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Meditating on a Bulgarian Lightbulb
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As I travel to some unusual places I only photograph with my phone camera ... anything more than that would be too obtrusive and I'd be likely to land in hot water very quickly. This self imposed limitation has a benefit ... it allows me to show a side of life in places like Beirut, Tripoli and Riyadh that is not only off the tourist track but also beyond the day to day routines of many locals. Admittedly in Souk al Haraj that meant that I was flanked by two Saudi women who made sure I was at least as safe as they were (admittedly still not that safe) but for me the results are worth it.
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National Museum of the American Indian - NYC
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Join Professor Jerry Millevoi to this architecturally astounding museum. The George Gustav Heye Center in NYC houses exhibitions, research, educational activities, and performing arts programs. See examples of beading, music makers, textiles and Native games. Enjoy lunch on your own with maps and suggestions provided.
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Two dozen red-clad protesters stood outside the New Hanover County Board of Education
Two dozen red-clad protesters stood outside the New Hanover County Board of Education, chanting the phrase "red for ed" as board members and school district staff walked in.
Members addressed the protests, which centered on a recent board reminder to teachers that wearing clothing with a political message violates district policy, toward the end of their Tuesday meeting.
Board member Janice Cavenaugh asked if the board was planning to issue a statement saying the board did not decide to ban "red for ed" shirts.
Her question dissolved into a policy debate as to whether a shirt with the phrase "red for ed" would violate the school board's policy about bringing political messages into the classroom. Board Vice Chairwoman Jeannette Nichols asked board attorney Wayne Bullard if a teacher would violate that policy by wearing a "red for ed" shirt.
"It depends on how you interpret your policy," Bullard said.
Board members said they didn't have a problem with teachers wearing "red for ed" shirts. But they did have concerns about teachers encouraging students to wear red or discussing with students why they were wearing "red for ed" shirts.
"I don't have a problem with teachers wearing red or 'red for ed' shirts. They certainly have a right to free speech," said board member Tammy Covil. "It becomes a political issue when teachers are using the classroom to air some grievances. That crosses a line and becomes inappropriate."
Covil also said she had received many emails about the policy from community members, not teachers. Board member Lisa Estep said teachers should be encouraged to contact the board and attend board meetings and policy meetings.
Two people who attended Tuesday's protest also attended Tuesday's board meeting.
The board did discuss how teachers would be affected by the state's new policy to eliminate tenure, detailing how the district would pick the first teachers who would move off tenure to a contract.
The board will vote in December on using a process that weighs teachers' evaluations to pick the top 25 percent of teachers who will move off tenure this year, a few years before all teachers will be moved off tenure. If the process passes, top teachers will be selected in January and February, with the top 25 percent being approved in March. Selected teachers would be notified in April and May and would have to accept or reject the contract by June 30.
That contract would come with a $500 annual bonus and a four-year contract. The General Assembly voted during this year's session to eliminate teacher tenure, moving teachers instead to one-, two- or four-year contracts. All teachers will be on contracts by the 2017-18 school year.
In New Hanover County, each school's principal will select the top 25 percent of teachers from that school. The superintendent will then select the top 25 percent of teachers from that pool. The school board will review that list and accept each recommendation or choose an alternate teacher.
Principals will use teachers' yearly evaluations to select the top 25 percent, said John Welmers, the district's assistant superintendent for human resources. Teachers will receive points for being considered proficient, accomplished or distinguished on the five standards of their evaluations. The top 25 percent of teachers with the highest point scores will be considered for the bonuses and four-year contracts.
Those five standards include: demonstrating leadership; establishing a respectful environment for all students; knowing their content; facilitating learning; and reflecting on their practice. Teachers can be considered developing, proficient, accomplished or distinguished in each of these standards.
"It's one of the least subjective ways we can think of in terms of making this process happen," said Superintendent Tim Markley.
But there are still kinks. Not all teachers are judged on all five standards every year. If a teacher has tenure, he or she is only judged on all standards every five years, when licenses are up for renewal. If a teacher doesn't have tenure, he or she is judged on all standards every year. The district plans to divide total scores by the number of standards a teacher is judged on to make the process "as clean as possible," Markley said.
Board members and district staff are concerned about how the new process will affect teachers.
"The consequences of this and what it's bringing – it really hurts collaboration and cooperation," Welmers said. "When we're saying a teacher is one-tenth of a point better than the teacher sitting next door, we're not being scientific or precise. We're trying to do this to meet the 25 percent rule."
Covil asked if the district to be exempted from the process. Estep, Hayes and Nichols echoed her request. But it's not possible, Bullard said. It's required by law.
Before the meeting began, protesters focused on what they said was the board's lack of support for teachers. Board members last week directed Deputy Superintendent Rick Holliday to remind teachers that T-shirts that read "red for ed" were promoting a political message and were against school board policy.
A statewide "wear red for public ed" campaign began earlier this year after the N.C. General Assembly passed legislation making changes to public education, including removing teacher tenure, eliminating supplements for teachers with master's degrees and creating tuition vouchers for students to attend private schools.
Kate Griffin, a retired high school English teacher at the protest, said she never taught in New Hanover County but she supported everyone's right to a quality education.
"I cannot believe that a school board would say a teacher can't wear a T-shirt that supports public education," Griffin said. "And if it is political, what does that say about (the board's) position?"
Tara Smith-Russell, who has two children in local charter schools, said the board's direction against the "red for ed" shirts denied teachers a sense of community.
"I know the board can only do so much. They can't necessarily control what's coming down from the legislature," she said. "But this is a simple thing."
The N.C. Association of Educators sent out a release Tuesday encouraging teachers across the state to wear red shirts in support of New Hanover County teachers.
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Gwar Frontman Dave 'Oderus Urungus' Brockie Dead at 50
Singer Dave Brockie, more popularly known as Oderus Urungus, the self-described "lead-throat thing" for costumed metal legends GWAR, has passed away at the age of 50.
The circumstances surrounding Brockie's death are still unknown, but according to a report published by Style Weekly, a spokesperson for the Richmond, Va. police department confirmed that his body was found by his roommate during the afternoon of March 23. Former GWAR bassist Chris Bopst, currently a music writer for Style Weekly, is quoted as saying, "I wish it was a joke. Everyone is in shock."
Australian site TheMusic.com.au has published a report claiming that GWAR's management will issue an official announcement on March 24 at 5:00PM Eastern time, but the Facebook page for Mobile Deathcamp — the thrash group started by former GWAR bassist Todd Evans — has confirmed the sad news with a post reading simply "RIP DAVE BROCKIE!!"
Lamb of God singer Randy Blythe heard about Brockie's passing from Bopst and shared his grief with an Instagram post that included a picture of Brockie and a few touching words of remembrance. "When someone dies, a lot of the time people will say, 'Oh, he was a unique person, really one of a kind, a true original.' Most of these people no idea of what they are talking about; they obviously had never met Dave," wrote Blythe. "Dave TRULY WAS ONE OF A KIND. I can't think of ANYONE even remotely like him. That's VERY HARD TO SAY. My band learned how to become a real touring band from GWAR. They gave us out first shot at this thing…Right now, if I were to truly honor Dave in the way HE would do it if it were ME that had died, I would make a completely tasteless joke about his death. But I do not have the stomach for that — Dave would, but not me. He never put much stock in 'limits.'"
