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08-29-2011, 10:49 PM #1Regular 1st Stringer
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Think I'm killing my draft....
Self-serving thread, I know. In the midst of the e-mail (meaning slow moving) draft of my 10-team money league right now. All co-workers and we're all football addicts and seasoned fantasy players. Money isn't that big ($30 a team plus $2 per transaction), but the best part is bragging rights all year long.
It's PPR for WR/TE, no PPR for RB. Other than that, standard scoring. It's a keeper league, but we had a few new faces joining this year, so we decided to blow it up and redraft this season. Had the #2 pick....
1.2 (2nd overall): RB Jamaal Charles, KC
Other players available: Rice, Peterson, Johnson
Synopsis: Don't like Johnson's holdout, and don't like Peterson's offensive situation. Had a hard time picking between Rice and Charles, but in the end I couldn't make myself root for Ray Rice every week. I was on the Charles bandwagon last year, drafted him very early, and enjoyed it. Think I'll get the same satisfaction this year. Really can't go wrong with any of the top RBs here, though.
Suprise 1st round picks: Tom Brady, who went 6th, over Vick and Rodgers.
2.9 (19th overall): WR Hakeem Nicks, NYG
Other players available: MJD, Turner, Gore
Synopsis: The 2nd round saw a mini run on top tier receivers (including Johnson and White, who went at the end of the first). Didn't feel comfortable going into the 3rd without one of the top WRs, and Nicks was the last guy left in my top tier. I liked the RBs still on the board, but felt confident that at least one would make it back to me 2 picks later.
Suprise 2nd round picks: Vick and McCoy (both for lasting that long)
3.2 (22nd overall): RB Frank Gore, SF
Other players available: MJD, Turner, Forte, Hillis, S. Jackson
Synopsis: All three RBs made it back around to me, and then some. I'm really low on MJD and Turner this year (see my overvalued/undervalued thread). Struggled between Forte, Gore, and Jackson, but out of the three I see Forte and Jackson's ceiling at high RB2, while Gore has the chance at a top 10 finish.
Surprise 3rd round picks: None
4.9 (39th overall): WR Vincent Jackson, SD
Other players available: Miles Austin, P. Manning, M. Colston
Synopsis: Was so glad to get Jackson to fall to me, while watching a run of Bowe, Wallace, Wayne, and Colston in the late 3rd, early 4th. I hate Colston, am lukewarm on Austin. Jackson has been tearing it up this preseason, and should finish as a top 10 receiver. So 4 picks in and I have two probable top 10 RBs, and two probable top 10 receivers. I made a note of Manning here, but the guy picking between me already had Rivers, so I knew Manning would come back around.
Surprise 4th round picks: Schaub at 4.3 (with Manning on the board?)
5.2 (42nd overall): QB Peyton Manning, IND
Other players available: No one of comparable value
Synopsis: Injury is scaring way too many people off. He's already off the pup list. I see little chance of him missing Week 1, and even if he has some early struggles, his final 12 weeks feature 9 defenses who were 21st or worse in pass defense last year. His only challenge is the Saints (4th last year), and that's going to be a shootout anyway. A top 5 QB in the 5th round. Now 9 out of 10 owners have a QB, meaning that I can wait a couple rounds and be sure to get Roethlisberger or Ryan, which will be all the insurance I need at QB (possibly some trade bait later on, too).
Surprise 5th round picks: Hightower at 5.4 (I know his stock is rising fast after Thursday, but wow)
Will update as more picks come in. Have to say this is the best I've felt about a draft in a long time. There's still a ton of WRs that I love on the board (Austin, Holmes, Bryant, Welker, Harvin, Boldin), as well as some excellent RB3 options (D. Williams, Best, Grant).
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08-30-2011, 08:45 PM #2Regular 1st Stringer
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6.9 (59th overall): WR Dez Bryant, DAL
Other players available: DeAngelo Williams, Jahvid Best, Shonn Greene, Percy Harvin
Synopsis: Very predictable TE run in the 6th. I called it out earlier today, and everyone fell for it anyway. It's such a deep position this year, I don't mind waiting another round or two. Knew the guy in between me needed another starting WR, so I put the RBs aside for now. Love Harvin in PPR, but no player (at any position) has as much breakout potential as Bryant. He could be putting up top 12 numbers by year's end. And considering this is a keeper league, he could be one of the cornerstones of my team for years. Think my next pick will be whoever's left between Williams, Greene, and Best...in that order.
Surprise 6th round picks: Julio Jones at 6.6
7.2 (62nd overall): RB Shonn Greene, NYJ
Other players available: DeAngelo Williams, Jahvid Best
Synopsis: I know I said Williams over Greene a few minutes ago, but I spent several minutes flip flopping on the two. Both have a lot of upside and a lot of risk. At the end of the day, I'll take the guy with a better shot at staying healthy, playing on a better team. Also, LT will take away less carries from Greene, than Stewart from Williams. I notice the RB well is drying up in a hurry - there's only 4 or 5 guys left that I'd trust as an RB3 (Williams, Best, Green-Ellis, Fred Jackson, Beanie Wells) . Hopefully everyone else notices the same thing, and I get some more WR/TE pushed back to me at the end of the 8th round.
Surprise 7th round picks: Steelers D (there's always one guy who drafts a D too early, but it's always surprising to me)
8.9 (79th overall): QB Ben Roethlisberger, PIT
Other players available: Ben Jarvus Green-Ellis, Brandon Jacobs, Owen Daniels, Percy Harvin
Synopsis: Stoked that I got Manning in the 5th round, but still not sure if he'll be playing Week 1, or how long it will take to get him back into rhythm. Before Manning fell, Roethlisberger was the QB I was targeting - homerism aside, he'll be a top 10 QB and has a great ADP. I'll reach a little for him here just to make sure I have plenty of insurance for Manning. Yes, they have the same bye week. I'm not worried about that. If I don't end up trading one of them away before Week 11, I'll get a waiver wire fill in.
Surprising 8th round picks: Lee Evans
9.2 (82nd overall): TE Owen Daniels, HOU
Other available players: Daniel Thomas, Reggie Bush, Percy Harvin
Synopsis: Waited long enough to get a TE. Daniels is the borderline for me between having an elite TE, and scouring the waiver wire each week looking for a new starter. Had to grab him here. People are shying away due to his injury, but after he came back last year, he led all TEs in targets over the last month, putting up some pretty good stats. Stud at a discount.
Surprising 9th round picks: Jets, Eagles, and Ravens D. One guy reaching is one thing, a run is a different story.
So as it stands now:
QB: P. Manning, Roethlisberger
RB: Charles, Gore, Greene
WR: Nicks, V. Jackson, Bryant
TE: Daniels
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08-30-2011, 11:37 PM #3Regular 1st Stringer
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10.9 (99th overall): RB Mike Tolbert, SD
Other players available: Fred Jackson, James Starks
Synopsis: Tolbert's the top handcuff out there. Mathews is always getting hurt, and even when healthy, San Diego looks like a 50/50 split, with Tolbert getting goal line looks. That lone makes him a decent flex play in a pinch, and he soars to low RB2 status if/when Mathews goes down. And as my 4th RB, I think I'm set at that position.
Surprise 10th round picks: None
11.2 (102nd overall): WR Steve Smith, CAR
Other players available: Sidney Rice, Kenny Britt, Lance Moore
Synopsis: Smith will be a solid WR4. It all depends on Newton, but he has a decent amount of upside, particularly in PPR. Also like Lance Moore a lot, but I think he'll be there at my next pick, although I don't know if I want to carry 5 WR.
