Maria Shriver and Gov. Kasich co-authored a CNN column about the recent news that the President's budget was set to eliminate all federal funding for the Special Olympics.
We face a lot of division in America today, but there is a movement underway to build a more inclusive, united and tolerant nation. This movement is made up of individuals of different ages, different genders, different races and different political backgrounds. It's a movement of people from across the country, all who can agree on this: We must teach our children what it means to belong and what it means to empathize with those who are different from ourselves.
Through its Unified Champion Schools program, Special Olympics is teaching these lessons of inclusion, unity and tolerance to our students in America's public schools. That is why the Trump administration's proposal earlier this week to eliminate all federal funding for this program was so distressing to millions of Americans who admire Special Olympics and know its value.
President Trump, hearing a loud and bipartisan outcry from impassioned supporters of the organization, decided to rescind the proposal. His swift response is a lesson for all Americans about what can be achieved when we come together, rise above our partisan concerns and use our voices to champion a cause that unites us all.
The $18 million in Special Olympics federal funding that the US education secretary had proposed cutting was money that is specifically designated for programs that support students with intellectual disabilities in public school sports and in the classroom. These school programs not only transform the lives of students with disabilities, but they also teach the rest of our students about the importance of acceptance and equality for all.
We could not even begin to understand why a universally beloved program that brings hope and inclusion to more than 270,000 US students, along with joy to millions -- families, caregivers, teachers, volunteers and cheering fans -- would be so rudely cast aside. After all, $18 million doesn't add up to even a rounding error in the Department of Education's $68 billion budget, let alone when measured against the enormity of total federal spending.
As two people who for years have each had our own close involvement with Special Olympics and the needs of the intellectually disabled -- one of us as a governor who made meeting those needs a priority and the other as a lifelong advocate for Special Olympics and daughter of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the program's founder -- we are moved to add our voices to the rising chorus of those who believe in the importance of supporting federal funding for this invaluable organization.
We understand the deep and lasting value of Special Olympics. We've seen its power in schools and in communities across the nation and we know that our entire society benefits when all our citizens are able to participate in and contribute to those communities. We have labored for many years, each in our own roles, to help see those powers multiplied.
In Ohio, the Kasich administration over its eight years invested millions of dollars, despite budgetary pressures, to make sure that the disabled could be mainstreamed into all aspects of society, live in their own homes, receive good care and find meaningful employment in their own communities. Special Olympics was the standard by which those efforts were measured, held up as a model for a range of programs giving people hope and respect and the ability to live their dreams.
American schools today are starving for programs and strategies that teach inclusion, belonging, purpose and empathy. These are lessons that all Americans, regardless of political party, know our country needs. Special Olympics is teaching these values to all our students — both those with intellectual disabilities and those without.
Our country needs to come together, now more than ever. As public servants, as parents and as citizens, it is our steadfast belief that our nation is sorely in need of an education in acceptance and inclusion, which Special Olympics provides. This is an issue that can unite us, as we've seen today with the outcry that brought about a reversal of these budget cuts. Let's stay the course on this issue and see to it that Special Olympics and its values remain a priority for all.


Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced Wednesday that China will invest 16 billion US dollars to boost oil production in the country particularly along the Orinoco River, as part of a strategy to reduce dependence on the US market.
A Venezuelan commission is meeting with Chinese officials, and the deal to develop the block with state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA, PDVSA, should be completed in October, Chavez revealed in comments on state television.
The latest deal with China, which will occur over three years, comes on top of a joint venture agreement with a group of five Russian companies announced last week to develop the Junin 6 field for an investment of 20 billion US dollars.
Chavez said that output from the Russian and Chinese projects in the Orinoco oil fields combined will produce 900,000 barrels of crude a day.
He added that PDVSA will work with Chinese oil companies to build rigs and platforms for the Orinoco projects, he said.
Orinoco oil is known as heavy crude for its tar-like consistency, and must be upgraded. In 2007 Chavez seized operating control of joint ventures in the Orinoco, prompting Exxon Mobil Corporation and ConocoPhillips, the first- and third- largest US oil producers, respectively, to seek arbitration.
Venezuela sent an average of 385,000 tons of fuel oil each month to China in the first half of 2009, up from the previous record of 380,000 tons a month in the first half of 2007.
Chavez visited China in April and met with China National petroleum Corp, CNPC, and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. to seek financing for oil projects.
CNPC has a minority stake in the Petrocaracol joint venture, which operates oil fields in Venezuela, and is certifying reserves in the Junin 4 area of the Orinoco belt.
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das along with others during the launch of the BJP's manifesto in Ranchi, Jharkhand, on Wednesday. Photo/ANI
Jharkhand assembly poll: BJP promises mobile phone to farmers, one job for every BPL family
ANI | Updated: Nov 27, 2019 22:06 IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Nov 27 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has promised mobile phone to every farmer, one job for below the poverty line (BPL) family in the state if voted to power again in the ensuing Jharkhand Assembly polls.
Rs 5,000 each will be provided to as many farmers as possible under Mukhymantri Krishi Aashirwad Yojna, mobile phones to all farmers registered under e-NAM, and job or self-employment opportunity to one member of every BPL family, reads the BJP manifesto.
BJP has also promised to provide compulsory skill education to all students in the state from Class VI onwards.
To boost higher literacy in the state, scholarships to support higher education were also promised in the manifesto.
The BJP has also promised to create a digital platform called 'Ek Jharkhand' where all civil services related work will be done. More and more public services will be made available on this platform.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said: "We have tried to fulfil all the promises we made in 2014. We have strengthened the vigilance department and opened various anti-corruption units in the state to check corruption."
He said the BJP will always stand with the farmers and their issues will be resolved on priority.
Union Ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad, and Arjun Munda were also present on the occasion.
The 81-member Jharkhand assembly will go to polls in five phases between November 30 and December 20. The votes will be counted on December 23. (ANI)

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New 'The Walking Dead' teaser sees Rick Grimes and friends in deep trouble
A new teaser trailer for the new season of 'The Walking Dead' has been released and it shows Rick Grimes and his friends in a grim situation
by Ian Cullen September 11, 2014
A new teaser trailer for the new season of 'The Walking Dead' has been released and it shows Rick Grimes and his friends in a grim situation as they find themselves at the mercy of the Terminus residents.
The new promo offers brief glimpses of Rick's group taking out gruesome zombies, and vowing to settle the score for their imprisonment at Terminus.
Andrew Lincoln has described the new season as containing the show's most brutal and hard-hitting episodes yet.
It was revealed late last week that the new 'Walking Dead' spin-off had been given a green light by AMC for a pilot.
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12 Feb 16:00 start the match Khoneh Be Khoneh-Shahrdari Tabriz. You can compare both teams here: H2H Khoneh Be Khoneh Shahrdari Tabriz. Khoneh Be Khoneh last game draw with Samasha Pakdasht.
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If you are planning a trip to Paris France, there are a lot of things to do and a lot of sights to see. If you are limited on time and have to skip an attraction, the Arc De Triomphe is one that you do NOT want to skip. It looks like a big giant arch, but it's a lot more than that.
You can actually go inside where there's a museum, roof access, and the never-ending winding staircase from hell (no joke). From the roof, the views of the city are spectacular, not as good as the Eiffel Tower's top level, but also not near as expensive or near as crowded.
The Arc De Triomphe costs less than $15 per person for a basic skip-the-line pass, which will allow you access up to the roof (terrace) and entrance into the museum where you can learn about the history associated with the Arc and what it means to France.
As far as I know, there is no elevator (lift) to the museum and to the top, so be sure to bring some water to drink, because that stairwell is long and steep, and during the summer months it's sweltering hot inside the stairwell. Once you make it up the stairwell, the museum and terrace make it all worth it. Be sure to also bring a camera as their are many photo-worthy parts of this attraction.
A visit to the Arc De Triomphe is only a couple of hours, maybe less depending on the line and depending on the crowds, so it's easy to squeeze it in between attractions if you must, but just make sure you don't miss it.


