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Have you tweeted, posted something to YouTube, or updated your Facebook status lately? These terms are not teen and tween gibberish. These applications, each a form of social media, are having a profound impact on your dairy business, even if you don't know it yet.
Much like a megaphone, social media applications let users broadcast a message to thousands of people in an instant. You can upload a photo, send video footage and tell your friends what you're doing or share thoughts on a subject instantaneously. It's much faster than sending an e-mail or making a phone call. And, it allows you to connect with people you might not communicate with regularly.
Statistics on social media use are astounding. There are 300 million Facebook users, 17 million Twitter users, and 20 hours of YouTube video are uploaded every minute of every day.
Here is a look at why the dairy industry should use social media to reconnect with consumers.
Social media is powerful
More and more people are turning to the Internet for their news and information. And, the social media provide real information in real time, says David Pelzer, senior vice president of industry image and relations at Dairy Management, Inc., which manages the national dairy-checkoff program.
For example, earlier this year when a US Airways flight crashed into the Hudson River, within 10 minutes of the aircraft touching the water, a consumer-generated photo and headline were circulating on Twitter. One eyewitness, @jkrums, posted "There's a plane in the Hudson. I'm on the ferry going to pick up the people. Crazy."
This was before traditional news outlets broke the story and 36 minutes before US Airways made a statement.
You may argue that this is merely a fad. But it's not going away. "Even if it is a fad, we (as an industry) will be out much more if we don't embrace social media while it's popular and use it to our full advantage," says Ray Prock Jr., owner of Ray-Lin Dairy in Denair, Calif.
Admittedly there is plenty of noise when it comes to social media. Twitter users send 2 million tweets per day. While studies show 40 percent of it is noise (e.g., what someone ate for lunch), the majority is newsworthy information.
Activists love social media
Animal-rights activists have found social media a beneficial tool to spread their propaganda and misinformation about agriculture.
Since January 2009, the Humane Society of the United States has increased its Twitter following 25-fold. In the same time period, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals upped its Facebook fans list 26-fold, reports Cause Matters Corp.
According to Twitterholic.com, Ellen DeGeneres, an active advocate for the Humane Society of the United States, is ranked No. 2 on Twitter for the number of followers — 3,202,820.
If nearly six in 10 Americans younger than 30 say they get most of their national and international news online, and the activists are the only ones who are online, then consumers have only one choice, says Dino Giacomazzi, manager of Giacomazzi Dairy in Hanford, Calif. "We need to use social media to allow consumers access to the real story."
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"If we don't get out there and tell people what we're doing, who do you think is going to?" asks Barbara Martin, co-owner of Tony Martin Dairy in Lemoore, Calif. The majority of consumers are three to four generations removed from the farm and don't know where their food comes from. There is no connection to the farm.
Martin uses Facebook to communicate regularly with family and friends about the dairy industry. "When I first started using Facebook, I would post facts about milk, and I would get questions back from people I had been friends with for years. I made the assumption that they knew," says Martin.
"I've had many conversations with people on Twitter who actually thought there were antibiotics in milk," says Prock. He tweets daily about what he's doing on the dairy, and now has more than 1,500 followers, 60 percent of whom are not employed in agriculture.
Shannon Seifert, owner of Orange Patch Dairy in Sleepy Eye, Minn., uses a digital video camera to shoot videos around the dairy and load them on YouTube. Her most recent video was on making hay and the importance of quality feeds.
Seifert has also used social media to connect with parents of preschoolers who visited the farm this year. "We gave each of the kids a flyer to take home with our blog on it. The kids can go online and track the life of "Joey" the calf, whom they met in person." She says quite a few people have followed "Joey's" progress.
People are hungry for information about food, says Michele Payn-Knoper, principal of Cause-Matters Corp., a professional agricultural speaker and social media advocate. She notes the day the Los Angeles Times food section began following her on Twitter, it really hit home to her what a powerful tool Twitter could be for agriculture.
Social media let consumers engage with those who produce the food that they consume. On Twitter, for example, a message exchange can take place between a consumer who is interested in how livestock are cared for on a farm and a farmer who actually works with the animals on a daily basis.
"You never know when you may give someone a nugget that will change the way they look at food production or act as a defense mechanism when an anti-agriculture group attacks," says Payn-Knoper.
It's easy
It's a whole lot easier to spend 30 to 45 minutes a day utilizing Facebook or Twitter to communicate with consumers than it is to stand in the grocery store for eight hours a day, notes Prock.
Like many others, Prock, Martin and Giacomazzi tweet regularly from their cell phones while working on the dairy.
It's as simple as letting people know what you're doing and that we care about our animals, community and family, says Martin. Tools like these put a face back on the farmer, and shows that we are real and that we do care. If we could get every dairyman to have 20 or 30 followers on Twitter, this would be huge, notes Martin.
"The speed information travels with social media is amazing," she says, recalling the day a tornado touched down somewhere in the Midwest and someone was tweeting a play-by-play description of what was happening with the tornado. "It was like you were right there."
The future
Find a way to integrate social media into your life and into your schedule, says Giacomazzi. "I have to keep the cows eating, feed them, milk them, pay my bills and I have to advocate for my industry," he says. "It has to become a necessary part of my job and my routine because no one out there is doing it for me.
"The public has changed its perception. Consumers don't want to hear from trade associations; they want to know we're people and we're taking care of our animals to the best of our abilities. They want to be assured they can buy something from us that's being treated fairly, handled properly, that it's safe and that it's good. That information doesn't work coming from a trade association. The message has to be delivered by the people on the ground, doing the work and taking care of the animals.
"Right now, we're all distracted by milk prices. But any of us who hope to be around in the future have to get involved and put a face on our product," says Giacomazzi. "The animal-welfare battle is at our door. And, if we're going to win the battle, we need to give access to our customers. Social media is one way to give them access to our operations. If we don't get involved, we may lose our ability to choose how we farm."
