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LAS VEGAS—When Cantor Gaming sports books in Las Vegas opened their early lines for each week of the 2012 NFL season back in May, the Week 5 matchup between the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots got plenty of attention from the betting public. Five months later, nothing has changed. It's still one of the most eagerly anticipated games among bettors in this young season.
"The Broncos-Patriots game will be the most bet game of the week," said Cantor Gaming sports book director Mike Colbert. "We're seeing great two-way action on it so far, and it already has a larger amount written on it than what we usually see from big games at this stage for the big weekend push."
Colbert astutely had the Patriots installed as 7-point favorites back in May, a number he re-posted when they opened betting on the game last Sunday night.
"We opened the game Patriots -7, took a few big Broncos bets at +7, and have been dealing -6.5 all week, which looks to be the right number. I don't think we'll see it move up or down. Both teams are public favorites, which should keep us pretty balanced right up until kickoff."
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The excitement at the bet windows is attributed to Payton Manning and Tom Brady—who have set the gold standard over the last decade as to what an NFL quarterback should be—squaring off once again. Over their careers against each other, Brady has holds an 8-4 mark, including winning the first six against Manning. But Manning has had the most recent success, winning four of their past six meetings.
They both come into Sunday's game with 2-2 records on the season, each losing in back-to-back games in Weeks 2 and 3, but coming off their best all-around performances of the season in Week 4.
Brady led an offensive attack that made NFL history last week by becoming the second team in NFL history to have a 300-yard passer, two 100-yard rushers and two 100-yard receivers in their 52-28 win at Buffalo.
Manning had gotten off to sluggish starts in his first three games this season, but was on target early and often against the Raiders in a 37-6 win, completing 30-of-38 passes for 338 yards and three touchdowns. He's only thrown three interceptions this season, all coming in the first quarter at Atlanta in Denver's 27-21 Week 2 loss.
This will be the Broncos second road game of the season, while the Patriots will be playing at home for just he second time. The Pats' first home game didn't quite go as expected, as they lost to the Cardinals as 13.5-point favorites. The Cardinals used the Giants' blueprint for success against Brady by keeping pressure on him all game, keeping him uncomfortable. While the Broncos will try to do the same this week, the question is whether they're capable of executing the plan.
"One of the biggest questions I have this week is how the Broncos will be able to stop Brady and the Patriots offense," said Rick Herron, one of The Linemakers on Sporting News. "Outside of upgrading their secondary with Tracy Porter, they're still basically the same defensive group that Brady put 41 points on the board against last year in Denver and 45 against them in their home playoff win at Foxboro."
Herron recommended taking the Patriots laying less than 7, where the line is as of Friday morning—it's posted -6.5 at just about every sports book in Las Vegas—and also thinks we should see a high-scoring affair.
The Patriots offense has been clicking the past two games, with each of the totals easily flying over the number. This week's total is 51.5.
Although early in the season, this game is still very pivotal and could have playoff implications down the road with tie-breakers. A loss sends one team to 2-3, an uphill road to climb, but perhaps a little easier for the Broncos because they play in the weaker AFC West. The Patriots face only two more teams that made the playoffs last season, while the Broncos have to face three more. The Patriots will be the Broncos' fourth opponent that made the playoffs last season.
The tough schedule Denver has played this season is part of what has Colbert thinking Denver might be a team that goes far this season.
"The Broncos will only get better," Colbert said. "As (Manning) gets more familiar with his receivers, and they get more acclimated to him, I see them making a strong run in the playoffs and have a punchers chance of representing the AFC in the Super Bowl. They should win their division, get a home playoff game, and then after that, you have to like Manning's chance in a big game wherever that may be."
This game may help determine whether Manning gets a playoff game at home. We may be getting ahead of ourselves with playoff talk this early, or discussing the possibility of seeing Manning and Brady meet again in the postseason, but it's worth noting that Brady is 2-1 in the playoffs against Manning, with Manning wining their last meeting in 2007.
If you're thinking Super Bowl for either of these teams, the Broncos are currently posted at 20-to-1 and the Patriots are 6-to-1.
Micah Roberts is a former Las Vegas sports book director who covers sports from a gaming perspective.


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Sherlock adalah tokoh detektif fiktif paling okeh dari Inggris. Hidup pada awal abad 19. Tiga kisah petualangannya bisa diunduh di boks samping.
- Sherlock Holmes: The most famous detective in English literature
Sherlock Holmes is the fictional creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote about the detective in a series of 60 stories published between 1887 and 1927. Holmes was famous for his extra-keen powers of observation and deduction, which he used to solve perplexing crimes and mysteries. He operated from his flat at 221b Baker Street in London, assisted by his friend Dr. Watson. The nefarious criminal Professor Moriarty appears as Holmes's antagonist in some of the tales. Sherlock Holmes was an immediate hit in Doyle's day and remains so popular that he is sometimes mistaken for a real historical figure. Among the most famous Holmes stories are A Study in Scarlet (the first Sherlock Holmes story, 1887) and The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902).
Holmes was played by actor Basil Rathbone in a popular series of movies from 1939-46. In the 1980s and 1990s Holmes was portrayed on television by Jeremy Brett... Holmes has an older brother, Mycroft, who appears in a few of the stories. Mycroft has powers of deduction which are supposedly even greater than Sherlock's, but lacks the energy to pursue them.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks have one fewer suitor for right fielder Justin Upton, as ESPNChicago.com reports the Chicago Cubs recently cut off trade talks.
The stumbling block was the Cubs' refusal to include shortstop 22-year-old shortstop Starlin Castro in the deal. In addition, it has been reported that the Cubs are one of four teams Upton's no-trade list.
Upton has been the subject of much trade speculation for the past couple of seasons, but the talks have intensified this offseason. In fact, the Diamondbacks recently had a deal in place to ship him to the Seattle Mariners before Upton invoked his no-trade clause. The Mariners have since acquired slugger Michael Morse from the Washington Nationals, so they seemingly also are out of the running for Upton.
The Texas Rangers had serious talks with the Diamondbacks about Upton earlier this offseason but also balked at the asking price. The Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets and San Diego Padres also have seemingly dropped out of the bidding. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Braves, who signed Upton's older brother B.J. earlier this offseason, remain a possible match—if the Diamondbacks lower their demands.
Upton, 25, hit .280/.355/.430 with 17 homers, 67 RBIs and 18 stolen bases last season. While impressive, those numbers were down from 2011. when he hit .289/.369/.529 with 31 homers, 88 RBIs and 21 steals.
Upton has become expendable because Arizona has an outfield surplus that also includes Cody Ross, Jason Kubel, Adam Eaton, Gerardo Parra and A.J. Pollock.
Upton is under contract for three more years for a total of $38 million.


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I used to eat better ones already but also worse ones as well. I mean the flavour mostly , nutritionally is good.
Great bar for a post workout snack, lovely taste 10/10Goes Well With:Post workout protein shake
This is a superb bar for when you don't have the time for a meal or just need a quickie before workout to get you those valuable proteins and replenish your energy. Got the caramel hazelnut and it tastes great also!
Caramel hazelnut tast great. A good work out on the jaw but but worth it. Will buy again.
Don't buy loads of protein bars but was impressed with these. Had them while on a business trip to keep protein at a stable level and found them easy to eat, as in not too chewy, and great tasting from a protein bar. Would recommend as cost is much better than similar tasting bars
Could be a bit crunchier but good protein bar to satisfy sweet cravings.
Got a sample delivered today, very quick delivery time and the best protein bar i have had so far, tastes exactly how it is described will be ordering again
I'm use to eating protein foods before my work out and I have to say I could only stomach half a bar as the taste was nasty... tasted like cardboard, glad I only bought a sample and not a box of these !!! Goes Well With:Nothing
Actually the best bar i have tasted. Not high in sugar (which is really good) but high in protein and the flavor is really good.
High Pro Deluxe has a great taste, which is a lot better then the maxi muscle equivalent.Goes Well With:As a snack between meals
Not the biggest chocolate fan, especially dark chocolate which this is, very chewyGoes Well With:water, alot of water
Yum! Just the right amount of chocolate and I thought it would taste cheap and nasty but this FAR exceeded my expectations.Goes Well With:Green Tea
Surprisingly tasty and a fairly significant in size these bars are a good between meal snack.Goes Well With:Nothing... but that's ok, snack away.
"I have tried a fair few protein bars in the past from cheap to expensive. one thing all protein bars tend to have is a powdery texture. These Highpro delux are among the best i have tried they are fairly soft, taste great and main thing is have a good amount of protein (28g) alot of bars only have 15g-20g. 10/10"
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Study of AAV-GAD Gene Transfer Into the Subthalamic Nucleus for Parkinson's Disease
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The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of AAV-GAD gene transfer into the subthalamic nucleus (STN) region of the brain. This study involves the treatment of subjects with medically refractory Parkinson's disease (PD). The gene transfer product, a disabled virus with a gene called GAD, will be infused into the STN bilaterally using stereotactic surgical techniques. The overall goal of this approach is to normalize the activity of the STN and reduce the motor symptoms of PD.