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Muhammet Nuri Kotanoğlu is a Turkish freestyle wrestler. He is a bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.

Career

He won one of the bronze medals in the 79 kg event at the 2019 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.

In 2020, he won the silver medal in the men's 79 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia. In 2021, he won the bronze medal in the 79 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 held in Rome, Italy.

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Year of birth missing (living people)
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samothrace - Churches of Samothrace
According to tradition, the churches of Samothrace are 999. The visitors will see mostly Byzantine churches, many of which are dilapidated, but standing for hundreds of years as witnesses of the religious traditions of the ancient island. The most important of the churches of Samothrace and the religious monuments of the island are: • The Shrine of Apostle Paul, a monument to the Apostle who spent there the first night of his European tour. • The Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary in Chora , where the skulls of the Five Neomartyrs are kept and • Agia Paraskevi of Samothrace, with the famous festival under the plane trees Remnants from paleochristian basilicas of the churches of Samothrace have been randomly found both in Kamariotissa, during the construction of the new church of Panagia Kamariotissa, and in Paleopoli, next to the archaeological site which is considered the most important of Samothrace. At a short distance from the village Therma lie the remains of the Late Byzantine church of Christ, another one from the churches of Samothrace that is considered a Byzantine monument of the island. At the location of Mandal' Panagia, 3 km. outside the village Prophitis Ilias, excavations at an outdoor ancient temple revealed the remains of a chapel of the Middle Byzantine period, considered one of the oldest churches ruins of Samothrace
The shrine of Apostle Paul
The shrine of Apostle Paul was built in 2007, in order to commemorate the night he spent on the island of Samothrace, in the beginning of his tour through Europe. Read more
Panagia Kamariotissa
The icon of Panagia Kamariotissa was found in the sea and is celebrated on Bright Thursday. Read more
Panagia Krimniotissa
The chapel of Panagia Krimniotissa is built literally on the edge of the cliff at the southern part of Samothrace, near the beach of Pachia Ammos. Read more
Monastery of Agios Athanasios
In the village Alonia you will find the Monastery of Agios Athanasios of Samothrace, a dependency of the Monastery of Iviron on Mount Athos. Read more
Assumption of Virgin Mary of Samothrace
The Assumption of Virgin Mary of Samothrace is the largest church in Chora, where the skulls of the Five Neomartyrs are kept. Read more
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Samothrace - Access
Samothrace is the only island in the region of Evros and you can access it through the port of Kamariotissa , situated in the northwest part of the island. The port accommodates passenger, commercial and tourist ships, as well as fishing
Samothrace - Beaches
The beaches of Samothrace will be unforgettable to their visitors - as will be the entire experience of the journey to the mysterious island of antiquity and the Sanctuary of the Great Gods. The island of Samothrace is mountainous,as its surface
According to tradition, the churches of Samothrace are 999. The visitors will see mostly Byzantine churches, many of which are dilapidated, but standing for hundreds of years as witnesses of the religious traditions of the ancient island. The most important of
Samothrace - Culture
One of the Greek islands of great importance during antiquity, Samothrace has a lot to offer culture-wise. From ancient findings, which suggest that the island was inhabited since prehistoric times, to the references in the Homeric epics, Samothrace was always
Samothrace - Information
Samothrace is an island in the northeastern Aegean Sea, while its northern coast is on the ThracianSea. It belongs to the region of Evros,Thrace, and has an oval shape. Geography Samothrace is 24 nautical miles (about two hours by ferry) away from
Samothrace - Nature
It is not often that you will find an island so green and with so many springs as Samothrace, the nature of which is the reason that thousands of travelers visit it every year: vegetation, streams, waterfalls, beaches... The island is
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Samothrace - Tradition
Samothrace - Transportation
The best way for getting around the island of Samothrace is to have your own means of transport. The road network provides access to most parts of the island, while the only gas station is located just outside Kamariotissa. The
Samothrace - Villages
The villages of Samothrace are scattered across the surface of the island, but far more populous is the western side of Samothrace. In total there are about 20 villages, half of which, though, have a permanent population of less than
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Many of us in the United States (and probably far beyond) are looking back at all the losses we experienced in earlier years. And finding ourselves nearly overwhelmed with grief.
Not the kind of grief that comes from the death of a loved one, the loss of a career, or the need to leave a beloved home.
This is the sadness that arises when we face – really face – what we've lost by being girls and women in this society. Having to limit our lives to stay safe. Knowing that we had no say in the laws of that land. And the very real experiences of various kinds of assault of the body, mind, and soul.
At the time these things happened, we didn't tell anyone. Or we whispered it to our best friend over the phone then sat in silence, perhaps having no words to describe our feelings. And certainly no power to have perpetrators brought to justice.
As we allow these memories to come flooding back – or if that happens unasked while watching the news – we finally begin to feel the feelings that we suppressed back then. Suppressed, because there was no outlet for them, so to let them out might be met with scorn, disbelief, or even shunning.
This awakening is painful and can be quite scary.
At the same time, the tsunami of posts by both women and men are now giving us courage to reach back into our memories, call the experiences what they really were, share our truth with others, and finally begin to experience the healing of grieving.
What's happening right now in the US is grief. It's lifetimes of pain being spoken and echoed out into a world that hasn't wanted to listen.
What's more, we are grieving together. By sharing our stories in safe forums, and in reading, listening, viewing the stories of others, we are participating in gigantic grief support groups. On social media, via texts, over the phone, and in person. We are gathering with our tribes, acknowledging each other's experiences, and caring for each other as we grieve.
I would never wish these experiences on anyone. And at the same time, I'm encouraged to see that we are doing grief well: together.
May you have the care and support you need to do this work.
P.S. To the man who stepped in today at PetFest to question, educate, and then subtly physically sequester the man who was verbally assaulting me: Please know that my gratitude goes far deeper than my clumsy, adrenaline-limited words. Thank you for acting from your core values. Your family, friends, and community are enriched by your presence among us.
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Eddie Cline had a gambling addiction, but I never heard that he was an alcoholic. Edward Bernds told me that by the late 1950s Cline was so broke that he sold his car to pay off gambling debts.


