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Reaching out to volunteers
20 March 2008
by Simon Teasdale
The government's current enthusiasm for volunteering has led to a plethora of initiatives designed to increase participation among different groups: the elderly, young people, and those deemed at risk of social exclusion. Indeed, one of its stated targets is: "To increase voluntary and community engagement, especially amongst those at risk of social exclusion." This means black and minority ethnic groups (BME), people with a disability or limiting, long-term illness (LLI), and those with no formal qualifications.
The Institute for Volunteering Research at Volunteering England and the National Centre for Social Research have been looking at the figures behind the targets in a study, Helping Out. This is the most in-depth and comprehensive study of volunteering and charitable giving ever undertaken in England. Today sees the launch of a research bulletin examining previously unpublished figures from the survey on volunteering and giving behaviour, particularly among those deemed at risk of social exclusion.
The figures suggest that volunteering among these groups has not increased over the last year. Although there appeared to be an increase in participation among black respondents, this was more than compensated for by a fall in participation among those with a long-term illness. Findings for other ethnic groups and those with no qualifications are more ambiguous.
Where do at risk groups volunteer?
Closer analysis revealed some interesting findings relating to the volunteering behaviour of at risk groups who were under-represented in the public sector – it would seem that the Cabinet Office targets have not trickled down to the lower rungs of the welfare state. Groups at risk of social exclusion were notably absent in the fields of sport, education and conservation. As we move closer to the London 2012 Olympics, it is worrying that the ethnic profile of the volunteers supporting sport at a grassroots level is not likely to be representative of our competing athletes.
Other fields would appear to be more inclusive in their involvement of volunteers. For example, those with a long-term illness were over-represented in health organisations, and in local community groups. It may be that this represents the self-help end of the volunteering spectrum. Alternatively, it may be that organisations in the field of health are likely to prove more accommodating to volunteers with health problems.
This tendency for groups at risk of exclusion to become involved in roles aimed at helping others in a similar situation is supported elsewhere. BME respondents were twice as likely as those not at risk of exclusion to be involved in overseas aid, and disaster relief volunteering. For some this may represent a commitment to their countries of origin.
Black people were the only at risk group to be over-represented in organising and running events. Other at risk groups were under-represented in similar managerial and organisational type roles. Asian people, and those with a LLI were particularly unlikely to be involved as committee members.
Why don't at risk groups volunteer?
At risk groups were more likely to perceive a threat to personal safety, or being out of pocket as a barrier to volunteering. The latter is of particular concern, as only 7% of volunteers had all their expenses reimbursed. For those on low incomes, not being able to claim expenses would exclude them from participating. Organisations should reimburse expenses as a matter of routine to ensure that people are not financially penalised for volunteering.
When asked what would make it easier to get involved in volunteering, the most popular response for groups at risk of exclusion was "nothing". This might suggest that new initiatives to encourage volunteering have a limited chance of success without incorporating the views of target groups in their design.
Implications for policymakers
To help meet its target, the government should persuade the public sector to open up volunteering opportunities to excluded groups – a case Baroness Julia Neuberger makes in her recently published report, Volunteering in the Public Services: Heath and Social Care.
The government may be able to help create an environment in which volunteering can flourish. However, much of the responsibility should rest with those volunteer-involving organisations in all sectors who fail to include volunteers in all their diversity. Research undertaken by disability charity Scope in 2005 found that one in three disabled volunteers have been discouraged from volunteering, or treated less favourably because of their impairment.
It may be that at risk groups excluded from mainstream volunteering are pushed or pulled into self-help and mutual aid activities. This often results in closer social bonds within these groups and can act as a safety net. However, if volunteering is to provide a route out of exclusion, bridges need to be built between excluded volunteers and mainstream organisations.
At risk groups were particularly under-represented in more skilled volunteering roles. Perhaps policy initiatives might focus on volunteering as a way of learning new skills. In turn, organisations involved in any policy initiative should be encouraged to involve newly skilled volunteers in an organisational capacity.
Finally, any initiative aimed at encouraging the socially excluded to volunteer should focus on improving the quality of opportunities available and providing support for those who need it most. Volunteering is not a panacea and should be seen as just one of many ways of encouraging social inclusion, not a cheap cure for all our social ills.


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Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is engaged!
PEOPLE has learned that Kimmel, 44, popped the question to girlfriend Molly McNearney, 34, while vacationing in South Africa's Kruger National Park.
Kimmel's rep confirmed the news but declined to offer additional details.
Kimmel, the host of ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and McNearney, a co-head writer on the show, started dating in 2009.
"After Jimmy and Sarah [Silverman] broke up, Molly and Jimmy both found themselves single, and they clicked," a source told PEOPLE at the time. "They're really happy together."
It will be the second marriage for Kimmel, who is slated to host the upcoming Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 23, and the first for McNearney.
Jimmy Kimmel Is Engaged to Molly McNearney
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When Microsoft first announced the Zune
HD, one of the things that left many of us scratching our heads was
the fact that the portable media device wouldn't
launch with a 64GB option. At the time, it was well hypothesized
that the third generation iPod touch would ship with such an option
-- it
did -- leaving Microsoft without an effective counterpunch.
Six months after the Zune
HD launch, it now appears that Microsoft is finally getting
around to adding a 64GB model to its Zune HD lineup. Engadget
got word that a link to the 64GB model has been added to the
Zune website. However, the link is currently not active meaning
that Microsoft probably isn't quite ready to make an official
Current MSRPs for the 16GB and 32GB
Zune HDs are $219 and $289 respectively, although retailers like
Amazon.com have them listed for a low $169
and $239
respectively. For comparison, Apple's 32GB and 64GB third generation
iPod touch models feature MSRPs of $299 ($258)
and $399 ($343).
Microsoft's Zune HD features an NVIDIA
Tegra HD processor, 480x272 OLED display, 720p video output, and an
HD radio receiver.
quote: Because they have been slow to release a product world wide? As a consumer, I have every right to complain. :)
quote: Oh please, Australia is one of the most Laissez-faire capitalistic countries in the world. (Means Industry's are relatively free from state intervention).
quote: And we have several products locally here that are not available else-where or aren't as prevalent, like Vegemite and the Holden Commodore, and Aussie rules footy'.
quote: I know in self-centered fantasy land, where you apparently live, real world considerations don't get a second thought. But maybe, just MAYBE, there is a limit to just how fast a new product can be produced in bulk for the entire planet?
quote: Yeah until someone tries bringing something INTO Australia. Research your own country.
quote: Ok, instead of conceding I made a point, you deflect it with this meaningless response. Has NOTHING to do with the topic.
quote: As a consumer, I have every right to complain. :)
quote: Ok Steve. You're a child throwing a fit because you aren't having your way. That's what your OP and this whole thread boils down to. This:
quote: Yes, we get that. But what you don't get or care about, is that there are more considerations going on in business than your needs and wants. Sorry, that's life.
quote: p.s what's stopping you from E-baying or Amazon'ing one online by the way ? OH that's right ! Australia, a titan of capitalism and trade according to you, doesn't have Amazon.com !
quote: All I want is the Zune, and I wanted it here years ago, not years later (And still waiting).
quote: Whaa. WHAAAAA !!! *hands Steve tissues*
quote: Anyway jokes aside, aren't you too busy wrestling crocodiles and stuff to be worried about an MP3 player ?