Because the change in UPDRS demonstrated a positive outcome, the sham surgery subjects from the blinded portion of the study will be invited to crossover into the Open-label Arm portion of the study. The Open-label Arm will further evaluate the safety and efficacy of AAV-GAD gene transfer into the subthalamic nucleus (STN) region of the brain.
|Parkinson's Disease
|Genetic: Bilateral surgical infusion of AAV-GAD into the subthalamic nucleus
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Phase 2 Safety and Efficacy Study Evaluating Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase Gene Transfer to Subthalamic Nuclei in Subjects With Advanced Parkinson's Disease
- Evaluate a change in UPDRS scores
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|August 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Genetic: Bilateral surgical infusion of AAV-GAD into the subthalamic nucleus
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|30 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Idiopathic Parkinson's disease
- Duration of disease for at least 5 years
- Levodopa responsiveness for at least 12 months
- UPDRS Part 3 score ≥ 25 or more in "off" state
Exclusion Criteria:
- Past history of brain surgery for PD
- Beck Depression Inventory Score ≥ 20
- Any history of cerebral insult or central nervous system infection
- Cognitive impairment score < 130 on the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale
- Focal neurological deficits
- Evidence of significant medical or psychiatric disorders
- Secondary Parkinsonism
- Atypical Parkinson's disease
- History of substance abuse
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00643890
|United States, California
|Stanford University
|Stanford, California, United States, 94305-5401
|United States, Colorado
|University of Colorado
|Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045
|United States, Massachusetts
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
|United States, Michigan
|Henry Ford Health Systems - Franklin Pointe Medical
|Southfield, Michigan, United States, 48034
|United States, New York
|University of Rochester
|Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
|United States, North Carolina
|Wake Forest University Health Science Center
|Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157
|United States, Ohio
|The Ohio State University
|Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
|Responsible Party:
|Neurologix, Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00643890 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|March 24, 2008
|Last Updated:
|February 20, 2012
Keywords provided by Neurologix, Inc.:
Parkinson's disease
Gene transfer
Gene therapy
Subthalamic nucleus
Adeno-associated virus
Study placed in the following topic categories:
Ganglion Cysts
Movement Disorders
Parkinson Disease
Basal Ganglia Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Parkinsonian Disorders
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Brain Diseases
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Nervous System Diseases
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Parkinson Disease
Parkinsonian Disorders
Basal Ganglia Diseases
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Movement Disorders
Neurodegenerative Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 19, 2017


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Krum teen's salsa to pay her way to perform in parade
KRUM — A Krum High School student selected to play with the Macy's Great American Marching Band in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is selling homemade salsa to fund her trip to New York.
District officials said Valeria Ibarra, an incoming junior and trumpet player, is the first student from Krum invited to perform with the band, which has more than 220 top high school performers from across the country. To date, she is one of nine from Texas invited to perform with the band in November, according to a band event coordinator.
"I'm kind of nervous, but I'm really excited," Ibarra said. "This is probably a once-in-a-lifetime chance. It feels good just to know that I'm not a senior yet ... and I've accomplished so much."
Her performances at previous band contests earned her an invitation to play with the Great American Marching Band, Ibarra said, adding that she received the news from her band director.
While she hasn't received the music for the Thanksgiving Day performance yet, Ibarra intends to start practicing as soon as it arrives.
According to parade organizers, 3 million spectators are expected to line the parade route Nov. 28 in New York City. About 50 million are expected to watch on TV.
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Expenses for Ibarra's participation, minus airfare, total more than $1,500. At $5 a jar, she is accepting orders for salsa now through mid-October. She's offering a $1 discount to people who bring back the same jar for a refill.
"It's a lot of hot sauce, but I can do it," she said.
The independent 16-year-old said she doesn't just want her parents to pay her way — she wants to earn it. Her parents have provided her with a loan for ingredients, and Ibarra plans to repay the loan and save money for her trip to New York.
Ibarra said it feels good knowing she's doing something for herself.
"My mom has always been a really hardworking woman, and I've always wanted to be half the woman she is because she does everything. She works for everything and she does so many things," Ibarra said. "If I want to be like my mom, I'm going to have to be hardworking like she is, and I'm going to have to earn stuff that I want and not just be greedy."
Doing for herself to fund the things she wants is nothing new to Ibarra. Since sixth grade, she's sold homemade salsa to fund her participation in church youth camp and a recent mission trip to New Mexico.
For that trip, Ibarra said, she stayed up until 2 a.m. filling orders. Her last order was for more than 165 jars of salsa, according to her parents.
"Late at night, I stay up because I definitely know it's going to pay off," Ibarra said.
She has played trumpet since the sixth grade. She intended to play the clarinet or saxophone, she said, but picked up trumpet when the son of her mother's friend decided he no longer wanted to pursue music and gave her his instrument. Ibarra said she fell in love with it.
It was a "blessing in disguise," she said.
"When I play, I don't just play, but I kind of relieve stress," Ibarra said. "When I'm just tired or upset, I go to my trumpet."
Ibarra is the first-chair trumpet, trumpet section leader and an officer with the Krum High marching band, which was established just two years ago. She performs with the school's jazz band and wind ensemble and, since seventh grade, she's attended the Mariachi Aguilitas Summer Camp at the University of North Texas.
Last school year, Ibarra made the all-state band for the Association of Texas Small School Bands and received a first-division rating with a trumpet trio and as a solo performer at a recent state competition.
Carol Turner, Krum's head band director, said that after Ibarra's solo at the state contest, the judge offered her a scholarship to his music camp and gave her a 15-minute private lesson.
"She's fearless," Turner said. "You put anything in front of her, and she's going to go for it. She's like that in every aspect of her life. She's going to go for it."
Turner said she looks forward to seeing her student perform in the parade.
"I think the whole town is going to be watching the parade that day to see if we can spot her because that's big news in Krum," Turner said.
Peers call Ibarra a leader. Her leadership was evident Thursday morning during Krum High's Marching Band Camp.
It's just about an hour after sunrise. Ibarra, alongside a saxophone section leader, is leading a group of band members in marching techniques. Counting them off, she leads them in marching forward and then backward for eight counts from one yard line to another on the school parking lot.
When she sees someone not quite making the mark in eight counts, she falls in line alongside that person, the tips of her feet in the air. Ibarra works alongside them, instructing band members until they meet the mark.
"OK. You got it," Ibarra tells a band mate. "Perfect."
She sets a good example, drum major Christian Leal said.
"She's someone I kind of look up to," Leal said. "She deserves that, I guess, and it kind of inspires me to work harder because it makes us feel like we can do that someday."
Valeria's mother and father, Priscilla and Felipe Ibarra, say they're proud parents. Priscilla Ibarra said they're proud their daughter takes pride in her music, delights others with her playing and remains humble.
"I'm overwhelmed with humbleness that her talent has flourished as much as it has, and all on an instrument she wasn't intending to play in sixth grade," Priscilla Ibarra said. "It seems like an unreachable goal. We're in Texas, and she's picked out of thousands and thousands of students. For her to be selected is amazing."
BRITNEY TABOR can be reached at 940-566-6876 and via Twitter at @BritneyTabor.
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It used to be that the underworld was where you would expect to find ATM thieves. But the world has changed, and with it the way that bank crimes are being committed.
Take for example news reports about a "global posse" of cyber thieves who made off with some $45 million from bank ATMs in 26 countries in what authorities are calling a first-of-its kind cybercrime heist.
Armed not with guns, but with laptops, this group of hackers managed not only to get into the computer networks of financial companies in the U.S. and India, but also to do away with the ATM cash withdrawal limits on prepaid debit cards.
The good news here is that no individuals lost money. Instead, the crooks plundered money held by banks.
Just seven people have been indicted. An eighth, considered to be the ringleader, was found dead in the Dominican Republic.
It was a sophisticated crime that essentially turned the tables on the banking industry – which over the years has found ways to manipulate the financial markets and create one of the largest economic crises in U.S. history.
The difference between what happened with the ATM heist and what some of the country's biggest banks have, and continue to do, is that those thieves got caught and will be punished – and the ringleader is dead. But America's banks continue to manipulate the market and get away with this financial malfeasance because, as we all know, they are considered too big to fail
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Many of you have emailed or PM'd me with questions about Slick. For now, feel free to send letters to the below address and we'll deliver from there. I expect to have a better answer tomorrow or Friday, but below is the best way to send an individual card or letter.
It means a lot to me that everyone has proactively reached out. Slick is the real deal and means the world to the entire staff, so it's heart-warming to know you guys feel the same way.
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Give a Gift of the Great Outdoors This Holiday Season
AUSTIN, Texas — Give a gift of the outdoors this holiday season to that favorite someone on your shopping list and you'll get a present as well under a special Texas Parks and Wildlife Department promotion.
If you order a Texas State Parks Pass certificate before Dec. 31, you will receive a commemorative Texas State Parks holiday tree ornament. The Texas State Parks ornament also can be purchased separately for $4.95, plus taxes and shipping.