Game & Watch is a line of handheld electronic games produced by Nintendo from 1980 to 1991. Created by game designer Gunpei Yokoi, each Game & Watch features a single game to be played on an LCD screen in addition to a clock, an alarm, or both. This console inspired Nintendo to make the Game Boy. It was the earliest Nintendo product to garner major success. In 1977, Gunpei Yokoi, traveling on the Shinkansen, saw a bored businessman playing with an LCD calculator by pressing the buttons. Yokoi then thought of an idea for a watch that doubled as a miniature game machine for killing time.
The game we go here is Fire wich is a Game & Watch game released as a part of the Silver series on July 31, 1980, and as a part of the Wide Screen series on December 4, 1981. It is a single-screen single-player Game & Watch.
The player controls two firemen who carry a trampoline and must catch people who fall from a burning building and bounce them into a waiting ambulance. The player is awarded 1 point for each person who reaches the ambulance, and loses one of their three lives for each person who hits the ground.
We are always getting something new in the museum and now the day we got this classic game on the PS1. Doom was released on the Playstation 1 system in 1995 and is a combination of Doom and Doom 2 with multiplayer features, it does not include split screen mode but instead you had to connect two machines together with a separate cable, but it just made the game more true to the original version on PC. The difference between the PC and Playstation version is that the MIDI music from the PC was replaced with actual recordings of sounds. For example, there is a bee in a bottle, children crying, creepy horse breathing down the neck and more to create the perfect ambient for the game, also the rock/metal theme in the PC version was replaced with more scary and atmospheric music. The graphics, however, was not much improved upon due to limitations of the PS1, for example, there was some levels of the game was shortened and use lower resolution Textures. Otherwise this is an excellent version of the game and completely trouble-free playing with just inserting the CD and start playing without having to worry about installing drivers and whatnot like you did on the PC version.


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Manufactured stone is a versatile all-purpose cladding material suitable for a wide variety of residential stone projects in the ever-evolving construction and renovation industries. Veneer masonry and renovators usually apply engineered stones to cover old and boring exterior bricks and to replace aluminum or vinyl sidings as well as cracking stucco.
In fact, newly built exterior house designs are often decorated with faux stone siding to make an architectural statement by covering the entire stone façade with carefully man made stone accents. Engineered stone is the ideal cladding material for any creative veneer masonry designer given its lightweight and maintenance-free composition.
Available in numerous styles, textures, and colours; manufactured stones can be cladded around bay or box windows to save the plywood from repainting its faded colour, rotting, or being replaced entirely due to weathering.
Just surrounding the front entrance of your home with engineered stone cladding is enough to change the curb appeal of it dramatically. But that is not all, wainscoting a skirt installed at the grade level of a bungalow creates the impression of a house resting on a solid stone foundation; changing its look from average to distinctive and increasing its resale value markedly. Become the talk of your neighbourhood as those who reside within it marvel at how the entry posts, pillars, mail box, chimney, landscaping walls of your property and stone façade can be changed so marvelously with faux stone siding.
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Apply now for the WMAHSN Celebration of Innovation Awards!
The WMAHSN's annual Celebration of Innovation Awards will be formally launched today (15 February) at the Meridian LIVE event.
Following on from the success of last year's awards - which saw more than 80 entries flood in from across the West Midlands - this year, there will be even more categories, celebrating innovation in healthcare across the region.
The awards will be presented at a glitzy ceremony at the WMAHSN's annual stakeholder event in the summer, and reflect the WMAHSN's dual aim of improving health and creating wealth, as well as the organisation's key priorities and themes. There are also special awards for innovative individuals or teams and innovative organisations. The categories are:
Economic Impact Award, which will recognise those who have created significant economic gain by delivering activity against the economic growth plan
Excellence in Wellness and Prevention of Illness, recognising excellence in technology and services targeted to encourage well-being and prevention of illness of long term conditions in the older citizen
Innovative Organisation Award, which will reward those organisations who have truly nurtured an innovation culture and where good ideas are quickly identified and spread within and beyond the boundaries of the organisation
Innovator/Innovative Team of the Year Award, saluting those whose game-changing discoveries, research or inventions are driving healthcare innovation forward within the West Midlands
MidTECH Award for Best NHS Invention or Innovation, highlighting the best new inventions and novel innovations coming from within the NHS in the region which have been designed to solve a problem or meet a need and have commercial potential. This award has a cash prize to help advance the innovation. The prize pot is £10,000, split between two to three entries depending on the quality of the innovation, with £5000 being the maximum one project can receive
Patient Safety Award, for those innovations that demonstrate a strong safety culture that continually reduces avoidable harm
Supporting Self Care Innovation Award, which will be awarded for the valid evidence of the successful wide scale adoption of an innovation focused on generating good clinical and patient-centred outcomes of people with at least one long term condition taking more responsibility for their health and/or social care
Social Enterprise Award, presented to social businesses where they can be shown to have developed innovative solutions to key issues within the health and social care sector
Medicines Optimisation Award, which rewards the impact on information sharing via the many communication channels opening, using novel service delivery or using innovation to highlight patients at need can be utilised to deliver the Medicines Optimisation mandate
Mental Health Innovation Award, given to individuals or organisations whose innovation has made a positive impact on the mental health and wellbeing of people in the West Midlands
Industry Collaboration Award, acknowledging the development of a collaboration with industry which addresses significant needs and has or will have a major impact on and benefit for patient care, including reduction in treatment time and cost savings
Advanced Diagnostics, Genomics and Precision Medicine Award, which acknowledges advances and innovative solutions in the use of advanced diagnostics and genomics to precisely target treatments for individuals and groups of patients.
You can take a look at the full list of awards criteria here, as well as the application forms for individuals and organisations (to apply for the Innovative Organisation and the Innovator/Innovative Team of the Year Awards) and for innovations (to apply for the other categories).
A panel of experts will assess the entries, with shortlisted entries invited to attend the ceremony. As well as a trophy, winners will receive promotion of their win through print and digital channels, support from WMAHSN communications team to raise their profile, mentoring and support to adopt the innovation across the region and a winner's logo for email signatures and websites.
Tammy Holmes, Innovation and Adoption Programme Manager at WMAHSN, said: "We were absolutely delighted with the response to our first ever Celebration of Innovation Awards last year, and this year's awards promise to be bigger and better, with more even categories.
"As an AHSN, we work with innovators from across the healthcare sector, whether industry, NHS, academia, social enterprise or the third sector. These awards will acknowledge the hard work going on throughout the West Midlands across the gamut of life sciences, and reward contributions towards our overall aim of accelerating the adoption of innovation to generate continuous improvement in the region's health and wealth.
"We are looking for entries across all the 12 categories with proof of a collaborative approach to identifying the problem and developing the innovation, and clear evidence that the innovation has been implemented effectively. Importantly, the nominations will have to show evidence of the impact of the innovation on patient outcomes and value for money, and need to be demonstrably scalable, whether across the UK, Europe or even internationally."
The closing date for all entries is 12 noon on 5 May. If you have any queries, please contact Tammy on tammy.holmes@wmahsn.org or call 0121 371 8061.


