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EUBCE 2014 Highlights
- 25 June 2014
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The Surrogacy Experience: Taking the Leap (Part 1 of 3)
Candidates for Surrogacy
There are two types of surrogacy:
- Traditional Surrogacy (or Conventional Surrogacy): The surrogate mother is the biological mother of the baby she carries because she contributes one of her egg cells and is artificially inseminated with the father's sperm. The child she bears carries her genetic material.
When the baby is born, the surrogate signs away parental rights and responsibilities and the intended parents (IPs) take full custody. The intended mother is officially the stepmother and the intended father is the biological father.
- Gestational Surrogacy: The surrogate mother is not biologically related to the baby. The intended mother and father contribute their genetic material, which is prepared via in vitro fertilization (IVF). The fertilized egg(s) are then placed in the carrier's uterus and carried by the surrogate.
A twist on gestational surrogacy is when the mother is unable to provide her own eggs but does not want the surrogate to provide an egg, so an egg donor provides the egg for the IVF. Similarly, if two gay men hire a surrogate, they sometimes also use an egg donor.
For a woman who is unable to carry a child but who has healthy eggs, like Kelly, surrogacy is the only way to have a baby who is genetically related to her. Kelly's eggs were still good, but the blood-clotting disorder made another pregnancy inadvisable. The Russells were ideal candidates for surrogacy.


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With my post-tech beer in hand, (Leinenkugel Summer Shandy), I sit here finally relaxing. Oh, alright, who is kidding who. There is no relaxation to be had. I am exhausted, pooped, tired, and just mildly thinking about what the next four days consist of. I give no apologies for my current lag in posts. Understand, for those that aren't theatre persons, that the beginning of Tech Week begins to consume all of one's life. Over the next week I will only be home to sleep. I will leave at about 8:00 am, work until somewhere around 11:00 pm, and then come home and sleep again. This will happen until next Saturday.
Over and over again.
But then again, that's why I chose theatre, isn't it. So today's post goes to those that are thinking about theatre as a profession. These are the high school kids and college students have have dabbled in our fabulous world, and thought to themselves, "Theatre, yep, that's what I want to do for a living." Well, let me start you off with a little quote that was told to me once:
If you can do anything else, DON'T DO THEATRE.
Now the questions comes. Hey Terry, you're a theatre professor. Your goal is to train the next generation of theatre practitioners. Why would you tell people not to do theatre? Well, truth be told, there is a second part of the quote:
But if you cannot do anything else, and theatre is your passion, then push yourself to the limits, and become as successful as you can.
Oh, alright, so I added a bit onto the second part of the quotation. But understand, it is the complete truth. Now, let me share a short story. There was a time that I was not a theatre professional. Day in and day out I labored away as a 911 operator and police dispatcher. Truth be told, I loved the job, and many of the people I worked with. This was shortly after I graduated college. At the time, I felt that theatre had nothing to offer me. I had bought into the idea that it was a dead end major, and I would end up being that homeless man on the street, sleeping on friend's couches, with no way to actually earn a living. So for over a year I worked. And made good money. And enjoyed my time in Virginia Beach. But as the year wore on, it felt as if something was missing. Something to push me, challenge me, and inspire me. I began drawing, and that's when I realized that I couldn't do anything else besides theatre.
And so I went back to college, and now, almost ten years after receiving my Masters of Fine Arts in Theatre, I am still doing theatre. Am I better off? In some ways, yes, other ways, no. I am financially worse off. Had I stayed with 911, my salary would be higher than it is now. But, I am happier than I ever could be. Even on the worst days, I love what I do.
So from time to time, I have been asked what it takes to make it as a theatre professional. Well, let me see if I can answer that question. With bullet points. Because I like bullet points.
- Work Ethic - As someone who has been hired and hired people, a strong work ethic is needed. A willingness to complete a job without complaining. I know this from experience. I was a whiny little brat in my first couple of summer theatre gigs. I look back now and abhor how I acted. If there is one thing I cannot stress enough, it's that you need to have the passion to do what it takes to make a production successful. That passion will push you to the limits, but it will make you employable.
- People Skills – The theatre world is small. Really small. I saw this once again just a month ago. A touring show was coming to our college and I was asked to work as a quick changer on the wardrobe crew. I said yes. I come in the morning of the show, and who is in charge of me but none other than Kimmi Beland. Someone I had worked with 5 years previous at Illinois Shakespeare Festival. And let me tell you, it was great to work under her that day. You have to be able to not burn bridges. You need to be someone that people want to work with. I have seen extremely talented people who are atrocious when it comes to working with others. I usually don't see them again. But if you can relate to others, and find common ground, you will find that, in the theatre world, when people like you, they will look for you to be rehired.
- Common Sense – This is a trait that many people don't fully understand. But let's be honest. We've all seen the person that doesn't realize you cannot leave your coffee in the middle of the stage 5 minutes before house opens. They may be the most intelligent person in the world, but without that common sense, horrible things are bound to happen.
- Love of the art, not of the money – YOU WILL NOT BE RICH! You will be happy, but you will not be rich. Theatre is not for everyone. It is for those that want to produce art. It is for those that want a voice. It is for those that cannot be happy any other way. It is not for making money. Once you fully understand that, than you can be successful in theatre.
- Willingness to Travel – And this is a big one, and one I will end on. Theatre is transient. I have lived in six different states. And countless number of cities. And I'm not even 35 yet. With theatre, you go to where the work is, you do not wait for it to come to you. And you must be proactive. That is part of the fun of the profession. Just ask any of my friends who have toured. They have seen places all over this, and other, countries. It's amazing. So be willing to travel, and you might just make it.
Now then, I don't say any of this to scare people off. But i do say this so people will understand what it takes. So tell me, readers of the blog. What am I forgetting? Or what else do you think should be added? Help out those young minds that are looking at theatre as a career. Let's see if we can help them out just a bit.


