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More than 250 people attended the Dairy Cattle Reproductive Council meeting in Kansas City, Mo., last week to discuss dairy cattle reproduction. Elliot Block, PhD, Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition, discussed the effects of protein during the prepartum period and how it influences reproductive diseases.
"Parameters for reproductive outcome are better with higher protein prepartum," he said. "It has positive effects on first serve conception rate, fewer days open and a reduction in ketosis." Block said in one study the postpartum level of clinical ketosis went from 31% to zero between the low protein group and high protein group, respectively.
Feeding fat has benefits
Prepartum fat feeding also seems to benefit dairy cows. Block said in one study one group was fed .5 pound/day supplemental fat four weeks prepartum and were shifted to 1 pound/day of fat postpartum, one group was fed .5 pound/day of fat at calving shifting to 1 pound/day after a one-week adjustment, another was fed .5/pound/day 28 days postpartum and shifted to 1 pound/day after a one-week adjustment, and a control group was fed no fat.
Block noted that the cows that were not fed fat had higher levels of plasma fibrinogen during first 28 days postpartum. However, cows fed any fat had better first service conception rates than cows fed no fat.
A study looked at cows fed oleic acid, linoleic acid or EPA & DHA vs. cows fed no fat. Cows that were fed omega-3 or omega-6 (linoleic) fatty acids had significantly larger follicles, which, Block said, indicates a healthier ova, and the size of the follicle is related to the quality of the embryo produced. Cows fed higher levels of omega-6 had higher messenger RNA for prostaglandin synthesis. Bock says this is worth further investigation.
21-day transition period
Block also spoke about the benefits of a 21-day transition period which research is showing to be ideal. A study of 890 cows showed that the longer they were in transition pens, predicted milk yield went up. Cows in transition groups more than 20 days had significantly lower culling and death up to 160 days in milk. Block says most culling and death occurs in the first 60 days.
Another study (Corbett, 1999) looked at number of days in the transition pen versus metabolic disease. The study showed that cows in pens shorter periods of time had higher milk fever, retained placenta and uterine infections than those in pens greater than 15 days. "Twenty-one days for the transition period seems very reasonable," Block said. "There is no harm in keeping them in longer, but there are negative effects if they are in for shorter periods of time."


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LIAR, LIAR: The National Rifle Association aired a "reprehensible" ad attacking President Obama's daughters having Secret Service protection, while other students have no armed guards in their schools. The NRA also claimed in a television ad that the Sidwell Friends School that the Obama girls attend has 11 armed guards. Um, one problem — that's not true. The school has a team of security officers who carry no firearms.
My Post colleague Glenn Kessler, who writes The Fact Checker column, wrote about the issue here and quoted Ellis Turner, associate head of Sidwell Friends, as saying: "Sidwell Friends security officers do not carry guns." Parents and students say they have never seen one either.
The president's children are protected by Secret Service agents, which is required by federal law, but that is not the same thing as armed school resource officers.
The Fact Checker, who hands out "Pinocchios" depending on how accurate — or inaccurate — a particular story is, gave the NRA and its ad the worst possible rating, four Pinocchios. Whereas three Pinocchios are given for "significant factual error and/or obvious contradictions," four Pinocchios are given for "whoppers." Source
When will they learn that anything coming from Breitbart.com should be verified and cross-verified for accuracy. When will the NRA realize that the majority of Americans want something done about the accessibility of guns to just about anyone?
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April 26, 2006—
Susan Brechting Kiehl, who graduated from Michigan Tech in 1983, returns to her alma mater Saturday, April 29, to deliver the Spring Commencement">Commencement address.
At commencement, the university will recognize the achievements of more than 900 graduates. A total of 18 associate degrees and 769 bachelor's degrees will be awarded. In addition, three master of forestry, four master of engineering, 92 master of science and 29 PhD graduates will be honored. A posthumous doctorate will be given to David Gaskill, who passed away in August shortly before completing a PhD in Rhetoric and Technical Communication.
Kiehl leads Lockheed Martin's Greece F-16 Programs, which supply F-16 fighter jets to the Greek government. She is based at the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, in Fort Worth, Texas.
Kiehl, a native of Spring Lake, graduated from Michigan Tech in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering. She joined Lockheed Martin (then General Dynamics) as a metallurgical engineer in 1984 and then became an engineering chief and engineering manager before moving into business development, where she has served as a manager and director.
In 2001, Kiehl was selected for the company's Senior Leadership Development Program and, in 2002, its Executive Leadership Development Program. She now leads a 12-person team responsible for the design, construction and delivery of 30 F-16s, known as Fighting Falcons, to Greece as part of a U.S. government program.
Kiehl serves on the Industrial Advisory Board of MTU's College of Engineering and is a member of the Presidential Council of Alumnae. In addition to her own ties to Michigan Tech, her grandfather, Gilly Boyd, taught at the university; her father, Frank Brechting, earned two bachelor's degrees and a master's degree from the school; and her brother, Frank, also graduated from Michigan Tech.
Kiehl is involved in church activities and Alzheimer's work. She runs marathons and relishes what she calls "the joys of children." She and her husband, Brad, have three, Sam, Lilli and Isabelle. The family resides in Fort Worth.
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What do patients do when they decide to get care at a hospital that is far away? Do they just move there with their families? We have a son in fourth grade, so it would mean going to a new school. We live in VA, but have had people suggest going to MD Anderson. I was just wondering how families cope with this decision and what they do. Our son has type 1 diabetes and we have been very happy with his care at his current school, so I am hesitant to move him. My husband has advanced CC. He is retired and I am a stay at home mom. He was in a trial at Georgetown, but we found out yesterday that it didn't work and the cancer has gotten worse.


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ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Rangers brought three pitchers in from Arizona to participate in the home-opener ceremonies. Colby Lewis, Joakim Soria and Neftali Feliz spent the day with the Rangers and will return to Arizona this weekend.
Lewis and Soria are about to take the next big steps in their recovery from major arm surgery. Both have been throwing bullpen sessions for the past month, now they are expected to graduate to batting practice.
"Of course it's a big step," Soria said. "I've finished my bullpens, and I'm ready for the next step. So far everything has been outstanding."
Soria, signed as a free agent in the offseason after six years with the Royals, underwent Tommy John surgery on April 3, 2012. He could be ready to return to the bullpen in four to six weeks if all continues to progress with his throwing.
Lewis underwent surgery to repair a torn flexor tendon on July 27. He is coming back as a starter rather than a reliever, so he will probably need more time to build up innings than Soria. The Rangers are still hoping he could be an option for the rotation before June 1.
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You are always complaining about the refs in the postgame thread.
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
Only when I feel that the officiating influenced the outcome. 30-9 is PROOF the referees influenced this game
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
You guys can fool yourself into thinking 30-9 is a well officiated game, I'm not buying it for one second
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
That's not why we lost, mate. The refs were bad but they weren't taking sides.
We were indeed fouling Dwight and gave up several FTs in the final 50 seconds trying to come back.
We probably deserved more than 9 FTs, though, but again that's not what we lost.
Personally, the fans deserve a lot more blame than the refs. They didn't do their job.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
There is a difference between a well officiated game and an unfairly officiated game. IMO, the officials did not do a particularly good job of calling the game, they intruded too much. Especially early. And as the game wore on, they had a hard time staying out of the way. Bennie Adams is usually terrible, Gary Zelinski is best when he keeps his whistle in his pocket.
