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is there anyone here from Japan interested in manga like me that could help me get more information??
me jaja i like naruto,beach,inuyasha,bakugan,death note,trinity blood,hell girl,naruto shippuden,ezt. and u "RASENGAN"!!!!YONDAIME!!!
even though we aren't from japan, wecan give you many information about Manga. 777 Tools of demon world......evil Lavender
i just keep on looking for more by looking on the web and the book shop's.
Don't worry we're all here on this site cause we love manga and anime, there are plenty of people here to help you out no matter where they're from. Enjoy! Love... is just a different kind of pain.
im from japan and this is getting boring.but im here to help.
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Last time I featured Reuben's photography (like, 2 years ago) his photography was mostly portraiture, whereas nowadays Reuben seems to focus more on landscapes. He has kept a common thread in this theme change however, and that is the completely psychedelic way he captures people and nature. These days Reuben travels to the most remote places such as up North in Svalbard or in the Chilean desert of Atacama in order to capture these mesmerizing scenes.
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Who is the very cute boy? Hope you have a grand time celebrating the 4th of July.Cheers!!!
Awww. Great fireworks shot with your little man!
That is Noah (my oldest!) when he was 2 yrs old (July 2003.) One of my favorites!
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this is a word derived from the french language. it means crazy cool, like the kind of cool that everyone wants to be. some have it and some don't.
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An absolute dude
Hey that guy looks so cool he could be Siddy
de Chicken Skin 6 avril 2004
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The state or likeness of being beyond godly-- more than 'epic' or 'uber'. Being siddy denotes the possibility of any lower status than itself and can be considered the pinnacle of spiritual enlightenment or physical achievement in life; it can be compared to reaching Nirvana, one really good high, or sexual gratification.
"Did you see that movie, 300? Man, that was siddy!"
"I gotta take a siddy-dump!"
"I gotta take a siddy-dump!"
de FeatherHeavens 21 juillet 2009
A guy who is down to earth, sweet, smart and really tall. He can be serious and blunt from moment to moment. Most of the time he is funny and nicely-honest. Siddy's tend to be more feminine then masculine, making them ideal for a girl who is looking for someone who understands them clearly. Siddy's are one of the best types of guys to be around.
Girl: That guy is such a Siddy.
de Niikozilla 1 avril 2011
A bit like being 'giddy' but caused when someone has had too much parpsen.
He's really siddy he can't walk straight
de flakiki 13 juin 2005
a bum. a poor bum who lives on the streets who always wears unwashed pink spotty socks and carries a whip. Always treat a siddy with respect or she'll fart on you. Whos head sounds hollow when she whacks it after having eaten parsnips.
omg that girl is such a siddy!
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In Northern England the term is used to define a bit of a loser
He looks a right siddy, i bet he's had parpsen
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This is a call for proposals for chapters in an edited volume, tentatively titled "Historical and Contemporary Foodways in the Middle East and North Africa," edited by Nancy L. Stockdale of the University of North Texas. This book is under contract to be published by the University of Arkansas Press in their Food and Foodways Series, edited by Jennifer Jensen Wallach.
This book will explore foodways in the MENA region from the emergence of Islam to the present day, engaging with political, social, cultural, economic, ecological, agricultural, and artistic expressions of, and issues around, food and foodways. We are looking for chapters from across the disciplines, and are particularly interested in topics such as:
– The role of food and foodways in the creation and assertion of public and private identities;
– The political and economic roles of food vis-ŕ-vis the Arab Spring and earlier revolutionary moments in MENA history;
– Social practices concerning preparation and consumption of food;
– The impact of migration, displacement, and immigration on MENA food and foodways;
– Gendered aspects of food production, preparation, and consumption in the MENA region;
– Intersections of class, ethnicity, and religion in the history of food and foodways;
– The historical and contemporary significance of global trade on the diversification of MENA food (for example, the Silk Road trade in spices and foodstuffs, the introduction of American-style fast food, etc.);
– Issues of charity, sustainability, and food security/insecurity in MENA histories and societies.
We welcome proposals on other topics as well. We would like this book to provide the reader with a clear sense of temporal dynamism as well as geographic differences in the region. We aim to have various ethnic and religious groups represented in this volume, including Arabs (Muslim, Christian, and Jewish), Berbers, Israelis, Kurds, Persians, Turks, Armenians, Greeks, Copts, and others. We want to illustrate the dynamism of class and lifestyle (urban/rural/nomadic) in the MENA region, and would like to have at least one chapter that is rooted in food memoir, perhaps with recipes. In this way, readers will have a clear notion of how identities and foodways are intertwined, as well as understand larger historical and contemporary lived experiences in the MENA region.
Please submit your chapter proposals (400-700 words) by 1 September 2013. Final chapters will be 7,000 words (including notes) and will be due 1 June 2014. Please send proposals and questions via email to Nancy L. Stockdale at firstname.lastname@example.com .
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MARTINSBURG - When she was young, Carrie Shade had a close friend named Abby.
"She was a year or two younger than me," said Carrie, now a junior at Hedgesville High School. "She was really happy all the time, really loud and obnoxious. She got us in trouble a lot, and I think that was why I liked to hang out with her."
In March 2011, though, Carrie learned that her childhood friend had committed suicide.
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Carrie Shade, a 16-year-old Hedgesville High School junior, has more than 138,000 followers of her Twitter profile, @AgainstSuicide. Carrie has been nominated for a "Shorty Award" for Activism on Twitter for her work to raise awareness of suicide and the societal factors that lead to it.
Carrie Shade sends inspirational messages to more than 138,000 people a day, working to spread awareness and help those having thoughts of ending their lives to know suicide is not the answer.
"I found out while I was in school, and it was the worst moment of my life," she said. "I hadn't talked to her in so long, and I felt so guilty about it."
Now, two years later, Carrie is sending inspirational messages to more than 138,000 people a day, working to spread awareness and help those having thoughts of ending their lives to know suicide is not the answer.
She is doing so through her Twitter feed, @AgainstSuicide, which she started in the months following Abby's death as an emotional outlet for herself - and which has exploded since into an inspiration for tens of thousands of followers around the world.
In a binder she keeps in her room, she has a gift she received from friends last June on her 16th birthday - messages from her many followers, letting her know how she's changed their lives with her daily reminders of hope.
"Those are what kind of keep me going," she said of private messages she receives regularly from people telling her she's made a difference. "They'll tell me stuff that's happened in their lives, and it's really amazing what they're hiding by putting up a shield."
On the Twitter feed, Carrie posts multiple times a day about keeping a positive attitude, the seriousness of self-harming and other detrimental behaviors, and other topics meant to draw awareness to the societal factors that may lead youth to think about taking their lives.
