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Dear Colleague,
Mark your calendar and make plans to attend the International Symposium on Protected Culture in a Mild-Winter Climate scheduled March 23-27, 2004 in Orlando, Florida, USA. This web site will be used to provide you with up-to-date information on the symposium and to assist you with making arrangements for your participation.
In the near future, you will be able to submit your abstract online, register for the conference online and even find out about airline, hotel and other travel arrangements. And, you will be able to conveniently pay for your registration fee with a Visa, Master Card, Discover or American Express credit card. Please take a moment to add this site to your bookmark list.
This international symposium will provide numerous opportunities for participants to share up-to-date information and research, and to discuss common concerns with colleagues from around the world. This exchange of information is vital to the continued improvement and international advancement of protected culture in mild-winter climates, and we invite you to join us.
See you in Orlando!
Dan Cantliffe
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The International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), and the Commission for Protected Cultivation and the Working Group for Protected Culture in a Mild-Winter Climate will organize the 2004 International Symposium. Attendees will include academicians, scientists, and students with interests in protected cultivation. Some private consultants may be interested as well as corporate representatives.
Most occupations of interest will be those involved in research or commercial production of horticultural crops using protected cultivation, primarily vegetables and fruits, and possibly cut flowers. Attendees may be involved in cultural production, pest management, postharvest fruit quality and/or economics and marketing.
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The objective of this symposium is to gather and disseminate international expertise in the area of protected culture. The program will target worldwide concerns of production, non-chemical pest management, and global competition.
The most widely used soil fumigant, methyl bromide, will no longer be available in many countries for vegetable production in 2005. Protected cultivation of horticultural crops is expanding world-wide, not only because crops can be grown without soil, thus, eliminating the need for methyl bromide, but also, high-quality product is achieved using reduced chemicals, water, and other fuel inputs when grown in areas with a mild-winter climate. However, there are several world-wide concerns which will be brought to the table at the meeting in 2004, those being the challenges of soilless production such as water restrictions, reduced pesticide use and biological control of both insects and diseases, and the overall economics of such ventures, including product quality and marketing. This will be a multi-disciplinary meeting of researchers, growers, and industry members to share international information at the both the practical and scientific levels.
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Invited speakers and a limited number of volunteer speakers will address programmatic topics over the course of the symposium during plenary sessions. The majority of volunteer presenters will be scheduled to present their information during poster sessions scheduled in conjunction with the program agenda. There will be plenty of opportunity for interaction during Q&A, topical discussion periods and networking functions. Authors will be asked to submit full manuscripts for review and publication in a formal proceedings to be published post-conference by ISHS. The proceedings of the meeting will be published by the ISHS in its series Acta Horticulturae. Each individual participant, paying the fee, will receive a copy of the proceedings. Furthermore, the titles of the papers published, authors, abstracts and keywords will be available freely on the ISHS Website. Full articles will be retrievable as PDF files at moderate prices (and to some extent for free to ISHS members).
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Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Thursday, March 25, 2004
Friday, March 26, 2004
Saturday, March 27, 2004
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Poster Session I: Greenhouse Production in a Global Marketplace
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Off-Season Raspberry Production in a Sub-Tropical Climate Horacio Alvarado, Rebecca Darnell and Jeff Williamson, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Letsgrow.Com - Production Management through the Internet Leon Batta, LetsGrow.com, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands
CIACAP: An Iberoamerican Community of Knowledge in
Plasticulture Fernando Bienvenido, Isabel M.