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Californian sends a warning for W.Va.
July 20, 2013
Editor: I am a former Elkins resident, and a graduate of Elkins High School and Davis & Elkins College....
Aww....it appears the facts and truth are hurting the liberal 'feewings' of some democrats. Boo-hoo.
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Obama doing what he promised. Obama so loves the poor.....he's creating millions more.
Get ready to vote these left wing nuts of commies out or suffer unaffordable utility bills that will "Quadruple" as Obama himself told you they would!!!
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Oh don't worry.....I know LOTS of WV voters who no longer support the left wing SOCIALIST turned party of nuts!! We are NOT going to allow them to make our utility bills "quadruple" as Obama himself promised to do with the democrats help.
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"There's only one person in this whole world like you," Fred Rogers liked to say on his long-running children's TV show. But now the difficult task begins of finding someone just like Mr. Rogers – or who can at least capture his essence – for an upcoming biopic.
A film about Rogers, who died in 2003 at age 74, is in the works at Treehouse Pictures based on a script by Alexis Jolly, a staff writer on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Deadline.com reports.
"His keen ability to find the good in anyone, or anything, will make for a truly inspiring cinematic experience," producer Justin Nappi says of the film, which is expected to be called A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
We've offered a few ideas below. Let us know who you would choose, or tell us in the comments.


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The Oscar countdown has begun. The 85th annual Academy Awards ceremony will be televised starting at 8 p.m. Sunday on ABC. So that leaves you less than 48 hours to catch up on your movies. If you haven't seen any of the nine films nominated for best picture, let us help. Here's a guide to many of the places where you can see the films and a refresher on what our critics had to say.
Cast: Emmanuelle Riva, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Isabelle Huppert and Alexandre Tharaud.
Director: Michael Haneke.
Story: A devoted elderly couple faces the terrifying consequences of mortality.
Capsule review: "Devastating. One of the unquestionably great films of 2012 but also one of its most surprising. Who would expect such heart-rending empathy from the Austrian film director who has put some of the most contemptible movies of the past decade on screen? If you have a heart – or ever had one – this film will tear it apart." ∆∆∆∆ (Jeff Simon)
Now playing: Dipson Amherst, Eastern Hills.
Cast: Ben Affleck, John Goodman, Bryan Cranston and Alan Arkin.
Director: Ben Affleck.
Story: Based on the true story of Americans smuggled out of Iran during the Iran hostage crisis by CIA operatives posing as a film crew.
Capsule review: "You may want to applaud some of this. Or pump a fist in residual patriotism (which depends on neither party or aesthetics). It's that exciting, suspenseful and even witty at times. It's also that well-made by an actor – Affleck – proving himself to be every bit as capable a director as the Clooneys, Redfords, Beattys and De Niros of this world. It's a terrific evening for grown-ups at the movies. But for all that you may want something more from a star and director who was, perhaps, so eager to be true to those his story is about that he passed up some rich movie possibilities." ∆∆∆ø (Jeff Simon)
Now playing: North Park, Regal Quaker Crossing, Transit Regal and Walden Galleria. Also for sale on DVD and Blu-ray, plus for rent or sale through Time Warner, DirectTV, FiOS, iTunes, Amazon Instant.
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Cast: Quvenzhane Wallis and Dwight Henry.
Director: Benh Zeitlin.
Story: Magic realist fable about a 6-year-old in an impoverished Louisiana area whose ailing father tries to toughen her up for life without him.
Capsule review: "It isn't a heartbreaker, it's a heart-wrecker. Once Wallis insinuates her adorable self into your affections, you're toast. The movie will have its way with you and her plight will make a soggy hash of the sympathies of any parent in the audience. An enormous number of tiny-budgeted indie movies like this are made in America. It's our good fortune when one escapes the festival circuit into audience love, the way this one has." ∆∆∆ø (Jeff Simon)
Now playing: Available on DVD and Blu-ray; also through Netflix, Redbox and Amazon Instant. On demand at Time Warner, DirectTV, Dish and FiOS.
"Django Unchained"
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz and Samuel L. Jackson.
Director: Quentin Tarantino.
Story: A freed slave joins with a bounty hunter to track down his wife, who is owned by a brutal plantation owner.
Capsule review: "Tarantino's long-awaited slavery epic is a disaster and a waste of time, talent and money that is not just the larger-than-life director's worst feature, but 2012's most crushing cinematic disappointment. The cast is fine, but the 165-minute film gets old and dull, and it adds nothing to our understanding of slavery. Tarantino is a masterful filmmaker – one of the world's finest – but falls victim to his worst tendencies." ∆∆ (Christopher Schobert)
Now playing: Regal Quaker Crossing, Transit Regal and Walden Galleria.
"Les Misérables"
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried.
Director: Tom Hooper
The story: Huge adaptation of the international smash-hit musical based on Victor Hugo's masterpiece about suffering, penance and guilt in post-Revolutionary France.
Capsule: "How much prestige can a poor film carry and still remain standing? You find out soon enough in Hooper's hugely awaited film from the international smash-hit musical version of Victor Hugo's 'Les Misérables.' Somewhere around the first hour, I began to think 'you know, this might have been a terrific film without all the bloody singing.' Which, of course, isn't the point at all." ∆∆ø (Jeff Simon)
Now playing: Regal Quaker Crossing and Transit Regal.
"Life of Pi"
Cast: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan and Adil Hussain.
Director: Ang Lee.
Story: A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery.
Capsule review: "However tempting it is to fling words like 'miracle' and 'awe' around, let's stick with 'visionary masterpiece' and see where that gets us as cinema develops in the next few years. It is, in the most literal and complete sense, wonderful, i.e. full of wonders. For the littler ones, though, such a crash course in the cruelties of nature's 'food chain' may be awfully rough." ∆∆∆∆ (Jeff Simon)
Now playing: Elmwood Regal, Regal Quaker Crossing and Transit Regal. Available to buy via iTunes.
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, James Spader and Gloria Reuben.
Director: Steven Spielberg.
Story: Acclaimed film about the 16th president's final struggles to pass a constitutional amendment abolishing slavery.
Capsule review: "Seldom do movies yearn for greatness more openly than this one. Seldom, too, do they have the ingredients for greatness so openly within them. Spielberg's film comes within a whisker of its ambitions. Day-Lewis, though, as Lincoln, fulfills them completely. A great film performance likely to remain in people's heads." ∆∆∆ø (Jeff Simon)
Now playing: Quaker Crossing and Transit Regal.
"Silver Linings Playbook"
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro.
Director: David O. Russell
Story: After a stint in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and meets a mysterious girl with problems of her own.
Capsule: "It may not sound particularly sensitive but in the world of director Russell, screwball comedy has to involve real screwballs. So both halves of the unusual couple who get together here after their own breakdowns and experiences with pharmacological maintenance are woefully unstable until they find each other. It's Lawrence's film, as good as Cooper is. More charming and lovable than annoying but still annoying as can be at times." ∆∆∆ (Jeff Simon)
Now playing: Aurora Theatre, Dipson Amherst, Elmwood Regal, Flix, Hamburg Palace Theatre, Market Arcade, Regal Quaker Crossing, Transit Regal and Walden Galleria.
"Zero Dark Thirty"
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton and Jason Clarke.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow.
