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The EC claims iTunes treats customers unfairly and that record labels are to blame
After a long series of investigations, the European Commission (EC) today decided to formally object to Apple and its iTunes business in European countries on anticompetitive practices. According to the EC, it has sent a Statement of Objections to Apple, indicating that the way Apple does business with its iTunes online store is in violations of EC treaty rules. Additional complaints were sent to major record labels operating in the European Union.
The problem lies in the way that major record labels deal with the iTunes online store, allowing only limited access based on the location of the customer. Prices vary across locations and across borders, and customers in one zone may not be allowed to purchase music that's available in another zone. Worse yet, some customers end up paying higher prices simply because of their geographical location.
European Commission spokesman Jonathan Todd publically stated that the EC
sees the agreement between record labels and Apple as a violation of trade treaties
. "Our current view is that this is an arrangement which is imposed on Apple by the major record companies and we do not see a justification for it." An official statement from the EC indicated that customers were having their credit cards scanned for location information and if for example the customer was located in Belgium, they could only purchase songs designated to Belgium.
The report states, "Apple and major record companies contain territorial sales restrictions which violate Article 81 of the EC Treaty. iTunes verifies consumers' country of residence through their credit card details. For example, in order to buy a music download from the iTunes Belgian on-line store a consumer must use a credit card issued by a bank with an address in Belgium."
An important note in the EC's statement said that while this charge is an indication of treaty violations, it is not a charge of monopolistic practices.
"The Statement of Objections does not allege that Apple is in a dominant market position and is not about Apple's use of its proprietary Digital Rights Management (DRM) to control usage rights for downloads from the iTunes on-line store," concludes the report.
Before the EC sent its formal charge to Apple, the life-style computer company already faced a number of allegations about the iTunes store. Earlier this year, a number of agencies in several European countries
joined forces to threaten legal action towards Apple
if it didn't change the way the iTunes store operated. Groups in Denmark, Germany, France, Norway and Sweden complained that
Apple's DRM format is too restrictive
and did not allow users to play music on players of their choice.
In February of this year, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that despite the restrictions placed on songs downloaded from the iTunes store,
he would rather see Digital Rights Management (DRM) completely abolished
. "Through the end of 2006, customers purchased a total of 90 million iPods and 2 billion songs from the iTunes store. On average, that's 22 songs purchased from the iTunes store for each iPod ever sold," Jobs said. While it's difficult to ignore that iTunes does effect sales of iPods, consumers have been against DRM-enabled music from the get-go. Even
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates took a stab at DRM
late last year.
With the EC's latest charge on Apple, it will be interesting to see how things shape up between Apple and major record labels. While the RIAA is still going after college students and other end users, the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) may be going through some changes
thanks to updated a new FAIR USE act, which calls for reduced restrictions for both consumers and hardware developers. The dynamics between Apple, record labels and government agencies is no doubt a complex one. Despite Apple's troubles,
the iTunes business is still a roaring success
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RE: Before you all start..
Look, I'm never going to change your opinion on the EU, but I feel you should, before completely writing it off as some exercise in 'Socialist central planning', go and actually do a little bit of research into what the EU is and what it does. You also overestimate the EUs power as a central governing body. As I have said before,I actually study the EU as part of my course and you'd be surprised as to what it actually achieves. You may also be surprised as to how the US actually shaped the EEC too.
Also, your example of price discrimination with cinemas misses the point and is entirely different to Apples case. Your point regarding the EU budget is also a case of stating the obvious. There are clear tensions in the EU regarding the budget, mainly due to the 2004 enlargement.
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RE: Before you all start..
I don't what part of which it is you study, but I study it's economy as well. I'm sure the EU does nice cute things in various realms of human life, ie, good diplomacy (it sure got angry with Iran this past week!) and peacekeeping (A+ performance in Darfur, and those Belgian troops in Kosovo were real heros, eh?). But economic success it absolutely is not.
The single market *does* exert a good amount of control over it's participants economies. Switzerland, for example, has had to adopt almost the full set of rules as a full EU state member (and even has to contribute to the budget) in order to participate in the single market. Additionally, with the unified currency, the monetary policy applies to them all whether they like it or not.
The term socialism I use, I think, correctly, as the government in the EU treats business in general as a second-class citizen. It regulates it, it tells it how to operate, what it can and can not do in a wide variety of instances, it taxes them heavily when it befits them and willingly disregards its property rights when voters decide they don't like something. Thats just the business operation side; on the employee side, they regulate hours worked and implement much more restrictive (on business) labor laws that effective legislate away the concept of "right to work". I don't know how many businessmen from France have complained that the very popular culture there looks upon successful businessmen as criminals, and with the work-police gustappo going around checking to make sure nobody worked 1 minute past their 35hr cap, the system treats management in the same way as car thiefs and other felons.
Again, that IS socialism, that IS central planning; the government in Europe (not just the EU itself but individual states as well) controls every detail it can manage to, likely with the belief that more government is preferable to less.
The alternative would be free markets operating without government intervention except in cases of market failures (which almost never happen) and to correct externalities (through licenses or limited, specific taxation to correct for infringed property rights or the damage to the public property). Europe comes no where close; most recent example is the light bulb. The communist/fascist approach is to ban socially unacceptable things, like dancing in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The free-market approach is to devise a carbon tax so that people pay to use inefficient technology. You see which route the EU took.
Some places, like the UK with light labor laws or Germany that has kept its unit labor costs down, manage to avoid some economic problems. Most of Europe, unfortunately, has no saving grace to make up for its problems like Germany and the UK have, and that's reflected in precisely what economic theory predicts for socialist economies; high unemployment, low growth.
As an aside, I don't write off the EU; men like Sarkozy understand the problems, and hope to fix it (if he is elected). In fact, most politicians know precisely what they need to do, they just don't know how to get re-elected again if they were to do it.
I've been stating facts and events right out of the news, so I'd like to see how you could see the EU in a radically different light other than failure with only somewhat bright hopes for a better future (but still a current-day failure).
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RE: Before you all start..
Without wanting this to sound like a personal attack, be honest. You don't have an economics degree, judging by nearly all of your posts I've seen on here. You don't even understand the concept of socialism and you sure as hell don't understand the economy of the EU. (incidentally I do also do economics as part of my course, at a fairly basic level, mind)
I've read your post and, unfortunately it is factually incorrect in the main and has nothing to do with the subject in hand, for that reason I'm not going to bother addressing the points you made, as, in your own words I'd be 'feeding the troll'.
RE: Before you all start..
Actually, he hasn't shown much of a lack of understanding in socialism or economics as far as I've seen, and yes, I've taken courses in economics, and especially in microeconomics (meaning the economy within a country or given region).
Let us remember, the EU is not a country but a union of countries. Each individual nation has it's own laws, constitution equivilant, and leadership. The EU attempts to bridge all the different laws, currancies, and practices to make it a more uniform and compatible whole (i.e. you can use the Euro anywhere in any EU nation and don't have to bother with constantly exchanging your currancy).
With that said, for the EU to demand of a company that it cannot engage in different business practices with
different, soveriegn, independent nations
, is a bit socialistic in nature. Each country has its own business laws, irregardless of the EU!, and it's own taxes, so demanding absolutely identical business practices by any company in all EU members is rather ludicris.