Carrie said that while some people come to her under the false impression that she is professionally trained, she is confident in her ability to simply talk people through the problems they face - and many people have felt comfortable to come to her with those problems.
"They don't think anybody's willing to listen to them, so I feel like people put a lot of trust in me - as weird as that sounds - because they feel like strangers will listen," Carrie said. "Later on, I'll get messages thanking me and saying 'you've really helped me through this time' or 'I don't think I could have made it through this without you.'"
Carrie said that while she hasn't decided what she'll do with her life after she graduates high school, the experiences she's had in the past two years behind the keyboard controlling the @AgainstSuicide feed have her seriously thinking about pursuing a degree in the field.
"I'm an indecisive person, but it definitely could end up being something down this path," she said. "I'm not good at a lot of stuff, but I feel like I could be good at this."
Carrie's parents, Dave and Carissa, both said that while at first they didn't completely understand what their daughter was doing, they are very proud of the difference she is making in people's lives.
"We thought she was just holed up in her room trying to get away from us," her mother said. "She had told us a little about it, but I guess because of our age, we didn't really grasp what she was saying."
Now that they have seen some of the messages people have sent her, though, they realize how important her few 140-character posts a day are - though the concept of Twitter may still be a generation away.
"We kind of had to sneak it and read it," Carissa said of her daughter's binder full of thank-yous from followers. "We're just really proud, especially when we see that it's helping people."
Carrie's work hasn't gone unnoticed by the Twitter community at large, either, as she's been nominated for a "Shorty Award" for the social media site's top feed in the category of Activism. She has been invited to participate in an awards ceremony April 8 in New York, and is working to raise money to cover her travel and lodging.
Planning to attend the event with her older sister Lindsay, a junior at Shepherd University, Carrie is attempting to raise $1,500 to offset her expenses. She is doing so through a fundraising website called GoFundMe.
Her followers have already helped her get nearly a quarter of the way to her goal.
"I only tweeted about it once or twice. It's working, I guess," she laughed.
In the meantime, Carrie is continuing to send out her messages of inspiration for those struggling through personal issues. Whether her posts come from her own head or she is sharing words of encouragement from celebrities, she sometimes still can't believe there are so many people out there reading after she hits the "tweet" button.
"I'm a really quiet person - I don't talk much in school," she said. "It's really weird to have people wanting to hear what I have to say."
To find Carrie's Twitter feed, visit www.twitter.com/AgainstSuicide. To help fund her trip to New York for the Shorty Awards, visit www.gofundme.com/2fk324.
- Regional Editor Dave Emke can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 218, or twitter.com/demkeJN


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Spring 2005 Volume 6, Issue 4
Program Highlights from the 10th International Workshop in Myeloma
IMFers Share Their Thoughts
Patient Perspective: Tracking My Numbers
My MGUS was found as a fluke during an annual physical in May, 1993. My total serum protein was slightly above the top of the normal range for that test and soon went back to normal. Otherwise, I still would not know that I have MGUS since I am still
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There has been intense research to develop a safer and more effective version of thalidomide. Lenalidomide (CC-5013; Revlimid®) is the first analog (close cousin) of thalidomide to enter clinical trials. It may prove to be more effective and safe
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Supportive Care: Erectile Dysfunction - Current Treatment Options
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a very common disorder that affects up to half the male population over the age of 40.
IMF Hotline Coordinators Answer Your Questions
What is the difference between the terms "myeloma" and "multiple myeloma?" "My grandmother died of multiple myeloma and now my dad has been diagnosed with this disease. Is myeloma hereditary?"
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IMF Receives Highest Four-Star Rating
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During the summer of 2004, my father was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. Myeloma? I had never heard of this disease. And I was not alone.
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The AIDS menace has shifted ground over the years in New York. Now it is affecting people of color.
The majority of people living with AIDS in New York are people of color. African-Americans are eight times as likely to have HIV as whites, and Hispanics are more than four times as likely to have the virus. Heterosexual black and Latina women's rates are the worst of all. Yet awareness of the danger is slow to penetrate. The Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), founded in 1981 to combat the AIDS epidemic among gay and bisexual, mostly white and middle-class, men, now has a clientele that is mostly people of color.
Ron Johnson, Director of Public Information for GMHC, just got back from a trip to Africa, where the AIDS epidemic rages among heterosexuals, and has already left 10 million children orphans. He knows of the dangers of heterosexual transmission well, and speaks of the special peril facing minority populations.
"From day one, AIDS disproportionately affected blacks and Latinos," Johnson says. "They suffer from higher infection rates, and develop full-blown AIDS at higher rates" than white populations.
The reasons for this are manifold. First, says Johnson, prevention messages were not targeted to the black and Latino communities. "There was some racism involvedÑthe same attention was not afforded them. There was also discrimination against substance usersÑyou don't have people advocating to save the lives of substance users. And when a heroin addict dies, that's not news."
In addition, Johnson noted, many gay men of color don't identify or think of themselves as being "gay." "Sex" is something you have with a woman; you "mess around" with men. Denial, drug use, the cultural stigma of homosexual behavior in "macho" society, and racism and neglect in the larger society have combined to create a terrible problem in preventing and treating AIDS in minority communities.
But the fastest-growing rates of all are not among gay or bisexual men, but among young women of color. According to Johnson, "there is a very serious problem with teenage girls. Their rates of infection are higher than among the teenage boysÑthat suggests they're not having sex with their peers, they're having sex with older, infected men." And stark statistics show that AIDS is the leading cause of death for black women from ages 25 to 40. "Heterosexual transmission surpassed drug use as the infection source for women 3-4 years ago."
A big problem, he says, is the myth that heterosexual men can't get AIDS from women. "They firmly believe it. Also, there are numbers of closeted bisexual men in the black and Latino community." To make matters worse, he adds, it is often difficult for black and Latino women to negotiate matters of sex with men, such as condom use.
GMHC is approaching the problem directly, both by offering its array of prevention, treatment, and counseling services to minorities, and by reaching out to the black and Latino communities in the city. Soul Food targets black gay men, and Troyecto PAPI is a prevention program for Latinos. GMHC also has a youth initiative that works with young people of color, teaching them about prevention and risk factors, improving their judgement. All these programs work to build the participants' self-esteem and sense of community.
GMHC programs targeting the minority communities in the City have provided AIDS educational programs for the past five years, and client services such as case management, free meals, nutritional counseling, short-term mental health counseling, child care for women, group counseling, and home visits by "Buddies."
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The one group that has not been strongly or directly addressed by government or private agencies in the war against AIDS is heterosexual men. "No one is talking to heterosexual men," says Johnson. "That's been my pet peeve for 14 years!" Why aren't they? "No one wants to tackle the resistance."
