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text: Time for tourney's also-rans to rise up By Rick Ryan May 30, 2012 Story Share THE OTHER DAY, my editor told me to write a column about the state baseball tournament and pick the winners.Talk about a lot of pressure. The first two things that come to mind are that: 1) I could tick somebody off; and 2) I could end up looking foolish. Neither sounds all that appealing.But in the interest of perhaps stirring up interest for the tournament (and keeping my job), here goes with the Appalachian Power Park prognosticating:Something in the pit of my stomach — and I hope it isn't the jalapeno cheddar Cheetos talking back — suggests that I side with those luckless programs that make it here just about every year, and slink back home with little or nothing to show for it.You know, the bridesmaids, the second-place teams. The Susan Luccis and Buffalo Bills all wrapped up in one. They say you always find everything in the last place you look, so here's a vote of confidence for those teams still seeking big dreams, and showing perseverance, stick-to-it-iveness and a whole lot of other large words.Let's crown three new champions — teams that have combined for 10 state runner-up trophies, but never a title. It's their turn. It's their time.Class AAAFairmont Senior is at the head of the class when it comes to "close.'' The Polar Bears have finished second at the state tournament seven times without a championship.Even worse for the lads from the Friendly City, they've been too friendly when it comes to stepping aside and letting someone else win. This is their ninth trip to the state tournament in the last 10 years, and they've wound up as state runner-up five times in those previous nine seasons.The Polar Bears (28-7) again seem to have a decent shot. They've got four pitchers with excellent records, and a hot pitcher to boot in junior Matt Robbins (5-1, 0.41 ERA), who has won their last four postseason games.In their five most recent games, they've outscored opponents 45-5. Doesn't sound like a second-rate or second-place team to me.Of course, Nitro's Korey Dunbar (4-2, 0.53), Bridgeport's Brady Weaver (10-2) and Princeton's Corey Quick (.630, 51 RBIs) could have something to say about that.Class AA Point Pleasant, it seems, has been making a victory tour of West Virginia in recent months. The Big Blacks reached the Super Six football finals in Wheeling before losing, again made it to the state basketball tournament at the Civic Center and now are poised for their fifth appearance in the state baseball tournament over the last six years.And all this coming in the school's final season in AA, since it moves up to AAA status for at least four years when the SSAC's most recent reclassification figures kick in this August.Well, Point should get something to show for this one last, final lap — make it a victory lap with its first state title in baseball. The Big Blacks ended up as state runners-up in both 2008 and 2009.This isn't one of those lucky-to-be-.500 teams Point has toted to Power Park in recent years, though. The Big Blacks have already reeled off a school-record 25 wins and have gone 9-3 against ranked teams this season.They also sport a solid 1-2 pitching punch in right-hander Brandon Toler (8-1, 1.88) and left-hander Eric Roberts (5-0, 3.82).Class A Of course, Charleston Catholic has the shortest route to the state tournament — ridiculously short, as a matter of fact. Mapquest.com says it's 0.64 miles from the high school to the ballpark. Hardly enough to work up a good sweat.The Irish certainly know the way, too, since they've advanced this far now seven times in the last 11 years under coach Bill Mehle.But most of the time, they still needed to buy a ticket to watch the finals. Catholic lost its opening-round game each of the first five times it reached Power Park. Only last year did the Irish capture a first-round win, then fell to Wheeling Central 14-7 in the championship game.This Catholic team may be different, however. The Irish (29-8) aren't that far away from having a most amazing record. Six of their eight losses have come by a single run, and the other pair of defeats were by just two runs each.Of course, one of those tight setbacks came to Madonna 9-8 on April 12 at the Catholic schools tournament in Parkersburg on a Logan Linder two-run blast in the bottom of the eighth.But the Irish have challenged themselves all season, playing 21 games against ranked teams and going 14-7. Madonna is 8-5 in such games.Reach Rick Ryan at 304-348-5175 or email@example.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 2 WVU pulls away from Kansas for 56-34 win 3 'Heroin(e)' spotlights women helping combat Huntington's drug crisis 4 WVU notebook: Defense feeling a bit run down 5 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County Dunbar, Robbins may match zeroes Previous Story Tourney begins: Familiar faces, few champs Next Story

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Giveaway: Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey on Blu-ray!
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Features, Home Entertainment, Movies, Science
If you happened to catch the 13-part adventure that was Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, then you are already aware that it's a visual masterpiece worthy of being in your collection, and we're giving away a copy of the Blu-ray set. Aside from the 13 episodes in crisp 1080p, the $40 set includes over two hours of bonus content:
- The Cosmic Calendar: An Interactive Look at the History of the Universe (Blu-ray Exclusive)
- COSMOS: A Spacetime Odyssey – The Voyage Continues
- Celebrating Carl Sagan: A Selection From The Library of Congress Dedication
- COSMOS at Comic-Con 2013
- Audio Commentary on Episode One: "Standing Up in the Milky Way"
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Giveaway: $1000 Google Play store credit
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Today in the Gear Live Deals Shop you can enter our $1000 Google Play giveaway! You can't get better than free money, right? That makes this our Deal of the Day.
Here's how this is gonna go down: The grand prize winner will talk away with $150 in Google Play store credit. Second place gets $100. 15 other winners will each get $50 in credit. Ready to enter? Go get it:
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Here's a look at the new WWE World Heavyweight Championship Belt
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We're given you a look at the upcoming WWE 2K15 video game, as well as a look at the limited edition WWE 2K15 Hulkamania Edition. Now, here's your first look at the new WWE World Heavyweight Championship belt. The company will be updating its logo to that of the one it uses for the WWE Network after SummerSlam in about two weeks, and updated the World Heavyweight Championship with the new logo. Belt collectors are already looking into getting their hands on replicas, and the WWE has discounted the replicas of the current World Championship belts.
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Apple set to introduce the iPhone 6 on September 9th
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As we have previously speculated, Re/Code is reporting that Apple is set to unveil the iPhone 6 on September 9th at a special event. The next iPhone design has already leaked, and we've already given you a look at both the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 design and the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 design as well. Of course, they lack the fit-and-finish that Apple will undoubtedly put on them (we hope those thick antenna breaks will be eliminated and streamlined!) September 9th is also a few days after Samsung is rumored to introduce the Galaxy Note 4 during IFA. A perfect time for Apple to jump into the phablet game with a 5.5-inch smartphone.
We also guessed that Apple will release iOS 8 on September 16th, and release the iPhone 6 itself on September 19th based on previous timetables. We'll see how our guesses hold up come September 9th.