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It was clear that it was going to be a different sort of panel when lawyers from Foursquare, Meetup and Etsy admitted their somewhat-derogatory in-house nicknames during the "Lawyered" panel at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival: Foursquare General Counsel Brian Chase, or "Dreamsmasher"; Meetup General Counsel Daniel Pashman, or "Lawzilla"; and Etsy Counsel Sarah Feingold, or "Dreamcrusher." This lively panel was attended not only by interactive and social media lawyers but also by social media and interactive mavens looking for advice on how to cope with their own dream crushers, while staying on the leading edge of electronic and Web commerce.[…] Continue Reading »
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Fifty-six percent of Americans now have a profile on at least one social media networking site, according to a report by Edison Research. The same report found that a majority of social media users now check their accounts multiple times a day. While Facebook remains the most popular social media site, the number of daily tweets is on the rise — from 47% in 2010 to a whopping 76% in 2012 — for users with Twitter accounts.[…] Continue Reading »
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This post is by Jessica Miller-Merrell, a leadership blogger at Blogging4Jobs. She is a digital strategist with a passion for recruitment, human resources, training and social media and is the author of "Tweet This! Twitter for Business," a how-to business guide for Twitter.
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What you can learn from REI's social media strategy; how to liven up your brand; and details of Facebook's recent settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
It's all in this week's top five most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Social Media:
- How to build buzz for a boring brand
- Facebook, FTC settle privacy charges
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Part I: Breaking into the Import/Export Business 7
Chapter 1: Introducing Import/Export 9
Chapter 2: Figuring Out Your Role in the Import/Export Business 19
Chapter 3: Rules and Regulations to Consider Before You Get Started 33
Chapter 4: Organizing for Import and Export Operations 49
Part II: Selecting Products and Suppliers 67
Chapter 5: Selecting the Right Products 69
Chapter 6: Connecting with Overseas Suppliers for Your Imports 75
Chapter 7: Finding U.S. Suppliers for Your Exports 87
Part III: Identifying Your Target Market and Finding Customers 95
Chapter 8: Looking at Marketing 97
Chapter 9: Researching Export Markets 121
Chapter 10: Researching Import Markets 129
Chapter 11: Making Export Contacts and Finding Customers 139
Chapter 12: Locating Customers for Your Imports 149
Part IV: Negotiating around the World 157
Chapter 13: How Negotiations Work 159
Chapter 14: What Makes Global Negotiating Different 167
Chapter 15: Doing Business around the World 177
Part V: Completing the Transaction: International Trade Procedures and Regulations 205
Chapter 16: Making the Sale: Pricing, Quotes, and Shipping Terms 207
Chapter 17: Methods of Payment 217
Chapter 18: Packing and Shipping with the Right Documentation 239
Chapter 19: Getting Your Goods: Customs Requirements and the Entry Process 255
Part VI: The Part of Tens 277
Chapter 20: Ten Keys to Becoming a Successful Importer 279
Chapter 21: Ten Keys to Becoming a Successful Exporter 285
Part VII: Appendixes 291
Appendix A: Resources 293
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With a master's degree in health care policy and administration, Ellen has worked in skilled nursing administration for more than 17 years. She provides oversight and leadership support for Renown Skilled Nursing, a facility that involves skilled and long-term care for a diverse age population mix. It is a key unit in the Renown community effort to provide care for those in need or with limited financial resources. The skill set of the facility's dedicated team of compassionate caregivers enables Renown Skilled Nursing to manage complex skilled rehabilitation and medical cases.
Since she first joined Renown in 1998, Ellen has worked to raise the community standard of quality in the Skilled Nursing level of care. She has served multiple terms on the Nevada Medicaid Medical Care Advisory Committee and a term as Northern Council Chair for the Nevada Health Care Association.
Ellen focuses on personalized care for each resident and getting to know residents and their family members whenever possible. She is also a registered dietitian who is passionate about nutritional care and offering patients a dining experience that enhances their quality of life.
A strong supporter of how pet therapy can enrich the healthcare experience of our elders, Ellen's collies and golden retriever frequently visit residents at the bedside as part of the hospital's Pet Therapy program. She is the former board president of Truckee Meadows Dog Training and Co-Chairs the AKC Obedience Trials. When not at work, she is an avid competitor in dog performance events in both rally and freestyle obedience.
A new passion for her is the integration of healing arts into the geriatric setting. With tremendous support from Renown Health Foundation, the facility has been able to launch a hands-on art program through the generosity of the Sierra Watercolorist Society and Washoe County School District.
"I adore the stimulating outdoor environment of Northern Nevada and the special sense of community spirit Reno enjoys. Our facility has benefited from many of our Reno/Sparks neighbors willing to share their talents and generosity with our residents."


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If you're in relationship, especially if you're married, chances are you've had your fights over money. Financial feuds are the number one reason for divorce – even over infidelity. If your marital bliss is ruined by financial disagreements, use these six steps to stop fighting over money, once and for all.
In Pictures: 8 Steps To Teach Your Partner Household Finances
- Understand the Meaning of Money
Sure, the fight is about that night out where he bought everyone drinks, or that shopping spree she had. But what are you really fighting about? Money is much more than currency - it stands for control, freedom and dreams. To stop fighting over money, you have to assess what money means to you and your partner. Did she grow up in a poor household? Maybe her tightwad attitude is her way to keep from ending up like her family. Did he grow up clipping coupons and never eating out? Maybe he's enjoying dinners out as a way to feel free. Money means very different things to each of us, and understanding the meaning of money for you and your spouse is the first step toward reconciling your differences. (Sneaky financial moves could erode your finances - and your relationship. Find out more in Financial Infidelity: Are YOU A Cheater?)
- Take a Time-Out
However much your partner's financial habits are driving you crazy, take a step back from those feelings. Even if you're looking at the credit card bill that made your blood boil, it's important to take your angry feelings out of the equation. No blaming him for that expensive watch he bought; if you want to break the cycle of constant fighting, you have to agree to work together and start fresh.
- Sit Down Together
Now comes the hard part: you have to assess your financial situation. If you're fighting over money, that probably means there's some debt you're not dealing with properly. You got together for a reason, right? So face these numbers together, openly and honestly. And remember: no blame. Take this opportunity to take stock of your finances, everything from bills, debt, to any retirement accounts or other investments you may have. (For help with bills and budgeting, check out 8 Steps To An Organized Financial Life.)
- Dream
It's hard to remember when you're picking apart credit card statements and grocery bills, but there was a time when you both dreamed of your life together. Did you want to travel? Buy your dream house? Maybe you've always wanted to go to college. Those dreams are what energizes us as people, and what will bring you together as a couple. Set those bills aside for a moment, and dream together again. Write down those goals; you'll use them in the next step.