The 2008 version of the annual Texas State Parks brass-plated tree ornament pays tribute to the Sebastopol House and Dinosaur Valley among other state parks and historic sites. Parks Pass certificate sales benefit state park operations.
The parks pass-ornament offer is just one of a number of conservation-themed gifts available through on-line shopping on the TPWD Web site. Texas State Parks Pass gift certificates can only be ordered by calling the TPWD Customer Service Center in Austin at (512) 389-8900.
The $60 parks pass entitles the pass holder and persons riding in the same non-commercial vehicle to free entry at more than 90 state parks for 12 months, as well as discounts on state park store merchandise, recreational equipment rental, camping and more. Pass holders also can order a year's subscription to Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine at a special rate of $9.95.
In addition to the parks pass certificate, holiday shoppers can visit TPWD's "Shop the Outdoors" Web page to choose from a variety of other conservation gift items.
Featured products this year are "Life's Better Outside" t-shirts and bumper stickers; Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo fine arts posters; the 2007 Collector's Edition of fish and wildlife stamps; Texas Wildlife Trail maps; five different conservation license plates; and a colorful Hummingbird Wheel featuring the 16 species documented in Texas.
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If the person on your shopping list is an avid reader, order from a number of books with nature themes or the Official Guide to Texas State Parks.
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A PRIMARY school's transition to academy is set to move a step closer tonight when council bosses will approve the transfer of land.
As reported in the Lancashire Telegraph, St James's Primary School in Darwen will become an academy sponsored by Cidari – Blackburn Diocese's multi-academies trust – in June.
And Blackburn with Darwen Council's executive board is set to transfer the site of the school at a meeting at the town hall tonight.
It will also approve the transfer by way of a 125-year lease of the school playing field.
In a document submitted to councillors ahead of tonight's meeting, planning officers said: "On December 4, the council was formally notified by the Secretary of State that the school was seeking conversion to an academy trust.
"The current site consists of a main school building, hard play areas and playing fields, surrounded by soft landscaping.
"The council is only required to transfer its freehold interests in the main school buildings, associated hard play areas and areas of soft landscaping.
"The council will grant a peppercorn lease for a term of 125 years to the academy trust for the requested site areas and the council will retain the freehold interest.
"The lease will be on a full repairing and insuring basis, with maintenance/ repair responsibilities resting with the academy trust."
The move, bosses at the school said, will give them more freedom and the ability to tap into funding streams not previously available.
Headteacher Maggie Beck did not wish to comment, but stressed that the move was nothing against Blackburn with Darwen Council and was simply the best thing for the school and its pupils.


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The entrance, cafe and shop are at the level of the entrance and is well spread out beneath the dome. The actual project/ museum goes below ground level. When arriving we were directed to the counter and served quickly with our Edinburgh passes. Other customers who pre-booked their tickets online seemed to take a lot longer in the queue. The project is an interactive way of showing visitors how the Earth was millions of years ago to how it has become in the present day. There are staff that guide you through the museum so its not difficult to navigate your way around and they introduce you into some of the main rooms that you enter. The conditions in the rooms change with the theme of the room.
For example, the room that is designed to educate visitors on the earths centre and volcanoes is dark, the floor moves replicating tremors and there is grey smoke when watching a volcano erupt.
One of the best sections of the dynamic earth is the 4d cinema experience of a simulated flight around the world. It combined 3D film with different things that stimulate your senses. Cold blasts of air, Soap suds blown out as snow and a sweet smell when flying over trees. It was fantastic and family friendly - nothing too scary for young children.
Before leaving there was a short film on in the planetarium about some of the different extreme weathers across the solar system. This was done by an allocated time slot given to you with your ticket as you enter. We arrived to the showing half an hour early so we must have walked through the museum more quickly than others take on average. We were still allowed to view the earlier showing so thankfully we didn't have to wait.
The chairs were comfy and leaned quite far back so that it is easy to watch the film on the dome shaped screen above your head. I watched about 50 % of the film partly because I was so comfy in a dark room that I fell asleep. This doesn't reflect on the film in any way, it wasn't extremely boring or anything it was quite good in the bits that I did see. The group of school children that were in at the same time absolutely loved the experience and were all giddy and excited throughout and on the way out.
Before leaving we decided to have refreshments at the cafe. Like in most museums the drinks and food were quite expensive. It didn't put us off but I would of preferred paying less for a drink. The cafe was set out really well with plenty of seats and tables not placed close together - easy to get round with trays, bags, prams etc.
This attraction was well worth visiting to make the most of the Edinburgh passes that we had bought from the tourist information. If you don't have a pass expect to spend £11.50 per adult and £7.50 for a child. The museum probably suits young families with children more so than maybe just two or a group of adults. I enjoyed it as an adult but it's really designed to educate children in a fun and less formal way. I hope this doesn't put couples off going because it is quite good but it is obviously aimed at a younger audience. If you were visiting I would leave 1 1/2 to 2 hours to walk around and check the last visiting times. I think last admission is an hour and a half before closing time. Another bonus is that it is close to the queens gallery (included in Edinburgh pass) and the House of Parliament (free admission).
I'm visiting from the states and the most exciting part our child had while visiting this exhibition was the train ride there when a train was passing in the opposite direction.
Not been to a single science exhibit of this stature in the UK or the US that fails to capture the imagination as this one does. Not only are their typos on their displays,they can't even locate Yellowstone park correctly on their earthquake map. It's not just the small things the mismatching of the video screens, particularly in the polar section, is really off-putting and maybe they want you to sit in case you get motion sickness and fall over?
It's dull, I don't mean the topic but the whole experience, which they is in fairly low light, with loads of text to read to the young ones. Loads of text without a lot of contrast.E.G, The ocean section has sheets that undulate the text back and forward and unless you are right at the bar it's pretty hard to pick up.
Food is basic and well it's edible so let's leave it at that .Here we have yet another ecologically aware science exhibit that sells utter crap in the gift shop for the most part. It would be nice if they could practice the kind of restraint the walls urge the visitors to do.
It's not all bad the 360 theater is pretty impressive but a really basic movie was showing on the day we went. I.E., what's an astronomer? The movie overstates Galileo a bit and left Copernicus out entirely,that's nice but it's indicative of the cursory geology, astronomy, biology et all within the exhibit that tries to fit too much into a small space and everything suffers from it.
Back in February my boyfriend and I were organised enough to get leave together (shocking isnt it!!!) So we headed north to see his family and have a few daysout.
So we went to Edinburgh, did our usual find a pub to eat and start drinking, after a short time in the pub we decided to see what else there is in Edinburgh apart from a trainm station and pubs. So we headed off in a random direction and stumbled across the new Scottish Parliament building (ugly building isnt it?) and accross the road what looked like a smaller version of the Millenium Dome, intrigued we decided to take a closer look and found that the dome was a science museum, curious we went in. The concept itself is quite good but sadly as a pair of adults wanting to stay dry on a wednesday afternoon the only section that caught our attention was the final section where you are seated in a planetarium style room and watch an interactive show (and even then it was mostly because we could sit and hold hands as well as conduct whispered arguements about our decisions).
The other sections are the first room where there are a few displays which are desgined to introduce you to some of the ideas and information that youll learn more about in the later stages of your tour. Then there is an announcement, 'the time machine wil leave in 1 minute'
So you step in to a lift which descends in to the past. When the doors open you re greeted by your 'pilot' who takes you to the past, the next room is a volcano which is errupting, where there is a video which tells ou about the creation of the earths tectonic plates and how the edges of plates either sink or rise (but no mention of the proper terms for these areas).
Following through there are several other areas including, the tropical seas and rainforest, antarctic (which was at the time closed for a refurb). And finally you walk in to the planetarium room where the time travelling guide explains the earths current trouble and lack of power sources and you are asked to vote on the solutions, then after each vote you are taken forward in time to be shown the results and asked to make another descision. Each persons vote can be seen by others in your seating section as the seat plan shows blue or red depending on your choice.
Then there is the giftshop which tobe honest we didnt even glance at just went straight through and back to the outside world.
The claim that this is the Edinburghs Millenium Dome is about as true as you can get, the building is a dome and its content like the london dome seemed to me like a pointless waste of time and money. I'm sure the site is a great place to visit but for whatever reason it didnt capture our attention in the slightest. There were some interactive items which were computer based but the heights of the consoles are very much designed for children and made it uncomfortable to keep stooping to use them, also the cartoons seemed unnescessarily lengthy and were most likely a source of our disinterest.
The entry cost was around £10 per person but there are obviously child, student, OAP and family options.
My, my husband and our two boys, 7 and 9 visited this. They are quite keen on volcanoes, dinosaurs, space, etc, so we thought this would be a great day out. We came away over 30 quid poorer but wiser. Many things were broken (the polar room was out of commission). My eldest son complained that it was like doing science homework - it was heavy on the reading and light on adventure. Some of the material was pitched too high for my 7 year old and there were lots of younger children than that looking bored.