This is exactly why earlier this year the dairy checkoff launched myDairy, a new program to mobilize dairy producers and industry leaders to help tell the positive on-farm story of milk production through the social media. (For more information on myDairy, see the sidebar below.)
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Social media and you
Social media is having a profound impact on your dairy business. The advent of this new technology has opened up a direct line between consumers and the farm gate.
Plus, social media has opened another means of direct communication between farmers.
"I started using Twitter earlier this year to connect with consumers. What I didn't expect was the opportunity to better connect with farmers. I now correspond with farmers from across the country on a regular basis," says Ray Prock, Jr., owner of Ray-Lin Dairy in Denair, Calif.
"Social media has given agriculture a water cooler of sorts to talk about our jobs," he adds. "I can get a first-hand look at the corn crop in Nebraska from the farmer who is growing the crop. It happens in real-time, instead of waiting for a crop progress report to be released by USDA."
Access to information like this plays a role when Prock makes feed-purchase decisions for his dairy.
In addition, the media tools mean that users can quickly compare notes on new technology, weather and farming practices. "Twitter is a fast and simple way to check with other farmers who have experience on an issue that might be perplexing you," notes Prock. "It's much easier than e-mail."


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Google+ (or is it "Google Plus"?), the search giant's big social initiative, has arrived and there's a lot to learn. Google's answer to Facebook has been in the works for a year and has been delayed several times due to disagreements about its design, purpose, and execution. Facebook's threat to Google's domination of the Web was a wake-up call that ignited the development of the new social platform. Even though Facebook's traffic seems to be slowing in the U.S. and Canada, the network's exponential growth frightened Google's leadership into taking action. When Facebook discovered the company's plans, it went into "lockdown" for 60 days and focused on completing new features like Facebook Groups, Facebook Messages, and Facebook Places.
Google refers to Google+ as a "project" rather than a product, stressing that its goal is to make Google itself more social rather than being a standalone social network that competes directly with Facebook. "It's 'Plus' because it takes products from Google and makes them better and 'project' because it's an ongoing set of products," said Vic Gundotra, Google's senior vice president of Social. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's probably, well, a duck. And Google+ looks like and quacks like Facebook in many ways.

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Out-of-bounds skiers face 'absolute peril' on Vancouver Island
The warnings are there for a reason, but some skiers feel compelled to leave designated boundaries in search of pristine powder in backcountry terrain.
The Island is no exception.
"There is an absolute peril here on Vancouver Island," said Jan Neuspiel, owner/guide at Island Alpine Guides. He is also the executive director and lead forecaster for the Avalanche Bulletin.
Mount Washington has a boundary rope, with openings or gates marking spots where people are welcome to leave the resort's property for backcountry skiing.
Except during avalanche control.
"Just because they're opening them (gates) doesn't mean there's no hazard back there," said Neuspiel, a member of the Canadian Avalanche Association and Association of Canadian Mountain Guides. "It just means that the hazard that might be created by avalanche control is gone.
"Everyone needs to be very clear if they go through those gates and into uncontrolled backcountry where real hazards exist."
If skiers are caught ducking under ropes to access the backcountry, they will lose their ski pass at Mount Washington.
Exercising caution is more than being careful, added Neuspiel, noting the importance of training and experience to recognize, assess and mitigate hazard.
He considers the emphasis on the need for avalanche safety gear as a "reactive solution" to being buried in an avalanche.
"What's much more important is to have the training and experience to make good decisions to avoid being caught in an avalanche."
A basic avalanche course is not enough, added Neuspiel, who suggests a professional guide can "accelerate learning dramatically."
Incident reports are listed at islandavalanchebulletin.com.
"We have no shortage of people getting involved in avalanches on the Island. I'm happy to say that to date there have been no fatalities but there's been some pretty serious injuries," Neuspiel said. "I hate to say it but it's not a question of if but when we're going to have a fatality. The popularity of backcountry skiing is growing (by) leaps and bounds."


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Santa Rita School fourth-graders in Carlie Mix's class display their design solutions for everyday problems at the inaugural "Maker Faire."
Santa Rita School fourth-grade teacher Carlie Mix challenged her students this year with an assignment to design and build projects of their own choosing to find solutions to everyday problems.
"Each student was assigned a partner for this project, for the focus was not on oneself, but instead practicing empathy by finding a solution to someone else's problem," Mix said.
During the course of the assignment, students interviewed fellow classmates, identified problems, brainstormed solutions and built prototype designs (the solutions).
The problems solved ranged from having a messy desk, having a hard time brainstorming, having difficulty hearing the teacher in class or having trouble losing things.
"Students could create any solution, as long as it solved the problem," Mix said. "Technology, money and physical limitations were not considered. This allowed students to truly think creatively and think outside the box."
After students wrote explanatory paragraphs, created posters and designed advertisements for their products, the project culminated in a student-organized "Maker Faire," where they unveiled their designs for the school and the community.
"It was a great event where students were able to present their solutions," said Mix of the inaugural "Maker Faire." "Every student was able to show something they made – making everyone a 'maker.'"


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Philadelphia will soon be mission control for the world's biggest mass collaboration.
"As of right now, this looks to be the largest global hackathon-type event," period, said Deborah Diaz, the deputy chief information officer at NASA. The space agency is presenting the International Space Apps Challenge on April 20 and 21.
The two-day civic hackathon will span 83 locations across the globe. Philadelphia will be the "Global MainStage," where winning local ideas will bubble up to be judged by a panel of international experts.
NASA says more than 5,000 people — ranging from web developers to citizen scientists — are registered to attend, with another 1,000-plus expected to participate virtually.
"This is something over an 83-hour period, over a weekend, where you have volunteers around the world all doing this mass collaboration to really improve life on space and life on Earth," Diaz said.
