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1. DESKTOP MAPPING: A TOOL FOR IMPROVING SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING ANALYSIS AND CUSTOMER PROSPECTING Ronald S. Rubin, University of Central Florida ABSTRACT customer share and expand the market trade area. However, the challenge to date, given today's Moderately priced personal computer based tight budgets and a highly competitive spatial analysis systems consisting of linked environment, it is more important than ever for database, spreadsheet, and desktop mapping/GIS small businesses to maximize their resources: programs can now more effectively turn consumer eliminate customers and prospects who are and census data into useful information. This unlikely to respond and focus only on high paper describes the operation of one such system – priority prospects, analyze sales activities, plot Microsoft Map – a module embedded in key demographic data, deploy sales efforts Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet. Excel's data- efficiently and effectively within realistic and mapping capabilities let you plot spreadsheets on workable trade areas that accurately reflect both thematic maps, making it easier to see company needs and the realities of the relationships in your data. This paper implements marketplace and competition. a systematic approach for applying consumer data This paper will present an emerging and spatial marketing techniques to a small application of a Geographic Information System business, a photo studio, for trade area growth and (GIS) to help meet these small business customer mining. Spotting points and densities of challenges-and others. Desktop mapping solutions sales for the sampled customers provide a can take the guess work out of data analysis foundation for understanding the spatial extent of because they present new relationships and trends the customer base. For the small business, the in an accessible and attractive format. The paper mapping exercise identified purchasing patterns utilizes a case study approach for a small for their services, showing those areas were major photography studio to illustrate how effective customers reside. Using those areas identified for customer analysis and prospecting can be their services, the company can begin to plan their undertaken using a PC based, easy to use GIS strategy to tap into those markets and hopefully system embedded within Microsoft Excel. increase their sales. It is important to note that Excel's mapping abilities provide a powerful and Why Desktop Mapping? fertile new ground for data analysis experimentation. Small business manager's use of Desktop mapping offers an innovative spreadsheet analysis, combined with the enhanced approach to data analysis and decision making for presentation mapping feature, enable the small the small business manager. Desktop mapping businessperson to conduct analyses with even uses the geographic component in most business greater detail. data to visually illustrate relationships between various sources of information. According to Introduction MapInfo, one of the leading vendors of desktop software, nearly 90 percent of all business Small businesses have for years thought that, communications involves location data that can be as long as they had the right location, the mapped (Phelps, 1997). By allowing users to customers would come to them. But today's analyze and visually compare data such as competitive environment, waiting for the customer customer locations, population trends, and is not always enough. Increasingly, small geographic boundaries, desktop mapping brings businesses must find new ways to reach their patterns and trends to life that might otherwise go customers, realizing that doing so can increase unnoticed in data.
Geocoding and a visual component, critical relationships between companies and their customers or The heart of a GIS are the "engines" that competition go unnoticed or unexplored manage spatial databases. GIS allow new large- (MapInfo, 1996). scale databases to be geocoded. The ability to enhance these databases with additional Data Files information is particularly important. Geocoding is Raw Data the process of assigning latitude and longitude Processed Data coordinates to data (Harder, 1997). Most business data contains a geographic component, such as an Data Input address or a ZIP code, and a geocoder simply Graphic Output codifies that component to allow spatial analysis or Monitor Printer visual display of the information on a map. For, Excel Spreadsheet Program example, consider a list of customers whose name Data Analysis and addresses are known. A GIS can geo-code those customers onto a computer map of that city. Excel Mapping Module A small business can then locate each customer with a dot on the map. If the amount of money each customer spends were also known, customers would be represented by dots sized according to Figure 1. GIS Coupled Program that amount. In short, GIS can sort and present any part of a geocoded database. The value of the Therefore, small businesses that implement analysis can be increased by adding information desktop mapping solutions can benefit from easier such as average household income in various areas data access and sharing, more informed and of the city. timely decision making, increased productivity, and better use of resources. At the Core, a Database Mapping Software Overview In its present form, GIS technology integrates spatial modeling, database management, and Until recently, GIS software tended to be computer graphics in a hardware/software system expense ($1,000 and up). Many of these packages for managing and manipulating geographic data required geographic and GIS