Story: Controversial tale of the 10-year struggle of a CIA analyst to find Osama bin Laden.
Capsule: "Not only the most important film of 2012, but a unique film in American film history, in which we, in our theater seats, are by far the film's most important character. All our customary moral high ground has been taken away in this riveting thriller. Which means scenes of torture and apparently gratuitous 'collateral damage' are disturbing in a unique way. Ultimately, it's a great film even in the highest film company." ∆∆∆∆ (Jeff Simon)
Now playing: Elmwood Regal, Regal Quaker Crossing and Transit Regal.


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No. 13 Men's Volleyball Travels to No. 10 Lewis
MUNCIE, Ind. – The No. 13 Ball State men's volleyball team travels to No. 10 Lewis for a Saturday night match that will begin at 8 p.m. ET. The Cardinals are coming off a 3-1 loss to the No. 1 Loyola Ramblers Thursday evening. Saturday night's match will be broadcasted live on 91.3 WCRD.
Scouting Ball State
The Cardinals (7-4, 3-1 MIVA) snapped its six-match winning streak at the hands over the league-leading Loyola Ramblers. Sophomore Marcin Niemczewski led the offense with 16 kills while senior Larry Wrather got under a season-high 11 digs on the night. The match was the first time in school history that Ball State has hosted two No. 1 teams in the same season. BSU has hosted then-No. 1 UC Irvine (Jan. 4) before welcoming the No. 1 Loyola Ramblers Thursday evening.
The Cardinals are ranked seventh in the country in blocking with a 2.88 average led by MIVA Defensive Player of the Week Matt Leske who has a 1.41 blocks per set average.
Sophomore Marcin Niemczewski leads the offense for Ball State with a MIVA-best 3.67 kills per set average. Seniors Matt Leske and Kevin Owens head up the block for Ball State with 1.41 and 0.95 blocks per set, respectively.
Scouting Lewis
The Flyers (9-4, 1-2 MIVA) are coming off a loss to IPFW on Thursday evening (25-22, 25-23, 22-25, 18-25, 15-12). Geoff Powell had a tremendous night for Lewis registering 24 kills of a .375 hitting percentage (24-6-48) to go with seven digs and three blocks. Greg Petty and Bobby Walsh also tallied double-digit kills for the Flyers with 14 and 13 kills, respectively.
Series with Lewis
Ball State holds a 29-20 advantage in the series against Lewis that dates back to the 1994 season. The teams split their matchups last season with each squad earning a victory on their home court.
Big Crowd for No. 1 Loyola
The match against. No. 1 Loyola on Feb. 20 was the third-highest attended match in school history with 2,693 in attendance. The largest crowd at Worthen Arena to watch a Ball State men's volleyball match was on Jan. 17, 2009 when 3,729 came out to watch then-No. 4 Stanford.
Leske Earns Defensive Player of the Week - Feb. 18
Senior middle attacker Matt Leske led the blocking unit in wins against conference opponents Quincy and Lindenwood to extend Ball State's winning streak to six matches. He collected 11 total blocks in the two contests.
Record Watching
Senior setter Graham McIlvaine moved to sixth in program history after his 35 assists performance against Lindenwood on Feb. 15. Heading into Saturday's match McIlvaine has 2,357 career assists. The senior passed Jeff Robertson (1997-2000) who finished his career with 2,313 assists.


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When the University of Hartford was incorporated just over 50 years ago by business and community leaders, they envisioned a center of education and culture for Greater Hartford. At its core, it would be a university for the community created by the community.
The University has come a long way since its humble beginnings on Hartford's last remaining farm, evolving from a local school for commuters into a comprehensive university that attracts students from throughout the world. Yet it remains true to its original mission of serving as a valued resource for individuals, families, businesses, and communities throughout the Hartford region, offering hundreds of programs that serve the University and its neighbors every day. For over 45 years listener supported WWUH has served an important role in the University's community service mission.
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Former WWUH announcer Tom Goehring, a highly regarded jazz trumpeter, has just released his debut recording as a leader, "A Reflected Journey." He'll be interviewed by Chuck Obuchowski and Doug Maine during Tuesday Morning Jazz, Out Here & Beyond September 17 at 10 a.m.
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This week on New World Notes: radio program #289, September 17, 2013, from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m., host Kenneth Dowst looks at the hysteria about chemical-weapons use in Syria.


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on May 21, 2013 - 4:25 PM
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A chocolate Lab – badly burned and near death after a Buffalo house fire – has begun to perk up and eat hot dogs and dog food. But her medical bills are mounting.
"She just started showing some signs of life when we presented her with peanut butter," said Gina M. Browning, director of public relations for the SPCA Serving Erie County. "Quite frankly, we didn't know if she would make it through the weekend."
The Labrador retriever named Rocsi – pronounced Roxy – got caught in a fire on Eagle Street almost three weeks ago while visiting the house of a dog friend, who also managed to get out, Browning said.
The dogs and adults and children fled the house in the early morning of May 2. Browning was told that cats and a small dog did not survive.
Until last week, Rocsi's owner was able to pay medical bills. Last Wednesday, the woman brought her pet to the SPCA because she could no longer afford the extensive care required.
"The dog was literally covered in open wounds," Browning said.
Continuing to treat Rocsi could cost thousands of dollars, and the SPCA hopes to cover the expense with contributions. Those who would like to help by donating money, medicine or bandages should visit www.yourspca.org or call 629-3523.
"We have to give this dog a chance when it looked like she had the will to survive," Browning said.
However, if Rocsi's condition deteriorates, the SPCA will not try to prolong her life.
"We're not going to let her suffer," Browning said. "We are a humane society."
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Former Gov. Mark Sanford and state Rep. Peter McCoy of James Island have filed for the 1st Congressional District, bringing the total number of Republican candidates to 13.
On the Democratic side, educator Bobbie Rose, who lost her bid for the seat last November, also filed, bringing that party's field to three.
The seat became vacant when Tim Scott was appointed a U.S. senator, and Republican and Democratic voters will go to the polls March 19 to chose their candidate. Runoffs will be held on April 2 if no one gets more than 50 percent of that vote.
Other Republican candidates include Goose Creek businessman Jeff King, state Rep. Chip Limehouse of Charleston, Sullivan's Island businessman Keith Blandford, state Sen. Larry Grooms of Bonneau, Tim Larkin, former Charleston County Councilman Curtis Bostic, former state Sen. John Kuhn, former Dorchester County Sheriff Ray Nash, state Rep. Andy Patrick, R-Hilton Head Island, Charleston teacher Teddy Turner and former Charleston County School Board member Elizabeth Moffly.
The Democrats include Rose, Clemson Restoration Institute development director Elizabeth Colbert-Busch and Charleston businessman Martin Skelly.
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Dax Shepard: Guys Should Be Happy I'm Engaged to Kristen Bell
Take his fiancée of more than two years, for instance. "If Brad Pitt gets Kristen Bell, it's like, 'Well, of course he did,' " says Shepard, 37.
"With me, it should be, 'Oh good, a normal-looking guy got her. Maybe I'll get me a Kristen Bell.' But guys hate my guts for always dating women I have no right to be with."
Speaking to Playboy for its October issue, the funnyman answers 20 questions that express his views on everything from his relationships with women such as Bell and Kate Hudson – to which he attributes his "being funny and a good dancer" – to his bromance with Burt Reynolds ("I love that man").