Participants are tasked with tackling dozens of space-related challenges. They include improving a web app that helps you spot the international space station; designing a miniature module that could hitch a ride to Mars; and visualizing invisible solar phenomena.
Judges will highlight five winning solutions, in categories ranging from "Galactic Impact" to "People's Choice."
This year's hackathon is a scaled-up version of a similar event last year.
Philadelphia was chosen as Global MainStage to correspond with both the Philadelphia Science Festival and Philly Tech Week.
As for the goal of the Space Apps Challenge, Diaz says it's simple: "To actually improve how we do work here at NASA and other space agencies."
Azavea, the GIS firm organizing the local event, is still accepting registrations for both the free hackathon itself and the opening reception on Friday night.
The weekend hackathon will take place at Drexel's ExCITe Center, located at 3401 Market St.
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There's been a trend on dairy farms to implement shorter, single-group dry cow programs for 40 to 45 days, instead of the traditional two-group dry cow program. The benefits to shortening the dry period for dairy cows may include:
• Higher milk production since cows stay in milk longer
• Less labor as a result of reduced number of rations fed to dry cows
• Larger loads of dry cow TMRs, resulting in more proper mixing of dry cow rations
• Less cow stress and labor with fewer pen moves during the dry period
These factors, individually and collectively, can result in enhanced transition cow health and performance, which may lead to greater economic returns. To determine if this management alternative will work for your dairy, consider the following questions:
1) Do cows need a 60-day dry period?
Several research studies have demonstrated that cows do not need a 60-day dry period. In fact, research demonstrates that cows only need a minimum of 30 days dry, although it is not recommended to go less than 40 days dry.
2) What are the benefits of feeding one dry cow ration?
Feeding one ration simplifies the dry cow nutrition program since this allows for more uniform mixing and delivery of the prepartum ration, a ration which often includes more expensive ingredients and/or additives that have low feeding rates.
3) What are the benefits of fewer pen moves?
Research indicates that frequent pen moves result in more displacements at the feed bunk resulting in lower feed intake. Reducing feed intake in prepartum dairy cows typically results in impaired fresh cow health and production.
4) How does feeding a negative DCAD diet factor into shorter dry periods?
Regardless of the length of the dry period, feeding a negative DCAD diet is critical to managing both clinical and subclinical hypocalcemia. Fully acidify the diet between a DCAD of −10 to −15 mEq/100g for a minimum of 21 days prepartum. Several research studies have demonstrated that a negative DCAD diet can be fed safely for up to 45 days.
5) Will feeding a negative DCAD diet for the entire dry period generate a positive return on investment?
Benefits of feeding a negative DCAD diet throughout the entire dry period may include increased milk yield, reduced early post-partum metabolic disorders, retained placentas and metritis. Increased income from milk sales from extending lactation can further improve a dairy's return on this investment, especially for herds with high milk yield during periods of high milk prices.
6) Is this an acceptable approach for my dairy?
Utilizing a shortened dry period and feeding a negative DCAD diet can be an alternative approach to managing dry cow health, milk production and profitability. To determine whether this strategy is right for your dairy, evaluate the pros and cons of this dry cow management strategy and continue this conversation with your veterinarian, nutritional advisor and key farm personnel. A shorter, single-group dry cow program, coupled with feeding a negative DCAD diet, may result in a healthier herd, simpler feeding program, higher milk production and greater profitability.
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With the cold snap stinging our faces, we took to the streets of the British capital to ask men how they dress for winter and who, if anyone, are their personal style icons. "I think London men are some of the best dressed in the world," claims 20-year-old sales assistant Mr Bradley Stainton, who works on the city's revered Savile Row. "We've got a very strong, very male approach to the way we dress." Across town and 54-year-old manager Mr Peter Allan, who works in the capital's East End, concurs: "Everything goes in London. I think I've got more eccentric as I've got older."
So what is it, exactly, that sets British men apart from their foreign counterparts? "We know how to put old and new looks together," explains sales director Mr Steven Kelly, 43. "In Italy they are quite sartorial, in New York they are quite workwear, whereas we can put both together and make it look really good." Watch the film above for more local style views and pointers.
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Francona keeping close eye on Gomes
CHICAGO -- Indians catcher Yan Gomes will be eligible to come off Major League Baseball's seven-day concussion list on Friday in Kansas City. Manager Terry Francona has a feeling Gomes will be doing everything he can to be activated that night.
"I'd be surprised if he's not raring to go," Francona said on Tuesday.
Prior to the opener of Cleveland's three-game series against the White Sox, Gomes did some running and pregame hitting as part of his progression to full activities. Francona noted that the catcher looked and felt improved since suffering a mild concussion on Thursday in Minnesota.
Gomes was struck in the side of the mask by a pitch that deflected off Minnesota batter Kurt Suzuki. Cleveland's starting catcher was placed on MLB's seven-day list on Saturday, pushing rookie Roberto Perez into the lead role.
Francona was encouraged by Gomes' progress on Tuesday.
"He's having a really good day," said the manager. "Even when I saw him in the lobby this morning, he looks a lot clearer in his eyes. He's done and will do more today. ... Friday's his day. Unless he has a setback somewhere -- which it doesn't look like he [will] -- he'll probably be ready to go."
Through 109 games this season, Gomes has hit .284 with 17 home runs and 53 RBIs. Gomes has been one of Cleveland's hottest hitters in the second half, posting a .351 average to go along with five home runs, nine doubles, 17 RBIs and a .974 OPS through 29 games.
To help the depth behind Perez, the Indians acquired veteran catcher Chris Gimenez from the Rangers on Sunday in exchange for future considerations. Francona noted that he has not decided yet whether Gimenez will start a game during the current series.
"Because of his versatility, having him on the bench is pretty helpful," Francona said. "And he doesn't know our pitchers yet that much, but he could start a game. We'll see."