WWE 2K15 Hulkamania Edition features exclusive Hulk Hogan characters, slice of ring canvas
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Fighting, PlayStation 4, Special Editions, Sports, Xbox One
Yesterday we gave you a look at the first WWE 2K15 screenshot as posted by John Cena on Twitter, and today we have news on the WWE 2K15 Hulkamania Edition. This one will be exclusive to next-gen consoles (PlayStation 4 and Xbox One,) and will feature a bunch of extra limited edition content when it goes on sale on October 28th here in North America. Aside from a copy of the WWE 2K15 game, the package also includes:
- Exclusive premium packaging
- Collectible art card autographed by Hulk Hogan
- A Funko Hollywood Hulk Hogan vinyle figure
- A piece of authentic canvas taken from the ring where Hulk Hogan returned to Monday Night Raw on March 10, 2014
- Two pre-order launch exlusive Hulk Hogan characters (Hulkamania & Hollywood)
- Two pre-order launch exclusive playable Sting characters (Surfer & Crow)
2K Games will only be making 25,000 of these, so if you definitely want to get in on the $99 Hulkamania Edition, you should probably go ahead and pre-order it now.
Bleeding Edge TV 517: Summer Gadget Bundle Giveaway
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We are giving away a bunch of cool gadgets that are geared to amp up your summer, thanks to AT&T! As always, if you're a Gear Live Patron, you get 25 bonus entries. Here's a look at what we are giving away in this contest:
Jawbone mini Jambox: Okay, for real, who doesn't wanna have music with them when by the pool or at the beach? A lot of us have a seemingly unlimited amount of music accessible by our smartphones and tablets, and the mini Jambox allows you to stream it over Bluetooth. At the next family BBQ, you'll be the star of the show.
Jawbone UP24: Fitness wearables are all the rage these days, and if you like tracking your stats or are looking for a motivational tool, then it's easy to see why. With the UP24, you can monitor your fitness throughout the day, and even track your calories and water intake. At night, it'll even keep track of how well you are sleeping, which is probably not well if you're out camping in a tent. The device connects to your smartphone or tablet using Bluetooth LE, so the battery lasts a full week, and there's no plugging anything in to sync.
Bodyguardz Screenguardz Pure: I always thought it was kind of silly for people to protect their smartphone screens with a thin plastic film. The Screenguardz Pure is a super-thin piece of tempered glass that can actually take a real beating, and exceeds the hardness of steel. That's protection.
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Ask Andru: Which Macs can run OS X Yosemite?
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OS X 10.10, better known as Yosemite, represents the next-generation in Apple's desktop operating system. Yosemite brings a new look to the desktop experience, and also ties OS X and iOS together through a feature called Continuity that I bet will make work a lot easier for Apple users. With any big change, customers will wonder if their older hardware will be supported. We recently received this question from a reader named Steve:
Q: I'm excited to check out OS X Yosemite once it launches, the redesigned interface looks great! My MacBook Air is from 2010, and I was curious if you knew if it would run Yosemite without any issues, or if I have to upgrade my computer?
A: I agree--I think the look and feel of OS X Yosemite is a breath of fresh air. I've been using the Developer Preview since it was made available at WWDC 2014, and when I use a Mac that is running Mavericks or earlier, it already feels like a big step backwards from a design perspective. Now, on to system requirements! The nice thing about Yosemite is that Apple hasn't changed any of the system requirements from what was required to run Mavericks. In other words, all Macintosh products capable of running OS X Mavericks will be supported by Yosemite; as with Mavericks, 2 GB of RAM, 8 GB of available storage, and OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) or later are required to upgrade. To make it easier to figure out if you're specific Mac is compatible, here is a listing of all the Apple hardware that is Yosemite-capable:
- iMac Mid-2007 or newer
- MacBook (13-inch Aluminum, Late 2008), (13-inch, Early 2009 or later)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2009 or later), (15-inch, Mid/Late 2007 or later), (17-inch, Late 2007 or later)
- MacBook Air (Late 2008 or later)
- Mac Mini (Early 2009 or later)
- Mac Pro (Early 2008 or later)
- Xserve (Early 2009)
As you can see, anyone who has bought a Mac within the past five years is covered and will be able to run OS X Yosemite. Mac Pro, MacBook Air, and MacBook aluminum buyers as far back as 2008 are also good. In fact, some MacBook Pro and iMac buyers from back in 2007 can even get in on the Yosemite action, and those computers are now 7 years old! This is a pretty large blanket of Mac users that will be able to enjoy the next generation of OS X, and I comment Apple for including as many Macs as it did.
OS X 10.10 Yosemite is set to launch later this fall, and will be available exclusively on the Mac App Store. At WWDC, Apple announced that it will be made available completely free to its users. Can't beat that!
How Cortana made the leap from Halo to Windows Phone
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Curious about how Cortana made her way from assisting Master Chief in Halo over to helping you out on Windows Phone? During a sit-down with Microsoft's Marcus Ash, he spoke to us about what it took to get Cortana just right on Windows Phone and to be seen as a legitimate competitor to Apple's Siri.
First, the Cortana logo was the first thing Microsoft has to get right. Originally, they didn't want a physical representation. The thought was that people could think it was creepy if it is "too human." They also didn't want it to be like Clippy, the infamous character from Microsoft Office that was hated by many. It was also decided that Cortana couldn't be just a voice, since it wouldn't feel the same.
Initially, Microsoft tried to use the Xbox Live avatar idea, but that was odd due to everyone having the female Cortana voice. Then they started playing around with the circle. A circle can stretch, bounce, and transform. They also tried triangles, diamonds, hearts, and the ability of letter the user choose any of these. At the end of the day, the circle next to Metro on the start screen looked good, so that was what Microsoft decided on. The next issue was that a simple circle isn't iconic, and is hard to brand. That's when the Windows Phone team met with the Halo team at 343 Industries.
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Deal of the Day: 25% off the Sensordrone
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Today in the Gear Live Deals Shop we're got an awesome 25% discount on the Sensordrone Bluetooth Sensor. Connect this thing to your smartphone over Bluetooth, and you've got a supercharged device that can monitor things like carbon monoxide levels, temperature, weather, gas leaks, and more. Other sensors include light, pressure, color, and proximity. It's good enough to be our Deal of the Day! There are almost a dozen apps you can download that can take advantage of the data that the Sensordrone provides, with more to come. Check out the video below that gives more details.
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10 upcoming games I can't wait to play
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This year, E3 had one of those showing that only happens once every 8-10 years. E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, is the biggest video game conference in the world, and it's where game publishers show off what they're working on. E3 2014 was unique because it was the first one after the release of two major consoles--the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4. Developers got to show for the first time full portfolios dedicated to the new hardware, and it was glorious. There was a lot to see during both the Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation media briefings, and Nintendo surprised many with game announcements of its own. I figured I'd whittle things down and share the ten games I was most excited about, in no particular order.