expertise, and were (Berry, 1987; Koshkariov, et. Al., 1989; Smith, et not particularly user friendly. That has changed. al., 1987). Typical GIS software, therefore, will Now low-priced ($150-$400) GIS packages are provide the mechanisms to capture, encode, edit, available from a variety of specialty software analyze, and display spatial data organized as map developers (Rubin and West, 1999, p.6). Among layers in a GIS database (Burrough, 1986). In these entry-level GIS packages are BusinessMAP effect, these functions are characterized as the four PRO, from Environmental Systems Research major components of a GIS: data input, data Institute (ESRI); MapLinx's MapLinx Express analysis, data management, and data output and Professional; Microsoft's MapPoint 2002; (Aronoff, 1989; Star and Estes, 1990). Figure 1 and MapInfo's Desktop. diagrams the relationship between the software and In addition to the mapping software that usually data in this setup. includes databases of boundary maps, off-the- While, databases suit the storage and management shelf GIS packages often supply some of information, busy small business managers demographic data. They may include population spend a great deal of time trying to make sense out density by location, population by age, and other of the rows and columns of reports and similar public census information. Most also offer spreadsheets. Because this process lacks precision additional map and demographic databases as
options and accept third party demographic spreadsheet presentation and, more importantly, databases. Many can import proprietary user data, of performance tracking of geographically based such as customer and prospect information (Rubin results. and West, 1999, pp. 6-7). Some companies, such Any small business trying to survive in today's as Geographic Data Technology and Claritas, business climate seeks to operate as effectively as specialize in developing highly accurate and possible in a highly competitive environment. refined geographic databases and licensing them to Analyzing pertinent market data and then GIS and other software application developers. displaying it in an easy-to-comprehend map can They also sell these databases directly to end users provide a competitive edge. Market analysis and to incorporate into GIS application software that representation with visual maps are a giant leap in they use. the evolution of spreadsheet technology. Among the applications that include GIS features are the Windows 95/97/2000 version of A Small Business Case Study Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet, which though the mapping module lets you create maps from A local small photography studio presented us database information in a spreadsheet as easily as with a unique set of problems. The studio has you can produce bar and pie charts from the same been in business for two years. It began as a data. Microsoft Excel's mapping feature is a scaled residential fine portrait photographer's studio; down version of MapInfo, one of today's best- however, in May of 2000, it relocated to a known geographic information systems professional office suite located in a shopping applications. Although Microsoft Map lacks plaza. The owners believe they have three main several of MapInfo's advanced features, its competitive advantages. First, they have a mentor strength lies in its ease of use and it does do an in the form of a very successful photographer. admirable job for basic mapping. The easiest This mentor has guided the business into an software to use is the software you already know. exceptionally well organized, proven business Since many small business manager's already model. know how to use Microsoft Excel, they already Successful strategic alliances represent the know almost everything they need to know to second competitive advantage. Until recently make a map with Microsoft Map. The best feature these alliances have been mainly with OB/GYN of Microsoft Map is its easy-to-use dialog boxes physicians. The alliance entailed the physicians that make defining chart and thematic maps easy. giving their patients gift certificates for a baby Whenever you need a map, Microsoft Map is ready photo sitting. The parents would receive a free 11 to use immediately. Microsoft Map is inside your x 14 photograph from that session with no other spreadsheet, so the ability to map your data is there obligation to the studio. This alliance gave the when you need it. You simply choose a Microsoft physicians an opportunity to give a gift to their Excel spreadsheet or Microsoft Access table, and patients, and at no cost to them. At the same time Microsoft Map automatically creates a map for it introduced the photography studio to new you. Then you customize it to suit your needs just parents. The owners expanded the scope of this by dragging and dropping various map features. program to include other partners such as banks The new capabilities allow a fairly large number of and high-end auto dealers. features to be customized to meet managers' needs. The owners indicated they have the ability to As examples, you can color code states by sales to quickly establish a bond with their clients. They see whether sales regions are meeting their goals, demonstrate a genuine concern for the clients and or you could plot demographic data such as communicate a desire to please. They believe this median income or population on a map to help combined with their uncommon attention to detail form marketing goals. This moves spreadsheet sets them apart from the competition and thus users forward from using the standard bar and pie represents a third competitive advantage. charts. They are revolutionizing the area of