The place was clean and the staff (apart from a rather surly chap on reception) were helpful and friendly. The assistant who valiantly gave the presention in the tropical rain forest even though her microphone and torch had conked out deserved a medal (and she made her subject matter very entertaining for small children)
The "interactive" future trip was good fun, and the glacier film were okay, but they didn't make up for the poor all-round experience. It was also terribly worthy about everything and it felt like a two-hour lecture on the merits of population and environment control. Probably acceptable if it was free (or as a school trip). Save your money and watch the Discovery Channel for a couple of hours when you get home instead.
Dynamic Earth trumpets on its website that it is "the most exciting, new high-tech visitor attraction for great days out in Edinburgh" which is undoubtedly true, but only becuase it is the only new high-tech visitor attraction in the city. Promising a journey through time, using the latest in cutting edge technology, Dynamic Earth is apparently the future of interactive entertainment. Again true, but only if you are a Macedonian goatherder and have never seen a television before. Entering the attraction via a flight of stairs, you find yourself in a large L-Shaped room which contain a number of TV screens fitted into the walls, demonstrating various elements which make up the world's weather. Most of these have some small element of interactivity, the best of which is a pad you can jump on which then plots a seismic graph on a wall screen, representing the earthquake you would have caused had you been a good bigger than you actually are. Others include a touchscreen which allows you to check out the weather world-wide and a sort of hour glass affair which you can turn round, although the purpose of this isn't particularly obvious. There are a couple of other TV screens in the room which merely show short videos of hurricanes and volcanoes and the like. At the rear of this entry foyer there is a set of lift doors which every five minutes or so begin a thirty second countdown, at which point they open and you are invited to enter the 'time machine'. This is a lift (or possibly just a corridor) with glass walls on either side and doors at each end, above which an electronic display counts down the years back into time. Through the glass walls a variety of images are lit up in sequence, to demonstrate the passage of time back to the Big Bang. This was quite nicely done, although hardly at the sharp end of modern technology, with even my six year old daughter less than impressed by the couple of dozens images displayed.
When the counter reaches the beginning of time, the doors open and you are invited to move into the next room to learn about the creation of the universe. This consists of a short corridor with a handrail on either side and a large screen set in the wall, upon which a short (and less than enthralling) video is shown of the Big Bang and the processes which led to the creation of the Earth. No attempt is made to make the video child-friendly and, more than anything else, it feels like wathching an Open University lecture on physics. Once the video finishes, you move into the next room which is much of the same, only with a moulded plastic floor in front of the screen, representing rocks and lava while the screen shows a video about volcanic actions. At one point the floor shakes for a minute or so as a volcano erupts, then the video ends and you move onto the next room which covers the glaciation and the Ice Age. Guess what - it's a biggish room where you sit on the floor and watch a video about glaciers. In fact the video appears to have been pinched from one of those Doby Surround sound things you used to get before movies, with lots of swooping up and down over mountains and valleys. Completely dull and every child in the party we were with was by this point either wandering about exmaining the light fittings or saying 'this is boring - when can we see the dinosaurs'. I knew exactly how they felt. So we left viedo room 3 and headed for the center piece of Dynamic Earth - the bit with the dinosaurs. Bound to be lots of cool animatronic stuff here, we thought, loads of stuff to impress the kids, bound to be. Well, no actually - there wasn't. What you get is a large hall with some (non-moving) models of dinosaurs, a lot of wall plaques describing the various ages of the giant lizards and some truly appalling bits of tat designed presumably to captivate children's attention. This tat basically c
onsisted of metal circles on the walls at regular intervals with a question on them along the lines of 'What dinosaur lived in Edinburgh ?', underneath which was a little flap with a handle. You pull up the flap and the answer is revealed. Hardly the stuff of dreams. One rather neat thing they did have was a computer screen which allowed you to morph dinosaurs into maodren animals, showing how the animals bodies changed to become modern crocodiles, birds etc. In fact the five minutes we spent on that (having waited about twenty minutes to have a go, since everyone else obviously realised that this was the best thing in the room too) was the high point of the entire day. Anyway, you wander through this hall and come to a clearly plastic model of a brain in some liquid (not entirely sure why it was there) and then head through another set of doors into the underwater submarine area. This (surprise surprise) is a short corridor with some wall screens showing yet more out-takes from Wildlife on One. At the end is a periscope you can look through, although it doesn't actually come down low enough for smaller children, so be prepared to hold your child in the crook of one arm while trying to move the bloody thing round with the other. Through the next door and you're in a room with a big chunk of ice in the middle of it which you can touch should you wish. Around the walls are niches containing a variety of apparently unconnected bits and pieces - stuffed birds were in one and some grass in another, and there a couple small TV screens showing eskimos and igloos. One more door to traverse and one more corridor lined with screens and you're at the Amazon exhibit with real live rain forest. God, this was terrible. The rain forest consists of a mock up of a forest about twenty feet long and going back about six feet with a vert small stream running along it. A sound effect tape plays some animal noises and occasionally
a pair of lights which are meant I presume to be animals eyes light up. The the monsoon starts - ie the sprinklers get turned on for a minute and you are entertained by watching some water hit the exhibit. When we were there there was plenty of room at the railing to watch this since most people seemed to have given up and were sitting on the stairs waiting for the whole sorry experience to be over. Never mind, it soon was. The last part of the tour consists of a large room in which you ar einvited to lie on the floor to watch yet another video projected on the ceiling. Actually it's not a video as such, just a set of faces and snippets from videos I suspect we'd already seen while a voice over solemnly intones something about saving the planet for future generations. I might be wrong about that last bit since by then I had started playing peek a boo with a baby sitting beside me. And that was that - out the final door and back into the real world, our journey into the past over. For which I can ony thank God, since I have seldom spent a more dull and uninspired hour and half in my life (and I'm a Hearts supporter, so I know what a dull 90 minutes can be like). Whatever you do with the kids this summer, don't take them here - it truly is a deadful experience. Prices for those who just can't resist are as follows : Adults (16 and over) £7.95 Child/OAP £4.50 (Under 5's go free) Disabled child £3.45 Student/Disabled/UB40 £5.50 Family 2+2 £21.00 Family 2+3 £24.00 Family 1+2 £13.95 Family 1+3 £17.00 Opening in the summer is from 10.00am to 6.00pm.
My son was interested in visiting the dome in London but in view of the distance this was not possible and we decided on a trip to Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh instead. It is an impressive looking building situated in Holyrood Road close to Holyrood Palace. It is at the top of a flight of stairs and looks like a ship in full sail. It is open all year Easter to October 10am to 6pm November to Easter Wed----Sun 10am to 5pm Mon & Tues Closed Also Closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day We choose to travel by bus as there is always a problem parking in Edinburgh. It you do go by car there are a few spaces available at Dynamic Earth. It is also easily accessible by train. Once inside it is disabled friendly with all areas being accessible and wheelchairs available but have to be pre booked Disabled toilets are also available. Admission Prices Adult £7.95 OAP/Child £4.50 Disabled Child £3.45 Student Disabled/UB40 £5.50 Family 2+2 £21 Family 2+3 £24 Family 1+2 £13.95 Family1+3 £17 Season Tickets are available and prices can be found on the web site www.dynamicearth.co.uk So onward into the museum itself and into the time machine that whisks you back through 4,500 million years from the Space age to the Ice age. This gives the impression of moving very fast with time flashing past and can cause dizziness. Experience the Big Bang and discover how the earth was formed hold on tight as you enter the world of volcanoes and feel the ground shake as an earthquake rocks you. Our journey through time continued from the freezing tundra to the dry heat of the savannah and on a flight over huge mountains and glaciers at very high speed. This made me feel very uncomfortable and so dizzy I could hardly stand up so this is really not advisable for anyone with a balance problem. My son helped me out into the polar region and I could have quite happi
ly slumped onto a giant iceberg till I discovered it was real. Once recovered, we continued our journey through the history of evolution and even discovered how dinosaurs died out. Travelled in a yellow submarine watching the sea creatures through the portholes. We all felt the heat and dampness of the tropical rainforests. It was a very well laid out exhibition and my son really enjoyed his visit, I on the other hand took a while to recover and would advise caution to anyone visiting with balance problems. There is also a shop selling lots of interesting gifts. A café is available at ground level and it is possible to use the tables to eat your own packed lunch. There is a soft play area to keep the younger visitors happy. All in all it is a very interesting place to visit and I would recommend it.