Brockie's death is the second tragedy to strike the GWAR camp in recent years. In 2011, guitarist Cory Smoot died after suffering a heart attack on the band's tour bus. The band has frequently undergone lineup changes over the course of its 30-year existence, but at the time of his passing, Brockie was the sole remaining founding member; at the time of this writing, it's uncertain whether GWAR will carry on without him.
"Dave was one of the funniest, smartest, most creative and energetic persons I've known," former GWAR bassist Mike Bishop told Style Weekly. "He was brash sometimes, always crass, irreverent, he was hilarious in every way. But he was also deeply intelligent and interested in life, history, politics and art. His penchant for scatological humors belied a lucid wit. He was a criminally underrated lyricist and hard rock vocalist, one of the best, ever! A great front man, a great painter, writer, he was also a hell of a bass guitarist. I loved him. He was capable of great empathy and had a real sense of justice."
Jack Flanagan, manager of GWAR, has issued an official statement:
"It is with a saddened heart, that I confirm my dear friend Dave Brockie, artist, musician, and lead singer of GWAR passed away at approximately 6:50 PM EST Sunday March 23, 2014. His body was found Sunday by his band mate at his home in Richmond, VA. Richmond authorities have confirmed his death and next of kin has been notified. A full autopsy will be performed. He was 50 years old, born August 30, 1963.
My main focus right now is to look after my band mates and his family. More information regarding his death shall be released as the details are confirmed."
Now is a difficult time to laugh, but part of what made Brockie so special was his sense of humor. This is demonstrated in this fantastic reading he did of the children's story 'Goodnight Moon' while visiting our sister publication Loudwire recently:
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|Mechanics Modeling Workshop in western PA
|St. Vincent College
|300 Fraser Purchase Rd, Latrobe, PA 15650
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|Modeling Workshop
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post-secondary physics faculty
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|This workshop is open to all high school physics and physical science teachers worldwide. Students preparing to teach science as well as college faculty are welcome.
Modeling Instruction is useful for science teaching at any level, and key concepts of kinematics and Newtonian mechanics are directly relevant to all sciences.
Location: St. Vincent College, Sis and Herman Dupré Science Pavilion, 300 Fraser Purchase Road, Latrobe, PA 15650
Days & time: all day MTWTh. 8 to noon on Fridays.
Peer leader: Jess Dykes, assisted by Holly McTernan.
* Jess teaches 9th grade physics at Ridley High School, near Philadelphia; he took Modeling Workshops at Arizona State University (ASU), and he has led numerous Modeling Workshops in physics: in Pennsylvania and at ASU.
* Holly teaches physics and chemistry in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned a Master of Natural Science degree at Arizona State University, including several Modeling Workshops.
For more information and/or to commit to register, please contact the Workshop Director, Ryan Tucek: firstname.lastname@example.com . Ryan teaches high school physics in the region.
The Modeling Workshop in 1st semester physics is an intensive 3-week course with these goals:
1. educate teachers in use of a model-centered, guided inquiry method of teaching, and improve content understanding at the same time,
2. help participants integrate computers effectively into the science curriculum,
3. help teachers make better use of national resources for science education,
4. establish electronic network support and a learning community among participants.
The main objective of the 1st summer Modeling Workshop is to acquaint teachers with all aspects of the modeling method of instruction and develop some skill in implementing it. To that end, teachers are provided with a fairly complete set of written curriculum materials to support instruction organized into coherent modeling cycles (as described in Wells et al., 1995). The physical materials and experiments in the curriculum are simple and quite standard, already available in any reasonably equipped classroom.
To develop familiarity with the materials necessary to fully implement them in the classroom, teachers work through the activities, discussions and worksheets, alternating between student and teacher modes. Each unit in the course manual includes an extensive Teacher Notes section. Throughout the course, teachers are asked to reflect on their practice and how they might apply the techniques they learn in the course to their own classes.
Modeling Instruction is aligned with the eight science practices outlined in the NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education (2011).
Click here to learn more about the Modeling Instruction Program and the American Modeling Teachers Association (AMTA) or visit http://modelinginstruction.org/teachers/workshops/ to find information on Modeling Workshops nationwide and strategies to seek funding (if needed) to participate.
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|Ryan Tucek has arranged housing and a meal plan for long-distance teachers; these are included in the out-of-towners' registration cost of $1050. A bargain!
FLYING: Latrobe is within commuting distance of Pittsburgh. It has an airport, Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, 148 Aviation Lane, Latrobe, PA 15650. Spirit Airlines flies there (low-cost). 3 rental car agencies are at the airport.
OPTIONAL GRADUATE CREDIT: For $235 extra, participants can earn THREE graduate credits. A bargain!
|Other Prerequisites:
|Prerequisite: 1 semester of college physics. The workshop is for
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* those who intend to begin teaching high school physics or physical science next year.
Post-secondary physics faculty are welcome, too.
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Be sure to enter our The River DVD Giveaway. Two lucky winners will each take home this impressive 2-disc set on DVD, valued at $29.99.
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ABC's The River was hit or miss for most fans. When it debuted in February, it seemed original and unlike any TV series before. A "found footage" style show which followed a film making crew and expedition team in search of Dr. Emmet Cole, a TV personality who himself became lost in the Amazon after he and his own crew went looking for "magic."
Now if you're a fan of the "found footage" genre, you probably watched The River and found it engaging, interesting, and entertaining. With a new plot twist each week and wicked, strange things about, the show and its mystical, confusing, and all together foreign setting were frightening fun. Of course, if you aren't a fan of this style of film or TV show, you probably avoided the show like the plague...and it seems there were more people who didn't like the show than did as ABC unfortunately cancelled the series after the completion of only 8 episodes. Thankfully, ABC Studios has brought The River: The Complete First Season to DVD home video for those die-hard fans who want to enjoy the short but sweet series again and again.
Shot in the previously mentioned "found footage" style using hand-held cameras (combined with some steadicam work to ensure viewers get a clear view of what's happening), The River expands the TV viewer's regular style of viewing in exchange for a more frustrating, complicated, and sometimes dynamic way which proves to work quite well when combined with the story. The story explores the adventures, histories, and individual stories of an expeditionary TV crew in search of their former leader, Dr. Emmet Cole, who's gone missing in the Amazon jungle after he set out to find "magic."
Combining a confused crew who encounter the unexplained throughout their adventure and the unique style of cinematography used in the "found footage" genre, the viewer at home better understands the duress, angst, and frustration the crew on the show is feeling as they seek and find footage, equipment, gear, and people left throughout the Amazon in search for the show's ultimate goal.
The acting in the show is on par with other TV series and the story's development of each, while cut short due to the show being cancelled, was very impressive, each character having a full background which, had the show been continued, would have no doubt woven a much more interesting tale. The cast includes the talented Bruce Greenwood as Dr. Emmet Cole; Joe Anderson as Lincoln Cole, Dr. Cole's son and the often impromptu leader of the search party; Leslie Hope as Tess Cole, Dr. Cole's wife and Lincoln's mother, a woman struggling to understand herself and her husband's obsession; Eloise Mumford as Lena Landry, daughter of Russ Landry (a missing cameraman) and a potential love interest for Lincoln; and Paul Blackthorne as Clark Quietly, Dr. Cole's producer and the sometimes antagonist, other times savior of the expedition. These five make up the main characters, while numberous other supporting characters, including Shaun Parkes as A.J. Poulain, lead cameraman and skeptic; Thomas Kretschmann as Capt. Kurt Brynildson, the team's security; Daniel Zacapa as Emilio Valenzuela, the ship's mechanic and father to the teenage psychic Jahel, played Paulina Gaitán.