- Make a Budget
Now that you've assessed your finances honestly, and you've talked about your dreams, it's time to sit down and make a budget ... together. Even if one of you pays the bills, it's important you both take ownership in your financial plans. Aside from making sure the bills are paid, you should add two things to your new budget. First, allow each of you to have some cash that you don't have to be accountable for. Call it mad money or an allowance, it's important that you allow her to buy that pair of shoes without feeling guilty, and for him to have lunch out of the office a few times a week. That personal financial space will allow you to let go a bit, and feed your meaning of money from step one. Even if you're on a tight budget, set a bit of money aside for each of you personally.
The second important part of your new budget is allocating savings to go towards those dreams you wrote down in step five. Always wanted to go to Hawaii? Set aside some money each month, even if it's only a little, to pay for that vacation, or for that house you've dreamed of buying. Saving for your dreams will motivate you as you watch those savings grow, and it will also give you a shared goal - something to bring you closer together. (Learn more about creating budgets in Top 5 Budgeting Questions Answered, 6 Months To A Better Budget and The Beauty Of Budgeting.)
- Stay On Track
With a new budget, financial goals, and an "allowance"' for each of you, you should already feel the improvement in your relationship. Change can be difficult though, and you may need to remind each other of your dreams and budget from time to time. If one of you is an impulsive spender, find a way to talk to your partner without blaming or getting into an argument. You could agree on a word that helps remind you of your goal for when she's looking at those expensive shoes, or he sees that flat screen TV, like "Hawaii" or "Dream House" - whatever fits your financial dream.
Don't let financial feuds get the best of your relationship. With your new budget, you're ready to face the future together, and realize your dreams. (Learn more about getting along financially, read Teaching Your Partner About Household Finances and Say "I Do" To Financial Compatibility.)


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Thoughts and prayers for both of you.
"I could have missed the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance." Garth Brooks
Keeping you both in my thoughts. Hang in there, I hope he will get the help that he needs.
((((ppga & DS))))
Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.
~Robert Louis Stevenson
So sorry. Please keep us posted.
"Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always." - Albert Schweitzer
Me: BW - Him: 200+ # tumor removed 7/09
DS - 31 - Yikes!
I am praying for you
One should rather die than be betrayed. There is no deceit in death. It delivers precisely what it has promised. Betrayal, though ... betrayal is the willful slaughter of hope. ~Steven Deitz
"Sometimes it takes a good fall to know where you really stand."
-Hayley Williams
So, the cycle begins again.
I just saw this. It is heartbreaking, and so so similar to our experience with the mental health system. A must read for everyone. God rest his tormented soul.
Subject: 'MasterChef's' Josh Marks loses 'battle of his life,' commits suicide - CNN.com
Continued prayers for you and your family. The cycle is brutal and the system broken.
with wished for a better tomorrow-
Seriously, can you get your son to NC, where he has a better chance of being admitted right away?? If he needs to stay in state, how about the upstate?


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Waiver exams allow you to waive certain core courses and start taking electives in your area of interest early in your time at Haas. You should consider taking a waiver exam if you have academic or professional experience in the subject matter.
Waiver exams for all courses offered in a given semester are given before the semester starts. A passing grade on a waiver exam exempts you from having to take the class, although you may choose to take it anyway. Waiving a core course does not reduce the number of units needed to graduate. You must take additional elective course(s) to complete the 51-unit graduation requirement. You may, however, take the elective(s) in a later semester.
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What makes interest, inflation, unemployment, and foreign exchange rates go up and down? And, what was that financial crisis all about – and when will its effects be over? In this course, we will learn how these and other aspects of macroeconomies come to be what they are, and where they are likely to be going. To do so, we will examine how consumer and business practices affect and are affected by the current condition and outlook for the future of the U.S. and other economies. We will analyze how governments' monetary, fiscal, and trade policies affect, and are affected by macroeconomies. This course uses past events and current predicaments to help understand how macroeconomies operate and how they influence business and public policies, and vice versa.
We will use the tools and approach of demand and supply to help understand which real and financial goods and services are produced, bought and sold in a macroeconomy, at what prices and in what volumes. The models that we use build upon what you already know (and, indeed, what you do!) and will introduce you to some analyses that you probably haven't seen before. We will use real-time case studies from the Financial Times to check the usefulness of the perspectives we develop: Does our framework help us understand current events around the globe?
The perspectives that emerge from our understanding of theory and evidence will sharpen our abilities to analyze and (in some cases) forecast:
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The course meets twice a week (either on Monday & Wednesday or Tuesday & Thursday), in 2-hour classes, for the first 7 weeks of the Spring semester. In addition, there is an optional 80-minute discussion section each Friday (though contact with the GSIs at other times is available by appointment).
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The seventh edition of Macroeconomics by N. Gregory Mankiw.
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The waiver exam will ask questions about both theories and applications of the concepts that are useful for understanding the macroeconomics of consumer spending, business investment, fiscal and monetary policies, imports and exports, and rates of interest, inflation, exchange, and economic growth. To prepare, be sure that you are comfortable with the concepts and applications above at the level of conventional intermediate-level macroeconomics textbooks and that you can apply the concepts to discuss current events.
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Here are some sample exam questions to help you assess your ability and as a study guide.
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This course introduces you to concepts and techniques related to matching supply with demand in manufacturing and service operations. The goals are to make you conversant in the language of operations management; provide you with quantitative and qualitative tools to analyze basic operations issues; and allow you to see the role of operations management in the overall strategy of the firm. The course covers topics in process and capacity analysis, inventory management, demand uncertainty, supply chain management, and service operations. In each module, you are introduced to tools for analyzing operations problems and methods of managing that aspect of operations. You will prepare cases for class discussion, analyze cases and problem sets, participate in simulations/exercises, and take mid-term and final exams. Our objective is to create as much interaction with operations issues as possible, allowing you to examine how they affect an organization's overall performance.
Course Format
The course meets twice a week in 110-minute classes for the first seven weeks of the Spring semester. There also is an optional 80-minute discussion section each Friday.
