined.[1] Estimates of the global population suggest that the population in 2000 was at best about 10% and at the worst just 2.5% of the numbers that existed in 1850.[33] Many farmers in India believe that these crane damage standing crops,[34] particularly rice, although studies show that direct feeding on rice grains resulted in losses amounting to less than 1 percent and trampling could account for grain loss of about 0.4-15 kilograms.[35] The attitude of farmers tends to be positive in spite of these damages and this has helped in conserving the species within agricultural areas. Compensating farmers for crop losses has been suggested as a measure that may help.[25] The Australian population is higher than 5,000 birds and may be increasing,[8] however, the Southeast Asian subspecies has been decimated by war and habitat modification and destruction (such as intensive agriculture and draining of wetlands) and by the mid-20th century had disappeared from large parts of its range which once stretched up to southern China; some 1500–2000 birds are left in several fragmented subpopulations. The little-known Philippine population became extinct in the

The Sarus Crane, Grus antigone is a large crane that is a resident breeding bird with disjunct populations that are found in parts of South Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia. Standing at a height of about 1.8 m,[3] the tallest of the flying birds, they are conspicuous and iconic[4] species of open marshlands. Their numbers have declined greatly in the last century and it has been estimated that the current population is only 10% or even just 2.5% of the numbers that existed in the 1850s. The stronghold of the species is in India, where it is traditionally revered and has adapted to live in close proximity with humans. The species has been extirpated in many parts of the large range.

Adults birds are very large with grey wings and body; a bare red head and part of the upper neck; a whitish crown; and a long dark pointed bill. In flight, the long neck is held straight, unlike a heron that folds it back, and the black wing tips can be seen; their long red or pink legs trail behind them. They have a grey ear covert patch, a reddish iris and a greenish grey bill. Juveniles have a pinkish base to the bill and the head is fully feathered and grey.[5] The bare head and neck has red skin that is brighter during the breeding season. The skin is rough and covered by papillae and a narrow area around behind the head is covered by black bristly feathers. The sexes do not differ in colour although males are larger on average than females; Indian males can attain a maximum height of approximately 200 cm (6.6 ft), with a wingspan of 250 cm (8.5 ft), making them the world's tallest living flying bird. The average weight of nominate race individuals is 6.8-7.8 kg, while five adult sharpii averaged 8.4 kg.[6] Across the range, weight can vary from 5 to 12 kg (11-26 lbs), height typically from 115 to 167 cm (45-69 in) and the wingspan from 220 to 280 cm (87-110 in). Birds from Australia tend to be smaller than birds from the north.

There were about an estimated 15-20,000 mature Sarus Cranes left in the wild in 2009.[1] The Indian population is less than 10,000 birds but is the strongest population. They are considered sacred and the birds are traditionally left unharmed[32] and in many areas they are unafraid of humans. They used to be found on occasion in Pakistan, but not seen since the late 1980s. The population has however declined.[1] Estimates of the global population suggest that the population in 2000 was at best about 10% and at the worst just 2.5% of the numbers that existed in 1850.[33] Many farmers in India believe that these crane damage standing crops,[34] particularly rice, although studies show that direct feeding on rice grains resulted in losses amounting to less than 1 percent and trampling could account for grain loss of about 0.4-15 kilograms.[35] The attitude of farmers tends to be positive in spite of these damages and this has helped in conserving the species within agricultural areas. Compensating farmers for crop losses has been suggested as a measure that may help.[25] The Australian population is higher than 5,000 birds and may be increasing,[8] however, the Southeast Asian subspecies has been decimated by war and habitat modification and destruction (such as intensive agriculture and draining of wetlands) and by the mid-20th century had disappeared from large parts of its range which once stretched up to southern China; some 1500–2000 birds are left in several fragmented subpopulations. The little-known Philippine population became extinct in the late 1960s.[1]

As a species, the Sarus crane is classified as Vulnerable (A2cde + 3cde). This means that the global population has declined by about a third since 1980, and is expected to continue to do so until the late 2010s. Threats constitute habitat destruction and/or degradation, hunting and collecting, as well as environmental pollution and possibly diseases or competing species. Inbreeding effects should be monitored in the Australian population.[8]

The species has been extirpated in Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand. Reintroduction programs planned in Thailand have made use of birds from Cambodia

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