Regarding Bell, 32, he says: "Kristen's a good girl. She grew up very Christian, went straight to college, did great in school and started work immediately. She's charitable and philanthropic and rescues dogs."
As a result, he says, "All the things I'd done were terrifying to her, and she had a hard time believing I would ever be able to stay married and monogamous and a father and all those things."
Yes, he says, they did clash: "For the first year and a half we were together that was what we battled over almost weekly."
Pressed on just how wild he was in his past, Shepard says, "Mostly my love was Jack Daniel's and cocaine. I was famous for going out on Thursday night to have a couple of beers, and that just led all the way to Saturday night. I would meet people here and there, and then I'd be in a hotel room with four strangers. ... I lived for going down the rabbit hole of meeting weird people. Of course, come Monday I would be tallying up all the different situations, and each one was progressively more dangerous. I got lucky in that I didn't go to jail."
And now? "I think I have a pretty good handle on my 'isms,' but it takes a long time. Each third or fourth bad thing you give up, you still have to hold on to one. I'm still on nicotine. I still drink gallons of coffee. I'm still super into driving too fast on motorcycles," he says.
"When you're going that fast, you're thinking only about what you're doing in the moment," he says. "It's the closest I could ever get to Deepak or God or something like that."


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A dead-end, usually looped/circular road.
Jim: "How do I get to your place"
Chrissy: "Take 105th street north about 3 blocks. My place is in a cul-de-sac on the right hand side of the street"
Chrissy: "Take 105th street north about 3 blocks. My place is in a cul-de-sac on the right hand side of the street"
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1) Commonly regarded as a road that ends in a sudden, bulbous loop, usually in a subdivision with large, expensive houses
2) A misspelling of "coldy sack"
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1) The Jones family lived in the gray house at the cul de sac.
2) (see definition for coldy sack)
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When you approach a girl in a club, and she disses you before you arrive. Thus you turn right around and go back like driving in a cul-de-sac
Yo man, why did you bitch out?
She gave me the cul-de-sac
She gave me the cul-de-sac
Tin Man 24 tərəfindən 22 İyun 2009
A hairstyle frequently sported by middle aged men, although unintentional in design. No hair on top, but hair all the way around the back and sides.
" Steve's Cul-de-sac is pretty terrible."
Asmoradamordacatastindiculdicar tərəfindən 30 Dekabr 2007
An African American or a black person.
I have some friends that are culdesacs.
Jesse Rich tərəfindən 14 Aprel 2010
A french expression meaning "kill the sack." During the French Revolution, many scrotums were accidentally amputated by the guillotine. These scrotums would then land on some soft cheese and mutate into horrible monsters that would scurry about the streets of France. If you came across one, it would pounce on you and bite your neck, causing you to scream "Kill the sack! Kill the sack!" At that point it was the end of the road for you. Which is why we now use the term cul-de-sac to describe a dead end in the road.
I came to a cul-de-sac and had to turn around.
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A girl at a bar or other drinking establishment who you think you're getting somewhere with, but things unceremoniously end, leaving you alone for the night.
Ron: "Dude, that girl turned out to be a real Cul De Sac. I thought I was getting somewhere and then I just had to turn around."
Tom: "That sucks, bro."
Tom: "That sucks, bro."
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The Selection Show Party at the Brickhouse Grill was really fun. It was nice to see such a good turnout amongst staff, students, and other Stetson affiliates. We really appreciate the support that we are getting and it means a lot to know that the community stands so strongly behind us. We have seen banners and other types of recognition all around downtown DeLand and that is awesome. We can't thank you enough for the support.
The selection show process was nerve racking to say the least. Our team had been on ESPN's women's basketball bracketology so we thought we knew what to expect. When the show started and it got to the Baton Rouge region we just knew that our names would come up pretty soon; however, this was not the case. Instead, we were one of the last teams to find out where we were going and who we were playing. Everyone was a nervous wreck the entire time because we just wanted to know who we played and the anticipation of waiting to find out was becoming a bit overwhelming. It was almost like ESPN was teasing us. Every time a school was called and every commercial break I had knots in my stomach from waiting.
Seeing Stetson's name finally come up on the TV was an amazing feeling, especially as a #14 seed. Since we had to wait so long to find out who we played all expectations were thrown out the window. At that point we just wanted to know and it didn't matter who they said we would play. We definitely were not expecting to be placed as high as a #14 seed. This is the highest we have ever been placed going into the NCAA tournament and we are extremely grateful.
Going to the NCAA tournament for the second time in three years is a really big deal and I'm glad that some of the team knows what to expect because they were a part of the original group that went two years ago. I'm also proud that our underclassmen on the team will get to experience it. There is no better experience in college basketball. It's been a long hard road to get where we are now, sometimes feeling like we were fighting an uphill battle. All of the adversity that we experienced and battled through is paying off. We are closer than ever as a team and I know that any of my teammates will do whatever it takes win. I think it's really important that we can go into the tournament with this type of trust with one another so I am really looking forward to Saturday.


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If anyone needed proof that it doesn't take much to make gas prices jump, here it is: Reuters reports that world oil prices leaped again today because a Tulsa, Okla., TV station published an erroneous report on its Web site.
The report claimed that a lightning strike had touched off a fire at a Tulsa-area refinery. The managers of the refinery, apparently noting that they were not on fire, promptly extinguished the false report, and the TV station removed it from their site. Not quickly enough, however, to prevent oil traders around the globe from pressing the panic button and sending crude prices spiraling up another 40 cents a barrel.
I find this story disturbing on several levels:
Interesting to note, a very similiar incident occured just two weeks ago when a fake email was published on Engadget, subsequently sinking the Apple stock price.
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Dr. Mak is a world-renowned researcher who in 1984 identified the T cell Receptor gene. T-cells are the body's defense cells, which help fight viral infections, "Helper" T-cells possess receptors that can identify viruses, and signal "killer" T-cells to attack. Dr. Mak's discovery was an enormous breakthrough in the understanding of the body's immune system. Since that time Dr. Mak has devoted himself to curing cancer. His approach is to understand the mechanisms that keep cancer cells alive and then target these mechanisms to kill the cancer cells. He has made many groundbreaking discoveries in this field. His talk will focus on this work.
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When one is having sex doggy style man pulls out and ejaculates in his hand. Then the man throws the sperm on the woman's back and says "BAM! Kick it up a notch!" As Emril the chef would say.
Dude, I video taped me giving Chris's mom the emril last night.
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Alec Baldwin is done with Twitter – and maybe even acting.
Deleting his Twitter account after lashing out at a British journalist who claimed Baldwin's wife, Hilaria, was Tweeting during James Gandolfini's funeral – Baldwin later apologized for the remarks – the Blue Jasmine actor defended his decision to forgo the social media service to Vanity Fair on Monday.
"I went to Jimmy Gandolfini's funeral, and when I was there I realized Jimmy Gandolfini didn't have Twitter. Jimmy Gandolfini was so beloved as a person, and he was so admired as an actor, and he didn't give a f–– about social media," Baldwin, 55, explained.
He continued, "I really learned a lesson at the funeral. I said to myself, This is all a waste of time. Meaning it's fun sometimes, but less and less, and less. It's just another chink in your armor for people to come and kill you. I stopped and said to myself, I'm going to try where I just don't do this anymore."