The owners define their target market in very streets; provides a fixed hierarchy of areas; is easy broad terms. Basically people with incomes greater to handle by computer (in a GIS). the $50,000, with at least one child of any age are Today, U.S. Five-digit ZIP codes are widely eligible. They also believe their potential clients used in business and marketing applications probably live in more affluent areas, and range in (Jones and Pearce, 1999). Figure 2 shows a age from the mid 20's to the mid 50's. Fortunately detailed map of the study area broken into ZIP the owners were astute enough to invest in an code boundaries. These ZIP code areas will be excellent ACT2000 database which gave us an referred to later in identifying the appropriate opportunity to analyze the collected data. spatial categories developed from the maps. U.S. The photo studio uses a Point-of-Sale (POS) Five-digit ZIP codes are widely used in business computer system that captures customer and marketing applications. A complete map file information and maintains it in their database. The of these ZIP code boundaries is included in an database, with over eight hundred data records, add-in used in this project, First Map, created by which includes customer names, addresses, and Wessex (http://www.wessex.com), for use with purchase history, provided an abundance of data Microsoft Excel's map feature. This add-in gives for the mapping project. you the opportunity to further your understanding The photo studio's owners think they of the map's functionality by allowing you to understand the basic demographics of a examine your data at a more detailed level. The photography prospect, but it wants to more add-in, if needed, also includes county and census accurately define its best customers - and identify track boundaries and census information, such as, potential customers. age, gender, race, household income, employ- ment, and industry. Mapping Expedition Customer Spotting Data Used to Understand the Best Customers The first step in analyzing the data was to One type of data that can help companies better display all sampled customers by ZIP code. This understand their customers are actual transaction was accomplished through a customer spotting or response information. It is better than survey routine. The process took the geocoded customers information because it tells a company what people and applied the latitude and longitude coordinates are doing rather than what they say they are doing. to display them as points in each ZIP code area. It reflects actual customer history, which is a Figure 3 shows the distribution of sampled further reflection of a company's distribution, customers. The map clearly shows that the photo marketing, sales, brand image, et cetera. To studio's customers are located in several key ZIP illustrate the capabilities of desktop mapping, the code areas which make up their primary trade photo studio is a good example of applying such area. advances in technology to a small business. Trade Area Revealed Customer Trade Area Trade area analysis provides a means of In recent years, much effort has been put into determining the performance of a store in relation creating detailed spatial databases. For this to the geographical area in which it operates. Thus purpose, ZIP code maps are becoming more it constitutes a vital element of store assessment popular. Raper et al. (1992, pp. 26-7) name a research (Davies and Rogers, 1984). The resulting number of advantages of using postal code areas as customer-spotting map is used as a base map for an entity for research. Most important advantages trade area analysis (Kohsaka, 1992). Customer are that the system: covers a whole country; is spotting facilitates the delineation of the primary maintained by one organization; is linked to a trade area and the subsequent evaluation of mailing address; is linked to the 'perceived penetration rates within it (Jones and Simmions, structure of geography', such as buildings and 1990). The addition of Zip code boundaries to the
map was of particular interest to the owners of the shows the median household income level for photo studio because it revealed that 45 percent of each of the ZIP codes within the photo studio's the sampled customers came from one of twelve trade area. An initial analysis of the map indicates ZIP codes (32707, 32709, 32714, 32746, 32765, that eight ZIP code areas have a median 32792, 32708, 32817, 32822, 32825, 32828, and household income level greater than $50,000 34761) – a trade area considerably smaller than (32708, 32746, 32750,32765, 32779, 32819, had previously assumed. 32836 and 32837) which was the photo studio's Until this time, the photo studio had been original target market income level. Further concentrating its promotional efforts covering a analysis reveals that four areas (32708, 32746, much wider area. The owners will now consider 32765 and 32779) of seven ZIP code areas that restricting its promotional efforts to several of the had the greatest sales success (from Figure 4) twelve ZIP code areas delineated by the mapping appear on the new map consisting of eight analysis. affluent ZIP code areas. That leaves four remaining ZIP code areas of high household Customer Revenue incomes that may be prospective clients (32750, The next step was to determine the revenue 32819, 32836 and 32837). Now that we know generated by the clients by their ZIP code. Figure 4 about the near concentration of affluent shows the revenue categories generated by the GIS households, the photo studio owner's are now map. Once again, higher revenue figures were able to quantify their success potential in the new generated in several key ZIP code areas (32708, markets, estimate revenue potential, and