Ever wanted to take a time machine back to the Big Bang, or ride on a tectonic plate down into the centre of the Earth? Then you will have fun in the Dynamic Earth Exhibition in Edinburgh. Are you more interested in educational experience? Then you will also enjoy it. This exhibition is a strange - and mostly but not completely successful - mixture of impressive multimedia fun and good education. In the first half, you are - in groups of visitors - taken on an imaginary journey back in time. First you enter the time machine - a glass elevator which brings you down to the Big Bang, while you see historical events passing outside. The Big Bang you will see from the windows of a "futuristic starship": Elementary particles, atoms and stars forming. In the next room, you are suddenly inside the Earth - allegedly standing on a tectonic plate which is subducted under a continent, the ground shaking, and hot magma and little vulcanoes around you. After the heat of Earth's interior you then experience the cold of an Ice Age. After this first, heavily multimedia-centred part follows a quieter but still entertaining second part, which you can explore at your own pace. First you will go through a corridor called the "Timeline", following the history of life on Earth from single cell organisms to our present animals. All along this corridor are models of characteristic animals and plants which lived in each of the epochs, all in original size - which means that you only get a dinosaur foot, not the whole animal.... Narrower gates in the "timeline" symbolize the major extinction events, no more dinosaurs after the last one! At the end of the "timeline" you are back in the modern world and now go through different regions and habitats: the oceans, the polar regions, and at the end you are in a tropical rain forest with real trees and real rain (as if it didn't rain enough in Edinburgh already!). Now, the first part clearly should not be taken too serious. Neither the idea of watching the Big Bang from a spaceship nor sitting an a tectonic plate deep inside the Earth has much realism to it. Even if it was possible, nothing much would be visible: You would not really see elementary particles whizzing around at the Big Bang! So I would view this part mainly as a very impressive and hugely entertaining piece of multimedia art, only loosely based on science. Obviously it wasn't meant as an educational part anyway, as the background information is really kept to the absolute minimum. The second part, however, is designed to be a serious - but entertaining - educational experience. The models in the "timeline"-corridor are exact images of nature, you can touch them and get them to know in a very "hands-on"-way. The same is true for the other regions, and my personal favourite was the very realistic, life size rain forest, where there is so much to discover. Furthermore, as far as I could see, all displays were generally scientifically sound (although I did notice one avoidable blunder) - something that cannot be said of some other allegedly educational multimedia-shows that I have seen. However, while I enjoyed it very much now, I believe that I would have given my parents a hard time had I visited this exhibition at the age of say 8 or 10. Why? The exhibition does not give you much background information, it is all "see, feel and enjoy", and as a child I would have asked hundreds of questions that my parents could not have answered, and they would not have found the answers in the exhibition either. Well, now, after years of University work in Earth Sciences, I can make sense of everything that was on display, but I believe that most visitors are probably not in this fortunate situation. I feel that the curiosity of children is underestimated. For example, as children, my friends and I had a lot of fun memorizi
ng all these funny dinosaur names and the names for geological epochs - but in the "timeline" corridor, the epochs are not even mentioned! To be fair, they employ a lot of people who are there to answer questions, and the staff I met seemed well trained and friendly, so this is probably much better than having written information everywhere. However, I wonder if it is still easy to ask somebody on a busy Saturday afternoon with thousands of visitors around... Another slightly negative aspect is the lack of interactivity: while you can touch a lot, there is not realy much you can *do* with the displays. True, there are the occasional computers on which you can play a little educational game, but they they gave the impression of being added afterwards to add a bit of interactivity to an otherwise completely static exhibition. And, of course, there may be a fundamental problem with this kind of exhibitions: They do give the impression that doing science is always fun and easy. Well, in reality it is not, but it is mostly hard work, although the results are very rewarding (intellectually, not financially....). One cannot and should not expect to learn much without reasonable effort and serious thinking. However, it would not be entirely fair to criticise an exhibition for this - exhibitions have to be designed to attract people. Still, I think that every science exhibition should also make some attempts to help visitors appreciate the importance of serious efforts when you try to understand the world. Would I recommend it to a friend? That depends on the friend. If she is the type who finds the whole idea of diving on a tectonic plate into Earth's interior completely and utterly ridiculous and thinks this invalidates the rest of the exhibition, then I would not recommend it to her. If she can accept the fun part, and otherwise enjoys exploring the world and trying to make sense of it, then I can recommend it.
I would, however, also recommend that she takes somebody along who has a bit of background in Earth Science, who can direct the attention to some of the fascinating things that she might not notice on her own. --- Dynamic Earth Exhibition 107 Holyrood Road Edinburgh EH8 8AX http://www.dynamicearth.co.uk


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Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have a great deal to smile about these days with OEM truck sales rising – and the 4×4 'gifts' wrapped in red bows still have yet to be purchased.
Everyone has seen the headlines over the past few months: "Medium/Heavy Truck Sales up 10% in July"; "Truck Sales Rise 4% in August"; October Sales Rise 15%"; "Overall Truck Sales For 2013 Up Compared to 2012." And as the third quarter closed in September, OEM's posted their profits, with almost every company reporting a 10% to 50% rise (or better) on the strength of high North American truck sales.
The words "significantly better than 2012" were thrown about by OEM's when posting their increase over last year's numbers, with truck companies delivering hundreds of thousands of units. Even in these times of economic uncertainty, OEM's have been able to deliver on their ability to drive down the cost of production by producing components and products of superior quality.
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The sales figures were not just good, some are actually calling them extraordinary. U.S. customers purchased 1,503,151 new cars and light trucks just in August alone. From the CR-V to RAV4; Rogue to Outlander Sport, sales were all up by more than a third. September, October, November…everything continues to show robust sales.
All three domestic manufacturers have either gained market share or remain even, with Asian models skyrocketing.
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Braves to make up game vs. Mets on June 18
CINCINNATI -- The Atlanta Braves' game against the New York Mets that was postponed on Saturday has been rescheduled for June 18 at 1:10 p.m. ET as part of a split doubleheader.
Fans who had tickets to the May 4 game can use their tickets to enter the 1:10 p.m. game on June 18 or exchange the paid ticket for any remaining 2013 regular-season home games, pending availability. Exchanges can be made at the Turner Field Ticket Office during normal business hours or via mail; please visit braves.com/rainout for details.
Exchanges must be made prior to the rescheduled game on June 18.
Tony Meale is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Milwaukie, Ore.-based Pear Bureau Northwest makes it easy for retailers to customize their own point-of-sale materials with an easy-to-use new kit.
Cristie Mather, director of communications, said retailers can contact the bureau and get a USB drive that includes everything they need to create pear signage for their stores.
"With this, we even give them recommendations for the type of paper to use so they can do it in-house or take it to an office store like Kinko's," she said at Fresh Summit 2012.
The kits offer step-by-step instructions to create signage for all types of pears, including any type of information the retailer wants.
The kits include photography, general copy suggestions, Quick Response codes and even nutritional messages from programs like Fruits and Veggies — More Matters and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's MyPlate icon.
Retailers also can customize with their own logos as well, Mather said. The kits are available now.


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Tell it to The Packer | Letter to the Editor
In the Aug. 22 article, "FDA fees may cause some sticker shock," (Page A1) various industry officials offered their personal opinions and interpretations of the recently announced Food and Drug Administration fee schedule under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 (FSMA).
The comments in the article may have confused or misled Packer readers regarding the fee schedule and the work FDA must do in response to three specific instances of noncompliance as authorized under Section 107 of FSMA.
To clarify, the fee schedule that was announced in the Federal Register on Aug. 1 provides for the recovery of costs and applies only to those parties in the food and feed industry whose noncompliance requires FDA to conduct additional follow-up activities.
There are three instances for which FDA could assess fees related to non-compliance:
- Facility re-inspections to determine compliance has been achieved after finding a violation materially related to food safety requirements during a previous inspection;
- Food recall activities conducted by FDA as a result of noncompliance with a recall order; and
- Import re-inspections to determine compliance has been achieved after a previous examination identified a violation materially related to food safety requirements.
In addition, FDA recognizes that for some small businesses the full cost of re-inspection or recall oversight could impose a severe economic hardship.
Accordingly, FDA announced that, during fiscal 2012, the agency will consider on a case-by-case basis waiving in limited cases some or all of an invoiced fee based on a severe economic hardship, the nature of the underlying violation, and other relevant factors.
FDA is also seeking comment in a public docket on factors it should consider in developing the fee schedule in future years.
Although FDA officials have been consistent and public in stating that full implementation of FSMA will indeed require additional resources, the fee schedule for the compliance activities specified in FSMA Section 107 is separate from the overall issue of full implementation of FSMA.
Jeff Farrar
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Hi , this i is my first post so I apologise if i haven't post it on the right board .
I am thinking on to participate on the course offered by the Vipassana fellowship
and I was wondering if anyone has any experience with them and if they are legit ?
I already meditate on the breath but i would like to go a bit further as well as revisiting the fundamental . i have been struggling recently with motivation even though i am still meditating daily. My maijn problem is what to do practically with the hindrance .
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MIAMI -- A concussion sent Brandon Belt back to the disabled list Sunday, and a 3-2 loss to the Miami Marlins showed just how much the Giants will miss one of their biggest bats.
The shortened lineup struggled, again exposing a gaping hole in the roster. The first five hitters in the lineup went 6 for 19; the last four were 0 for 13. That has been a trend in losses, but manager Bruce Bochy, while acknowledging that "the back end of the order had a tough day," said he won't stray from his plan to rest his regulars more in the second half. He doesn't want to ride his starters into the dirt.