Surprising 11th round picks: None
So as it stands now:
QB: P. Manning, Roethlisberger
RB: Charles, Gore, Greene, Tolbert
WR: Nicks, V. Jackson, Bryant, Smith (CAR)
TE: Daniels
I normally don't carry two, but I'm going to need to take another TE, just to offset the risk that Daniels carries. Jimmy Graham was sniped right before my 10th round pick. However Cooley, Keller, and Jared Cook are still around, and either of those three will do.
Matthew Stafford is also still on the board. If he comes back around to 12.9, it's going to be hard to pass him up. I have no need for 3 QBs, but he could be my bye week filler, and if he blows up as expected, I'll definitely be able to move one of Stafford/Peyton/Roeth in a trade. And if Stafford gets hurt again, I'll just drop him and move on.
All the top big name defenses are already off the board. No matter. I like the Lions D a lot this year (in fantasy at least). I'm confident I can wait until the last couple rounds and grab them.
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08-31-2011, 12:46 AM #4Regular 1st Stringer
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12.9 (119th overall): QB Matthew Stafford, DET
Synopsis: He's on my overvalued list just because of his injury history. But I can't deny how good he's looked in preseason, and the upside he has. With him behind Manning and Ben, there's no risk (if he gets hurt, I drop him at no loss). And if he blows up as many expect, I have three starting QBs that I can use as trade bait.
13.2 (122nd overall): Detroit Lions DEF
Synopsis: The top tier defenses were going off the board way too early for me. I like Detroit from a fantasy perspective. Worst case scenario, I play the waiver wire for matchups each week. Not too concerned.
14.9 (139th overall): TE Dustin Keller, NYJ
Synopsis: I like Daniels, but he is an injury risk. I'll hedge my bets with Keller, who will be one of Sanchez's favorite targets even with the new receivers he has. Not to mention a huge red zone threat.
15.2 (142nd overall): WR Lance Moore, NO
Synopsis: With my last pick, I take a WR5 who has WR3 upside. He needs a little help to get there, mainly Henderson getting cut (which is very possible). And if Colston goes down, Moore has a ton of upside. If I have to trim the WR group to 4, I'll probably end up cutting Smith; I like Moore too much to throw him back.
08-31-2011, 12:49 AM #5Regular 1st Stringer
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Final Roster:
QB: P. Manning, B. Roethlisberger, M. Stafford
RB: J. Charles, F. Gore, S. Greene, M. Tolbert
WR: H. Nicks, V. Jackson, D. Bryant, S. Smith (CAR), L. Moore
TE: O. Daniels, D. Keller
DEF: Detroit
K: None
I'll need to grab a kicker, but I have two weeks to decide who I want to drop. It will likely be Keller, as after the draft there were still a lot of decent TEs who went undrafted that I could get by with if needed.
Usually I'm overly critical of my teams, but I really think this was a great draft. A plethora of talent at QB/RB/WR, and high upside options at TE and DEF.
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Jesus Christ that's good. I personally would have taken S. Jackson over Gore, but thats just preference.
Pat yourself on the back, hell of a job.Follow me on twitter at @dandrews66
10-19-2011, 03:19 PM #7Regular 1st Stringer
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2-4, and 7th in total points. Part of that has been running into the wrong players at the wrong time (3rd in points against), but mostly inconsistent guys on my own team.
Charles going down killed me. Gore has struggled up until Week 5. Gotten to the point where I'm starting Sproles as my RB2. Nicks and VJax have had a couple strong games, but have disappeared as well. Steve Smith is blowing up on my bench, and when I start him, he puts out his lowest points of the season (Week 3 - 15 yards, Week 6 - 66 yards). So frustrating that I'm trying to move him for RB help.
I do have a 6-0 team in that league, and it's amazing how I didn't notice the draft he had:
QB - Newton (late round pick)
RB - Rice, McCoy (and MJD on the bench)
WR - Wallace, Welker
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10-23-2011, 08:45 PM #9Regular 1st Stringer
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Make that 7-0. He had McCoy on a bye, and didn't like MJD against the Ravens, so who does he pick up and start? DeMarco Murray. 253 yards and a TD. Lol.
Never seen a team go undefeated in fantasy (either a 13-0 regular season, or a 15/16-0 perfect season). Kind of excited to see if he can pull it off.
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Yea, even outstanding drafts can get turned on their head. The luck factor keeps things exciting though.
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i have a friend in my money league thats 7-0. Of course im rooting for him to lose im sitting here at 5-2 and i play him next week(same division). i feel this will be the week he finally loses though. He has Turner and Mcfadden on a bye. He has a terrible bench so he picked up Tolbert(who is now doubtful) but he has Brees,Mccoy,tolbert?,M. Wallace,Steve Johnson,Miles Austin, Pettigrew against Rivers,Gore,MJD,Fitz,Steve Smith,Colston and Graham.
I feel this is a very bad matchup for my friend since Brees two biggest weapons are on the opposing team. :D
08-20-2012, 11:33 PM #12Regular 1st Stringer
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Adding this year's draft. I know it's of no interest to anyone else, but screw it, the thread's already here.
10 man money league with co-workers. Doing an e-mail draft, so it's slow moving. We redrafted last year due to some new faces - this year, keeping two players (but they have to be from different positions), which takes roughly the top 20 players off the board. I choose Charles (the best of my bad RB group) and Stafford (no brainer).
Start 2 RB, 2 WR. Receivers and tight ends get .5 PPR, no PPR for RB. Otherwise, standard scoring. Had the 4th pick.
1.04 - RB Matt Forte, CHI
Other players considered: DeMarco Murray, Maurice Jones-Drew, Andre Johnson
McCoy and McFadden were the top RB available, and went 1-2. Already set at QB, and WR is ridiculously deep, as noted in other threads on this forum. I'm a little wary of Charles coming back from injury, so I want to grab the best RB available. Forte is it. Not a sexy pick, but solid. He won't get many TDs with Bush around, but plenty of yards.
2.07 - WR Julio Jones, ATL
Other players considered: SJax, Doug Martin, Trent Richardson
WR is deep, but I'm on the Jones bandwagon this year. I see a breakout year, with a potential top 3 finish. I'll lock down my WR1 here, and wait until later for WR2, of which there are plenty available. Still some really solid RB3 options were still on the board here. Rolling the dice that at least one of them makes it back around to me.
3.04 - RB Steven Jackson
Other players considered: Richardson, Martin, Nicks, Harvin
I like the potential of Martin and Richardson, even more so in a keeper....but I'm a little wary of rookies. I want something safer, given the risk I'm taking with Charles, and not being overly thrilled with Forte. Jackson has been a top 15 back for 7 years straight, and has generated a lot of buzz in camp and preseason. As an RB3, it's hard to do better, and he can easily step into the RB2 role if Charles goes down, or Forte underperforms. Thought a while about taking my WR2 here, with Nicks and Harvin available. But I'll wait.
4.07: WR Dez Bryant, DAL
Other players considered: Colston, Bowe
Top-notch WR2 to pair with Julio. Has had a strong off-season, and his recent injury seems to be not that serious. The WR1 potential has been there for at least a year now, hopefully he can finally put it all together in his 3rd season.
5.04: WR Dwayne Bowe, KC
Other players considered: Vernon Davis
Solidify my WR corp with a WR2 in my WR3 spot. I went back and forth for a while between him and Davis...and I may still end up regretting not filling my TE slot. But injuries to my starting RB and WR last year have scared me, and this year I want top notch backups at both positions. TE is rather deep this year, as it seems to be every year, and I feel like I can grab a couple guys later on (Pettigrew, or Tamme, or Cook, or Olson, etc), and do well enough. Unless you're getting one of the big G's (Gronk, Graham, Gates), it makes more sense to just wait it out.