Of course, I have not studied how the different companies based in say France as treated by the EU on their pricing of products that they sell in France verses those they sell in Norway (subtracting out distribution costs and such), but I doubt the EU demands such fidelity elsewhere. That does not mean what it's doing is anti-American! But, it seems a reflection of a "this is the internet, no countries or regions exist on it, the internet is it's own self contained location" mentality, and a case of the EU trying to overstep its bounds of power.
In summery, each country must be tailored to price wise by a company for effective business (likewise a company tailors its practices differently in every state in the United States due to different State based laws and taxes!), so it seems the EU is very wrong in this matter from a rational and economic standpoint (unless it is true that the internet modifies these facts and negates them, then the EU is right and Apple is entirely wrong for discrimination).
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May brings the full awakening of spring and the official opening of the 2013 season of Adaland Mansion at Philippi.
Adaland Mansion, Philippi's beautifully restored 1870 home 4 miles north of downtown Philippi, is open to the public from May 1 to Dec. 31 and hosts public and private events throughout the season. A Mother's Day buffet dinner will open this year's calendar of activities.
"Our annual Mother's Day Buffet Dinner is our first official public event on this year's calendar and an event looked forward to by our many regular visitors," said Ann Serafin, executive director of Adaland Mansion. "Because this annual celebration of that special person in our lives is such a special event for Adaland, we anticipate an overflow crowd for this year's dinner."
Regular visitors and those new to Adaland will find the buffet table in the formal dining room filled with delicious foods. Adaland's chef Lucy Williamson has her menu of two entrees, multiple sides, salad, homemade bread, drinks and dessert selections ready for the holiday meal.
Reservations are required by calling 304-457-2415 or 304-457-1587.
Besides being a special day for mothers, Mother's Day also has special significance for Adaland Mansion.
To trace the Mother's Day connection to Adaland requires going back in history to the early years of Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis. She moved with her family prior to the Civil War from Culpeper, Va., to Philippi, where her father was a Methodist minister. In 1852, two years after marrying Granville Jarvis, the son of a Philippi Baptist minister, Ann Jarvis and her husband moved from Philippi to nearby Webster in Taylor County.
Ann Jarvis organized a series of Mothers' Day Work Clubs in Barbour and Taylor counties that worked to improve health and sanitary conditions.
These clubs also treated wounded Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. To help ease tensions after the war, Jarvis organized a Mothers' Friendship Day in Pruntytown to bring together soldiers and neighbors. The Mothers' Friendship Day was so successful it became an annual event for several years.
While in Grafton, the Rev. Granville Jarvis built and dedicated the Andrews Methodist Church in 1873, where Ann taught Sunday School for 25 years. After Ann died in 1905, her daughter Anna conducted a small tribute to her mother at Grafton's Andrews Methodist Church and led the efforts to establish a nationally recognized Mother's Day.
In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a Congressional Resolution establishing the second Sunday in May as a national holiday for the celebration of Mother's Day. And in 1952, the General Conference of the Methodist Church officially designated Andrews Methodist Church as a National Methodist Shrine.
That National Methodist Shrine is better known today as the Mother's Day Shrine. In it is a stained glass window dedicated to Judge Ira E. Robinson, advocate for recognition of Mother's Day as a state holiday and former owner of Adaland Mansion at Philippi.

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You know our stance, but that doesn't mean it's the only one. Tell us what you think. Should the operating system including the GNU set of tools be referred to as GNU/Linux or just Linux? Richard Stallman says GNU/Linux; Linus Torvalds says Linux... what do you say?
GNU/Linux or just Linux?
My desktop proudly says GNULINUX, next to a stylized Wildebeest head. So I use GNU/Linux. However, calling the whole platform GNU/Linux (and, particularly, pronouncing the slash) sounds a bit too much. I appreciate the work the FSF does, and whenever someone asks me questions like "What company makes Linux" I tell them about GNU first. But there's no such thing as a GNU/Linux OS. GNU/Linux might be considered an OS family, which itself is a part of the larger Linux OS family. There are distros with little to no GNU in them (like DeLi), and we still consider them a part of the larger "Linux" world.
In the end, the name of the OS isn't Linux or GNU/Linux, it's Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Gentoo or whatever distro you use. It's just that these OSes are compatible to a large degree, just like different versions of other OSes.
(Plus, rms isn't entirely honest when he says "the kernel was just the final part of the OS"... it's the single most important program!)
It's GNU/Linux
Whether or not "the kernel was just the final part of the OS" as RMS states (rightfully, in my opinion), the fact that GNU contributes significantly to the working of the operating system commonly called "Linux" warrants that the operating system as a whole should be referred to as GNU/Linux (even if each OS is more commonly known by their distro names).
At Open Source Reporter, we refer to the operating system in general terms as GNU/Linux, and we pronounce it "GNU Linux" (with no slash). Naturally, we don't do this for specific distros that have "Linux" as part of their name (for example, we would refer to Fluxbuntu Linux as Fluxbuntu Linux because that's the name the developers gave it. However, in a news story, we might write "Fluxbuntu Linux, an Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux distribution, released its latest update today . . .").
GNU deserves its due: It's GNU/Linux.
Larry Cafiero
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Hmm this is a tricky one
I like acknowledging the hard work of GNU team. But I often forget to say GNU/Linux.
I don't think that RMS insists on the "GNU" bit to be pompous though as some have said. Nor out of any sort of pride. I think he does it a) to get recognition for the GNU team (as Icafiero pointed out) and b) to remind people of the 4 freedoms.
Linus just doesn't seem to care about the freedoms as much as he does the open source-ness of his project.
I can also see how annoying it would be for the GNU team to have been almost there and then have Linux come along and take the naming rights to the whole system. I think most would agree.
However, I do agree that Linux has now become the defacto name for the OS as a whole and I think perhaps RMS and GNU should just let it lie. The mob has spoken. But we know how stupid people are when they are in large groups.
I understand that FSM uses GNU/Linux and Linux as terms for the OS and kernel, respectively. And, that this is done for consistency, clarity, correctness and probably because RMS had an early hand in promoting the magazine. He of course would have insisted on it. If you look, you will see his blogs have been reprinted in the early issues. Wasn't FSM originally going to be called "The Open Voice". If so I imagine he requested the magazine change names too.
So consistency and clarity I understand. Correctness is going to be subjective. And you can understand that a fledgling magazine might go with RMS's flow if it meant getting page rank and advertising. I imagine that, even now that RMS isn't backing them by linking from the home page of fsf.org anymore, they still will have to stick with free software and GNU/Linux for consistency anyway.
I just wish I could remember to say GNU when I say Linux more often and that, either way, there wouldn't be so much emphasis put on the name of such a great OS.
"GNU/Linux" or one of the other correct names
I agree with the FSF and GNU project's arguments at http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html that "GNU/Linux" is one of the many correct names for it (the others are longer, crediting more of the contributing projects), and "Linux" is an incorrect name for it. I also agree with their reasons why it's important to call it by one of the right names.
GNU - free as in freedom
GNU/Linux or distro
I don't think this is the most important question, as I've heard Richard Stallman himself remark two days ago in Lisbon. It is by far more important that people know what free software stands for and, in this context, what role the GNU project and the Linux kernel have played.
Here is a suggestion, in the form of dialog:
- What is that you're using instead of Windows?
- Debian! (replace by the name of your distro)
- Debian? What's that? Never heard of it.
- It's a GNU/Linux (pronounced GNU Linux) free operating system.
- Ah! Linux!
- No. GNU/Linux .
- Gnu?