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WHEN Darth Vader dropped into an Abingdon bookshop the force was with him — in the form of three Stormtroopers.
Mr Vadar, also known as actor Dave Prowse – pictured with eight-year-old Bradley Wiblin from Abingdon – was at The Bookstore, in the Precinct, on Saturday to sign copies of his new autobiography From the Force's Mouth.
Bradley said: "It was good. He signed my book. The Stormtroopers were scary, but Darth Vader was not that scary." Shop owner Ian Collett said the visit brought Abingdon to a standstill as hundreds of people turned out for a glimpse of Mr Prowse and the Stormtroopers.
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*Two tickets to concerts in the Madge Rothschild Masterworks Series, including "A Night for Fighting," featuring music from West Side Story and Ravel's Bolero are available for $30.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Steve Spurrier has no time for motivational speeches, not with so many ball plays swirling around in his head.
The South Carolina coach rarely stops putting together the sixth-ranked Gamecocks offensive schemes, outlining how best to attack an opposing defense. It's made the one-time Heisman Trophy winning quarterback and national championship coach among college football's best big-game leaders.
And Spurrier's got another huge one ahead on Saturday when South Carolina (5-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) faces No. 5 Georgia (5-0, 3-0) at Williams-Brice Stadium. The contest will go a long way in deciding the SEC Eastern Division.
The Gamecocks have won 11 straight games against divisional opponents. They've beaten Georgia the past two seasons.
Spurrier said Tuesday he's not the guy for rah-rah speeches, keeping focused on his offensive schemes.
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Mets select Dominic Smith from Serra High School
The New York Mets today announced the selection of first baseman Dominic Smith from Serra High School (CA) with the 11th pick of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft.
Smith, 17, who bats and throws lefthanded, hit .493 (33-67) with seven home runs and 38 RBI in 27 games to help Serra to the CIF D3 title this season. The 6-1, 200-pound native of Los Angeles, CA also appeared in six games on the mound for the Cavaliers, going 4-0 with a 2.08 ERA (nine earned runs/30.1 innings) and 44 strikeouts.
Smith was named a 2013 Rawlings preseason All-American after hitting .551 with nine home runs and 49 RBI in 25 games as a junior in 2012. He earned First-Team All-CIF all four years at Serra.
Smith went 2-4 with a double and an RBI at the 2012 Under Armour All-America Game last summer.
Smith, who committed to the University of Southern California, is the fifth position player taken in the first round by the Mets since 2008. He joins first baseman Ike Davis (2008), infielder Reese Havens (2008), outfielder Brandon Nimmo (2011) and infielder Gavin Cecchini (2012). The Mets took righthanded pitcher Matt Harvey in 2010.


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Rewarding ProvocationRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
Discharging is what I do
It's my way of serving you
Ingredients you supply
Extract their essence do I
Push my buttons; make me start
Now it's time to do my part
A tumultuous event
During which I've steam to vent
A contrivance that expels
Found in the place where one dwells
I deliver refreshment
A most worthwhile investment
What am I?
Answera coffee maker
lines 1-2: When one operates a coffee maker, it discharges the coffee into the carafe.
lines 3-4: You supply the ground coffee and water, and the coffee maker extracts the "essence" of the ground coffee by heating the water and passing it through the ground coffee and the filter (also supplied by you).
lines 5-6: To start the coffee maker, you must push the required button(s) i.e. the "provocation" in the title.
lines 7-8: During the somewhat noisy process of producing the coffee, the water is heated and some steam is emitted incidentally.
lines 9-10: The coffee maker "expels" the coffee into the carafe. It can typically be found in one's home.
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Today: Yahoo (YHOO) hits its highest price in five years as the company's prospects brighten ahead of Alibaba's initial public offering. Also: Dow Jones closes higher than 15,000 for first time and S&P also hits record close, but tech stocks take hit before Electronic Arts (ERTS) earnings.
The lead: Actual optimism for Yahoo amid Microsoft deal, Alibaba IPO
After years of pessimism and derision, Yahoo is suddenly imbued with hope from investors who seemingly abandoned the Sunnyvale Internet company after a failed merger with Microsoft and the rise of Google (GOOG) and Facebook clouded its future.
Yahoo on Tuesday reached its highest closing price on Wall Street since June 11, 2008, the day before dueling statements from Yahoo and Microsoft seemed to kill hopes for even a limited merger. Optimism stemmed from two major disclosures in the company's official quarterly report filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission: An extension of its search deal with Microsoft and the financial performance of Yahoo's Asian holdings.
Microsoft agreed to extend its deal with Yahoo, which guarantees Yahoo specific revenues for every search that takes place on its websites. The partnership of Microsoft's search technology and Yahoo's advertising marketplace — which began two years after the failed merger, in 2010 — has not lived up to original expectations, leading many observers to believe that Microsoft would not renew its revenue guarantee after it expired in late March.
The deal is extremely good for Yahoo because the expected revenues will never be reached, Danny Sullivan of SearchEngineLand wrote Tuesday, positing that a Yahoo-Google partnership could be in the making if Microsoft ever does back out of its revenue guarantee. Without the deal, Yahoo Chief Financial Officer Ken Goldman estimated Yahoo would have lost $50 million to $60 million for the rest of 2013, according to The Associated Press.
Yahoo's gains in Asia could mean a much bigger financial windfall than $60 million, however. Tuesday's filing showed that Alibaba — which Yahoo owns almost a quarter of even after selling a large portion of its ownership — nearly doubled its revenues last year $1.8 billion and brought in $642 million.
That revenue information, rare for a private company, suggests an initial public offering for Alibaba will arrive very soon, and such solid financials could bring a high valuation and windfall profits for Yahoo, which is expected to sell at least half of its stake in any IPO.