I like Derrick Stafford, but he does not make a good lead official. He does try to be fair, listen to complaints and explain what he calls. But he does best when he just calls his corner of the game, not as the main guy in the crew. The officials struggled tonight, but they were not unfair, just unaware.
Such a crappy sports day.
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The refs were incompetent, yes. But as much as I hate to say it, it was very equal opportunity incompetence.
The Lakers got just as many dumb calls against them as we did.
Now, the fact that Roy and Ian got saddled with so many early fouls DID have a huge impact, but whether those calls were legitimate or questionable, I cannot answer right at this moment.
But both teams had the right to be upset about calls tonight, and THANK GOODNESS none of them were late in the game. I don't know how many more times I can do that whole song and dance.
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It just kinda comes off as trolling when he says things like "You can't win with George Hill as your starting PG" and then goes on to say we need someone like Monta to create his own shot when George was the ONLY person creating his own shot.
Im ****ing disgusted with my hometown and the bandwagoners infesting it tonight.
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
Long time observer, first time poster... I say let's not overreact. Yes it's a tough loss to swallow. But it's a long season, with up's and down's. I try not to get too high after a win, or too low after a loss. We're still in second place in the east. And in great position to get to the ecf this year.
Indy fans are the worst. Might as well rename this place Lakersdigest
Super Bowl XLI Champions
2000 Eastern Conference Champions
More people were rooting for Metta Word Douchebag than the Pacers tonight. Pathetic.
Super Bowl XLI Champions
2000 Eastern Conference Champions
I don't care about sell outs or overall attendance either. But protect your damn home court, Indy fans. You let the Laker fans take over. Sandman21 is 10000% right. It was embarrasing.
PS: That "you" is not aimed to you, 2minutes twoa.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
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Super Bowl XLI Champions
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Brandon Bisker @BadBiskyhere are times where coaches, players, front officials purposely say things when the media is in the area so that we'll ask about it.
Pacers coach Frank Vogel did that last season in the playoffs when he blew his whistle during practice and pointed out that the Miami Heat like to flop on defense. Vogel could have pointed that out earlier in practice before the media was permitted in. Of course, that was the first thing we asked Vogel when he addressed the media after practice.
Former president Larry Bird walked by me in the hallway outside the Pacers locker room in Miami following their blowout loss to the Heat in Game 5 and mentioned about how bad his team was beaten as I was talking to Michael Wallace from ESPN.com. Bird and I spoke on the phone about two hours later where he gave me the great "S-O-F-T" quote.
Fast forward to Friday night. Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Pacers. Los Angeles Lakers. Lots of purple and gold in the stands.
As we interviewed David West following their bad loss to the Lakers, George Hill was a few feet away talking (pretty loud) to Roy Hibbert about the lack of Pacers fans in the building.
Scott Agness (or Young Fella as I call him) from Pacers.com and I asked Hill about all the (Lakers) fans in the building.
Hill didn't back down what he was saying to Hibbert.
I've decided to post the full transcript of what Hill said.
Post your thoughts in the comment section.
"It sucks. It was 70 (Lakers fans) – 30 (Pacers fans) out there. These are the same people that wants autographs after the game. We're out there in the community. We're doing our job, doing what we're supposed to do on and off the court. Something has to change. I tip my hat to this team. We've been trouble free. Been out in the community shaking hands, we're winning. It shouldn't feel like an away game, especially with an important like this. Tonight, that's what it felt like."
"They always say your fans are your sixth man and you feed off that energy. Energy is down and we turn the ball over and we're hearing cheers. We're missing shots and we're hearing cheers. That kind of brings your head down cause you know you're at home. It shouldn't be like that. Now we see how it is. We have to move forward, don't worry about. Stay focus on what's in this locker room and don't worry about the rest."
"(We're) not a team that's in the bottom in the East. We're one of the top three teams in the East. We're winning the Central Division and it should show. Right now it's not and it's been all season long where it's not showing and I don't think there's nothing else we can do as an organization and as players. Now it's up to the community."
Your thoughts?
Hill's comments made SportsCenter. The pathetic Indy fans getting clowned for how bad they suck.
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"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
Where are those people saying they wouldn't take Dwight Howard for Roy Hibbert at? I would have done it for the rental even to get out of Roy's money owed, maybe make a run with Dwight and convince him to stay.
"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
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After tonight I'm thinking we don't get out of the second round.
Can we talk about Paul George specifically? The rest of the guys...they are what they are. But I'm starting to get really disappointed in PG24, even considering I know it's very much a timeline of "getting it" that may not come into full effect for another few years. I get that, but still, this has been a month of him just playing so damn lackadaisically. It's almost infectious, and it's taking over almost every aspect of his game. It's not like "he looks like he doesn't wanna be out there" ... that's freaking dumb. But it just looks like "well...I guess I'll do this and...no, that didn't work....well, shucks, maybe next time!"
It's 3am so none of that makes sense, I'm sure, but the way he's playing is just really grating to me right now.
I've been working so much that I haven't been able to see many games lately, but that was my concern early in the year. I really hope he hasn't gone back to this. This team has not been playing well lately though, I have been expecting losses.
I was asking a serious question, not flaming him. Until that post I've only used the T word on 2 people on this board and I bet anyone can guess who those 2 are.
"Just look at the flowers ........ BANG"
I think the main problem was Paul George continuing to fall in love with the 3. He needs to start creating different kind of shots.
Its probably no worse than for us who attend games and have to put up with it. We desperately want indiana to support pacers and these people take them for granted.
"We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.
PG's becoming far too much of a 3 & D guy and it disturbs me. This is his takeover year, All Star, focal point of the offense. That is how bad habits that are hard to break get formed.
My main problem is that HE GOT IT. For a portion of the season, he absolutely understood what he needed to do to be successful, and HE DID IT. Since the All Star selection, it's iso mid-range jumpers, quick pull up threes, fade away mid range shots with JJ BAREA defending. To be honest, at this point I'm stunned his defense hasn't suffered since the All Star Game.
I don't think these are unbreakable habits, but man, someone needs to get on him about his shot selection or we might be looking at his ceiling.


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Of the seven NFL teams in the market for new head coaches as of Monday, two are entering almost-uncharted territory. The Chicago Bears haven't been here for nine years, the Philadelphia Eagles for 14. As grim and unpleasant as the task was for both teams, neither could mask at least a hint of pride that this was an abnormal act for them.
"Usually for 14 years, I'm at home watching teams have to make changes with their head coaches,'' Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said, somewhat hesitantly, as he announced Andy Reid's firing. "Today, we're in that position. This is the first time in 14 years that's been the case.''
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It's the classic paradox. Franchises stay stable at head coach when it reaches Super Bowls, makes the playoffs, contends most years and keep expectations high. Yet none of that happens unless … franchises choose stability at head coach. Make smart hires. Have vision. Don't pull the plug at the first sign of trouble.
That's why the Eagles and Bears are on unfamiliar turf.
The Cleveland Browns, Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs? They know the drill. Too well.