more 32746 32752, 32765, 32779, 32792, and 32803). efficiently reach the new prospective customers By viewing the geographic information of who are most likely to respond and purchase customers (from the spotting map), along with the photo services. variable total revenue, the owners of the photo studio can begin to make decisions on where their Summary and Conclusions promotional efforts can be most efficiently spent to elicit the best response (32765 and 32793 ZIP Demographic data has long been available to codes). help small businesses understand their markets. However, geographic data is the last missing The Art of Prospecting for Customers piece in the information chain that can lead to an The photo studio's goal is to recruit new improved understanding of a company's cust- customers that will be profitable to their business. omers, sales, and productivity. It can contribute Arthur Hughes (2000), author of Strategic significantly to increased revenues, lower costs, Database Marketing, writes about "…finding and higher profits. To date, the use of geographic prospects that match the profile of profitable information systems in small business have only customers, resulting in expanding the customer scratched the surface of possible applications. The base in a cost-effective way." Let's take a brief evolution of personal computing hardware and look at how the photo studio can expand their software have created the potential for personal customer base by following Hughes' logic. We can computer based demographic data analysis to be a generally infer that higher income influence higher much more effective tool for spatial analysis. spending habits. More economic resources equate Spreadsheets, once the domain of number to higher levels of discretionary spending. crunchers, have become a useful tool for Therefore, we first have to find an income profile performing a variety of tasks, including data for the appropriate ZIP code areas representing the mapping capabilities. Given today's competitive photo studio's trade area. IDS On-the-Web, using environment, the growth of niche markets, and the data provided by CACI (CACI, 2000) offers free emergence of online marketing, desktop mapping ZIP code reports which presented an incredibly has become an indispensable information rich data source for local area analysis. Figure 5 management ally because it gives rise to operating
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Adelaide, South Australia—Rising Sun Pictures (RSP) and Flinders University today announce the completion of their inaugural ten-week training program in visual effects. Students from across Australia participated in the high-quality, work-integrated postgraduate program, enhancing their creative and practical skills in a professional production environment.Students spent time at the RSP Studio where supervisors guided them in developing skills in rotoscoping, camera tracking, match-moving and compositing whilst utilising high-quality training materials from a variety of feature films. The students undertook a live-action film shoot and used that material to develop work for their demo reels. Additionally, lectures and tutorials given by representatives from all RSP departments helped students understand the workings of the roles within a VFX company. The program provides students with a number of practical benefits, including: • increased employability • entry level skills in rotoscoping, plate preparation, camera tracking, match-moving and junior compositing • the experience of working on feature film-quality material with real-world tasks and problems • time management and troubleshooting skills while focusing on iterative deliveries • university qualifications - aligning with one of Australia's great universities • experience in working in a production environment - deadlines, teamwork, quality control, delivering to a client • demystify industry and roles - better understanding of career pathways and roles • the opportunity to interact with industry professionals and form links with the industry • improve portfolio and demo reels "We are pleased to have created this opportunity with Flinders to improve student career pathways and assist in training students in entry-level skills," said RSP Managing Director Wayne Lewis. "We are providing students with the experience they need to work in a high-paced production environment." "Flinders University has a long history of innovating in education," added Course Coordinator Theodor Wyeld. "Our collaboration with Rising Sun Pictures is part of an ongoing program to improve the quality of education opportunities that the university provides students." The second training round is now accepting applicants. Interested parties are invited to visit flinders.rsp.com.au to find out more information and submit an application. About Rising Sun Pictures: Rising Sun Pictures is a passionate team of artists, producers and technicians, known globally for providing complex feature film visual. RSP boasts a filmography of over 100 films, with such titles as Prometheus, The Hunger Games, Harry Potter series, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Gravity, The Great Gatsby, The Seventh Son and The Wolverine. http://www.rsp.com.au About Flinders University: Flinders University enjoys a well-justified reputation for its excellence in teaching and research. It has a long-standing commitment to enhancing educational opportunities for all and a proud record of community engagement. http://www.flinders.edu.au/
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SkyCity remains interested in continuing negotiations over a $350 million convention centre despite a report slating officials and ministers.