With a baby on the way – Baldwin is also dad to 17-year-old aspiring model Ireland Basinger Baldwin with ex-wife Kim Basinger – Twitter might just be the first step in Baldwin's desire to lead a more private life.
"I'm having a baby. And everyone has seen how certain things have played out with my daughter, which as been very painful – it's been really unpleasant. That has consequences, and I do not want that to happen with my next child. I have one dream in my life and that is that this daughter I'm having – she comes to me about seven or eight years from now, she has a friend, and she's at her house and she says, 'Daddy, Susie's mom says you used to be on TV. Daddy, is that true?' " he said. "She has no knowledge of me as a public person. That would be heaven for me."
When asked if this meant he was quitting acting, Baldwin replied, "That would be the greatest thing in the world."
But while he would "love to" say goodbye to show business, he added, "if I could find something else to do."
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Aims Community College students Carrie Frederickson and Daniel Ruiz were honored at the Phi Theta Kappa All-Colorado Academic Team Luncheon and Recognition Ceremony in Denver this month.
Frederickson and Ruiz, nominated by Aims staff, each submitted a competitive essay to Phi Theta Kappa. Out of all the submissions, they were the two students selected to represent Aims on March 13 at the state level with other Colorado community college students. They each received a backpack filled with giveaways, as well as scholarship offers from Regis University and Johnson & Wales University, according to an Aims Community College news release.
Aims President Marsi Liddell and several other Congressional Representatives attended the ceremony.
Frederickson and Ruiz also will be honored at the Aims Phi Theta Kappa awards ceremony in May.
Phi Theta Kappa is the largest honor society in higher education in the United States. It recognizes the academic achievement of two-year college students and provides opportunities for individual growth and development through honors, leadership and services.
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The Greeley-Evans Pieceable Friends Quilt Guild donated quilts to a boy and girl born on National Quilting Day at North Colorado Medical Center.
As a community service project, the group also donates about 60 to 100 quilts it makes each year to the Weld County Health Department teen parenting classes. Members also make pads for the NCMC neonatal intensive care unit, according to a North Colorado Medical Center news release.
Recipients of this year's quilts were Jennifer , daughter of Romana Quechol and Gerardo Lopez , and Lincoln , son of Natalie and Justin Boyd . Both were born March 17, which is National Quilting Day.
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None of these books are new, they've been around for years and they've been considered by many to be the best personal finance books out there. The topics they cover will vary and their approaches will be sometimes very different, but each has value and as a student of personal finance they all have something to offer to a reader. Many of these books will sound familiar and I challenge you to make an argument that one of these books shouldn't be on a list like this.
General Personal Finance
[3]You can't describe this category without listing the book I consider to be the defining book in this cateogry – The Richest Man in Babylon by George Clason [4]. This book was written in the 1920's and is a fiction story that teaches simple personal finance lessons. It's a tiny little book that you could probably read in less than two hours and the lessons it teaches are simple. There are several other books that are like this, teaching basic personal finance concepts, such as The Wealthy Barber by David Chilton [5], but this one was the first and most celebrated.
Another ground-breaking book that deals with general personal finance was The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley and William Danko [6], first published in the 90's. The reason it was ground-breaking was because they showed how many millionaires actually lived. So many of us see the flashy lifestyles of celebrities and sports figures, thinking that's how millionaires live. Stanley and Danko interviewed millionaires and discovered that most do it by spending less than they earn and by being smart with their money. When this book was released, it really surprised some people and I think it was exactly the type of wake-up call people needed (and still need today!).
Finally, the last cornerstone book in general personal finance has to be Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin [7]. This book is lauded by many a personal finance blogger and it's very popular because it helps you re-examine your priorities. Instead of living to work, they help you re-prioritize so that you're working to live. If you do feel like you're trapped in the constant struggle between working, bills, and expenses, this book can certainly help you sort everything out.
Bonus book: A book that I haven't read yet but is also well recommended is Napolean Hill's Think and Grow Rich [8], which also happens to be free and in the public domain. I haven't read it yet, doing so now, but it was written during the Great Depression so it might be helpful during our economic malaise.
Managing Debt
I haven't read it but so many people have told me about Dave Ramsey's The Total Money Makeover [9]. I've been very fortunate never to have fallen into the credit card debt hole but after I wrote my post about how Dave Ramsey's Snowball Debt payoff method was brilliant [10], I've gotten several emails from readers telling me it has worked for them when other methods failed. If you are in debt, check out Dave's book (at the library!) because it goes into much more than debt repayment, it's an entire overhaul of your financial life.
If Dave Ramsey hugs you, then Larry Winget slaps you in the face. Depending on which type of motivation you respond you, Larry Winget's You're Broke Because You Want to Be: How to Stop Getting By and Start Getting Ahead [11] is either perfect or will make you feel depressed. While I haven't read Ramsey's book, I have reviewed You're Broke Because You Want to Be [12] and I thought that it was a good book but might be a little too tough. It has a lot of very useful information and it has an answer for any excuse you could possible have about debt.
[13]No list of investing books would have any credibility if it didn't include these two most important texts: Burton Malkiel's A Random Walk Down Wall Street [13] and Benjamin Graham's The Intelligent Investor [14]. The basic gist of A Random Walk is that a blindfolded monkey can select stocks as well as a professional. The random walk refers to the actions individual stocks prices can take in the short term and Malkiel recommends index funds the entire way. Benjamin Graham's The Intelligent Investor, on the other hand, is the seminal text of value investing, where you buy stocks in down and out companies with a long view in mind. If it's any comfort, Warren Buffett was Benjamin Graham's protégé at Columbia University.
I also have to recommend The Little Book series which include several books on investing. They each cover a different part of investing and different scenarios, but they're all written by very accomplished authors and written very well. My favorites are The Little Book of Common Sense Investing [15] by Vanguard's John Bogle, The Little Book That Makes You Rich [16] by quantitative investment expert Louis Navellier, and The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets [17] by Peter Schiff (in part because we are in a roaring bear market).
Finally, I have to give a nod to David Bach's The Automatic Millionaire [18] because it teaches one very important lesson – set it and forget it is one of the most powerful lessons in retirement investment planning. Save in your 401(k) and IRAs by making automatic regular deposits and you'll be happy in retirement.
The Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn [19] is the book on frugality. If you were to ask any frugal blogger for their list of the top three books on saving money and frugality, this book would be in that list with no exceptions. This is also one of the most actionable books on this entire life. When you read a book like the Wealthiest Man in Babylon or the Automatic Millionaire, you come away with solid personal finance information but nothing you can actually do. The Tightwad Gazette is the polar opposite, you can make it through a handful of pages without getting an idea of what you can do to trim. Want a hint of what's inside? Money Saving Mom listed ten painless ways to save $100 [20], pulled from the book.
One of the easiest ways to be more frugal is to simplify your life. One of the easiest ways to simplify your life is to get a book that has over a thousand ways to simplify all aspects of your life – The Joy of Simple Living by Jeff Davidson [21]. This is another one of those extremely actionable books where he goes through room by room by room, giving suggestions on how things could be simpler.