Respectively, Pat Shurmur lasted two seasons. Chan Gailey lasted three. Romeo Crennel survived one season plus three games. The next head coach for each franchise will be the third in five years (not including one interim coach in Buffalo after Dick Jauron was fired nine games into 2009).
To the surprise of absolutely no one, each might also be hiring a new general manager. The Browns dumped theirs along with Shurmur; Scott Pioli in K.C. and Buddy Nix in Buffalo appear to be living on borrowed time.
The Arizona Cardinals, for once, were going the Eagles/Bears route, only to dismiss coach Ken Whisenhunt and GM Rod Graves four years after those two produced a Super Bowl team.
The stench, as usual, flows from the top. In cases like this, it starts higher even than the guys who fired the coaches. It goes to the guys who hired them.
This is not an accident, and it never has been. Teams like the Browns, Bills and Chiefs don't schedule these things bi-annually or so because they have rotten luck or run into a couple of bad breaks. The Bills last made the playoffs in the last century, in 1999, five full-time coaches and one interim ago; the Browns last made it in 2002, four full-time coaches and one interim ago.
Oh, yeah, smart guy, what about the Chiefs two years ago, winning the AFC West with Todd Haley? Yes, they did. Haley is long gone. Two seasons earlier, in 2008, they'd gone 2-14 and they'd decided they'd had enough of Herm Edwards. Four seasons later, they've gone 2-14 again.
To repeat: They'll be on their third coach since that '08 season–and their third one since that division title season.
That's three teams that chronically choose unwisely. That's also three teams that will have a much harder time finding their first choice as a head coach than the Bears and Eagles will. Finally, those are three coaches–Shurmur, Crennel and Gailey–who will, for various reasons, have a harder time finding their next NFL jobs, head coaching or otherwise, than Reid or Lovie Smith will.
Shurmur should be back in charge of a team relatively soon. Few teams are likely to hold his Browns experience against him. He gets something of a waiver. It was the Browns, after all. He was a hot prospect two years ago as a coordinator. The team changed owners and top football men (bye-bye, Mike Holmgren), and the general manager, Tom Heckert, hit the bricks with him Monday.
What chance did he even have to get a long run like Smith and Reid did?
In that same vein, Smith and Reid will find work if they want it next season, and it won't matter that they were on an endless hot seat in the final years. Guess what will help them? Not just the fact that they've coached teams to Super Bowls and gotten them close other times, but also the fact that they were allowed to get close and fail, or simply fail and try again.
The Eagles and Bears, ultimately, decided not to make their head coaching job a revolving door. Reid and Smith wrung everything they could out of their tenures. The limit of how long head coaches hold the attention of their locker rooms had probably passed, or was about to. In Smith's case, it was probably more a case of the limit he could hold the attention of a new general manager–otherwise, 10 wins would have been good enough.
Overall, it's hard to make a case that Shurmur, Gailey and Crennel earned longer leashes. It's harder, though, to make a case that the decision-makers above them would have done anything to help them, to set them up for success instead of failure.
Thus, the Bears and Eagles are unaccustomed to what they're getting into. They held on when others would have let go, and they're better for it.
None of which explains the Chargers and Norv Turner, of course. But that's a topic for another time.


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Mother Nature has struck Vidalia onion growers a heavy blow for the second straight year, just as their harvest season is beginning, threatening to significantly reduce the 2013 crop.
Unusual amounts of rain at the wrong times in February and March and unseasonably cold temperatures in late March and early April are taking their toll. Onion growth slowed just as growers were preparing to begin harvesting the first week of April, which meant a very slow start to the season, according to a news release April 19 from the Vidalia Onion Committee.
Growers started reporting an additional problem April 15, which was the official shipping start date set by the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Many onion fields began showing abnormally high amounts of seed stems, also known as bolters or flower stalks.
"Monday morning (April 15) e-mails and phone calls began pouring in about widespread, high percentages of seed stems that were noticed late last week and through the weekend across the production area," the onion committee release said.
Multiple stress factors, including the excessive rain and cool temperatures, can impact growing onions and lead to seed stems. When the plants "bolt" and shoot up the stalks with flowers that later generate seeds, the onion core is sucked dry and becomes hollow.
However, retailers and consumers should not worry about the quality of Vidalia onions that are shipped this season, the release said, because the seed stem onions are easily recognized during the harvesting and sorting processes and are discarded.
The onion committee did not provide an estimate of how much of this year's crop is lost to seed stems.
For the 2012 season, about a third of the total Vidalia crop was lost to a late-season outbreak of downy mildew. The disease didn't show up until just before harvest last year and caught many growers by surprise.


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Sounds like you've got some awesome reads coming up! I love To Kill a Mockingbird. (My funny TKAM story — I have a friend who used to think it was called To Mock a Killingbird… which is probably not a good idea. :P)
Wonderful book haul this week. It sounds like you gained a ton of wonderful and haunting novels and I'm jealous like crazy.
-Happy Reading from Akasha Hale. Come visit my "In My Mailbox Post when you can.
Great books! Wither sounds like such an amazing book, I need to get round to reading my copy soon! 😀 Enjoy all of your books!
Here's my IMM: http://booksofamber.blogspot.com/2011/03/in-my-mailbox-17-and-weekly-roundup.html
The Summer I Turned Pretty is good! I bought Sunshine a couple weeks ago too! I'm assuming I should read it soon huh? I've seen in other IMMs people getting the UK Forest of Hands and Teeth at Borders! Who knows?
I am sooo jealous that you have an actual physical copy of Wither!!! I loved it and can't wait to buy it! Great books!
The Forest of Hands and Teeth and Wither are on my wishlist as well. Enjoy reading!
@Annette I LOVE Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie. I think it's hilarious!!! It reminds me of John Green and Jordan Sonnenblick books.
Great mailbox! I love To Kill A MockingBird! I'm trying to get caught up on the Evernight series, I just got Stargazer from the library!
Happy Reading!
Three days ago I ordered The summer I turned pretty. I can't wait to get it and begin to read it!
You got some great books! I haven't read Sunshine yet but it looks interesting! I'm reading Wither right now on my Nook from Galley Grab. It's really good!
Great set of books! I wasn't a big fan of The Forest of Hands and Teeth, but my students love it. And I'll be teaching To Kill a Mockingbird this spring; it's a great way to end the school year 🙂
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@Sarah @ Y.A. Love Even though you didn't love The Forest of Hands and Teeth I'd recommend giving The Dead-Tossed Waves a try. It's my fav of the three and the audiobook is AMAZING.
You got rea;;y good books. I can't wait to read Wither, and I must say the Vampire Kisses is my gulty pleasure. Have fun reading them!
My Borders has those editions of The Forest of Hands and Teeth too! I thought it was so strange, but cool! I also took part in some Books-A-Million awesome this week, though I'd like to go back or check the other one nearby to see what else I can find. I was rushed when I was shopping there so I didn't get to look as much as I'd have liked. Enjoy your books!
Borders must have gotten tons of The Forest of Hands and Teeth UK editions! I got one at my Walden Books. It is in my IMM post too! I want to try and get to a BooksAMillion soon!! Great deals!
I went to my Borders yesterday and remembered that you had tweeted about getting the UK cover of Forest of Hands and Teeth so I scoured the store til I found it because I love that cover. And for such an amazing price to! Thanks for tweeting about that 🙂
Tequila Mockingbird could be the name of a drink!