We would all like to think of ourselves as rational human beings, but our brains can often let us down. We can reach conclusions based on our prejudices or because we are tired, hungry or emotional, or because we only see what is in front of us but fail to see what is not there but should be.
Try taking a friend or family member out for a walk with you. Walk at a slightly faster pace than normal. Then ask them to perform a not too easy but not too hard mental calculation such as 14 x 13. You will probably find that they stop talking, slow down or even stop momentarily while they try to work it out.
Even for a relatively straightforward mental problem like this our brains can easily get overloaded meaning that we cannot carry on with a straightforward task such as walking. When thinking about any problem which involves ascertaining the truth about a situation, or considering a course of action or pondering what is the right thing to do, allow your brain space to think. Go for a quiet walk where you will be undisturbed and try to think through the problem in an even-handed and unbiased way.
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According to the press office of the Venture Fund Hypercube Ventures, there was formed the address space in the blockchain Ventureon. At this stage, there may be 268,435,455 accounts or wallets on the blockchain. However, there is a scaling mechanism for increasing the address space with no need for fork.
'We finally approved and implemented the algorithm for providing additional addresses for the VNN wallet. Now each wallet has a primary and 254 additional addresses, 'says Igor Blockov, the leading IT developer of the Blockchain Ventureon project.
It should be noted that Blockchain Ventureon will serve 68,451,041,025 addresses. In this case, requests by outsiders to balance the account, wallet or address in the Ventureon blockchain are not supported and are prohibited at the level of a smart contract system, as noted by the developers of Blockchain Ventureon.
It should be recalled, that VNN issue (mining) is carried out only by emission pools, without complex and expensive equipment and is available to anyone. In no other way, VNN is issued or emitted. The number of pools is limited.
Since the first steps of the implementation of Blockchain Ventureon, the founders of the project have established a tradition of open online step-by-step informing of investors, partners and early users. Information on the system of prefixes and addresses is planned to be provided in the upcoming release. If you wish to be informed about our latest news online, please subscribe to a telegram-channel.


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2013 Topps Heritage Minor League Baseball takes an old design and applies it to baseball's future stars. Like the MLB set, the cards are largely inspired by 1964 Topps Baseball but with a handful of modern twists.
The 2013 Topps Heritage Minor League Baseball set has 225 cards. The final 25 are short prints, long a popular Heritage feature. Twenty-five players also have variations. Base set parallels include Black (#/96), Venezuelan, Blue (1/1) and Printing Plates.
Real One Autographs fall two per box. Besides basic versions, colorful parallels include Black (#/35), Red (#/10), Orange (#/5) and Blue (1/1). There are also Autographed Printing Plates. Dual Real One Autographs come with a pair of signatures and are numbered to 15. It is worth noting that while the major league version of Heritage emphasizes on-card autographs, 2013 Topps Heritage Minor League Baseball includes sticker autographs.
Relics combine to fall one per box.Clubhouse Collection Relics come with pieces of game-used gear and equipment. Black (#/50) and Blue (1/1) parallels add rarer versions to the mix. High-end game-used cards include Clubhouse Collection Dual Relics (#/25), Patches (#/15) and Autographed Patches (#/10). Popular Manufactured Hat Patches return as well.
2013 Topps Heritage Minor League Baseball has a pair of basic insert sets as well. 1964 Bazooka uses another classic design for today's minor league standouts. Road to the Show highlights players as they make the journey up the MiLB ranks.
The release is capped off with a pair of prize redemptions. The first is for uncut sheets of 2013 Topps Heritage Minor League Baseball cards. The Make Your Pro Debut program returns with the winner getting the chance to sign a special contract with a MiLB team and get their own 2014 Topps Pro Debut Baseball card.
Good: Two autographs per box. Lots of parallels. Low price. Prospects galore.
Bad: Many players will not make the big leagues. Card design is nothing fancy.
The Bottom Line: I would consider 2013 Topps Heritage Minor League Baseball to be a product that a lot of collectors would want to purchase. The cost is relatively inexpensive, the number of hits are attractive, and the appeal of getting future stars make it exciting.
The card design has a retro throwback feel, which is the norm for a Heritage product. The simple pictures are a combination of action and still shots. Card back have a nice layout with the name of the affiliate in the bottom corner, which is helpful for those who do not know all the minor league teams. The cards are moderately thick and durable.
The base parallels include a black border, which is the most common, and a rare blue border. I personally find the black border to be a nice contrast to the traditional base design. The colors pop and it gives a more modern look while still holding on to some of the traditional Heritage appeal.
The 1964 Bazooka inserts leave a lot to be desired. This was not a very promising look back in the day, and adding modern players to the same look doesn't do much for me.
I find the smaller mini cards to be difficult to keep in a box or plastic sleeves, so I would much prefer these cards were not in the set.
The dual relics are the nicest cards in the set. The two relics on one card connected by a color border definitely stand out. The only drawback, in my opinion, is the fact that it only has the last name on the front of the card. Other than that, I find it difficult to find any fault in these cards.
The layout of the autographed patches has the same type of look as the relic. The only difference is that the second relic is replaced by the logo for the top part and the autograph on the lower section. It is very basic yet bold.
Dual autographs are set against a yellow backdrop, which, to me, really takes away from the autograph. The yellow is too bright compared to the blues, reds, and blacks, which flow a little better with the cards.
The Road to the Show cards are another favorite. I love the black color, the multiple logos of the different minor league affiliates, and the story aspect of the card. The card back allows you to really connect with the player and see where he played. If you are a fan of a particular minor team or if you have a local minor league team, this can add even more to the story of the player with a hometown feel.
The base set has 200 cards with many parallels, inserts, plates, relics, and autographs. There are also short prints, variations, and the 1964 Bazooka set. If you are a collector of mini cards and remakes, you will probably like these cards. The Road to the Show cards are probably one of the lesser hits in the collection. However, I really like these cards. Following in the historical aspect, these cards show how a player made it to where they have. It includes the emblem of all the Single-A, Double-A, and Triple-A teams they played for. The best hit of the box, in my opinion, belongs to the Real One Autographs.
I think the value in 2013 Topps Heritage Minor League Baseball is phenomenal. A box runs around $50 and you can probably pick up a pack in the $2-$3 range. The amount of different cards with all the parallels, inserts, relics, and variations makes this well worth the money.
This box was a lot of fun to open. Looking for the hits, favorite teams, and future stars makes this a fun set to collect. The only small downside is the fact that most of the players in the set are unknowns. Nevertheless, it is a great addition.
Wonder what system that Topps uses to pick players. Rymer Lirano went on the DL before Spring Training in 2013 and didn't play this year. Cody Buckel performed so poorly at Double-A that he was sent to Extended Spring Training in May and never returned to a full season team.
CARD #183 CAME WITH A BLACK BACK WHERE ALL THE OTHERS WERE ORANGE.
CHARLES TOMASINO � Cards with black backs are Venezuelan parallels.
I felt the single player autographs were very weak this year. They should focus more on the top 100 prospects and Top 100 being drafted that year for autographs. Printing plates and patch autos were really good.
The quality and design are excellent, however, when it's all said and done it's just a wicked marketing ploy on the part of Topps. Like in the Pro Debut set there is only one hot autograph (Buxton, in this case) so even though there are 2 autographs per hobby box only one out of the 25 available carries any weight with collectors. Why not Taijuan Walker or Oscar Taveras or Jorge Soler autos? Why is Billy Hamilton only featured in a relic card? My theory around the selection process is that it is purposefully designed to create a sizeable rift between a small handful of valuable cards and the rest.


