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Cows with names make more milk

By Jordan Lite

http://www.scientificamerican.com

 

[1] Will Bessie make more milk if you call her by name? British agricultural

specialists say she will. Dairy farmers who address their cows by name

reported higher milk yields over the animals’ 10-month lactation period

than those who didn’t, according to new research published in Anthrozoos,

[5] a British journal dedicated to the “interactions of animals and people.”

British researchers compared production from the country’s National

Milk Records with the survey responses of 516 dairy farmers to see if there

was an association between yield and cow naming. Dairy farmers who

reported calling their cows by name got 2,105 gallons (7,938 liters) out of

[10] their cows, compared with 2,029 gallons (7,680 liters) per 10-month lactation

cycle. The results held regardless of the size of the farm or how much the

cows were fed.

“It was quite a revelation and quite encouraging, actually,” says study co-author Catherine Douglas of Newcastle

University in northeast England and a former dairy industry advisor. She tells ScientificAmerican.com the reason for

[15] the link is unclear, but speculates it may have a soothing effect on cows, which tend to fear people and get nervous

when led into the milking parlor. “If cows are slightly fearful of humans, they could produce the hormone cortisol, which

suppresses milk production,” Douglas says. Farmers who have named their cows, she adds, “probably have a better

relationship with them. They’re less fearful, more relaxed and less stressed, so that could have an effect on milk yield.”

Named or otherwise, cows make six times more milk today than they did in the 1990s, according to a 2007 piece

[20] in The Scientist. One reason is growth hormone that many U.S. farmers now inject their cows with to increase their

milk output; another is milking practices that extend farther into cows’ pregnancies, according to the article. Selective

breeding also makes for lots of lactation.

 

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The Climber

 

John Slattery ─ actor in just about everything ─ finally rises through the ranks in ‘Mad Men’ 

Veteran TV actor John Slattery spent last year dividing his time between two very different shows about the American íd: Mad Men and Desperate Housewives. One pays well, but the other is the revelation. In AMC’s Mad Men, set in a 1960s Madison Avenue ad agency, vodka-and-milk passes for breakfast, secretaries take alt the wrong kinds of dictation, and the happiness-for-sale modern era is forged. Slattery is Roger Sterling, an aloofly confident boss (“My name’s on the building,” he says) with a taste for everything under the sun ─ except family. As Slattery plays him, you’d love to have a drink (or seven) with the guy. Slattery explains how he pulls it all off . 

• On simultaneous roles in Mad Men and Desperate Housewives: “I had just bought a house. The Housewives producers said, ‘Do you want to do a year on the show?’ The men don’t get as much interesting material as the women, but it’s watched by, what, 20 million people a week? I had a good year.” 

• On the fate of his Mad Men character, Roger Sterling: “The last time you see Roger in season one, he has his second heart attack. I said to [creator] Matt Weiner, ‘What the hell?’ He said, ‘Don’t worry. My uncle had six heart attacks.’ I was like, ‘Okay, right. Fantastic.’’’ 

• On the Mad Men set: “It’s a lot of props: You’re doing dialogue while lighting cigarettes, dealing with the clothes, pouring drinks ... But my sister could roll a joint while driving a Volkswagen Bug, so I thought, Hell, I can do this.” 

• On playing a politician with a urine fetish on (yes) Sex and the City: “Sex and the City probably has a lot of alumni with erectile dysfunction or latex fetishes or whatever. We should all compare notes.” 

(WILL WELCH - GQConnects Aug08)

Um sinônimo da palavra “aloofly”, na frase: “ Slaterry is Roger Sleting, an alloofly confident boss....”.

There’s No Need Ever To Get Up

 

A CHAIR SHOULD ULTImately be functional, inviting and comfortable. But it can also be a beautiful work of art. At the latest Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka unveiled for Moroso his simple yet stunning Bouquet Chair, which “blooms” on a slim chrome stem with “petals” made of individually sewn fabric squares (price unavailable; moroso.it). To take a seat in the Fantasy Fantasy Chair by New Zealand designer Phil Cuttance is to be transported into a world of mythical creatures and fantastical human forms. The large, boxy piece is covered with fabric illustrated by artistJared Kahi, who created the images using an inkjet textile printer ($1,590; philcuttance. com). The Lathe Chair V by Sebastian Brajkovie features a handembroidered, rainbow-shaped baekrest, whieh gives the impression of a chair in motion, on the verge of tipping over ($29,160; cwgdesign. com). It’s best to take it sitting down. SONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP 

(Newsweek, june/08)

Qual das alternativas abaixo contempla a voz ativa da frase: “ The large, boxy piece is covered with fabric ...” - na linha 12 do texto.

Updata: Bad Blood

It “doesn’t look like something you’d want dripping into your veins,” wrote Wil McCarthy in the August 2002 issue of Wired. At the time, he had no way of knowing just how right he was about Hemopure, the artificial blood that seemed so promising. It was universally compatible and had a three-year shelf life (unrefrigerated). But a recent meta - analysis of trials on several substitutes - including Hemopure  - contains some gory results. Turns out, the fake bloods scavenge nitric oxide, causing vasoconstriction; patients who get them are 2.7 times more likely to have a heart attack and 30 percent more likely to die. A Journal of the American Medical Association editorial has called for a halt to trials. -KATHARINE GAMMON 

(Wired, Aug/08)

“Hemopure” é um tipo de sangue artificial que