I've not read the book but I saw the movie – I LOVE Gregory Peck – but I know I need to get to the book some time.
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Montreal, Canada, was the site of the 45th Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners. Dr. Stephen Wadsworth from St. Albans, Vermont, was recognized for his participation in the Dairy Quality Center's Verified Premium Plus Program during the Dessert Reception sponsored by Merial.
Keith R. Carlson, Executive Director of the Dairy Quality Center is pleased to announce Dr. Stephen Wadsworth as the Quality Veterinarian of the Year. "Dr. Wadsworth's dedication and loyalty to his dairy clients includes the verification process to review various activities on the dairies," states Carlson. One of Dr. Wadsworth's goals for his dairy clients is to assist dairy managers to make the dairy more profitable. Through the Verified Premium Plus Program he has enabled his clients to receive discounts on insurance coverage/policies. Paying attention to the details aids dairy producers to reduce risks on the dairy and pay fewer out-of-pocket expenses on their insurance premiums.
Merial, a world-leading animal health company, Duluth, Georgia, and the Dairy Quality Center (DQC), Stratford, Iowa, co-sponsor this annual award, designed to recognize veterinarians who help dairy producers implement quality management practices within their operation.
"We are proud to support this award as part of our continued commitment to supporting the veterinarians who have a positive impact on the dairy industry," said Tom Van Dyke, DVM, Manager of Veterinary Services, Merial. "We applaud Dr. Wadsworth's dedication to strengthening production practices in an effort to produce the highest quality milk possible and keep the dairy profitable."
Dr. Wadsworth is associated with the Northwest Veterinary Associates, Inc., in St. Albans, Vermont. He is committed to his producers and their dairies by striving to guide and uphold them to be the best they can be. Dr. Wadsworth is a shining example that the veterinary/client relationship is viable and successful for all involved.
Congratulations to you, Dr. Wadsworth, for your commitment to your dairy clients and to the dairy industry!
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Planning Commission to Hold Green Buildings Workshop Sept. 6
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The Fairfax County Planning Commission's Environment Committee will hold a public workshop on developing an approach to use the Comprehensive Plan to encourage implementation of green building practices for private sector development. The workshop will be held on Thursday, Sept. 6, at 7 p.m. in the Board Auditorium, Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax. The workshop also will be televised live on Fairfax County Government Channel 16.
The workshop continues the work of the commission's Environment Committee, which has held several public meetings on this topic. The committee began work in January 2007 to strengthen Comprehensive Plan guidance regarding air quality issues and incorporate support for green building practices into the Comprehensive Plan. The public participated in these meetings by listening and giving presentations, participating in the discussions, asking questions and providing written comments. In June, the committee recommended advertisement of public hearings for a proposed plan amendment, recognizing that the process should be flexible to accommodate further analysis and related revisions. Public hearings on the proposed plan amendment will be held before the Planning Commission in November and before the Board of Supervisors in December.
As a starting point for discussion, a "straw-man" will be presented at the workshop based upon information, issues and concerns raised at Environment Committee meetings. This straw-man and other information pertinent to the workshop may be viewed on the Planning Commission's Web page at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/planning.
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Harrison County Sheriff Rod Seelye, elected last year to the office, said he "had the best job in the county" Thursday (Aug. 11) while addressing the Franklin Township Farm Bureau in the Lanesville School cafeteria. "I look forward to going to work every morning," he added.
Eastern's Tyler Duncan found out today that his father was killed in an accident this morning while working at Jeff Boat. He decided to play and the Musketeers rode the wave of emotion to an 18-7 win over West Washington in Both teams' season-openers.
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text: Culture 31 January 2013 In the Critics this week Craig Raine on Manet, Alexandra Harris on Britten, Toby Litt on Tracey Thorn, Cheryl Strayed interviewed and much more. Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML In the Critics section of this week's New Statesman, poet, novelist and critic Craig Raine visits "Manet: Portraying Life" at the Royal Academy in London. Raine declares the exhibition "absorbing". And comparing Manet with Rembrandt, Raine concludes that "Manet's best portraits are conspicuous refinements, subtly understated, less dramatic, more realistic [than Rembrandt's]". Our lead book reviewer this week is the writer and critic Alexandra Harris, who reviews Paul Kildea's major new biography of Benjamin Britten, whose centenary is being celebrated this year. "Britten's journey to the centre of British public life was amazingly rapid," Harris notes, "and does not seem to have been much hampered by the chattering prejudice that followed wherever he went." As befits a practising conductor, Kildea is particularly good on Britten's music itself. "[His] verbal explorations of the music are done with level-headed sensitivity leavened by a quirky lightness of touch …" Also in Books: Tim Bale, one of our leading historians of the Conservative Party, reviews Tory Modernisation 2.0, edited by Ryan Shorthouse and Guy Stagg ("The Tories are in far more trouble than they – particularly those on the Thatcherite and populist right – realise"); Jonathan Derbyshire reviews The Scientists: a Family Romance by Marco Roth ("The Scientists is not just an intellectual memoir, a memoir of reading … it is also a memoir of Roth's father"); novelist Toby Litt reviews Tracey Thorn's memoir Bedsit Disco Queen ("It's no surprise that Bedsit Disco Queen is an immensely likeable book. Everything But the Girl are (were?) an immensely likeable band"; Nina Caplan reviews Lawrence Osborne's alcoholic travelogue The Wet and the Dry: a Drinker's Journey ("[Osborne] is not interested in cultures that exist without alcohol but in people who drink where drinking is forbidden"); and Kate Mossman reviews A Prince Among the Stones: That Business with the Rolling Stones and Other Adventures by Prince Rupert Loewenstein ("This is one of the funniest rock books I've read …"). In his "Notes in the margin" column, Jonathan Derbyshire celebrates the New Statesman's association with the Goldsmiths Prize, a new prize that will reward fiction that is "genuinely novel and which embodies the spirit of invention". And in the Books interview, Derbyshire talks to American author Cheryl Strayed about her memoir, Wild. "I couldn't have written this book at 26," Strayed, who is now in her early forties, tells him. "I wasn't yet the writer who wrote Wild. It takes years to become a writer." Elsewhere in the Critics: our classical music critic Alexandra Coghlan enjoys the opening week of the Rest is Noise festival at the Southbank Centre; Ryan Gilbey is not wholly convinced by Robert Zemeckis's new film, Flight; Rachel Cooke sings the praises of Jonathan Meades's BBC4 documentary The Joy of Essex; Andrew Billen reviews Polly Stenham's No Quarter at the Royal Court and the Almeida's stage adaptation of Henry James's "The Turn of the Screw"; Antonia Quirke enjoys a BBC World Service documentary about chickens. PLUS: Will Self's Real Meals. › Tories in turmoil as Hammond says Cameron hasn't promised to protect defence A visitor at the Royal Academy's Manet exhibition (Photograph: Getty Images) Subscribe from just £1 per issue More Related articles Look What You Made Me Do: Taylor Swift's reinvention game falls flat How to talk about Harry Potter if you've never read Harry Potter Everyday superheroes - how pop culture can help overcome trauma Subscription offer 12 issues for £12 + FREE book LEARN MORE Close This week's magazine


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One visit to the Woodland Museum of Bible Archaeology for Andrea Oren and she was hooked.