Course Textbook
The course will use readings and cases that are made available electronically or through a course reader. If you want additional background, you may consult one of the many operations management textbooks that are available including: Matching Supply and Demand: An Introduction to Operations Management by Gerard Cachon and Christian Terwiesch.
Waiver Exam Overview
If you have a background in industrial engineering or very strong analytical experience in manufacturing or operations management, you should consider taking the waiver exam. If you have questions about the format of the waiver exam, please direct them to the MBA Program Office (not the instructor).
Exam Preparation
The Cachon and Terwiesch text (on reserve at Haas' Long Library) provides a good review of basic operations principles. Many other operations management textbooks would serve equally well. You should be familiar with process and capacity analysis, service operations (including queueing phenomena), inventory control, demand uncertainty, and supply chain management. If you plan to take the exam, you are encouraged to review the course syllabus from last year. The syllabus includes references to sections of the Cachon and Terwiesch text that are relevant; the text also includes practice problems.
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The Niagara Tourism and Convention Corp. helped to land some "big ones" in the outdoor media world. National media will be in town next week for some of the area's stellar spring fishing.
The culmination of the Lower Niagara River trout fishery, the Lake Ontario spring salmon and trout fishery off the Niagara Bar, Wilson and Olcott, as well as the early trophy bass season opening on Lake Erie has key media returning to experience these natural angling wonders. Starting on Sunday, May 5, outdoor media will be convening in Lewiston to pay homage to the area's fishing resources.
"May is one of the best times of year for sportfishing in Niagara USA," said Bill Hilts Jr., outdoor sports specialist at the NTCC. "With the kick-off of the Lake Ontario Counties Trout and Salmon Derby May 3-12, 2013, to sound off the fishing season for many, Niagara USA is on the national media radar screen."
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- Mark Davis, host of "Penn's Big Water Adventures" that appears on The Outdoor Channel;
- Charles Beasley, with "In-Fisherman" magazine and television show;
- Larry Ladowski and Dennis Leppell with "MidWest Outdoors" magazine and television show;
- Jimmy Fee, editor with On the Water magazine;
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This internship is for a student who is interested in helping to develop the web presence of the Human Rights Institute, especially in regards to social media. This internship is available for the first time in Spring semester 2013. The intern will work closely with the graduate student Publicity Liaison, as well as with other HRI staff, in helping to enhance the web presence of the HRI as well as integrate us into the emergent worlds of social media and blogs. This internship will be especially useful for students who are interested in a career in information communication technology driven human rights outreach, as well as photojournalism, media, blogs, and social media development. Many jobs in human rights, especially in the non-profit sector, are actively hiring in the information communication technology sector and one of the goals of this internship will be to allow students to gain experience in this emerging field.
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Who am I to nip someone when he is down, and after losing a few more southern primaries Tuesday, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has got to be feeling a little down. (He did get all six delegates from American Samoa, though!)
Even if he is an easy target, my fan base has been itchin' for me to write something about Romney's treatment of his dog. Chances are you all know what I'm talking about, but if not, here's the story: Back in 1983, Romney took his family dog, an Irish Setter named Seamus, on a 12-hour car trip tied to the roof of his car. Romney doesn't deny doing it. He admitted it on Fox News, tried to convince everyone that Seamus liked riding on the roof and said the dog was more comfortable up there than crammed in the car with his five spawn, er, children. (Two words, Mitt: birth control.)
In many civilized parts of the world, including Massachusetts, where Romney was governor, doing so is considered inhumane treatment of an animal.
I probably don't need to tell you where I stand on this issue. Suffice it to say that I have my own vinyl traveling crate and favorite fleece blanket when I go mobile.
Not surprisingly, animal activists have taken up the issue and point to the event as proof that Romney is unfit to be president. I'd bark my approval to that, not that I'm comfortable imagining any of his GOP opponents sitting in the Oval Office with feet propped on the desk.
True, the man tied his dog to the roof of his car for a 12-hour trip but these other guys … I don't know. I wouldn't be surprised if they'd resort to tying a woman to the roof of the car to keep her from picking up her health insurance-covered contraceptives.
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I am in Whistler, enjoying some spring shredding and hopefully a few more pow resets in the backcountry before the end of the season.When did you start snowboarding and how did you get into it?
I started when I was 11 years old with my 2 older brothers. My parents had just separated and my dad wanted to get back into skiing so he made a deal that if we cleaned the house every week and other chores he would buy us a seasons pass. We ended up being able to go every weekend and we were so stoked.Who is someone that inspires your riding?
Everyone inspires me; from older legends that I used to look up to as a kid to the new up and comers doing all kinds of cool shit. Even random people cruising the park inspire me all the time. I love it, inspiration is everywhere and especially in people's attitude. People who are humble, respectful and positive and generally stoked inspire me the most.Who are your favorite Rome team members to ride with?
Hmm that's tough to say… I really like everyone on the team and I haven't had the chance to ride with everyone but I do love riding with Marie Hucal and Mary Rand and I love riding or hanging out with Will. Stale is hilarious and so fun to be around and I don't know Ozzy much but he seems really chill and fun too. I love watching Larry get drunk and yell funny stuff all night long with Viktor and Rile, haha! Everyone on the team is so awesome.What projects have you been working on this last season?
I have been starting to film for my own project called The Little Things. http://thelittlethingsmovie.tumblr.com/ It's a good way for me to be filming while doing something that will hopefully spread a positive perspective at the same time. It's definitely got an environmental twist to it but nothing dramatic or preachy that people don't want to hear. It's more about showcasing what kind of initiatives some snowboarders have taken already and get inspired by them towards positive change. I'm very lucky to have Darcy Turenne as the filmmaker and it will feature Jeremy Jones, Tamo Campos, Meghann Obrien, Gretchen Bleiler, Jonaven Moore, Nicolas Muller and I. I'm super excited about it and it's been a really fun season thus far.Explain the gnarliest street spot or jump you have ever hit?
Hmmm I don't know… That's a tough one. The gnarliest event I've been a part of was the first Rome Team shoot out at Bear. It wasn't all that gnarly but it was just challenging because we shot for 7 nights in a row from like 12 to 5 am and the park would always be sheer ice since it was in the spring. I just remember us all being so over it by the end. I hit this one step up jump over rocks and twigs and I messed up off the lip and landed on my back right on a rock. Bjorn was such a beast, he had 2 taped up sprained ankles and was just hucking the biggest tricks to flat. He would explode and get back up to do it again until he would land… It was heavy to watch.What's usually pumping through your stereo on the way to the mountain?