Trade! - One of my league mates was out of the country when the draft started, and ended up on auto-pick without his knowledge. Didn't catch it until a couple rounds in. He had drafted Mathews in the 2nd, and didn't like it, since he already had Rivers. Offered him SJax for Mathews, and he was all over it. Mathews has injury concerns aplenty, but he only has to be an RB3 at worst. At his ceiling, I've got a top 5 back on my bench, and a keeper for years to come.
6.07 - WR Brandon Lloyd, NE
Other players considered: VJax, Spiller
Did I say WR was deep? Make that my 4th top-20 receiver drafted. Liked VJax a lot, but I really wanted to get away from the week 5 and 7 byes, which I already have way too many of. Spiller was also tempting as a great RB4. But my current RB group is strong enough, I'll wait and nab him or someone similar after the turn.
7.04 - RB CJ Spiller, BUF
Other players considered: Stevan Ridley, Peyton Hillis
Ridley is getting a lot of love, but I just don't trust New England to stick with one guy, and it's not a great run-first offense anyway. Hillis was considered as a handcuff (and even a potential bye week filler), but I like Spiller's upside more. A lot of sites have him listed as a low-end RB2, or top RB3 with upside, and I snagged him as a 4. I'll take it.
And now we're starting to enter the 8th round. Still need:
Backup QB - no rush now. A big run on backups just took place between my last two picks. At this point, out of 10 teams, everyone has a starter, and 7 of us have backups. Meaning that I'm guaranteed to get one of the next 3 QBs on the board - which include Ben, Fitzpatrick, and Locker. I'd be fine with any of them. So I can pretty much wait until the last couple rounds to grab whoever's still standing.
TE - I'm one of two teams left that don't have a starting TE yet. Everyone else has drafted one. Players still around - Pettigrew, Cook, Witten, Celek, Fleener, Gresham, Olsen, Tamme. I like them all, in that order. I would say I can wait until the end for a TE as well, but some of these guys are prone to drafting two (I don't know why). So I'll probably make a move for Pettigrew or Cook in the next couple rounds, just to be safe.
RB5 and 6 - Love Jacquizz Rodgers. Question is how long to wait before pulling the trigger. Thinking 11th. If Hillis is still around in the 9th I may pull the trigger on him as well.
WR5? - Have to give up an RB6 spot for this, or forgo a backup QB (might be the better option). Kenny Britt might be an interesting late flyer. A steal if he comes back and does well. If he gets hurt again or suspended again, I can drop him with no consequence.
Roster so far:
QB: Stafford
RB: Forte, Charles, Mathews*, Spiller
WR: Julio, Dez, Bowe, Lloyd
* Pending post-draft trade of Steven Jackson for Mathews (already verbally accepted).
Some observations so far: RB quality falls off a cliff after the first couple rounds. After the tier of guys like SJax and Richardson, you're looking at picks like Greene, Green-Ellis, Wells, McGahee, etc. There are some potential gems hidden in there, and they're certainly not bad backups. But I would hate to have to draft any of them as a weekly starter. This, coupled with the abundance of WRs, makes it that much more important to lock down your starting RBs early on.
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Surely Muslims can build a civilization comparable to the great Islamic civilization of the past, but to do so they must live according to the aesthetics and artistry, open-mindedness, moderation, and justice of the Qur'an's values. Islamic art, culture, and civilization will not only bring prosperity to Muslims, but to all of humanity. The world's greatest libraries, most stunning architecture, cleanest streets, the brightest lit roads, and best schools, universities, and hospitals will be built by Muslims, and all people will have equal access to them.
The rise of Islamic civilization is possible under the leadership of an Islamic central power, and the twenty-first century can be an enlightening one for the Islamic world. At a time when globalization is gaining momentum, Muslim nations must resolve their conflicts; enter into joint scientific, technological, and trading ventures; and combine their forces in the interest of all Muslims.
Finally, it must be stated that Muslims do not divide the world into two opposing poles: "Westerners" and "Muslims." First, the majority of Western people are People of the Book and therefore share many of the Muslims' moral and religious values. That is why many aspects of Western culture (e.g., freedom of belief, democracy, and family values) are central to Islamic morality as well. On the other hand, many people in the West have chosen Islam as their religion and continue to do so. Considering that the Qur'an's values have so far not been made available correctly and comprehensively in the West, it is realistic to expect many more people to embrace Islam. Muslims must adopt this attitude to the West and its culture. Also, they must remember that some circles have been under the influence of materialistic philosophies for over two centuries, and that they still need to be freed from their prejudices. This is the responsibility of Muslims.


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P. Diddy 'Downton Abbey' story a prank
Rap mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs has cleared up confusion surrounding his claims he was set to star in Downton Abbey by debuting an online spoof featuring him parodying the hit U.K. period drama.
The hip-hop star announced on his Twitter.com page on Wednesday that he was to become a series regular on Julian Fellowes' British show, only for TV bosses to deny the claim.
Combs has now revealed his prank was to promote a new FunnyOrDie.com skit, which he unveiled to fans early on Thursday.
Downton Diddy from Sean Combs
He declares, "Last week it was reported that they have cast the first black cast member… (Gary Carr) – the only problem with this is I already broke down that barrier. I'm the first black cast member… and I got the scenes to prove it."
The rapper then introduces a series of clips from 'Downtown Abbey' which he appears in thanks to computer trickery – and his character, Lord Wolcott, causes a stir in the online show.
In one scene, Combs, dressed in smart period costume, turns down the advances of Rob James-Collier's character Thomas Barrow, while in another he appears to host "the first ever white party" for the cast.
He later recommends Hugh Bonneville's Earl of Grantham invests in upcoming company International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) and then offers Dame Maggie Smith and Penelope Wilton's characters a sip of his own-brand Ciroc vodka – before asking them to kiss.