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Tunis, 16 November 2005 - The aim of the memorandum of understanding is to improve training and education in the use of FOSS. This software can be a way of closing the "digital divide" in computer-based technology between developing and industrialized nations. But to benefit from FOSS developing countries need to have the knowledge to use these programmes effectively. The agreement between Brazil and UNCTAD will help build expertise in Portuguese-speaking nations with the help of FOSS training experts. It will also involve sharing relevant training materials and resources.
The agreement was signed at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis. The signing ceremony was followed by an advisory session on FOSS for Portuguese-speaking delegations attending the Summit. The advisory session included one-on-one consultations with international experts on FOSS.
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With a little over a week until the main event, Monogram unveils their seventh and final San Diego Comic-Con exclusive: a Marvel 4" PVC Figurines Set.
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The Kings are scheduled to open their defense of their first Stanley Cup on Oct. 12, with the New York Rangers visiting Staples Center.
They are supposed to raise their championship banner and celebrate their greatest triumph.
But it seems as if it will be as quiet as a library inside the cavernous arena.
The NHL on Thursday canceled the remainder of the exhibition season because of its ongoing lockout of its players, all but eliminating the possibility that the regular season would start on time early next month.
The first games were scheduled for Oct. 11.
Representatives for the league and the players' union are schedule to meet today, but there has been little or no progress in what have been seen as half-hearted talks between the two sides. The league earlier cancelled all exhibitions for September.
"The cancellation of the preseason schedule was necessary because of the absence of a Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NHL Players' Association and the NHL," the league said in an email statement released Thursday.
The NHL locked out its players Sept. 15, when the old collective bargain agreement expired. The league imposed a gag-rule, forbidding coaches and team executives from speaking about the lockout under penalty of fine.
At issue is the best way to break up the league's revenue, which was a record $3.3 billion for 2011-12. The owners want to give the players a smaller piece of the pie, just as NBA owners wished during a lockout that delayed their 2011-12 season.
The NHL's owners won huge concessions from the players in the wake of the protracted labor impasse that forced the cancelation of the 2004-05 season, with a new salary cap put into place that was imposed to ensure cost certainty.
This time, in addition to a reduced share for players, owners want to limit the contracts of entry-level players and to tighten the rules for unrestricted free agency, tying superstars and budding superstars to their teams for longer periods.
"Obviously, we've got to talk before you can get a deal, so I think it's important to get the talks going again," Bill Daly, deputy NHL commissioner, told reporters earlier in the week. "But you have to have something to say.
"I think it's fair to say we feel like we need to hear from the players' association in a meaningful way because I don't think that they've really moved off their initial proposal, which was made more than a month ago now."
Steve Fehr, the union's special counsel, told reporters Tuesday the players were pleased new talks were scheduled for today. Time is running short for a resolution and for the regular season to begin as scheduled, however.


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Wash. program issued most fake IDs to CIA
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - A Washington Department of Licensing program that supplied fake licenses for undercover officers issued the most fake IDs to the Central Intelligence Agency and Defense Department, the Kitsap Sun reported.
In response to a public records request, the department last month showed the newspaper and public radio's Northwest News Network a list of agencies issued confidential licenses since 2007. The CIA topped the list with 288, followed by the Defense Department with 198, then followed mostly by police agencies in the state, such as the Kitsap County sheriff's office and Bremerton Police Department, the Kitsap Sun reported Monday.
But, when the department released the list Friday by email, it lumped together all federal law enforcement agencies without naming them, saying that's classified.
"A lot of information that was compiled should not have been discussed," DOL spokesman Brad Benfield said, citing a nondisclosure agreement some DOL employees signed with the U.S. government.
"We simply can't talk about it anymore without further putting ourselves in legal jeopardy," Benfield said Monday.
The category of all federal law enforcement agencies accounted for 595 licenses, or 53 percent of the 1,121 issued.
The CIA refused to comment to the Kitsap Sun. The Defense Department would "not characterize or otherwise discuss our participation in this program," spokesman Lt. Col. Tom Crosson said.
"Naval Criminal Investigative Service does use a few confidential licenses for undercover purposes," NCIS spokesman Ed Buice said. "Beyond that it would be counterproductive for us to comment in any greater detail."
The program was secret until the paper's public records request prompted the Department of Licensing to request legislation to protect officers from disclosure and setting out guidelines.
The bill quietly passed the Senate but raised questions in the House's Transportation Committee where Republican lawmakers Matt Shea, of Spokane Valley, and Jason Overstreet, of Lynden, were surprised to find no one knows for sure when or why the program began.
"The first and obvious question is why (has) the CIA asked for and received 288 Washington state identifications," Overstreet said. "It seems like a big number."
He has sought answers but hasn't been able to get them.
"I think that the public demands a response," Overstreet said. "Not classified information - that would compromise officer safety. But I think the DOL owes the public a response as to why they've been operating this program the way they have, outside of state law."
Overstreet and Shea have amended legislation to add safeguards. They said fake IDS should be used only for the duration of an undercover officer's covert assignment.
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NOTE: This article was taken from the November 2011 issue of HOT ROD Magazine and the sweepstakes to win the Raybestos GTO ended September 15, 2011.
We've spent more time with Raybestos Brakes' Josh Russell at a race track than away from one—both competing and watching—so it came as no shock when he told us the new sweepstakes car he was putting together for the company was going to be a race car. Yes, it'll be street-legal but more at home tearing up road courses and dragstrips. As with the Hollywood Hot Rods–built '32 roadster pickup (Feb. '11 issue), which was presented to the 2010 sweepstakes winner at this year's Indy 500, he skimped neither on parts nor talent, this time enlisting Kevin Tully and Chad Hill at Hot Rod Chassis & Cycle (HRCC) in Addison, Illinois, for the latest project—a bad-to-the-bone '64 GTO.
"I wanted to build a car to celebrate Raybestos' heritage in racing, a muscle car that used the best and newest technology in our brakes and chassis parts," Josh says. During early talks with Tully, the project morphed from just a nice muscle car to a full-on race car that should seriously scare the poop out of the winner, with a ton of power and a curb weight of 2,800 pounds.
HRCC is known for crafting over-the-top street rod chassis and therefore built a stout, unibody-style frame that mounts a proprietary 9-inch rearend hung with a four-link in back and a JW Rod Garage custom front suspension with RideTech coilovers. Nitto tires on 17-inch American Racing wheels are used on the street, but a set of M&H Racemasters will eventually get chucked on the back for the dragstrip. The brakes, of course, are from Raybestos.