SkyCity chief executive Nigel Morrison confirmed the position today.
"We remain willing to invest up to $350 million to develop, own and operate the New Zealand International Convention Centre, provided acceptable returns can be delivered on the total project,'' Morrison said in a statement.
The comment came after the report by Deputy Auditor-General Phillippa Smith into the negotiations was released.
The report raised concerns about the lack of documentation and analysis for the procurement process.
There was too much focus on the politics and commercial interest and not enough on proper process, Smith's report said.
"Although decisions were made on the merits of the different proposals, we do not consider that the evaluation process was transparent or even handed."
Meetings with between the Government and SkyCity were "materially different in quantity and kind" to those between the Government and other parties.
"The practical effect was that officials worked closely with SkyCity as it put together a detailed proposal from the broad outline that was initially submitted in response to the expression of interest request."
Meanwhile, other parties were told decisions had been delayed.
The report said the process under which the Government sought for expressions of interest for a convention centre in early 2010 had been "poorly planned and executed. Insufficient attention was given to planning and management of the process as a whole, so that risks were not adequately addressed and managed".
The report found that the SkyCity gambling facilities provided a "unique means of funding" the capital costs of a convention centre, avoiding the need for substantial central government funding, and that the Government was entitled to select it.
"During this inquiry, we have not heard any comment to suggest that other submitters did not understand the reasons why the Government might prefer the SkyCity proposal.
"The Government is entitled to decide, as it has, to negotiate directly with SkyCity for a concessions based agreement. The Government will be accountable in the usual way to Parliament and the public for those policy choices."
Prime Minister John Key said earlier his government is "totally vindicated" by the report.
But Key said anyone expecting details of a "cosy sort of little deal" would be disappointed by the report.
"[Of] course we're totally vindicated in the report," he told Radio New Zealand.
Last year, after seeing a draft report, he said he was not losing any sleep over it.
The deal was put on ice while the Government awaited to report. Negotiations would now get underway again, Key said.
"We'd like to agree a deal if we can in the foreseeable future and get on with it."
Labour leader David Shearer remained opposed to the deal with SkyCity, saying any deal on a convention centre must be done in the open and look at multiple bidders.
If the report said the process was fine he would still object to the deal which would build the centre "on the backs of problem gamblers", he said this morning.
"It's ultimately pulling money out of people's pockets, because they're gambling, and putting it into a convention centre, I think we could be above that in New Zealand."
Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei last April sought the investigation into the deal, which would extend SkyCity's gaming licence and allow it to install more pokie machines.
In return, it would build the convention centre, close to the Sky Tower in Auckland, with no cash contribution from the taxpayer.
"I raised concerns about the fairness and adequacy of the process, especially given SkyCity was offered a law change that gave it more pokies in exchange for building the centre, and the deal didn't appear to consider the huge social and financial costs of increased gambling," Turei said last year.
In 2010, the Government called for expressions of interest in building the convention centre and in June 2011 said it was in exclusive negotiations with SkyCity.
Key said yesterday that the centre was important for New Zealand and would bring in tourist dollars.
The auditor-general's report looked at the overall process for seeking and assessing proposals as well as the adequacy of the assessment of likely costs and benefits.
A senior government source said there had been a difference of opinion inside the auditor-general's office about the final conclusion.
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As the baby boom population has aged, menopause has moved from a topic that women were often ashamed to talk about to one that is now widely discussed. What still hasn't changed, however, is the idea that menopause is a "disease" that results from "estrogen deficiency" that must be treated.