Throughout the crew's adventures, everything from possession, monsters, native tribes, and various other supernatural ideas to the flashbacks exploring the crew's home life and past, we see an interesting development and various connections which, had the show been continued, would not doubt have weaved an interesting mythology. Everything, it seems, found its way back to Dr. Cole's search for magic and the unexplained and this theme was noticable instantly, even in the name of the crew's ship, The Magus and Dr. Cole's catch phrase "there's magic out there."
The 2-disc set features a solid standard definition video for the show's full 344 minute run. Likewise, the audio is impressive with dialogue clear and crisp most times and only distorted when intentional. Maybe most impressive is the show's often haunting soundtrack featuring strange, unidentified sounds from throughout the jungle. As for special features, there are a few audio commentaries with the film's cast and crew, detailing information about the individual episodes.
As the show was cancelled, that doesn't mean there's no hope for more The River. Netflix has been in talks with ABC Studios to continue production of the show and feature it as Video-On-Demand directly accessible to fans digitally. Thus, there's hope for the show and its fans.
While the show's 8 episodes no doubt lack the full exploration of the world created by the show's writers and producers, the short series does provide a satisfying ending which will have some fans applauding and others waiting for more. Personally, I found The River engaging, fun, and quite often scary. While it might miss the mark on some occasions, The River often hits center mass when exploring the unexplained. For better or worse, The River was different and there's not enough different nowadays on TV. With too many police procedurals and sitcom comedies, The River stood alone - if only for a short time - as unique and different.
The River: The Complete First Season is available on 2-disc DVD set now wherever fine home video is sold.
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August Alsina, Trey Songz & Chris Brown Perform Together At BET Awards [VIDEO]
It was a moment many thought would never happen! With the beef between August & Trey and Chris being locked up forever, the FIRE remix to "I Love This" came to life at the BET awards last night as the three R&B superstars performed the track TOGETHER for the FIRST TIME EVER!! Watch inside.


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Immigration 101: Minnesota's new immigration laws and what they mean for Northfield students, families and employers.
Short presentations by an expert panel followed by plenty of time for audience questions and discussion.
John Keller, Executive Director of Immigration Law Center, University of Minnesota Law School, named Attorney of the Year 2007 by Minnesota Lawyer, and received the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits 2007 Advocacy Award on behalf of work he led in response to immigration raids in 2006.
Ben Casper, Director of the Center for New Americans, Visiting Associate Clinical Prof, University of Minnesota Law School, with 15 years of litigation experience with the Board of Immigration Appeals, U.S. District Courts, the U.S Courts of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Beth Berry, outgoing Coordinator for the TORCH (Tackling Obstacles and Raising College Hopes) Program in Northfield, MN
Juve Meza, One of the founders of Navigate MN, a leadership development program for immigrant young adults, now working for Minneapolis Public Schools.
We are also expecting a representative of the Northfield Police Department.
A collaboration of Carleton College, St Olaf College, and the Northfield TORCH Program in celebration of Constitution Day 2013.
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The promise of better weather and luscious green leaves is making us feel happy and rejuvenated. We're come over all green fingered and are heading outside to nurture nature and celebrate the lovely allotment; a favourite place for Brits to come together and grow things since World War 1.
There's nothing garden-variety about our new collections; spring offers a bright new colour palette with fresh prints and silhouettes. The perfect way to start 2014 in style.
Our new spring magalogue is out and available to read online now.
The humble shed takes centre stage in our windows. The scene will develop across the season – see how it grows…
Our 'Explore' section has had a make-over and there's an exciting new competition to enter – you could win a trip to rural Canada!
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I'm just saying if Bird is coming back Walsh won't distrub what Bird pretty much has put together.
Also prior to this Walsh statement, I've also stated I don't believe Walsh will do anything prior to the TD, and will let the season play itself out.
Yeah, that's probably what he is!(green)
Outspoken yes, troll NO.
Vnzla's not a troll. We disagree a lot, but he roots for the same team I do.
If you haven't listened to the actual interview, you should. Some fantastic stuff there.
This space for rent.
I figured it out! vnzla81 is Mitt Romney!
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I don't remember Walsh saying that. If he did I missed it.
I have not read this thread. I am a huge Bird supporter. I called him as GM of the Year when Obrien was let go. funny thing is i think Birds hand was forced to make it happen. even more comical. Vogel may become the best Pacers coach this Franchise has ever had.
This has the makings of a HOOSIERS SEQUEL.
* I believe Bird would have let Obrien go eventually. He would have stated the infamous "3 year" policy with head coaches. An exception would have been made for Carlisle. Anytime we beat Detroit like the punks they are it feels good
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Bird just needs to put a group together to buy the Pacers. Simon is getting up there and if he were going to sell to anyone it seems like Bird would be the best choice.
Nope, that again would be Larry.... Hell, let's not forget about Slick too....
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I will give you Slick. If Vogel wins a Title then he would exceed Larry. If he wins multiple Titles he exceeds both.
If Vogel wins 1 title, I'll put him above Slick. This is the NBA, not a Dleague that is dominated by one team. Slick done nothing but lose in the NBA.
Garbage players get 1st round picks, (WTF)! All of the NBA must hate the Pacers! LOL
That's one way to put it
I really wonder if this in closer to the truth of what's going on right now. Larry seems to have always wanted a piece of a team and the Pacers make the most sense. Could be he's putting together an ownership team to make Herb an offer. Don't know how interest the next Simon generation is in keeping the Ps. Larry could probably put together the money and talent to buy Herb out when/if the Simons get ready to sell. Sorta like the Mem. sale, quiet, quick and unannounced.
Herb intimated to Larry at the year end meetings that he thought it was time to move on, needs 100% focus on the Simon Group the way malls are struggling in this economy.
Larry expressed his interest (he's had interest before in other ownership groups), said give me a year to try and get a group together, "Mr. Smuylan, Larry Bird on line 1." Let my boy Pritchard run the show, but bring in Donnie who we both trust in the utmost to not make any drastic changes in future payroll which makes a sale easier.
Let the new revenue sharing come a year closer to being in full effect, prove to the casual fans that the team is one to be reckoned with. Show investors increased support provided a quality product is put on the floor. Let the previous CIB deal expire and a new long[ish] term scenario come to fruition.
BOOM! Announce a transfer of ownership in early June and start building statues.
More far fetched than NASA faking the moon landing? Sure. But it's a dream scenario, and the pieces fit!
The audio quality on this is terrible. Did they do this whole show through the phones? Does he not have an ISDN Line?
Much like flipping coins, whether it will rain or not, and will Punxatawney Phil see his shadow or not on a given February 2 and therefore there either will be 6 more weeks of winter or Spring will only come by roughly March 21.
He either will be back here or he won't.
Regardless, we appreciate his service during the dark days of a troubled franchise.


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I an a noob who has been playing very regularly (7-10 rounds a week) for the past five months.