Behavioral Economics
This category isn't one that is often discussed when looking at personal finance books but I think behavioral economics is something we should all be familiar with. Behavioral economics refers to "research on human and social, cognitive and emotional factors to better understand economic decisions by, say, consumers, borrowers, investors, and how they affect market prices, returns and the allocation of resources." The book that introduced me to this type of economics was Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner [22]. I don't really know how to describe Freakonomics other than to say that the authors took a bunch of interesting economics stories that applied to everyday life and tied it together into a book. You'll read about cheating teachers and cheating Sumo wrestlers, you'll read about impact abortion has had on crime, and a dozen other interesting stories that will do nothing but pique your interest for more.
From there, you can't miss two other books that I've read and enjoyed – Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely [23]and The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford [24].
Predictable Irrational seeks to explain why we, as supposedly rational people, make such irrational decisions. The best example is how customers often behave economically irrationally whenever free is introduced to an equation, people often go after the "freebie" or "add-on" when it doesn't make rational sense to do so.
The Undercover Economist is slightly different, it explains, among other things, how you can glean information from situations where you don't think information can be gleaned. The best example I can remember is one where Starbucks began offering fair trade coffee at a higher price. Starbucks charged a higher premium for that coffee than what it agreed to pay for fair trade coffee. In other words, Starbucks was profiting from fair trade (it wasn't simply higher by the net increase in fair trade versus non-fair trade coffee). The information it provided was invaluable in that it identified how likely Starbucks customers were willing to pay more for their coffee – it showed how elastic the price truly was.
Those are the books that I think would make a fantastic library for the personal finance enthusiast. I'm absolutely certain I missed some great books out there, so if you have a favorite that I didn't list, please leave a comment so I can be sure to check it out!


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Pure Lad Banter, banter in its purest form. Teasing amongst lads (friends)
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Lad 1 to Lad 2: "The sea is that way, whale."
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When you mail a postcard that contains a Personalize Universal/Unique Resource Locator (PURL), when the PostCard recipient enters that the URL, they are taken to a Personal URL that contains their name (which was either created beforehand or on-demand - this if popular with companies that deliver cross-media marketing campaigns so they can tract response.
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Jim is a hatass and now all of my hats have shit on them.
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Margaret Forbes of San Antonio was a prominent figure in aquatics, specifically national and international synchronized swimming, for 35 years. She was closely involved in the development of another competitive sport, Team Aerobic Dance, for the Amateur Athletic Union. She wrote and developed the rules and served as national chairman for the first four years of the sports existence.
She served as chairman of the International Committee for U.S. Synchro Swimming and the Synchronized Swimming for National Aquatics Council, and she judged the United States National Team Trials and the U.S. Olympic Trials for many years. In 1973 the San Antonio Express-News named her Sportswoman of the Year.
She is a member of the San Antonio Womens Hall of Fame, the executive board of the San Antonio Sports Foundation, and a member of the South Texas Amateur Athletic Union.
The Cygnets of San Antonio and Margaret Forbes have represented the U.S. and the State of Texas in Czechoslovakia, Mexico, Canada, England, Germany, France and Denmark.
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Welcome to A.I. breeding 101 - a virtual college class held here today! We have come a long way since the 1970s when fixed-time A.I. was first attempted in our industry.
In those days, prostaglandin F2? (PG) was our only tool to induce heats in cows and heifers. It is no wonder that pregnancy outcomes were very poor because we did not know what we know today. The variation in when heat occurs during five days after PG injections is now attributable to our understanding how follicles grow and mature and their relationship to regression of the corpus luteum (CL).
We can now manipulate the estrous cycle very effectively in both cows and heifers. Those who work with dairy producers in an effort to improve the management of reproduction in herds of varying sizes endeavor to teach correct principles so their application will result in more timely pregnancies. Because we hear of some "odd" variations and misapplication of these correct principles, it is important that we review the basics that apply to A.I. breeding of cows.
In my October 10, 2011, column "The ins and outs of synch programs" on page 638, I addressed some of the reasons why and when we use gonadotropin-releasing hormone in these programs. GnRH has many forms: 2 cc of either Cystorelin, Factrel, Fertagyl, or OvaCyst; while PG consists of 2 cc of Estrumate or estroPLAN, or 5 cc of Lutalyse or Prostamate. Let's review how the Ovsynch program relates to what occurs when a cow comes into heat spontaneously.
Natural heat
The figure (upper portion) illustrates events associated with a natural heat. A cow or heifer that comes into heat spontaneously is responding to a complex number of hormonal cues. A maturing follicle (F) in the absence of a functional CL in the ovary produces sufficient estrogen (broken yellow line) to induce behavioral changes in the cow. These include depressed appetite, nervousness, sniffing, butting, chin resting, vaginal mucous discharge, uterine contractions, mounting, and standing heat. As blood estrogen peaks, it triggers release of GnRH from the hypothalamus which, in turn, induces the surge release of the ovulatory hormone, luteinizing hormone (LH, solid red line) from the pituitary gland.
This long, sustained release of LH occurs during 8 to 12 hours and is initiated at or just after the peak in blood estrogen. Estrogen induces heat activity, physiological changes in the reproductive tract, and other behavioral changes. However, it is the LH surge that initiates the chain of functional processes in the mature pre-ovulatory follicle which result in ovulation of one or two follicles in approximately 24 to 32 hours.
Correct timing of insemination of cows in natural heat necessitates that semen placement occur mid- to late-estrus. REMEMBER: timing of ovulation is related to the onset of heat and does not seem to be associated with the duration of heat. Duration of heat is quite variable. It tends to be shorter in cows producing more milk, but considerably longer in replacement heifers than in lactating cows.
Following the time-proven a.m.-p.m. rule of A.I. breeding, inseminations should occur approximately 12 hours after first detected heat. This proven rule of thumb relies on diligent, twice daily observations of all cows eligible for insemination. By adhering to this rule of thumb, semen is placed in the uterine body approximately 12 to 20 hours before ovulation occurs.
During this period, sperm are transported to the junction of the uterine horns and the oviducts, forming a reservoir there while awaiting ovulation of the egg. It is also during this period that sperm undergo physical and biochemical changes that prepare them to fertilize the egg, including capacitation and the acrosomal reaction that is the final preparatory step for fertilization. Note that viability of the sperm is much longer than that of the egg.
Timed A.I.
I have illustrated the Ovsynch timed A.I. program in the bottom portion of the figure. The first part of Ovsynch (GnRH-1 and PG seven days later) generally prepares a new follicle for ovulation after PG. In more than 60 percent of cows, GnRH-1 induces a follicle to ovulate and form a new, or another, CL. Some of the cows have a CL at GnRH-1 (cows having normal estrous cycles), but some may not (anovulatory cows) as shown in the illustration. As a result of GnRH-1, one or more CL may be present in the ovaries at the time of PG injection.
Note the similarities in how the final part of the Ovsynch program aligns with the events described previously for a cow in natural heat. The GnRH-2 injection aligns with the onset of estrus. The GnRH-2 injection's role is to induce the LH surge in the same way that higher estrogen levels were the trigger for the LH surge leading to ovulation in 24 to 32 hours for a cow having a natural heat. Timing of insemination in the Ovsynch program after GnRH-2 is analogous to insemination after the onset of estrus as determined by the a.m.-p.m. rule.
Coordinated events
In summary, for natural or hormone-induced ovulation, spontaneous events or intervening injections are timed properly to maximize the opportunity for fertilization and continued normal pregnancy. Following correct principles leads to success. Much of these guiding principles have been discovered by dedicated scientists engaged in discovery and application research around the world. Let's leave the experimentation to them and profit thereby.