Flores-Parra and Jose R. Díaz-Alvarez, University of Almeria,
Almeria, Spain
U.S. Imports of Colored Bell Peppers and the Opportunity for Greenhouse Production of Peppers in Florida Elio Jovicich and Daniel J. Cantliffe, Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; John J. VanSickle, Food Resource and Economics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Protected Agricultural Production in Kuwait and Research Priorities Samira Omar, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait
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Poster Session I: Seedlings for Protected Cultivation
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Medium Temperature and Carbohydrates Affected Oleander Rooting Jesús Ochoa, Departamento de Producción Agraria, Área de Producción Vegetal, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena (Murcia), Spain; Sebastián Bañón, Juan Antonio Fernández and José Antonio Franco, Departamento de Producción Agraria, Área de Producción Vegetal, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena (Murcia), Spain; Grupo de Horticultura Sostenible en Zonas Áridas. Unidad Asociada al CSIC-Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura; Josefa López, Departamento de Horticultura, Consejería de Agua, Medio Ambiente y Agricultura, La Alberca, Murcia, Spain
Paclobutrazol and Water Stress Induce Morphological Adaptation in Phillyrea angustifolia during Hardening Juan A. Fernández, Laura Balenzategui and Sebastián Bañón, Departamento de Producción Agraria, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Murcia, Spain; Alberto González, Departamento de Horticultura, IMIDA, Murcia, Spain; Silvana Nicola, Dipartimento di Agronomia, Selvicoltura e Gestione del Territorio, Universitá di Torino, Torino, Italy
Effects of N-Form and Saline Priming on Germination and Vegetative Growth of Galia-Type Melon (Cucumis melo L. Cv. Primal) under Salinity Miguel Guzmán, Dept. Plant Production, Almería University, Spain; J. Olave, Dept. Desert Agriculture, Arturo Prat University Mecesup, Chile
Response of Growth and Biomass Production of Primed Melon Seedling (Cucumis Melo L. Cv. Primal) to Germination Salinity Level and N-Forms in Nursery Miguel Guzmán, Dep. Plant Production, Almería University, Spain; A. Sánchez, Dep. Plant Production, Almería University, Spain; J. Olave, Dept. Desert Agriculture, Arturo Prat University, Mecesup, Chile
Quality of Potato Transplants as Affected by Carbon Dioxide Enrichment and Photosynthetic Photon Flux Yong Hyeon Kim and Yu Hwa Choi, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea
Tuber Production and Growth of Potato Transplants Grown under Different Light Quality Yong Hyeon Kim and Myung Gyu Lee, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea
Quality Monitoring of Potato Transplants Using Thermal and Visual Image Yong Hyeon Kim and Sang Heon Lee, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea
Grafting and CPPU Affect Quality of Watermelon Fruits J. V. Maroto, B. Pascual, Salvador Lopez-Galarza, A. San Bautista and M. Pérez, Dept. Producción Vegetal, ETSIA, UPV, Spain
Performances of Different Standard Carnation (Dianthus Caryophyllus L.) Cultivars Raised from Cuttings S. Maitra and Nilimesh Roychowdhury, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, India
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Adjusting Greenhouse Environments by Modifying Air Volume John C. Berry, Angus J. Davison, Tom Corbett and Tim J. Sobey, Haygrove Farms, Herefordshire, United Kingdom; Presented by William Delamore, Haygrove Inc., Fresno, CA, USA
Protected Culture at The Land, Epcot® Yuqing Fan, Tim Blank, Les Frey, Bill Hammer, Ed Bell, Cynthia Meeusen, Rick Etzel, Brooke Burn, Mary Schon, Yong Huang and Fred Petitt, Epcot Science, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA
Influence of Greenhouse Roof Opening System on Internal Climate and Limonium Yield Control Giancarlo Fascella and G. V. Zizzo, Istituto Sperimentale per la Floricoltura - S.O.P. Palermo, Bagheria (PA), Italy
Blueberry Production and Season Extension Opportunities Utilizing Hoop Houses in Central California Calvin F. Fouche and Mick Canevari, University of California Cooperative Extension, Stockton, CA, USA
Off -Season Cultivation of Tomato under Net House Conditions D. S. Cheema, Parminderjit Kaur and Sandeep Kaur, Department of Vegetable Crops, Punjab Agricultural University, Punjab, India