- Yes, the GNU project. Once upon a time, in the 1970s, Richard Stallman...


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Hello guys,
today, I installed a new OCZ Nocti 60GB SSD into my x220's msata slot. parallel, i got a hitachi 320gb 7200rpm stock lenovo drive running.
the ssd is being perfectly recognised by the bios. i use verison 1.22.
now, I want to install win7 on my ssd, which was previously installed on my hdd.
I put my win7 copy on a usb thumb drive, boot it up, select install windows.
However, upon reaching the "Select the driver to be installed." screen, I get an error thrown at me:
"A required CD/DVD drive decive driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now."
I do not have any driver concerning my hd/ssd and the ocz website states that a) none is needed and b) that none is provided.
I tried to install without having the hd attached aswell, same error.
Do any of you guys have any ideas on how to possibly solve the problem?
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Is the thumb drive plugged into the USB 3.0 port?
I had the same problem on the other notebook when the USB drive was plugged into the USB 3.0 port. Inserting it into the USB 2.0 port solved the problem.
hey guys!
thanks for all for your advice, in the end it worked. i just had to pull the usb stick when the error displayed and then stick it right back in, in another usb port though!
orion9727 - why exactly do you believe that sandforce controllers are infirior in notebooks?
i would love to know more about that! is it just the power consumption (and if yes, about how significant is the difference?) or is it also concerning the performance or simply the reliability?
thank you for your time!!
orion9727 wrote:
well the sandforce is a power hog.
in the sand 2 sata 3 it use close to 5v at load and 1.5-2v idle.
thats alot more then a platter and platter can stop and sleep.
ssd have no advanced power scheme as there new and they sure dont like chipset mode ones.
sand1 uses alittle less.
now look at a M4 that use less then 1volt active and hundereads idle.
we talking here a difference of 4v or more and probley 2 v active cause some ssd go so low there not even a tenth but a hundreath of volt.
huge difference.
sandforce uses so power because it converts data to compressed data files.
that way it can move them around faster.
Sorry but you don't know at all what you're talking about.
The voltage never vary on sata/msata drives... It's a steady 5V. I guess you meant the amperage, which does vary with load.
Sandforce SSD use more power than Intel, sure. But they are also a lot faster. In any case, it's no worse than a traditionnal laptop hard drive.
As far as OCZ reliability is concerned, failure rate is no worse than Intel in my experience, and we use a couple dozen of each brand for our database cluster.
You hate OCZ, I think we all get it. But now please stop spreading FUD.


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You can check the time on your cellphone, your camera and other high-tech devices. Why, then, watch a watch?
This spring, around the country and in Buffalo, people will find themselves pondering that question as they decide whether to buy the newest incarnation of the wristwatch – the smart watch.
The question may arise this weekend in particular. After all, this is the weekend when millions of people adjust their gadgets and timepieces – both manually and digitally – to "spring forward" with the change to daylight saving time, which arrives Sunday.
Now, makers including Pebble, which is putting out a new smart-watch product, are trying to get average consumers to fork out money once again for, yes, wristwatches.
We'll pause a moment while you clear images of Cary Grant and Fred Astaire from your minds.
In recent years, watches have taken a hit, the ripple effect of many people realizing they could check the time by simply grabbing their phones.
In the Buffalo area, jewelry and wristwatch buyers and sellers noticed the effect of that change in their own merchandise cases and cash registers.
"It's cellphones," said Richard Shiner, who with his wife, Barbara, owns a shop selling jewelry, watches and antiques on Ridge Road in Lackawanna.
"People don't even buy navigation systems anymore. You don't even need a laptop anymore," Shiner said.
Wristwatches have been no different, he said, though women have been slower to surrender their timepieces than men, in his opinion.
The new smart watch is intended to lure people back to the habit of having a useful device on their wrists.
That's why the new watches are more like minicomputers than the standard wristwatch of old, which told the time and little else.
The Pebble watch lets you check your email and text messages, look at Facebook and Twitter accounts, and more. It connects without wires to a smartphone.
The Pebble devices cost about $150, according to published reports.
Other versions of the smart watch currently on the market include the Cookoo, the MetaWatch and the Sony SmartWatch.
Casio has released a G-Shock watch that has some smart functions as well.
However, not everybody who is shopping for watches these days is considering the high-tech factor first and foremost.
Maybe it's the "Mad Men" effect – or maybe Western New Yorkers are just more classic in their tastes.
But at Shiner's Lackawanna shop, the watches selling well are the higher-end, famous-maker versions that can cost hundreds, even thousands, of dollars.
"If you bought it new, it would cost you $4,500," Shiner said, holding up one of the subtly glittering Rolexes and Tag Heuers he keeps in a plastic bin in his shop. "I'd want about $3,000 for this one."
And who would buy something like that, in Buffalo and its suburbs?
"Most businessmen wear watches," said Shiner, who has been in the Lackawanna location for about 13 years. "A good watch you can always sell. A Rolex, they're in high demand, no matter what."
At the other end of the spectrum, a purveyor who sells watches and other jewelry in Blasdell said he thinks younger buyers, in their teens and 20s, want the top-of-the-line watches they see in advertisements featuring professional athletes and Hollywood celebrities.
To a teen or 20-something, said Ryan J. Spears at the Western New York Jewelry Exchange on Lake Shore Road, fashion and trendiness top high-tech capabilities – even today, in a smart-everything world.
"They're interested in flashy watches, the G-Shock, it's like a stainless watch with a rubber band to it," said Spears, 19, a graduate of Lake Shore High School who now is co-owner of the Blasdell jewelry business. "It's more so just to have the look of the watch on."
Spears said, in his experience, that people in his age group are interested in luxury watches, like Rolexes and Patek Philippes, more than smart models – at least for now.
"I've noticed a lot of people are asking for those watches," said Spears, who is a registered gemologist. "A lot of the commercials – they have commercials with professional athletes, they're always wearing the watches."
Overall, more younger people seem to be into wristwatches these days, Spears said. That could be a positive sign for those who sell the items.
And such customers may be interested in the high-tech smart watches, when they start to more fully pervade the Western New York landscape, Spears said.
But Spears said that with this group, it's more about the look they are trying to achieve.
"The idea [of a smart watch] sounds pretty cool," said Spears. "But how would it look? It just depends on the appearance of the watch."
"Appearance takes a big part of it," he said.
At the Lackawanna jewelry and collectible shop, Shiner said that one thing is certain about the market in things like watches and fine jewelry:
Everything is cyclical.
"Women want big ones now," Shiner said of wristwatches. "Nobody wears the small ones anymore. Trends change all the time. Nobody wants a marquis diamond anymore. Five years ago, everybody wanted a marquis cut. Now it's only princess cut."
Shiner said he's adamant in his own tastes, even where watches are concerned.
"I'd be lost without my watch," he said, gesturing at the black-strapped Dakota on his wrist.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. email: email@example.com


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Seven people are being taken to a local hospital after a bus carrying prisoners was involved in a rear-end collision, an Emergency Medical Services Authority spokeswoman said.
Lara O'Leary told KOCO Eyewitness News 5 that three ambulances are being used to transport seven patients after the Tulsa County Sheriff's Department bus was involved in a crash along the Turner Turnpike in Oklahoma County.
O'Leary said the crash happened near Dobbs Road.
Six of the patients are prisoners, and they are in good condition, she said. The seventh patient is a driver of one of the vehicles, and that person is in good condition.