While Bloomberg News reported Monday that Alibaba will likely shoot for a lower valuation than Facebook received to avoid the same downward trajectory that the Menlo Park social-networking company has suffered, prominent Yahoo investor Eric Jackson pointed out Tuesday that Alibaba's financials show greater revenues and profits for Alibaba than Facebook in the most recent quarter.
"If you only look at the revenue difference between (Alibaba and Facebook), you would conclude that Alibaba should be valued at $80 billion. That suggests that Yahoo's 24 percent stake is worth $19.2 billion pretax or $13 billion net," Jackson concluded.
Yahoo is even making currency exchange rates work for it, Bloomberg News reported: Guarding against wild swings in the Japanese Yen has helped the company earn $273 million related to Yahoo Japan. Bloomberg Industries analyst Paul Sweeney praised the moves, calling Yahoo "savvy currency traders."
Investors took note, sending Yahoo up 3.6 percent to $26.07. Yahoo stock has now gained 66.7 percent since Marissa Mayer was named CEO less than 10 months ago.
Mayer had very little to do with the developments outlined in Tuesday's filing, as the Microsoft deal and Alibaba investment took place during the varied regimes that preceded her, but she has focused on pushing the company's future toward mobile apps. In a speech at a Bay Area tech conference Tuesday afternoon, she said her stint at Yahoo so far shows that the company needs "to help users make the transition from desktop to mobile more seamlessly."
SV150 market report: New Dow and S&P records, EA heads higher after earnings
Yahoo was not alone in posting gains Tuesday, as the Dow Jones industrial average broke through the 15,000 level again but managed to stay there through the close for the first time in the blue-chip index's history. The Standard & Poor's 500 also set a record for highest closing price, as Wall Street's record-breaking run continued.
Tech stocks did little to help indexes reach those milestones move along, however: While the Dow rose 0.6 percent and the S&P 0.5 percent on the day, the tech-heavy Nasdaq managed only a 0.1 percent gain and the SV150 declined 0.5 percent.
One Silicon Valley company saw its prospects turn after the bell, however: Electronic Arts' earnings report included a rosy outlook for 2014 that helped push its stock up more than 9 percent in late trading. After the Redwood City company's CEO walked away ahead of some layoffs, EA has managed a bounceback with Tuesday's announcement and Monday's revelation that it will produce "Star Wars" games for Disney after the LucasArts game studio was closed down. After gaining 0.6 percent to $18.41 in regular trading, shares were trading near $20 in after-hours action.
Silicon Valley's other major earnings report led to an opposite reaction from investors: Mountain View security software company Symantec dove in late trading after its earnings report, as numbers that beat estimates couldn't make up for a pessimistic forecast.
In regular trading, some of Silicon Valley's biggest names struggled. Apple's (AAPL) recent resurgence stalled, with shares dropping 0.5 percent despite a vote of confidence from activist investor David Einhorn, and Tesla dropped 6.7 percent after CEO Elon Musk threw cold water on a report from Bloomberg News that he was discussing driverless car technology with Google.
Two entire tech sectors suffered large losses, as companies involved in solar power or manufacturing and selling Wi-Fi products dropped dramatically. After the top United States solar manufacturer, First Solar, failed to impress investors with its earnings report and declined 8.9 percent, San Jose-based rival SunPower (SPWRA) dropped 2.8 percent and San Mateo installer SolarCity plummeted 10.5 percent. Losses were even more severe in the Wi-Fi sector, as Sunnyvale neighbors and rivals Ruckus Wireless and Aruba Networks prompted a big sell-off. After Ruckus released earnings that did not live up to expectations Monday, Aruba announced Tuesday morning that it will also fall far short of forecasts in its report next week. Ruckus dropped 26.2 percent to $14.03, Aruba declined 22.8 percent to $17.02, and fellow Sunnyvale Wi-Fi company Meru Networks dropped 12.2 percent to $4.16. Even San Jose networking giant Cisco Systems (CSCO) felt the sting of Wi-Fi weakness, with its shares dropping 2.1 percent to $21.38.
Up: Yahoo, LinkedIn, Splunk, Intel (INTC), EA, Symantec
Down: Tesla, Workday, SunPower, Zynga, Facebook, Gilead, Netflix (NFLX), Cisco, AMD, Adobe (ADBE), Nvidia, Juniper, Oracle (ORCL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Applied Materials, Google, Apple
The SV150 index of Silicon Valley's largest tech companies: Down 6.83, or 0.54 percent, to 1250.44
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index: Up 3.66, or 0.11 percent, to 3,396.63
The blue chip Dow Jones industrial average: Up 87.31, or 0.58 percent, to 15,056.2
And the widely watched Standard & Poor's 500 index: Up 8.46, or 0.52 percent, to 1,625.96
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Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:29:37 GMT —
The puppeteer who performs as Elmo on "Sesame Street" says he did have a relationship with a man who says he was 16 at the time the relationship began.
But Kevin Clash says the relationship was between "two consenting adults" -- and that he is "deeply saddened" that the accuser is "trying to characterize it as something other than what it was."
Sex with a person under 17 is a felony in New York if the perpetrator is at least 21. Clash is now 52 years old. The accuser was 23 by the time he made the allegations this past June.
Sesame Workshop says its own investigation found the allegation to be unsubstantiated. But it has suspended Clash, saying he had exercised "poor judgment" and had violated company policy regarding Internet usage.
A person close to the show says other puppeteers are prepared to fill in for Clash during his absence, and that Elmo "will still be a part of the shows."
Clash is normally behind the scenes as Elmo's voice and animator. But he was the subject of a documentary last year. He also serves as the show's senior Muppet coordinator.


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Whats Obie doing these days? Its always interesting to me with a player or coach leaves one of my teams and he's not picked up by someone, its pretty telling, I think.
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Whats Obie doing these days? Its always interesting to me with a player or coach leaves one of my teams and he's not picked up by someone, its pretty telling, I think.