So much so, that she and her husband will be traveling to Jordan in three weeks to accompany Pastor Carl Morgan and Steven Collins on their dig at the Tall el-Hammam Excavation Project. It will be Oren's third dig after her initial visit to the museum.
"We came here and were so impressed with the quality," she said Saturday at a grand reopening for the museum.
The museum went under renovations over a few weeks in November where the artifacts cased got updated and a few new pieces from Trinity Southwest University in New Mexico were added to the collection. These included figurines and drinking cups and jars from different periods, including one cup that Morgan said could have been used during the Last Supper and a Herodian-style olive oil jar.
Some of the more than 100 people who visited the museum Saturday heard about it through its affiliation with Woodland United Fellowship and were interested in seeing pieces with connections to biblical history.
"If it was just archaeology, it wouldn't be so meaningful," said Oren, who is from Loomis.
Others visited because Collins was signing his book "Discovering the City of Sodom" and later gave a lecture at the museum.
Morgan will be returning with Collins for his ninth dig in Jordan to continue finding out more about the city of Sodom. Nine people from the Sacramento region will be part of 120 participating in the six-week project.
Morgan noted that pieces found during the dig will be housed in the Department of Antiquities in Jordan. Pieces that are in the U.S. were found decades ago and are either part of private collections or museums.
The Woodland museum was founded in 2008 by Morgan, who initially wanted a display case in the foyer of the church to exhibit a few juglets and lamps from archaeological digs he had acquired from museums and other institutions over the years.
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What is it about Melissa Odabash swimwear collections? Some say it's the materials, others the designs, many just the way the swimsuits make them feel. But there's really only one reason - and that's Melissa herself. Prior to launching her first collection, Melissa was living and modelling in Italy for top Italian designers. As a former catwalk and swimwear model she knows a thing or two about swimwear. After all, she wore more than her fair share of over-designed,"look-at-me" bikinis. "I just thought: I can do better than this." So she did - creating her first bikinis by hand and taking them around the boutiques of Milan. Her designs are inspired by Italian fashion - for styles that are about simplicity and high quality fabrics with a timeless elegance. In 2004 Speedo, the iconic sports swimwear brand, appointed Melissa as a designer to develop a unique high-end one-off swimsuit fashion collection for men and women to celebrate its 75th Anniversary. The collection photographed by famous singer/songwriter Bryan Adams on celebrities such as Jerry Hall and Naomi Campbell. From her iconic zebra-print bikini which instantly became the best-selling item in The Victoria's Secret Catalogue, to her elegant kaftans and timeless evening dresses, it is without doubt Melissa who is setting the pace in luxury holiday lifestyles. Whilst building the brand, Melissa has been credited with re-introducing high fashion into the swimwear world and which British Vogue was quick to name 'The Ferraris of the bikini world.' The designer has also gone on to develop Alexandra Burke's first nationwide tour costumes and has been involved in Britain's Next Top Model alongside Elle Macpherson. Melissa has also collaborated with good friend and famed desginer Julien Macdonald, first in 2007 and recently in 2011. The pair launched their luxurious collection during Miami Swim Week at the W Hotel. Established for over a decade Melissa encompases everything from swimwear, beachwear to ready-to-wear. Distributed in over 48 countries and in over 250 luxury department stores, boutiques and resorts, the label has achieved a growing presence within an exclusive niche market. In addition Melissa opened her first flagship store on Ledbury Rd in Notting Hill in 2007 shortly followed by a sister store on Walton St in Chelsea. Celebrities including Kate Moss, Jennifer Lopez, Paris Hilton, Elle Macpherson, Beyonce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Middleton,Eva Longoria, Sarah Jessica Parker, Heidi Klum, Halle Berry and Cindy Crawford all choose Melissa Odabash when holidaying themselves.


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A law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown late Sunday night qualifying hundreds of thousands of undocumented Californians for drivers' licenses found a lukewarm response from the young immigrants it is supposed to benefit.
"We're tired of being used -- as Dreamers, as immigrant youth -- as a political football," said Carlos Amador, who said the bill was symbolic and does little that is not long-standing policy at the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
The bill, AB 2189, was one of the last of hundreds Brown signed before his midnight Sunday deadline and made national news within hours. It links California to a new Obama administration "deferred action" deportation relief policy granting work permits to illegal immigrants no older than 30 who came to the United States as children.
The California bill makes clear that anyone approved for an Obama administration work permit can now get a state driver's license.
"President Obama has recognized the unique status of these students, and making them eligible to apply for driver's licenses is an obvious next step," said Brown spokesman Gil Duran, in a written release Monday.
Some 400,000 Californians could be eligible for the federal work permits, but experts and activists said they probably didn't need the new legislation to get a license.
"They almost positively could have gotten driver's licenses regardless," said Angela Chan of the San Francisco-based Asian Law Caucus. "In California, you need a Social Security number (to get a license), and with deferred action you can get a Social Security number."
Many of the activists are upset that Brown appealed to immigrant and Latino communities with a passable but seemingly unnecessary license bill while simultaneously vetoing more controversial legislation.
Bills, such as, those proposed by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, that would have expanded the labor rights of domestic workers and restricted deportations of people arrested for minor crimes.
"Good for you on the driver's licenses," said Ammiano, but "lip service is not what we want. We want real policy."
Democrats who sponsored the driver's license bill said nothing was certain when the bill was proposed more than a month ago what documents the Obama administration would be distributing.
"We didn't want to wait" for the state to have to navigate those obstacles, said Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, who co-sponsored the license bill with Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles.
"We know the way California is designed it is very difficult to function here without being able to drive," Skinner said.
DMV spokesman Mike Marondo acknowledged that existing regulations would allow newly sanctioned immigrants with Obama administration paperwork to get a license, but he said Brown's signature codifies those rules and standardizes them in case the federal government changes its forms.
Still, Brown's choices disappointed youth advocates hoping he would take a bigger stand on immigration policy in his weekend bill signing. "The driver's license bill was a symbol more than anything," said Blanca Vasquez, a San Francisco State student without legal residency who has lived in the United States since her infancy. "It was a big distraction."
The bill won Brown no accolades on the other side of the aisle. Although a handful of Republican lawmakers joined Democrats in backing the bill, others said driving is an important state benefit that only legal residents should enjoy.
"I think Gov. Brown just made our state less safe, and he made a mockery of the California driver's license," said Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R-Twin Peaks.


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Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Spaceman Spiff, Oct 20, 2010.
I don't get the sub one
Sub, short for sub-woofer.
As in sub-woofer speakers I would guess.
Still don't get it. Oh ok
Ok this has to be the worst Joke I've seen all Day.
LOL! A pity not every baby comes with an instruction manual.
*adjusts glasses* Star Trek IX was Insurrection
I'm reminded of that Arrested Development gag where Lucille says "it's not like there's an instruction book for children" and the cutaway has the Narrator detailing how many hundreds or thousands of books on child-rearing are currently available on Amazon.com.
It's a little one-sided, but amusing nonetheless...
Yep, it's a somewhat old caption.
that'd propably be not funny in Japan or Russia. But it's kinda cute.
The Dr Who one is really hard to top.
HM was a really pretty girl, btw:
^^That's really good, yet kinda sad
^ yeah she really was.