Yet the example of Africa, where the AIDS virus nearly always transmitted by heterosexual contact, and men most certainly get the disease and die of it, is a clear warning that more attention must be paid to debunking the myths that straight men can't get HIV from women or from young women. Men need to be educated about their responsibility for not passing the infection on to others. And everyone needs to learn about risk factors, dangerous behavior, prevention measures, and treatment options.
As long as there are at-risk groups who deny their vulnerability to the disease, there will be a reservoir of the virus among us. Luckily, AIDS is hard to contract, and prevention is very effective. But effective prevention will mean a change of attitude in all the population at risk, which is all of us.


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The Doctors Revisited
Last month BBC America showed a special called "The Doctors Revisited" and with it showed a story from the Doctor that they were focusing on.
The episode focused on William Hartnell and included the airing of "The Aztecs" with the special.
Well, now it's February and BBC America has announced the airdate for the February special featuring Patcick Troughton - Feb 24. (that's the last Sunday). The Broadcast time is 8:00PM.
With this special they will be airing "Tomb of the Cybermen"
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When a man is fucking the girls vagina in a weird and obscene way. In the man's left hand is an 1856 antique pistol with a chrome barrel, and a ten gallon hat on his head. The man then proceeds to pulverize the woman's asshole, until smoke begins to flow out of it. He then cools it off by throwing a 7-11 slurpee over it, sucks out her women juice with the straw.
Golly, i gave my bitch a western wanker last night, and her ass hole was smokeing so much i roasted a marshmallow over it.
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The Williamsport Parking Authority has passed a proposed $1.4 million budget that uses surplus money to pay for capital projects next year.
Last year's budget was $931,000, with an actual use of $1 million. Despite having to draw down on its reserves the authority recently authorized giving the city a $75,000 contribution for its 2013 budget at the request of Mayor Gabriel J. Campana.
The surplus is $225,000 and will go toward repairing parking lot surfaces that are easily repairable.
"We're using surplus for our capital projects," said William E. Nichols Jr., director of city finance.
He estimated about $500,000 in projects are expected to be done over the next three years with help from River Valley Transit to pay the project costs.
The surplus, Nichols confirmed, has been collected from additional customers using the Church Street parking garage and from increasing on-lot and garage rates approved in 2011.
The most seriously structurally deficient surface lots will have to wait following a recent assessment and work session done by the authority and a consultant.
"We're doing preventative maintenance in the first year," said Dr. Anthony Cipolla, authority chairman.
Another issue facing the authority is where to find enough parking spaces downtown with the planned razing of the Mid-Town Parking Garage in the spring.
"We're looking at off-street parking areas," Cipolla said. "We may pull meters off lots to get monthly parkers into lots once the relocation of monthly parkers begins."
About 45 more parking spots also would be lost on Mulberry Street should a senior housing project at Via Bella come to fruition.
The city administration believes the housing project is worthwhile and would generate $250,000 from the sale of the property, plus additional revenue from building permit fees and senior citizens living in the city.


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Rayman Origins is distressingly pretty. One look at its quaint hand-drawn worlds is enough to warm the hearts of even the most jaded, cynical and cold-hearted of gamers. Martin thinks it "looks great". Its organic worlds are created from a palette of vibrant hues, with hand-drawn environments, detailed character sprites and slick animations. Concept art that would usually find itself relegated to a collector's edition art-book is literally whacked straight into the game here. To use a somewhat horrible analogy: it's like a painting - or perhaps more appropriately, a children's story book - come to life.
This, in part, is why the game earned itself a place on our best of gamescom list.
As the title suggests, Rayman Origins is a return to the limbless wonder's two-dimensional roots; a platformer rooted in old-school sensibilities. It's very much like his very first outing back on the PSone, except with those lovely HD visuals I was banging on about earlier and four-player co-op. This, in fact, is how I experienced the game behind closed doors at gamescom - with three other players trotting along beside me. Whilst one player assumes the role of the titular hero, the other three take control of his rotund amphibian chum Globox, and two Teensies.
The game will boast 60 levels in total, equating to roughly 20 hours of gameplay. Of those 60, I've now played three, in addition to a tantalising glimpse at one of the game's ten bosses - a vicious scorpion-type thing. Each level has been designed with multiplayer in mind, with certain items and rewards that can only be collected with two or more players working together. That said, the game is still very much playable on your tod, just don't expect it to be quite as easy.
Co-op wise, it's a similar affair to New Super Mario Bros. Wii. While you're working together towards a common goal, Ubisoft gives players the opportunity to punch and kick their on-screen buddies, which - especially done at the most inappropriate of times - can be pretty damn funny. Rayman Origins is a game that encourages mucking about.


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SPARTANBURG, SC – The Stetson men's golf team will have one final chance to tune-up for the 2014 Atlantic Sun Conference Championship Tournament this week when they play in the Coca-Cola Wofford Invitational.
The event will feature 15 teams at the Country Club of Spartanburg, a 6,648 yard, par 72 course. Play will open on Monday with a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. for the first 36 holes of competition. The final 18 holes will be played on Tuesday.
Live scoring for the event will be available throughout the tournament at golfstat.com.
This will be the seventh time Stetson has played in this event over its 26-year history. The Hatters' best finish was a fifth place in 2008.
If season rankings from GolfStat are any indication, the Hatters will have their hands full in this event. Stetson enters the event ranked 218th according to GolfStat. That ranking has the Hatters behind all but one of the other teams in the field.
TCU comes in as the favorites. The Horned Frogs are ranked 50th in the latest rankings. A-Sun foe USC Upstate will be a strong contender, ranking 82nd entering play this week.
This will be the second time the Hatters have crossed paths with the Spartans this year. The first time was in the Forest Hills Collegiate in Augusta when Upstate finished second, eight shots in front of Stetson.
Other teams in the field, with rankings, include Radford (93), Lamar (102), Wofford (110), James Madison (119), Elon (121), Presbyterian (127), Francis Marion (154), Appalachian State (161), Gardner-Webb (173), Western Carolina (194), Longwood (203) and High Point (234).
There are no players in the field ranked among the top 100 in the nation this year.
The Hatters will feature the same lineup they will send to the A-Sun Championship Tournament next week. That group will be led by sophomore Dustin Dingus, who comes in with the best scoring average on the team at 73.75. For the year, Dingus has posted nine of his 28 rounds in competition at par or better.
Dingus will be joined by freshman Dirk Kuehler (75.57), sophomore David Torres (75.73), freshman Zach Stark (76.00) and junior Matt Taylor (76.06).
The Hatters will play the first day with players from Francis Marion and Appalachian State. The Hatters will start on holes eight through 10.