It depends on the day but it could be anything from mellow Sunday morning tunes to Rap or old punk rock or oldies. I pretty much like it all except techno.When you're not snowboarding what else takes up your time?
Island life! I like to go Surfing, building my cob house, gardening, skateboarding, hanging with friends, and tropical surf trips. I'm so lucky; I have the best life ever.What are your three favorite video parts of all time?
- Any Tara Dakides part because I looked up to her so much as a kid and she has inspired so many girls to go for it.
- Any Jess Kimura part because she's so sick and has worked harder than anybody I know to get there. She truly loves snowboarding and everything that comes with it.
- Mikey Leblanc's part in Simple Pleasures because it was the first vid we owned and he just seemed like the funniest dude.
LIVE NUDE DUDES!! Haha!Four Wheeler or Jet Ski?
Jet skiSunglasses or Goggles?
Both with a visor thoughPizza or Hot Dawgz?
ZAAAAThe High Life or Bud Heavy?
How bout them Palm Bays?Toe-Side or Heel-side slash?
Both are quite satisfactoryRome Van or Plane?
Rome Van any day! Unless it's for more than 5 days…ha!Kickflip or Heelflip?
Been trying to kickflip for 12 years. Not hard enough obviously. This summer though… I'm going get it.Camber or Rocker?
CAMBER!! WHERE DID YOU GO I MISS YOU!! But Rocker is hella fun on jibs and stuff too.Gloves or Mitts?
Gloves for spring but mitts for the rest.Bagel or doughnut?
A big fat Croissant right up in yo grill! What? Sorry that was rude!
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MARIETTA, Ga., Feb. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- MiMedx Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDXG), an integrated developer, manufacturer and marketer of patent protected regenerative biomaterials and bioimplants processed from human amniotic membrane, announced today that Medicare contractor, Noridian Healthcare Solutions, LLC, has confirmed that the Company's wound care allograft, EpiFix®, has been approved to receive reimbursement coverage.
The coverage from Noridian becomes effective March 1, 2014, and brings the total Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) covering EpiFix to seven of the eight. The Noridian jurisdictions include Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, California, Nevada and Hawaii. The only remaining MAC needed to approve EpiFix coverage is First Coast Service Options (FCSO), whose jurisdiction is the State of Florida. Thus, EpiFix, now has coverage in 49 of the 50 states.
"Noridian has approved EpiFix for both diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and venous leg ulcers (VLUs) that fail to respond to standard of care treatments. Two of the largest categories of chronic wounds are DFUs and VLUs", commented Parker H "Pete" Petit, Chairman & CEO. In the U.S., approximately 1 million patients per year are reported to be suffering from DFUs and nearly 900,000 patients each year are reported to suffer from VLUs.
"The success of EpiFix in attaining coverage from the MACs and many of the commercial health plans and state Medicaid programs is based on our clinical study data presented to those health plans. Also included in this clinical data are the results from another recently completed Randomized Control Trial (RCT) that is expected to be published shortly," commented Bill Taylor, President & COO. "In this study, patients were enrolled following a 2-week run-in period, after having been treated with 4 weeks of conventional therapy. Those patients exhibiting rapid healing (wound reduction of more than 50%) at the conclusion of 'run-in period' were excluded. EpiFix was either utilized weekly or bi-weekly on 40 patients. In both groups, EpiFix achieved wound closure in 70% of patients in 4 weeks. Furthermore, 92.5% of the overall population exhibited healing at 12 weeks with EpiFix. The mean time to closure for the weekly applications was 17 days, and 25 days for bi-weekly applications. Pooling this data with the previously published EpiFix data, on patients who did not heal with conventional therapy after four weeks of conventional therapy and a subsequent two week 'run-in period', EpiFix healed 52 of 64 (81%) of patients in 6 weeks, 58 of 64 (91%) of patients in 9 weeks, and 59 of 64 (92%) of patients in 12 weeks. The median time to closure of the 58 healed patients was 14 days," added Taylor.
A clinical study published July 24, 2013 in JAMA Dermatology, a peer reviewed journal published by the American Medical Association, reports that the median size of a DFU is 1.35 square centimeters and the median size of a VLU is 2.32 square centimeters. Taylor stated, "The legacy skin substitute products most widely approved by commercial health plans are only offered in fixed sheet sizes of approximately 40 square centimeters. This leads to a tremendous amount of wastage in treating both DFUs and VLUs. The MiMedx EpiFix allograft comes in sizes ranging from 1.5 square centimeters on up, allowing for size-appropriate grafts, particularly for these wound types."
"Coupling the robust clinical results with the cost effectiveness of EpiFix, we expect a continuing rapid rate of health plan and state Medicaid reimbursement coverage in the months ahead," concluded Petit.
About MiMedx
MiMedx® is an integrated developer, manufacturer and marketer of patent protected regenerative biomaterial products and bioimplants processed from human amniotic membrane. "Innovations in Regenerative Biomaterials" is the framework behind our mission to give physicians products and tissues to help the body heal itself. Our biomaterial platform technologies include AmnioFix® and EpiFix®, our tissue technologies processed from human amniotic membrane that is derived from donated placentas. Through our donor program, mothers delivering full-term Caesarean section births can elect in advance of delivery to donate the placenta in lieu of having it discarded as medical waste. We process the human amniotic membrane utilizing our proprietary PURION® process, to produce a safe and effective implant. MiMedx® is the leading supplier of amniotic tissue, having supplied over 200,000 allografts to date for application in the Wound Care, Surgical, Sports Medicine, Ophthalmic and Dental sectors of healthcare.
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Moves to create "secret justice" in Britain have suffered a blow after Nick Clegg warned the Prime Minister he could not support the current plans.
The intervention by Mr Clegg came as an influential group of MPs and peers savaged proposals to hold more inquests and court cases behind closed doors.
The plans are aimed at ensuring that sensitive evidence from the security services is not made public in open courts.
Mr Clegg's objection was set out in a letter to the National Security Council - chaired by David Cameron - in which he warned that major changes were needed to the plans before they could get backing from Liberal Democrat colleagues.