text: Feeding and Management Tips to Combat Cold Stress in Nursery Calves December 27, 2013 03:33 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By University News Release Email By: Noah Litherland, assistant professor and dairy cattle extension specialist, University of Minnesota If calves are not growing or losing body weight, then the start of first lactation is being delayed and potentially being compromised. Cold stress diverts energy away from growth and immune function. Nutrition and management are the keys enabling calves to: 1) grow during cold stress; 2) resist digestive and respiratory disease; 3) minimize stressors. The first goal is to meet the increased energy requirement for maintenance during cold stress and secondly to provide enough energy above maintenance requirements to keep calves growing at a rate of at least 1.0 to 1.5 pounds per day. Cold stress begins when temperatures drop below 60°F for calves less than 21 days of age and when temperatures drop below 42°F for calves greater than 42 days of age. Cold stress Calves are born with limited body fat reserves. Even calves that are six weeks old still have less than 4% fat in muscle tissue. The ratio of external surface to internal mass is extremely important. The smaller the calf, the more important this relationship becomes. Jersey calves have a maintenance energy requirement 15% greater than large breed calves. Calves are equipped with a variety of mechanisms to keep themselves warm. Clean and dry hair coats provide greater insulation from heat loss. Calves can also shiver which generates heat when muscle fibers rub together. Muscle glycogen is in short supply in calves and the glycogen fuel tank is very shallow in a newborn calf; therefore, shivering is not a sustainable source of warmth in calves. Nutrition When feeding calves during cold stress, one goal is to provide adequate amounts of energy from fat and lactose. Calves can "burn" protein for energy, but priority use of protein should be for muscle and bone growth, not as a source of energy. How do we get more energy into calves through the liquid feeding program? I see three main ways to increase caloric intake from milk: Add a third feeding. Feeding during the coldest time of the day will likely provide the biggest benefit. If you typically feed calves after the milking chores are completed, then consider feeding calves before milking when it is really cold. The warm milk and the energy from milk will have the greatest benefit if delivered when it is most needed. Feeding three vs. two daily meals will increase the amount of solids by 1/3, for example, 1.5 lb per day to 2.25 lb per day. Increase the feeding volume by 1/3 in two feedings. This will deliver the same amount of nutrients as adding a third meal. The challenge is, some young calves may not be able to consume that much milk and large meal size may predispose calves to digestive upset and reduce starter grain intake. Add supplemental fat. Adding ¼ pound of a 60% supplemental fat in a University of Minnesota trial increased calf growth rate during the first three weeks of life. Supplemental fat does tend to suppress starter grain intake, so only use fat for the first 14 days of life and slowly wean calves off of supplemental fat. Starter intake is magical. Rumen development associated with starter intake will do wonders for cold stressed calves. Microbial fermentation produces a large amount of heat, which is of course a challenge during heat stress, and becomes an important ally for cold stressed calves. Make sure starter grain is palatable and fresh and within easy reach. Provide at least one gallon of fresh warm drinking water per calf per day for the first month and two gallons during the second month of life. If calves are not eating starter grain by day 10 or 14 of age, then something is wrong and it is time to start troubleshooting starter quality, calf health, and feeding practices. Management Health during cold stress can be a major challenge. Be sure to maintain best management practices of feeding adequate amounts of colostrum, dipping the navel at least twice, drying calves thoroughly with towels, and keeping the environmental temperature above 50°F for newborns during the first 48 hours. Always use proper sanitation procedures when cleaning equipment. Proper sanitation procedures include warm water rinse, scrubbing with warm soapy water, and emersion in sanitizer followed by hot water rinse. Pathogens on dirty equipment such as cryptosporidium, which cause calf scours, actually prefer cold weather. Work with your veterinarian to develop a sick calf treatment protocol including identification of sickness symptoms, proper dosage and administration of treatments, and proper follow up to determine effectiveness of treatments. All employees should be trained to identify and treat calf hood sicknesses. Calf jackets are a must. My rule of thumb is, if the ground has frozen and the calf is less than three weeks of age, then the calf must have a calf jacket. Back to news


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"The gist of this project is to transform the current guard and observation mission on fronts conducted by soldiers into a robot system," said Shin Hyun-don, a South Korean defense ministry spokesman, in an interview with The Korea Times. "We will comprehensively review the requirements of operational capability before implementing it."
Are the robots really there? Or can they be bought for the widely reported price for US$ 200'000? Not sure.
Samsung has taken all infos on the robot offline. Nevertheless, their patent and their promo video (below) and hundreds of news articles remain in the public domain.


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Hospital has new mammography system
COZAD—The Cozad Community Hospital has recently installed a new Siemens MAMMOMAT® Novation DR digital mammography system. Digital mammography is one of the best ways to detect the disease with more accuracy, and more comfort for the patient as well. Director of radiology at Cozad Community Hospital, attributes more detailed and quicker results which helps to decrease anxiety and discomfort while also reducing radiation exposure.—reported in the Tri-City Trib.
Bow Pack reopens under new ownership
BROKEN BOW—A ribbon-cutting ceremony was recently held by the new Broken Bow Pack owners, Steve and Michelle Burnett, to help celebrate the re-opening of the business under new ownership. Although running a butcher shop is something new to both of them, they have strong backgrounds with cattle and FFA. The couple has hired Bob Lorenz who bring years of meat cutting experience to the business and serves as head of processing as well as retail meat counter.—reported in the Custer County Chief.
Keystone man arrested on several charges
OGALLALA—An arrest has been made in regards to the alleged abduction incident that took place on Oct. 19, where a 17-year-old Ogallala female was allegedly abducted at knife point from her bed. A 20-year-old Keystone man has been arrested in connection with the incident. Jade Cleveland was arrested at the Ogallala Police Station after state patrol members had brought him to the department for identification characteristics where DNA samples were obtained. A search warrant also turned up evidence found in his vehicle and numerous charges where filed.—reported in the Keith County News.
Pheasants Forever youth bag birds and more
CURTIS—On Oct. 9, area youth took part in the Pheasants Forever Youth/Mentor Hunt at Tom Hansen's Frontier County Hunts. Youth hunters who completed their hunter safety coarse over the past year were taken out to review hunter safety, shoot blue rock and shoot pheasants. A biologist from McCook, Andy Houser, spoke with the kids about habitat and importance of it not only for pheasants but for other wildlife species. Each youth hunter bagged a bird, received a hunter vest, hunter hat, shells and a meal.—reported in the Frontier County Enterprise.
Nine O'Neill residents arrested for drug activity
ARNOLD—Nine O'Neill residents have been arrested following a six-month long investigation by the Nebraska State Patrol in conjunction with Holt County Attorney Tom Herzog, the sheriff's office and the police department, into drug activity in the community. Investigators executed a search warrant and seized methamphetamine, marijuana, several firearms and drug paraphernalia. The individuals were arrested which included seven males and two females. The investigation remains on-going and additional arrests could be forthcoming.—reported in the Arnold Sentinel.
Veterans honored with Q-125 program
CALLAWAY—The Callaway area has a long tradition of its men and women serving in the armed services, and a tribute was paid recently to area veterans as part of the Q-125 Honoring Veterans program at the community center. Special guest Monica Harvey of Stapleton sang patriotic tunes while awarding pins and praise to vets from World War II to present day Iraq and Afghanistan theaters. There was also a display of uniforms and mementoes from across the decades.—reported in the Callaway Courier.
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First Battle of Manassas/Bull Run
Thanks to your Facebook votes, we're featuring the 150th anniversary of the First Battle of Manassas/Bull Run. Learn what happens when middle school students visit the battlefield to create their own videos and practice the historian's craft. View here.
Cintia Cabib's Interdisciplinary Gardening
Summer's here and gardening is on the minds of many. So how about incorporating a school garden into next year's social studies curriculum? Explore the history of school gardens and get ideas on how green spaces can support interdisciplinary learning. Learn more.
Baseball in Black and White
The boys of summer are back on the diamond, but how much do you really know about our national pastime? Test your knowledge about the history of African American participation in baseball and see if you qualify for the Hall of Fame! Take the quiz!
JAH Film Review: Titanic
Looking for strategies to teach critical analysis of movies depicting historical events? We are delighted to bring you the first in a series of film reviews reprinted from the Journal of American History, beginning with the blockbuster, Titanic. Follow our blog for a new review each month! Read more.
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Back in 1984, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a regulation requiring that truck wheels be stripped of rust and debris before mounting a tire. Easier said than done, the industry moaned at the time. Labor was less costly then, but wire brushes and elbow grease weren't going to cut it.
Two years later, International Marketing Inc. brought to market its Series 2010 Wheel/Rim Refinishing System, a fast and cost-effective technology that allowed fleets and tire dealers to meet the OSHA requirements more efficiently. IMI installed its first system at a Goodyear Truck Tire center in Brunswick, Ohio, and invited representatives from the three biggest LTL fleets in the country at the time, Yellow Freight, Consolidated Freightways and Roadway, to drop by.
"It was unique at the time, and it really opened up some service opportunities for the tire dealers and service centers," says Jeff Redding, National Equipment and Coatings manager at IMI. "Safety is what drove it. Today, with CSA and all the added scrutiny from the DOT, fleets want to avoid throwing up any red flags during an inspection – and bad wheels really draw a lot of attention."
Wheel refinishing has become a commodity of sorts over the years, and fleets often complain about the quality of the work from various vendors, even though the process costs a fraction of the price of a new wheel.
Cost ranges with volume, account bundling and a host of other factors, but fleets can pay anywhere from $20 to $35 per wheel for shot blasting, inspection and new powder coat. Compare that to somewhere between $85 and $100 for a brand new steel wheel.
Chris Folweiler, the tire shop foreman at Wilson Trucking of Fisherville, Va., looks after the tires and wheels on a fleet of 900 trucks and 1,900 trailers. He has his own wheel refinishing installation at the terminal. He says he can do a wheel for about $23, and a wheel could be refinished three to five times over its service life.