Menopause is not a "deficiency state." Women are not returned to pre-menopause by taking estrogen. Yet the term hormone replacement therapy carries the connotation that certain levels of estrogen are "normal" and that anything less is a deficiency that must be addressed and replaced. The term hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is an annoying misnomer. It really should be called hormone therapy.
Another falsehood is the idea that the reason women need hormone "replacement" therapy is that we were not intended to live past our reproductive years and thus were never meant to go through menopause. Of course women were meant to outlive their reproductive capabilities. Women have always done so, and there have always been roles for menopausal women in most societies. These women were never told they had a disease, and they were never treated for one.
We become aware that something is going on with our bodies during perimenopause, which is basically the reverse of puberty. It's during this time that a woman's hormone levels are changing, preparing for the ultimate switch to the lower levels that will bring reproductive years to an end. Perimenopause typically takes between three to six years; then the body settles into a menopausal state.
Menopause marks the end of a woman's periods and the end of ovulation. But it doesn't mark the end of estrogen production, as we once thought. Instead, in most women, the ovaries don't stop functioning when menopause occurs; they continue to produce the estrogen precursors testosterone and androstenedione as well as a small amount of estrogen.
The Biology of Perimenopause and Menopause
A woman can enter menopause one of three ways: naturally, by simply living long enough; surgically, by having her ovaries removed; and chemically, through chemotherapy or drugs used to stop ovarian functioning.
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Natural menopause: Technically defined as a year from a woman's last period. Women who have passed this point are referred to as postmenopausal; they can no longer get pregnant.
Surgical menopause: Removal of the ovaries may be recommended as a breast cancer treatment, or to reduce breast cancer risk in women who carry a BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic mutation, or may accompany a hysterectomy or treatment for ovarian cancer. Menopause comes instantly when both ovaries are removed. Because estrogen levels drop suddenly, symptoms are usually immediate and more intense than those of natural menopause. Even when a woman lacks ovaries, her body can still make hormones. Her fat and adrenal glands may produce very small levels of estrogen as well as testosterone and androstenedione, which are converted by fat, muscle, and breast tissue into estrogen.
Chemical menopause: Chemotherapy often causes amenorrhea (the absence of menstruation). Whether a woman's periods return is directly linked to her age. Older women are less likely to have their periods return than are younger women. A pre-menopausal woman's breast cancer treatment may also include a hormone that puts her into temporary menopause by suppressing ovarian functioning and decreasing estrogen levels. The drugs most commonly used for this purpose are goserelin (brand name Zoladex), leuprolide (brand name Lupron), and triptorelin (brand name Trelstar).
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Cecelia was born May 10, 1909, in Mount Horeb, Wis., the daughter of John and Addie (Sessing) Zimmerman. She grew up in the Madison, Wis., area. On Nov. 14, 1933, she married Gloy L. Bennett. They lived in St. Paul until 1944 and then in Lanesboro, where they owned a Coast-to-Coast store and later Bennett's Dress Shop and Shoe Repair until their retirement in 1974. Her husband died March 9, 1975. Mrs. Bennett moved to Preston in 1976. She was a member of St. Columban Catholic Church in Preston and a former member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Lanesboro, the Lanesboro VFW Auxiliary and Lanesboro Businessmen's Association. Survivors include two stepsons, Enoch (Gail) Bennett of California and Howard Bennett of Mankato; 14 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; 22 great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Elmer Zimmerman of Fort Atkinson, Wis.; and a sister, Edna Zimmerman of Madison. She was preceded in death by a stepdaughter and a great-great-grandson. A funeral Mass was held July 3, 2003 at St. Columban Catholic Church in Preston, with the Revs. Thomas Loomis and Russell Scepaniak officiating. Burial was in St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery in Lanesboro. Thauwald Funeral Home in Preston was in charge of arrangements.


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Smoke Glacken's star sprinter Delaunay swept past Trinniberg at the head of the stretch and drew off to a four-length victory in the $443,600 Churchill Downs S. (Grade 2) May 4 at Churchill Downs.