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Is there anything that screams "summer" more than picking and eating a red, ripe homegrown tomato? It's something I finally got to experience Monday after last week's column complaining about how long it was taking my tomatoes to ripen.
It seems like every backyard in northeast Ohio has at least one tomato plant growing during the summer, and local garden centers agree that tomatoes are one of the most popular plants sold during the summer.
"I couldn't even hazard a guess," said Jerry Miskolcze of Blue Jean Farms in Warren when asked how many tomato plants are sold during the summer. "Thousands and thousands of them. We just keep planting."
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At long last, my tomatoes are ripening and ready to eat.
Miskolcze said that at Blue Jean Farms, they typically do three plantings during the season to keep up with demand. "I'm guessing about 20,000 just in the first planting."
Jamie Airhart at Gilmore's Greenhouse in Warren said that they planted about 13,400 tomato plants this year, and they sell 42 varieties of tomatoes.
Not bad for a veggie that people once thought was toxic.
One legend I found while doing some online research involved a soldier who, despite dire warnings of the horrific death that awaited him, offered to eat an entire basket of tomatoes in front of a crowd of spectators. To the shock (and implied disappointment) of the crowd, the soldier ate his tomatoes and lived to tell the tale.
Apparently, it was the smell of the leaves - something I actually enjoy - that led people to believe that the tomato might be hazardous to their health.
On the contrary, tomatoes are chock-full of lycopene, which is an antioxidant. According to the American Cancer Society, some studies suggest that a diet rich in tomatoes may prevent certain types of cancer. The results aren't conclusive, and there's no evidence that tomatoes are a miracle cure for cancer, but the ACS notes that a diet full of veggies, including tomatoes, isn't going to do any harm.
"Based on today's evidence, the foods you eat are likely to play a greater role in preventing cancer than in treating it," the ACS's information sheet on lycopene states.
As for that ongoing debate about whether a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable, that was settled by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1893 - though it may be a fruit by botanical standards, the tomato is a vegetable for tax and tariff purposes. The judges based their decision on the fact that tomatoes are most often served with the main course at dinner and not as dessert.
Fruit or vegetable, toh-may-toe, toh-mah-toe, I still look forward to that first, tart bite each summer.
But when it comes to home gardens, tomatoes may not be leading the popularity contest, at least around here.
Miskolcze said that because more home gardeners try to start their tomato plants indoors (and I'm guilty as charged), he's noticed that peppers, which take longer to germinate, edge out tomatoes as far as sales.
Airhart agreed. "It seems like we grow a lot more peppers than tomatoes," she said. "I just think we have a lot more people coming in looking for peppers."
"All the veggies play real heavily the past couple of years," Miskolcze said.
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"It's been a lot of sacrifice to be away from [my family] and to go through this whole process not only for me but for them," Josh Kaufman told PEOPLE shortly after winning the sixth season of The Voice Tuesday night. "It definitely makes it all worthwhile."
The father of three – who was a member of local band The New Etiquette and worked as an SAT tutor in Indianapolis before coming on the show – is excited to help create a life for his loved ones "doing what I love."
"It's kind of a win-win," he added.
Coach Usher, who beat out Blake Shelton and Adam Levine for the first time in Voice history, gave the Maroon 5 frontman a bit of credit for discovering Kaufman, who started off the competition on Levine's team.
"I haven't seen Adam yet. I think he might be behind the scenes counting votes," the singer joked. "Obviously, I wouldn't have found my way towards the win without Adam recognizing Josh's talent."
Asked for his thoughts about being bested by Usher, Shelton graciously acknowledged the winning coach's talents for nurturing young talent such as Justin Bieber before turning back to his competitive self: "Now I will go on and say that crap ain't ever gonna happen again."
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"It means the whole world [to come this far]," he said. "[Blake] opened up the gateway for me, and he's pretty much had his hand on my back the whole time. I'm proud of that. You cannot take any of this away from me or from anybody else. This is such a win all in itself."
Another big winner of the night was third-place finisher Christina Grimmie, who found out earlier in the night that Levine would sign her to his label if she didn't win.
Telling reporters his announcement would "100 percent" come to fruition, Levine gushed about his "incredible" new artist.
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A Bet on Peace for War-Torn Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia—Michael Stock sees things that others don't. "Imagine this," he says one recent afternoon, standing on the sunny second-floor deck of his new oceanside hotel in Somalia's war-battered capital. "There are banana trees where there's desert now, and there's this view."
The banana trees haven't grown in yet, but International Campus, as he calls the complex, is the closest thing to a Ritz for many miles. A fortified compound sprawled across 11 acres of rocky white beach, it offers 212 rooms including $500-a-night villas, several dining rooms, coffee and snack shops, and a curving slate-colored pool where sun-seekers can loll away Somali afternoons.
"It's going to be ridiculous!" Mr. Stock said, just weeks before residents began arriving for April's opening.
A few hours later, the jittery sound of gunfire split the warm February air not far from his new hotel—a reminder that the country is still muddling through a decades-old conflict and that there are still bullets flying, bombs detonating.
Mr. Stock isn't just anyone gambling on a far-fetched idea in a conflict zone. In an unusual twist of the war business, the 36-year-old American is deeply involved in the conflict itself. In addition to being a real estate developer, his company also helps train Somalis in modern military techniques.
His security company, Bancroft Global Development, has supported African troops since 2008 as they fought al-Shabaab, the Somali Islamic group tied to al Qaeda, which the U.S. views as a terrorist threat. The United Nations and the African Union, with U.S. State Department money, pay Bancroft to support soldiers in everything from counterinsurgency tactics to bomb disposal, sniper training, road building and, as Mr. Stock puts it, "bandaging shot-off thumbs."
Security companies have, of course, been rushing into war zones forever, sometimes controversially. A recent congressional study on wartime contracting estimated that the U.S. spent some $206 billion on outside contracts and grants in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2002 and 2011.
Most Western countries have stayed out of Somalia. Contractors like Bancroft partly fill that void. The U.S., which pulled its troops after American soldiers died in the 1993 Black Hawk Down tragedy, has spent more than $650 million since 2006 on supporting the African Union Mission in Somalia, known as Amisom, and its more than 17,000 soldiers.
Unlike many security contractors, Mr. Stock's company, based in Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit not primarily concerned with making money on military support services. In fact, it actually sustains stretches of multimillion-dollar losses, Mr. Stock says. Meanwhile its sister company, Bancroft Global Investment, chases profits by pouring money into war-zone real estate.
Mr. Stock's gamble: The security outfit will help guide the country toward peace, turning his investments into big money. "It's like getting in at the bottom of the stock market," says Mr. Stock. His unusual war operation is making him into a kind of ultimate gentrifier, a mini mogul of Mogadishu, perhaps.