"That wheel would look pretty sad over that length of time in service without refinishing, and it's much less expensive for us to refinish them rather than replace them. I believe refinishing has cut our wheel consumption by about 70%," he says.
The process
After dismounting the tire, the wheel should be cleaned and degreased, and then inspected for obvious defects such as cracks or distortions. If the DOT stamp and/or manufacturer's marks are illegible, or the wheel is damaged it should be scrapped.
The previous coating is usually removed inside a blasting cabinet, where the wheel is blast cleaned using media such as steel shot, sand or glass beads of varying sizes. IMI President and CEO Robert Fogal says the size and type of media makes a difference.
"The media should be chosen for coating removal and paint preparation," he says. "You can short-cut the process by using larger, more aggressive media, but you run the risk of pitting the wheel or possibly peening thin cracks closed. Use too fine a media, and the process takes longer."
IMI's 20/20 blaster can strip a wheel to the bare metal in about three minutes in most cases with coating thicknesses up to 15 mils. Previously powder-coated or e-coated wheels with very durable finishes can take longer.
All the previous coating has to be removed, and the surface of the wheel should be rendered reasonably smooth and free of shot pitting. Pitting deeper than 3 to 3.5 mils could result in excessive coating thickness on critical areas of the wheel.
Once the old coating and all the corrosion has been removed, the wheel is inspected once again for damage that may have been obscured by the paint.
Mark Fonte, marketing and sales manager for OE Truck Wheels at Maxion Wheel, says corrosion pitting is metal from the wheel that has been eaten away. He advises caution when working with deeply pitted wheels.
"When you take off layers of corrosion, you're taking some base metal away from the wheel," he says. "If you go too far you can weaken the wheel."
With the wheel stripped clean of previous coating material and rust, it should be handled with gloves, not bare hands, to prevent oils from contaminating the surface. The bare metal should be promptly recoated to minimize contact with moisture.
Some processes apply a primer coat, while others paint directly or use an electro-static coating. Pricing can vary with the type of coating used and the quality.
Application of the final coating is critical, Redding says. "The coating cannot be any more than 3 - 3.5 mils thick, especially on the mounting surfaces and between the bolt holes," he warns. "Excessive coating thickness can lead to a loss of clamping force and eventually loose nuts and possibly a wheel loss."
Depending on the coating, curing can produce better results than air drying. It's just another part of the process than can add cost.
There are gauges for measuring coating thickness, and Fogal recommends fleets audit their suppliers from time to time.
"This is a hot topic for fleets," he notes. "They want to be sure that the vendor is using a coating designed for a harsh environment that meets certain corrosion-resistance thresholds, not just an off-the-shelf paint you'd use on a filing cabinet, and that it's properly applied and cured."
Swabbing the wheel with acetone or methyl-ethyl-ketone can ensure it was properly cured. Uncured paint will come off on the swab. A properly cured coating will not.
Folweiler says Wilson trucking began refinishing its own wheels in 1993. Once a wheel has been shot blasted that many times, it would be wise to mic the wheel just to be sure it's still structurally sound, he advises.
"I'm not sure how many, but I know we still have some wheels in service that date back to 1993 when we started doing out own refinishing," he says. "That has been a tremendous savings for us."
Information sources for wheel inspection and refinishing
• TMC Recommended Practice RP 240 gives a comprehensive overview of the proper refinishing procedures.
• TMC Recommended Practice RP 222C contains wheel inspection criteria and procedures.
• Accuride Service Guide W4.000 "Wheel Out-of-Service Guide" helps identify common wheel defects with illustrations.
• OSHA regulation 3086, "Servicing Single Piece and Multi-Piece Rim Wheels" outlines wheel inspection criteria and out-of-service conditions.
Not fit for service
A bright and freshly painted wheel isn't necessarily a safe wheel. Damaged or worn out wheels should not be put back into service, but sometimes it's hard to discern the actual physical condition of a wheel when it covered in rust, peeling paint, etc. Close inspections of the wheel while it's stripped of coating can reveal damage you might miss otherwise. Take the wheel out of service and look for possible causes.
Cracks can appear in several locations around the wheel for different reasons, and may appear as cracked paint at first. When the paint is removed during refinishing, the cracks become obvious. Any visible cracking on any part of the wheel is not repairable. Take the wheel out of service.
• Cracks running from bolt-hole to bolt-hole indicate loose cap nuts. Review wheel torquing procedures.
• Cracks running from hand-hole to hand-hole, hand-hole to bolt-hole or hand-hole to rim indicate overloading.
• Circumferential cracks at the back flange radius, bead seat or in the middle of the rim indicate overloading or overinflation.
Bent or distorted wheels should not be repaired and returned to service. Even minor distortions can cause problems such as air seepage, leading to low-pressure conditions and irregular tread wear. A complete inspection should include checking for excessive run-out using a dial indicator.
• Rim base or flange distortion, or chorded or bent rim gutters, can indicate excessive or improper torque, mounting to the wrong type of hub or a previous run-flat condition.
• Wheels with worn or distorted bolt-holes indicate loose cap nuts and improper torquing procedures.
Corrosion and wear
Wheels or rims with heavy rust, corrosion or severe pitting cannot be repaired. Remove them from service.
• Burrs or raised metal edges or protrusions around the bolt-holes on some wheels may be filed off using a flat file. These can be considered for refinishing if the bolt-holes are not distorted.
As truck parts go, wheels are among the less expensive. Does it make sense to invest technician time trying to repair a damaged wheel?
"At less than $100 in many cases, you can quickly find yourself wasting money trying to put damaged wheels back in service," says Mark Fonte, marketing and sales manager for OE Truck Wheels at Maxion Wheel. "Repairing wheels raises safety concerns. TMC lists a series of out-of-service conditions for steel wheels. Fleets can cost-effectively refinish a wheel and restore its appearance, but it won't fix damaged wheels. Repairing wheels usually isn't worth the trouble."
— Sources: Technology & Maintenance Council PR 222C, Accuride's W4.000 Wheel Out-of-Service Guide


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Will I be taking courses with J.D. students or just MSL students?
MSL Students have access to a full range of course offerings at UC Hastings. MSL students take two courses designed for MSL students: Legal Writing and Research and Intro to Law for Masters Students. All other courses will be a mixture of J.D. and MSL students.
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Many professionals increasingly deal with the modern regulatory state, participate in legal processes, research legal actors and institutions, and interact with legal systems. The MSL is designed for professionals who want to have a sophisticated understanding of legal reasoning and doctrine, but who do not need the three-year J.D. degree.
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UC San Diego Places In Top Tier Of Toshiba Classic
Dec. 7, 2009
Courtesy UC San Diego Athletics
LONG BEACH, Calif. - The UC San Diego men's and women's swimming teams, hosts of this week's Toshiba Classic held at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool, closed out the three-day event with more stellar racing across the board Saturday.
The UCSD men finished fourth of 14 squads with 675 points, trailing only Stanford, Hawaii and Air Force Academy. The Triton women, in a larger field of 26 teams, finished seventh with 363 points after Stanford, California and UCLA took first, second and third respectively.
"The event as a whole went really well," UCSD head coach Scott McGihon said. "It was great to see the nation's fastest times set here at the meet and our squad was definitely in the mix there all three days."
On the men's side Saturday, Juan Pablo Carrillo recorded a personal best in the 200 breaststroke at 2:03.23, a fifth-place finish. In the 100 free, Todd Langland and Daniel Perdew placed eighth and 10th respectively with top times of 44.87 and 45.06. In the 1,650 freestyle distance event Saturday, senior Jereme Barnett-Woods put together another solid performance as he placed 11th with a time of 15:56.42.