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LISBON — A $2,500 donation from Columbiana County commissioners will help a volunteer group with plans to protect the Little Beaver Creek from being overused as a water source by drilling compani....
Once you placate the greenies they will come back for more. Fiscal resposibility? Where is Dave Johnson when money is thrown away so the politions can play both sides?
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text: John Edward McCullough (1837 –1885) was born in Coleraine, Ireland. He went to America at sixteen, and first appeared at the Arch St. Theatre, Philadelphia, in 1857. In support of Edwin Forrest and Edwin Booth he played roles in Shakespearean and other tragedies, but as Othello he was coldly received in England (1881). On September 29, 1884, he broke down on stage at McVicker's Theater in Chicago, unable to recite his lines, suffering from general paresis. He was committed, and died in an asylum in Philadelphia. His "insane ravings" became popular, and imitated in one of the first audio recordings. This image is available from the United States Library of Congress 's Prints and Photographs Division under the digital ID var.0623. Courtesy of the Yorck Project and Wikipedia, under GNU Free Document License.


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Ashley and Duke Melton were well-prepared to deal with the challenges of their daughter Ellison's cleft lip and palate.
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What: Beach Blast 2013, presented by the MUSC Craniofacial Anomalies & Cleft Lip/Palate Team.
When: 6-11 p.m. Saturday.
Where: Elks Lodge, 1113 Sam Rittenberg Blvd. in West Ashley.
Activities: Beach music, shag contest, photo booth, silent auction, cash bar and concessions. WTMA Talk Radio host Tara Servatius will host the event. Duke and Ashley Melton, whose daughter Ellison endured both cleft lip and palate and leukemia, will be the special guests at the event.
More info: http://Craniofacial.musc.edu/ or contact Sherry Cannon at 792-3251 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Imaging had picked it up early in Ashley's pregnancy and the craniofacial team at the Medical University of South Carolina had mapped out a game plan well in advance of delivery.
But life has a way of throwing people monster curve balls.
Seven weeks after she was born, on April 29, 2011, the Meltons noticed some light blue bruising all over her chest.
Blood tests showed the bruising didn't relate to any of the 500 syndromes associated with cleft lip and palate, but they did show that Ellison had a low white blood cell count.
The Melton's infant had leukemia, specifically acute myeloid leukemia.
"When I heard the news," recalls Ashley, "my whole throat immediately closed up and I couldn't breath. It was crazy. "
The focus of Ellison's medical care turned to the cancer, starting with apheresis, in which Ellison's blood was drained out, basically cleaned and retransfused.
In the ensuing months of chemotherapy, the Melton's family life was turned upside down. Ashley took a leave of absence from her job as a lawyer for McAngus, Goudelock & Courie and basically moved from their Myrtle Beach home to Charleston with Ellison for treatments at MUSC.
Duke, a broker in charge for a real estate company, took full charge of sons, Jackson and Carson, now ages 8 and 7.
"It was hard to be together one day and then, all of sudden, you're not living under the same roof. Our world was turned upside down," says Ashley.
But their luck soon started to change for the better.
Ellison responded well to chemotherapy, going into remission after the first of three treatments and basically didn't suffer many side effects typically associated with chemo, the family says.
And a test of the family for a bone marrow transplant found that Carson was a perfect match.
"We were excited, but then I worried. We have a perfectly healthy 6-year-old who was being to asked to help. But he was unbelievable. If it had been my older son, he's deathly afraid of needles and doctors. But Carson is really laid back and doesn't get freaked out. I just think God just knew. "
On Oct. 11, 2011, Carson gave his marrow and his baby sister got not only a new lease on life, but his blood type: from O to A negative.
Duke and Ashley Melton will be special guests at Saturday's Beach Blast 2013, presented by the MUSC Craniofacial Anomalies & Cleft Lip/Palate Team.
With remission, treatments for Ellison's cleft lip and palate could resume, and will continue throughout her development into adulthood.
"She'll have a million-dollar smile by the time it's all over," says Ashley, who is still on leave from her law job.
And while Ellison likely will continue to see craniofacial doctors for the next 20 years, she'll be monitored by cancer doctors for the next 30.
Ashley says the whole experience taught her a major lesson in life.
"When we got the diagnosis of cleft lip and palate, we thought, 'God, why did you do this. She's a girl.' I felt like He was saying you need to get over this because it's vain. When the leukemia diagnosis came, the cleft issue went away. I felt like God was saying this is the bigger picture."
Still, after having endured a proverbial "double-whammy" of health issues with Ellison, Ashley adds, "I don't need any more whammies."
Reach David Quick at 937-5516 or dquick@postand courier.com.
Ellison Melton, 2, of Myrtle Beach, get her temperature taken by registered nurse Leah Geers at MUSC craniofacial department as her mother Ashley Melton hold her. Ellison was born with a cleft lip and palate and later was diagnosed with leukemia.×


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SODA SPRINGS, Calif. - Unfavorable current and projected Sierra snow conditions led to the cancellation of next month's Jack London Commemorative Sierra Sled Dog Derby, officials said this week, placing doubt as to when competitive sled dog racing will return to the region.The derby - which would have been the first sled dog race in Truckee/North Tahoe in 16 years - was scheduled for March 2-3 at Royal Gorge Cross Country Ski Resort."After careful assessment of trail characteristics, current conditions and projected weather, we found that we could not ensure our ability to conduct the race on the scheduled date in a manner that would guarantee safety for both the dogs and mushers," said Preston Springston, vice president of Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers, in a statement to the Sierra Sun.Last October, Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers, a California nonprofit, announced it had signed a one-year trial deal with Sugar Bowl Resort (which owns Royal Gorge) to run the commemorative race, said John Monson, the resort's director of sales and marketing.Much of the race's route was plotted in the Van Norden Meadow between Sugar Bowl and Royal Gorge. After a tour of the area last Thursday with Springston, other mushers and Sugar Bowl staff, Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers decided to pull the race, Monson said."When we laid out the course and looked at the turns and banks, it was apparent it might not be the venue for sled dog racing," said Monson.The greater Truckee/Tahoe region has seen dry conditions ever since a series of storms dumped 5 to 7 feet of snow around the December holidays. Despite a small storm dumping a few inches of snow this week, the conditions in Van Norden were "more like ice" than snow, Springston said Monday, which is dangerous for mushing because dog sleds have plastic runners - unlike skis or snowboards with metal edges - therefore making sharp turns on packed snow hard to manage."You can't really carve a turn. These sleds go fast, they can do 3-minute miles, going 20 mph, and faster going downhill, and when there's a turn involved ... there's very little stability," Springston said. "In my experience of running races over the past 20 years, it's unfortunate, but (canceling the race) was the right move."Whether competitive mushing will return to the North Shore is unclear, Springston said.According to various reports, sled dog races were a big part of Truckee's history, as the sport developed in California during the Truckee winter carnivals in the late 1890s, and the first sled dog race in the "lower 48" was held in the community in 1915 and was attended by London.Mushing continued to be popular in the region throughout the 20th century, highlighted by annual races starting in 1979 at Truckee Tahoe Airport. However, chronically poor snow coverage forced many races to be canceled, and the last was held in 1997."I would like to (bring a race to Truckee) ... but I just don't know," said Springston, who competed in that 1997 race. "It's getting to the point with global warming and all this change in weather patterns - this year I've maybe spent three weeks on the sled - it's not easy."Aside from the weather, an appropriate venue is not easy to find, Springston said, because aside from a complex trail system, large parking areas for competitors and spectators also are needed."We're not ruling out the potential for a future race (at Sugar Bowl)," Monson said Monday. "But if and when it were to happen, there would have to be a markedly different promoter/venue agreement in place."In his statement, Springston thanked a slew of volunteers and businesses offering support, including: WellPet/Eagle Pack Dog Food, North Lake Tahoe Resort Association, Sierra Pet Clinic, Mark Tanner Construction, Mountain Home Center, Don's Welding, Stone's Tire, B&B Plumbing, The Real Graphic Source, Pet Station and Branded Screen Printing.Event sponsors are being offered a full refund of their donations, said Springston, adding that had Sugar Bowl not been gracious enough to offer its venue in the first place for free, the race would not have come as close as it did to fruition."Sugar Bowl was really trying to do something for the community and help bring back a historic event," Springston said. "We've been working with Sugar Bowl since June and July - a lot of time went into planning this ... I've got 500-600 hours of time invested, other members had several hundred, we put a huge amount of effort into it - it's depressing not to be able to do it."