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Calcium phosphate nanocomposite particles for in vitro imaging and encapsulated chemotherapeutic drug delivery to cancer Cells
Mark Kester, Yasser Heakal, Todd Fox, Arati Sharma, Gavin P. Robertson, Thomas T. Morgan, Erhan I. Altinoǧlu, Amra Tabaković, Mylisa R. Parette, Sarah M. Rouse, Victor Ruiz-Velasco, James H. Adair
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Paradigm-shifting modalities to more efficiently deliver drugs to cancerous lesions require the following attributes: nanoscale-size, targetability, and stability under physiological conditions. Often, these nanoscale drug delivery vehicles are limited due to agglomeration, poor solubility, or cytotoxicity. Thus, we have designed a methodology to encapsulate hydrophobic antineoplastic chemotherapeutics within a 20-30 nm diameter, pH-responsive, nonagglomerating, nontoxic calcium phosphate nanoparticle matrix. In the present study, we report on calcium phosphate nanocomposite particles (CPNPs) that encapsulate both fluorophores and chemotherapeutics, are colloidally stable in physiological solution for an extended time at 37 °C and can efficaciously deliver hydrophobic antineoplastic agents, such as ceramide, in several cell model systems.
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Kester, Mark ; Heakal, Yasser ; Fox, Todd et al. / Calcium phosphate nanocomposite particles for in vitro imaging and encapsulated chemotherapeutic drug delivery to cancer Cells. In: Nano letters. 2008 ; Vol. 8, No. 12. pp. 4116-4121.
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Beaumaris is yet another pretty little North Wales town that is a complete 'must visit' on your holiday this year. Home to some stylish architecture, the township is a comfortable amalgamation of old and new. The parish church of St Mary, and the town jail, (now a museum,) are both worth a visit. Its' decorative Victorian pier was once the landing stage for Liverpool and North Wales shipping and is still in use today for boat trips to see natures wonders.
Originally a strategic Viking settlement with its' commanding views of the tidal waters of the Menai Strait and thus control of the shipping on it, Beaumaris has always been a town of prominence. Appreciating the importance of the site, Edward 1st commissioned a formidable castle to be built in 1295, as another reminder to the Welsh that they were now under English rule. No Welsh born resident was allowed to hold civil office, bear arms or hold meetings and were even disqualified from building property or holding land within the borough.
The castle, built on marshland to command the waters of the Menai Straits, was intended to be a pivotal link in Edwards' iron fist of fortifications but due to lack of funds was never completed. Given the name Beaux Mairis (beautiful marsh) by the French builders for its' splendid views across the water towards Snowdonia it was a defiant warning to the Welsh invaders of yore. It still stands proud; truly a testament to the craftsmanship of the French stonemasons. .
Whilst in Beaumaris why not take a boat trip to see the fascinating little Puffins catch their sand eels for lunch: follow the signs down to the quayside. Don't forget your binoculars to spot the seals and cormorants too.
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Abstract. The purpose of the present study is to figure out the perceptions of pre-service teachers on the characteristics of ethical teacher and feasibility of Professional Ethics course that offered in a teacher certificate program. The study adopted an exploratory qualitative research design to explore the perceptions of the participants in depth. The participants of the study were 15 volunteer pre-service teachers who were selected with the convenience sampling technique. The data were gathered through semi structured one-to-one interviews and descriptively analyzed by means of content analysis technique. The analysis of the data revealed that participants perceived the teachers as ethical when they maintain professional relationships and do not discriminate students, demonstrate respect for diversity, maintain fairness and promote equality, act with honesty, integrity and fairness, take responsibility for maintaining the quality of their professional practice, maintain an up to date knowledge, work in a collegiate and cooperative manner with colleagues and other professionals and act obedient to law and regulations. Additionally, findings revealed that professional ethic course enable participants to gain awareness on ethical codes of teaching profession, able to identify ethical and unethical behaviors as well as increase their willingness to act in line with the codes of teaching professional ethics.