The victory, the sixth in a row for Delaunay, was worth $264,031 and improved his career earnings to $803,486, with a record of 39-14-8-3. It was the first graded stakes victory for the 6-year-old bay.
Trinniberg, winner of the 2012 Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1), led the field through fractions of :22.29 and :44.86 with Delaunay just a half-length behind. Turning for home, jockey Rosie Napravnik turned Delaunay loose, and the race was over in a matter of seconds. Delaunay cruised home to cover the seven furlongs on the sloppy main track in 1:22.35.
"The post position was great. He broke sharp. He's such a cool horse. He'll do whatever you ask him," said Napravnik. "He's very speedy and he'll relax if you need him to. He's just a very fast horse. Since Tom's (Amoss) had him, he's really come around. The track wasn't a problem at all for him. He's got a good record on wet tracks. We weren't worried about that."
"Today was a really overpowering performance. I think you'd have a lot of doubt not calling him the best sprinter in the country after today," said winning trainer Tom Amoss.
Delauney topped a big weekend for Smoke Glacken at Churchill Downs over Kentucky Derby weekend. On Friday, On Fire Baby turned in a top-class performance only to lose the $300,000 La Troienne S. (G2) by a nose. The 4-year-old filly won the $500,000 Apple Blossom S. at Oaklawn Park on April 12. The graded stakes-winning duo has had a big part in boosting Smoke Glacken's progeny earning total to over $1.5 million in 2013.
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Low estrogen levels
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Posted 21 January 2010 - 07:51 AM
Good morning all,
I have just come back from my second scan and I have a few questions.
This is our third cycle. First cycle we got one totally crap quality egg. Second cycle was cancelled due to poor response. And this cycle looks like it is heading the same way.
I'm on Gonal-F 450iu and started jabbing on day one.
Apparently my estrogen levels are way too low. They were so low (unfortunately I don't know the exact level) that he didn't even bother to scan me today. I had more bloods done today.
I have been stimming for 8 days now. On day 6 I had a scan, and there was possible 1-2 follies there, but he couldn't really tell as they were so small and my bowel was a bit too full.
He keeps talking about having to "catch the wave". He said we have missed it again this month. He thought by starting me stimming from CD1 that we might catch it, but he said we haven't. I don't quite understand his analogy.
I am going back for a scan on Sat morning. I'm frustrated I didn't get a scan today, now I have to wait until Sat to find out whats going on. I am going to call the rooms after lunch to see whats happened to my estrogen levels. I will ask then what they were two days ago and what they are today. Hopefully someone here can tell me if they are looking better.
I know its only early days, but I'm really upset. I was super super positive this cycle (as I haven't been that positive for the others) and now its been ripped out from under my feet. I guess the higher you go, the further you have to fall. And the landing hurts.
I feel so let down by my body.
Thanks for listening.
Posted 21 January 2010 - 10:14 AM
oh gee im sorry to hear of your rough trot!! that sounds so frustrating!!! io really hope they can sort it out!!!
it would be good if someone comes in with a similar situation and has a positive outcome!!!!!
good luck and i hope things improve soon!!!!
Posted 21 January 2010 - 10:39 AM
oh Puddycat I'm so sorry to hear this. Don't give up hope yet though - some people take longer to stim than others and that can be ok.
He keeps talking about having to "catch the wave". He said we have missed it again this month. He thought by starting me stimming from CD1 that we might catch it, but he said we haven't. I don't quite understand his analogy.
When your doc says he wants to 'catch the wave' he means he wants to hitch your artificial FSH dose onto the naturally occurring rise in the first few days of your cycle - he may even try giving you luteal FSH next time.
I really hope you have a better report after your next scan. I know how awful you must be feeling.
Posted 21 January 2010 - 02:50 PM
Thanks for the replies.
Pudelina - your a gem. I will print that out and digest it tonight (Im at work at the moment).
I called the FS and was told that my levels have increased, but Im not sure if its by enough. The nurse said that my levels on Tuesday were 169 (CD6) and they were 254 (CD8) today. Apparently the FS said they were "sort-of OK" for someone who doesn't produce very many eggs.
