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|Space-Age Ceramics Get Their Toughest Test
Advanced ceramic composites can withstand the ultrahigh operational temperatures projected for hypersonic jet and next-generation gas-turbine engines, but real-time analysis of the mechanical properties of these space-age materials at ultrahigh temperatures has been a challenge—until now. Researchers have developed the first testing facility that enables microtomography of ceramic composites under controlled loads at ultrahigh temperatures and in real-time. Using this facility, they have fully resolved sequences of microcrack damage as cracks grow under load at temperatures several hundred degrees higher than previously possible. The observations are key ingredients of the high-fidelity simulations used to compute failure risks under extreme operating conditions.
Ceramics made from clay have been used as construction materials for thousands of years and are renowned for their ability to resist damage from water, chemicals, oxidation, and—most importantly—heat. Ceramics can stand up to temperatures that would melt most metals. However, traditional ceramics also suffer from a serious deficit—brittleness. Today's advanced ceramics for extreme structural applications are much stronger and tougher. They're reinforced with ceramic fibers to form composites that can be structured along the lines of natural materials such as teeth and bone. Jet or gas-turbine engines made from ceramic composites would weigh considerably less than today's engines and operate at much higher temperatures. This translates into far greater fuel efficiencies and reduced pollution.
Still, while ceramic composites are far less prone to fracture than their clay ancestors, tiny cracks can form and grow within their complex microstructures, creating potentially catastrophic problems. Like teeth and bone, ceramic composites achieve robustness through complexity, with their hierarchical, hybrid microstructures impeding the growth of local damage and preventing the large fatal cracks that are characteristic of brittle materials. However, complexity in composition brings complexity in safe use. For ceramic composites in ultrahigh-temperature applications, especially where corrosive species in the environment must be kept out of the material, relatively small cracks, on the order of a single micron, can be unacceptable.
Exactly how microcracks are restrained by the tailored microstructures of a ceramic composite is the central question for the materials scientist seeking the optimal composition or architecture, and the design engineer who must predict the failure envelope. The only reliable way to answer this question is through measurements made at ultrahigh temperatures.
ALS Beamline 8.3.2, which is powered by a 6-tesla superbend magnet, is designed for x-ray computed microtomography, a technology that provides nondestructive 3D imaging of solid objects at a resolution of approximately one micron. The research team designed and placed into this beamline a unique tensile-testing rig that can pull or compress a small, cylindrical sample in ultrahigh-temperature environments (up to 1750°C). The rig can also operate in vacuum or in atmospheres that are inert or oxidizing. They then obtained 3D tomographic images of samples consisting of a silicon carbide ceramic matrix, reinforced with silicon carbide fibers, at sufficient resolution to observe the real-time formation and growth of microcracks and other forms of internal damage as a function of load.
The data obtained contain complete quantitative information on crack paths, crack surface areas and orientations, spatial variations in the crack-opening displacements, statistics of relative spatial location of cracks, and microstructural heterogeneities within the sample volume. All these parameters are critical in any analysis of fracture as they govern the toughness of the material.
The results provide vital information about the underlying failure mechanisms in ceramic composites that can be used to optimize their performance and predict structural integrity and safe lifetime. The capacity for validating virtual testing models through direct, real-time, noninvasive experimental observations should greatly advance our understanding and help promote the technological innovation of ceramic composites.
Research conducted by: H.A. Bale (Univ. of California, Berkeley); A. Haboub, A.A. MacDowell, J.R. Nasiatka, and D.Y. Parkinson (ALS); B.N. Cox and D.B. Marshall (Teledyne Scientific Company); and R.O. Ritchie (Univ. of California, Berkeley, and Berkeley Lab).
Research funding: Air Force Office of Scientific Research, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Teledyne Scientific Company. Operation of the ALS is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences.
Publication about this research: H.A. Bale, A. Haboub, A.A. MacDowell, J.R. Nasiatka, D.Y. Parkinson, B.N. Cox, D.B. Marshall, and R.O. Ritchie, "Real-time quantitative imaging of failure events in materials under load at temperatures above 1,600 °C," Nat. Mater. 12, 40 (2013).
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The 7 Least Anticipated Albums of 2012
The passing of the holidays means a new year is underway (according to my sources), and with a new year comes a whole new slate of things to look forward to. New movies, new television shows, new ridiculously funny and dare I say ruggedly handsome Cracked columnists and, my personal favorite, new music. As much as I'd love to unleash my inner music snob and burden you with my extensive list of obscure albums to look forward to in 2012, the fact that just about every music site on the planet has already released their own version of that list is standing in the way. So, in lieu of filling your day with hope and optimism for the state of music in the coming year, I'm going to spend a few paragraphs making fun of people instead. Hope you don't mind. Here are the seven least anticipated albums of 2012.
#7. Insane Clown Posse -- The Mighty Death Pop!
Release Date: May 29 Record Label: One with particularly low standards. They probably own it. If not, I have no explanation for how this keeps happening. The Sad Details: Are you an overweight 14-year-old who feels like your parents don't understand you? If so, this is probably the album for you. Also, shut the hell up. It's not that your parents don't understand you, it's just that raising a child who wears clown makeup without being paid for it means they rightfully view you as a massive disappointment. As for the rest of you, I doubt you need me to tell you all the myriad reasons why a new ICP album is not an event that should be greeted with fanfare and adulation. But I'm going to anyway, because there is literally nothing on this earth more enjoyable than angering Juggalos. For one thing, a new ICP album means that, no matter how hard we've prayed for it, Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope or whatever they're calling themselves these days have not perished in a fiery plane crash. Which, when you really think about it, makes perfect sense. Death by plane crash is a fate mostly reserved for legends. These two have no right being in that club, even if it would make the world a much better place. That doesn't mean we can't daydream about it, though. In fact, let's all pause to do just that right now.
I trust that looking at this picture will help.
That felt good, right? Imagining a world with 100 percent less Insane Clown Posse in it? Yeah, well, the fact that this album is on the horizon means the celebrity tragedy the world most wants has yet to occur. Bummer. OK, that's a little harsh. I hereby retract my wish that ICP die in a plane crash. But still, this is literally the worst "band" on the planet, with all due respect to Nickelback. So that's a good reason to not look forward to this album, also.
#6. Scorpions -- Comeblack
Release Date: January 24 Record Label: Something German, I bet. Volkswagen, maybe? The Sad Details: You might remember Scorpions as the band who rocked you like a hurricane in the early '80s and then used the resulting winds of change from that hurricane to bring down the Berlin Wall as the decade ended. That's my poetic way of saying that these clowns had two hits, "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and "Wind of Change," and that Germany thinks one of them had something to do with the end of communism. The Berlin Wall thing isn't a complete joke, though, even if the band is. You see, their song "Wind of Change" is considered by many to be the "song of German reunification." This completely ignores the fact that the song was released after the Berlin Wall came down, but since when are we expecting rationality out of Germany? Seeing as how the people somehow believed this band was capable of producing a ballad so full of power that it could bring communism to its knees before the song was even released, you probably won't be shocked to know that Scorpions have never really gone away in Germany. It's just here in the States that most people assume the band quit music to pursue their true calling as busboys and such. But, there are bad times on the horizon for Scorpions fans. The band has decided to retire. Read the title of that album carefully. It's not Comeback, it's Comeblack. The album consists entirely of rerecorded versions of their "classics" (both of them) and covers of famous songs from the 1960s. Because there is no better way to thank your loyal fans for their decades of support than to release a bullshit cover album in one last desperate cash grab.