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quote: That aside, the US actions are not "Better than nothing". The declared purpose of the UN actions in Afghanistan is to implement the concepts of democracy and constitutional legality. But at some point along the way, the US decided that this is best achieved by killing suspiciously looking people without involving a court of law. This is stone-age tribalism, too many of the responsible people are too uneducated to think in anything more complex than "good" and "evil", and just keep on killing in hope of a magical "final victory". Thy will feel justified to kill the "evil" persons, who in reality did nothing but themselves kill people they considered as "evil". Or worse, people who look like they might sympathize with "evil", because of the weapons and the beards they wear, or the militant group they are suspected to be part of.
quote: Nothing like that will happen of course, every assassinated Afghan of Pakistani leaves behind a dozen or more people who now have their own reasons to hate and fight the US, the UN and all they are supposed to and pretend to represent. There is never peace without justice, and never justice without equal rights.


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Our Puddle Pants are great for children who love the outdoors, no matter the weather. They are made of a soft, quiet, rubbery, waterproof material. They are made of PVC-Free Polyurethane with a Polyester lining attached to the inner layer. They feature elastic on the bottom of the legs, easy release plastic buckles and adjustable shoulder straps, adjustable side snaps, and feet straps that button into place if you choose to use them. The soft cloth liner is bonded to the polyurethane outer material, all seams are taped. They also feature a reflective stripe around the lower leg, great for night-time walks or playing outside during poor visibility. Pulled over rain boots or winter boots, they keep the water and snow out. These are thick, will not easily tear and are very well made.
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Our stay there was nice. We had a great time. The Charles' Bridge is very near and the castle too. We didn't need any public transport. The place is busy but the windows are at the back and it was quiet. The flat is dark and the stairs are hard to climb with luggage. But our host brought them for us. Thanks.
The Positano Elegant Terrace was just that. We loved this place. We would love to live here! Everyone was so helpful with picking us up at the train and on the way on to Venice they drove us in to Naples to catch the train. This was our favorite place in the three weeks we stayed in Italy. It was heaven and the perfect honeymoon spot. Will definitely want to stay in one of their places again.
Awful! This apartment is managed by Interhome agency, and there is one surprise provided by them - cleaning fee. Then you are choosing a room you do not see any mentions about addition costs - only after reservation. We realized that we had to pay extra 66 EUR after getting booking confirmation.
It is a little bit unpleasantly, but then we came there we saw an absolutely dirty apartment - all the surfaces was covered with dust. And this is is AFTER 66 EUR cleaning! We spent a half oh a day to clean everything by ourselves.
More than that - there was not any blankets there. We asked a charwoman to bring us at least one, she promised to come with them in the evening but did not come and did not bring any.
We was needed to sleep under thin cover for sofa, and it was quite cold.
After all this they took money for cleaning from my credit card without my agreement and did not answer my mails with photos of dust in their apartment.
Don't book anything from Interhome!
Very nice, wellplanned, clean and nice villa. Big and well equipted kitchen.
Apartment was nice, very clean, spacious, quiet even though located on a big street and generally up to standard. Overground and Bus Stops very close, Underground stop can be reached by bus or walking easily. Few small issues (key for one of the windows missing, toilet seat broken, plastic bit of toilet flush falling down, bathroom pipe slightly leaking) but overall this apartment can definitely be recommended. HOWEVER, be aware that the key has to be picked up somewhere else (close to Camden Road Overground Station - so not far from the apartment) and you can't get the keys for the apartment at the apartment itself.
the apartment is really well placed, right in the centre of Prague; you need just a minute to reach the old town square by walk, passing through one of the most turistic street of the city.
The guys at the reception did a good job, letting us enter our rooms some hours before the check-in time.
The apartment was really nice and well furnished, with everything necessary (i think more than necessary!!) for the trip: tiny but complete kitchen, living room with big tv, internet connection and so on...
We just had some troubles to sleep at night dued to some drunk hooligans lodged in our building that passed whole nights ringing every door bell in the palace, shouting, slamming doors and elevator cabin, from 4 to 6 a.m.; unfortunately non-smart people is everywhere...but this has nothing to do with the accomodation that has been really comfortable.
Thank you very much the appartement was perfect!
Everything was Great Perfect Location, Really Clean only reason i give it 4 Stars is the wifi in our room.. Well there wasn't any. Other then that it was Greeat Would Def stay here again
Everything was perfect! Really nice apartment and the location was really good. the aprtment was very clean and fresh and it included all things that you needed. Good kitchen-equipment, free internet and nice furnishing.
Nice and comfortable stay. It was clean and very very near to the beaches of cap d'agde and supermarkets and the baker was just a few stairs to go. By bus and train we discovered beziers and montpellier, this was easy to organize. The kitchen was well equipped! Unfortunaly the final cleaning was a bit expensive for our short stay in the 20m² apartment also the bed was not that good and the fridge was a bit noisy, but besides of that it was cheap of course.
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When it gets down to the pro-development home stretch, you can always count on the Sierra Business Council to chime in with a sales pitch ... Boulder Bay, Cabin Creek Biomass plant, Homewood and now the Regional Plan Update. No surprise there, and they will no doubt support the huge expansion of Squaw Valley.
Steve Frisch, its CEO, in his Nov. 23 My Turn article supports the plan with more generalities. Apparently, the Regional Plan's idea of "advancing real restoration" requires increasing allowed height to 197 feet in town centers within the high-density tourist district at Stateline on the South Shore. Restoring the resources must involve increasing densities in hotel/fractional/timeshares a whopping 160 percent.
The plan's proposal to allow development of approximately 270 acres of open space at Vail and Edgewood is an example of special-interest exploitation. Now, according to the 208 Water Quality Management Plan, there is another loophole that would allow open space acres of "comparable size" to be developed.
It is true that plenty of capital - $1.5 billion - has already been spent, and yet the near shore is full of algae, there are invasive species and more than 60 pipes are still spewing fouled water. TRPA claims the new plan is "very little growth" with a reduction in traffic, yet it will solve our economic woes. Talk about magical thinking.
The California Tahoe Conservancy has begun selling off some of its "protected" parcels. The agency has been buying up lands to supposedly protect them, but in reality re-selling non-existent coverage and unused development rights.