"That's what we did there in the first half, and it might have caught up with a couple of guys," he said. "It takes 25 men. We're going to get in hot weather here and the dog days, and you want these guys fresh. These guys off the bench are going to get starts. I've got to do what I think is right and keep these (starters) fresh."
That means more time for Joaquin Arias, who is hitting .182 after a 0-for-3 day. It means Hector Sanchez -- hitting .194 after going 0 for 4 -- will continue to catch in Tim Lincecum's starts, saving Buster Posey. Gregor Blanco (0 for 3, hitting .227) will start just about every day because the Giants don't have another option with Angel Pagan sidelined by a bad back.
Unless they can upgrade before the trade deadline, the Giants will send out the struggling hitters now and again, and on Sunday that left Lincecum with little margin for error.
He entered with a 5.82 road ERA but pitched well, giving up three runs in seven innings and striking out seven. His biggest mistake was a hanging 0-2 splitter to Casey McGehee that was rocketed into the seats in left. The homer gave the Marlins a 2-0 lead in the first inning.
"It was a split-ball ... the split didn't split," Lincecum said. "It just kind of hung. It sucks, because it was an 0-2 pitch."
Lincecum felt good about his overall performance, one of his best on the road this season, but the split that didn't split stuck with him.
"It would have been better if I didn't get off on that bad foot and put the team in a position to kind of (have) to fight back," he said. "That's the hardest part about today, knowing that I should have been in the driver's seat on that pitch and I gave him a cookie."
The lineup -- the top of it, at least -- did fight back. Hunter Pence hit a leadoff single in the third and Marco Scutaro followed with a soft liner to left, his first hit of the year. Both scored on Posey's double into the left-field corner, with Scutaro emphatically pumping his arms as he crossed the plate and then sprinting all the way to the dugout.
"I've got to look good after I score," he explained, smiling.
The best sign for Scutaro wasn't the hit, or his first run of 2014. It was how he felt after his second start of the season.
"I'm not concerned too much about production right now," he said. "I want to win and everything, but the main thing is starting to feel good and being able to compete. Today was a good day. I felt better than after the last game."
Scutaro's run brought a row of smiles to a dugout that adores the veteran. It was the last time a Giant crossed the plate. The Marlins scored on a double, a sacrifice bunt and a wild pitch in the seventh, and their bullpen stymied the Giants from there.
The Giants lost a modest three-game winning streak, and Lincecum fell short in his bid to win five straight starts for the first time in his career.
"That's a very tough way to lose the ballgame, because Timmy threw great," Bochy said. "He threw the way he's been throwing the last few starts. That's a tough loss."
Belt was hit by a wayward throw during batting practice Saturday. He was taking throws at first base and was looking at his shortstop when a throw came from the second-base side and hit him squarely in the face. Belt wasn't sure who made the throw. He had an RBI double in his first at-bat Saturday but was removed before the bottom of the third.
"I felt fine until I came in after the (top of the) third inning," he said. "Once I came in, I knew something wasn't right."
Belt was still feeling shaky Sunday morning and underwent a concussion test. The injury is a tough one for Belt, who missed 50 games this season with a broken left thumb.
"You have no choice in a concussion situation," Bochy said. "It's a bad break for Brandon."
Belt will have to pass concussion protocols before being cleared to return.
For more on the Giants, see Alex Pavlovic's Giants Extra blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/Giants. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/AlexPavlovic.
Monday's game
Giants (Ryan Vogelsong 5-7) at Philadelphia (Cliff Lee 4-4), 4:05 p.m. CSNBA


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I am going to Monterey Bay this weekend for the GF's B-day. We are hitting the aquarium Saturday Morning, then plan to get a round of disc in on Saturday afternoon/evening. What is the best course in the area to play, if you can only play one? Old saw mill looks fun, but could we do it without a guide. Maybe there will be enough people to just follow the crowed? Or maybe one of the CSUMB course would be better? Any help would be great!
Almost forgot, we are hitting DeLaveaga On Sunday morning too! Never played disc in that area yet.


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Harden signed for $80 million dollars. The Pacers would never pay anyone that and that is one of the reasons they do not have and will not get a superstar....This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteListen Hill is slowly developing into probably the Pacers second, maybe greatest point guard ever. Seriously. He's the only player playing well right now. The last thing we need to do is moving him to the "2" so our garbage backup point guard DJ can get more minutes.
The reason DJ isn't playing well is he NEVER played well. He isn't very good. I think once someone comes in and fixes this cluster***** of a team you'll see DJ play better off the bench once he gets acclimated to the role.
Hill isn't a "traditional" point, but then again neither is every point guard outside of Deron, CP3, Nash, Rondo and that's about it. There's a few borderline guys like Mike Conley, but for the most part every point in the league is a shoot-first type point guard.
I'm no fan of Hill's contract, but it isn't crippling and he could be a point guard for a championship level team. The problem with this team right now is EVERYONE ELSE. There is the problem. So, let's start a fire sale.
Edit - anyone upset about the fact that the Pacers could of had Harden? IMagine Harden/Hill back court? man that'd be badass.
Had we used Paul George as the main asset the Pacers could of landed Harden possibly. But people like me thought George was going to be a star. (har)
Edit 2 - Real quick compare Hill's numbers against Mike Conley. I like Conley because he's essentially the perfect point. He's not a superstar taking up all your cap space, but he's a great defender, and then a willing and able passer thought not near the talents of guys like Rondo. He's also blossomed into a real good shooter which means he's a threat from nearly every aspect on the court. Just a real solid player.
Well, Hill is creeping on Conley's abilities. Hill is averaging more points at 15.5 (vs 14.8) but less assists at 5.5. (vs 6.8) I'll like Hill's numbers and I like how he's running the offense. The nice thing is, while Conley has come out playing his best basketball that probably won't be sustainable, Hill is still a little rusty and is not shooting at the level we know he can.
We'll most likely see Hill's numbers continue to trend upwards. Hill at the end of the season might make the case to being a top 10 point guard, and in a league of superstar point guards, that is saying something.


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In Regional Roundup, we've gathered the top stories from each of our eight weekly newspapers each week. Here are the regional stories you don't want to miss from June 25 to July 3, 2014.
'Sweeney Todd' comes to Aurora Community Theatre
Aurora Community Theatre will perform 'Sweeney Todd" starting July 5. The musical tells the story of a barber Benjamin Barker, who was imprisoned on trumped-up charges for 15 years, and returns with a thirst for revenge. Along with Nellie Lovett, a pie shop owner, he exacts his retribution on just about anyone unfortunate enough to cross his path.
Video: Woodridge Primary School principal looks back on career
Woodridge Primary School principal Karen Sykes speaks about her career in education. Sykes retired at the end of the recently completed school year.
Edwin Shaw Rehab facility moving to Stow; some patients unhappy
Akron General Edwin Shaw Rehab Institute has announced plans to move its satellite therapy clinic from its current Hudson location to the Akron General Health & Wellness Center - North in Stow this fall. Some patients aren't happy about the move.
Photos -- Stow Pride Community Breakfast
The Stow-Munroe Falls Chamber of Commerce hosted the 41st annual Pride Community Breakfast July 2, which honors citizens and businesspeople of Stow.
Tallmadge Fire Department ambulances feature new power cots
Two patient cots that are designed to be easier on the bodies of emergency responders have been installed in two separate Tallmadge Fire Department ambulances.
Northfield Village couple enjoys their own wildlife sanctuary
A fawn has been living in the backyard of a Northfield Village couple's home.
Car dealership may change locations
The Volkswagen dealership, which was to be built along Route 14 in front of the Shady Lake Apartments, may soon have a new site.
Twinsburg, Glenwillow Village partner on walking trail connection project
Regional connectivity is the goal as the city partners with the village of Glenwillow to add more than a mile of paved trail to an existing network of paths, essentially joining the communities.


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Every organ and every part of your body is directly linked to a specific tooth or area of the mouth via these meridians, or energy highways. The Interactive Meridian Tooth Chart has been developed to allow the dentist and patient to learn about the relationship between the teeth and the body as an aide for overall health and wellness issues.
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Buchholz shuts out Astros on Holt's five-hit day
Righty fans career-high 12; fellow Texan opens game with long HR
HOUSTON -- Clay Buchholz made his way through those waiting for him outside the Red Sox's clubhouse, a neverending collection of friends and family waiting for high-fives and hugs.
Sure, this was special for Buchholz, to throw a shutout and strike out a career-high 12 in front of more than 20 friends and family members. To him, that's what was most meaningful from Sunday.
For the Red Sox, the statement that Buchholz could be back to his pre-injury 2013 form is a significant sign headed into the season's second half. To end their tough first half with a scorching Brock Holt leading an awakening offense in their 11-0 win against the Astros, while winning two of three in the series and four of their last five overall, is certainly the trend they wanted heading into the All-Star break.
"We recognize the struggles of the first half, but to go into the break with some momentum is something that we are hopeful we'll continue to build on," manager John Farrell said. "We haven't conceded anything."