#5. Adam Lambert -- Trespassing
Release Date: March 20 Record Label: Wherever American Idol runners-up go to die The Sad Details: Well, happy birthday to me! On the same day I'll be celebrating my seventh annual 29th birthday, the world will receive a gift in the form of a new album from American Idol nonwinner and Freddie Mercury wannabe Adam Lambert. Are you excited about that? If so, you're probably a dude who has both a boyfriend and insanely shitty taste in music or a 12-year-old girl who's too naive to realize that Adam Lambert will never be your boyfriend. The rest of the world, rightfully, will not care. But don't let the public's apathy toward former reality show stars lead you to believe for one second that this release won't be met with an absurd amount of praise from people who think being brave enough to come out equates to having talent. I made fun of this guy's first album on a tiny website I used to run, and the resulting avalanche of angry comments could have filled an arena (something Adam Lambert almost certainly can't do at this point).
I'm hoping that particular lightning strikes twice. Nothing would make me happier than to sit back and peruse the comments all day, marveling at my ability to finally bring Juggalos and Adam Lambert fans together to fight on the same side. Unity is a beautiful thing.
#4. Willow Smith -- Willow: You Think You Know Me
Release Date: April 3 Record Label: One that hates us all The Sad Details: Will Smith has two children. The less obnoxious of the two (solely on the grounds that she wasn't the one who shit on the Karate Kid franchise) is finally, FINALLY releasing her debut album in April. I know what you're thinking. "Hasn't she been torturing us with 'music' for like two years now?" Yes, she has, but those were just singles, man. To really understand Willow Smith, the artiste, you must hear her work as part of a fully realized and cohesive set of songs. At least that's what I'm guessing she hopes to convey with that cocky album title. I certainly don't believe her, and you shouldn't, either. But still, I'm fairly certain that's what we're supposed to believe here. That songs like "Whip My Hair" are just scratching the surface of the talent this kid displays. All that pop nonsense was just a ploy to reel in the fans so she can blindside them with her thought-provoking commentary on the pressing social issues of the day. Either that, or the iTunes download and ringtone cash streams have slowed to the point that they need to find a new way to capitalize on the music buying public's low standards. This should do the trick. It will probably be the best-selling album of the year. And if it is, we'll totally deserve whatever the Mayans think we have coming to us in 2012.


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Jeff Johnson Quartet concert on Jazz Northwest, December 23
Earshot award winner and NW Jazz Hall of Fame bassist and composer Jeff Johnson leads his quartet in an Art of Jazz Concert from the Seattle Art Museum on Jazz Northwest on 88.5 KPLU and kplu.org. The concert, recorded earlier this month, features the same quartet heard on the new Origin CD "Suitcase": Jeff Johnson on bass, Hans Teuber, woodwinds, Steve Moore, piano and Eric Eagle, drums. The concert consists of original music by Johnson and one piece by Hans Teuber.
Johnson's music ranges from ethereal to funky, and encompasses a wide variety of inspirations which he describes between selections. He's a popular sideman and performs in many different groups, including Hal Galper, Jessica Williams and Dave Peck among others. This concert presents him as a leader, performing his own music with wit and a style of his own.
The Art of Jazz series is presented by Earshot Jazz, John Gilbreath Executive Director, on the second Thursday each month from 5:30 to 7:30 pm in the Brotman Forum at the Seattle Art Museum. Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU. The program is also available as a podcast from kplu.org following the broadcast.
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To help get you through college football's slow days of late June and early July -- before conference media days launch the preseason festivities -- we're counting down the 12 most important South Carolina Gamecocks and 12 most important Clemson Tigers for 2013. One Gamecock and one Tiger every day, so you can spend part of your summer studying the players who will make a difference for your team come autumn.
Position: Wide receiver
Year: Junior
Height/weight: 6-1, 205
Hometown: Fort Myers, Fla.
Last year: 57 catches, 708 yards, three touchdowns in 10 games; set a school record with 202 yards at Wake Forest.
Position: Quarterback
Year: Senior
Height/weight: 6-1/204
Hometown: Flowery Branch, Ga.
Last year: Completed 67.5 percent of his passes for 1,965 yards, 17 touchdowns and seven interceptions.
Let's let the quarterback speak for his most cherished offensive weapon: "Honestly, this has been the best summer I've seen him have so far. He's been working as tirelessly as I've ever seen him work. And he knows how important he is to this program." That was Tajh Boyd, on June 18, telling the guys on ESPN Radio how Sammy Watkins plans to rebound from a down season … which, of course, still reflected stats 80 percent of college receivers would chew through rope to have.Because he missed the first two games of 2012 due to suspension related to his offseason drug arrest, which let DeAndre Hopkins bust out and become the team's top target, Watkins never felt the rhythm nor the rhyme like he did in 2011, which saw him record a ridiculous 82 catches for 1,219 yards and 12 touchdowns. (The list of AP first-team All-Americans in their true freshman year: Herschel Walker, Marshall Faulk, Adrian Peterson, Sammy Watkins. That's a pretty good list.) So while that pace was pretty much unrepeatable, Watkins battled some adversity while tallying barely over half the catches and yards while falling to just three touchdowns in eight full games last year. He was knocked out of the Chick-fil-A Bowl on the second play from scrimmage when Barkevious Mingo fell on his ankle, which should only prove to fuel his fire. Hopkins covered up the blemishes last year. He's no longer here. Sammy Watkins has to be Sammy Watkins – the freshman year version – for the Tigers to reach their dreams.
The Gamecocks don't need Shaw to put up Heisman Trophy numbers to win, though he certainly doesn't have shabby stats in his year and a half as the starter.
He completed 65.4 percent of his passes for 14 touchdowns and six interceptions in 2011. Last season, he threw the ball more often — 20.7 attempts per game, compared to 18.8 in 2011 — and boosted his completion percentage to 67.5. He threw 17 touchdowns and seven picks. Even while throwing more, his yards per attempt went up from 7.7 in 2011 to 8.6 in 2012. He finished No. 11 nationally last season in yards per attempt — a measure of his efficiency.
Shaw is always dangerous in the open field, because of his fleet feet, and because he ran an option offense in high school. But he also dealt with shoulder and foot injuries last season that sidelined him for Week 2 against East Carolina and the regular season finale at Clemson.
Citing a quarterback's win-loss record, as it were, to demonstrate his capability is usually foolhardy. He isn't even on the field for essentially half the game. But there is no doubting that USC has won with Shaw as the starter. The Gamecocks are 17-3 in games he has started over the past two seasons, though you can't credit him solely with all of those wins.
A lot of his success this season depends on whether the Gamecocks can keep opponents honest by establishing new tailback Mike Davis. Shaw's health will also play a big part in determining how much he can help the Gamecocks in 2013.
Over the past two seasons, Shaw has been a steadying presence for an offense with bigger stars (receiver Alshon Jeffery and tailback Marcus Lattimore) that hasn't exactly been prolific, in terms of its yardage outputs. At times, Shaw has looked spectacular. In a 34-13 home win over Clemson in 2011, he completed 14 of 20 passes for 210 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions, and also ran 19 times for 107 yards and a touchdown.
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Jenna Hague Opens with 77 at NCAA Regional
STILLWATER, Okla. – Ball State women's golfer Jenna Hague opened the NCAA Central Regional on Thursday with a 5-over par round of 77.
Hague, selected to compete as an individual, is part of a group tied for 55th in the field of 126 golfers at Oklahoma State's Karsten Creek Golf Club. Rainy conditions early in the round gave way to sunny skies and temperatures rising into the low 80s as the day progressed.
Only five players were under par for the day, led by Kent State's Wad Phaewchimplee whose 7-under 65 was three shots better than anyone in the field. Alabama's Emma Talley posted the low round of the morning wave and ended the day in second place with a 68.
Alabama and California are tied atop the team leaderboard at 7 over, followed by Florida and Kent State at 8 over and Oklahoma State at 10 over.
Hague, who played in the morning, started her round with bogeys on four of the first eight holes but bounced back to play the final 10 holes in 1 over. The junior from Burlington, Ontario, put herself in some tough spots off the tee on a tight driving course but made a handful of key putts during the middle of the round.