But David Cameron has spoken out to say it is the "job of the Prime Minister to make sure we do everything that is necessary to keep the country safe".
There are "significant gaps" in the UK's defences in terms of technological progress and in the courts that need to be addressed, he said.
He added he believed it was possible to balance security requirements without harming civil liberties and it was up to him to make difficult decisions.
Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has told Sky News he shares many of Mr Clegg's views of civil liberties, the key concerns have been addressed and he would be surprised if they cannot reach an agreement.
The Deputy Prime Minister said security services' concerns cannot be allowed to "ride roughshod" over open justice.
He said the powers to take evidence in secret should not apply to inquests, and that judges, rather than ministers, should decide when the measures are used in the small number of civil cases expected to be affected, the Daily Mail reported.
Members of the cross-party Joint Committee on Human Rights have described the Justice Secretary's proposals as "inherently unfair".
Their highly critical report said the controversial and wide-ranging proposals were based on "vague predictions" and "spurious assertions" about catastrophic consequences.
In reality, the plans are a "radical departure from long-standing traditions of open justice" which should only ever be used when publicly disclosing material would carry "a real risk of harm to national security", the committee said.
The report strongly criticised Mr Clarke's green paper, saying his view that the plans were only intended to be used in a small number of cases "is clearly a change of position as there is no doubt that the proposals in the green paper are very broad in scope".
Mr Clarke responded by saying the proposals were "a common sense solution to a genuine problem in a very small number of cases" and there was a "compelling case" for changing rules which stop judges from considering any sensitive evidence at all, even where the case hinges on it, in compensation hearings or other civil cases.
He said: "(The proposed changes) will ensure that the Government is properly held to account when individuals challenge its actions in civil cases only, without revealing information which would compromise public safety.
"This Government will do everything possible to uphold the principle of open justice.
"But British intelligence agents obviously cannot give evidence in open court about their sources, their techniques and their secret knowledge."
He told Sky News the points Mr Clegg raises have been addressed in the Government's consultation paper.
Mr Clarke said he would be "surprised if I can't reach agreement with Nick Clegg" because the pair share similar views of civil liberties.
He added: "I announced all this at Christmas and nobody made a fuss then."
Lord Carlile, the barrister who used to be the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, criticised the coalition for its lack of consistency and Mr Clegg in particularly for "disowning" ideas already set out in a Government green paper.
He said action was needed to stop terrorists from being on the streets - and to stop the taxpayer having to give compensation to "people who do not deserve it" but escape conviction due to technicalities.
Attacking ministers' handling of the debate, he added: "I simply don't understand how news management of this kind arises."


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TORONTO -- Linas Kleiza wants everyone to know his basketball career is not over.
The Toronto Raptors forward made an impromptu appearance before the media on Friday morning to refute a Lithuanian report that his nagging knee problems had spelled the end of his career.
In fact, Kleiza said he could return to action as early as a week from now.
Kleiza's brother called him Friday morning to inform him of the article on Lithuanian website 15min.lt.
"The article. . . said my career was over, I'm retired. It's funny, it's the Lithuanian media, I don't even know what to say," Kleiza said. "I don't even want to talk about it, I don't know how you can even write something like that out of the blue.
"It's funny, but at the end of the day, it's not very funny when they talk about you like that."
Antanas Guoga, former head of the Lithuanian national team's delegation, was quoted in the article saying Kleiza would need more surgery on his knee. He originally underwent microfracture knee surgery in 2011.
"I've heard that the surgery didn't go right, there were some mistakes (in the rehabilitation process) after the injury," Guoga told 15min.lt. "It's not good that he underwent surgery in the United States. You can't turn the clock back, but things might have been different, if it had been Lithuanian medics."
Kleiza, who hasn't played since Dec. 28, said he's been working hard since then to build up his quadriceps strength.
"It was tough last year, a lot of games, then the summer," said Kleiza, who played for Lithuania at the London Olympics. "I had to take a couple of months off to build it back. Now I feel the best I've felt since the surgery."
Kleiza said he never considered retirement through his recovery, and tried to laugh off the Lithuanian article.
"I don't take things personal what they write, they write a lot of stuff," he said. "They translate rumours into facts, that's how it is in a small country, where basketball is the number one thing.
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Summary: The Nobel Prize recognizes the worldÂs most talented and innovative minds. Unfortunately, not all of the hopeful thinkers and academics around the globe can become Nobel laureates, but some are lucky enough to win the Ig Nobel Prize instead.Drawn from the worldÂs wackiest actual research, The Ig Nobel Prizesdemonstrates the extreme measures that people will take in the quest for knowledge, and pays tribute to those individuals whose achievements cannotÂor should notÂbe reproduced. Recent Ig Nobel honorees include:  The professor who proved that toast falls buttered side down more often than not  The Southern Baptist Church of Alabama which devised a formula to determine how many Alabamans will go to hell  The founder of the amusement park known as ÂStalin World Featuring these endeavors and many more, The Ig Nobel Prizesis an entertaining exhibition of brains and determination.
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Linden's Collapsible Baking Rack
Back-to-school often means baking lots of cookies, or at least it did when I was a child. Please, tell me schools still hold bake sales and children still bring cupcakes in for their birthdays. Okay, phew.
Here's a great tool for the mom or dad pressed with the task of baking lots of cookies at once: a collapsible, four-tier cooling rack for cookie sheets. It's strong, holds four trays of baked treats, and when you're done, it folds down into a slender 1-inch wide package that can be slipped into a cabinet.
Linden Sweden is a small kitchenware company we have blogged before: they make attractive, smart products like this double spice grinder, and a set of mixing bowls with measurements.
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This would be more useful to me if it had cooling racks instead of spaces for cookie sheets. I never let cookies cool on the sheets since I only have two and there's almost always too much dough to fit on just those two.
At my child's school there are NO homemade treats allowed. All item except for lunch (of course) have to be prepackaged from a store and full of preservatives:(
At our local schools, all food to be shared must be pre-packaged with ingredients lists. I guess the liability is too high in case some allergic student gets sick (or worse) because somebody forgot to mention the peanut butter in the brownies.
I think bake sales are a different matter, because the school isn't responsible in the same way.