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Public servants have to be vaccinated by Dec. 17, says N.L. government | CBC News Loaded
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Public servants have to be vaccinated by Dec. 17, says N.L. government
The provincial government announced the mandate Friday at a media briefing detailing how it will handle vaccination status as workers transition from working at home to returning to the workplace.
"It's another tool to help people feel safe," said Premier Andrew Furey
CBC News · Posted: Oct 15, 2021 1:10 PM NT | Last Updated: October 15, 2021
Public servants in Newfoundland and Labrador must be vaccinated by Dec. 17, the provincial government announced Friday afternoon. (Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada)
Public servants in Newfoundland and Labrador will have until Dec. 17 to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the provincial government.
Premier Andrew Furey, Deputy Premier Siobhan Coady and Health Minister John Haggie announced the plan Friday, detailing how the provincial government will handle vaccination status as workers transition from working at home to returning to the workplace.
The policy will apply to all provincial government departments, including agencies, boards and commissions. It also applies to employees who serve vulnerable populations, including long-term and personal-care homes, schools and child-care providers, and employees of businesses where the NLVaxPass app is required.
Employees and departments will be tasked with keeping an updated list of fully vaccinated employees, as well as making sure guidelines are followed. All documents for proof of vaccination, exemptions or COVID-19 testing will be stored in accordance with the province's access-to-information and privacy legislation.
"It's another tool to help people feel safe," Premier Andrew Furey said Friday, adding the decision to mandate vaccinations was not made lightly. "Being fully vaccinated protects not just an individual; it protects all of us."
Employees who have not provided proof of full vaccination or a granted exemption by Dec. 17 will be considered to be not following policy, says the government.
Employees hired on or after the deadline must be fully vaccinated by the job's start date. Job offers will be revoked without an approved vaccination or exemption. The rules also apply to onsite workers who work alongside core government workers, such as vendors and contractors.
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey announced the policy Friday. (Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada)
A person is considered to be fully vaccinated when at least two weeks have passed since an individual's second dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Furey said the policy also applies to school teachers. He said there is room for accommodation but co-operation is expected, and refusing to comply with the policy could result in an absence without pay. He would not say whether someone could be terminated for declining to be vaccinated.
He added accommodations can also likely be made for people who can do their job from home or another location outside a core government office, and that more on penalties and enforcement is expected to be available in the next week.
The ruling also applies to health-care workers, according to Coady, who said it's the province's job to make sure people are protected.
"Our health-care system is very, very strong. I know that the medical professionals understand how important it is to get vaccinated, and I would think that they'll be compliant with this as well."
Deputy Premier Siobhan Coady said she expects workers in the province's healthcare system will get vaccinated by Dec. 17. (Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada)
The policy also includes a COVID-19 testing element that can be applied in certain cases, where a person would have to be tested two times per week at their own cost, but testing will not be required for people who are medically exempt.
Exemptions can be approved only for medical reasons, and must be provided by an appropriate health-care provider. When exemptions cannot be provided by a family doctor, Haggie said, they can be attained from a nurse practitioner.
Furey said he expects the number of people in this group to be small, so people who aren't being tested shouldn't cause a spike in cases or affect health services.
People with an allergy to an ingredient in a vaccine or who have a pre-existing condition connected to the vaccine such as myocarditis will likely also be part of group that needs to be frequently tested, he said.
Furey said the Dec. 17 date was chosen to allow unvaccinated people time to get two doses of vaccine before the deadline. While some provinces, including Quebec, have had to push their deadlines to allow more workers to be fully vaccinated, he said he hopes that isn't the case in Newfoundland and Labrador.
"People knew that this was coming, and we've given them an extra long runway to get the vaccines that are required," Furey said.
"Our intention isn't to change the deadline, but our intention was never to have a deadline to begin with. So we will adapt accordingly … as the virus changes."
The policy will be reviewed at least every six months, according to the provincial government.
Unions react
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said cooperation by all sides is the key to making this vaccine mandate work.
CUPE wants the provincial government and employers to consult with unions throughout the rollout of the mandate, and said it will monitor the situation closely and be "addressing employers' actions on a case-by-case basis."
"We have an obligation to all our members, including those who are not vaccinated," said CUPE N.L. president Sherry Hillier in a media release. "Employers are required to provide reasonable accommodations for employees who cannot be vaccinated for medical or religious reasons."
NAPE president Jerry Earle says he's encouraging his union's members, who don't have exemptions, to get a COVID-19 vaccine. (Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada)
Meanwhile, Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees president Jerry Earle told reporters on Friday his union has always supported vaccinations, and will look at things on a case-by-case basis.
"I would encourage people, unless they have an exemption, to please get vaccinated for the health and safety of themselves, their coworkers, for the health and safety of people who are entrusted in their care," Earle said.
Yvette Coffey, president of the province's registered nurses' union, told CBC News they have been part of the consultation process, and they fully support the plan.
"We believe in science, and the science says that we follow the public health guidelines, we get vaccinated, we do our social distancing and this is better for our province, and the country and the globe," Coffey said Friday afternoon.
She said a "high percentage" of her membership is fully supportive of the vaccine mandate, but didn't have an exact number.
Friday's COVID-19 update
The province's Department of Health reported four new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, but active cases continue to dwindle with 11 more recoveries.
Two of Friday's cases are in the Eastern Health region. Both are female. One is related to international travel, the other is under investigation by public health.
The other two cases are split between the Central Health and Western Health regions. The case in central Newfoundland is under investigation, while the case in western Newfoundland is related to travel within Canada.
None of Friday's cases are connected to previous clusters.
Of the 11 recoveries, three in the Eastern Health region and eight in the Central Health region. The province now has 53 active cases, down from 60 on Thursday.
Nine people are in hospital, two fewer than on Thursday. Four are in critical care.
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Deep, calming tones are combined to produce soothing wind songs with our Amish made Big Ben 82" Wind Chime. Big Ben is a grand set of chimes, with 82" long chime tubes that are a lovely terra brown shade that blends beautifully with your outdoor scenes.
We offer personal engraving options on all of our chimes. Engrave names, dates, clip art and more.
Wind chime tops and strikers are made of poly lumber. Poly lumber is environmentally friendly as it consists of recycled milk jugs. Poly lumber is unbreakable and will not crack or chip.
Aluminum tubes are powder coated which bakes the color onto the aluminum, making it durable and more resistant to weather.
O-rings are provided for chimes with round tubes. If placed at the bottom of each tube, they act as bumpers and reduce clanging.


When looking at the Dock, it can be difficult to tell when a running Mac app has been hidden from view. But with a quick Terminal command, hidden app icons can fade into the background with lowered opacity.
If you're a Mac user who frequently has a cluttered screen full of open windows, OS X's app hiding feature is perfect for you. It's simple: just press Cmd+H to hide all of the windows that belong to the app you're currently using. They're still running in the background, but are not visible on your desktop. To bring them back and instantly pick up where you left off, just click the app's icon in the Dock.
Other than pressing Cmd+H, you can hide currently running apps in a few different ways too. For example, pressing Cmd+Option+H will "Hide Others," or every window on your screen not belonging to the active app. This is really convenient for focusing on one specific task. You can also hold down the Option key when clicking away from an app to hide it.
Press Enter again and you're done! You've enabled a setting in the Dock's preference file to make hidden app icons translucent. Hide an open app to try it out!
Now just run "killall Dock" again and you're back to normal.
Hi! I followed the steps described but I don't get translucent icons.
Same here. All solid for me.