"The holes are longer on the front nine, so if you're not getting off the tee well, it's tough to hit the greens in regulation and give yourself good birdie looks," Hague said. "I didn't make a whole lot on the front nine, but I didn't make a lot of mistakes either, which kept me in it for the back nine."
Hague drained three straight par putts on the ninth, 10th and 11th holes and then dropped in a 15-footer for birdie at No. 12 to move to 3 over. She had birdie chances at the next two holes, as well, but they would not fall.
A bogey from the front bunker at No. 16 halted a string of seven straight holes of par or better. She followed it with a bogey on the challenging 17th, which played directly into the wind, and a par on the 18th to cap her first career NCAA tournament round.
"I battled, but unfortunately I gave a few back coming in," Hague said. "I'm hoping to really tighten things up tomorrow and shave a few strokes off."
Hague will again play with Purdue's Aurora Kan and TCU's Sanna Nuutinen in Friday's second round. The group will begin its day on the 10th tee in the afternoon wave at 12:45 p.m. CT (1:45 ET). Kan led the group Thursday with a 75.
Hague is the second Ball State women's golfer ever to play in an NCAA Regional. Brittany Kelly earned a spot in the 2011 tournament.
A total of 24 teams plus six individuals are competing this week at Karsten Creek. The top eight teams along with the top two individuals not associated with one of those teams will advance to the NCAA Nationals.
For the most up-to-date news on Ball State women's golf, follow @bsuathletics and @BallStateWGolf on Twitter.


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Monday, January 14, 2013
The Fort Dorchester wrestling team didnt earn many bonus points Wednesday but did win nine of 14 weight classes at Ashley Ridge.
The Patriots improved to 3-0 in Region 8-AAAA with a 36-22 victory over the Swamp Foxes, who dropped their second region match of the season.
Tyre Wright won the 113-pound class by pin fall and Dallis Brown earned a pin at 132 for the Patriots. The only other bonus points for he Fort were the result of an Ashley Ridge forfeit at 195.
I feel we could have wrestled better, but we got the win and that is important this time of year, Fort Dorchester coach B.D. LaPrad said. Some of our younger guys did well. We moved Jacob Hutchinson and Joseph Hutchinson up a weight class and that worked out well.
For Ashley Ridge, Tyler Moore won the 220-pound class with a pin and Ben Whitney earned a major decision at 106. Zach Armstrong earned six points for the Swamp Foxes when the Patriots forfeited that match.
The Patriots next region match is scheduled for Jan. 16 when they will host Beaufort. The Fort will then wrap up its region schedule with a match at Summerville Jan. 23.
Ashley Ridge hosts Bluffton Jan. 15 and then closes its region schedule at Beaufort Jan. 23.
Fort Dorchester 36, Ashley Ridge 22
106: Ben Whitney (A) md. Dominic Leonardi 16-4; 113: Tyre Wright (F) p. TY Jamieson; 120: Demitre McNeal (A) d. Devon Wernet 12-6; 126: Christian Cutino (A) d. Trevour Johnson 13-9; 132: Dallis Brown (F) p. Chandler Conlee; 138: Charles Washington (F) d. Terrell Robinson 5-4; 145: Ahmed Alford (F) d. Chris Hudgens 2-0; 152: Austin Ziliak (F) d. Blake Ackerman 10-3; 160: Cato Jenkins (F) d. Coltyn Remeika 6-3; 170: Zach Armstrong (A) wbf.; 182: Jacob Hutchinson (F) d. Joseph Pringle 3-2; 195: Joseph Hutchinson (F) wbf.; 220: Tyler Moore (A) p. Juwan Roper; 285: Tyese McDonald (F) d. Kenneth Glover 2-0.
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Sun Come Up is a film that shows the human face of climate change. The film follows the relocation of the Carteret Islanders. When climate change threatens their survival, the islanders must leave their ancestral land in search of a new place to call home.
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CHARLES TOWN - The sound of car horns was met with cheers and waves as drivers sounded their support for a gun rally Saturday in Charles Town as residents displayed their support of House Bill 2760.
Hosted by the West Virginia Citizens Defense League, the rally featured bill supporters meeting outside the Charles Town City Hall building in a demonstrative effort to show support for the bill that Art Thomm, vice president for the WVCDL, said is the best pro-gun legislation for citizen protection to be introduced in 20 years.
"It simply makes the current (gun) laws uniform across the state. It does nothing to create new gun laws in the state of West Virginia in regards to carrying," Thomm said.
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Residents rally outside the Charles Town City Hall building Saturday in support of House Bill 2760 after the bill passed through the House and now resides in a Senate committee.
The proposed legislation passed through the House 94-4 and now resides in Senate committee Government Organization, chaired by Sen. Herb Snyder, D-Jefferson. The bill can either be kept in the committee, where it will die, or can be released to the floor to be voted upon.
"(The rally) is a direct message to Sen. Snyder. That's why we chose Charles Town, one of the districts that he represents," Thomm said. "We are his constituency and he needs to represent his people as they wish, not as he wishes."
Thomm said awareness and education are important aspects regarding the bill, stating that opponents are using "scare tactics" to negatively influence citizens on the bill's intent.
When addressing the crowd, Thomm stated that public safety would not be endangered through the proposed legislation - a commonly faced misconception - and should not be a factor for Snyder when considering whether to release the bill from the committee.
Throughout his speech, Thomm questioned Snyder's ability to accurately represent his constituents.
Additional event speakers included Sean Dill, WVCDL representative, Delegate Paul Espinosa, R-Jefferson, and Delegate Mike Folk, R-Berkeley.
Event speakers urged the crowd to contact Snyder and Sen. Corey Palumbo, who chairs the Judiciary committee where the bill once resided, to verbalize public support for the bill.
"(We want) to push Mr. Snyder and Mr. Palumbo (D-Kanawah) to do the right thing and bring the bill that we are pushing and supporting to a full vote on the Senate floor. To give (the bill) an up or down vote instead of bottling it up in his committee and never letting it see the light of day," said Rainer Kissel, one of the attendees at the rally.
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Calves go through a transition at weaning
Calves go through a transition at weaning
by A. F. Kertz
The author is the principal in Adhil, LLC, a St. Louis-based consulting firm.
In natural settings, we know weaning can be stressful for both cow and calf. We note the bellowing and cow/calf separation distress. However, other elements of the weaning process actually were minimized in that situation. But, in many current dairy systems, weaning is not handled well, and major stress occurs.
Perhaps the best evidence of this is contained in the most recent USDA National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) survey. For weaned calves, respiratory problems accounted for the most deaths. They had grown to nearly one-half of the causes for death as compared to about one-third in the previous 1991 survey.
Respiratory problems . . .
Before weaning, scours was the major cause of death and accounted for nearly one-half of mortalities. But it is the "living dead" with respiratory problems that are the major concern. These calves often are affected for life. Epidemiological data from a New York state study in 1995 found that these "respiratory-affected" calves had higher mortality before calving, were less likely to enter the milking herd, took longer before first calving, and had more calving problems.
Why would calves after weaning have such a high incidence of respiratory problems? It is not likely housing in most cases. Rather, making too many changes at once results in stress and the outbreak of respiratory problems.
For example, at 2 months, calves may be moved from a hutch to a group, undergo various treatments or vaccinations, be abruptly or briefly weaned, and then have a major feed change. Each of these changes is significant. Let's look just at some of the feeding aspects.
Increasingly, we have recognized that cows need a transition period from three weeks before to three weeks after calving. Intake changes, ration changes, and rumen adaptation all are major factors in this situation.
Consider that the young calf is just developing its rumen function. As long as calf starter intake remains below 1 pound per day, there will be little significant rumen development. If forage is available during this period, rumen development will be further limited.
If whole milk or milk replacer with more than 15 percent fat is being fed, this will retard starter intake. For each pound of dry milk replacer fed near weaning, calves will eat 2 to 3 pounds less starter. This is a substitution effect, with whole milk and higher fat milk replacers retarding starter intake most.