Can anyone shed any light on what the E2 levels are meant to be at this stage? How low are mine?
Thanks heaps.
Posted 21 January 2010 - 03:47 PM
hi well at leats u are improving! thats good right?!?!
for me, this epu my e2 was 7000. last tiem it was 2000. i think they like 200 (was it?) about per mature follie?!
aha, found this. u might find it interesting?!!?!
good luck for the rest of this cycle!
Posted 21 January 2010 - 05:31 PM
They want to see an E2 level of about 800/mature follicle for it to actually conatin an egg. With my body (i was classed as a poor responder too) my E2 would normally stay low and then jump very dramatically in only a few days so dont loose hope yet.
If E2 is a big problem for you maybe you want to do some research on estrogen priming cycles (done a lot in the USA) and maybe this is an option for you. I have read a lot of your posts and personally I don't get the feeling that your fs is a good match for you imo. I'd give him one or two more cycles then find someone else if it was me. Hopefully you'll have success before then
Posted 22 January 2010 - 01:53 PM
Hi Puddycat
Just a quick email today as work is super busy, I hope to email more over the weekend.
Unfortunately I know how you feel, I have low estrogen levels this cycle too and am feeling really let down by my body. It's got to be my worse cycle so far.
I had a blood test done on CD4 my estrogen levels were 43, I was told not good and my cycle would most possibly be cancelled but to keep up the drugs and come back on CD6. CD6 being today showed my estorgen has raised to 114 so they want me to keep going with drugs and come back Monday for another blood test to decide from there. In my other cycles from memory m last blood test before EPU usually shows estrogen levels at 9000.
If my levels don't rise much I am going to ask them to either cancel or change my cycle to an IUI. I too was trying to be positive about this cycle also as I have been taking DHEA for 5 months and was hoping it was going to make all the difference.
Thanks Pundelina for the info and graphics …quot; I will have a good look over the weekend
Edited by JFE, 22 January 2010 - 01:54 PM.
Posted 27 January 2010 - 05:18 PM
Well for once its good news! I appear to have had a last minute rise in my E2 levels. I'm so excited!
They went from 169 to 254 to 490 (Friday) and then 2407 today. There are three follies (not very big though - ranging from 10-18mm) on one ovary and five really small (i.e. wont be viable) on the other ovary. So thats fantastic news. EPU is Friday. I know that I cant get my hopes up too high - as those follies are still small and may not contain a mature egg. But I'm still pretty happy to have made it this far.
The FS is also happy that there has been a response from both ovaries this time.
Earth Angel - I agree with you. I am not sure if the FS and I are a good match. He is meant to be one of the best in the field and all the nurses rave about him (not his personality or his bedside manner - just his ability to get people their BFP. I really don't know what to do. I was with another clinic, and I didn't like the FS, so I changed clinics and went to a mainstream one. Everyone recommended this FS to me. He is always in the journals and media as he is meant to be so good. Agghjhh...Its so hard! I don't know what to do. I cant keep changing clinics/FS. How do you know if you are a good "fit" with your FS?? Thanks for the info that its about 800 per mature egg. That fits in nicely with my numbers from today.
JFE - How are you going? Have your levels risen? I cant change to an IUI as we have pretty bad MFI issues.
Posted 30 January 2010 - 12:25 PM
I am ecstatic to report we got three eggs yesterday (two good ones and one really dodgy one). The two good ones fertilised overnight but they didn't bother with the third - it wasn't good enough to attempt fertilisation. Find out early Monday morning if they are behaving themselves nicely and dividing as they should. Transfer will be late Monday morning.
In regards to the estrogen issues, I am going to change my diet. I have done a lot of Google research and there are lots of foods out there that can increase estrogen. Luckily for me they are all vegetables - and I'm a vegetarian. There are also a lot of foods (also vegetables) that inhibit estrogen, so I will have to remove some of them from my diet (which is a shame, as some of them are my favorites - such as corn and broccoli which we grow in our garden). Regardless of if this cycle works or not I am going to do the change in diet, as a lot of the other symptoms they list also affect me (I had no idea!). So maybe this will end up in being a benefit for not only my fertility but also my overall health.
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