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Drover spent the evening illustrating his various drumming techniques and fielding questions about his musical background, Megadeth, life and Steelers football.
When asked who inspired him to take up the instrument, he claimed that his first love was the 1970s progressive rock group Rush.
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Shawn Drover, drummer for legendary metal band, Megadeth, demonstrates his playing style along with a music track Friday at DP's Music Center in Lewistown.
"Rush was the catalyst. I couldn't believe somebody could play like that. They took me to another place. After Rush, I got into jazz and jazz fusion," said Drover.
During the clinic, Drover played along to a series of classic and obscure Megadeth recordings to demonstrate his open-handed playing style.
Typically, a right-handed drummer will play hi-hat with their left hand and use their left hand to play snare; open-handed drumming is the antithesis of this and is rarely used.
Drover played blistering renditions of some of Megadeth's most brutal, obscure selections, notably "Architecture of Aggression" from 1992's Countdown to Extinction and "Liar" from 1988's So Far, So Good... So What! He also explained and demonstrated how Megadeth songs are composed and recorded in studio by playing with only a guitar, bass and click track to "Set the World Afire."
One fan asked Drover who he considered to be his favorite Megadeth drummer, "It has to be Gar (Samuelson) mainly due to his jazz-fusion elements. His background and technique was a unique mix with speed metal." Samuelson performed on Megadeth's 1985 debut album, Killing Is My Business... and Business is Good! and 1986's metal masterpiece, Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
During the clinic, Drover entertained amusing questions such as, "what makes you so awesome?" and expressed, in a joking manner, how much he loves the Pittsburgh Steelers and despises the Philadelphia Eagles.
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What's the best timed A.I. program?
by Jeff Stevenson
The author is professor of animal sciences at Kansas State University, Manhattan.
There are so many synchronization programs that can be used on my dairy herd. My question for a future Artificial Breeding column is which synchronization program would result in the highest conception rates of cows? C.R., New York
Dairy producers are like other good business people. They are looking for solutions to the problems of the day. The real challenge is that a solution that may be ideal for one dairy may not be the best for another. We often receive inquiries about which timed A.I. program will result in the best conception rates. Well, the answer to that question is (drum roll) . . . it depends!
Let me try and tackle that question by presenting a summary of the scientific evidence we have available where head-to-head comparisons of timed A.I. programs have occurred in the same herd(s). Let's examine the four most popular programs.
The programs
- Ovsynch - One GnRH injection (2 cc of Cystorelin, Factrel, Fertagyl, or OvaCyst) seven days before prostaglandin F2a (2 cc of Estrumate or estroPLAN or 5 cc of Lutalyse, Prostamate, or In-Sync); a second GnRH injection 48 to 56 hours after prostaglandin; and then timed A.I. 12 to 18 hours later. A variation of this protocol is adding a progesterone-releasing intravaginal controlled internal drug release (CIDR) insert beginning with the first GnRH injection and its removal when prostaglandin is injected seven days later.
- Presynch + Ovsynch - two injections of prostaglandin are administered 14 days apart with the second injection given 10 to 14 days before starting Ovsynch.
- Double Ovsynch - A full prebreeding Ovsynch protocol is applied without A.I. The second GnRH injection of the prebreeding Ovsynch is administered seven days before initiating the breeding Ovsynch.
- G-6-G - A prostaglandin injection is given two days before a GnRH injection. Six days after GnRH, the breeding Ovsynch is initiated.
Nearly all published information has shown that Presynch + Ovsynch produced better A.I. conception rates than using Ovsynch alone. This has been true when either 11, 12, or 14 days elapsed between the second Presynch injection and the onset of Ovsynch. The gain is about 10 to 15 percentage points.
Adding a CIDR to the Ovsynch protocol and comparing that to Ovsynch has not consistently improved A.I. conception rates. Given the cost of the CIDR ($9 to $10 each), justification of its use in all cows as part of an ovulation control program before first service is not warranted by the results. But that's not the entire story.
In contrast, when cows were inseminated based on standing heat after either the first or second Presynch injection, and the remaining cows were then treated with the Ovsynch protocol (with or without a CIDR), better A.I. conception rates were reported in those cows receiving the CIDR. The gain was about 5 percentage points.
Cows treated with G-6-G were compared to the standard Ovsynch protocol. With limited numbers of cows, G-6-G produced more pregnancies than Ovsynch alone. The increase was about 10 percentage points.
So, ranking the protocols in terms of A.I. conception rates, Double Ovsynch is likely somewhat better than Presynch + Ovsynch and G-6-G, and all of these prebreeding programs probably exceed Ovsynch alone. The CIDR + Ovsynch may provide a small advantage in A.I. conception rates if applied to cows that have not yet been inseminated for the first time after one or two prostaglandin injections.
Consider cost factors
Costs of these protocols vary. Let's work with the following costs: GnRH is $3.20 per dose; prostaglandin is $2.50; and the cost per cow handling is $1.
- Then the cost (excluding semen) of applying Ovsynch is $12.90 per cow (four cow handlings)
- The cost of Presynch + Ovsynch is $19.90 per cow (six cow handlings); that of G-6-G is $20.60 (six cow handlings)
- Double Ovsynch is $24.80 (seven cow handlings).
The cost per pregnancy varies with conception rate because regardless of the fertility result, the cost of each pregnancy must cover the costs of all other cows not becoming pregnant.
The break-even cost for different protocols is compared with that of Ovsynch (least expensive timed A.I. program) in the table. You can see that programs other than Ovsynch which are more expensive must get better results or they are not paying their way. For example, it costs nearly twice as much per cow to apply Double Ovsynch, so the number of conceptions must nearly double to cover the program costs. When a CIDR is added to any program, another $9 to $10 is added per treated cow. These cost factors are important to consider.
Compliance a must
Anytime you add another cow handling to a program, you are likely raising the probability that not every cow will be treated with the right product at the right time.
Just consider the Ovsynch program where cows are handled four times. If the probability of correctly treating a cow (finding and injecting her with the appropriate product on the correct day) is 95 percent, then the probability that all cows are handled correctly at each of four handlings is only 81.4 percent (0.95 x 0.95 x 0.95 x 0.95). In other words, compliance was 81 percent. Poor compliance reduces timed A.I. conception rates. If cows were handled seven times as with the Double Ovsynch program with the same accuracy, compliance would be 70 percent.
Consider all factors before making a change in your timed A.I. program. Keeping things simple and understandable for everyone involved in the breeding program is priority one. Knowing the difference between products to be used, using proper syringe and needle sizes (18-g, 1.5-inch), and following instructions are key to a high rate of compliance and good AI conception rates.


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This post went live over on the vitaminwater canada blog yesterday and I wanted to share it here too because, well… I put a lot of thought into it.
Thoughts about cheese people and Tom Selleck and the early 1990′s. Wonderful Interwebbity thoughts.
I wanted to include hungover owls but that didn't really fit the steez, what with all of the intoxicated forest creatures and such.
"When Parents Text" took the number one spot on that list because it's probably the most hilarious thing I've stumbled upon all month. In fact, that's exactly why it did.
A late addition to the memeverse of 2010 , WPT was December's darling for sure.