I have worked down to this;
DX Firebird 174G (super stable/headwinds)
DX Cheetah 175G
DX Cheetah 165G (the Cheetahs are my main driver sand I use them for hyzer, anhzer, turn overs and hyzer flips. Trying the lighter 165 because I think I throw discs that are a bit too heavy so I just bought it to see.)
DX Leopard 175G (was my first driver now it is for big turnovers)
DX Gazelle 175G (a little more stable than my Cheetahs; I am beginning to use this instead of the Cheetahs for windier drives and more fade)
JLS 175G (found it with no ink; like a faster cheetah-leopard mix. just experimenting)
Star Eagle-(X?) 171G (also found this w/o ink. Seems like a faster Gazelle; just experimenting)
DX Rancho Roc 176G (just got it to move up from Sharks)
DX Shark 180G (this has been my meat and potatoes mid for the past months)
Star Shark 175G ( I play this at heavily treed courses to save my DX shark)
Champion Classic Roc 174G ( I just got this to try instead of a DX version. I loved the DX C Roc as my upshot and distance putter. Also for windy puts. But DX version but it was getting beat up fast.)
Wizard SS 172G (just got hthis and love it but I have only played 2 rounds. I like it for approaches and chain bangging.)
So there it is. I have been tempted to get some faster more exotic disc and plastics but resisit the temptation and stick with good discs for newer players.
Based on what I am throwing (Cheetas/Gazelles 300 feet) how long should I stay with this set up? What should I change? And what should I think about moving up to next?


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The ratio of reality to fiction got some real outliers yesterday, the conference calls after earnings from J.C. Penney (JCP) and Groupon (GRPN).
These two conference calls, after some not-so-hot quarters, had the least grounding with how things are really unfolding at these companies that I have heard so far in 2013.
Groupon's amazing. There was no sense whatsoever -- at least in the call -- that things are slowing and that international is a real Achilles heel. When you have a giant guide down, you lead with it, you don't bury it. Your credibility is shot the moment you DON'T bring it up and then say how you will address the mistakes and the problems. You are just off the rails when you say a terrible quarter is a great one and a hideous outlook bodes well for the future. Both occurred in the Groupon call and it was a head scratcher, to say the least.
J.C. Penney leads with the best things that are happening instead of saying how it can survive with comps down 30%. As Michael Exstein from Credit Suisse said in his Sell rating summary, this was a "beyond worst case scenario quarterly result."
I think that the salient issue is not if the turn is working, and CEO Ron Johnson insists that it is, but how it can still work and why it is not having an impact on the comp store numbers. I tire of hearing how this product line or that product line can make a difference and instead I want to know how the company could turn off so many of its traditional customers and why they don't care about the new assortments.
Plus, let's be honest, if Johnson wants to succeed he has to change the name of the enterprise. Yes, the whole enterprise. Scrap the name J.C. Penney. I am not kidding. First, the old customers seem to have turned against Penney even as the turn is going on. So you have lost them already. Second, the new lines of clothes and soon the new lines of home goods are dead on arrival because they are actually sold at J.C. Penney, where people seem to know, instinctively, not to shop. For example, if you buy one of the new Joe Fresh selections, a very attractive line of clothes at J.C. Penney, and tell someone who compliments you and asks you where you got that dress, and you answer "I got it at J.C. Penney," that person will say, "oh." And then they will not even think of going because "who shops at J.C. Penney?"
You change the name maybe people will be confused and go.
Penney's in the same position GM (GM) was against Toyota and Honda many years ago. GM thought it could either reinvent and lose its core older customers or it could just stay the way it was, keep that old customer base and let the Japanese have the newer consumer. In reality that was a false dichotomy and GM didn't need to side with one generation. It just needed to be creative and satisfy both.
Johnson has simply failed to figure out a way to do that. And that's why it's probably time for someone else to try before it is too late because I have never seen any company come back from down 30%-plus comps. He has to own up to how he can and why the company is viable before he talks about how he is succeeding when he isn't.
I love conference calls. I love managements who start with "OK, numbers bad, here's why numbers bad, here's how we will fix it."
I do not like managements that start out talking about how good the numbers are when we all know they are terrible and then proceed to tell you how things will just get better and better when they are actually getting worse and worse. Those are the managers of stocks I want to sell. Those are the managements, alas, who need to be replaced because they just don't get it and probably never will.


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"To realize the full potential of this technology the production potential of the cows cannot be limited by facilities, lack of heat-stress abatement, management, cow comfort, or other factors," writes John Bernard, dairy scientist with the University of Georgia. "Adherence to good feeding management routines is essential."
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It's a little late in the season for basil — although I've still seen thriving bunches in the store — but when I saw this recipe for Lemon-Basil Snaps, I knew I had to share it with you. From the look of things, it seems to be a cross between a cookie and a savory biscuit. Call me crazy, but I think this is exactly the sort of recipe that would be worth giving around the holidays. Can you imagine the reaction you'll receive — assuming you can get your hands on some fresh basil — when you present someone with a basil cookie? If you're feeling adventurous give this recipe a try, just
Lemon-Basil Snaps
From Southern Living magazine, November 2005
3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup minced fresh lemon basil leaves*
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup finely chopped pistachio nuts
3 tablespoons sugar
Makes 3 dozen
- Beat butter at medium speed with electric mixer until fluffy; add 3/4 cup sugar, beating well. Add egg and next 3 ingredients, beating until blended.
- Combine flour, baking soda, and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until blended. Cover and chill 1 hour.
- Combine nuts and 3 tablespoons sugar in a shallow bowl.
- Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in nut mixture, and place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten slightly with hands or bottom of a glass.
- Bake at 350° for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.
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Texas Youth Super Shoot set for Sept. 6
HOUSTON — Steve Hall fondly remembers the look on the faces of visitors to the clay shooting activities and the annual Texas Parks and Wildlife Expo in Austin.
"You see smiles on the faces of both kids and adults," said Hall, Texas Parks and Wildlife education director. "It's just fun breaking clay birds."
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is helping to organize various shooting-sports associations, industries and ranges to bring more opportunities for youth to be introduced to the various shooting sports.
The result of the organizational effort is called the Texas Youth Shooting Sports Committee, an association formed in early 2008 with a mission to increase awareness of shooting sports and to encourage youth to participate in them. Starting with the shotgun sports, the committee is offering a series of "Youth Super Shoots" to give young Texans a chance to compete and show-off their skills or simply to shoot for the first time.
"There has been a flat or even a declining trend in various aspects of outdoor and shooting-sports participation by youth. We want to reverse that trend," said committee member Russ Arnold, who is also the state director of skeet and sporting clays for the state's Scholastic Clay Target Program. "And most importantly, kids who participate in shooting sports with responsible adults make better kids. And better kids make better adults."
The second invitational Texas Youth Super Shoot & Family Fun Festival will be held at American Shooting Center in Houston Sept. 6. Shooters of all experience levels between the ages of 8 and 21 are welcome to attend the event to compete or learn about the joys of shotgun shooting for the first time. Their family members also are encouraged to attend and enjoy in various outdoor events, including archery, fly fishing and the shooting events.
"Our facility and staff are extremely pleased to bring this event to the Houston area," said Ed Arrighi, managing partner of the American Shooting Centers. "As the largest public shooting facility in Texas, in the fourth largest city in America, we feel an obligation and also are honored to provide more opportunities for our local youth to experience the outdoors and specifically, the shooting sports."