Effect of Greenhouse Covering Materials on Tomato Grown in Greenhouse During Hot Months Cherubino Leonardi, F. Giuffrida and D. Scuderi, Dipartimento di OrtoFloro Arboricoltura e Tecnologie Agroalimentari, Catania University, Italy; C. Arcidiacono, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Agraria, Catania University, Italy
Climate Control in the Summer Season: A Comparative Study of External Mobile Shading And Fog System Pilar Lorenzo, M. C. Sánchez-Guerrero, Evangelina Medrano, M. L. García, I. Caparrós, G. Coelho and M. Giménez, Dept. Horticulture, CIFA Almería, La Mojonera, Almería, Spain
Influence of an External Greenhouse Mobile Shading on Tomato Crop Transpiration Evangelina Medrano, P. Lorenzo, M. C. Sánchez-Guerrero, M. L. García, I. Caparrós and M. Giménez, Dept.of Horticulture, CIFA of Almería, La Mojonera, Almería, Spain
Precision Stressing with UV-B Light to improve Quality of Spinach under Protected Cultivation Wilfried H. Schnitzler, Heidi Heuberger, Ulrike Praeger and Michael Georgi, Quality of Vegetal Foodstuff, Center of Life Science Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
Utilization of Agroclimatic Data for Daily Agricultural Management for Major Crops (Ag-Agenda) Shaker M. bou-EL Maaty, Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate; Mahoud A. Medany, Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate; Eseam M. Abd-Elmoniem, Soil Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain-Shams Univ; Ayman F. Abou-Hadid, Head of Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate, Cairo, Egypt
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Poster Session III: Cropping Systems
Friday, March 26, 2004
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Sweet Pepper crop Responses to Greenhouse Climate Manipulation Under
Saline Conditions A. M. R. Abdel-Mawgoud, Dept. Hort. Res.,
National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt; Cecilia Stanghellini,
Inst. Agric. & Enviro. Eng. (IMAG-Wageningen-UR) Wageningen, The
Michael Boehme, Fac.Agric. and Horti., Humboldt Univ. in Berlin, Berlin, Germany; A. F. Abou-Hadid, Dept. Horticulture, Fac. Agric., Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; S. O. El-Abd, Dept. Hort. Res., National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
Selection of Water Spinach-Genotypes (Ipomoea acquatica Forssk) for Cultivation in Greenhouses Ina Pinker, Ulrike Bubner and Michael Boehme, Humboldt University of Berlin, Institute for Horticultural Sciences, Berlin, Germany
Potato Yield and Quality Depending on Pre-Irrigation Moisture Level in Chernozem Soil Djuro Bonjak and Borivoj Peji, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro; Ljuba Vra, Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro
Light-Induced Coordinative Changes in Leaf Variegation between Mother Plants and Daughter Plantlets of Chlorophytum comosum Vittatum Jianjun Chen, Dennis B. McConnell and Richard J. Henny, University of Florida, IFAS, Mid-Florida Research and Education Center and Department of Environmental Horticulture, Apopka, FL, USA
Evaluation of Twelve Greenhouse Mini Cucumber (Beit Alpha) Varieties and Two Growing Systems During the Winter Season in Florida Robert C. Hochmuth, Lei Lani L. Davis and Wanda L. Laughlin, University of Florida, Live Oak, FL, USA; Eric H. Simonne, Steven A. Sargent and Adrian Berry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
A Comparison of Growth and Photosynthetic Characteristics of Lettuce Grown under Red and Blue Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) with and without Supplemental Green LEDs Hyeon-Hye Kim, Raymond M. Wheeler and John C. Sager, NASA Biological Sciences Office, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA; Gregory D. Goins, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, USA
Changes of Pigments Concentration of Flower Stalk in Chinese Kale under Different Light Intensities Hou-cheng Liu, Ri-yuan Chen and Qin Huang, Department of Horticulture, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, China
Performances of Different Cymbidium Spp. & Hybrids Under Polyhouse in Darjeeling Hills Partha Sarathi Munsi, T. Mandal and N. Roychowdhury, *Department of Crop Improvement, Department of Floriculture and Horticulture and Agriculture Botany Landscaping Division of Horticulture Institute of Bidhan, Chandra Krishi, Vviswavidyalaya, Agricultural Botany or Division of Mohanpur, Nadia Horticulture Institute of Agriculture, West Bengal, (Palli Siksha Bhavana) Visva-Bharati University, Sriniketan, India