So Buchholz walked out of the clubhouse and turned right to see those who knew him from his days in Lumberton, Texas, just an hour and a half away from Minute Maid Park. This was Buchholz's first time pitching at Minute Maid Park, though he played shortstop in a game there once in high school.
He looked again like the Buchholz of last season, when he took a 1.71 ERA to the disabled list after 12 starts. This year, he brought a 6.11 ERA to Houston and left with a 5.42 mark. He finished the Astros off with just 109 pitches.
"Today was reminiscent of the first half of last year before he went on the disabled list," Farrell said. "Very much in control and could go to any one of four pitches at any time in the count."
Buchholz credited his ability to throw all four of his pitches -- fastball, changeup, curveball and splitter -- effectively at, at least, one point. When he went to the disabled list again in May, his ERA was 7.02. He had shown signs of returning to form since returning from the hyperextended left knee, but never anything like this.
This time, he was dominant.
"It's night and day," Buchholz said. "It's tough going out in a big league baseball game and having two pitches. I've done a lot of work to get command of those pitches and it's finally paying off a little bit."
While his family congratulated him with hugs and pictures, out walked Holt, who also made his way through the Buchholz clan, wearing a suit. Toward the back of the crowd was a group of Holt's friends and family, and they also had quite a few things to hug about.
Holt, who is from Stephenville, Texas, and played for Rice, went 10-for-16 against the Astros, capped off by his career-high five hits working against six Astros pitchers.
"You don't expect to have weekends like this," Holt said. "For all the family and friends to be in to see it was special."
Still, the Red Sox head into the All-Star break with their worst record since 2007. Even with a few positive signs, there is no celebrating when you're 43-52.
"We know there's a little bit of a hole to climb out of," Farrell said, "but this is a confident group that's playing well right now."
Mike Vernon 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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Breaking the Pain Chain Classes
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
The Arthritis Foundation, Northeastern Ohio Chapter is taking aim at arthritis and fibromyalgia apin with an educational series called "Breaking the Pain Chain" that begins next month.
"Breaking the Arthritis Pain Chain" will be offered on Tuesdays, Sept. 6, 13, 20 and 27 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Beachwood Community Center, 25325 Fairmount Blvd., Beachwood.
"Breaking the Fibromyalgia Pain Chain" will be offered Wednesdays, Sept. 21 and 28, October 5 and 12 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Fairview Wellness Center, 3035 Wooster Rd., Rocky River.
The per-session price is $10. Pre-register for all four sessions and pay on ly $35, plus get a free Arthritis Foundation Book. The special price is only available to those who register and pay before the first session. Partial need-based scholarships are available.
Pre-registration is required by calling the Arthritis Foundation at 216-831-7000, ext. 114 or 800-245-2275, ext. 114
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Ya have to wonder: Was this the worst defensive coaching job of the Bo Pelini era?
e Wisconsin outflanked Nebraska on the edges, and once that happened, the Huskers were helpless against the Badgers' power running. The Blackshirts solved nothing all night long and allowed Wisconsin to roll to a third consecutive trip to the Rose Bowl.
I could foresee NU having some problems with Wisconsin's inside running game, since Baker Steinkuhler was out with an injury. Steinkuhler, who has had an up-and-down career, was finally playing the best football of his career at the end of his senior season.
But the way Nebraska surrendered huge chunks of yards on identical jet sweeps over and over again was criminal.
Either Steinkuhler is the best Husker defensive lineman of all time, or Bo Pelini, John Papuchis and the Blackshirts simply were not ready for the Badger running game. The fifth-year seniors that fill the defensive roster were thoroughly outplayed by a relatively young Wisconsin team.
So many problems, so little time to discuss them. Here are the first three that stood out:
1. This was a colossal collapse of leadership by a bunch of Husker seniors who did a fine job recovering from a midseason meltdown at Columbus, Ohio.
2. Where were Rex Burkhead and Ameer Abdullah in the first half? Completely under-utilized, that's where.
3. The variety of offensive sets including unbalanced lines, wildcat action and even the old swinging gate seemed to discombobulate the Husker defenders and their coaches. They started playing tentatively, with disastrous results.
Tad Stryker is the former sports editor of the North Platte Bulletin and provides analysis after each Husker football game for Bulletin readers. Stryker also writes for HuskerMax. (http://www.huskermax.com).
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MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Launches Online Casting Contest
Million Dollar Quartet, the smash-hit musical with productions in Chicago, New York, London, and a national tour to start this fall, announces "Do You Have What It Takes?," an online casting contest to find musician/singer/actors for the roles of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins. "Do You Have What It Takes?" will launch Tuesday, May 17 at www.MillionDollarQuartetLive.com/casting.
The grand prize winner will receive roundtrip airfare to New York to audition for the Million Dollar Quartet team including a representative from Telsey + Co, the show's casting company. In addition, the winner will receive hotel accommodations at Flatotel, tickets to the Broadway production of Million Dollar Quartet, and other prizes.
Interested parties can submit video files of themselves performing one of the song titles listed on the Million Dollar Quartet original cast recording - smash hit singles include, "Blue Suede Shoes," "I Walk the Line," "Great Balls of Fire," "Hound Dog," and many more. A full song list from the cast recording can be found on www.MillionDollarQuartetLive.com/casting. Era-inspired clothing is also encouraged for video submissions, but not required.
Voting and video submissions begin May 17, 2011 and end on July 1, 2011. Fans will be able to vote for their favorite video submission. The submission with the most votes at the end of the voting period will win the grand prize package. This winner will be announced on July 5, 2011.
For additional information, contest rules, prize packages and submission details please log onto www.MillionDollarQuartetLive.com/casting.
The Chicago production of Million Dollar Quartet opened in 2008 and is still playing to packed houses at the Apollo Theatre. The Broadway production opened in spring 2010 and received a Tony nomination for Best Musical. A West End production opened winter 2011 to rave reviews and is currently playing at the Noël Coward Theatre in London. An upcoming national tour will launch this October in Cleveland.
On December 4, 1956, an auspicious twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley together. The place was Sun Records' storefront studio in Memphis. The man who made it happen was Sam Phillips, the "Father of Rock and Roll," who discovered them all. The four young musicians united for the only time in their careers for an impromptu recording that has come to be known as one of the greatest rock jam sessions of all time.
Inspired by the actual event, Million Dollar Quartet features a treasure trove of the greatest rock and roll, gospel, R&B and country hits from these musicians, including such iconic songs as "Blue Suede Shoes," "Fever," "Sixteen Tons," "Who Do You Love?," "Great Balls of Fire," "Riders in the Sky," "I Walk the Line," "Folsom Prison Blues," and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On." Million Dollar Quartet captures the infectious spirit, freewheeling excitement and thrilling sounds of a singular moment when four of the music industry's most extraordinary talents, all in their creative prime, came together for one of the most memorable nights in music history.
Million Dollar Quartet won a Tony Award and Outer Critics Circle Award and received Tony nominations for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical (Colin Escott & Floyd Mutrux), a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Musical Revue and three Drama League nominations including Distinguished Production of a Musical and Distinguished Performance (Lance Guest).
Million Dollar Quartet is directed by Eric Schaeffer and features a book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux. The design team for Broadway includes: Derek McLane (scenic design), Howell Binkley (lighting design), Jane Greenwood (costume design), Kai Harada (sound design) and Chuck Mead (musical arrangements and supervision).


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Philosophy Professor Addresses Intersex Ethics
In 2012, philosophy professor Ellen Feder coauthored a paper on the ethics of using a prenatal drug that was intended to prevent the development of ambiguous genitalia in girls with congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Her book, Making Sense of Intersex: Changing Ethical Perspectives in Biomedicine, provides a fuller account of the ethical questions raised by the medical management of atypical sex anatomies in children.
Feder didn't set out to write a book about intersex when, soon after she came to AU, she was asked to present a paper on intersex at the first session on the topic at the American Philosophical Association in 2000. But that one presentation led to another. And another. "Looking back, I see what I was doing over these years as working to clarify 'the problem' of intersex," she says. "Doctors—and often parents—see the problem as atypical genitalia, but learning more about 'the problem,' both as it is understood today and how it has been understood historically, led me to see intersex as a problem of moral responsibility, and of a failure—however well-intentioned—of physicians' and parents' responsibility to the children they care for."
The more she studied the medical treatment of intersex and spoke with parents and affected individuals, as well as medical specialists, the more she felt a responsibility to convey the knowledge they had shared with her. "What I learned—especially from the stories that mothers of children with intersex told me—was not only the effects of lies and surgeries on their children, but how the deception and silence affected parents as well."
Feder sees the labeling of atypical genitalia as "abnormal" as part of the problem. Normalizing medical interventions—altering the genitalia using surgical, hormonal, and other technologies—does exactly what the term implies, she says. "If atypical genitalia are regarded as 'abnormal,' then the interventions attempt to make that abnormality disappear, to make it seem as if there had never been anything atypical about this child's anatomy," says Feder. "The silence surrounding surgery is an integral part of the medical management of atypical sex anatomy."