The entry fee is $75 and competitors will get to shoot 150 clay targets. Any youth who brings a new shooter, one who has never participated in an established shooting organization, will get a two-for-one special price. Family members and non-competitors will get to participate in the fun events and shoot at much reduced rates.
Mandatory safety meetings will be held throughout the morning, and instructors will be on-hand to teach safety and technique to beginning shooters. A limited number of shotgun rentals and ammunition will be available on site.
Entries to this event are limited to the first 250 shooters who sign up. Online registration is available at http://www.amshootcenters.com/. Registration will be open form 8:00 a.m. to Noon the day of the event; shooting begins at 9:00 a.m.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is partnering with existing programs like the Scholastic Clay Target Program and the Agriculture Science and Outdoor Education curricula, to promote more opportunities for school-aged children to showcase their shooting skills and earn state and national recognition in addition to learning safe firearms handling.
Hall said that outdoors shooting sports instill positive character traits in children such as responsibility and commitment.
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Peavy not paying attention to trade rumors
HOUSTON -- Despite recent trade rumors, Jake Peavy and the Red Sox are proceeding as normal for the right-hander's start on Saturday in Houston.
Peavy's name has been tossed around in the rumors as Boston approaches the All-Star break 10 games under .500. Peavy is 1-7 with a 4.64 ERA so far this season, his 13th in the Majors.
"What's going to happen down the road really doesn't bother me," Peavy said. "Being moved is something I don't want to think about, but it's certainly a possibility and the reality of the situation."
The timing of the rumors comes at a potentially awkward time for the Red Sox and manager John Farrell, as Peavy is slated to start against the Astros in Boston's second-to-last game before the break.
Farrell, however, said there is no emergency plan in place for any sudden movements before Peavy's start.
"If I'm made aware that something is imminent, there will be a contingency plan," Farrell said. "There's no contingency for now."
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SWINDON Town striker Nile Ranger concluded his evidence at Newcastle Crown Court today where he is appearing on an alleged rape charge.
The former Newcastle United player denies raping a woman in a Jesmond hotel after she repeatedly told him she only wanted to be friends.
Last week, his victim told the court that after swapping messages with Ranger, she met the player in a bar and the next thing she can remember is waking up naked in a hotel room the following morning.
In his final evidence, Ranger told the court that the woman texted him before the night out, making reference to "shotting vodka in the eye".
When he was asked about the message, Ranger said he believed it was a way of getting the alcohol into the blood stream quicker.
When asked by the judge if he saw the woman drink it in this way, or if he drank it in this way, Ranger replied 'no' on both occassions.
Following Ranger's concluding evidence, the court heard the closing speech from prosecutor Christine Egerton.
She said: "She was in no fit state to consent and he knew full well how she felt about matters.
"He deliberately took her alone to that hotel in a taxi when she was incapacitated. He deliberately took advantage of her.
"He knew she would never consent had she been sober. He deliberately ensured she was drunk or incapable in order to go further.
"He had to get her completely stupified before he could get his way and he knew exactly what he was doing."
CCTV was played to the court which prosecutors said showed the woman falling out of the taxi outside the hotel. Ranger is seen running in to book the room, then comes back to help the woman into the hotel.
"His only motivation was to have sex with her," said Ms Egerton.
"His mind was on one thing and he made sure he got it.
"Whether he's a footballer or a fireman, a factory worker or a farmer, makes no difference at all. The right verdict is guilty."
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Notes from the underground: Dilworth Plaza renovation progressing
The massive renovation of Philadelphia City Hall's front yard is a year old.
As Dilworth Plaza receives a massive makeover, a year into the project not much of the work is visible.
Paul Levy of the Center City District says a lot is being done underground to overhaul SEPTA's infrastructure.
"We are not only improving the park and improving the plaza, but we are building a whole new concourse level," Levy said. "We are working with SEPTA to make all the train lines accessible.
"So there is a tremendous amount of underground work bringing handicapped elevators down to platform levels, reconstructing the concourse level," he said.
Levy says after removing the top of the plaza, workers have been digging and digging and digging some more.
"We've almost finished, the next two to three months we will have almost finished the excavation work working around the existing transit lines," he said. "We are already installing new foundations."
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ROCHESTER -- The last time Oakland played Pitt, in the first round of the 2010 NCAA tournament, guard Travis Bader was sitting on the bench, the same place he spent the entirety of the 2009-10 season.
Bader took a red-shirt that season and has quickly ascended to become one of the nation's most respected shooters since taking the floor. He hit the second-most 3-pointers in the country last season (124) and made a school-record 10 triples against Summit League rival South Dakota State.
Entering Saturday's 7 p.m. game at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Bader, now three games into his junior season, is just four points shy of 1,000 for his career.
"When I red-shirted my first year, it wasn't something I really thought about doing in my third year," he said. "It's nice and unexpected, but I'm just focusing on Saturday.
"They're going to be one of those big, quick athletic teams, but we're used to playing those. We have an experienced group of guys."
For all the attention Bader's shooting has earned in the media, it's earned him a second glance from opposing teams when gearing up to face Oakland (1-2). After a game-high 27 points on 9-of-15 shooting in the season-opener against Albion, Bader has had to fight for every inch of space he finds, shooting 23 percent in the past two games.
"Teams are really focused on not letting me get open and taking away those open shots," he said. "They're really trying to contain me and stop me from getting the ball and getting easy shots. I just have to work more on finding ways to get open."
After consecutive road losses at Louisiana and Boise State, Oakland coach Greg Kampe decried the officials for a perceived slight in officiating which hampered the efforts of Bader, among others.
"They're going to everything but tackle him," Kampe said. "They're holding him and grabbing him and trying to knock into him. Off the ball, they've got his jersey in their hands. The big thing is getting the officials to take care of it. It's going to be hard to do when you're playing out in the middle of nowhere.
"It was just a shame what they did to him at Boise State."
Despite the Big East's notorious reputation for being more physical than other conferences, the Grizzlies are going into the game with added muscle and size added through offseason conditioning, as well as added length that comes with Oakland's starting five. They'll line up differently than they have in previous games, subbing in 6-foot-9 transfer Raphael Carter, who played sparingly in the past two games, due to a deep bone bruise in his knee. Carter, a junior, replaces sophomore Dante Williams.
"Our '4' spot has not been as productive as I want it to be," Kampe said, adding he'd like to get Carter 15-20 minutes per game.
Bader's backcourt partner Duke Mondy remembers Pitt (3-0) very well, having transferred from Big East rival Providence to Oakland last year. Mondy has picked up some of the scoring, averaging 19.3 points per game this season with a high shooting percentage (58 percent), but like his teammates, the new point guard has been battling turnovers. The Grizzlies are turning over the ball more than 15 times per game. And there's likely no break coming Saturday, as the Panthers force an average of nearly 17 turnovers per game.
"We're on the right path for minimizing turnovers, but we need to take care of the ball, including myself," Mondy said.
Having played two seasons at Providence, Mondy said he's familiar with the Panthers' attack, having played on the Friars' scout team.
"I'm very familiar with the players and what their strengths and weakness are," he said. "I know what to expect from that team and I'm pretty excited to go back to a Big East arena."
The Panthers recently advanced to the semifinal round of the NIT Season Tipoff at Madison Square Garden, where they face No. 5 Michigan Wednesday.