CrateEngineDepot.com ponied up the engine—a GM Performance Parts LSX 454 crate motor—and HRCC built its own intake to mount an old-school Hilborn stack injection system, stealthily converted to EFI with a FAST system. It makes a bit more than 680 hp and funnels through a T56 stick, as it should.
Yeah, it's way more than a simple bolt-on GTO with racy graphics. To find out what it could do, Josh and Kevin took it to Blackhawk Farms in South Beloit, Illinois, to ring it out on an open track day. There was no timing equipment set up, so we don't have lap times, but it looked insanely fast. To demonstrate the car's versatility, the guys hauled it to Union Grove Raceway in Wisconsin, stuck Top Fuel racer Clay Millican behind the wheel, and ripped off a screaming but sandbagged 11.65 at 128 mph (to keep it within the e.t. limit of the class they entered). That mph number shows easy 10-second potential. This was also on the Nitto street tires, not the M&Hs, as they didn't have the sticky tires yet.
Josh promised us we could beat the GTO all around the road course, but we couldn't get to the track for its initial shakedown. We will take him up on it, though, and promise not to do too much damage to the car (at least nothing that can't be fixed!) before the new owner gets the keys. The sweepstakes is already under way and goes until September 15, 2011. This issue is scheduled to go on sale a month before the end of the sweepstakes, so get down to your local auto parts store, buy some Raybestos brake or chassis parts, and fill out a card to enter. You can also download the form online at RaybestosGarage.com and send it in with a receipt or proof of purchase.
We hope whoever wins this beast knows how to drive, or if not he or she books a stint at Bondurant before jumping behind the wheel—'cause this is one fast giveaway car.


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I still haven't finished my novel's first draft, but last week I dug myself out of a bit of a plot hole by relying on . . . my education. Shocking, I know, but it's nice when those English degrees actually come in handy.
I was having a hard time transitioning from the all the rising action to the climax when I started to look at my main character's entire journey. I realized that she had, in many ways, followed the traditional "hero cycle" or "hero's journey" as discussed by Joseph Campbell in his seminal work A Hero with a Thousand Faces. I'm not sure how this escaped me to this point, but it had.
The literary theory behind the hero's journey involves the basic premise that all literature contains "archetypes" or recurring patterns in myths and stories worldwide. The hero's journey is one of these patterns, and by understanding the journey, we can then understand the story, the hero, and possibly ourselves or our world a little bit better.
So how does all this apply to writing? It applies because it works. As readers we instinctively understand the steps that a hero must take in order to, well, become a hero. If one of those steps is missing, somehow we know it, and as writers including all of the steps of the journey can not only deepen our work, but just make a well-developed story. It can fill in those missing holes.
Though it might sound complicated, the archetype of the hero cycle is not. Simba in The Lion's King and Luke Skywalker in Star Wars are two heroes who follow it almost to the letter. If you like the movie The Sandlot, Bennie follows a hero cycle when he dreams of Babe Ruth and faces "the Beast."
The first stage of the Hero Cycle is called The Departure. It is made up of three stages: The Call, The Threshold, and The Helper. If you research this, you will find a large variety of stages in the cycle and fancy names. I'm writing about the eight major stages that make the most sense to me and that I teach to my high school students.
In the Call, the hero is somehow "called" to action. This might be through a dream, somebody literally crying out for help, or as in Luke Skywalker's situation, his family is killed and he finds a robot with a weird princess message on it. Harry Potter gets called by a letter and then a giant on a flying motor cycle. It can be anything as long as it starts the hero on his journey and in some way changes the status quo that is his life.
The next step is the Threshold. This is where the hero decides he's either going to accept the call and "go for it," or if he likes life as it is, he stays put and is not a hero after all. A hero chooses to step through the door, or "threshold," into his new role. He may not be comfortable with this; he may refuse it outright several times, but ultimately, a true hero will accept the call. Again, think of Luke, Simba, or Harry Potter. They all embark on journeys to help save themselves or their world, but they aren't necessarily sold on the whole idea at first.
The third piece of "The Departure" is "The Helper." This stage provides the hero with some sort of aid which might be supernatural in nature or it might just be an object that the hero believes will help him to survive. For example, Simba has his friends and the monkey also gives him advice. Bennie in The Sandlot has his shoes that help him run faster and jump higher. Athena repeatedly helps Odysseus in The Odyssey. Luke has Obi Wan Kenobi and the force. Harry gets a wand and two true friends. In essence, every traditional hero has some sort of object or people that help them along the way.
I'll write more about the next two stages of the hero cycle over the next two weeks. Even if you don't think you're writing or even reading about a traditional hero, you might be surprised to find how prevalent this archetypal pattern appears in both contemporary and historical fiction. It really does speak to us, it just makes for a good story, and now I know it can rescue us when we're stuck.
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Topic: Seeking for a second opinion
This is my first post, although I have to admit that I have been reading your posts concerning different subjects for 6 months while I was searching for answers to my questions. It was very helpful to read from other people who are also concerned with CC, and who have very similar problems, and I am very grateful that this community exists.
I and my family are from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. We know that my father has CC since June 2013. He had a liver resection in June 2013. The surgery went well, but unfortunately it relapsed, built metastasis on his lungs now, and seems to expand. Because of his liver cirrhosis and splenomegaly, his white blood counts are too low to be treated with chemotherapy. The doctor did not recommend chemotherapy because of high risks and low chances of success of the treatment, advising only palliative care.
Before we give up, we would like to get a second opinion of another specialist. And I thought if oncologists differ in what they know or what they are able, the best ones must be in the US. Could you please help me to find a specialist for CC to whom I could send the last CT scan report of my father to have a second opinion on it? I would also be grateful for any other advises you might be able to give me.
Finally, there is one thing I would like to share, although it might not be new for you. Having been confronted with cancer for the first time, I became aware of the book "The Emperor of all Maladies. A Biography of Cancer" by Siddhartha Mukherjee, and I just finished reading it. This is a wonderfully written, very informative book. It is a history of cancer research, and it gave me some ideas and hopes and the possibility to see this horrible thing befalling my father from a different angle.
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Burger Al Pastor
This burger was inspired by my frequent business trips to Mexico City. On just about every street corner in Mexico City, you will find "Tacos Al Pastor" which are tacos made of marinated pork on a corn tortilla with a multitude of toppings to choose from. My favorite toppings include pineapple, cilantro and onion. As soon as I return home I begin to crave this Mexican treat, so I have recreated my own version with an American spin. I hope you enjoy this unique blend of flavors as much as I do!