Evaluation of Different Dendrobium Spp. under Polyhouse in North-East Indian Hills Nilimesh Roychowdhury, T. Mandal and P. S. Munsi, Dept. of Floriculture and Lanscaping, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, India
Sensibility of Different Vegetables to Oxygen Deficiency and Aeration with H2O2 in the Rhizosphere Susanne Walter, Heidi Heuberger, Wilfried H. Schnitzler, Quality of Vegetal Foodstuff, Center of Life Science Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
Add Variety to Your Greenhouse and Table with Hydroponically Grown Baby Squash Nicole L. Shaw and Daniel J. Cantliffe, Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida/IFAS, Gainesville, FL, USA
Protected Cultivation of Sweet Pepper Hybrids under Net-House in Indian Conditions Daljeet Singh, Sandeep Kaur, Tarsem Singh Dhillon, Parminder Singh, J. S. Hundal and Gulshan Jit Singh, Department of Vegetable Crops, Punjab Agricultural University, Punjab, India
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Poster Session III: Water, Nutrition and Salinity under Protected Cultivation
Friday, March 26, 2004
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Growth, Yield and Mineral Content of Butterhead Lettuce (Lactuca sativa Var. Capitata) Grown in NFT Giulia Conversa and P. Santamaria, Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Vegetali, University of Bari, Bari, Italy; M. Gonnella, Institute of the Science of Food Production, CNR, Bari, Italy
Growth and Nutrient Composition of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Plants Grown in a Closed Soilless System Pietro Santamaria and Vincenzo Valenzano, Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Vegetali, University of Bari, Bari, Italy; Francesco Serio, Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari, CNR, Bari Italy; Antonio Elia, Dipartimento di Scienze Agro-ambientali, Chimica e Difesa Vegetale, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
Short-Term Response and Water Movement as Affected by Solar Radiation, Vapor Pressure Deficit, and EC of Nutrient Solution in Tomato Plants J. E. Son*, Gene Giacomelli, A. Matthias, P. Costa, S. Kania and K.S. Kim, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA (*Permanent Address: Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea)
Growth of Phalaenopsis in a Recirculating Ebb and Flood Hydroponic System as Affected by Ionic Strength of Solution and Medium Composition Byoung Ryong Jeong and Seung Jae Hwang, Department of Horticulture, Division of Applied Life Science, Graduate School, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea
Liquid Effluent from Poultry Waste Bioremediation as a Potential Nutrient Source for Hydroponic Tomato Production Barbara E. Liedl, Mandy Cummins, Amanda Young, Melissa L. Williams and J. Mark Chatfield, West Virginia State College, Institute, WV, USA
Agronomic Evaluation of Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum) Cultivars in Nutrient Film Culture Javier Lopez and E. López-Molina, Subdirección de Investigación y Graduados Agropecuarios, Instituto Tecnológico Agropecuario de Oaxaca, México
Comparison Between Different Fertigation Parameters and Yield Using Pure Compost and Coir Waste Fiber in Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Cv Pitenza) Crop by Soilless Culture Pilar Mazuela A., Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile; Miguel Urrestarazu and Maria del Carmen Salas, Universidad de Almería, Spain
Animal and Forest Wastes on Muscadine Grape (Vitis rotundifolia) Production, and Water and Fruit Quality Girish K. Panicker, A. H. Alhumadi and Cedric Sims, Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS; Juan Silva and Frank Matta, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
Effect of Different Irrigation Scheduling of Tomato Leaf Area in Mound Culture Gholamali Peyvast, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
Light Supply and Nitrogen Fertilization for the Production and Quality of Butterhead Lettuce Zdenka Premuzic and Fernandom Vilella, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina; Agustin Gárate and Ildefonso Bonilla, Universidad Autónoma Madrid, Spain