Pitt is outscoring its opponents by 30.7 points per game after a 78-53 win over Lehigh Tuesday and is 94-3 (.969) in more than 10 seasons at home against non-conference competition.
Oakland and Pitt have met three other times in series, including the Panthers' 89-66 win over the Grizzlies in Milwaukee in March 2010.
Central Michigan transfer and one-time Michigan Mr. Basketball runner-up Trey Zeigler chose Pitt over the likes of UCLA and Duke when he transferred in April. He was granted immediate eligibility to begin his junior season by the NCAA. The Detroit native is averaging seven points per game off the bench for the Panthers.
The Grizzlies are two games into a seven-game, nearly month-long road trip after the season-opening win over Albion last week at the O'rena. The current trek is not the longest in team history, however. Oakland began the 2008-09 season with nine consecutive games, finishing with a 4-5 record including a win over Oregon.
A visit to Texas Southern is in order Tuesday for Kampe's team before visiting the No. 21 Spartans in East Lansing Friday (Nov. 23). The Grizzlies visit Tennessee Nov. 26 looking for the sweep of their three-game series.
Oakland visits one more Big East team this season in West Virginia Dec. 19 for a nationally-televised game on ESPNU. The Grizzlies are 0-13 all-time against teams from the conference.
Saturday's game can be heard on WDFN-AM (1130) and on ESPN3.com.
Paul Kampe covers Oakland University basketball for The Oakland Press. Read his blog "Grizzlies Den" at TheOaklandPress.com/blogs.


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Mah Jongg: Crak, Bam, Dot!
Pentagram Design, New York, New York, 2010
Project brief: Mah Jongg: Crak, Bam, Dot! served as a companion to the exhibition Project Mah Jongg at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York. The exhibition explored the traditions, history and meanings of the game in Jewish-American culture. The book was published in collaboration with 2wice, the visual and performing arts journal.
Approach: The book is a collection of portfolios that feature imagery from the mah-jongg craze of the early 20th century and photographs of vintage sets, tiles and other ephemera. The designer commissioned guest artists to interpret the game through their distinct sensibilities. Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi sketched mah-jongg-inspired ensembles; Maira Kalman illustrated a "mah-jongg murder mystery"; Bruce McCall created "Miami Mah-Jongg," juxtaposing ancient Chinese figures and a group of Jewish women; and Christoph Neimann designed tile iconography combining the visual language of mah-jongg with symbols of Jewish life. The book was designed with the proportions and rounded corners of a mah-jongg tile.
Effectiveness: The catalogue is a unique interpretation and expansion of the exhibition, one of the museum's most popular to date.
Juror Notes
Who knew linen paper could look so amazing?! Beautifully designed and expertly printed.
- Design firm
- Pentagram Design
- Art director
- Abbott Miller
- Designers
- Abbott Miller, Kristen Spilman
- Clients
- 2wice Arts Foundation, Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust


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Sen. Bob Kerrey penned this letter to Deb Fischer benefactor and former Nebraskan Joe Ricketts regarding his contributions to Fischer's campaign.
For the record I take Sen. Fischer at her word that you and she have never met. Nor do I suspect there is any quid pro quo for her vote to cut your business taxes.
My purpose in writing this letter has nothing to do with either of these.
My purpose in writing is an attempt to discover what it is you are trying to accomplish. Are you attempting to persuade Americans that we should amend our Constitution requiring a balanced budget? If so, have you examined the consequences on Nebraska and our Nation that this amendment would cause? Have you considered that there might be a better way of getting this done?
I do suspect that you may be motivated by a desire to keep your personal income taxes from rising. I suspect you were angry about my vote in 1990 to support President George H.W. Bushs budget that contained an increase in the top rate and my vote in 1993 to do the same. I suspect you have not done the math to determine whether you benefitted from my vote to cut the capital gains rate in 1997 as well as the run up in the stock market that occurred in part because we also cut spending and were paying down our debt when I left the Senate in 2001.
And I suspect you do not support the Campaign to Fix the Debt, an effort led by the CEOs of many major U.S. companies to urge Congress to agree to a budget deal that puts us on a sustainable path to balance. Even though this could give Congress the boost it needs to cut significant spending, my guess is that you do not share the willingness of these CEOs to support an agreement that would include higher taxes on themselves.
That is most unfortunate. If you did agree with these CEOs and became a part of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, your concern about our budget deficit and the accumulation of debt that began shortly after I left the Senate in 2001 just might be converted in something very constructive for our Nation. Otherwise all your $1 million might give you is the satisfaction of electing a Senator from your former State whose promises at best will not enable her to participate in actually solving the problem. At worst her proposal will do significant damage to the economy and lives of Nebraskans.
Mr. Ricketts, I do respect and admire your success a great deal. I also respect, admire and appreciate your personal generosity. Most of all I respect your right to make free decisions about your choice in any election. I do not write out of disrespect. I write out of a genuine desire to learn what it is you are attempting to accomplish and to suggest an alternative course of action for you to consider.
I wish you good health and continued prosperity.
Bob Kerrey is a former governor and U.S. Senator of Nebraska. After a decade as the president of the New School University in New York City, he is again running for a Nebraska seat in the U.S. Senate. Joe Ricketts grew up in Nebraska. He is the founder, former CEO and former chairman of TD Ameritrade, one of the largest online discount brokerages in the world, based in Omaha. He currently owns the Chicago Cubs. Joe Rickett's son Pete ran for the Senate in 2006. He was soundly defeated by Ben Nelson.
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Many of the people who work with dairy animals today did not grow up on farms and have had little to no exposure to farm animals until they were adults," points out one of the industry's leading experts on the subject of stockmanship. "Many of today's farm workers do not have the early life experiences that give them an understanding of dairy animal behaviors," he adds.
Indeed, we would all benefit from a better understanding of animal behavior, says Don Höglund, adjunct assistant professor at University of Minnesota's College of Veterinary Medicine, principle at Dairystockmanship.com, and animal trainer.
What is stockmanship?
With no clear definition, dairy "stockmanship" is loosely defined as the interactions that occur between people and dairy cattle with the intention to create a positive experience for both.
"Every time you work with an animal, you influence them — good or bad," says Jim Lewis, a dairy field specialist for Vita Plus in northwest Wisconsin. For several years, Lewis helped apply stockmanship research conducted by the University of Minnesota while he was the manager of the Transition Management Facility for Emerald-Baldwin Dairies in western Wisconsin. Now, he is able to teach stockmanship principles to others and share the benefits it has for both dairy animals and workers.
"It doesn't matter what language a human speaks; animals can learn to associate certain behaviors with vocal commands, but it is our physical actions that are most important when influencing cow behavioral responses," says Höglund.
Specific applications
Conditioning cattle to the herd, reducing escape behaviors, and ensuring the well-being of cattle should be an overarching goal of all dairy stock handling.
"When cattle encounter stressors, their heart rate can rise, respiration rate often increases, and normal biological functions can be altered," explains Höglund. "It can take 20 to 30 minutes, or longer, for an animal to return to natural homeostasis, or normal physical patterns, after even a brief moment of excitement. One goal should be to reduce occurrences of escape behavior from occurring at all. In simpler terms, avoid startling cattle."