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'The Voice': Fort Myers High graduate Kayley Hill makes it to Team Blake
Former Fort Myers resident Kayley Hill wowed the judges on Monday's episode of 'The Voice.' Now she'll be competing on Team Blake.
'The Voice': Fort Myers High graduate Kayley Hill makes it to Team Blake Former Fort Myers resident Kayley Hill wowed the judges on Monday's episode of 'The Voice.' Now she'll be competing on Team Blake. Check out this story on news-press.com: https://www.news-press.com/story/entertainment/2018/10/09/voice-fort-myers-singer-kayley-hill-makes-team-blake/1576571002/
Charles Runnells, Fort Myers News-Press Published 11:40 a.m. ET Oct. 9, 2018 | Updated 4:35 p.m. ET Oct. 9, 2018
Country/Americana singer Kayley Hill(Photo: Special to The News-Press)
Fort Myers High graduate Kayley Hill wowed the judges on Monday's episode of "The Voice." Now she'll be competing on Team Blake.
"It still kind of blows my mind a little bit," Hill told The News-Press on Tuesday. "It was crazy!"
Hill said she didn't realize that judge Blake Shelton had turned his seat around, signaling he wanted her on his team. Not at first, anyway. She was too busy focusing on her song, Fleetwood Mac's "Gold Dust Woman."
"But then I looked in his direction," she said. "And he was just sitting there with these big eyes, just looking so happy!
"It was one of the most incredible moments. It really was."
More from The Voice: Canterbury grad gets second chance on The Comeback Stage
Hill, 28, now lives in Nashville, where she moved to pursue a singing career. She could appear again on the NBC singing competition as soon as Oct. 15, when the Battle Rounds start.
The country/Americana singer is the second former Lee County resident to appear on "The Voice" this season. LaBelle native and Canterbury School graduate Wyatt Rivers didn't get picked by the judges last week, but he's getting a second chance now on the show's new online competition, "The Comeback Stage."
Hill was born in Tennessee but moved to Fort Myers when she was about 12 years old, she said. "Fort Myers is my home. I did a lot of growing up there."
The 2008 Fort Myers High graduate moved with her husband, Matt Hill, to Nashville in 2013. The couple met at a ballroom dancing competition, they told The News-Press last year.
Hill's parents, Wanda and Steve Bishop, still live in Fort Myers, where they own the Chick-Fil-A restaurant at the intersection of U.S. 41 and Cypress Lake Drive. They both attended the taping of Hill's episode this summer.
Country/Americana singer Kayley Hill (Photo: Special to The News-Press)
Hill has worked with a number of prominent musicians in Nashville, including Grammy Award winner Lari White, Christian hip-hop artist KJ52 and Pete Stewart, a three-time Grammy Award winner who has written songs for Christian artist TobyMac. She released her latest single, "You're Her Man," in April.
That's why Monday's win means so much to her.
"I've been working hard for so long now," Hill said. "And just to get a win and feel validated … it was a great feeling. It's surreal."
Learn more about "The Voice" at nbc.com/the-voice.
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My best advice is to stop milking her. If the doe was on grain while she was being milked, either cut the grain out of her diet, or cut the amount down considerably.
A doe will continue to produce some milk as long as you milk her out. The method of gradually cutting back on the milking schedule to dry a doe off never works for me.
Best bet: cold turkey, stop milking.
I have only had one case of mastitis in my milking herd. The doe never had mastitis again in subsequent years. For that particular doe, when I took her out of milk each year, I infused her teats with Tomorrow (a long-acting antibacterial product). I infused and did not milk again until she freshened the following season.
Always watch for signs of mastitis: doe is off feed, doe is standing away from the crowd, udder is hard/hot/swollen. Keep in mind, however, the udder will swell for 3 or 4 days after you stop milking. It takes a few days for the hormones to kick in and say, "No more milk!" The body then begins to resorb the milk from the udder.
With a very thin doe, I do continue feeding some grain after I dry her off. In most cases, however, worming her (if needed), and offering her good quality hay will put the weight back on. I do not feed grain again until late in pregnancy, the 2nd or 3rd month. Increase gradually as the due date nears. A good quality alfalfa mix hay is a sufficient supplement otherwise.
I hope you found this article helpful. Please let me know if you have additional questions.
on October 23, 2009 at 1:29 am | Reply KathyB.
Sheep are similar and as they aren't milked by me, I observe that after a big lamb, still nursing is sold, the ewe's udder will get very, very large…then after a few days the udder shrinks until it is back to pre-nursing size. I have noticed the ewes themselves limit their usual alfalfa intake until the udder has reduced.I have never had a case of them having mastitis, and the same is true when I had milking goats.
The soap in the previous post IS beautiful!
I've never milked a goat before in my life. So I have nothing to add.
We do the same as you Mary when we would dry off our girl's.
Kathy, I would love to try cheese made from sheep's milk!
Thanks Amy and Becky for the comments.
Mary….great advice….I'll save this…in hopes to acquire two sweet does…..
Lylah…My fingers are crossed for you.
I found the info very helpful, I have been wondering about this.
I've started to dry off my first due doe – 4/20/11 and I might be doing it the harder way…the gradual way….reducing milking down…every other day…and no grain. I think I 'feel' sorry for her and do worry about her getting mastitis. Suggestions?
Also…I'm not clear on your last part about when you re-introduce grain in the pregnancy.
Mary….do you have your vaccination schedule somewhere on a post? That'd be helpful too!
I used to be very concerned about drying off the does as well. Seeing their udders filled with milk, looking as if they could burst, concerned me beyond words. But now I look at it this way, if we are not opening their teats (via milking), leaving behind the chances to allow bacteria to move in, we stand a much less chance of seeing a case of mastitis. Mastitis generally doesn't happen by not milking. After 3 or 4 days of not milking, the udder suddenly lessens in volume. The doe's body absorbs what it can. Her hormones tell her body to stop producing milk. The milk production cycle ends until she freshens again.
Vaccination schedule – I give a Bo-se shot (selenium and vitamin E) the last 30 days of a doe's pregnancy. We live in a selenium deficient area, as is the case in many areas in the United States. The selenium helps the doe to give birth, and it also helps the kids to not be weak at birth.
I go as natural as I can with the care of the goats. I shy away from many of the vaccines on the market.
I do "up" the grain for the pregnant does. I have to think about this, and perhaps do a blog post on it as well! Good idea! I re-introduce grain into their diet one to two months before they kid – on average, one cup of grain per 100 lbs of body weight.
You've given me ideas for future blog pots…or for digging up ones in storage.
Have a wonderful day, Lylah!
I had goats now for about 3 years, wonder ins and handed over ones no one wants anymore.. I got the most sweetest girl about 2 years ago, she was then about 4 weeks old and the year after a very healthy buck, you can guess the rest 🙂 I'm in the moment in the painful progress to dry her off, have tried the slow version and I'm giving it now a shot of the cold Turkey, will feel sorry for her and for me, but the slow way does not work.. I'll keep you posted on how it works for us.
Hi Ela. Best of luck with your shift from the slow way to cold turkey. Her attentions and wanting to milk will shift quickly now. It sounds like you have a nice little dairy herd started!
the update on my progress.. she is that full that she started to drip and milk herself, but her udder is still not overly hot, just swollen. I wouldn't call my herd a dairy herd, she is a feral goat, but with a very nice temperament. Over the weekend she tried to convince me to milk her again by putting her udder into my hands, I stayed firm, just 🙂 I'll see how it goes over the next couple of days and keep you posted.
I haven't milked her in over a week and not going back to it either, you don't have to tell me.
I'm feeling a bit stupid, but I'm running out of ideas what to do to make her dry up, I don't want to hassle you every time with my problems either.. trust me! I'm normally the type of person who tries it first alone and second alone again before asking for help or advise. Do you have any ideas you could through my way? By the way she's with kid(s) again and we hope to have more of the ratbags by 13.6.12. I know it's still some time till then for drying her up, but they will be born in the middle of winter and we want to give them the best of chance for growing tall and strong.. I know the winters here in Australia aren't as bad as in some other places, but just to be save.
Oh, my. If she is nursing on herself I can think of a couple of things, the first is a collar (similar to a cone collar). The other is alfalfa rich hay, high in calcium (just in case her body is in need). There is nothing that will make her dry off except for no milking and patience. You have quite the milker there!