Effect of Oxygen Management in Substrate Fertigation Parameters in Tomato Crop Under Soilless Crop Miguel Urrestarazu, María del Carmen Salas and Francisco Ventura, Universidad de Almería, Almería, Spain; Pilar Mazuela, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile
Converting Soil-Based Tomato Production in Quonset-Style Greenhouses to Bag Culture Hydroponic Production Utilizing an Automated-Solar Controlled Irrigation Control in the Mid-South Region of the USA Carl E. Sams, The University of Tennessee, Department of Plant Sciences, Knoxville, TN, USA
The Effect of High Temperature and High EC Stress in Summer Single-Truss Tomato Cultivation Tatsuo Sato, Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Agricultural Science, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan; Shin-ichi Watanabe, Yuka Nakano, Hiroki Kawashima and Masuyuki Takaichi, National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science (NIVTS), Taketoyo, Chita, Aichi, Japan; Seiji Sogawa and Tsuyoshi Shinkawa, Producers, Kadokawa, Miyazaki, Japan; Hideo Nakashita, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan; Michiko Yasuda and Shigeo Yoshida, RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Effects of Controlled-release Fertilizer Application Rates on Plant and Biomass Production of an Arsenic Hyperaccumulating Fern Robert H. Stamps and D. K. Rock, University of Florida, IFAS, Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, Apopka, FL, USA
Evaluation of Compost as a Viable Medium Amendment for Containerized Perennial Production Sandra B. Wilson, Laurie K. Mecca and Peter J. Stoffella, University of Florida, Fort Pierce, FL, USA
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Poster Session IV: Pest Management
Friday, March 26, 2004
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Viral Diseases Control with UV-Blocking Films in Commercial Plastic Houses of Southern Spain Yolanda García-Alonso, E. Espí, A. Salmerón and A. Fontecha, REPSOL YPF, Madrid, Spain; A. González, "Torreblanca", Experimental Station, IMIDA, Murcia, Spain
Mite Population and Damage Caused by Broad Mites (Polyphagotarsonemus latus [Banks]) Infesting Bell Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) at Different Seedling Developmental Stages Elio Jovicich and Daniel J. Cantliffe, Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; Lance S. Osborne, Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, Apopka, FL, USA; Peter J. Stoffella, Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Indian River Research and Education Center, Fort Pierce, FL, USA
Management of Brinjal Shoot and Fruit Borer Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee through Net House Cultivation Sandeep Kaur, S. S. Bal, Gulshanjit Singh, A.S. Sidhu and Tarsem Dhillion, Department of Vegetable Crops, Punjab Agricultural University, India
IPM Programs for Cucumber and Peppers in Central Florida Greenhouses Lance S. Osborne, Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida/IFAS, Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, Apopka, FL, USA; Zdenek Landa, Department of Plant Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Division of Plant protection, University of South Bohemia (USB), Czech Republic; Elio Jovicich, Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida/IFAS, Gainesville, FL, USA
An Integrated Pest Management Approach: Monitoring Strawberry Pests Grown under Protected Structures Silvia I. Rondon1, Daniel J. Cantliffe1 and James F. Price2; 1University of Florida/IFAS, Horticultural Sciences Department, Gainesville, FL, USA; 2Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Bradenton, FL, USA
Strawberry Cultivars Grown under Protected Structure and their Susceptibility to Natural Infestation of the Cotton Aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover and to Powdery Mildew, Sphaerotheca macularis F. Sp. Fragarie Silvia I. Rondon, Ashwin Paranjpe and Daniel J. Cantliffe, University of Florida/IFAS, Horticultural Sciences Department, Gainesville, FL, USA
Bacillus Subtilis as Growth Promotor in Hydroponically Grown Tomatoes Markus Woitke1, Helmut Junge2 and Wilfried H. Schnitzler1; 1Quality of Vegetal Foodstuff, Center of Life Science Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany; 2FZB, Berlin, Germany