• 2 Dried Ancho Chiles
• 3 Canned Chipotle Chiles in Adobo Sauce
• 2 Garlic Cloves
• 2 Tbsp. Rice Wine Vinegar
• 1 tsp. cumin seeds
• 1 tsp. Coriander Seeds
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp. salt
• juice of one (1) lime
• 1 lb. ground chuck, 80% lean, 20% fat
Salsa Topping
•2 cups fresh Pineapple Diced
•3/4 cup Cilantro finely chopped
•3/4 cup red onion diced
•Juice of one lime
•1/2 tsp. salt
•Vegetable oil for grill rack to prevent sticking
•6 slices Queso Oaxaca or Queso Campesino (Both Authentic Mexican Cheeses that can be found at most local Grocery Stores)
•1 loaf Ciabbatta Bread, cut in half lengthwise and then cut in 6 cross sections, forming 6 "bunsâ€Â.
•2 Tbsp. Butter, Softened
Preheat Gas grill to medium-high heat
To make the patties, soak the dried ancho chiles in warm water for 30 minutes to re-hydrate them. Once they are re-hydrated, remove them from the water and cut open from top to bottom. Remove all of the seeds and the stem. Combine the Ancho chiles, chipotle chiles garlic cloves, rice wine vinegar, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, cinnamon, salt and lime juice into a food processor and process until it forms a thick paste. Combine the paste and the ground chuck in a large mixing bowl and mix thoroughly until all of the paste has been incorporated. Divide the mixture into six (6) equal portions and form the portions into patties that will fit the bread.
To make the salsa topping, combine the diced pineapple, cilantro, onion, lime juice and salt in a mixing bowl and mix thoroughly. Place in refrigerator to marinate until burgers are ready for assembly.
Brush the grill rack with the vegetable oil. Place the patties on the rack, cover and grill 4-5 minutes on the first side. Turn the patties and grill an additional 3-4 minutes. During the final 2-3 minutes of grilling, place one slice of cheese on each patty, close the grill cover and melt. At the same time the cheese is placed on the patties, take the six sections of bread and spread the butter on the cut sides, top and bottom and place the bread, butter side down, on the grill but not directly over the flame. Toast the bread lightly, approximately 1-2minutes. Both the cheese melting process and the bread toasting should finish up at approximately the same time.
Remove the patties and the bread from the grill, place them on a plate and prepare to assemble.
To assemble the burgers, place a patty on each of the buttered bread bottoms. Spoon a generous amount of salsa on top of the patty. Add the bread tops and serve.
Makes 6 Burgers
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DENVER – The Outlaws (5-1) used a 10-1 advantage in the first half to hold off the Lizards (2-4) in front of 10,142 fans at INVESCO Field at Mile High on Saturday night after Broncos Ring of Fame Running Back Terrell Davis's pregame speech. Davis started the evening's scoring with a goal on the ceremonial first shot.
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Topic: My mom has been newly diagnosed with CC :' (
Hello everyone! I must first say thank you to everyone for their posts to the website. I spend a lot of time looking over the different discussions, questions and answers and can't get enough to try to help my mom. To start, my beautiful mommy is 69, will turn 70 on Aug 24th. She had her gallbladder removed in Aug 2011, had been having horrible abd pain, and at that time we were told she had Gallbladder cancer from the biopsy. Her ONC then referred her to University Hospital in San Antonio where she received a partial liver resection where the gallbladder sat (gallbladder fossa), to ensure that the cancer was completely gone. The biopsy results from that were negative-whew and Thank God!! She had been fine since then, no pain, good appetite. But then, on a visit to her ONC in June, noticed that she had dropped 5lbs, which she attributed to just not being very hungry...which we thought may have been normal since she had a recent endoscopy (which came back negative), thus made her lose her appetite for a bit. Then the week after July 4th, she developed a rash, which spread all over her body, her urine became dark, and finally had to be admitted to ER from abdominal pain and turning jaundiced. That's when we were told that her main bile duct was dialated and the biopsy came back as cancer. We were in shock, disbelief, needless to say the emotional rollercoaster we were on last year returned. How could this happen...again??? Since then, she has had a metal stent placed which helped her jaundice, she still has some abdominal pain, but the pain pills she's been given help with that thus far. Her NEW ONC (we will not be returning to her previous for personal reasons) suggests pallative chemo, since she is Stage IV, would be given Cisplatin/Gemzar. The cancer appears to be inside the main bile duct, no spread to her liver or kidneys, but unfortunately the last CT Chest/Abd/Pel from University in July showed nodules in her chest, which they think may be mets but they are too small to biopsy at this time. I'm so scared for my mom, we all are..she's never undergone chemo and she herself is nervous (with good reason). I've read over and over about this type of chemo combo, some good, some bad, but any information you can provide would be very much appreciated. Is there anyone out there that has been in this same situation with their CC, or perhaps similar, and is still here, alive and well? We don't want to lose our angel..we have been changing her diet, as well, but since she doesn't have an appetite most days, find that if she gets an appetite for something it is better than nothing at all. The oncologist says that if she does the chemo might give her 1-2 years, but if not, then possibly a year or less....my heart is breaking just writing this, but my family and I will do what we need to in order to help her be strong. Thank you again....to everyone on this site and fighting this horrible cancer...my thoughts and prayers are with you too!


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Arguably one of the most inconsiderate, rude, abrasive people to ever spend time here. Thanks for finally ditching that guy.
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Arguably one of the most inconsiderate, rude, abrasive people to ever spend time here. Thanks for finally ditching that guy.
Could not agree more.
He was a very weird person. I'll even miss him in some strange way...
what did he do to break the camel's back?
Good riddance then.
Thank you.
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Wha??? Am I the only one who immediately put him on ignore after about his second day of posting? The ignore feature is soOoo underrated. I'd barely know certain posters existed if people didn't talk about them so muc and quote them.
Can someone please post what Skaut said? All that came up is, "This user is on your ignore list".
Thank God
He never bothered me
He just didn't seem very logical. His rudeness wasn't ever THAT bad, but the dude was a walking contradiction.
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I love that song.Originally Posted by SoupIsGood
Anyway, remember the whole "Boyle" thing? That was so damn annoying.
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No no no guys I just heard on the radio that GetOdom is not banned and he'll be back to posting soon. All those rumors you heard about him getting banned are garbage. That'll never happen. PD would suck without him.
Sorry, just wanted to mimic every single post of his.
Well, maybe he didn't want the Peja trade to happen that badly cause then he would've felt obliged to change his username into GotStojakovic.
Never bothered me, I had him on Ignore.