Freshman Shaun Stringer eclipsed the NCAA Division II National Championships qualifying "A" standard Saturday in the 200 butterfly, crossing the line in the prelims at 1:52.25.
The top finish for the Triton men Saturday was the 400 free relay, in which Julius Espiritu, Todd Langland, Blake Langland and Perdew took second-place behind Hawaii with a time of 3:02.39.
For the UCSD women, Beth Dong recorded a stellar 17:13.14 time in the 1,650 free, placing 15th. In the 200 back, Alex Henley continued her strong week of racing with a ninth-place finish at 2:00.52. The 400 free relay team of Henley, Shea Kopp, Anju Shimura and Katherine Tse crossed the line in 3:29.23 to take 11th place.
Carianne Cunningham finished as the top UCSD swimmer in the 200 breaststroke, finishing 14th with a 2:21.39 mark.
In 2008, the UCSD men finished fifth at 456 points while the women placed fourth overall with 817 points out of a smaller field of 18 squads.
The Tritons return to action on Jan. 2 with a home meet with Truman State beginning at 11 a.m.


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It is time to head to Chicago for the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion. This year I am excited to be part of an excellent roundtable discussion of transnationalism and religion in America. Here are the details:
Religion and the Social Sciences Section
Theme: Exceeding Boundaries: Approaches to Transnationalism in North American Religions
Pamela Klassen, University of Toronto, Presiding
Monday – 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
McCormick Place North 1st Level: Room N127
North American Religions is, in some ways, a category of wishful thinking. Much of the work that goes on within the category is still largely divided by national borders, whether only those delineating the big three of the U.S.A., Mexico, and Canada, or including the islands of the Caribbean. Transnational approaches to religion push scholars to see anew the ways that nation-states have circumscribed our own imaginative limits within the geographical space of "North America". When immigrants, pipelines and revivals continue to cross North American borders amidst passionate, and even theologically-fuelled debates, scholars of religion require theoretical and methodological tools that highlight how these circulations are economic, political, symbolic, and embodied processes. While the idea of transnational North American religions is not new, this panel will further discussion about the theoretical underpinnings of that field of study and emphasize how important interdisciplinary approaches and methodologies are to advancing previous projects.
Justin Stein, University of Toronto
Michael J. Altman, Emory University
Elaine Peña, George Washington University
Heather D. Curtis, Tufts University
Beyond this panel, also check out the great line up of panels from the North American Hinduism Group. I've been elected co-chair of that group for next year but I'm starting my promotional duties now. Check out the mobile app or the program book for the details of those fascinating panels.
I will also be tweeting from the conference so keep an eye on my twitter feed and the #sblaar hashtag.
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Over-exposure of skin to sunlight can be dangerous as well as uncomfortable. The redness, heat and pain of sunburn is agonising and is caused by exposure to UVB radiation from the sun. UVB radiation is also responsible for skin cancer.
People of all ages can get skin cancer, but it is rarely seen in children. People who are exposed to large quantities of sun radiation can develop skin cancer as early as 20 to 30 years of age, but the disease is more common in elderly people.
The risk of developing skin cancer is increased following episodes of sunburn, although there may be a delay of many years before the cancer appears. A small number of cases are caused by hereditary conditions, but they are also triggered by exposure to sun rays. Sun beds can also cause skin cancer.
Symptoms of skin cancer include:
An existing mole which changes colour or shape or begins to bleed or ooze.
Sores that heal very slowly may appear on the mole.
Moles may become unusually large.
Blood blisters underneath nails and toenails that are not the result of a blow.
Areas of skin that become scaly, itchy, tender or red, or areas that ooze, bleed or become crusty.
Skin cancer can be difficult to diagnose so a biopsy is usually carried out. The doctor will also check to see if the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes and surrounding tissue. If the biopsy reveals that the affected area is cancerous, surgery is usually carried out and it is necessary to remove not only the tumour but the normal skin around it and the fatty tissue underneath it. If the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes, chemotherapy and radiotherapy may be used.


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The query cache can be useful in an environment where you have tables that do not change very often and for which the server receives many identical queries. This is a typical situation for many Web servers that generate many dynamic pages based on database content.
The query cache does not return stale data. When tables are modified, any relevant entries in the query cache are flushed.
The query cache does not work in an environment where you have
multiple mysqld servers updating the same
MyISAM tables.
The query cache is used for prepared statements under the conditions described in Section 126.96.36.199, "How the Query Cache Operates".
The query cache is not supported for partitioned tables, and is automatically disabled for queries involving partitioned tables. The query cache cannot be enabled for such queries.
Some performance data for the query cache follows. These results were generated by running the MySQL benchmark suite on a Linux Alpha 2×500MHz system with 2GB RAM and a 64MB query cache.
If all the queries you are performing are simple (such as selecting a row from a table with one row), but still differ so that the queries cannot be cached, the overhead for having the query cache active is 13%. This could be regarded as the worst case scenario. In real life, queries tend to be much more complicated, so the overhead normally is significantly lower.
Searches for a single row in a single-row table are 238% faster with the query cache than without it. This can be regarded as close to the minimum speedup to be expected for a query that is cached.
To disable the query cache at server startup, set the
query_cache_size system
variable to 0. By disabling the query cache code, there is no
noticeable overhead.
The query cache offers the potential for substantial performance improvement, but do not assume that it will do so under all circumstances. With some query cache configurations or server workloads, you might actually see a performance decrease:
Be cautious about sizing the query cache excessively large, which increases the overhead required to maintain the cache, possibly beyond the benefit of enabling it. Sizes in tens of megabytes are usually beneficial. Sizes in the hundreds of megabytes might not be.
Server workload has a significant effect on query cache efficiency. A query mix consisting almost entirely of a fixed set of
SELECTstatements is much more likely to benefit from enabling the cache than a mix in which frequent
INSERTstatements cause continual invalidation of results in the cache. In some cases, a workaround is to use the
SQL_NO_CACHEoption to prevent results from even entering the cache for
SELECTstatements that use frequently modified tables. (See Section 22.214.171.124, "Query Cache SELECT Options".)
To verify that enabling the query cache is beneficial, test the operation of your MySQL server with the cache enabled and disabled. Then retest periodically because query cache efficiency may change as server workload changes.
If you want to get optimized and speedy response from your MySQL server then you need to add following two configurations directive to your MySQL server:
The amount of memory (SIZE) allocated for caching query results. The default value is 0, which disables the query cache.
Set the query cache type. Possible options are as follows:
0 : Don't cache results in or retrieve results from the query cache.
1 : Cache all query results except for those that begin with SELECT S_NO_CACHE.
2 : Cache results only for queries that begin with SELECT SQL_CACHE
Howto enable caching in MySQL
You can setup caching as follows:
$ mysql -u root –p
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"mysqlcheck --optimize" runs "OPTIMIZE TABLE" which will invalidate the table and its referring queries from the query cache.
But this is not true in at least one case: loading data into the timezone tables does not invalidate cached queries using CONVERT_TZ. http://bugs.mysql.com/73604.


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When Bill Van Skike, president of California Planting Cotton Seed Distributors, offered up CPCSD's crop size estimate for 2006, heads in the crowd jerked from side to side and eyes were darting around like there was a Victoria Secrets' model streaking through the big canopy at the seed distributors' annual gathering in Shafter, Calif.
The lunchtime tent was filled with many of the California cotton industry's movers and shakers and just about everyone was looking for reactions to Van Skike's estimate that there would be only 575,000 acres of cotton in the San Joaquin Valley — the lowest state cotton acreage since 1947. (Van Skike's acreage estimate did not include cotton in Imperial, Riverside and San Bernadino, or in the Sacramento Valley. However, that is unlikely to account for more than the 30,000 acres combined planted in those areas this year.)