So, if a week of 1 pound daily starter intake is needed prior to the next week reducing milk or milk replacer by 50 percent, then it may be difficult to wean calves by 6 weeks of age. But, if you wait until 8 weeks of age, then do not move calves at the same time from a hutch to a group and change their feed because now you have created several major changes at once.
Calves experience less stress and do better if they can remain in a hutch two weeks after full weaning. Also, consider keeping calves on the same starter another two weeks after they are moved into small groups and begin to get forage.
Why the need for two weeks both prior to and after weaning? Earlier Cornell and New Hampshire research showed significant rumen papillae and rumen fermentation changes during this overall time period. Again, we know these types of changes occur in cows during the transition period. Calves' rumens still are in the developmental function stage during the two weeks prior to and after weaning. And, contrary to what many still believe, feeding forage before weaning is detrimental to rumen development. The resulting rumen fermentation pattern produces acetic, propionic, and butyric volatile fatty acids in that order. Acid production in just the opposite order is most conducive to rumen papillae development. This pattern is fostered by calf starter fermentation as long as you avoid acidosis.
Water is key . . .
There are several issues that affect calf starter intake. The most critical relate to water. Limiting water availability limits starter intake. About 4 pounds of water are consumed with each pound of starter intake. It is evident then that limiting water intake will limit starter intake.
On the other hand, calves do not like wet, moldy, or stale starter. A common situation is that there is no divider between water and starter buckets. Thus, the calf easily can move its head from one bucket into or over the other bucket. The result is that they dribble water into starter and starter into water. This reduces the intake of both!
With some foresight or modification, a partial divider or further separation of the two buckets can remedy this situation. And remember that rain, snow, or ice without covered buckets will limit starter intake as will moldy or stale starter.
If calves are not given two weeks after weaning to develop their starter intake and develop rumen function more fully, you can expect a slump in growth and health. That is why it is critical that calves not be moved abruptly then. And, when they are moved into a group, keep the size smaller . . . 8 to 12 per group or less, depending on the facility.
Keeping calves on the same starter while introducing forage will minimize disruptions on intake and rumen function. Calves should stay in this transition group for two to four weeks, not unlike cows in a transition group.
By now you may be thinking how can I do all of these things, and won't it be costly! The first thing is to be aware of these factors, and evaluate them in your own operation. Do those things first that are most limiting and least costly.
Also, look at the costs incurred with how you do things now that you may not have recognized. What medication, treatment, and labor costs do you have? How are your calves doing two weeks before and after weaning? What is your weaning program? What performance or respiratory costs may you have for calves before and after weaning? What are the longer-term effects? Do you always have to cull some "poor doers"?


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National best-selling fantasy legend Mercedes Lackey created a vivid, dynamic fusion of the Upper and Lower Kingdoms of ancient Egypt with the most exciting, authentic and believable portrayal of dragons ever imagined. In the second novel in Mercedes Lackey's richly-conceived Dragon Jousters series, the dragonrider Vetch escapes to Alta, the subjugated land of his birth. There, he hopes to teach his people to raise and train dragons—and build an army that will liberate his homeland.
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Kelly Nash, a TV reporter for Sun Sports Rays, shot an awe-inspiring self-portrait at Boston's Fenway Park on Saturday, when she captured a stray ball just missing her head.
Nash was snapping some photographs of herself while passing time before the Red Sox took on the Astros, she explained to Fox Sports Florida. "My whole family is from Massachusetts, and I knew they would be so excited to see me working at Fenway Park," she said, "and when I went to text them the picture I noticed the baseball by my head!"
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"Producer Art Dryce had called out 'heads up!' a few times while I was taking pictures around the left field section, but none of those balls actually fell close to me, so I took my chances turning my back on batting practice for a picture," she said.
Whether it was her good luck, or her trusty copy of the 1994 film Angels in the Outfield that saved Nash from a potential injury, she's laughing about it now.
"I laughed pretty hard when I saw such a surreal picture that I had no idea I took. I thought, you have got to be kidding me, maybe there are really angels in the outfield. I actually brought the movie with me on the trip and had it in my bag at the game."
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The author is professor of animal sciences at Kansas State University, Manhattan.
If you have been A.I. breeding cows for some time, you understand that many factors influence the success of each insemination, not the least of which is cleanliness of the equipment used in the process. Let's look at some cleanliness issues and how you might prevent damage to sperm cells and contamination of straw tips in the process of A.I. breeding.
Common sense practices
- Regularly clean, rinse, and dry A.I. guns. Replace bent ones.
- Thoroughly clean semen-thawing units and replace with clean water.
- Regularly check the temperature of the water in the thawing unit (should be 95° F).
- Warm A.I. guns before loading thawed straws to prevent "cold shock" of sperm (cooling of sperm significantly below the thaw temperature of 95° F).
- Store all A.I. supplies and semen tank in a clean, dry place free of dust and varmints.
Prevent contamination
How do you keep thawed straws loaded in your A.I. breeding gun at 95° F? Do you slide the French gun inside your clothing? Proper storage of the A.I. gun between semen thawing, straw placement into the breeding gun, applying the breeding sheath, and introducing the A.I. gun into the cow is an important matter. These steps are not only critical to prevent "cold shock" but also to prevent contamination of the tip of the straw.
To prevent "cold shock," many A.I. technicians are using A.I. gun warmers. What is an A.I. gun warmer? It is a heated, battery-operated (rechargeable), temperature-controlled carrying case to carry loaded A.I. guns. It keeps the A.I. guns at the proper temperature and is fully portable to free up your hands. It can be worn on a belt or a shoulder strap. How does it help? It eliminates cooling of thawed semen and provides a convenient and hygienic way to carry multiple guns to reduce potential "cold shock."
Gun warmers can be, however, a source of contaminating the tip of the straw in the loaded A.I. gun if certain precautions are not followed. Most A.I. gun warmers have a removable insert sleeve into which the A.I. guns are placed. This insert sleeve should be cleaned regularly; otherwise it will serve as a pocket source of everything from straw, fecal material, dust, grime, and bacteria! An alternative to very regular cleaning of the insert sleeve is to simply insert a clean palpation sleeve into the gun warmer and replace it every day.
When introducing the A.I. gun into the vagina, it is important to ensure the tip of the breeding gun is kept free of contamination at the entry to the vagina and therein as much as possible. This is always problematic. Whatever the tip of the gun touches is likely to be introduced into the cervix and the uterus. Does this affect fertility? Read on.
Years ago, protective outer plastic sheaths were introduced to protect the tip of the breeding gun. These sheaths slide over the breeding sheath that protects the stainless steel A.I. gun and are not quite as long as the breeding sheath. One end is sealed with a prescored, soft vinyl tip to prevent contamination of tip of the thawed straw in the loaded A.I. gun during passage through the vagina. The other end is flared to facilitate holding the outer plastic protective sheath for perforation of the vinyl tip with the A.I. gun. Once the A.I. gun with the protective sheath has passed through the vagina and is near the cervix, the protective sheath can be pulled back to push the tip of the A.I. gun through the scored vinyl tip perforation.
Two studies reported in 1984 showed that using these protective sheaths had no effect on either nonreturn rates or actual conception rates (Table 1). New research, however, from The Ohio State University has demonstrated how important the protective plastic sheath can be during the A.I. process, resulting in improved fertility and reduced contamination of the A.I. catheter.
The study included 773 lactating dairy cows enrolled in a timed A.I. program. At the time of insemination, cows were assigned randomly to serve as controls or to be inseminated using the protective plastic sheath for all A.I. breedings. One technician performed all services. After A.I. breeding, cultured swab samples were taken from the tip of the A.I. gun to determine the amount of contamination (measured as resulting positive bacterial growth of swab samples). All pregnancies were diagnosed using ultrasound at 39 days post-A.I.
The researchers concluded that the use of the protective plastic sheath: (1) reduced contamination of the A.I. catheter and (2) raised the number of pregnancies in cows in which the protective sheath was used in Table 2 below.