Theres a thread dedicated to this guy?? Hmmmmm
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Conductor and Music Director Brian DeMaris Asks, "What is 'L'etoile'"?
What is L'Étoile? While I can usually describe most operas with ease, this question is tricky to answer in the case of Chabrier's three-act opera bouffe, written with the librettists Eugene Leterrier and Albert Vanloo and premiered in 1877 at Offenbach's Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens. It is the French equivalent to the more familiar Gilbert and Sullivan, written in a time and place when the operetta culture was more like what you might expect to see on Broadway – and not the commercial Disney-fied Broadway we know today, but an earlier Broadway where you may not have wanted to take your children! This aesthetic is portrayed in Baz Luhrmann's film, Moulin Rouge, which depicts how this sort of entertainment can divert the audience's attention away from the weight of everyday problems – particularly amidst the social, political, philosophical and technological unrest in late 19th Century Europe. Premiered just months after Wagner's Ring, this French operetta is the pinnacle of comic farce at the peak of European Romanticism. Though the opera centers on the quintessentially Romantic themes of love and death, here they are treated exceedingly lightly, if not irreverently. The nonsensical plot is on par with the most ridiculous stories of some of the greatest operas ever written (such as Mozart's Magic Flute and Wagner's Ring itself). And as is often the case with opera, it's Chabrier's beautiful score that prevents this work from falling into oblivion. But unlike Mozart and Wagner, don't expect any profound commentary on human existence. L'Étoile seems to adopt a greater perspective on love and death, sometimes even cynical, as if to say, "Try not to take things too seriously!" One anonymous critic wrote about Chabrier's piano playing, "There was something clown-like and extravagant… which was both exciting and disconcerting." You may feel the same way with what you're about to see tonight. "Exciting," "disconcerting," "clown-like," "extravagant," – this is the uniquely charming world of L'Étoile. We hope you enjoy it, and try not to take it too seriously!
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. doesn't do Twitter, but Earnhardt's fans soon will be able to gain more access to their favorite driver through a radio-style podcast.
Beginning Feb. 18, Dirty Mo Radio will launch at DaleJr.com and also be available at other podcast outlets such as iTunes.
The weekly show will be similar to the JRM360 videos at JRMotorsports.com, the website for Earnhardt's Nationwide Series team. The brainchild of Mike Davis, director of communications at JRM, it will feature race recaps as well as behind-the-scenes insight from Earnhardt, team members, family members and others. Charlotte, N.C., radio personality Taylor Zarzour will be the host.
"Racing is the biggest part of Dale's life, but it's not the only part," said Kelley Earnhardt-Miller, Earnhardt sister and the general manager of JR Motorsports. "We hope to create programming not just about Dale but about his interests, such as music, sports, and NASCAR history."
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The show is named after Earnhardt's "Dirty Mo" brand, the name of the gang of friends he used to hang out with while growing up around Mooresville, N.C.
"I'm excited about it," Earnhardt said at NASCAR Media Day Thursday. "I think there is good potential there to do some pretty fun stuff and try to give our fans some information and substance and just something new.
"They are always striving for information and wanting to learn something new and understand what is going on. This gives us the opportunity to give them that feedback and tell 'em what is going on around the company and exactly what we're working on."
Earnhardt will be featured in many of the podcasts, but other shows will feature teammates and friends from Earnhardt's life and will focus on events and developments on and off the track.
"I'll be in and out of the broadcast but for the most part it's gong to be not just about me, per see, but about what we are doing with our company, what JR Motorsports is working on, what our goals are, what are plans," Earnhardt said.
"We'll talk about races and how we ran and what happened at the races — my races, the Nationwide races. We'll talk about what we are doing out on the property, anything fun that might be popping up or we might want to share with our fans, or anything we might be doing downtown at Whisky River. Who knows? We could talk about literally anything."
Earnhardt said the show would be similar to the XM Satellite Radio show — Dale Jr. Unrestricted — for which he was once host.
"But a little more professional than that," he said. "We were pretty ragtag back then. We didn't know what the hell we were doing. It was fun, but we didn't work hard enough to be relevant and try to stick around.
"This will be a great place for us to provide content for our fans and our partners more bang for their buck."
In other words, it will be Earnhardt's version of Twitter.
"I suppose. It's something I'm comfortable doing," he said.


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Ambush on Star Tours is an open edition exclusive at the Disney theme parks and includes four figures at a relatively high asking price of $39.99. It includes Darth Vader, Boba Fett, and two Sky Troopers, which have never appeared anywhere prior to the ride. We've seen Stormtroopers with jet packs, but not like this.
The attraction features two different openings so you may or may not get Darth Vader ambushing your Starspeeder 1000. The other opening just uses standard Stormtroopers which you can buy in mass at retail stores. The opening featuring Lord Vader features four Sky Troopers and a legion of Stormtroopers at his disposal. A Rebel Spy has been spotted on board and Vader, riding his hover platform, attempts to stop us from flying off, which of course we do. Boba Fett is the odd-man out in this set as he is only seen in his Slave 1... IF your journey takes you to Geonosis.
The packaging for this set is attractive and done in a similar fashion as other Star Wars figure sets. Colorful art serves as a backdrop as our figures are displayed in a plastic tray. The back of the box shows some CG renderings of our villains.
The main problem with this set, is of course, the high price and the fact that we're not getting the best versions of these figures. Darth Vader still has cut elbows rather than the ball-jointed articulation we've come to expect. Holding a lightsaber is also difficult for this version of the figure. Boba Fett doesn't come with a removable helmet but at least has the latest in articulation. The two Sky Troopers are thankfully up-to-date for the most part with the exception of hip articulation. Paint on all four figures is serviceable and as good as you can expect from Hasbro.
On the accessory side, Darth Vader has his lightsaber and an all new Hover Platform. This large base also has a control panel that can be plugged into it and has pegs for Vader. Boba Fett has a removable jet pack (it's too removable actually and never quite stays on) and his blaster weapon. The Sky Troopers come with removable jetpacks and two different blasters each.
This set isn't the best use of your hard earned cash but if you're a fan of the ride and need some Sky Troopers in your collection, this is the set for you. Of course, you'll need four total to be accurate to the ride experience but I'm sure it shouldn't be too hard to find some kids who could use a Darth Vader and Boba Fett figure. If you're not near a Disney theme park and want to avoid the eBay route, look for the number to Disney Deliverears as they can sell and ship directly to your home.
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Up until six years ago, when Chevrolet brought out the Cruze, the company's entries in the compact car class were undeserving of high honors. More refined entries from Asia easily surpassed the Cobalt, which was the Cruze's precursor. And the Cobalt's predecessor, the Cavalier, should have been made to sit in the corner of the showroom with a dunce cap on.