TRPA should enforce storm water mitigations on private parcels, infiltrate the water before it spills into the lake, stop rewarding developers who haven't done BMPs, clean up the Tahoe Keys, redevelop and repurpose before promoting additive development, go easy on the little guy by reducing fees and stop applying big city social engineering to our tourist economy.
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I recently had the opportunity to share the screen with David B. Thomas (@davidbthomas) of New Marketing Labs and discuss my predictions for B2B Social Media for 2011. Even though you may have read the predictions, watch the video to hear us talk about them. Dave brings additional perspective to the conversation with his experience working with enterprise level companies using social media.
11 Predictions for B2B Social Media in 2011
1. Mobile, Mobile, Mobile
2. Open APIs Support Information Portability
3. Collect, Analyze and Visualize Data
4. Share Compelling Stories
5. Continued Growth of Social Search
6. Expanded Forums of Social Communications
7. The Year of Conversions
8. Customer Service is More Social Than Marketing
9. Daily Deals and Group Buying Change Pricing Models
10. Social Media will be More Accepted in the Enterprise
11. Companies with Limited Results Pull Back from Social Media


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September 16, 2008 - 13:02
Nino Marchetti
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NCI Director Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach spoke to the attendees of the IMF Patient-Family Seminar on the evening of June7, 2002 at Tysons Corner, VA. He highlighted his vision of the furture of cancer research and how it relates to myeloma patients.
The following is an excerpt from Dr. von Eschenbach's speech.
"Good evening. Just for a few minutes, I want to depart from my prepared remarks. The night before the Senate hearing, I was briefing the Secretary for his presentation on the panel that immediately preceded Susie's. I knew who was going to be on the second panel, and I was wondering, "Who is this Susie?" Well, now I know!
"I don't think I fully appreciated why I was coming here until a few minutes ago. What I've learned in the last hour or so is how important it is for you to talk to me. How important it is for me to see your passion, your commitment, your resolve, your pain. How important it is for me to be reminded of why I am privileged to be the director of the National Cancer Institute. I've been privileged in a variety of ways throughout my career, but I have also been privileged to understand and "walk the walk," as I am also a two-time cancer survivor. We're in this together.
"I want to share with you a message of new hope and renewed hope that there is within our grasp an opportunity to truly, fundamentally change the face of cancer. I want to share with you a concept that I refer to as "strategic inflection." This issue of strategic inflection has implications specifically for multiple myeloma, and, as you'll see, is a paradigm for the entire arena of cancer. There are enormous possibilities, and the realization is only going to come about through partnerships.
"We are beginning to be able to understand cancer at its basic biomedical and biological level. We have arrived in biology at that strategic inflection. I borrow that term from Andy Grove, who in his book Only the Paranoid Survive, refers to it as an event when change is absolutely profound; what he calls a 10X change.
"In his own particular area he gave this example: the introduction of the microprocessor. Those who understood its implications rode the expediential curve and the others went into decline. We are at a strategic inflection in oncology. If you think back to the turn of the 20th century, the fundamental quest of science was to understand the nature of matter. Physics was the queen of sciences. Our focus was on the atom and unlocking the secrets of the nucleus. When we accomplished that, we created a strategic inflection that changed the course of civilization. Almost eradicated civilization—but fundamentally changed it.
"At the turn of the 21st century, almost one hundred years later, our focus in science has changed from understanding the nature of matter to understanding the fundamental nature of life. We have shifted from physics to biology, molecular biology and genetics. Instead of unleashing the secrets of the nucleus of the atom, we are unraveling the secrets of the nucleus of the living cell. This has placed biology at the point of strategic inflection.
"The funding Susie was pleading for in her address to Congress is an investment that could change not only our ability to deal with cancer, but with a whole host of diseases in which there are degenerative changes. For the first time, we have begun to understand cancer at the genetic, molecular, and cellular level. This has begun to create a whole shift in our approach to cancer. Today the transition is away from "seek and destroy" to the phenomenon of target control. We now understand the mechanisms that result in a normal cell becoming a malignant cancer cell.
"The other thing that is apparent to us is that this process of malignant progression involves very discreet steps that are biologically controlled. In order for a cancer cell to succeed in its mission, it has to be able to effectively compete in a variety of events—growth, invasion, metastasis, resistance to therapy. We can begin to think of not necessarily having to destroy the cancer but of controlling it and preventing it from being able to succeed in any one of those steps along the way. We begin to see, in this new paradigm, that cancer can be quite vulnerable because there are multiple places where we can successfully intervene and stop, impede, or impair its progress.
"We have gained ground on cancer, but it's clear that we have not even begun to scratch the surface in terms of what we must achieve. You know this from the perspective of myeloma and the tragedy that this disease carries with it. Our challenge is great, but our possibilities are even greater. Our paradigm of the past was to see the tip of the iceberg and use our traditional weapons—surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation—to try to destroy it. Now we can look below the surface and see the fundamental processes that are giving rise to the cancer and attack them individually and collectively. All this is coming at almost breakneck speed because of our incredible evolving knowledge and the advances in technology.
"One of the obvious advances that has occurred in multiple myeloma is the recognition of the important role of growth factors. One of the most important drugs that has occurred in treatment—in blocking of angiogenesis, or the development of abnormal endothelial cells and blood vessels—is thalidomide. This has had obvious benefit in multiple tumors, particularly in myeloma. The other very important breakthrough is our understanding of the role that NF Kappa B plays as an accelerator in the malignant process. A drug has been developed that is a proteasome inhibitor, PS341. Using it, myeloma cells appropriately undergo programmed cell death or apoptosis.
"Once the mechanism was understood, these biologic-based interventions became available as effective modalities of treatment. We need to promote and exploit, through research, our understanding of these mechanisms. Cancer is an extraordinarily complex problem. We have only begun to scratch the surface in our understanding of its underlying biology, but these breakthroughs have provided us with new opportunities, and we need to make sure that the breakthroughs and the understanding continue.
"Our delivery process, particularly through clinical trials, continues to be an important part of the NCI agenda. We must maintain a work force that can discover, create, and deliver. Our training programs will continue to be emphasized. We are also looking at promoting and developing alternative disciplines that are going to be necessary to drive this new paradigm—disciplines that have not normally been part of the traditional mainstream of biology-based interventions. The underlying drive is a strategy I would like to create over the next months, and that is the strategy of systems biology and seamless oncology.
"Systems biology investigates each component of the mechanism, but recognizes that the cancer cell does not exist in a vacuum. It exists in a person, and that is as important to the equation as the cancer cell itself. We must begin to emphasize our understanding of the person with cancer in terms of host factors. There are a variety of host factors that enable or empower a patient to combat and cope with cancer that are poorly understood. With the cancer cell itself, we pay a great deal of attention to the genetic and molecular pathways and cell-cell interactions; with regard to the person, we understand a host of factors that have an impact on the outcome of the tumor, particularly the very important issues relating to survivorship. The interaction of the environment with individual host factors, as well as the ability to understand our impact on populations that are at risk, will be an extremely important part of the agenda.
"Seamless oncology means that we go from patient observation to the laboratory and back to the patient in a continuous process. This will allow us to see the effect of biologic interventions on patients and use that information to reinform our investigations, enabling us to keep the engine of discovery and delivery operational.