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If you learned something new from the information provided herein, perhaps it should be discussed at your next farm management team meeting. Success is in the little details. I wholeheartedly agree with the following Bruce Fairchild Barton (1886-1967; American writer, advertising executive, and politician) quotation: "Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things."


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'The Importance of Being Ernest'
Shepherdstown - Full Circle Theater Company announces auditions for Oscar Wilde's sparkling comedy "The Importance of Being Ernest." Auditions will be held at the theater, 113 S. Princess St. in Shepherdstown. All roles are open and all interested individuals are encouraged to audition. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script and will be held as follows:
Monday from 7 to 9 p.m.
March 28, 3 to 5 p.m.
March 29, noon to 2 pm
For more information, visit www.fullcircletheaterco.org or call (304) 268-7798.
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SHEPHERDSTOWN - Shepherd University's Department of Music will hold auditions for scholarships on March 28 at the school's Frank Arts Center.
The Department of Music has been specifically designated a "Program of Excellence" and has some of the finest faculty, facilities and curricula in the area, according to a news release. Shepherd University offers degrees in music education and music with areas of concentration in musical theater, music performance, composition and piano pedagogy.
The Department of Music has a mission to challenge its students to reach their potential by providing extraordinary experiences. Music majors have the opportunity to study with the region's most experienced performers and educators. Master classes are regularly offered with nationally acclaimed guest artists while touring the region.
As a result of the high-quality ensembles, Shepherd's students are invited to perform at a number of exciting venues, and ensembles have performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, at Giant's Stadium, in cathedrals around the world, as well Carnegie Hall in New York.
The Wind Ensemble and Chamber Choir have accepted invitations from heads of state throughout Europe to perform on a 10-day concert tour through Munich, Salzburg, Vienna and Prague this May.
Anyone who wants to apply and schedule an audition can contact Esperanza Alzona at (304) 876-5711 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
FREDERICK, Md. - Auditions for Way Off Broadway's summer production of "CATS" will begin at 6 p.m. March 29 at the theater. Those auditioning should be at least 18 years old, bring a headshot, resume and 16 bars of prepared music and be ready to sing and dance. All roles are open and non-union paying.
For more information, call (301) 662-6600 or visit www.wayoffbroadway.com.
'Grease' at Apollo Civic Theatre
MARTINSBURG - The Apollo Civic Theatre will be holding auditions for the musical "Grease" from 2 to 5 p.m. March 28; from 6 to 9 p.m. March 29; and from 7 to 9 p.m. March 31.
Parts are available for men and women, ages 17 and up. Those wishing to auditions should prepare 16 bars of a song, any style or tempo, and bring sheet music or an accompaniment CD to the audition. Songs from the show are welcome. Please bring a list of all known conflicts from April 5 through June 14.
'Lying in State'
HAGERSTOWN - The Potomac Playmakers will hold auditions for "Lying in State" at 7:30 p.m. March 31 at the Academy Theatre, 58 E. Washington St.
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Frederick Garrasi III, 24, of Angola, was eastbound on the road headed for Lackawanna about 12:15 p.m. when a car driven by Lorraine Pelc, 65, of Lake View, collided with his motorcycle, according to Hamburg Town Police. Garrasi was pronounced dead a short time later. Charges had not been filed, according to Hamburg Police, but the investigation is continuing.
Garrasi, had only been on the Evans Police Department for two years and was hired as a full-time officer earlier this year. He had completed a 12-hour shift on the department's "night platoon" at 6 a.m. Friday and was to enjoy a long weekend before the accident occurred.
Evans Police Chief Ernest P. Masullo said late Friday that news of Garrasi's death shocked and saddened the young, tight-knit department, where the average age of sworn personnel is just in the early 30s.
"It crushed us," said Masullo. "He's going to be missed big time."
The chief said Garrasi joined the department in December 2011, while still finishing up his certification at the police academy. It was Garrasi's "dedication and love of the job" that struck Masullo and prompted the chief to hire him.
Masullo said he knew right away that Garrasi was the type of person with a strong, selfless character who would always make sure he put others' needs above his own.
"He's been just a super, super kid," said the chief, explaining that Garrasi was ever-smiling, happy and had an agreeable personality. "He took to the job very well. Everybody loved him."
Masullo had recently decorated Garrasi with a letter of recognition for the young officer's fine work in making a narcotics arrest during a vehicle and traffic stop.
"It was his first one," the chief said.
There were other stories too.
"He had arrested someone and later that person had called me up and said how well he was treated by Officer Garrasi," added Masullo, "which is saying an awful lot."
Garrasi's "Car 50" patrol car was put "out of service" and parked in front of Evans Town Hall late Friday in his memory and the flag there was lowered to half-staff. Grief counselors will be available to officers to help them cope with Garrasi's death.
The Evans Police Department experienced a similar tragic loss just more than a decade ago. Officer Terry J. Addison, 32, died Aug. 14, 2002 after a pickup truck driven by a Hamburg teenager turned in front of Addison's eastbound motorcycle at Routes 5 and 438 on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation. Addison was a five-year veteran of the force at the time of his death.
Funeral arrangements for Garrasi were incomplete late Friday night.
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LISBON — The Columbiana County Port Authority is being told by the state to repay $305,500 awarded the agency for the defunct Baard Energy project....
WE need to convert coal, not natural gas. Coal is being shunned everywhere, yet we have very ample reserves, but everyone wants to use all the natural gas, that way the little guy will continue to pay extremely high home energy bills. We don't need to supply tax money to companies that are going to convert natural gas, and the agreement was for a plant to convert coal. No more help needs to be provided and the terms of the agreement have not been met, nor are they going to be met with the conversion of gas.
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Puppies and kittens are cute and curious. The cute part can sometimes keep them from getting into trouble, like when they start chewing on a shoe. But cute won't help them if they begin to chew on or play with electrical equipment— doing that can put your pet in serious danger of injury or death and create a shock or fire hazard in the home. Spending a little time pet-proofing your home will help you avoid a pet-related
If you think your pet may have suffered an electrical shock, approach it with caution to keep from being injured by the same electrical danger, and to keep from being bitten. Inspect the animal for injuries and get your pet to an animal care center as soon as possible.
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Your video is in some way better than the PDC keynote. Manuvir explains Azure better (less marketing blabla).
This is similar to Amazon's EC2. And it looks very intresting. I'm looking forward to find out how small organisation can use this.
In my opinion the standout statement in that video went something like this, forgive me ill be paraphrasing a bit... "... Azure will do for the cloud what windows did for the desktop ..."
So true.. well done to everyone that was involved in this project!
I really like how microsoft is setting up this Azure enviroment, where every application is compleatly scallable, and protected from any kind of hardware errors. What I would like to see though is an extention of the "developer" version of azure (the one
used by visual studio), so that we can take azure applications, and run them on our machines using our bandwith. It would be a more "advanced" version as it requires a bit more provisioning, but it would all compleatly scallability from one single computer
(like the developer version of azure that already exists), to an intranet behind a company firewall, and then out on the web hosted by someone like microsoft.
There are several reasons for this "corporate" version of azure. I know that you guys pay tons of money for your hardware and bandwith, and that cost will have to be passed on to us companies creating these services, while I can get much cheaper hardware and bandwith if i dont care as much about 24/7 service (not to mention all the support staff that you guys must have for this). The second reason is that not all data can be stored out on the cloud. Especialy very sensative data (credit card #'s, social security #'s, medical records, etc), where it just cant (for reasons of regulations or buiesness reasons) be hosted by someone else.
I dont care if azure takes over all the machines (ie no other OS running), and I would expect to pay a per machine (or cpu/core) cost (as well as a per machine cost for each of the machines that can use the extra services like sql services). But having a uniform way of provisioning a group of 10-100 servers, along with automatic duplication and failover on my own servers would be really nice.
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Thank you very much Manuvir. You explained the architecture of this technology in detail and very clearly.