Perilla Frutescens (L.) Britt. - Perilla Red and Its Secondary Plant Metabolites Wilfried H. Schnitzler and Ruth Habegger, Quality of Vegetal Foodstuff, Center of Life Science Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
Effect of PAR and UV-B Radiation on the Quality and Quantity of the Essential Oil in Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) G. M. Nitz and Wilfried H. Schnitzler, Quality of Vegetal Foodstuff, Center of Life Science Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
Commercial-Scale Trials of Eretmocerous Spp Mercet (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) for Control of Bemisia Tabaci in Tomato and Sweet Pepper in Southeastern Spain Philip A. Stansly, University of Florida/IFAS, Southwest Florida Research Center, Immokalee, FL, USA; F. J. Calvo, Koppert Biological Systems, Inc., Finca Labradorcico del Medio s/n , Águilas (Murcia) Spain; and A. Urbaneja, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Carretera Montcada-Nàquera, Montcada, (València) Spain
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Poster Session IV: Product Quality
Friday, March 26, 2004
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Antioxidant Enzyme Activities during Greenhouse Tomato Fruit Ripening Gheorghe Campeanu, V. Popescu, F. Israel-Roming and V. Dumitru, University of Agronomical Science and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest, Romania
Fruit Quality Characteristics of Capsicum annuum L., Sweet Red Long Alias Friariello Type, as Influenced by the Nutritive Solution EC and Shading, with N.F.T. Gianlaca Caruso, University of Naples, Italy; G. Villari and M., Impembo, Experimental Station for Food Preserve of Parma, Italy
Medium, Cultivar and Plant Density Influenced Production and Postharvest Shelf-life of Raphanus sativus Grown in a Soilless Culture System Silvana Nicola, Emanuela Fontana, Jeanet Hoeberechts, Daniela Saglietti and Giuseppe Piovano, Dipartimento di Agronomia, Selvicoltura e Gestione del Territorio, Università degli Studi di Torino, Grugliasco, Italy
Effects of Shade on Photosynthetic Characteristics in Chieh-qua Hou-cheng Liu, Ri-yuan Chen and Yu Lei, Department of Horticulture, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, China
Transformation of Galia Melon (Cucumis melo L. Var. Reticulatus Naud.) with an Antisense ACC Oxidase Gene Hector Nunez-Palenius, D. J. Cantliffe, D. Huber and H. J. Klee, Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida/IFAS, Gainesville, FL, USA
Fruit Quality and Yield in Six Small-Fruited Greenhouse Tomato Cultivars under High Fertilization Regime Mary M. Peet, C. D. Harlow and E. S. Larria, Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Spectroscopic Assay of Natural Antioxidant and Anticarcinogenic Compounds from Two Varieties of Iranian Garlics Parvin Ramezani-Kharazi, University of Guilan, Namjoo Str, Faculty of Science, Dept. of Chemistry, Rasht, Iran
Differential Flavonoid Response to PAR and UV-B light in Chive (Allium schoenoprasum) G. M. Nitz , E. Grubmüller and Wilfried H. Schnitzler, Quality of Vegetal Foodstuff, Center of Life Science Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
Low-temperature Storage of Yellow Summer Squash Blossoms (Cucurbita pepo var. Dixie) Alfredo M. Villalta, Muharrem Ergun, Adrian D. Berry, Nicole Shaw and Steven A. Sargent, University of Florida/IFAS, Horticultural Sciences Department, Gainesville, FL, USA
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-- Thursday, March 25, 2004
attendees can choose to participate in one of two all-day commercial field
tours of ornamental, vegetable, and horticultural greenhouse and protected
structure operations. These tours will feature hydroponics culture,
biological control, and the production of ornamental plants, herbs,
vegetables, mushrooms, transplant plugs, turfgrass and foliage plants
using protected structure facilities. Lunch will be provided for
participants of both tours at the University of Florida/IFAS Mid-Florida
Research and Education Center in Apopka, Florida.
Below you will find a detailed itinerary for each field tour, along with links to the web site of most facilities we will be visiting. Please take a moment to review the details of each tour and determine which one you want to go on. Be sure to indicate your tour preference when you register for the symposium, and while we cannot guarantee tour placement, we will make every effort to grant your request.