"I don't think you need to be a cancer survivor to be a dedicated researcher, but it sure gives you a sense of urgency. I share with you that sense of urgency. We have priorities that will have a specific impact on multiple myeloma. The idea of understanding genomic instability that gives rise to the evolution of tumors, gene-environmental interaction, stem cell research, and particularly important, the effect of public-private partnerships on the acceleration of drug development, are priorities for the NCI that will have a direct effect on multiple myeloma. There are a number of new projects underway at the NCI that will specifically benefit the areas of research that you are interested in and we will continue to develop and nurture those as well.
"The NCI plays a critically important role in fostering and developing research. But the fact of the matter is, no matter how big our budget, the NCI cannot do it alone. My commitment is to collaboration and partnership. Discovery does not reach its full benefit until it actually results in the development of an intervention that can be applied to a patient and save a life. I believe we can seize the opportunity of recognizing how our privilege and our purpose are interconnected. There are extraordinary possibilities within our grasp, and if we can work collaboratively and cooperatively, we can make the dream of a world free of pain and suffering and death due to cancer a reality. We can do it in our time. One hundred years ago they unlocked the mysteries of the atom, and by doing so saved the world from a disaster that was war. We have the same opportunity to use our knowledge of the living cell to eliminate the diseases that result because of cell abnormalities. It is within our grasp to make that happen. Conquering cancer is a reality within our grasp, and it is now our time to seize that reality.
"Thank you for the privilege of being with you tonight, and for the reminder of why I must do what I have been called to do, and how important it is to be of service to you."


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CHARLES TOWN - Local author C.W. Whitehair recently released his seventh book, "Mosby: The War Years."
The book is about Col. John S. Mosby, who is also known as "The Gray Ghost." Mosby was the commanding officer of the 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry. No single Confederate officer was feared more in Northern Virginia and the lower Shenandoah Valley by the federal Army than Mosby. He was very bold, aggressive, self-disciplined and, although without formal military training, he was a brilliant tactician. Most of the time, the odds were against him, but he was willing to risk the challenges with lightning-fast raids in order to achieve his objective. His method of warfare was unconventional, which earned him a reputation as a mastermind in psychological and guerrilla warfare.
Information for "Mosby: The War Years" was taken from Mosby's publications, letters, the "Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies," the "Southern Historical Society Papers" and diaries of men who served in his command during the Civil War. Included are 17 period photographs and sketches, and more than 1,000 historical references.
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Whitehair has portrayed both a civilian and military Civil War re-enactor. He has served as a volunteer historical interpreter for the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, and he is a member of the Harpers Ferry Historical Association.
Whitehair has written six books, a best-selling short story and 50 articles for various Civil War publications. Three of his books have received national recognition.
Whitehair has appeared in several historical documentaries and several movies. He has been a guest speaker at the United States Naval Academy, roundtables, schools, historical associations, book festivals, publishing classes and libraries.
For more information about the book, visit www.whitehairbooks.com. "Mosby: The Civil War Years" is also available at Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and buybooksontheweb.com.


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by Ellen R. Jordan
The author is a professor and extension dairy specialist with Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M University system.
he top reproductive physiologists from around the world met in New Orleans this past summer to share advances in managing reproduction in dairy cows. Some highlights from those presentations follow:
Activity monitors for estrous detection
Description: One of the recent additions to electronic monitoring has been neck-mounted sensors which continuously monitor frequency and speed of movements. Researchers reported on the relationship between the interval of the onset of greater activity and A.I. Based on data from over 4,100 services in 19 herds, the optimum interval from beginning of high activity to insemination was 13 to 16 hours in first-lactation cows. However, for older cows, conception rate was greater for those inseminated less than 12 hours, intermediate for 13 to 16 hours, and least for those bred 17 to 26 hours (see table).
Take-home message: Herds incorporating electronic activity monitoring systems may optimize conception rates by using times obtained from the system to schedule A.I. for best conception rates. Adjustments for specific groups based on lactation should be considered.
Contact: Ray Nebel, Select Sires, Plain City, Ohio; phone: (614) 733-3494; email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Boost summer preg rates
Description: At last year's meeting, Texas and Florida scientists reported that transferring fresh or frozen embryos produced with sexed semen improved summer pregnancy rates in lactating dairy cows compared to A.I. At initial pregnancy diagnosis (40 days), more cows were pregnant with fresh embryos (42.1 percent) versus both frozen embryos (29.3 percent) and A.I. (18.3 percent).
Since that research, the cows have calved. As expected, the percentage of heifer calves was greater with embryos produced with sexed semen. An economic analysis was conducted to estimate the value of using sexed female embryos to improve fertility in the summer compared to using A.I. throughout the year. It was assumed that the cost of embryo transfer with the sexed embryos was $60 compared to $20 for A.I. The service rate was assumed to be 50 percent. The model was designed to simulate effects of heat stress on milk and fat production, fertility, involuntary culling, and death risk. Maximum herd size allowed was 1,300 milking and dry cows or 1,000 lactating cows during each week of the year.
Incorporating embryo transfer into the model enhanced profit per cow per year by $22 when the total size of the herd was constrained. Although total revenue didn't change, replacement costs declined, and breeding as well as feed costs rose.
Take-home message: Incorporating embryo transfer with sexed embryos during summer heat stress raises the number of pregnant cows. The end result is a higher proportion of heifer calves and a positive economic return on the investment for larger herds. You will need to run your own numbers.
Contact: Todd Bilby, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension, Stephenville, Texas; phone: (254) 968-4144; email: firstname.lastname@example.com or Albert De Vries, University of Florida (economic data), Gainesville, Fla.; phone: (352) 392-5594, ext. 227; email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Pregnancy and embryonic loss detection
Description: Currently, there are three commercial pregnancy tests on the market. These pregnancy tests are based on detection of pregnancy-specific protein B (PSPB) in the blood of cows. The current commercial test guidelines are to wait 28 to 30 days after insemination to check for pregnancy. In addition, cows are to be at least 90 days in milk before the test is conducted.
A NEW test, also based on identifying PSPB, was evaluated by comparing it to the BioPRYN test (BioTracking, LLC). Blood samples were collected from 370 cows in 10 herds in California at 28 ± 2 days since their last heat. At 33 to 42 days since the last heat, a pregnancy diagnosis was made either with ultrasound or rectal palpation, and a second blood sample was taken. If diagnosis conflicted, additional testing occurred 3 to 10 days later.
By 28 days from the last heat, both the BioPryn test and the NEW test identified 100 percent of the cows that were truly pregnant. There were 10 animals that were diagnosed pregnant with the BioPRYN on the first test but nonpregnant on the NEW test; however, these animals were between 70 and 88 days in milk at that test. This is below the current directions of at least 90 days in milk for the BioPRYN test.
In a subsequent evaluation with University of Wisconsin, the NEW and BioPryn tests were compared on a subset of cows at 25 days. The NEW test identified all of the cows as pregnant at 25 days, while the BioPryn test identified five of the pregnancies by 25 days, four at 27 days, and two at 29 days.
Take-home message: The NEW test may allow earlier diagnosis of pregnancy status and may reduce the interval postpartum until blood tests can be used.
Contact: Paul Fricke, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wis.; Phone: (608) 263-4596; email: email@example.com
Synchronization of dairy heifers
Description: Researchers at the University of Idaho and BioTracking evaluated whether GnRH at the time of CIDR insertion in a five-day CIDR timed A.I. (TAI) protocol improved the numbers of pregnancies per A.I. in heifers. All 234 heifers received a CIDR on Day 0. Half of the heifers received 100µg of GnRH at the time of insertion of the CIDR, while the other half served as the control group and did not receive the GnRH treatment. The CIDR was removed from all heifers on Day 5 of the protocol, and each heifer received 25 mg of prostaglandin. Estrous activity was monitored from time of removal of the CIDR (Day 5) until Day 8 when all heifers received GnRH and TAI.