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Indian Railways has announced special trains for Durga Puja festival in 2017. The Special Durga Puja trains 2017 are from Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad,
Howrah, Delhi, Haridwar, New Jalpaiguri, Jaipur, Sealdah, Kathgodam, . Malda Town
This article is to provide some basic information on the special trains Durga Puja as found in press release of Indian Railway. Please use the train numbers to find the current information.Time and date mentioned is as per Indian standard time.
You can find all the special trains announced during Durga Puja 2017 here at the official website of Indian Railways dedicated to special trains.


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…that The Discovery Channel's "Building the Biggest" episode including The Voyage never aired in the States.
Canada, yes. New Zealand, yes. Australia, of course. Asia, no problem.
But the U.S. of A.?
Heck no!
Here's a reminder in case you're not sure what this is about.
If you've caught a bootleg copy or traveled abroad to see the show, you'll know we had a group called the Secret Nine who gave us their thoughts as The Voyage was in the design phase.
It was fun. We hand-picked a group of trusted, intelligent coaster geeks to invite into our inner sanctum.
Liz, the producer, was enamored with our brilliant skullduggery and made arrangements for a number of the enthusiasts to visit our construction site.
It was fun, as each member of the Secret Nine knew eight others existed, but didn't know who they were.
I've kept this photo of four of the Nine walking toward the construction site for the first time for The Discovery Channel camera, hoping to use it whenever the U.S. air dates were announced.
From left, that's Bill, Dave, Matt and Jeff.
It was a lively afternoon.
Here's another shot I saved from the shoot. One of the construction crew members was only too happy to answer questions about his Spider-Man shirt.
The Discovery Channel crew invited me to go up in the "cage" with them for some lovely aerial shots.
"Uh…maybe next time," was my feeble, cowardly reply. Just imagine my bitter disappointment when we ran out of time that afternoon.
Meanwhile, sorry to say this post is not to announce an air date. Sadly, that seems to be something we must all let go.
However, Bill of the Secret Nine just emailed me the link to the opening segment of the show. Apparently the fellow who did the "voice over" for the piece has this available on his Myspace page.
(Reminder to Moms and Dads: To avoid actually going to the Myspace site, click on the arrow in the center of the screen, which will start the video. That way you'll stay here on the Holiday World website.)


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WESTCLIFF'S Ben Morley is a young man on a mission to show what he can do on the speedway track.
The 20-year-old has been wowing crowds at the Hammers track at Lakeside and earned the praise of team bigwigs for his performance as Hammers demolished the Birmingham Brummies 69-21 in their last home fixture.
Morley, who went to The Chase School in Westcliff, said he was delighted with how his season had started.
"The team's going well and I have been pleased with the way I'm doing," he said.
"I did well against Birmingham and it's great to be able to show what you can do on a bike.
"I'm still learning lots about the sport and getting a great deal of help from the other more experienced riders who are happy to suggest a bike set up which will be good for me.
"I've been involved with bikes since I was a 15-year-old – riding a little 125. But getting into the Hammers team has been big for me," he added.
Morley's progress into the sport's Elite League comes partly thanks to a change in the regulations by the governing body which came into force a few weeks ago.
The sport's Fast Track scheme meant that teams now have to make way for younger, less experienced riders and both he and team-mate Adam Ellis are local beneficiaries of that policy.
And they're showing their team bosses that they can cut it with the very best riders from all over the country.
Hammers' general manager Alan Sargent said: "The scheme to encourage younger riders into the sport is working very well.
"It's only just in and it's a little bit like the draft in American Football in the States.
"We went for Adam Ellis who was one of our assets and Ben Morley because we knew him and knew that he would strengthen our team.
"So far the selection has paid off. The youngsters race in so-called protected heats but they have both been showing what they can do.
"The riders have the chance to improve quickly and you can see this in the way both these riders have been doing," he added.
Morley's own take on stepping up from Rye House to join the Elite League Hammers is pretty positive.
He said: "Everyone has been helpful, and I'd hate to single out anyone who has helped me the most, but I must mention Mikkel Bech. He's been great.
"So far this season we've looked pretty solid as a team but I think that we have been unlucky away from home. Getting to race for the Hammers is taking my career forward and means that I won't be stuck in the National Leagues.
"I'm learning so much but also trying to develop my style.
"I think that I'm pretty good at starts and I like to get to the first bend first. That way you have less trouble.
"You have to be confident enough in your own start and be prepared to commit early on, it's more dangerous if you are a bit half-hearted," said the youngster who – when he's not training on the cinder track – is a gas fitter by trade.
Recently Morley has tasted bitter disappointment when he missed out on a GB Under-21 team qualifier.
"The top six went through and I think I finished about 10th," he said. "It was at Plymouth and the track was a bit iffy, but I knew from early on that it was just not going to be my night."
On Friday the Hammers are at home for a 1pm Elite League meeting against old rivals the Eastbourne Eagles before travelling to the south coast later the same day for the return fixture.


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Neshek cherishing first trip to All-Star Game
Minnesota native looking forward to sharing the experience with his family
MINNEAPOLIS -- So much about this All-Star Game leaves Cardinals reliever Pat Neshek on the verge of being overcome by emotion, something he had to fight back numerous times during a 45-minute media session on Monday.
There's the fact that it is his first and that he is the rare setup man to earn a spot on the National League roster. The timing is also opportune, as this All-Star Game is set to be played in Neshek's childhood backyard. His Major League career began here, yes, but also his childhood aspirations to be a big league player many years before.
And then there is the opportunity to share an All-Star field with his brother.
Paul Neshek, who celebrated his 32nd birthday on Monday, will also spend the All-Star Game in the Target Field bullpen on Tuesday. As a member of the Twins' grounds crew team, it will be his task to prepare the mound on which older brother Pat hopes to warm up.
"It means a lot," Pat Neshek said. "It's just special. He's amped up for it and said he's going to make our [mound] a little better. I'm not sure how much you can mess that up."
Pat and Paul, separated by about two years in age, grew up playing baseball together in the Minneapolis area. Paul was a member of the Brooklyn Center (Minn.) Little League team that advanced to the Little League World Series in 1994. Pat described that as a highlight of his own youth, too, one that he said "gave me a push to want to play more baseball."
While Pat went on to play baseball at the college and pro level, Paul found himself drawn more to hockey. But he beat his older brother to the Majors by two years when he joined the Twins grounds crew in 2004.
He remained on the grounds crew through the 2010 season, then spent some time as a ball boy and worked his way back to the field team this season. Part of his motivation in doing so was knowing that Target Field would host the All-Star Game. Paul Neshek hardly could have anticipated that Pat, a sidearm-throwing setup man who only had two Minor League job offers over the winter, would be involved as a participant.
"I don't think anyone out there is going to appreciate it as much as me," Pat Neshek said. "This is just so special for us."
Neshek's voice cracked, after which he insisted he's not typically the emotional type.
"That just shows how much it means. It hits home for me," Neshek said. "With the Twins and the fans, and my brother, and where it all started, I don't think I would be like this at all if it was in Texas or California."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This is the second of a six-part series about the variety of offerings by theaters throughout our region. Today, a look at musicals. Next Sunday: Comedies.