Parents and technology are hilar. I want to start a single topic blog called "When parents Tweet" so that I can post things like this from my Mom's Tweet feed.
Unfortunately for my blog idea, I think she's the only mom who actually Tweets and doesn't use Facebook. Fortunately for me, I find this to be pretty damn cool.
I posted some of these "best of" images on my Tumblr the other day after it made me LITERALLY shoot water out of my nose. Word to the wise: don't creep memeblogs and drink at the same time. "The kids are in the Cheerios now" is what did me in.
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Think of biopharma jobs, and Massachusetts is among the first places that come to mind. But last year the state's biopharma workforce rose only a trickle—to 56,462 jobs, up 365 or 0.007% from 2011, according to the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MassBio).
Why so flat?
One reason: Massachusetts has yet to see the growth expected from several expansions now under construction. Next year's numbers are expected to include new jobs following completions of new headquarters of Vertex Pharmaceuticals at Fan Pier on the South Boston waterfront; and new Cambridge, MA, sites for Biogen Idec, Novartis, and Pfizer.
"Some of the expansion we thought we'd see reflected in the 2012 numbers didn't quite hit," Peter Abair, MassBio's director of economic development and global affairs, told GEN.
Another reason is competition from elsewhere—especially New York City, where new facilities like the Alexandria Center™ for Life Science helped R&D jobs grow 41.7% between 2007–2012, versus 13.1% for Massachusetts. The Bay State still has nearly three times as many R&D jobs—3,227 vs. 1,117 for New York, which Abair noted has only recently nurtured institutional spinouts growing into biopharma businesses.
One bright spot for Massachusetts: Most of its largest 30 biopharma employers added jobs last year. Exceptions include AstraZeneca, Eisai, EMD Serono, Lantheus, Parexel International, and Sunovion Pharmaceuticals.
Massachusetts also showed nearly 40% biopharma job growth between 2003–2012, 12 times faster than state and national growth for all employment. But most of that growth occurred before the 2007–09 recession. The post-recession job slowdown will be studied in a report due out next year along with the 2014 Snapshot.
"The industry itself is on its two feet again since the recession, so we would want to see that reflected in the employment numbers in '13 and '14," Abair said.
Bayer HealthCare will shut down by month's end the Tarrytown, NY, offices that have served as both its U.S. headquarters and global headquarters of its Diabetes Care Division. It's part of a move announced in 2011 to consolidate East Coast operations from there and three other New Jersey sites to Whippany, NJ.
Bayer has promised to create 500 new jobs and keep another 1,000 in New Jersey, in return for about $40 million in benefits—$25 million in grants through the Business Employment Incentive Program; $14.094 million in Business Retention & Relocation Assistance grants; and $1.225 million in sales use and tax exemptions.
According to a WARN Act notice filed with New York's Department of Labor, all 175 Tarrytown-based employees have been offered the opportunity to transfer to Whippany. "It is unknown how many will take advantage of the option to transfer," the company stated.
The employee number remains unknown, Bayer HealthCare spokeswoman Susan Yarin told GEN.
Bristol-Myers Squibb announced a specific site for the $38 million Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS) it will build near Tampa, in Florida's Hillsborough County (see "JobWatch: What Price BMS Jobs? $6,000 (and More)", published August 9 in GEN).
The pharma giant agreed to lease 73,000 square feet at 5104 Eisenhower Blvd., more than half the building that housed the International Academy of Design and Technology, which last week finished moving its campus within the Tampa region.
Frederick J. Egenolf, a BMS official, told GEN the company chose the building for reasons "including its central location for potential employees in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and surrounding communities in the Tampa Bay region; its proximity to Interstate 275, Courtney Campbell Causeway, Veterans Expressway, Dale Mabry Highway and mass transit; as well as the nearby restaurants, hotel, conference center, and institutions of higher education."
"The building is also conveniently located near Tampa International Airport," Egenolf added.
The building also has rights to add about 100,000 square feet of space—rights BMS says it is unlikely to use for now. "While we are aware of the potential for expansion at the site, the existing 130,000 square feet will meet our needs through 2017," Egenolf said.
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Six weeks after emerging victorious in a Nevada regional competition, a group of Incline High students is looking for its second straight We The People state title.
Incline High School's government class will compete Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas in the 2013 state competition. The winner will represent Nevada in the state finals on April 25-30, 2013, in Arlington, Va.
Incline placed first at the Congressional District 2 We the People Competition on Dec. 15 at the University of Nevada, Reno, ahead of Edward C. Reed Jr. High School and Reno High School. On Saturday, Incline will compete with the following schools:
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During the 2011-12 school year, Milt Hyams' We The People class at Incline High won the state title, besting Reno and Bishop Gorman at the Feb. 4, 2012, event in Las Vegas.
It was the school's seventh state win in the past 12 years, and also served as the closest victory in the then-25-year history of "We The People" in Nevada, as the Highlanders beat Reno, 1,270 to 1,266.
Incline went on to compete in the national championship in late April of this year in Arlington and the Washington, D.C., area, winning an award for the highest score for the best non-finalist team from the Western region.
Nationally, the We The People program is directed by the Center for Civic Education, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. In Nevada, the program is sponsored by the State Bar of Nevada.
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The sun shimmered through the trees Saturday morning, a direct contrast to the bone-chilling, single-digit temperatures that had onlookers at West Virginia State Wildlife Center shivering with more than just anticipation as they awaited the emergence of a furry forecaster.
But as the countdown to French Creek Freddie's end to winter hibernation began, the sun ducked behind the clouds, erasing any hopes of the groundhog seeing his shadow, and bringing a prediction of an early spring.
"It was touch-and-go there for a while," said Gene Thorn, a wildlife biologist at the DNR facility.
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The mascot of the West Virginia State Wildlife Center, French Creek Freddie, watches as his real-life namesake playfully scurries about its pen Saturday after predicting an early spring.
Ava Curtis, front, and Arabelle Gentry show their appreciation for French Creek Freddie Saturday at the West Virginia State Wildlife Center prior to the furry forecaster's arrival.
Thorn proudly pointed out that on Groundhog Day 2012, Freddie predicted an early spring, and by theend of the day, the sun had peeked through and temperatures climbed into the 50s. By the third week of March, the temperatures had soared to 81 degrees.
"He's always right," Thorn said.
French Creek Freddie has been making his annual prognostication at the Wildlife Center since 1978. The Groundhog Day tradition dates back to early Europe's Candlemas Day.
Candlemas Day marks the traditional midpoint of winter, a day marking the halfway point of the shortest day of the year and the spring equinox. Feb. 2 was the day of the year that the candles that were to be used in the church had a blessing said over them. It was believed that if the sun made an appearance on Candlemas Day, the hedgehog would cast a shadow, which people believed signaled another six more weeks of winter.
Early Europeans also believed the bear and the badger could make the same forecast.
A traditional proverb from the time stated that "if Candlemas Day be fair and bright, Winter will have another fight. If Candlemas Day brings clouds and rain, Winter won't come again." Another proverb, this one pertaining to farming, stated that "a farmer should on Candlemas Day, have his corn and half his hay. On Candlemas Day, if the thorns hang adrop, you can be sure of a good pea crop."
German settlers in early America brought the tradition with them, but instead opted to use the groundhog because it was much more plentiful in North America than the hedgehog.
America's most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, also on Saturday predicted an early spring.