Cows also share "biological signals" through the release of pheromones that they emit. "Also known as ectohormones," Höglund explains, "pheromones allow animals to 'chemically' communicate with one another." For example, Lewis says the first heifer to urinate in a newly commingled pen will set the tone for the rest of the pen. "She can spread chemical messages to her pen mates via the pheromones she releases."
Pheromones can remain even when the animals are gone. That's why cattle may become jumpy when unloading into an unfamiliar setting. "They step off the trailer, pick up the pheromone messages, and display their fear," says Lewis.
Stockmanship proponents suggest that dairy cattle of all ages can benefit from the practice, starting with young calves. Particularly for calves raised in individual hutches, their socialization with humans is important, and should continue throughout their adolescence.
Good stockmanship can ease the transition of springing heifers into the milking string.
While there is little research yet proving that stockmanship can make a difference in dairy herd performance, there is plenty of anecdotal evidence. When Lewis took the time to introduce newly arrived transition animals to their surroundings, their dry-matter intake was maintained or increased at a stage when it typically drops off. "I firmly believe that keeping those animals eating consistently made the transition smoother for them and helped them avoid a variety of metabolic problems," he says.
A case for training
Lewis says some simple stockmanship practices work almost instantaneously, which makes real believers out of the human trainees.
For example, "I recently was on a dairy and the young man letting cows into the parlor was standing in exactly the wrong spot. By simply repositioning himself, cow entry and flow changed almost immediately," he says. "I could see the light bulb go off for that person, which is really gratifying."
Höglund and Lewis suggest that every dairy can benefit from first-hand stockmanship training, and every person who works with animals should be encouraged to participate.
It's money well spent.
"Most dairy owners would not think of allowing an employee to jump on a $250,000 piece of equipment and start running it with no training," Lewis says. "Yet we often turn them loose with groups of cows that have equal or higher value, with no idea how they function. Workers need to be taught how cattle 'operate,' too."
The basics of stockmanship
Stockmanship experts Don Höglund and Jim Lewis share the following insights:
1 Field of vision. Because their eyes are located somewhat toward the sides of their heads, cows have excellent peripheral vision and can see 340 degrees. However, because of the boney-mass surrounding the eyes, approaching cattle directly from behind, in their blind spot, can be startling to the animal and dangerous to the handler. If possible, always let the animal see you. This means we are most effective as handlers if we direct cattle movement from the sides of the animal rather driving them from directing in back of them.
2 Flight zone. Cattle are herd animals and are classified as a prey species. They have natural defenses against predators, such as escape or flight behaviors. The flight or escape zone is generally referred to as the area around them that, when invaded by the unwelcome, will cause them to move away. As cattle interact more with their handlers and regular surroundings, the flight zone can become smaller and they can be approached more readily.
3 Stimulus area. This is the buffer area outside the flight zone in which controlled stimulus, when applied efficiently, will cause the cow to move as intended by the handler. "Stimulus" here refers to human presence and action only, not prods, whips or any other physical tools. It is also more successful when only one person applies stimulus at a time.
4 Depth perception. Cows have limited close-up depth perception, making stepping over a curb, onto a shadow, or walking off the edge of a bedded pack potentially new to them. If those conditions are present in their environment, they will need to be handled repeatedly in order for them to learn not to over-react.
5 Hearing. Cattle have a broader hearing range than humans in frequency of kilohertz and will respond to quieter noises and higher pitches that humans cannot hear. Reducing or eliminating loud noises, including shouting, whistling and clanging gates, will help reduce stress and adrenaline production.
6 Stage of life. Regular, calm interaction with humans should begin with newborn calves. Young animals of all species (including humans) have "brain plasticity," which means they have a tremendous ability to absorb and retain knowledge when they are very young. The transition period between hutches and group housing is a critical time to practice stockmanship to help them interact more calmly with humans, find out where their feed and water are, and become acclimated to having pen mates. Calving time is another period that requires careful stockmanship, because maternal instincts can cause cows to become more aggressive and more easily startled. As a stockman, always leave yourself an escape route when handling close-up animals.
7 Flow of movement. Once a cow is moving in the intended direction, it is ideal to keep her moving and not interrupt that positive flow. Facility design plays an important role here. Placing cows in holding areas before they enter the parlor is not ideal, and crowd gates and "cow pushers" can cause severe stress. An example of constant, positive flow is the rotary parlor, which promotes positive flow and provides a very calming, regular routine to the cow.
8 Return instinct. Cows tend to return to the place from which they came. That's likely why pasture-based cattle will walk along the same "cow paths" every day. Oval or circular routes between the parlor and housing areas — with access to feed and water along those routes — will help cows be milked, eat, drink, then lie down and rest in a routine, low-stress fashion.
For more information: Three Dairy Care 365TM Training Series modules have been developed by the University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine in conjunction with Merck Animal Health. To request a copy of the "Introduction to Dairy Stockmanship" and "Moving Cows to the Milking Parlor" training modules, contact your Merck Animal Health representative, e-mail email@example.com or contact the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine at 1-800-380-8636 or email@example.com.


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1) to return to an original state or condition (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) the cessation of work, activity, or motion
2) the taste of something (6 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) to prefer one thing over another
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Spider-Man 3
Movie Review
Four years after being bitten by a radioactive spider and gaining wall-crawling powers, things are looking up for Peter Parker. He and Mary Jane are in love, he's excelling in his college studies, and crowds are cheering the web-slinging Spider-Man while he's being handed the keys to the city.
Peter is feeling so good that he decides to take the next step with MJ and seeks his Aunt May's advice on how to ask for her hand in marriage. But that's when things start to crumble. (You knew they had to, right?) First, MJ is fired from her job in a Broadway musical, which causes a little tension. Then Spidey gives an upside-down kiss to a pretty girl for the newspapers, which causes a lot of tension ("That's our kiss!" MJ grumpily informs Peter).
On top of that, Peter's friend Harry has strapped on the high-tech gadgetry of the Green Goblin and wants to avenge his father's death (that he mistakenly thinks Peter deliberately caused). On top of that, there's a thief-turned-Sandman-monster, who turns out to be the guy who really killed Peter's Uncle Ben. And on top of that and that, a manipulative photographer named Eddie Brock is trying to steal Peter's job with the Daily Bugle.
And there's still one more "on top of" calamity: A tar-black chunk of bio-organism from outer space (to become known as Venom) crash-lands and hitches a ride on Peter's motor scooter before eventually attaching itself to our hero's outfit. One of Spider-Man's red-and-blue suits turns a cool, coal black—and his heart begins to darken, too. Peter fights against the urge to wear the power-amplifying suit, but comes to the decision that wearing it is the only way to seek out his revenge and battle off new threats. Besides, he's starting to like the dark changes he's feeling.
Positive Elements
Alongside their superhero action sequences, all of the Spider-Man movies have set up a pulpit and preached about courage, responsibility, friendship, duty and follow-through. This one doesn't alter the formula. At its end, Peter proclaims, "Whatever battles we have raging inside us, we always have a choice. It's the choices that make us who we are and we can always choose to do what's right." When Peter chooses to use his superpowers to exact vengeance upon the man who killed his uncle, he soon realizes that his hatred is taking its worst toll on no one but himself.
He finds he can only be rid of this burden by forgiving his foe.