If Van Skike and CPCSD's seed saving committee are right, next season will be the first for Pima acreage to exceed Acala/upland in the San Joaquin Valley. This classifies as good news.
Van Skike said his grower committee believes SJV Pima acreage will reach 290,000 acres in 2006, almost 60,000 more than this season. That leaves only 285,000 acres for Acala and upland, representing a drop of 115,000 from 2005, which was down 100,000 from the year before. That would the lowest upland acreage in California since the federal crop reporting service began keeping records in 1941. This is definitely the bad news.
The total number is not surprising since Earl Williams, president of the California Cotton Growers and Ginners Association, and others have predicted California cotton acreage would drop to 500,000 within five years. His estimate was made last year.
Five years looks more like it could arrive in two and that is sending shock waves through the cotton industry. It is not the decline that is hard to swallow. It is the speed that is causing whiplash.
There was considerable skepticism among the experts at CPCSD's annual expo that the 290,000 Pima acres would be realized in '06. However, the general consensus is Pima acreage will go up next year. Van Skike said CPCSD's total SJV acreage estimates made six months ahead of planting season have been remarkable over the years, and he saw no reason to doubt the 575,000 total. However, he is not personally confident in the 290,000-acre Pima figure.
"We could pick up 100,000 acres more cotton in 2006 that was expected to be planted this year, but was not," said a hopeful Van Skike. Poor planting weather shifted some cotton acreage away to corn and other crops in 2005.
CPCSD chairman and Fresno County, Calif. producer Don Cameron verbalized the obvious reaction the acreage estimate.
"It was less than 10 years ago that there was 900,000 acres in the valley, and at one time California grew 1.5 million acres of cotton," he recalled.
While the shift to corn may have taken away some of the planned 2005 cotton acres, in the long run it has been a combination of urbanization, an influx of new dairies demanding more alfalfa and corn, a shift in canning tomato acreage from Northern California south — primarily to Fresno County — and new almond and pistachio orchards that have taken away cotton production.
Increasing water and production costs like fuel have certainly not helped maintain cotton's viability. As Cameron pointed out, 72-cent Acala/upland cotton does not pencil in at today's costs.
No one is predicting the demise of the SJV cotton industry. However, it likely will be a different industry with a growing Pima acreage; demand for higher quality Acalas and steady-to-increasing planting seed acreage for uplands for other parts of the U.S. Cotton Belt. The San Joaquin Valley's ideal growing season and long, open falls make it a near-perfect environment for seed production. CPCSD is part of that, producing considerable Fibermax seed for Bayer CropScience. It has helped maintain CPCSD's economic viability. However, it is ironic since Fibermax has made significant inroads into Acala cotton's textile mill business because the Australian-bred Fibermax has become a cheaper substitute for high prices SJV Acala.
Technology traits like herbicide resistance are helping keep costs down. The day is rapidly approaching when the only varieties released by seed companies will be trait cottons. CPCSD has 50 herbicide-tolerant varieties in its nursery.
However, Van Skike and Cameron reiterated that it would be improved quality that will keep cotton growing in the San Joaquin Valley. That has been dramatically demonstrated by the explosion of Pima American Extra Long Staple cotton in the valley, a crop that was not significant enough to warrant acreage reporting until the mid-1980s.
Growers quickly discovered that Pima essentially yields are equal to Acala, but is worth at least 30 cents or more per pound to the producer. Also, world demand for American Pima is growing at a rapid rate.
CPCSD has not been in the Pima race, but will soon enter it with its new Cobalt Pima.
CPCSD has been breeding to raise the bar on Acala qualities and Van Skike said the 69-year-old cotton seed company is on the verge of a new era with higher quality Acalas like its new Fiesta RR, expected to win release from the San Joaquin Valley Cotton Board next spring.
This will be the last Roundup Ready Acala from CPCSD before the new era of Roundup Flex and Liberty Link cottons come on the scene. However, Van Skike said Fiesta represents a breakthrough beyond Maxxa quality.
CPCSD has been pushing its quality agenda with high-quality, Acala roller-ginned Ultima cotton. It has been getting a 14-cent per pound premium over saw-ginned Acalas, but it has not yielded as well as growers would like.
Steve Oakley, CPCSD vice president of research, said the new Ultima EF is a higher yielding cotton with even better fiber properties that its first cousin.
Hal Moser heads up CPCSD's Pima and transgenic program. He told those on the seed distributors' field tour that CPCSD has four fusarium wilt-resistance races in its Pima germplasm.
This is an emerging problem in the San Joaquin Valley. This new race can wipe out a field of Pima. It also causes damage in uplands.
Unlike other fusarium races which are found mainly sandy soils, race four can damage cotton growing in heavy soils. Also, it is not associated with nematodes, which is common with other fusarium races.
"We may not consider releasing a Pima variety in the future without race four fusarium resistance," he said.
Moser said the new Cobalt Pima is a mid-season Pima, similar to Deltapine 340.
CPCSD is evolving away from Roundup Ready and BXN traits to Roundup Flex and Liberty Link traits. Moser also said CPCSD is working to put Bollgard II into Acala. "This may fit better in the San Joaquin Valley than Bollgard I," he said. The new generation of Bt-cotton offers better control of worm pests more common in the valley, like armyworm and loopers.
"Our pipeline is full of new transgenic cottons as we move into the new era of biotechnology," said Moser.
Dr. Vint Hicks, Monsanto research and development weed scientist, detailed the new Roundup Flex technology, which allows growers to apply Roundup later in the season and to use up to 32-ounces per season — 10 ounces more than currently permitted on Roundy Ready cotton.
The new Flex gene will allow growers to treat beyond the 4th true leaf without damaging the cotton. It has a seven-day, pre-harvest interval.
The new Flex technology is expected to be well-received in the West where the four true leaf cutoff stage now conflicts with irrigation scheduling.
Although the new Flex will not damage cotton, Vicks said it still is critical to treat weeds when they are small and to not wait until they are large just because a grower can without hurting the new Flex transgenic cotton. Treating large canopy cotton will require drop nozzles in a big canopy crop.
While this new technology will offer more flexibility, the rules for good weed control will not change, according to Hicks.
"Start clean with a weed-free field. Make timely applications during stand establishment and focus on controlling the worst weed in the field," he said. "The smaller the weed, the better."
Use a soil residual herbicide along with foliar applied Roundup. Pre-plant herbicides are inexpensive and can control lambsquarter and pigweed, two weeds which are showing resistance to glyphosate.
And, select the highest yielding cotton for the farm. "You don't get paid on weed control. You get paid on yield," he said.
Monsanto and others are working on other pest control and agronomic traits. "We have a lygus gene," Hicks said. A transgenic trait that would control lygus would attract considerable interest in the West.
"We also have a drought tolerant gene in corn, cotton and soybeans, and it looks good in the field," he added. He did not give a timetable for when those traits may appear in CPCSD varieties.
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As a farmer, more money passes through your hands each year than goes through a local county official's re-election campaign. So, if something tragic were to happen to you, who would pay those bills to the bank, the equipment manufacturer, and the chemical seed dealer? And, what would it take to settle those accounts in full?
The answer, according to one independent insurance agent, is as much a personal choice as it is a matter of finance.
While some industry experts advocate carrying life insurance policies equal to 10 or 15 times your annual income, Mike Anderson of Anderson Insurance in Indianola, Miss., said, "There is no particular formula to determine exactly how much life insurance you need."
In today's environment, he said, owning a million dollars or more of life insurance is very common. But, to be truthful, it's never really enough when something happens. You should base your level of coverage on your personal financial goals, which may include your children's education or the desire to provide lifetime income security for your family.