Rather than treating children with atypical sex anatomies as if the children themselves are abnormal, Feder believes that children should be treated just like anyone else. "Asking how they should be cared for suggests that there might be some difference in the way they should be cared for," she says. "But that's just it: They should be cared for as any child is entitled to be cared for, namely with love and respect and an openness to who the child is and will be."
Feder hopes that readers take a different view of those born with atypical sex anatomies. "Not fitting in, being excluded from membership, is painful," she says. "Parents and doctors want to 'fix' children so that that they will feel this belonging and be spared the pain of abnormality. But what if we see the problem not in the bodies of children, but in the attitudes that make those with atypical sex anatomies not feel normal?" Making Sense of Intersex: Changing Ethical Perspectives in Biomedicine will be released on May 13, 2014, by Indiana University Press. The book earned a Publisher's Weekly starred review in January.
Feder will present "Normalizing Atypical Sex Anatomies: A Question of Ethics or Culture?" at the last event in the 2013-14 Celebration of College Research series, open to AU faculty and staff, on Wednesday, February 26. More information can be found online.


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Penguins get franchise-record 13th consecutive home win, 4-3 over CapitalsJanuary 16, 2014 12:06 AM
The greatest teams in the history of this franchise -- the ones featuring Hall of Famers such as Mario Lemieux, Ron Francis, Paul Coffey and Larry Murphy among others -- couldn't do it.
Neither could the ones built around such formidable figures as Jean Pronovost, Syl Apps, Lowell MacDonald and Dave Burrows.
But the club that has had to count on contributions from the likes of Nick Drazenovic, Harry Zolnierczyk and Pierre-Luc Latourneau-Leblond could.
And has a piece of history to show for it, for the Penguins' 4-3 victory against the Washington Capitals Wednesday night at Consol Energy Center was their 13th in a row on home ice.
That's the most for any Penguins club since they entered the NHL in 1967.
Even for a group that has made a habit of defying logic and adversity since early this season -- the Penguins' unofficial man-games lost because of injuries total has swollen to 289 -- it is a most improbable feat.
"It might not be the year you'd typically think it would happen, that's for sure," center Sidney Crosby said.
"But I think it says a lot about the guys who have come in, the job they've done and the attitude and mindset of everybody here.
"All the way through, that [streak] doesn't come without everyone who's playing finding ways to be prepared and go out there and compete."
It doesn't come without consistent excellence by their most important players, either.
Such as Crosby, who has a point in 17 consecutive home games.
And Evgeni Malkin, who set up Olli Maatta's winning goal at 18:06 of the third period.
And goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, who rejected 25 of 28 shots to run his record in his past 34 decisions at home to 31-3.
The victory raised the Penguins' record to 34-12-2 and stretched their lead over Washington and the Philadelphia Flyers, who are tied for second place in the Metropolitan Division, to 18 points.
They probably won't be able to clinch the division title before the Olympic break begins in a few weeks, but they might not be all that far away from doing it, either.
There have been times this season when the Penguins made winning look easy, but Wednesday night wasn't one of them, however, as they never led until rookie defenseman Maatta scored in the waning minutes of regulation.
"It felt like a battle, a grind out there," Fleury said.
The Penguins' problems began long before Brooks Laich gave Washington a 1-0 lead with a short-handed goal at 13:09 of the opening period, as second-line right winger James Neal had to be scratched because of an unspecified injury.
Taylor Pyatt was plugged into the hole Neal's absence created and responded by scoring his first goal as a Penguins player and setting a screen that made Maatta's winner possible, but that wasn't the only significant personnel move coach Dan Bylsma made.
He also grafted Brandon Sutter, who normally centers the third line, onto right wing of the No. 1 line, with Sidney Crosby and Chris Kunitz. Sutter set up Jussi Jokinen for the Penguins' third goal.
Jokinen's goal erased the third one-goal deficit the Penguins faced over the course of the game.
"There wasn't quit in our game," Bylsma said. "A 60-minute game. We kept playing, kept going.
"It's tough to scratch out [a win] coming from behind, but this group continued to show that they can win games different ways."
Maatta gave them the victory when he took a pass from Malkin, then threw a shot toward Capitals goalie Michal Neuvirth from the top of the left circle.
"There was a lot of traffic in front," Neuvirth said. "They did it all night long. ... It was just a good shot, short side."
Good enough to give Maatta and his teammates -- even the ones who might not be around long enough to learn the best route to the airport -- a victory that earned them a niche in the annals of this franchise.
"It's not that easy to win 13 [home] games in a row," Jokinen said. "All those players they had here, it makes it even more special. And how many guys we've had missing during this stretch.
"We've had so many guys coming in from Wilkes-Barre and doing their job and bringing in their energy. We like how we've been playing.
"It's still a long season ahead of us, but I like how we are playing right now."
Dave Molinari: firstname.lastname@example.com and Twitter @MolinariPG. First Published January 15, 2014 10:43 PM


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Sometimes finding ways to offer new services to your dairy clients can be difficult. Dale Moore, DVM, MPVM, PhD, Washington State University suggests that veterinarians take a comprehensive look into a current problem on a farm, i.e. calf/heifer morbidity, mortality and growth, to find opportunities that will provide more services, improve calf health and be economically beneficial to the client.
"Although many clients do an excellent job with their calf-raising programs, there are still opportunities for veterinarians to make a difference in the health and welfare of young heifers and improve the bottom line of the heifer enterprise," Moore says.
Moore offers suggestions for veterinarians on how to segregate calf problems into separate components, then look at them from prevention and monitoring points-of-view (see below). "The different management areas for calves will have different prevention and monitoring strategies," Moore explains. "Some farms might have few problems in one area, such as dystocias or stillbirths, but need help with their liquid feeding program. Having defined areas to monitor will help with subsequent investigations of problems."
Approaching clients
It's not always easy to approach clients to offer new or more in-depth services in some areas. "Each client is motivated by different things," Moore says. "Some don't want to see any mortality. Some want to reduce costs of treatment. Some want to have a small labor force. The veterinarian needs to understand the motivation of their client and calf manager to help them manage the health and welfare of the calves.
"Usually we get called in when there is a problem, but sometimes we can initiate the conversation if we take a look at calves on a regular basis and talk to those who are feeding and treating," Moore adds. "If your client is motivated by economics, there are a number of Extension spreadsheets out there to help them realize costs of morbidity and mortality. There is also compelling data on long-term effects on heifers – production and reproduction -- that do not get colostrum or that are sick as a calf."
Moore spent last year understanding and summarizing the literature on calf housing – focusing on hutches and their impact on health and welfare of pre-weaned calves – as part of a USDA-funded project. "We developed eight factsheets as well as courses for veterinarians, producers and calf caretakers. I think that veterinarians might be most interested in the Assess Tool to evaluate the calf environment. Our primary message is that to address infectious disease in calves we need to look at the infection cycle of exposure to, amplification of, and loading of pathogens in the calves' environment to reduce morbidity."
Calf Management Veterinary Services – Practice Builders
Dale A. Moore, DVM PhD, Director, Veterinary Medicine Extension, WSU
Total cost of heifer rearing = 18â24% of dairy operation costs. Heifers do not begin to pay this back until somewhere into their second lactation. Cost breakdown for heifer rearing (in order from highest to lowest costs): feed, labor, initial value of the heifer, other variable costs, veterinary and medicine costs, death loss, interest on investment, and fixed costs.
If these are the operational costs – where can we have an influence?
Dystocia ââ Incidence should be <15% in heifers and <8% in cows, dependent on bull choice, BCS of cow, position of the calf. Dystocia increases stillbirths, neonatal mortality, colostrum deprivation, interferes with IgG absorption, and increases chance for neonatal acidosis. Dystocia has been associated with calf mortality because of the possibility of uterine fluid inhalation.
- Prevention ââ Calving schools/training
- Monitoring ââ Stillbirths and calving assistance scores
Inadequate Transfer of Passive Immunity – Associated with morbidity and mortality.
- Prevention ââ Colostrum management training
- Monitoring – IgGs or, TP's & Colostrum culturing
Inadequate Nutrition – Associated with morbidity, mortality and poor growth
- Prevention ââ Assessment of liquid feeding program, "ration" analysis & waste milk quality, pasteurizer HACCP program
- Monitoring ââ Body condition and growth monitoring
Morbidity and Mortality – Numerous causes
- Assessing hutch calf health – Health assessment scoring systems
- Necropsy service for deads
- Animal welfare – Assessment of housing, Euthanasia training
- Treatment protocols
- Vaccination protocols
Resources for Calf Management Veterinary Services:
- http://vetextension.wsu.edu/programs/bovine/calfscience/resources.htm
- http://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/dms/fapm/fapmtools/calves.htm
- http://www.das.psu.edu/research‐extension/dairy/nutrition/c...
- Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 1â210 (March 2008) Dairy Heifer Management Edited by Sandra Godden DVM, DVSc, Sheila M. McGuirk DVM, PhD