The first iteration of the Cruze earned much better grades than Chevy's previous compacts and made Chevrolet competitive in the segment. The Cruze was completely redesigned last year, and this latest version is yet another giant step up, boasting handsomely chiseled styling, solid driving dynamics, a much nicer interior, and the latest and greatest in technology. Let's just say that if you checked out a 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt and a 2017 Chevrolet Cruze back to back, you'd swear they were 20 years apart and made by two very different car companies.
It's certainly up to date: Every 2017 Chevrolet Cruze comes with a touchscreen audio system, a rearview camera, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and a built-in Wi-Fi hot spot. The Cruze also offers top-notch safety features, such as blind-spot monitoring and lane departure warning. Other commendations for the Cruze include a roomy backseat and a suspension that provides both a supple ride over bumps and responsive, even entertaining, handling in curves.
New this year is a hatchback body style, which provides added cargo-carrying versatility with an even smaller footprint than the Cruze sedan. If you are considering a Cruze sedan, you have four trim levels to choose from, ranging from L to Premier. Even the base L comes with the electronic conveniences already mentioned, as well as a tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel and automatic headlights. The Premier comes loaded, with leather seating and even a heated steering wheel among its standard features. In between sit the LS and LT. The hatchback comes only in the upper two trim levels.
Our quibbles are few and minor. You can only get one engine in the Cruze: a turbocharged 1.4-liter four-cylinder. It can be matched to a six-speed automatic or a six-speed manual transmission. The EPA fuel economy figures are respectable: You?ll get 31 mpg combined (28 city/37 highway) for both a Premier hatchback with the automatic and non-Premier hatchback with the manual. The EPA says you can expect 34 mpg combined (30 city/40 highway) for a non-Premier sedan with the automatic.
However, the Cruze's performance is somewhat lackluster when compared with rivals in all-out acceleration tests. That said, it is perfectly acceptable in the real world as it furnishes ample passing and merging power, thanks to the turbo's torque and a responsive automatic transmission that quickly downshifts when needed. Oddly, cruise control can only be had on the upper two of the four available sedan trim levels.
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It's always been popular to compare basketball to jazz, and sometimes that comparison is dead-on accurate. Sometimes it truly is frenetic and kinetic and free. But regular-season pro basketball is usually more like "Riders on the Storm" or "Born Slippy" — a hypnotic drone that goes on forever, punctuated by semi-electrifying moments that evaporate within the same moment we recognize their right to exist. There are 150 possessions in an average NBA game, and 135 of them don't seem to matter at all. You can watch the entire second quarter of a Kings-Pacers game and somehow miss it entirely; it's almost like having your eyes float over every line of a paragraph without registering a single word. This, I suppose, is a criticism. But if the lockout had never lifted, I would have spent a lot of late nights wishing there were a West Coast NBA game to passively take for granted. It's an unbelievable thing, really: A 4,700-square-foot floor populated by 82-inch superhumans, all of whom are exhibiting such insane, nonchalant athleticism that I consciously ignore it while I unconsciously absorb it. I look at Derrick Rose and I think, "Oh, the Bulls are on." And then I watch him explode while daydreaming about a hundred other things. And that's so crazy. That's so sick. Because what I should be thinking is this: "It's amazing that we are the same species. It's amazing that what he's doing has any relationship to who I am and what my life is (or could potentially be). It's amazing that this is happening at all." But I don't, because I'm used to it. We're all used to it. — Chuck KlostermanShaquille O'Neal: Analyst
What I'm most looking forward to has nothing to do with any player or team: It's Shaquille O'Neal starting his second career (or fifth, if you count his subpar acting, subpar rapping, and law enforcement ventures) by joining TNT as an analyst. I am convinced no NBA insider knows where the bodies are buried with greater accuracy than O'Neal. Pair him up with Charles Barkley for an entire season? I am positive there will be some NBA tidbits we did not know before — and probably didn't want to know. — Jonathan AbramsLots of good stuff.Jimmer: The New Tebow?
It's not that I'm actively wishing for Jimmer to fail, and it's not that I actively dislike the NBA, although I cannot say I will miss those first 16 games any more than I will pine for the return of The Playboy Club. It's that, for those of us who enjoy college sports just a little bit more, there should always be a clear line of demarcation between our game and the pros, and just as Tim Tebow has become polarizingly indicative of where that line is drawn, so should Jimmer. I hope he averages 18 points a game, and I hope he puts up 56 in a mid-January contest against the Wizards, and I hope he plays terrible defense and seems hopelessly outmatched on certain nights and infuriates purists for reasons they are too outraged to rationally explain. That, I believe, is why the good Lord gave us Jimmer in the first place. — Michael Weinreb


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LOS ANGELES -- With Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez continuing to battle various ailments, a stint on the disabled list could be forthcoming.
"I think tomorrow's our drop-dead day as we get into Colorado," manager Don Mattingly said. "We'd like him to be ready to go after the All-Star Game."
Ramirez was not in the starting lineup again in Wednesday's 5-4 loss, but he did pinch-hit for catcher A.J. Ellis in the ninth inning and ended up reaching on a walk. He's started just once in the last nine games -- on Saturday against St. Louis -- and he lasted just two innings in that game before tweaking his left calf.
Ramirez has dealt with an arthritic right shoulder, a right ring finger contusion and left calf tightness, and though he's been available as a pinch-hitter in the last three games, Mattingly said that might not be enough to keep him off of the disabled list.
"We'd like to get him totally healthy, that's the main thing," Mattingly said. "We don't want to DL anybody, and we're obviously better with Hanley. But we also want him healthy."
Michael Lananna is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This winter's frigid conditions have put young calves under considerable stress. Helping calves cope with cold stress, or hypothermia, may be critical to their survival. Three important principles for recognizing and treating the condition include:
- Hypothermic conditions in calves vary from mild to severe.
- Take temperatures to confirm suspected cases of hypothermia.
- Treat hypothermic cases promptly to minimize subsequent health problems.
Mild cold stress or hypothermia
At this stage of cold stress we observe vigorous shivering. If we look carefully we will see pulse and breathing rates above normal. Recall that the normal pulse rate of a calf at rest falls in the range of 70 to 100 beats per minute; normal breathing rate of a calf at rest falls in the range of 20 to 40 breaths per minute.
These calves are likely to have a body temperature around 100°F rather than the more normal 102°F.
Check for an excessively cold nose. Cold hooves, too, are a clue that blood is being diverted away from extremities.