I am very much excited on this technology. I had registered in www.azure.com and I have installed azure SDK to work on some sample (ASP.NET Hello world sample) but whenever I try to create host service none of the services are availble there. I noticed the below message.
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*Due to pre-release CTP status, you may be temporarilyplaced on a waiting list for certain services.
Also I noticed that, under the "Account" section in the site, I need to put Resource Token ID and need to claim the token. But I haven't recieved any email with that information.
Any body know how I can get host services to work on some samples ?
As a former Microsoftee it's terrific to see MSFT come up with a technology that will help developers in a huge (central) way. Manuvir's explanation has reeled me in!
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Web sites that steer users to an E-commerce site in return for a commission; in more general terms, an associate or subordinate member of an organization.
The Latin word "Filius" means "son".
The Latin word "Filius" means "son".
Amazon has thousands of affiliates that help them sell books.
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With the press night for It's Only a Play just one day away (!), Broadway World have today released a new six-minute highlight reel from the show.
Fans will be pleased to note that Rupert's rumoured pants-dropping entrance gets yet more airtime a mere six seconds in, as well as a very frantic Sir Frank rushing around beneath...a blanket.
Rupert/Sir Frank's interactions with his fellow cast are well documented and it seems that Rupert's comments on his neurotic, kleptomaniac counter-part are spot on!
Also, in celebration of Opening Night the production will be featured on the digital billboard of the Thompson Reuters building. Showcasing audience engagement, selfies and photos with the hastag #itsonlyaselfie will be live-streamed from 5.30pm - 10.30pm (EDT).
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Buckhannon City Council passed an ordinance last week that would require city park patrons to nix traditional forms of nicotine, should it go into effect.
Ordinance 372, which passed unanimously on the first of two readings, prohibits smoking and the use of all other tobacco products in all city-owned parks and recreational facilities. The tobacco-free zone would also encompass the city's Stockert Youth Center, the Charles W. Gibson Memorial Library and "all areas where fairs and festivals are conducted, including but not limited to the annual West Virginia Strawberry Festival and Festival Fridays at Jawbone Park."
Violators of the ordinance would be charged with misdemeanors. According to the ordinance, within a 24-month period, first-time offenders would be fined $50, second-time offenders would be fined $100, third-time offenders would be fined $200 and fourth-time offenders would be fined $400.
Any fifth or subsequent offense within a 24-month period would warrant a $500 fine.
For the ban to take effect May 4, council members must approve the ordinance by a majority vote at their next meeting, slated for April 4.
Councilman Ron Pugh took issue with a section of the ordinance that outlaws electronic cigarettes. The ordinance specifies that smoking "includes the use of an electronic cigarette which creates a vapor, in any manner or form."
"An electronic cigarette is a device that is supposed to help a person cease smoking," Pugh remarked. "Do we really want to prevent something that, in a medical sense, is helping someone quit this disgusting habit?"
City Attorney Dave McCauley said children often imitate smoking behavior, regardless of what substance is actually inside a cigarette or similar device.
"The thinking is twofold," McCauley said. "First, naturally, we want to prevent secondhand smoke. Second, children mimick what they see, whether a person is smoking a cigarette with the most nicotine that you could have ever received or an electronic cigarette."
Pugh wasn't convinced.
"The only thing in an electronic cigarette is water vapor," he said. "I just have a feeling that banning an item intended to help someone cease smoking, if it's challenged, isn't going to stand up in court.
"We are trying to prohibit secondhand smoke, not secondhand water vapor from a harmless piece of plastic," Pugh continued.
McCauley said council could extract the ban against electronic cigarettes if it wanted to; however, the ordinance in its original form was passed after City Recorder Rich Clemens made a motion to approve it, which was seconded by Councilman Dave Thomas.
"My only concern about the whole thing is enforcement," Mayor Kenny Davidson said. "The enforcement part of it is going to be a bear."
"It might seem like you're looking at a jump, but revenues for the cemetery last year did not pay for mowing, much less anything else."
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UW-Extension offers Dairy Herd Health Clinic on February 16
UW-Extension offers Dairy Herd Health Clinic
A Dairy Herd Health Clinic will be offered on Feb. 16 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at two locations in western Wisconsin, the Log Cabin in Bangor and Co-op Credit Union in Black River Falls. The clinic is targeted toward dairy producers and professionals who would like to learn more about effective management tools and strategies for raising calves, heifers and cows on the dairy farm. The workshop, offered by the UW-Extension offices of La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau, Jackson, Buffalo and Vernon counties, will feature the following topics and speakers:
- Steve Huntzicker/Trisha Wagner, Agriculture Agents from La Crosse and Jackson County, Topic: Dairy Farming Today: Keys to help you lead your dairy business.
- Dr. Randy Shaver, Professor UW-Madison and UW-Extension, Dairy Nutritionist, Topic: What are we learning about starch for dairy cows?
- Tina Kohlman, Dairy and Livestock Agent from Sheboygan County, Topic: Raising Healthy Calves in Cold Weather.
- Pam Ruegg, Milk Quality Specialist, Topic: What is happening with mastitis and antibiotic resistance on Wisconsin farms? Real Data from Real Cows on Real Wisconsin Farms.
Pre-registration is needed to get an accurate meal and handout count. There is no cost to attendees thanks to our sponsors.
Pre-register by Feb. 10 for the Bangor site by calling the La Crosse County Extension Office at 608-785-9593 or the Jackson County Extension Office for the Black River Falls site at 715-284-4257.


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VideoGamer.com: Moving on to Tales of Monkey Island, it's been announced for PC and WiiWare. Why not an XBLA version?
DC: Right now the Special Edition is going to be up on XBLA so we wanted to give that some room, but it may end up there. Obviously we'll talk with Microsoft about getting it up on XBL as soon as we can and as soon as it makes sense.
VideoGamer.com: So you're actively trying to get it on XBLA then?
DC: I don't know if I can really talk about what conversations we've had with them about it but it's certainly of interest to us.
VideoGamer.com: It seems odd that Telltale is doing this brand new set of Monkey Island chapters and LucasArts is doing the remake internally. Was there any chance of Telltale doing the remake?
DC: I don't think the remake was what we would want to do. They were looking at what was going on with a lot of games coming back through digital distribution and being successful with the idea of being up-ressed and made current. For them with this library of content if there's an avenue to enhance the graphics, add voice and deliver a product that has an audience, I think they really want to find out what that is. At the same time coming up with a new property and adding something to help push the name of the product and get Monkey Island top of mind is like a double whammy. Players will have the new Tales of Monkey Island that Telltale's doing, that's the latest and the greatest and the newest thing and the continuation of the story, and at the same time, for everyone who loved the original, LucasArts is bringing back the original content but with Dominic (Armato, The Curse of Monkey Island and Escape from Monkey Island) doing Guybrush's voice and up-ressed graphics. It's a dual plan for them to get the franchise out as widely as possible.
VideoGamer.com: Why is now the right time for Monkey Island to return?
DC: There's some momentum in the genre with what Telltale's been doing. Digital distribution is mature enough that there's a real market there, that you can get your game up to a niche audience that wants it without having all the overhead of doing retail product. Telltale and LucasArts came together at the same time and said let's just do this. People have been asking for it forever. Why not do it now. Let's make this happen.
VideoGamer.com: The hardcore gaming population obviously loves Monkey Island. Is there a need for it to appeal to a wider audience now?