Regarding the rack--I'd think you could balance cooling racks on that, instead of the sheets they have in the picture. This would be tempting for my tiny kitchen, except that I hardly ever bake in my little oven (my standard sized cookie sheets just fit.)
OrganicAndNaturalMom & RebeccaCT,
Just as I feared. Well, back in the late 70s and early 80s (to date myself) when I was a tot in school, things were different and I don't recall any kids getting sick, but I guess this is just a sign of these litigious, allergenic times. I'll get to face this pleasure when our wee one heads off to school, but we have a few years yet.


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President Obama signed 23 executive orders aimed at eliminating gun violence. Some folks are glad to the President's serious about his efforts, but others say it won't may any difference.
Some people were pleased with the President's call to action. "This is a step in the right direction," said Pat hunter. "At least this will get some people to stop doing those kinds of things."
But many gun owners oppose the president's plan. "In my opinion, as a gun owner and as an American citizen, it's just one of those rights that are being taken away," said Jason Sheffeld.
"What Obama is trying to do with the gun law, is really not going to help anything," said Heather Rhoad .
Many folks say this is what they expected. "Four years ago, this same thing happened when the current administration first got elected," said Sheffeld .
Actually, President Obama didn't propose any gun control legislation until the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School put the spotlight on gun violence.
Fear of a weapons ban is what sparked a gun buying frenzy, now, in some stores the shelves are bare, ammo is in short supply, and some weapons, are very hard to find. The president wants to ban assault rifles, like the AR-15, and magazines with more than 10 rounds.
It also led to record breaking year for gun carry permits. "This year we've had almost double the applicants just this month than we did in January of 2012," said Probate Judge Nancy Stephenson .
But the question is, will these tighter gun regulations keep these guns out of the wrong hands, and prevent another mass murder from occurring? Will this make a difference? "No its not," said Rhoade.
"When someone is determined to do something like that, you can have all the bans you want but they are going to come up with a way to find a gun," said Sheffield .
He also called for more mental health counselors at schools and an expansion of mental health services at schools. He will also instruct the Centers for Disease Control to study the cause of gun violence and how to prevent it.
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1. HP's executive team was not on the same page. "This is a big company that requires the executive team to be on the same page ... we didn't see an executive team working together," said Lane. [It must have been filled with executives fighting each other.]
2. No operating execution. Interestingly, Lane and the board like Apotheker's strategy, they just hate his inability to pull it off. Lane said Apotheker couldn't get down deep in the business to land it ahead of expectations.
3. Communications were horrible. Sounds like Apotheker's undoing started on August 18 when the company announced plans to kill the TouchPad, and potentially spin out the PC business. It was muddled message, and the board didn't appreciate it.
Lane wasn't just negative on Apotheker. He was also negative on Mark Hurd. He said Apotheker came and the company's spending had been cut to the bone and it couldn't operate. Apotheker had a strategy, but the board saw "weakness" and didn't think he'd get the job done.
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Buffett made a big bet on Big Oil in 2013
Berkshire Hathaway has taken recent positions in Exxon Mobil, Suncor Energy and Phillips 66. Here's why.
America is in the midst of a quiet revolution. Across the country, new technologies are unlocking billions of barrels of oil and gas. And this development is so big that the IEA predicts the United States could be energy self-sufficient by 2035.
It should be no surprise, therefore, that an opportunity this big has attracted the attention of legendary investor Warren Buffett. Over the past few years the Oracle of Omaha has been steadily increasing his energy holdings.
Unlike a test in high school, copying the answers from the smartest student in the class is actually a good practice in the investment world. So which energy stocks is Buffett adding to his portfolio? Let's take a look at three of his most recent purchases.
Should you follow Buffett into this industry titan?
Whoever said the best things come in small packages was never an energy investor. This industry requires raw size and scale to take on the toughest energy challenges.
And it doesn't get any bigger than Exxon Mobil (XOM). With a market capitalization over $400 billion, this is the second-largest publicly traded American company.
Why does Buffett like Exxon so much? It's the best capital allocator in the business. Over the past five years, the company has generated a return on invested capital over 25% -- the highest of its peers.
Because of these high returns, the company can return an enormous amount of cash to shareholders. Year-to-date, Exxon has paid out nearly $8.1 billion in dividends. And because of its size, Exxon hasn't missed a dividend payment in 131 years.
Additionally, over the past decade, the company has repurchased nearly half of its outstanding shares. This has allowed investors to increase their stake in a wonderful business while deferring taxes until they sell.
Buffett owns 17.8 million shares of this oil sands stock
This year, Buffett started looking north to Canada to find new investment opportunities. In August, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) disclosed that it had accumulated a 17.8 million share stake in Canada's largest oil producer, Suncor Energy (SU).
Chief Executive Steve Williams has engineered an impressive turnaround at the Alberta oil giant. Within one year after taking the helm, Williams has abandoned his predecessor's growth targets, scrapped the Voyageur Upgrader, doubled the company's dividend, and pledged to buy back 10% of outstanding shares.
New production growth will come from Fort Hills bitumen mining project, and Williams has pledged to eke out an additional 100,000 barrels per day through low risk de-bottlenecking initiatives and refinery upgrades. Additional pipeline and rail capacity out of Alberta should also start to reducing the discount for oil sands bitumen, thereby boosting Suncor's top line.
Why Buffett is bullish on this oil refiner
As Buffett once said, 'In business, I look for economic castles protected by unbreachable moats.'
Phillips 66 (PSX) is vital to our day-to-day lives. The company owns 15,000 miles of oil and gas pipelines -- more than enough to circle the planet -- that move millions of barrels of valuable oil and gas around the country, daily. This ensures a steady demand for the commodities Phillips 66 ships and refines through its network.
Raw size and financial discipline has helped Phillips 66 achieve industry-leading returns. Year-to-date, Phillips 66 has generated a 15% return on capital employed -- the highest of its peers. This allows the company to richly reward shareholders. Today the stock yields 2.1%, and Phillips 66 has repurchased nearly 5% of its outstanding shares since going public last year.
Meanwhile, the company is profiting handsomely thanks to a lack of energy infrastructure in the United States. Phillips 66 is making money hand over fist by buying cheap, domestic crude and selling refined products internationally at a steep mark-up. And because solutions to these problems -- such as lifting oil export bans, building new refineries, and laying new pipelines -- are politically sensitive issues, Phillips 66 is likely to continue earning excess returns for years to come.