Severe hypothermia
At this stage of cold stress shivering may slow or even stop. Shivering is replaced by rigidity – muscles are stiff. Nostrils will be cold and pale. Calves, if standing, may be clumsy and act confused. They are unlikely to suckle.
Pulse and breathing rates continue to slow. Body temperature continues to fall below 100°F. Textbooks tell us that at the mid-90°F level the vital organs are chilling. Even the brain is beginning to get cold.
Diagnosing cold stress or hypothermia
Due to hormones that accompany birth, calves experience a surge of energy and are able to stand 30 to 60 minutes after delivery. After a hard birth many calves look okay until these hormone levels drop.
They look and act normal. Then, after 15 or 30 minutes they may get progressively weaker, have a weak suckle response and be unable to stand. Often their body temperature has begun to slide down to 100°F or less. Definite diagnosis? Take the calf's temperature.
Preweaned calves are more likely to experience hypothermia where there is sustained loss of body heat. If outdoor-housed calves that get wet, lie on cold bedding or experience windy conditions, they can lose more heat than they can generate. In naturally-ventilated calf barns, winter temperatures combined with drafts and poor bedding may cause gradual hypothermia. Definite diagnosis? Take the calf's temperature.
Treating mild hypothermia
Warm up the calf. For newborn calves the first step is to make sure the calf is dry – to stop evaporative heat loss (See www.atticacows.com in Calving Ease, "Drying Off a Calf" March 2010). Rubbing the calf vigorously with clean, dry towels not only gets the calf dry but also stimulates higher pulse and breathing rates. I like to add a clean, dry calf blanket, too.
The second step is to feed plenty of high-quality, clean, warm colostrum to warm the calf from the inside.
A third step may be to put the calf in a warm environment until her temperature is back up to 102°F.
Warm rooms work. Commercial calf warmers work. Boxes with heat lamps work. Remember, however, the calves need to go back into their cold environment as soon as their body temperature comes back up to normal. Monitoring calf temperature is a best management practice – calves headed for cold housing need to go there as soon as they get back to "normal" temperature.
How about preweaned calves that have experienced a steady loss of body heat? Feed 102° body temperature milk. Offer equally warm water. Add a calf blanket. If needed, try temporary residence in a warm room (not on a cold wet concrete floor, however). Adding a heat lamp to a hutch can work, too.
Treat hypothermia promptly. Body reserves of energy are severely depleted in cold stressed calves. They will gain weight slowly. Most importantly, their body defenses against infections are likely to be weakened. They need to be watched closely for infections for at least two weeks after a hypothermic event.
Prevention is better than treatment
Minimizing the effects of a hard pull through good calving management practices will help our dystocia calves. Prompt and thorough drying of these calves along with timely colostrum feeding will go a long way to reduce cold stress.
Preweaned calves can stand a lot of cold without developing hypothermia if: (1) we feed enough to meet both maintenance and growth needs, (2) their bedding is clean and dry, (3) they have enough bedding to prevent heat loss down through the bedding, (4) their hair coat is dry, and (5) air movement provides fresh air but does not carry away too much heat.
References: Garry, F.B. and Others, "Dairy Worker Training in Newborn Calf Management" in Proceedings of AABP, 40:33-37; Garry, F.B.,"Non-infectious newborn calf problems and survival" in CVC proceedings accessed 23 Dec10.; Torell, R. and others, "Care of hypothermic (cold stressed) newborn beef calves" accessed 23 Dec 10 at http://www.unce.unr.edu/publications/files/ag/other/cl788.pdf ; Robinson, B., "Rewarming Chilled Calves," accessed 23Dec10 at http://www.thebeefsite.com/articles/1262/rewarming-chilled-calves.
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Darren Jones was an AFC Wimbledon hero on Saturday after his last gasp goal deep into injury time stole a point at Burton Albion.
His first strike since joining the Dons from Shrewsbury Town in January keeps six points between Dons and the League Two drop zone.
The Dons have now drawn three of their past four games, but while Burton boss Gary Rowett was furious with the referee for the amount of injury time, Neal Ardley saw the late equaliser as testament to his side's fighting spirit.
Promotion-chasing Burton took the lead through Billy Kee's penalty after Alan Bennett fouled Dominic Knowles.
Ross Worner kept the hosts at bay, until Jones popped up more than five minutes into injury time to convert George Francomb's corner.
Ardley told Dons Player: All the teams are under pressure from top to bottom in this league, whether that's going for the play-offs, the top three, or fighting to stay away from the bottom.
"It's incredibly tight and the fans and players have to come together as a club and give everything during the last nine games. The players care."
He added: "Burton is a tough place to come. We've played two good teams in the last two games.
"All we did wrong in the first half was give away a silly penalty. Other than that, there wasn't much happening and they didn't open us up or create bundles of chances.
"We changed it, upped the tempo and could have won it."
Rowett said: "Five minutes went up on the board; we had one substitution within that five minutes, which is 30 seconds, and yet we played seven and a half minutes and the goal came on seven minutes.
"To get done by that is particularly galling. Yes, we needed to defend the corner better, but you could see the players were out on their feet with maybe 15 or 20 minutes to go."


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I just joined the foundation and am grateful that I stumbled across this in all of my google searches. My mom, who is 68, was diagnosed with metastatic cholganiocarcinoma, in either late stage 3 or stage 4, and it's been a disaster. We are all trying to wrap our heads around this, manage questions from concerned family and friends while staying focused on getting her medically stable.
In short, everyone (including her internist) thought she had the stomach flu in early January. After 2 weeks, she was getting worse and by 2/9, she was jaundice, in pain and weak. We quickly checked her into a fantastic local hospital to find out that we had a cancer situation--first they thought it was liver, but then it was pancreas, then it was gallbladder. We finally found out that it was a bile duct and that it spread to the majority of her GT tract. A stent didn't provide any relief and as of 2 days ago, she received a side drainage option.
Our oncologist isn't optimistic. She feels that surgery is out of the question, radiation would put her liver and overall health in worse risk (she is bloated, barely able to talk and on morphine right now) and that once she gets out of the hospital, we can talk about chemotherapy but it would only increase her life in a small increment that may not be worth the side effects.
I'm sure that this story is not uncommon but we are scrambling. We are sending our files to Northwestern in Chicago and Johns Hopkins to get another opinion. Our rational brains are working but we are emotionally lost and while we have rally cry that we will fight this, our information is incomplete and we are lost.
I am writing for any insight...suggestions...help...anything for us to grab onto and turn this around. We have two paths underway: 1. BEATING this and 2. being realistic and focusing on my mom's happiness. These two points are in direct conflict which is why we are so lost.
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