His first properties went up in Afghanistan. But Somalia represents his latest push. Along with the new place, Mr. Stock says he has invested more than $25 million in various for-profit ventures, including a "trailer park" hotel built out of shipping containers at the airport, a compound of prefabricated buildings fronting the city's old port and a cement factory.
Bancroft is the only contractor supplying military training to Amisom soldiers in the country. Mr. Stock estimates that his team of 100 or so people in Somalia works with roughly a third of the 17,000 Amisom forces at any given time.
After more than two decades of violence in Somalia, there are glimmers of hope. African troops, with Bancroft's support, have pushed the insurgents to more rural areas. In January, the U.S. recognized the Somali government for the first time since 1991 and last month a U.S. Agency for International Development official urged at a news conference, "Get in on the ground floor."
A new president leads Somalia. Expats are returning to rebuild and there are even people on the beaches. "We swim here all the time," said a Russian helicopter operator, as a friend floated on an inner tube along a bullet-littered stretch of ocean near the airport. "The water's good!"
With dwindling war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, other American contractors are moving in, too. A Virginia company, Atlantean, is setting up an airport hotel in the south. Among its board members, according to its website, is former Maj. Gen. William Garrison, who led the mission associated with Black Hawk Down. In the movie version, he was played by Sam Shepard. Maj. Gen. Garrison couldn't be reached for comment.
''Will we get shot at the first day?' a colleague asked as they flew into Somalia. 'Probably,' Mr. Stock laughed.'
"There are infinite possibilities in a country that has to be literally built from the ground up," said Ken Menkhaus, a Somalia expert at Davidson College. These possibilities, however, also include the worst: a return to a hell-ripped Somalia. That reality loomed only weeks ago when militants bombed the capital's main courthouse, killing more than two dozen people.
Contracting out security has its perils. An investigation by the U.N.'s Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea last summer found companies "operating in an arguably paramilitary fashion." The investigation found a "growing number" of foreign private security companies working in Somalia with diplomatic missions, international companies and individuals.
According to one person familiar with the confidential part of the report and unaffiliated with Bancroft, the report found that Bancroft was "very transparent about the way they operated," whereas some other companies were "more deceptive."
Mr. Stock has attracted some big-name attention. In November, he flew in Warren Buffett's son Howard to look at potential agricultural projects—part of Mr. Stock's interest in creating a farming operation to service his hotels, among other things.
"He was the only one who would bring me into the country," said Mr. Buffett, who has been involved in philanthropy around the Horn of Africa.
Almost monthly, Mr. Stock commutes here from Washington, D.C. This time his "fast plane," a 10-seat jet, was in the shop so he borrowed a five-seater Cessna in Kenya from a friend.
Accompanying him was a new Bancroft recruit. He had been a part of an Army Delta Force squad that chased al Qaeda in Iraq.
"Will we get shot at the first day?" the former soldier asked at one point.
"Probably," Mr. Stock said, laughing. "I promised you some spice!"
Bancroft says it employs about 200 men around the world. About half work in Somalia. Some have roots in elite military forces including the Navy SEALs, French Foreign Legion and British Special Air Service, the employees say. "It's like an extreme sport," says one, Richard Rouget, a South African resident and former French soldier.
The idea for the business came during a summer job in 1998 with the U.S. embassy in Morocco, where Mr. Stock visited a refugee camp in the Sahara ringed by land mines. "Why hasn't someone shown them how to remove the mines?" he recalls thinking.
A year later, after graduating from Princeton, he started a mine-removal company. "Like a dot-com," is how Mr. Stock describes the early days. He had no full-time staffers and spent months meeting people in the field. There was only sporadic mine-removal work, for little money, in some of the world's most unstable places: Mali, Chad, and Iraq.
His family's wealth helped. His great-grandfather, Lewis Strauss, made tens of millions as partner at the investment firm Kuhn, Loeb & Co. In time, Mr. Stock borrowed some $8 million from different banks and invested about $2 million of his own money.
As the U.S. military went after the Taliban in 2002, Mr. Stock's company landed in Afghanistan and offered services through a local partner, Mine Pro. He invested in the company and built a group to train bomb-detecting dogs and do anything from plumbing to car repair.
But his company operated at a loss, he says. It didn't make money for about two years, the time it took to get his local Afghan partner up to speed and wait for it to win contracts.
A more profit-minded security contractor might have called it quits. Mr. Stock, however, had another idea. "My thinking was that you could lose money on security to bet on development," he says.
Afghanistan certainly lacked decent, secure accommodation. Initially he built an eight-bedroom compound in Kabul and another, bigger residence in Herat, the country's third-largest city. He started a car rental service, too.
Eventually, security began paying off, Mr. Stock says. He started receiving a share of his partner company's contracts, with that revenue peaking at about $1.8 million in 2005.
But the bigger money was in his properties. Today, the original two have been expanded into protected city blocks of multiple buildings. They house tenants associated with the World Bank and the International Development Law Organization, among others.
Over the past eight years, the real estate and other commercial services like car rental in Afghanistan have brought in about $32 million in net revenue, according to financial documents provided by Bancroft. Much of that money is now being invested in Somalia.
"It was like Stalingrad in 1942," Mr. Stock says of the day in late 2007 when he flew into Mogadishu. The city was a smoky battlefield of bomb explosions and firefights between the Shabaab and the African troops, who had arrived earlier in the year.
But that was the point, he says. "We wanted get in at the worst time, when it's really bad."
The Shabaab, Arabic for "The Youth," had taken over much of the capital. They built power over years, though the bloodshed had begun long before, in 1991, when armed clans forced out Somalia's military-run government.
His team set up tents at the airport and struck a deal with the African troops, he says. "We said we'll help you, if you keep us from getting killed."
Some worry that contractors like Bancroft face little scrutiny—an issue of "accountability," as one Western intelligence analyst put it. "Who works for them?" he said. "What are they doing?"
"The pro side," he said, "is that they were here when no one else would come."
A person familiar with the U.S. State Department's policy on Somalia said that the company had helped create an "effective fighting force." A U.N. official, meanwhile, noted that Bancroft's training in roadside bombs had reduced deaths among African soldiers.
Mr. Stock winces at the terms "mercenary" and "hired guns," which he considers inaccurate. He calls his men "mentors" who train people rather than fight.
Even though they don't carry weapons, working closely with soldiers, medics and others means that they are in the line of fire. "If the African forces are overrun, we're all dead," he says.
Dressed in body armor and a helmet one morning, Mr. Stock says he had never considered joining the military himself. "I don't take orders well," he joked, riding along in a convoy of armored carriers in downtown Mogadishu, gunners manning the roof hatches. It was part of a sweep Burundi and Somali soldiers for insurgents.