Well I always love the "as soon as it's over then move on" attitude people take about sports stuff. Hey, Americans, it's Dec 18, 1941, time to get over the whole Pearl Harbor thing, sheesh. You just keep beating it to death.
Yes, I'm fully aware of the differences here but it's an ANALOGY addressing the foolish idea that the instant something stops being true you should just be emotionally over it. That's ridiculous. The JOB era went on at least a year longer than it should have, and all this "JOB had it tough" is BS because all we wanted was for him to DEVELOP THE KIDS so that by the year he was fired he'd actually have them playing .500 ball and showing a level of experience. That Vogel was able to do this in about 3 weeks only made many of us more bitter about the wasted years.
That's what bugs me most of all, that the development of the team was hindered by JOB and drug behind by a couple of years on the whole "yes but brawl..." cover. This thread said it all, just freaking play Roy and you can keep your job. That's all JOB had to do.
Now Roy's getting his $15m per and fans would have been thrilled to give him 10-11m if not the fully 15. That's a far cry from how JOB treated him, yet only about 90-100 games past when Roy "had a long way to go to be good". And that's ignoring the all-star appearance well before that.
The strawman of "it was a tough spot" is just such crap. It was an easy spot because the fans knew the team wouldn't win and that it was rebuild time. Instead of doing that and taking pride in the improvement of the kids on his watch, he benched them and milked Troy, Dun, Ford and Posey for all the wins he thought they could give him while prolonging the healing process (developing the future core).
I agree JOB had it pretty easy. We knew we weren't going to be good all he had to do was playing young guys. And he pretty much banished our 2 best defensive players to the bench for long portions of their development (Roy and Paul). That's pretty telling that JOB rewarded one end of the floor over the other. I.E. DC got here as a second year player under JOB and was the unquestioned starting point from day 1, which end is DC strongest at again? (Not trying to hate on DC here, but it's true...JOB rewarded offense over D.)
"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. "
This video promotes truthiness to the fullest.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
The mouth says "I could care less".
The heart means "I could care less".
The expression is "I couldn't care less".
I wonder if JOB has shoulder hair that is such a stark contrast like the capuchin monkey.
"Your course, your path, is not going to be like mine," West says. "Everybody is not called to be a multimillionaire. Everybody's not called to be the president. Whatever your best work is, you do it. Do it well. You cease your own greatness when you aspire to be someone else."
I think if he'd had played the youngsters, what would it have meant 5-8 games different in the Loss column, if even that. That was the toughest pill to swallow, you had youngster who were better, but just inconsistent. In retrospect, I hope the franchise looks back to the Dunleavy/Murphy trade and every time since then and realize winning 34 games and prolonging the turnaround isn't helping your fanbase, it isn't keeping them hanging on, it solidifying the casual fans indifference. I said it then, give a winner or at least give me hope in the future. Those years were neither and it was pretty tough.
I hate the revisionist history around here. (for Naptown) Roy couldn't stay on the floor because he was a foul magnet and slow as a rookie. 2nd year Roy broke down (by his own admission) mid season. Roy developed just fine. He is far better now than he was as a rookie.
At the beginig of PG's Rookie season he was horrible with team defense. While he was always a great on the ball defender, he was constantly out of position(normal for a young rookie). Most the players people complained needed developed are no longer a part of this team.
Screw the ex- coach, just don't pretend like his haters rallying call wasn't for Mcroberts to get more minutes. Why don't people just accept that he was a baby sitter brought here to run a tight ship until we were out of cap hell. We were going to suck with or without him.
I choose sucking without him and by sucking I mean no more than 20 wins a year. With the clown the Pacers not only sucked but they sucked without a purpose.
"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. "
I hated JOB's system and rotations. But I was not fed up until he was extended. That made no sense and the writing was on the wall. And for the lame duck excuse? I just do not buy it. For a GM who just does a handshake agreement with the owner, he would then be a lame duck to the staff he has surrounded himself with. Maybe that is why Morway was such a slouch, and JOB himself was whatever he was.
All I know is the handshake, good ole boy, my word is oak agreements are not concrete and do not allow closure. Now Donny has a lame duck handshake agreement.
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Despite the importance of birth control to women of reproductive age, there has been little formal investigation of the safety and effectiveness of birth control methods in women with epilepsy. To remedy this, doctors from Harvard and Columbia University Medical Schools have developed a website that offers a survey to help us gain more knowledge and some educational material that will be updated regularly to provide the latest information. The ultimate goal is to develop guidelines for the selection of safe and effective birth control methods and to make sure that the best forms of birth control become available to women with epilepsy in all communities of our society.
Go to www.epilepsybirthcontrolregistry.com take our survey and then catch up on the latest information about birth control for women with epilepsy.
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Time Perspective: Prospective
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|Epilepsy Birth Control Registry
- Number of seizures on hormonal versus non-hormonal contraception, stratified by antiepileptic drug category [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
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|March 2010
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Birth Control
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With its fifth album just out, Five Finger Death Punch is out to make a big impression on this year's Monster Energy Drink Mayhem Festival Tour.
And that means a big show -- gargoyles and all.
"If you come to a concert, you want to have a full experience," says guitarist Zoltan Bathory. "You leave a lot on the table if you don't touch the visuals. We look at bands like Iron Maiden, Rammstein, the big production bands. You want the kids to say, 'We were there. We've SEEN this band.' That's important."
"Our accountants and managers are definitely hating us," he adds with a laugh. "We're blowing everything we make on production, but that's how it works. It's an investment."
Bathory and company are looking at two full years of promoting the two volumes of "The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell," the second of which comes out this fall. They follow the Top 10 debuts and gold sales of FFDP's last two albums -- 2009's "War Is the Answer" and 2011's "American Capitalist -- and Bathory says those successes helped spur the prolific creativity that led to not one but two new albums this year.