[Spoiler Warning] Harry is consumed by rage as well, all focused at Peter. He, too, not only learns to forgive, but he puts his life on the line to protect his friend. Eddie, on the other hand, is so eaten up by malignant hate that when he is given a chance to free himself, he refuses and is destroyed. Sandman also makes choices. He loves his sick daughter, but he turns to theft to try to help her and loses everything, even her.
Never far away from her pearls of wisdom, Aunt May tells Peter, "A man has to be understanding and put his wife before himself. Can you do that?" She also warns him that revenge "is like a poison. It can take us over. Before you know it, it can turn us into something ugly." Peter is told, "Everybody needs help sometimes."
While looking at an announcement of a city gathering to celebrate Spider-Man, a passerby tells Peter, "I guess one person can make a difference."
Spiritual Content
We see Spider-Man contemplating his choices while sitting on the cross-adorned peak of a church's bell tower. And he makes the choice for rightness and freedom inside that same bell tower. (I'll deal with the biblical implications in more detail in my "Conclusion.")
In a much less spiritual moment, Peter confronts a lying Eddie with, "You want forgiveness—get religion!" Eddie subsequently enters a Catholic church, dips his fingers into the holy water, crosses himself and asks God to kill Peter Parker.
A TV announcer says of Spider-Man, "He seems to have come out of nowhere to answer the prayers of the city."
Sexual Content
MJ (along with most other women in the film) wear blouses and dresses that show cleavage. Some costumes reveal midriff, and a fair amount of leg and back, too. Peter is shown shirtless in the opening credits, and in one scene Harry appears dressed in nothing but his boxers.
MJ and Peter kiss while lying together on a huge spider web in the moonlight. Gwen, a classmate of Peter's, gives Spider-Man a big kiss (while he hangs upside down). MJ and Harry briefly (but passionately) kiss, too.
When Peter wears the Venom suit under his street clothes, he starts acting out of character and flirts with every girl he comes in contact with. He does some pelvic thrusts. And to make MJ jealous, he pulls Gwen close and does a hot-and-heavy dance number with her. When he sidles up to Mr. Jameson's secretary in the office, Jameson calls out, "That's not the position I hired you for!"
[Spoiler Warning] Enveloped in Venom, Eddie gains superpowers and kidnaps MJ. While holding her, he leeringly says to Peter, "My spidey-sense is tingling. If you know what I mean."
Violent Content
Last go-around we said, "Incrementally more violent than its predecessor, Spider-Man 2 offers up hefty doses of bloodless-yet-intense, highly stylized combat." No less can now be said about 3. There's certainly lots of head banging, body slamming and appendage crushing. I wouldn't really call it cartoonish, but it is superhero-ish in that there's little blood—even when bodies are impaled.
Tumbling air attacks are the specialty of the day as Spider-Man, Harry and Venom all fly and smash into and through various walls, windows and other objects. Things feel more intense when Harry stabs Spider-Man with a sword. (We see blood on the blade as he withdraws it, but no visible effects on the hero.) Harry also slashes at Peter with sharp blades on his gloves. And we see blood on Harry's lip at one point. The Venom-suited Spider-Man throws a Goblin bomb back at Harry and it blows up next to his head. (We later see Harry with scars on his face.) Venom has sharp gnashing teeth. A man is impaled by a flying blade. Etcetera.
There is a lot of destruction of surrounding property (smashed and crumbled walls and sidewalks, smashed windows and construction sites). A large crane atop a high-rise starts veering wildly, sending a girder smashing through walls and windows and collapsing floors (people slide around and fall). The police fire guns at Sandman. Harry blows him up. Spider-Man turns him into mud with a torrent of water.
Speaking of Sandman, the filmmakers take advantage of the fact that he can be eroded, showing us acts of violence that normally would be reserved for movies with harsher ratings. For example, Spider-Man holds Sandman's face up against a racing subway train, and we see half of it disintegrate. We also see Spider-Man's fists and feet cut through the brute—who at times is sand and at times appears human. Of course, Sandman returns fire with, well, sand, and proceeds to pound Spider-Man to within an inch of his life.
MJ is in a car caught in a huge web 40 stories in the air. She falls out of the car, is almost smashed by it and a dump truck (also caught in the web) and later falls again (to be caught by Spider-Man). Worse, while dabbling with the dark side, Peter starts a brawl at the jazz club MJ is working at. She tries to stop him. He hits her and knocks her down.
[Spoiler Warning] In an attempt to destroy the Venom suit, Spider-Man devises a way to pull Eddie out of it. But when an explosive is thrown into what is now an independently thriving organism, Eddie yells and jumps back to it (and is blown up in the process).
Crude or Profane Language
One use each of "a--," "d--n" and "h---." There are several exclamations of "oh my god." The scriptwriters seem to be having a little "fun" with a French man's accent when he twice calls Peter "Pecker" instead of "Parker."
Drug and Alcohol Content
Harry guzzles brandy from a decanter and, later, drinks a martini. People down mixed drinks at a club. Eddie celebrates with a glass of champagne. Peter gets a maître d' to serve champagne with a wedding ring in the bottom of the glass.
Mr. Jameson has a stockpile of prescription and over-the-counter medications on his desk. He takes some after a call from his wife.
Other Negative Elements
Not very many action movies take the time to tell teens, "These are the years a man changes into the man he's going to be for the rest of his life. Just be careful who you change into." Or tell the rest of us, "There's a hero in all of us that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble and finally allows us to die with pride." Or, even more poignantly, "Remember, with great power comes great responsibility."
That was then (in Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2). This is now. Thankfully, the now isn't much different from the then.
If anything, the lessons here are more spiritual than before as we watch a superhero choose between good (the red-and-blue suit) and evil (the black one). It's the old-man-new-man struggle that Paul talks about in Ephesians 4. The viscid, symbiote organism that latches onto Peter amplifies his strengths, but it also inflates his desire for vengeance and power. He slides into the darker side of his nature, becoming moody and arrogant, and driving away everyone he values. Peter loves the rush of the change, but soon laments the consequences of his actions and struggles to break free.
Thus, the CGI web-slinging and sandy shape-shifting may be right off the pages of a comic book, but the struggle it represents is of biblical proportions. (Romans 7 chimes in with, "For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.") And the movie's ultimate resolutions take on a scriptural tone as well. A man gives his life for a friend. Bitter enemies repent and find forgiveness. And the clear statement that we live and die by the choices we make is echoed by every character and situation in the film.
Sometimes I found myself wondering how in the world that kind of positivity could be flying at me from the same screen as brain-bruising battles, sharp-toothed-and-screeching monster attacks, and requisite Mary Jane-dangling-from-a-precipice moments. But there it was, and there it still is, all mashed together in one skintight spider costume.
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Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man/Peter Parker; Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson; James Franco as New Goblin/Harry Osborn; Thomas Haden Church as Sandman/Flint Marko; Topher Grace as Venom/Eddie Brock; Bryce Dallas Howard as Gwen Stacy
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What is a cheeseburger ice cream sundae? Cheddar and caramelized onion-flavored ice cream (enhanced with beef stock) topped with candied beef bacon and drizzled with ketchup-bacon-caramel sauce, according to this interpretation by Food Deconstructed. In this video chef Adrian Bustamante makes cheddar ice cream with a mix-in of caramelized onions, beef bacon baked with a coating of brown sugar, cayenne pepper, and cinnamon, and caramel sauce flavored with sautéed bacon, butter, vanilla, and ketchup.
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