Pregnancies per A.I. did not differ between the two groups at either 32 or 45 days after insemination with 57.2 percent of the heifers receiving GnRH at CIDR insertion pregnant and 61.5 percent of the control heifers pregnant. Across both groups, 82 percent of the heifers were observed in estrus. More heifers detected in estrus (63.3 percent) conceived than those not detected in estrus (41.8 percent).
Take-home message: For heifers only, a GnRH treatment at time of insertion does not improve the number of pregnancies when using a 5-day CIDR synchronization program with a timed artificial insemination 72 hours after CIDR removal and GnRH treatment.
Contact: Amin Ahmadzadeh, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho; phone: (208) 885-7409; email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Downtown Charleston has lacked high-quality, racially diverse public schools for years, and many say the Charleston Charter School for Math and Science gives families that option.
Its advocates won a hard, bitter battle to use part of the former Rivers Middle School on the peninsula, but the fledgling school has struggled to find the right leader to build a strong foundation.
The school's leadership has been inconsistent since opening in 2008, and the school will be grappling with another change this year.
The school's governing board fired Principal Michael Stagliano this week, and it made his termination effective immediately. Stagliano's administration failed to observe some teachers' classes and to submit state-required documents relative to their evaluations on time, said Mark Danes, a parent and member of the governing board.
Stagliano was the school's fourth principal in five years, and Danes said the board recognizes the need to move quickly to build stability into the school.
"We don't want to have the school endure any more changes," he said. "It's what made this decision particularly painful."
Research has shown a link between school leadership and improved student achievement, and that leadership is second only to classroom instruction in terms of school-related factors affecting students' learning.
"When you have four principals in five years, there is a lot of institutional memory that is lost," Stagliano said. "There's no solid chain of learning. Lots of problems stem from having weak leadership or ineffective leadership early on."
Incomplete evaluations
The school uses the state ADEPT system to evaluate its teachers, and the problem that led to Stagliano's firing involved 14 first- and second-year teachers. The other approximately 20 teachers on staff were unaffected.
The school's administration didn't have effective management controls to ensure those 14 teachers' evaluations were completed in time, Danes said. That failure resulted in teachers receiving evaluations categorized as "incomplete," which doesn't necessarily reflect poorly on them but can raise red flags with potential employers, he said.
The school's governing board found out about the situation June 6, and it immediately began an investigation to determine what happened and what it needed to do to help teachers.
"We're trying to do right by the teachers," Danes said.
Teachers' files have documents showing the "incomplete" was a reflection on the school, not their performance, he said. Neither teachers' pay nor their retirement should be affected, but they will have to go through the same evaluation process next year.
Stagliano said more than one person was involved in evaluating teachers, but "the buck stops at my desk." He said he's been upfront with teachers about what happened, but the situation made some unhappy.
The board apparently wanted to send a strong message that it sided with the teachers, he said. He wasn't given an opportunity to resign, he said.
"It wasn't anything really egregious," he said. "They came down hard."
He said he's proud of the work he did at the school, and he's devastated that the situation unfolded in this way.
A school's struggle
Stagliano said the charter school's brief but tumultuous history ended up consuming him, too. Not all of the school's previous principals have been fired, but their brief stints have left a trail of issues, he said. He didn't realize the extent of the school's problems until he began working there last August.
"Some schools never get off on the right foot, and it's very difficult to play catch up," he said.
Stagliano said he made a number of changes for the better, such as creating a strategic plan for growth, which didn't previously exist. He also led the effort to have the county school board renew the school's charter this past year, and Stagliano said that process became "almost bigger than life."
The school also moved into the renovated building this year, and all of that happened on top of the routine, day-to-day demands of running the school, he said. Stagliano said the school might not have had enough staff to handle all those responsibilities.
Leadership aside, the school is slated to lose nearly one-fourth of its 34 teachers this year. Three were released for not performing while five others were moving on to better opportunities, Stagliano said. He didn't think that kind of turnover was unusual, and he said the school experienced similar changes last year with its faculty.
Danes said the school has a tremendous mission, and it's on a wonderful track.
Going forward
The school is working to identify an interim leader, and it plans to put preventative measures in place to ensure this situation doesn't happen again. It also has formed a transition committee, which Danes is chairing, that will support the school and its daily operations until that happens.
Danes said the board is committed to honesty and transparency, and it wants to ensure families, staff and the community have the same information it does.
"The board wants to communicate to families and the community: we're maintaining normal operating hours and we beg some indulgence and patience," he said.
Stagliano, who's from Columbia, said he'd like to stay in education, although he didn't know how this situation would affect his chances.
"I wouldn't be the first person this has happened to or the last," he said. "I wish this could've been handled differently. I think it could have."
Still, he said he hopes the best for the school in the future.
"It has hit some speed bumps, but it's going forward," he said.
Reach Diette Courrégé Casey at @Diette on Twitter or (843) 937-5546.


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I love Colorado.
Only here can you wear flip flops on a Monday and on Wednesday you're wearing your winter jacket and snow boots. Snow flurries began to fall Wednesday night, and Thursday morning we woke up to snow covering our grass and glistening the trees.
My favorite part of the first snow is watching my kids see it for the first time. It's almost like they forgot what it was like; it's all brand new again.
Elijah, my 6-year-old, sprinted into 8-year-old Emaleigh's room Thursday morning, saying, "Em, Em! LOOK OUTSIDE!"
They both ran into our TV room to look out the window with "oooooohs" and "aaaaaahs" quickly prompted with, "Mommy, where are our snow boots?"
That's the thing with Colorado - I'm sure by lunchtime it will all be melted off, but they insisted in putting ALL of their winter clothing on this morning. Again, it's all brand new to them...including their coats, gloves, hats, and boots. Literally, it's all brand new. Have you even seen the after-season sales that stores have? If you wait long enough, you can find all of these things for less than $5! I pride myself in being quite the frugal Mom (this is the ONLY reason everything is new).
Anyway, it's also new to them in the fact that they are excited to wear all of these things again. I give it a week, maybe.
Then it will be, "But Mommy...I'm HOT!" A constant morning battle on whether or not they will need to wear their winter garb.
I felt like the mom from "A Christmas Story," dressing my Ralphie and Randy layer upon layer. Not because I told them to, but because they were SO excited for the first snow!
Eydan, my 1-year-old was a little confused when we went outside to take the other two to school. He took one look at the grass and said, "Uh oh." He continued to look out of the windows with a blank stare. Probably wondering why the grass was covered in stuff that looks like what I put on his butt.
Yes, I love winters in Colorado.
I even heard Emaleigh tell Elijah this morning on our drive to school, "Bubba, make sure you don't lick the pole today...your tongue might stick!" Warning him almost as if on other, non-freezing days, he licks the pole. I guess it's that time we need to talk to the kids about why we don't eat yellow snow, and apparently we need to add why we don't lick poles.
Stay warm, everyone, and enjoy our beautiful, snowy Colorado...
We just might be wearing flip flops again tomorrow.
Caiti Mondragon is married with three children. Read her regularly on Greeley Moms.


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