"It was sort of a perfect storm," says the Hungarian-born Bathory, 35. "We travel with a portable studio, so this time we already had a jump-start, and everybody was just in a mindset of, 'Let's do this (stuff)!' We just started to pound out song after song and things were getting better and better.
"Before we knew it, we had 20-something songs, all of them great. ... The label was like, 'Ah, no, we're only gonna put out 12,' so we said, 'We'll send you the 24 songs and you ... pick what's good.' They called back a week or so later, 'OK, we see your point. You can have your two records,' and we decided to do two albums because it would be hard to absorb that many new songs all at once."
The first "The Wrong Side of Heaven" features guest appearances by Rob Halford of Judas Priest, Soulfly's Max Cavalera, Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta and In This Moment's Maria Brink; Bathory says "Vol. 2" will also feature collaborations with some of FFDP's famous musical friends.


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A small, bronze plaque embedded in the Rose Bowl's concrete wall greets visitors to the legendary stadium.
It's the first thing Darryl Dunn, the Pasadena stadium's general manager, points to as he walks through, explaining why an ambitious $152 million renovation project has swelled dramatically in both cost and duration.
The plaque, measuring less than a foot in either direction, stands as a humble symbol for uncommon prestige: a spot as a National Historic Landmark.
Only three other stadiums in the country share that designation: Harvard Stadium, the Yale Bowl and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Walk inside, though, and the history shows. In one section, the red paint on rows of seats is fading. In another, the concrete is stained with rusty orange-brown streaks.
"What we're trying to do - what we've been doing, not trying - is making the Rose Bowl viable for the future," Dunn says.
That goal has been delayed by fiscal reality. A gap had opened up even before construction began, as fears of inflation depressed an initial bond sale that brought in nearly $19 million less than expected.
That goal has been delayed by fiscal reality. When the stadium renovation project first began in early 2011, it had a $152 million budget and a three-year, three-phase timeline. The plan bought 30-year lease extensions for both the Tournament of Roses, which hosts the annual Rose Bowl Game, and UCLA's football team, ensuring both tenants will remain in Pasadena through 2042.
Nonetheless, since its inception, the cost of the renovation climbed to more than $180 million, according to stadium officials. That doesn't include $15 million in originally-planned elements that will no longer be built, which would bring the overall cost to around $194 million.
That full version won't happen until around 2015 - well after the 2014 BCS Championship and the 100th edition of the Rosebowl Game.
None of that seems to bother Dunn on this particular morning, as the Southern California sun shimmers on grass that's just a week old. Manicured lines on the field curve in gentle waves. As Dunn looks out, his voice is dipped in optimism.
"This isn't just a football stadium," he says. "In many ways, it is hallowed ground."
Even the Sistine Chapel needed a restoration. As the Rose Bowl aged, officials feared that it would be left behind in the stadium-building rat race. When talks of other grand blueprints sprung up in other corners of Los Angeles County, Pasadena didn't want to risk losing its clout or historic pride - a fate that had snared other venues.
The Orange Bowl, the longtime home of the University of Miami, was demolished in 2008. The Cotton Bowl still stands, but lost its game three years ago to Cowboys' Stadium, 20 miles west.
If the Rose Bowl hadn't renovated, Dunn fears it might have lost out on the BCS bowl rotation, and eventually even UCLA home games. Its history as the site of Super Bowls, World Cup championships, Olympic soccer gold medal games and outdoor concerts featuring the Rolling Stones and U2, would be soon forgotten in the crush.
Newer Los Angeles stadiums - if built - would eventually get the business - possibly even the Rose Bowl Game itself.
"You have to give credit to the city to continue to invest when temptations are across the country to scrap the original stadium for more modern ones," says Pasadena City Manager Michael Beck. "I think there's been a creative balance."
Tournament of Roses president Sally Bixby said her organization maintains strong ties to the storied stadium and wants to see those ties continue.
"The Rose Bowl is an iconic facility," she said. "We're invested in preserving it."
Renovation proceeded with five main goals: ensuring public safety; enhancing fan experience; improving facility operations; developing revenue streams; and maintaining national landmark status.
The problem was that no one foresaw a litany of increased costs. From bid overruns to increased labor costs to missing historical construction drawings, the Rose Bowl Operating Co., which Dunn heads, saw its bills quickly multiply. Two months ago, the RBOC even discussed potential litigation against a fired contractor.
The stadium's national landmark status presented particular challenges. For example, the berm beneath the press box was considered part of the historic landscape; extra time and money was spent on trying to figure out ways to preserve it. After further analysis, unstable soil conditions forced the project team to dismantle the berm and work directly from the concourse level.
Dunn says that while he does not regret pursuing the project, he wishes they had established greater contingency.
"Pretend you have a 90-year-old house," he says. "Imagine all the behind-the-scenes stuff you have to do. It's huge."
Dunn believes in the project and urges patience.
UCLA is exercising patience as well. Athletic director Dan Guerrero says that if stadium construction doesn't reach substantial completion by a certain time, the school would receive financial remedies. UCLA and the Rose Bowl are still negotiating what that would entail. With features like the new press box, scoreboard and video screen already in use, Guerrero doesn't anticipate that happening.
"We don't believe we're going to be in that situation, based on discussions that we've had," Guerrero says. "We're working together to come to an agreement that will benefit both parties."
The slow pace of construction hasn't hurt ticket sales. This year, the Bruins saw a 21-percent increase compared to last year. The turnaround success of Jim Mora's nine-win football team certainly helped that mark, one bested by just two other teams in the country.
In a move that symbolically cemented the school's relationship with the stadium, the new press box was renamed Terry Donahue Pavilion, after the winningest coach in program history. Without a stadium on campus, the Bruins were never keen on moving elsewhere.