DC: We've always believed that adventure games and the adventure game mechanic is something that's easy for anybody to do. If the games are good at engaging the player then anybody can come in and play it. We've seen it with Sam & Max - we've introduced a lot of new people to Sam & Max. They might have heard of it because their brother's played it or maybe their dad picked it up and they played it, but we're getting a lot of new fans to the franchise. That's always our goal with Telltale. We're not in this to serve a small part of the market. We're in this to figure out how to bring this great content to everybody because we believe everybody can enjoy it. For us that's always been the design challenge – keeping the challenge there so the core that loves these games will be satisfied, will have positive things to say about it and will be happy, but at the same time make it so that the new people who come in aren't left at the door saying I don't understand this, I can't play this. To play these types of games you really have to get your head in a different space than what you're used to. If you're an old school gamer you remember that space very well. It's like an old friend. It's like a comfortable place. If you're a new gamer it's pretty foreign to you. We really need to work people into the experience and get them in that mindset that makes solving puzzles and adventuring a fun and rewarding experience. That's Telltale's goal. With the Special Edition it'll be interesting to see if, with the hint system, new people can make it all the way through the game and have the same experience people had previously.
VideoGamer.com: There's that thing about rose-tinted nostalgia goggles where you look back at games and think they're a lot better than they really were. Perhaps Monkey Island and games of that type don't suffer from that because the quality of the writing had a lot to do with the quality of the game and it still stands up.
DC: Oh definitely. In those older versions there's so much of it. For us, I wouldn't want to talk about necessarily Monkey Island in that way but if you go back and play the original Sam & Max and then you play Telltale's episodes they really feel like two different things. I mean they feel the same, but yet they feel very different in the way you experience them.
VideoGamer.com: You mean better of course!
DC: The writing's great in the first Sam & Max, but we wouldn't send you to go to use the fish grabbers inside the giant ball of twine to get the ring. Our puzzles are probably about three steps shorter! You know what I'm saying!
VideoGamer.com: They make more sense?
DC: Yeah, in their own weird way.
VideoGamer.com: What was your approach to getting voice actors on board for the game? Was it terrifying?
DC: Well getting Guybrush was huge. Having Dominic do it was a huge deal. The other characters aren't as critical as Guybrush. He's the signature voice. After finding new voices for Sam & Max we're used to the abuse! We're pretty used to hearing from people that love the products and hearing their opinions. I always say it's better to have people caring about it and talking about it, even if they're being critical and giving you their opinion, than to have them not care. So not necessarily terrified, but incredibly happy to have Dominic as the voice of Guybrush. It's amazing he still sounds the same after all these years. It's such a signature voice.
VideoGamer.com: You've done Sam & Max and you're doing Monkey Island. When will you be doing a brand new Indiana Jones adventure?
DC: (Laughs) I was expecting you to say Day of the Tentacle.
VideoGamer.com: I will afterwards.
DC: We'll see, we'll see. It all depends on how it goes. Hopefully it works out for both companies and it just is a no brainer to keep adding the franchises on.
VideoGamer.com: Is there one you have a particular personal desire to give the Telltale treatment to?
DC: To me I always think of the big three as, and maybe it's just because of when I was playing and when I was first starting at LucasArts, I always think of Sam & Max, Day of the Tentacle and Monkey Island as the big three franchises. Having access to Steve and access to Dave Grossman and everything else… I really love Day of the Tentacle. Although I wanted to do, and my ideas always get shot down, but I wanted to see, like a 32-year-old Hoagie, or Bernard, Hoagie and Laverne all grown up with jobs and what not. But we'll see if that gets any traction.
VideoGamer.com: I can't believe your ideas are shot down given your position at the company. Surely you can just put your foot down and make whatever you want to happen happen.
DC: (Laughs) Yeah, but everyone says, "I don't know Dan, I don't see Hoagie working a job, I don't see Hoagie as a computer programmer". Oh okay, I guess, you're right. But that would be a fun one for sure. We're certainly not there yet on it, and we're just having a "wait and see" approach with Monkey. Hopefully everyone that plays the Special Edition and plays Tales really enjoy what the games bring, which is the great stories and characters of Guybrush and Elaine and LeChuck. When you look back on it, and you think about what we do with episodic and you think about Monkey Island 1 and 2 and the way they were released and the endings, it really is the perfect soap opera.
VideoGamer.com: In all seriousness, if your Monkey Island game and the Special Edition prove successful, is a new Day of the Tentacle episodic Telltale release feasible?
DC: I would say feasible is a good word.
Sam & Max Save the World is out now on Xbox LIVE Arcade.


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CLEMSON — Someday, all of Clemson's daily football business and meetings will take place in one spot.
That day is yet to be determined.
Clemson's board of trustees has offered pre-approval to the concept of a brand new football operations building which is estimated to cost $30 million and span between 60,000 and 80,000 square feet. It would be located right next to the university's months-old indoor practice building.
Currently, the team's weight room, training room, equipment room, player and coach locker rooms, coaches' offices and team meetings rooms are located in the WestZone, connected to Memorial Stadium.
The team has to ride truck-pulled trams across Perimeter Road to practice each day, a time-consuming process which head coach Dabo Swinney has said he'd like to remove.
While Clemson athletic director Dan Radakovich is pleased that new building is on the horizon, he doesn't know when construction will begin.
"The football program right now is in a very good facility. The urgency is not there," Radkaovich said Tuesday in a press conference. "But as we move forward in seeing what's next within keeping our football program at the elite level, this was the next step to consolidate all of that. That's why we're going to take this process, study it, make sure we do the right things associated with the football program going forward. We'll take our time moving forward through it and making it a great project."
Radakovich made his first public statements in a group setting Tuesday to announce the approved athletic department facility upgrades. On Oct. 18, Radakovich sat down with The Post and Courier to discuss plans to rebuild Littlejohn Coliseum — which will displace the men's and women's basketball programs for the 2015-16 season — and other board signoffs going into effect that day.
Final approval has been granted for a baseball player development amenities facility down the first-base line at Doug Kingsmore Stadium, to begin construction next summer. Also, the WestZone will be scaled down to include a pedestrian bridge connecting the north and south lower bowls, alleviating foot traffic for fans on gameday, and have a vertical Oculus piece built as a signature architectural piece on the side of Memorial Stadium.
Radakovich is referring to "the new basketball arena" rather than Littlejohn Coliseum, indicating a name change could be in the works, though nothing has been announced.
The Post and Courier reported Oct. 18 that the 45-year-old arena will not be replaced by a brand new building, but Clemson is preparing to spend between $60 and $80 million to spice up Littlejohn Coliseum with new seating areas, lighting, video boards, wireless connectivity on mobile devices and more.
"The biggest question I've received is, what is a rebuild? A rebuild is much, much more than a renovation or a remodel," Radakovich said. "The roof will stay in place. The four walls will stay in place, and the concourse will stay in place. Pretty much everything else will be redone.
"If you stood at midcourt inside Littlejohn Coliseum today and looked around, and you stood at midcourt of the rebuilt facility, you will feel like you're in two different buildings. That's really our goal."
Down the road, considerations are ongoing to build a public museum with Clemson memorabilia between the new basketball arena and Doug Kingsmore Stadium.


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Prosecutors filed dozens of additional felony charges Wednesday against an Altoona woman already accused of possession of child pornography.
As Helen McKinley, 38, of 2720 Broad Ave., Apt. 1, faced a preliminary hearing Wednesday, prosecutors increased the number of child pornography charges from 10 to 81 - still a fraction of the 252 images police allegedly found on her computer.
McKinley's defense attorney, Dave Beyer, accused the Blair County District Attorney's Office of using the new charges as punishment for her refusal to waive the hearing.
"This is absolutely ridiculous. It's a shame the justice system works this way," Beyer said afterward. "If you exercise your constitutional right to a preliminary hearing, you're going to get [in trouble]."
Magisterial District Judge Todd F. Kelly sent 62 charges on to the Court of Common Pleas after reviewing the 81 explicit photos McKinley is accused of possessing. Kelly said 19 of the 81 were too blurry or the participants' ages too unclear to count for child pornography charges.
Altoona police arrested McKinley on Friday, nearly two months after her roommate approached officers to report the alleged pornography. Police discovered the images on her computer after she admitted to possessing them, according to an affidavit.