The streets alternated between bombed-out buildings and stretches of fresh paint. Soon, a sniper was spotted. Later, a gunfight broke out. Then, an exploded roadside bomb brought the convoy to a halt. By the end, six suspected militants were detained and Bancroft took the bomb for analysis.
"Danger comes and goes quickly here," says Mr. Stock. "It's like lightning. If it hits, it hits."
It was nearly three years of free security training in Somalia, and $6 million out of pocket, according to financial filings, before he landed his first contract with the U.N. Various U.N. agencies have paid the company some $15 million since then and the African Union, with the U.S. State Department money, will have paid Bancroft a total of about $25 million by the end of the year.
All along, though, he expanded into real estate. In 2011, he created the for-profit side of the company, Bancroft Global Investment. That year, he sold an 18% stake, just under $1 million, in the Somali properties to a Washington, D.C., developer, Michael Darby.
"When you hear Somalia, you think of the most dangerous place on earth," says Mr. Darby. "But I'm prone to take more risks than others."
Making real-estate deals in Somalia wasn't easy, Mr. Stock says. It took "dozens" of meetings with government officials, clan leaders and neighbors of the properties. "You have to spend a lot of time figuring out who is who," he says. There is no formal contract for the land, but rather "consensus building," he says, that results in a verbal go-ahead from the collective parties.
Mr. Stock made a similar land deal, a public-private partnership with the Somali government for some beach property near the port, but didn't work out as well.
After constructing a facility there and managing it as a residence for the United Arab Emirates, the U.A.E. opened talks with the Somali government about a renewed diplomatic relationship—and sought direct control over the property.
Bancroft ceded its rights to the property to the U.A.E., according to a letter describing the handover and making it official. While Mr. Stock recovered most of his roughly $6 million in construction costs, the deal didn't exactly work out to his financial advantage, he says. "There's no magic formula."
International Campus, which he says cost more than $6 million, is now open for business and mostly booked. Beyond the pool and the ocean views, there is a bunker, a trauma hospital and something akin to Mad Max's version of an auto body shop, where specialized gear heads will fix "the ballistic glass on your armored vehicle," as Mr. Stock puts it.
He expects the new place to break even next year. The trailer park, he says, is grossing about $2 million a year. When his cement-making business opens up, there is an entire city to patch and restore.
Still, his work in Somalia is far from assured. The Shabaab remains unpredictable. Weeks ago, militants exploded a car bomb near the presidential palace and before that they struck a beachside restaurant.
But Mr. Stock says he's in for the long haul. "We're betting on peace," he says. He is betting on hotels and perhaps houses in the future.
"Picture this," he says later, standing near an expanse of mostly empty beach, stretching as far as the eye can see. "You could have a development based around a town center, like the golf resorts in the Midwest."
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Q: Which would you choose - the Moby Wrap or the CuddlyWrap™?
A: Most parents choose the Moby Wrap when buying for themselves - the majority of parents find the Moby carrier can be used for longer due to the heavier construction of the fabric. When looking for a baby shower gift or a gift for a new mom, the CuddlyWrap™ is the more popular option as the instructional DVD is incredibly helpful for a new mother and the organic cotton fabric is absolutely the softest you'll find. For the newborn stage both wraps are equally as popular but if you're thinking you will use your wrap beyond infancy you may find more support and comfort with the Moby Wrap as your baby grows. Many parents will use a stretchy wrap baby carrier for an infant and then upgrade to a soft-pack carrier such as the Ergo Baby Carrier or a non-stretchy wrap with less "bounce" such as the Neobulle Wrap for an older or heavier baby. Either brand of stretchy wrap-style baby carrier - The Moby Wrap or The Cuddly Wrap™ - will help you get over the initial learning curve of using a wrap with ease and you won't have spent a bundle.
A Customer Reviews the Moby Wrap
I was a little skeptical about the Moby Wrap when I saw it for the first time being that it was only one really long piece of fabric that sounded complicated to use. However I couldn't deny that it did look comfortable to wear and the pictures of the babies snuggled deep in the folds of the fabric just looked so peaceful. I knew I had to give the Moby Wrap a fair chance with my newborn. I was desperate for a way to free up my hands so I could better attend to my older child's needs at the same time as caring for my infant.
I was so excited when my Moby Wrap arrived and pleasantly surprised at how simple it actually was to use. It seemed daunting at first, but the instructions are very thorough and so it took less than a minute to tie on my Moby Wrap for the first time. Lily fell asleep instantly when put into the carrier - I couldn't believe it. I was able to secure her high against my chest (although the positioning is endless!), so I imagine the sound of my heartbeat was very soothing for her. I'm even typing this while she sleeps! It is AWESOME to be able to carry her and type with both hands free, but the best part is that her tiny head is within kissing distance and I can hug and kiss her between paragraphs.
On an extra fussy day (like during the teething stages) my Moby Wrap is a lifesaver. I can rock, kiss and cuddle Lily while still being able to interact and play with my two-year old as well as get things down around the house. I feel so less overwhelmed with Lily in the Moby Wrap because I can be there for her and my older child at the same time. I only wish I had had this baby carrier from day one with my first child!
I must admit that I LOVE it when strangers stare at me and ask, "is there a baby in there?". It gives me the chance to show off how fabulous the Moby Wrap is - and of course let them sneak a peak at my beautiful daughter who is usually sleeping away against my chest. It's amazing how such a traditional method of carrying a baby still gets strange looks and raised eyebrows, but it only takes a second of admiring the sleeping infant that is safe, content and secure to see why the Moby Wrap is so incredible. The bond shared between my daughter and I is strong, as I can quickly and easily attend to her needs while still being able to go about MY day. My older son doesn't feel left out because I am able to be there for him 100% knowing that my infant is most comfortable snuggled close to mom. I don't know what I would do without my Moby Wrap...
This review was submitted by Kathleen Kim of Toronto, Ontario (Canada) who loves to show off her daughter snuggled in her Moby Wrap while traveling around town. Learn more!
We honestly believe that every parent with a new baby on the scene should have a baby carrier. The Moby Wrap makes it possible for anyone to have the freedom and flexibility a high-quality, well-fitting baby carrier can offer and an economical price. This is one baby necessity that will be loved and well-used in any family.