South Bay
Norris Center for the Performing Arts: "The Producers," Mel Brooks' outrageous Tony Award-winning musical comedy, Sept. 20-Oct. 6; "White Christmas," stage adaptation of classic Irving Berlin holiday musical, Dec. 6-15; "The Drowsy Chaperone," Tony Award-winning Broadway musical comedy, April 25-May 11, 2014.
Location: 27570 Norris Center Drive, Palos Verdes Peninsula
Information: 310-544-0403, www.norriscenter.com
Torrance Theatre Company: "Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka," based on the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl is the company's summer musical, through Aug. 17.
Location: 1316 Cabrillo Ave., Torrance
Information: 310-781-7171; torrancetheatrecompany.com
Los Angeles
Ahmanson Theatre: "Porgy and Bess," April 22-June 1, 2014
Location: 135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles
Information: 213-972-4444; centertheatregroup.org
Pantages Theater: "The Wizard of Oz," Sept. 17-Oct. 6; "Evita," Oct. 23-Nov. 10; "Disney's The Lion King," Nov. 20-Jan. 12.
Location: 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood
Information: 323-468-1770; hollywoodpantages.com
Kentwood Players: "Little Shop of Horrors," Sept. 13-Oct. 19; "Fiddler on the Roof," March 14-April 19.
Location: estchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Los Angeles
Location: 310-645-5156; www.kentwoodplayers.org
Whittier Community Theatre: "Man of La Mancha" Sept. 6-21.
Location: The Center Theater, 7630 Washington Ave., Whittier
Information: 562-696-0600; www.whittiercommunitytheatre.org
La Mirada
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts: "Cats," April 18-May 11, 2014; "Les Miserables," May 30-June 22.
Location: 14900 La Mirada Blvd., La Mirada
Information: 562-944-9801 or 714-994-6310; www.lamiradatheatre.com
Citrus Musical Theatre Workshop: "Fiddler on the Roof," Oct. 25-26; "Shrek: The Musical," April 11-13
Location: Haugh Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora
Information: 626-963-9411; www.haughpac.com
Candlelight Pavilion: "The King and I," ends tonight; "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," Sept. 13-Oct. 13; "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," Oct. 18-Nov. 24.
Location: 455 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont
Information: 909-626-1254; www.candlelightpavilion.com
Gardiner W. Spring Auditorium: "Les Miserables," March 22, 2014
Location: 1245 N. Euclid Ave., Ontario
Information: 909-988-5560, www.ticketmaster.com/Gardiner-W-Spring-Auditorium-tickets-Ontario/venue
San Bernardino
California Theatre of the Performing Arts: "Les Miserables," March 14-16, 2014; "Rent," March 29, 2014; "Miss Saigon," June 28, 2014.
Location: 562 W. Fourth St., San Bernardino
Information: 909-885-5152; www.californiatheatre.net
LifeHouse Theater: "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," through Aug. 18; "Man of La Mancha," Oct. 12-Nov. 10; "Beauty and the Beast," Feb. 14-March 16, 2014.
Location: 1135 N. Church St., Redlands;
Information: 909-709-335-3037; www.lifehousetheater.com
Redlands Theatre Festival: "Hairspray," Tony Award-winning musical, through Aug. 24.
Location: Avice Meeker Sewell Theater, Prospect Park, corner of Highland and Cajon streets, Redlands
Information: 909-792-0562; www.rtfseason.com
Redlands Footlighters Theatre: "Pump Boys and Dinettes," May 1-18, 2014.
Location: 1810 Barton Road, Redlands
Information: 909-793-2909; www.redlandsfootlighters.org
High Desert
High Desert Center for the Arts: "The Drowsy Chaperone," through Aug. 18; "Les Miserables," Sept. 6-21.
Location: 15615 Eighth St., Victorville
Information: 760-243-7413; www.HighDesertCenterfortheArts.com
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By Michel Nolan
michel.nolan@ inlandnewspapers.com @MichelNolan on Twitter
Since the early 1900s, musical theater has told stories through music and a gamut of emotions — from humor to pathos.
Stories are told on stages throughout the world, captivating audiences with music, song and dance in every culture.
Although stories are told principally with spoken dialogue, actors are known periodically to burst into song or dance.
This season, theaters in Southern California are presenting Broadway mega hits, trendy shows, and revivals, but overwhelmingly, the tried and true favorites.
The 2013-14 season, which leans heavily on standards, seems to reaffirm that the proven, popular shows will always make the marquee, especially in an economy that competes for entertainment dollars.
At Redlands' prestigious Theatre Festival, now in its 41st year, founding producing director Cliff Cabanilla said the musical "Hairspray" is on this season's bill of fare because it is the "Grease" of today.
In "Hairspray," a girl achieves her dream of performing on a TV dance show in 1960s Baltimore — and works to integrate the show in the process.
"It's popular with young audiences," Cabanilla said. "The music is charming, the cast is huge which gives a lot of people the chance to participate, and also the show's a challenge."
The Theatre Festival's five plays are presented in repertory and include a Broadway musical, a classic work, a new piece (premiere), a contemporary work and a jukebox musical.
Broadway and literary icon "Les Miserables" is trending this year, making the rounds at the California Theatre of the Performing Arts in San Bernardino; the Gardiner W. Spring Auditorium in Ontario; and the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts.
Adapted from the 1862 Victor Hugo novel, "Les Miserables" is set in post-revolutionary France and centers around unjustly imprisoned Jean Valjean who agrees to care for factory worker Fantina's daughter, Cosette.
Joseph Henson, producer for Theatrical Arts International at the historic California Theatre of the Performing Arts in San Bernardino, is presenting "Les Miz" for both the California Theatre and the Gardiner Spring Auditorium.
He believes in offering Los Angeles-caliber productions to Inland area audiences so they won't have to battle freeway traffic getting to L.A.
"'Les Miz' itself is considered the biggest musical in the world, and it's gotten even bigger after the film with all the Academy Award nominations," says Henson, who has produced shows all over the country.
"To get it is a dream come true — it's absolutely hands-down my favorite musical," Henson said.
The show, which has a huge cast, is mounted in Los Angeles.
If you're looking for the perennial favorites this year, there is a diverse range to choose from: "Porgy and Bess," the story of African Americans living in the slums of Charleston, South Carolina, set to music by George and Ira Gershwin, at the Ahmanson; "The Wizard of Oz," the story of Dorothy who's not in Kansas anymore, and "Evita," the life of Eva Peron, at the Pantages in Los Angeles; "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," set in 1850 Oregon, the story of seven disorderly brothers a-courtin' seven women, at Claremont's Candlelight Pavilion and LifeHouse Theater in Redlands; "The Producers," in which a producer and an accountant scheme to put on the world's worst show, at the Norris Center for the Performing Arts in Rolling Hills Estates; and "Little Shop of Horrors," where a nerdish florist enlists the help of a giant man-eating plant to make him successful, at the Long Beach Playhouse.
"Little Shop of Horrors" and "Fiddler on the Roof," about a Jewish milkman who tries to maintain his family's traditions, are being produced by two different theaters including the Kentwood Players at the Westchester Playhouse and Citrus Musical Theatre Workshop at the Haugh Performing Arts Center.
"Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka," the story of a poor young boy who wins a golden ticket to see the chocolate factory of the eccentric Willy Wonka by the Torrance Theatre Co.; the high-energy "Hairspray" at the Redlands Theatre Festival; "Sunset Boulevard" with the faded silent film star Norma Desmond by Musical Theatre West in Long Beach; and "The Sound of Music," the true story of the irrepressible nun Maria who leaves the convent in Austria to become the governess of Capt. Von Trapp's seven children, at the Redlands Bowl are samplings of the popular offerings this season,
Worldwide Theatricals Producer Jesse Dinkel is presenting "Rent," also at the California Theatre.
"'Rent' was workshoped 20 years ago and this is an anniversary kind of thing," he said. "The first time anyone saw it on stage it opened off-Broadway before moving to Broadway. Some things we do because we love them and it's our passion and our art; some things we do because other people love them and they sell tickets; and some things — like the classics and new works — because they are part of the creative process."


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Today: Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk comments on fire that sparked a sell-off in Tesla stock on day shares turn around. Also: Wall Street rebounds as Instagram ads propel Facebook.
The Lead: Tesla CEO praises Model S response in car fire caught on tape
After two days of declines on Wall Street following a video of a Model S on fire that went viral, Tesla shares turned around Friday and the company's cofounder and CEO, Elon Musk, responded to critics by saying a gasoline-powered car would have fared much worse in the same incident.
The video of Tuesday's fire on a Washington highway spread like wildfire around the Web on Wednesday, and Tesla shares — up more than 450 percent on the year at that point — quickly descended, losing more than 10 percent Wednesday and Thursday. The main concern is that the fire — along with previous combustion issues with electric cars, including problems Chevrolet faced when rolling out the Volt — could dissuade potential buyers from taking the leap and buying a Tesla, hurting the company's growth rate.
"With new technologies such as lithium ion batteries, there's heightened awareness around a fire," RW Baird research analyst Ben Kallo told the Mercury News on Thursday, adding that fears could make potential customers for the Palo Alto-based company wait even longer to make a purchase.
However, in a blog post Friday, Musk attempted to quell fears that Tesla's Model S was prone to such incidents, pointing out that it was the first fire one of the sedans had suffered while gasoline-powered car fires are relatively common.
"There are 150,000 car fires per year according to the National Fire Protection Association, and Americans drive about 3 trillion miles per year according to the Department of Transportation. That equates to 1 vehicle fire for every 20 million miles driven, compared to 1 fire in over 100 million miles for Tesla," Musk pointed out.
The blog post also went into great detail on the incident that sparked the fire, explaining that a large metal object, believed to be part of a large truck, struck the bottom of the Model S with unusual force that pierced the armor plate protecting the car's battery pack. Musk also stressed that the safeguards in the battery pack kept the fire from spreading to the passenger enclosure.
"Had a conventional gasoline car encountered the same object on the highway, the result could have been far worse. A typical gasoline car only has a thin metal sheet protecting the underbody, leaving it vulnerable to destruction of the fuel supply lines or fuel tank, which causes a pool of gasoline to form and often burn the entire car to the ground," Musk wrote.
Tesla's Model S has been the most important factor in the company's booming Wall Street success in 2013, with successful sales allowing Musk to announce its first profitable quarter and pay off the federal government's loan much earlier than expected. Shares resumed their upward trajectory Friday, gaining 4.4 percent to $180.98.
However, a Wall Street Journal blog item warns that Tesla's recent decline sets off technical alarm bells that could portend a decline of up to 30 percent from current levels.
"You have to respect these negative formations when they occur," Ladenburg Thalmann chief technical analyst Adolfo Rueda told the Journal. "The trend is very, very extended. I wouldn't buy it."
SV150 market report: Facebook sets new all-time high as stocks rebound
Wall Street rebounded Friday from heavy losses earlier in the week, but still ended the week down as politicians keep the government shut down due to partisan squabbling. Silicon Valley tech stocks joined in the gains, as Facebook bounced back from recent weakness after announcing that the Instagram photo-sharing service will start selling ads.
Facebook gained 3.8 percent to a record closing high of $51.04 after Instagram announced that it would begin serving photo and video ads to its users in the first revenue-generating effort for the San Francisco photo-sharing service since its $1 billion acquisition by the Menlo Park social network last year. Analysts praised the move Friday: Stern Agee analyst Arvhind Bhatia raised his price target on Facebook stock from $50 to $58 and wrote, "we estimate Instagram could generate $800M in revenue in the next 3-4 years."
Adobe (ADBE) showed no ill effects on Wall Street after announcing a major data breach, with the San Jose software company rising 1.4 percent to $54.57. Yahoo (YHOO) continued to establish multiyear highs, selling for more than $35 for the first time since 2006 before closing with a 3 percent increase at $34.89 despite reports that Alibaba will not exercise an initial public offering this year. Yelp continued to rise to record prices, establishing an all-time intraday high of $73.22 while gaining 3.1 percent to a record closing price of $73.22, and Netflix (NFLX) gained 1.7 percent to $327.26.
While few of Silicon Valley's largest tech companies fell Friday, two of its biggest names failed to advance. Apple (AAPL) fell 0.1 percent to $483.03 as retailers announced cut-rate prices of its new iPhone 5C and an analyst check showed greater supply of the iPhone 5S than its predecessor at the same time, while Google (GOOG) dropped 0.4 percent to $872.35.
Up: SolarCity, Tesla, Pandora, SunPower (SPWRA), Facebook, Juniper, Yelp, Yahoo, Electronic Arts (ERTS), Zynga, Symantec, Gilead, Netflix, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Salesforce, VMware, Applied Materials, Nvidia, Adobe, eBay
Down: Google, Apple, LinkedIn, Workday
The SV150 index of Silicon Valley's largest tech companies: Up 9.94, or 0.75 percent, to 1,342.55
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index: Up 33.41, or 0.89 percent, to 3,807.75
The blue chip Dow Jones industrial average: Up 76.1, or 0.51 percent, to 15,072.58
And the widely watched Standard & Poor's 500 index: Up 11.84, or 0.71 percent, to 1,690.5
Check in weekday afternoons for the 60-Second Business Break, a summary of news from Mercury News staff writers, The Associated Press, Bloomberg News and other wire services. Contact Jeremy C. Owens at 408-920-5876; follow him at Twitter.com/jowens510.


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In March of 2013, Thomas Sampaga, the CEO of Street Dreams Promotions threw the first Traffic show at the Aloha Tower. In December of the same year he threw his first Arts in Motion show at the Aloha Stadium, which dwarfed his Traffic show. It was obvious to Thomas that he would need to put his full attention toward his Arts in Motion shows, but not before throwing a farewell event to his Traffic show.
He wanted to keep the old-school vibe that he had in the first show, but on a larger scale. Some of the show's attractions were the car hop, car limbo, and the trike drifting. This year they also flew in MC Magic to perform and a few of the top models from California such as Tanya Love, Darling Darla, Claudia Alan, and Genevieve Chanelle.
Late into the show, it looked as thought Mother Nature wanted to participate in the wet T-shirt contest as it started to rain while the contest was going on. With that we say goodbye to Traffic and we get ready for the Arts in Motion show on August 16 of this year. Thomas would like to thank all his sponsors, his promoters, and his street team. Rumor also has it that the Arts in Motion may be coming to Cali in 2015; we will just have to wait and see.