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ABS is lost in woods, with his kid, trying to figure out GPS Christmas gift..
Crazy 8s is what he is, yuk, yuk, arf, arf.
Phil of DD is an ignorant Redneck Cracker..
Rob Ford, will go completely off the rails someday and get shot.
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Ms. Bambi is the blow up doll, stored in another box, other end of bridge on the 101.
We all know who/what V-L is, and will be getting different medications in 2014.
Anyway HNY to most, including my dear friend Warren Buffet...
Buffs, meet you at the truck stop off I-80 west, I'll pick up tab for the pie and coffee: you get the tip.
We can discuss those new oil patch choices,.... I've got some ideas too.
Didn't I tell you I sold or dropped Suncor about 3 year ago..?
See you there...Re-Tog 2014
two-dads; chevron is not in the picture because 'the oracle of Omaha' does not believe they fit his paradigm for investment;
Mac: BP [British Petroleum], Shell [Royal Dutch Shell], Total [Italian?], etc. are NOT American. Chevron [as all companies with red, white, blue logos] were part of the Standard Oil of New Jersey trust broken up by the 'fedrl gubmnt' in 1906 as a monopoly. It's more "American" than you are. Only goes to prove the lack of correct information manifested on blogs.
So how can a saint do devilish things and Romney, whose family adopted across racial lines be a devil and do saintly things? This liberal agenda thing is more confusing than the Koran. Hopefully a liberal high priest will help me out here. Al Sharpton would be a good choice to explain as he is a saint, a reverund, is always complaining about the rich not paying enough, even though he is years and $4.5 million behind in paying taxes. He has this hypocrite stuff down pat.
Seriously, the article doesn't seem to look past the surface, and it doesn't explain why Buffett sold most of his Conoco Phillips holdings, despite the fact it is now primarily an exploration company and has made four recent signicant deepwater finds in the Gulf of Mexico.
It's easy to see that Buffett has bought something, then look at something good about that company, and then claim it's the durable advantage that led Buffett to buy it. But it's like looking at Ducks flying north, note that Spring follows it, then conclude that Ducks cause Spring.
For example, if the pipeline owned by Phillips 66 "is vital to our day-to-day lives" and that's it's attraction, then why did Buffett just dump a ton of Phillip 66 shares for one unit of the company, Phillips Specialty Products, that makes primarily pipeline flow-assisting chemicals? in other words he dumped the pipelines for a company that services them.
Maybe the Author was referring to the time it takes, to encircle the Globe and got confused.
Although in reality, I believe the Earth has been expanding slightly over the Eons and Centuries.
There is a school of thought that Buffet may have sold ConocoP too soon in favor of Exxon.
I don't know how many have lined up on different sides, but there is the question.
Buying the "services company" is normally a good move, he has done that in other investment choices...I believe Rails was one, and some in the Oil services sector.
The same reasoning, we have Pipelines...And Railroads; The price of products can waiver, but someone or something still has to transport it.
My feeling is, he is more or less just hedging one Company against another, and the deals BERK makes are nothing like what us little piss ants out here do, with our paltry sums.
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Cross-ventilated or naturally ventilated barns? It can be difficult to answer that question, since cross-vent and naturally ventilated barns are often managed differently. Questions surrounding production, heat stress and reproductive rates can often be compared in a general sense.
But questions by veterinarians about pneumonia and respiratory health are more difficult to answer because of record-keeping disparities among herds.
Much more on cross-ventilated barns
John Vosters, vice-president and livestock manager for MilkSource, which milks 22,000 cows at five locations in central and eastern Wisconsin, is in a unique position to answer these questions.
MilkSource milks thousands of cows in each type of barn, using similar management systems and centralized record keeping. As a result, Vosters can readily compare each system's pros and cons.
"We'll generally see a milk drop of 3 lb. to 4 lb. per cow per day in the cross-vents during hot weather," he says. "In the naturally ventilated barns, it's often 9 lb. to 10 lb. per cow per day."
Water on feed lane floors is lower in cross-vent barns because the cooling pads reduce the need for sprinklers. In naturally ventilated barns, sprinklers keep the floors wet much of the summer. As a result, naturally ventilated barns have more issues with foot health. The extra water used for cooling eventually drains into the manure system, which can add thousands of gallons of water that must be pumped or hauled away.
Bottom line: When asked what his next barn will be, Voster's answer is immediately: "Cross-vent."
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Hooray for Pizza (and the Lotus Elise)!
Exciting times here in Louisville, Spinellis Pizza (AWESOME pizza place from Philly) is opening up a new location about two miles or so from my house. There original Louisville location is in the Highlands and features a booth inside of a Lincoln Continental (one of those 60's suicide doors ones). Why is this news? Because I LOVE PIZZA! I'm even thinking about starting work on a Pizza Blog.
Best pizza in Louisville.
Anyway, what does this have to do with my Lotus Elise? Good question. Spinellis is big on Graffiti art and as such they have already given their new place "the look". I ran by there earlier today with the Elise to snap some photos of it by the fresh artwork. Check them out below!
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The Lotus parked outside the new Spinellis Location (at Westport and Goosecreek in Louisville)
Lotus Elise alongside Spinelli's top notch Graffiti work...
Lotus Elise alongside some Graffiti
Lotus Elise alongside some colorful Graffiti
The Graffiti in the background reads "Do Not Touch", seems fitting ;)
Lotus Elise & Graffiti art
Krypton Green Lotus Elise next to some Graffiti
My Lotus Elise next to some top notch Graffiti
Lotus Elise next to the new Spinellis Pizza location in Louisville
Lotus and Graffiti tends to make cool photos
Lotus and Graffiti
My Elise next to some Graffiti art
Lotus Elise and some colorful Graffiti
Lotus Elise and Graffiti art
Thats about it for todays post, I'll have more in a week or so. I'll be installing a new rear grill (off a 2006 Exige) onto my 2005 Lotus Elise, there aren't any huge differences but the 2006 does have slightly different openings (oval compared to round) and does not have the two reflectors. Should be a nice subtle touch. Check back soon for some photos of this little modification.
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