Thanks again for your helpfull advise and your patience with me 😉 I do appreciated your help!
Just wanted to thanks you again for your help and let you know on how we went on.
Yes, I remember you. I felt your pain! How in the world do we feel guilty for drying off a doe? I don't have that answer. I just know how it is. I am glad it was successful for you!
I love the name Galaxy.
Congratulations on the new buckling!
Ela, I love your news!!
5 pounds of milk a day? She is a star milker! 5 pounds would be over a half gallon. And she will surely produce more milk as time passes. Not bad!
Mum had a bit of a struggle to come to terms with her little boy not being there… So she decided to drop back a bit (actually a fair bit), but with time gone by I'm slowly working her up to the production again.
Hi, I stumbled upon your blog about drying off goats! I had a nice Alpine doe that was pretty much dried off, which was good, I was milking 6 others. My daughter thought she was still milking and milked her for a week! She started re-lactating and was up to about 7 lbs. a day! I finally got her fully dried off by using peppermint candy! The peppermint is a drying agent for milk!
She is due in a couple of months and needed the "down" time to prepare for the new kid!
I love your story! Obviously, your Alpine is quite the milker. I've used peppermint before, but not candy. Amazing how you used it!
I added a touch of peppermint essential oil to unscented lotion and used it on the udder of a doe as extra treatment for mastitis (the one and only doe that ever had it on our farm).
Best wishes for the upcoming kidding!
My wethers left Sunday pm. I thought they were weaned as I never saw them nursing ,just trying. Her bag was ok yesterday full but not really full. Her udder was tight today Tuesday am so I just took some milk off. I did not milk her out. The wethers were 3 months old. I was supposed to take her to be bred tomorrow. But now I am wondering if I should wait and make sure she is dried off. Maybe I should not have milked her. I have been giving both my does a little grain once a day. Maybe I should stop that too to help her dry off all the way. They are nigerian dwarf. Real sweeties.
She does not need to be dried off to be bred. I wouldn't milk her any longer though, not even to take off the pressure – that is, if you want to dry her off. A little grain will not hurt either.
Some udders and teats return to their normal size and length after the mastitis is cured, and some remain lumpy and uneven even after the following season when milking begins again. I feel the severity of the mastitis has a lot to do with it. Some udders and teats return to normal size and appearance once the doe begins nursing and milking again, yet some look damaged for life. Unfortunately, I know of no particular remedy for returning the udder back to it's original appearance, even when it is confirmed free of mastitis.
Thanks so much, one more thing she she good for breeding, or milking anymore? Or would she be retired.?
Myself, and a close friend, have bred and milked goats that had prior episodes of mastitis with no repeat cases occurring. Unless your doe is extremely old, I would not retire her. That is a personal choice, though.
I would keep a close eye on your doe, I know you will, if you should decide to breed her again. Keep her in an extremely clean area and watch for sign of mastitis, even to the point of frequent testing.
on November 2, 2013 at 3:46 pm | Reply meg.
I have a 3 year old goat Lola who had her 1st kid , Grimelda, a year ago and all was going well with Lola weaning Grimelda and slowly producing less milk when the animal sanctuary i volunteer at got a very baby goat in so i decided take her home and started milking Lola to feed this little one who was only a few days old. Now I am wanting to dry Lola off as Dagoda (baby) is doing great and eating well and in great health but I cant put out Lola in paddock with Grimelda who she will still allow to nurse so I am thinking I will have to keep them all tethered for awhile in hope that i can dry Lola off or I was wondering what you think of just allowing grimelda to nurse and Lola to wean her again? That way they could go into paddock , but Im not sure if its good for Grimelda to still be nursing at a year old? She is such a big healthy goat and she was born with precosious udder which hasnt gone away and is quite big now – looks like shes pregnant but she isnt. I have to go away next month and was hoping to have Lola dry and all 3 in psddock while i was away, but perhaps it would be O.k for Grimelda to continue nursing??? (Lola wont let Dagoda nurse from her).
Hope that all makes sense!!
Yes, it all made sense.
Lola sounds like a healthy doe. Good for her (and you)!
This is my philosophy, when I bottle feed kids, especially when I use milk replacer, I normally wean and feed kids according to this schedule: https://anniesgoathill.com/2012/03/25/bottle-feeding-goat-kids/. But when the kid(s) are nursing from the dam, I allow the dam to make up her mind when it is time to say no to nursing. I let nature take its course. If the doe is healthy, maintaining her own weight, and not constantly having to fight the kids off (beyond the normal nudging them away), I see no issue with allowing the dam to nurse as long as she wants.
on November 2, 2013 at 10:40 pm meg.
thanks for response. The issue here though is that Lola had pretty much weaned Grimelda (who was 8 months old at the time) when I got Dagoda the baby goat and then I started milking Lola to get milk for Dagoda (who was only a few days old when found orphaned). This has made Lola go back into full milk mode and she is producing mayb 3-4 litres a morning and now Dagoda is 3 months old and doesnt need milk so I am wanting to dry lola up. If they go into paddock together Grimelda will nurse off Lola (grimelda is over a year old now and would have been weaned by her mum if i hadnt intervened and started milking her for Dagoda the orphan kid).
I dont think Grimelda needs to nurse at all as she is huge , but if i put them in paddock she will so i was wondering if i should keep them seperated and try to dry off Lola? Lola lets grimelda nurse off her and Lola is skinny and could do with a break. All a bit tricky, but ideally I would like to find a way to dry off lola.
I have read that it is not good for older kids to continue nursing either…and i know i have upset the balance to have milk for Dagoda (whom Lola wont allow to nurse off her). Grimelda certainly doesnt need to milk..she is a big solid goat and too big for a sanaan really.
I know this is all a bit confusing to follow…hope you get what i mean?
Should I allow year old kid to feed off mum when she would have been weaned months ago if i had let nature run its course. or should i seperate them and try to dry off lola? Lola is skinny and Grimelda is HUGE. Dagoda is just outrageously cute and has made a great recovery from sickly frightened thin kid she was when we rescued her so Thanks to Lola she has come good but now i'd like to try and do the best thing for Lola.
Ahhh…I see, she is a Saanan, they give their all to milking!
I would separate Lola, keep her in a separate paddock, allow her to dry off. She'll regain her weight.
Dagoda sounds like a sweet goat, so lucky to have you to take care of her. I love to hear success stories!
on November 3, 2013 at 3:08 pm meg.
I have never done this before and this morning I just milked Lola a bit to take the pressure out of her udder and put her and grimelda in paddock together to see what happened , and have now just read your reply.
Do i seperate them and just stop milking Lola completely?
– Her udder is so full in the mornings (I bring goats in each day and they are tethered to their houses by the my house, then they go in the paddock in the morning after i milk Lola) and i know mastitis can be an issue.
And yes Dagoda is a happy story, she is a nubian that was found running on a rd in the city and the people who caught her couldnt get her to drink from bottle so by the time i got her she was only apr 5 days old and thin and sad with eyes all clogged up etc so it is lovely to see what a fiesty wee healthy cheeky goat she has become. She is a real sweetheart and we love her and delighted we got to have her.
Thanks again Mary for your advice.
The more you milk a goat, the longer they continue to produce milk. When you stop milking, or when a kid stops nursing from the dam, the udder swells and looks uncomfortable, but it eventually will decrease in size and the doe will stop producing milk.
If you milk a goat to release some of the fullness the goat will continue to produce milk.
Drying off a doe should not cause mastitis. Mastitis is normally caused by bacteria entering the orifice of the teat after milking or nursing.
Saanans produce large volumes of milk. My Saanan's udders filled hugely after they stopped nursing before they began decreasing in size a week or two later.
I hope that helps, Meg.
Best wishes and please come back and let me know how this works for you! Your doe should dry off beautifully.
Wow, good job on the great milK volume. Yes, I do recommend that you stop milking. I believe some of the caprine supply houses sell udder harnesses. I have also had friends that made their own harness (elastic and cotton) to hold the udder up, which protects it until it becomes less full.


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