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Skeptical at first, now I'm sold Review by Kristen
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I looked at these before baby came along, but I thought they were a bit ridiculous. Well I learned my lesson. After baby came I discovered just how much he needs to be held during all hours of the day, and if I was ever going to manage to do anything (including eat or nap myself), I would have to figure something out. I tried a sling, but I found that after an extended period I became uncomfortable with it pulling on only one shoulder (though baby was cozy). I finally gave in and tried a wrap style carrier. I started out by 'making' my own - fortunately I had a long piece of t-shirt material in my sewing bin. It quickly became clear that he loved it, but my home-made attempts wouldn't really cut it. I considered getting better fabric from the shop, but realized by the time I did that I was just as well of buying a proper one.Would you recommend this product to a friend? Without hesitation!
And I am so glad I did! The fabric is perfect - sturdy but just enough stretch. It is finished nicely on the edges, and tapered to make it easy to tie. It is comfortable for me, hugging my back and shoulders beautifully. And baby loves it, falling asleep tucked in with mommy. It is a little hot for me on the hottest days of summer, but baby doesn't seem to mind. It is also great for keeping him upright after eating because he sometimes has trouble with gas and this gets all the bubbles out as I move around. It is easy to take places, can be rolled up in a bag no problem. And when he's in it I can move around, sit down, even lie down for a nap, and baby is content. This will get a lot of use, and I will certainly recommend it to any new or expecting moms I meet. (Posted on 7/13/10)
An excellent option for carrying babies from newborn to about three or four months Review by Rebecca
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I bought the Moby Wrap for my second child and could not have been happier. My daughter loved being carried in the Moby Wrap, and she happily took her naps in it as well. My baby was a bit colicky, and being wrapped up close to me calmed her. Most significant for me, perhaps, was the fact that I could nurse her in it while sitting or even while walking. This is especially helpful when you have another child to look after. When my daughter was small (under three months), I opted for the Moby Wrap over a number of other carriers I had, including the baby bjorn, the Ergo, and the Hotsling. By the time she got to be about three or four months, I found that my back began to hurt if I carried her for too long, and I switched to the Ergo carrier. It is possible to use the Moby Wrap for bigger children by strapping them to your back, but this always seemed a little cumbersome to me.Would you recommend this product to a friend? Without hesitation!
The Moby Wrap does take a little time to get used to, but I found that after a couple of weeks, I could put it on very quickly. Generally, I think that there are few better carrying options for an infant.
A message from the bynature.ca family:
For safety reasons, we do not recommend using a stretchy wrap carrier for back-carrying. (Posted on 7/2/10)
Great newborn wrap Review by CINDY
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The Moby Wrap is a soft wrap that is excellent for newborns. It has a bit of a learning curve but is a great wrap to learn on. At first it might feel awkward but before you know it, you'll be wrapping tightly and comfortably in mere minutes.Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes
However the con is definitely for people with big babies like me. Since mine have all been 9-10 lbs, I found the stretch in the fabric to make me feel baby's weight sooner than a wrap without stretch. It is great until about 18 lbs (which for me is just a few months), and then I tend to move onto another babywearing tool like a woven wrap. But for some people with smaller or slower gaining babies, 18 lbs could easily last a long long time comfortably! (Posted on 1/3/11)
Not ideal if you're short on time Review by Shelagh
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I love the quality and versatility of the Moby wrap, and if you take the time to practice it's not that hard to get used to putting it on. What it IS, unfortunately, is time consuming, and when your baby is shrieking sometimes you don't want to stand around for several minutes putting on your baby carrier. Mine got much less use than I thought it would because of that. Either my fussy baby would already be crying and I couldn't take the time to get the wrap on, or I'd have put it on to go somewhere and the baby would decide he didn't want to be carried like that and I'd have wasted the time.Would you recommend this product to a friend? In the right circumstance.
For a more relaxed baby or one who loves to be carried/held close I think it would be great, but it didn't work out for us as well as I'd hoped.
The other con the Moby has is that because it's so long it's difficult to put on outside without dragging the ends on the ground and getting them dirty. (Posted on 6/30/10)
Most comfortable wrap I've tried Review by Nicole
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I bought myself one of these wraps for my third baby and love it. I especially liked it when he was a newborn because he snuggled into it really well and I didn't have to worry about his head flopping around. Every time we went for a walk he would just fall asleep. Now that he's a little older I wrap him facing out (which uses the same wrapping technique) and he really likes that too. The Moby Wrap really spreads the weight across the shoulders and back so it's pretty easy on your body.Would you recommend this product to a friend? Without hesitation!
All the Moby Wrap comes with is an instruction booklet so I found it a little confusing to figure out, but once I had the main wrap technique down that's all I needed to learn. I also don't like how much fabric it is, I'm not a very big person so it wraps and wraps around me, plus if I try to put it on outside the ends always drag on the ground.
Overall though I do really like the Moby wrap, it is the most comfortable wrap by far. (Posted on 7/5/10)
Perfect for the early days Review by Nikki
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I loved my Moby when my daughter was under 10 lbs or so. She was so cozy, all snuggled up on my chest. I found the stretchy wrap to be the perfect introduction to wraps because you can "pop" baby in and out, unlike woven wraps - it makes the wrapping process a little less daunting.
I'm expecting #2 and can't wait to snuggle the little one in my Moby again.
Another commenter mentioned that the ends drag on the ground when you're getting the wrap on. I found it easier to tie the wrap on before I left the house, even under my coat in the winter, and then just "pop" baby in when we got where we were going. Voila - no muddy ends!
One caveat: In my opinion it's not safe to wear a baby on your back in a stretchy wrap, no matter what the Moby instructions say. It's just too unstable. If you want to do a back carry, I recommend a woven wrap. And lots of practice with a spotter or over a soft couch or bed! (Posted on 1/4/11)
We only got a few weeks out of it, but it was good for those few weeks Review by Michelle
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We tried a Moby wrap first, and initially, it worked well. It does take a while to get the hang of the wrap, but it wasn't too steep a learning curve. It kept my baby high enough so that my c-section scar wasn't bothered, which was nice, especially early on.Would you recommend this product to a friend? In the right circumstance.
However, I had a big kid (almost 10 lbs at birth, and he gained fast) so by 2 months, this was getting harder to use - it needed constant adjusting, usually just as the boy fell asleep, which would wake him up. I think it's just the nature of stretchy wraps, based on what I've heard from others. (Posted on 1/4/11)
Ok, but not for me! Review by Momtolila
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My baby liked the Moby wrap for the first few weeks...at first she seemed very comfy in there, and she has had a few great naps in it. Unfortunately, I wasn't that crazy about it! Although I'd read many reviews that said it wasn't that hard to wrap, and I watched YouTube videos showing how...I found the wrapping to be a bit of a pain. It would be impossible to do anywhere that you didn't want the 15 feet of material to touch the floor, such as a parking lot, or shopping mall. I also found that it was difficult to wear over even a tank top! It was constantly bunching up and getting out of place on my shoulders. I could wear it with just a bra, but how useful is that for walks in the park? Also try to settle a squirmy baby in it! These days, now that she is much more awake, my baby only wants to be placed in it when she is already pretty sleepy and calm. I might try it again when she's a little older and I can have her legs hang out. Honestly though, its probably not worth all the hassle for me. (Posted on 5/16/12)


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Minnesota wins College and 4-H contests at North American
Minnesota wins College and 4-H contests at North American
Anchored by high individuals in both contests, the University of Minnesota and Minnesota 4-H won their respective contests by 23 and 32 points respectively at the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Ky.