Kelly reduced McKinley's bail Wednesday from $50,000 cash to a $5,000 up-front payment. McKinley, who lives on Social Security, was unable to cover the larger sum, she said.
She'll be barred from using computers if released, Kelly ordered. McKinley accepted the condition, noting that she rarely uses her computer anyway.
"I haven't even bothered," she said. "It's not that important to me."
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Do you believe the Earth is undergoing a climate change?
OK so you shut down the power plants producing electric using coal. Here we go it's in the works, Mon Power has applied for rate increase's in cost to produce to WV Legislature, and it's just the beginning, the more power producing plants using coal close up, the more we will pay..YOU "anti coal folks" WON........
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I also think that.......Oh nevermind! What's the point anymore. I'll go get lost somewhere else. May this newspaper farce be with you!
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The Discovery Channel has me convinced that there is a Mermaid population in the Pacific Ocean. What do you think Truthseeker?
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a few things truthseeker... 1)name calling is elementary 2) times changing ARE a reason to get on board. Is there a chance that you could possibly be wrong, or even narrow minded? You may resemble the same folks who thought Galileo was a moron for thinking the earth wasnt the center of the universe, or the folks who believed the earth was not round. How many planets were there when you were a kid? how many are there now? Times change!
3) i stated that every man should have equal rights, every woman should have equal rights, every homosexual should have equal rights, and every human being of any race should have equal rights. These people should all have the same rights. Men same as women. You should have the same rights as transgendered individuals and homosexuals. Please come from beneath your rock, open your eyes and heart to the world, and learn to love and respect everyone. By everyone, I mean EVERYONE. ...Until then, you and your "righties" will lose in november
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The Washington Post's Charles Krauthammer, writes, "If climate science is settled, why do its predictions keep changing? And how is it that the great physicist Freeman Dyson, who did some climate research in the late 1970s, thinks today's climate-change Cassandras are hopelessly mistaken? ... Climate-change proponents have made their cause a matter of fealty and faith. For folks who pretend to be brave carriers of the scientific ethic, there's more than a tinge of religion in their jeremiads."
Yet another reason not to trust climate change alarmists.
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There are plenty of ways to check Puls' conclusions, including www dot climatedepot dot com, which provides links to the papers and work of climatologists and other scientists who take a decidedly different position from that of the climate change crowd. Some note the pressure placed on them to conform to the "faith" in order to receive government subsidies and donations from foundations and wealthy individuals. Climate change is a fact? Don't think so.
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German meteorologist Klaus-Eckart Puls goes further. He has written that contrary to the alarmists' claims of melting polar ice caps and rising sea levels, the rise in sea levels has declined 34 percent over the last decade. His report, which analyzed satellite data from TOPEX and JASON-1 and JASON-2 missions studying global ocean topography, concluded that the sea level rise has "slowed down significantly," and that "...it should not be speculated on whether the deceleration in the rise is a trend or if it is only noise. What is certain is that there is neither a 'dramatic' rise, nor an 'acceleration'. Conclusion: Climate models that project an acceleration over the last 20 years are wrong."
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The website is globalwarming dot org!
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Professor Tol, writes Globalwarming****, recently "accused the IPCC of being too alarmist about global warming and asked to have his name withdrawn from its recently released Working Group II report (WG2) on climate change impacts." In a recent article for the Financial Times titled "Bogus prophecies of doom will not fix the climate," Tol explains why, "Humans are a tough and adaptable species. People live on the equator and in the Arctic, in the desert and in the rainforest. We survived the ice ages with primitive technologies. The idea that climate change poses an existential threat to humankind is laughable."
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FACTS for those who cannot find them: one might think there is unanimity of opinion on the subject by panel members. Maybe that's true of current members of the panel, but it is instructive to read the comments by former IPCC member Richard Tol, who, among other things, is professor of the Economics of Climate Change, Institute for Environmental Studies and Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Even these "scientists" are NOT agreeing!
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conservativedad did exactly what I predicted; avoid the FACTS; don't discuss and PROVE what you're saying, and totally 'change the subject' to whether I am a christian or not. Even though I've never said I was or was not! True liberal double speak and nonsense. THAT is why the left is not credible anymore; they're lack of real facts and knowledge destroys them.
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May as well stay consistent in going backwards. Anything worth doing is worth doing wrong. Right?
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We need a new law which would outlaw old stale laws which are no longer relevant to today. But whatever we do we need to keep restricting those who abide by laws and leave the lawless alone. Especially illegal immigrants.
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Name calling gets you nowhere, truthie. You're an embarrassment to every Christian.
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There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible to live without breaking laws. – Ayn Rand
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NEVER open to immorality, frauds, scams and dishonest progressives who deceive people for their own personal gain wealth-wise. And global warming is a humongous Madoff scheme to enrich the already wealthy Al Gores' of the world by taxing all the poor.
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LOL. Uh, homosexuals are NOT a race! Your liberal education failed you!
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Obviously you are gullible and can't think for yourself. Times are changing isn't a REASON to hop on board with idiots. Well, apparently it's enough for you.
When scamming fake scientists do everything to keep REAL scientists quiet so gullible folks won't hear the TRUTH; yeah, a red flag should go up for you that something is amiss; but unless one has the 'intelligence' to search FACTS instead of 'feewings' like left does; you would be taken in by anything thrown your way. Emotions rule the left; logic and truth and facts rule the rest of us! Enjoy your trip to nowhere land!
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I honestly laugh at your posts...
1)IGNORE my comment that the democrats own the senate AND oval office, while republicans own just the house.
2) IGNORE scientific research
3) IGNORE that fact that I respect the conservatives on their financial ideas.
Are you just ignorant to everything except what people have brainwashed into your head for the last 50+ years?
Can you honestly say that you don't believe the work of scientists around the world? Don't believe every human being should be offered the same rights...be they man, woman, homosexual, or of any race? Do you not believe in cutting edge research? This country needs people to come together. Don't simply bash the opposing side because they are the opposing side. Have an open mind, be open to new ideas.
"The times they are a changing"...get on board.
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The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. – H.L. Mencken
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Oh, no worries "numbering lib", 123456789. BTW; not very creative for a leftie are you?
I have a WONDERFUL LIFE! It's the left in here that are always angry, depressing, sending nothing but dark warnings about skies falling, water drying up, hailstorms and brimstone. Geez; perhaps YOU all should get outside and SEE that sun shine rather than talk gloomingly about how you think it's never going to shine again. lolol.
Happiness is a state of mind that YOU decide on. Or stay negative, gloomy and depressing like the lefties. EEW...no one wants that.
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LOL. Funny one Jester...you just proved my point at how 'clueless' the left is about weather. You didn't know that it turns cold in winter and turns warmer in Spring? And yes, Spring brings on 'allergies' because 'p-o-l-l-e-n' count is high...due to trees, grass, plants Growing. WOW: REALITY, what a concept says the left. Oops, I think they must be wakening from their stupor...or I could be wrong. Depends on how more clueless the left's next comments are.
Just helping slow learners THINK!
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House-Republican Senate-Democratic Oval Office-Democratic
...on a side note, I hope you are retired b/c you spend a great deal of time trolling this newspaper's website. If you're not... get.a.life.
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Special announcement just for 123456789: Republican and Tea Party businessman beat out two democrats in most recent elections in Florida/Texas.
Aw****..guess dems heyday is OVER!
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Funny one 123456789. At least we know you can count. lol.
But you know nothing about politics. Conservatives already beat democrats in two states elections. Wake up. Try actually keeping up with CURRENT EVENTS. Just throwing out lies isn't working for left any longer.... obviously you did not get the new DNC memo on that!
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Lori Petty�will return to�Orange Is the New Black�as a guest star in Season 3,�Entertainment Weekly�reports.
Petty appeared in the Season 2 premiere of Netflix's breakout hit, as a prisoner named Lolly who bonded with Piper (Taylor Schilling) on an inmate-filled flight to Chicago. There's no word on whether she'll be bringing her Vaseline with her this time around.
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