"As a farmer, you should definitely choose a level of coverage that will, at the very minimum, cover your crop and equipment loans, so that if something happens to you mid-season, your family is protected and a fire sale is avoided," he said.
The first step in determining how much insurance is right for you, Anderson said, is to answer a few simple questions.
- Is someone, including your local lending official, requiring that you secure a set amount of life insurance in order to obtain a business loan?
- How much money does it realistically take you to farm each year?
- Are you married? How many children do you have?
- What are your concerns for your family if something were to happen to you? Do you want to guarantee your children's education? Do you want to guarantee a lifetime income for your spouse?
- What is your greatest monetary concern if something happens to you?
Once you've taken the time to answer these questions and now know how much life insurance you want to purchase, the next step is determining what type of insurance best fits your individual goals.
Selecting a type of insurance, Anderson said, is based on three things: your budget, your comfort level for risk, and your desire to either rent or own your insurance.
"Do you want a return on your money or do you just want pure term insurance?" he asks. "Pure term will always be the most economical coverage available. However, the more expensive permanent coverage policies, including universal life, whole life and variable life, build equity."
"Each of the insurance products offers its own distinct advantages and disadvantages," Anderson said. "Some people purchase term policies because they feel like that's all they can afford to spend. Some people have a difficult time saving money, and the whole, universal and variable life policies are a forced savings for them."
The primary advantage to term life insurance, whether you choose an annual renewal policy or a fixed 20-year policy, is price. "You are getting more bang for the buck because term policies offer the least expensive premiums per $1,000 in coverage," he said. "The disadvantage to term is that if you outlive the 10- or 20-year period of the term policy and still need the same amount of coverage, it will cost you more."
Whole life, variable life and universal life policies build cash values that can provide money for future needs. The consumer accepts the risk of cash value growth with the variable life product; the company accepts the risk with whole life and universal life contracts.
With both whole life and universal life policies, the policy's "cash value" is determined by the company, based on either whatever measure the company is using to index the cash value or a minimum guarantee.
And, while the two types of coverage share many of the same characteristics, whole life policies offer a fixed premium, and universal life policies offer some flexibility in premium costs.
"The premium for whole life is generally more expensive, but this type of policy offers stronger guarantees," Anderson said. "The advantage to universal life coverage is that you can control the amount of premium you pay, as long as you pay the company's minimum premium. However, that's also the disadvantage to universal coverage because it's human nature to pay as little as possible, which can jeopardize your insurance coverage down the road and can cause your premiums to increase."
In comparison, variable life insurance offers a greater opportunity for "cash value" growth. Along with this opportunity comes risk.
"We can all understand risk as we reflect over the past 18 months," Anderson said. "Variable means exactly what it said. Your cash value will vary according to your selections of stock market sub-accounts offered by that particular company."
The only guarantees offered by a variable life insurance policy are the maximum mortality charges and the maximum expenses of the policy.
"In the past few years, this type of coverage has been attractive to those people seeking greater opportunity for growth. There are many people who only want term and then there are those who believe cash value policies are the best. What is comfortable for me, may not be comfortable for you," Anderson said.
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Summerlander wrote: Why follow a God who orders you around like a dictator and threatens you with hell whilst bribing you with a heaven? No thanks.
Because pain and pleasure are the two main driving forces that motivate people to do what you want. Carrot and stick approach. If your goal is to keep people in line, this is actually a pretty good way to do it. Do what I want, get a reward in heaven, do something I don't want, burn in hell. Fear can be used effectively to keep order and control people, every dictator knows this.


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April 22, 2007
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The Santa Clara University Broncos came up just short in their bid to finish third in the West Coast Conference. The Broncos fell 4-2 to the Saint Mary's Gaels on Sunday afternoon. For the first time this season, SCU won the doubles point, but did not win the match. Only junior Blane Shields was able to win at singles for SCU in the defeat. Santa Clara finishes the year with a 20-8 record.
Under the threat of rain, SCU started off with two doubles wins to capture the doubles point for the 21st time this season. Sophomore Brian Brogan and freshman Jay Wong won 8-2 at No. 3 doubles and juniors Robert Gallman and Blane Shields continued their strong play with a win at No. 2. Gallman and Shields defeated Yury Platonov and Joel Kusnierz 8-6. The No. 1 doubles match between Jan Macek and Bobby Rasmussen and Andre Sion and Adam Fauvre was tied at 8-8 and 3-3 in the tiebreaker when the doubles point was clinched.
The Gaels took command of the match right away in singles. Fauvre defeated Rasmussen 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 at No. 4 to tie the match and Achim Christner then dispatched Wong 6-3, 6-4 for a 2-1 lead.
At No. 1 singles, Macek and Kusnierz engaged in a memorable battle. Macek won the first set in a tiebreaker 7-6 (7-3), before Kusnierz rolled to a 6-1 second set victory. In the third, Macek raced out to a 5-1 lead and had three match points at 5-2. However, Kusnierz came back to take a 6-5 lead. Macek had three break points at 5-6, but he could not convert and he fell 7-5 in the third, giving Saint Mary's a 3-1 overall lead.
The Broncos would not give up as Shields won his 22nd match of the year and third of the weekend. He defeated Platonov 7-5, 6-1 to bring SCU within one point at 3-2.
At No. 2, Brogan and Andre Sion battled into the third set after splitting two tiebreakers. Brogan broke out to a 3-0 lead and appeared headed for the Broncos second straight singles win. However, Sion came back to grab a 5-4 lead and looked to serve out the match. The Broncos No. 2 would not give up, earning a break to even the match at 5-5, but Sion would win the last two games to clinch the overall match 4-2.
Tommy Hicks was in the third set of his match with Andrea Zannoni when Brogan lost.
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2. Robert Gallman/Blane Shields (SCU) def. Yury Platonov/Joel Kusnierz 8-6
3. Brian Brogan/Jay Wong (SCU) def. Alp Ozpinar/Andrea Zannoni (SMC) 8-2
Singles: (Order of finish 4, 3, 1, 5, 2)
1. Joel Kusnierz (SMC) def. Jan Macek (SCU), 6-7 (7-3), 6-1, 7-5
2. Andre Sion (SMC) def. Brian Brogan (SCU) 7-6 (7-2), 6-7 (7-0), 7-5
3. Achim Christner (SMC) def. Jay Wong (SCU) 6-3, 6-4
4. Adam Fauvre (SMC) def. Bobby Rasmussen (SCU) 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
5. Blane Shields (SCU) def. Yury Platonov (SMC) 7-5, 6-1
6. Tommy Hicks (SCU) vs. Andrea Zannoni (SMC), DNF (4-6, 6-3, 2-3)


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Our program offers students the opportunity to undertake advanced coursework in many areas of U.S. and world history, and is especially strong in the study of the Chesapeake Bay region. Graduate seminars on specialized topics are taught by a diverse and world-class faculty, who will help students acquire the skills and theoretical foundations for conducting professional historical research. Small classes afford individualized attention and faculty support. The scope and rigor of the program furnishes an excellent foundation for those interested in continuing their studies at the Ph.D. level. Evening offerings give teachers and other nontraditional students an invaluable opportunity for ongoing education and career development.
Our graduate students also benefit from the History Department's partnership with the Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, where they can pursue research in rare manuscript, printed, and microfilm materials as well as archaeological artifacts, dating from the seventeenth century onward.
With its emphasis on research, reading, and writing, the M.A. program in history not only prepares its students to succeed in challenging academic and professional environments, but also promises to foster in them a lifelong love of learning and appreciation for the complexity of the human condition.
We hope that you find our website to be an informative one, urging you to contact me if you have any questions or would like additional information. If you are interested in coming to Salisbury to explore further what our program has to offer, please let me know as I will be happy to arrange an on-campus visit.
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