The Golden Gopher team was paced Karen Anderson who was last year's high individual in the National 4-H Contest. She finished with 701 points or a 46.73 on 10 placings and 5 sets of reasons. Teammate Caitlin Durow finished second with a 45.5-point average. Elizabeth Olson joined this duo to win the reasons competition. Anderson was first in reasons, averaging 47.2 on five sets with Olson placing third and Durow finishing fifth. The team easily outpaced the second place team by a 24-point margin. As a team, Minnesota won the Guernsey, Holstein, and Jersey breeds. Finishing second in the contest was Penn State. Leading the Nittany Lions was Hannah Wentworth and Philip Bachman who were third and fourth. There were 17 teams in the contest.
University of Minnesota Team with coach Les Hansen
In the 4-H contest, Erin Daninger paced her team with a 45-point average on ten classes and three sets of reasons. Teammate Isaac Salfter placed sixth. Minnesota won the Holstein and Guernsey breed competition. In second, was the team from Wisconsin; they were lead by Trent Styczinski who finished second. Maryland's Lizzie Davis won the reasons with a 46.7 average. She finished fourth overall and helped pace her Maryland team to a third place finish, just one point behind Wisconsin. There were 24 teams in the contest.
Modesto won the Post-Secondary competition with four teammates in the top nine. Leading the team was Karessa Mann, second; Christine Hobby, seventh; Jennifer Weststeyn, eighth; Monica Soares, ninth. With contestants finishing fourth, sixth, and eleventh. Ohio ATI finished only four points behind the winning team. Leading the team was Ty Etgen, fourth, and Jeneva Auble, sixth. Winning high individual honors was Casey Arlig. She topped the second place contestant by 27 points. Arlig also won the reasons competition with a 46.4 average.


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Transition cows need more than just a separate pen during this time of weakened immune response.
by Abby (Huibregtse) Bauer, Hoard's Dairyman Associate Editor
On dairy farms, we tend to group our animals in an attempt to offer more specialized care. For example, some farms will have separate housing for their dry cows and transition cows (defined as 21 days prior to and 21 days after calving).
The transition period is a time of great change in hormonal profile, feed intake, nutrient requirements, metabolism and energy balance. These changes dramatically affect immune function. Unfortunately, even when we try to house these cows in special groups, limitations in facilities or management can further aggravate the weakened immune system.
Ricardo Chebel, D.V.M., University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, shared a paper titled, "Transition Cow Grouping Strategy Effects on Cow Health." According to Chebel, four areas for consideration when grouping transition cows are as follows:
Separation of prepartum heifers and cows
First-lactation heifers perform better when they are housed alone rather than with multiparous cows. In work done by Grant and Albright in 1995, first-lactation heifers ate more, ate more frequently, had more lying time and produced more milk when housed alone rather than with older cows.
Chebel recommends separating primiparous cows from mature cows for at least 21 days before and 21 days after calving with an 80 percent stocking density rate.
Do not overstock prepartum cows
For cattle of any age or stage of lactation, limited space or access to feed exacerbate aggressive or submissive behaviors. Two studies conducted at the University of British Columbia found that limited bunk space and less space per cow resulted in decreased overall feed intake, faster rate of feed intake, fewer meals per day, more feed sorting, more standing time and a higher rate of displacement from the feeding area. To read more about this study, take a look at our May 22 HD Notebook blog Avoid overstocking in the transition period.
Other studies echoed these results. Therefore, the current recommendation is one headlock, 30 inches of bunk space and 3 inches of water trough space per cow.
Limit social disruptions
Small studies done at the University of British Columbia have found that social interruptions cause reduced feeding time, greater rate of displacement from feedbunk and stalls, and reduced milk yields on days of regrouping.
Although there is no definitive answer, data collected by Grant and Albright (1995) estimated it may take 3 to 14 days for a group to re-establish stability after regrouping. This can be especially difficult in transition cow pens if cows are coming and going almost daily.
Achieve appropriate body condition score (BCS) at dry-off
Immune function at calving is impacted by dry matter intake, or more specifically reduced dry matter intake. In fact, past studies have found that dry matter intake during the last 21 days of gestation declines more in cows that are obese (BCS of 4.4 or greater) than in thin (BCS 2.8 or less).
Research from Chebel and others showed that BCS in excess of 3.25 at dry-off increased the risk of BCS loss during the dry period, and a BCS of 4.0 or greater at dry-off resulted in almost a 100 percent likelihood for BCS loss during the dry period. They found this also upped the incidence of postpartum diseases.
The author is an associate editor and covers animal health, dairy housing and equipment, and nutrient management. She grew up on a dairy farm near Plymouth, Wis., and previously served as a University of Wisconsin agricultural extension agent. She received a master's degree from North Carolina State University and a bachelor's from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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IBM Chief Patent Counsel
IBM congratulates the White House and the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) for recently announced Executive Actions relating to crowdsourcing prior art and more ro-bust technical training and expertise for patent examiners. IBM supports these initiatives to improve patent examination quality.
As members of the public and patentees, we all should have an interest in improving patent examination, and thus patent quality. We should favor correct examination at the outset rather than trying to address a wrongly granted patent after issuance – when both the burden of proving invalidity and the cost of doing so are higher and the public has already expended considerable resources avoiding infringement.
For 21 consecutive years, IBM has been the leading recipient of US patents and, through-out this period, we have consistently supported efforts to advance and enable robust pat-ent examination. We organized the Peer to Patent pilot project, in conjunction with New York Law School and the USPTO that demonstrated the feasibility of crowdsourcing prior art, and was particularly effective at identifying non-patent technical literature. We promoted the third-party submission of prior art provisions of the America Invents Act to enable the benefits of crowdsourcing prior art to become part of the examination process for all patents. In addition, we have for several decades published technical journals and documentation — including the IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin — that are among the non-patent technical literature most widely cited by patent examiners during patent ex-amination. Finally, we have long cooperated with the USPTO in providing technical education for patent examiners and we will continue to do so.
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Celia O'Dell of Allen cheered her entry, "Downtown Duck" which won its heat in the Rubber Duck Derby held at the Don Rodenbaugh Natatorium in Allen.
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