"There aren't a whole lot of options in Southern California right now," Guerrero says. "This is a place that's been our home."
The new press box pavilion has a control center and broadcast room. Four tunnels each on the north and south ends have already been widened from roughly 6 1/2-feet wide to nearly 15 feet. Work still remains, such as removing rows of unused seats and installing a hedge and field-level entrance for fans in lower-level seats to use.
Beck said the stadium currently has $134 million on hand designated for construction. An incoming short-term $6 million loan from the city still leaves a funding gap of more than $40 million. Some money will come from fundraising by Legacy Connections, a private group of community members, as well as miscellaneous revenues such as $4 million from the BCS Championship.
Legacy expects to raise $20 million. So far pledges total $8 million, officials said.
Hope for progress is largely dependent on a plan to borrow from a $30 million bond, which the City Council will vote on Jan. 7. If it doesn't pass muster, no new construction can begin. That would leave the new pavilion, scheduled to complete its remaining floors in April, unfinished.
Even if that money comes through, not all of the other renovations will be complete in time for the BCS Championship and the Rose Bowl Game's 100th anniversary - a missed opportunity, to say the least. Obvious signs of construction will be gone, but a planned return to the stadium's historic elliptical shape may not yet be complete. Neither would an expanded concourse.
On college football's biggest stage, a day when ESPN will pan its cameras over Arroyo Seco, the Rose Bowl will still be a little short of what it eventually hopes to be.
"We would love to have had everything done by the BCS game," Dunn says. "But I think the people who come here, they'll be impressed."
Adds Beck: "The original vision is still going to be achieved. Just on a different timeline."
A move by an NFL team into the stadium - still opposed by many neighborhood groups - would be a boon to the Rose Bowl's bottom line, but isn't being factored into the budget. That income could go to building deferred features as well as elements that were discussed but never planned: a timeline that wraps around the concourse, a grand entrance, a museum.
"We don't anticipate NFL revenue as part of the financial plan, but it would give us an opportunity to continue to invest in the stadium and help resolve some of the funding shortfalls," Beck says.
Renovation by the numbers
Started: Jan. 10, 2011
Bulk of project to be completed by: Jan. 1, 2014
Original Estimated Cost: $152 million
Current Estimated Cost: $194 million
Original Funding Gap: $20 million
Current Funding Gap: $54 million
Private fundraising goal: $20 million
Pledges toward that goal: $8 million
UCLA has agreed to play its home games at the Rose Bowl through 2042.
The Tournament of Roses Association has agreed to stage the Rose Bowl Game there through at least 2043.
Rose Bowl timeline
1897: City of Pasadena purchased 10 acres of land in the Arroyo Seco area.
1921: Tournament of Roses Association commences construction of Rose Bowl stadium.
1922: Stadium construction completed. First football game played in the Rose Bowl.
1923: Rose Bowl is officially dedicated.
1929: The south end of the stadium is enclosed.
1931: Wooden sections of the Rose Bowl are removed and replaced with reinforced concrete. The addition of 10,000 seats increases total capacity to 83,000.
1949: Stadium is enlarged to seat 94,410, a $335,000 improvement.
1969: Wooden benches are replaced with aluminum seating.
1991: Tournament of Roses Association accepts the city's request to renovate the press box, tripling capacity to more than 1,000.
1992: Construction completed on $11.5 million three-level structure at the Rose Bowl providing state-of-the-art facilities for news media and spectators in the Executive and Club Suites. The seating capacity increases from 330 to 1,200.
1992: The Rose Bowl is designated as an engineering landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers. After many renovations, the Rose Bowl seating capacity is 104,594.
1993: $2 million renovation of the Rose Bowl is a gift from World Cup USA 1994 Inc. to the city of Pasadena. The field is widened to 224 feet and lengthened to 345 feet. Permanent ramps are installed for the disabled. New seating capacity - 100,184
1996: The Rose Bowl undergoes a $21.5 million renovation including a new sound system, scoreboards, video board, elevator with field access and restrooms.
2011: The Rose Bowl begins a $152 million renovation, including a new premium seating pavilion, widened tunnels, and new LED video board. It is the largest investment in the history of the iconic structure. The majority of improvements are slated for completion before the 100th Rose Bowl Game and the next BCS National Championship game in January 2014. When complete the stadium will seat about 88,500.


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PEOPLE are being reminded they have just a few days left to nominate community heroes for the 2014 Mayor's Civic Awards.
The deadline for nominations is Monday February 17, nominations can be submitted via Dudley Council's website, social media or at libraries, leisure centres, Castle and Crystal Credit Union and Dudley Council Plus.
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Hi all,
maybe it is a little early to post good news however feel it is important for us all to see some good news.
Dad had his CA 19-9 test today and it dropped from 193 to 85 from one cycle of GEM/CIS and panitumumab. I hope this is a good sign for his scan on the 23rd of May.
Something else I wish to report - his platlet count came back as 337! very strange as his previous counts (even dating years back) have always been around 140-160 mark. Last week I did give him 4 days of the papaya extract...... anyway I dont know what is related to what however thought worth reporting if others have problems keep platelets up.
He still has a rash (a little better but may get worse as we just had our second dose of Panitumumab), he complains of difficulty urinating (however luckily renal function and urine test ok so they have suggest ural)
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|Violin Sonata No.1
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|Ireland, John
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|1911 (1917, 1944)
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|Piano, Violin
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MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract. The last broadcast of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" was on Friday, January 21, 2011. MSNBC thanks Keith for his integral role in MSNBC's success and we wish him well in his future endeavors.
Punxsutawney Phil is set to make his famous groundhog forecast early Sunday, and in a winter like this one, more folks than usual may be hoping he doesn't see his shadow.
Kiefer Sutherland returns this spring as "24's" Jack Bauer, but says he's a bit concerned about starting up the show, which had been off the air for a few years, again.