Commercial Tour registration is closed due to advance registration requirements now enforced by NASA and USDA due to the US Homeland Security Act.
Horticulture Crops and Space Research Tour
|Departure from the Orlando WorldGate Hotel
|Hermann Englemann Greenhouses, Inc. Foliage plant producer with eight different greenhouse locations and a total growing area of 70 acres (2.2 million sq. ft.) under glass home to more than 250 varieties of unusual tropical foliage for indoor use.
Agri-Starts, Inc. Biological technology company producing tissue culture plants, which are grown out in greenhouses and sold as liners to the local nursery industry.
University of Florida/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center Enjoy lunch followed by a tour of the premier horticultural research facility in central Florida specializing in ornamental and vegetable crops, featuring a special presentation of the IPM greenhouse facilities.
John F. Kennedy Space Center Horticulture Research Tour the new Space Life Sciences Laboratory and Phytotron Facilities and identify potential technology spin-offs for protected agriculture.
Click Here to view a Special News Release -- UF to Lead New Research Institute at Kennedy Space Center
|Arrival at the Orlando WorldGate Hotel
Vegetable Crops and Transplant Tour
|Departure from the Orlando WorldGate Hotel
|Speedling, Inc. Producer of 200 million transplants per year (celery, geraniums, bell peppers, cabbage, tomatoes, and tobacco) in a unique flood and drain float system with 16 acres of natural ventilation greenhouses.
Long & Scott Farms The only remaining producer of Zellwood sweet corn has diversified into Community Supported Agriculture, a retail market, turfgrass and landscape ornamentals plant production in addition to farming their 1200 acres of vegetables.
|Monterey Mushrooms View five acres of environmentally cooled mixed mushroom production under concrete makes its own mushroom compost on site.
University of Florida/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center Enjoy lunch followed by a tour of the premier horticultural research facility in central Florida specializing in ornamental and vegetable crops, featuring a special presentation of the IPM greenhouse facilities.
|Hydro Age, Inc. Producer of mixed hydroponic vegetable crops with 60,000 square feet of pad and fan style greenhouses.
|Arrival at the Orlando WorldGate Hotel
OPTIONAL POST CONFERENCE TOUR -- Saturday, March 27, 2004
One of Walt Disney Worlds hidden little treasures is in The Land. EPCOT stands for "Experimental Community of Tomorrow" and the walking tour at The Land called the Behind the Seeds Tour is a delight for curious gardeners.
Walt Disney World's experimental horticultural program is an effort in conjunction with a number of U.S. Federal agencies to research and develop major food crops with the intention of increasing plant yield, efficiency and nutritional value. They are also experimenting with cloning plants for faster maturation and are developing new species of food crops. Beneficial insects are also in use in these research facilities.
You must register in advance to participate in this tour and a nominal fee of $10 will be charged. You must also pay the full admission fee to enter Epcot, so you may want to incorporate the tour into a full day at the Epcot theme park. Space is limited so sign-up early for the tour time of your choice. Guests may also participate. Details are outlined on the conference registration form.
|Here is an intermingling of planting techniques at The Land with mature plants cascading above seedlings. These seedlings, in inert sand with nutrient solution will prove certain crops can be grown in inhospitable places if some new cultivating techniques develop as hoped. Another Living With The Land boat ride passes in the background.
Registration Fees
The attendee registration fee, combined with funds contributed by our generous sponsors, will allow meeting attendees to receive one copy of the proceeding to be published and distributed post conference. The fee also includes an early bird networking social, a welcome reception, two lunches, early morning, mid-day and afternoon refreshments each day, a commercial field trip on Thursday, and a closing dinner banquet.
The spouse/guest and child registration fee includes the early bird networking social, the welcome reception, the closing dinner banquet and participation in the Thursday field trip. All figures are presented in US dollars ($).
ISHS Member
Optional Post-Conference Tour of The Land at Epcot...........
$ 10
Regular Registration
ISHS Member
Optional Post-Conference Tour of The Land at Epcot........... (February 20, 2004 is the deadline to register for this tour)
$ 495
$ 10
ISHS Member
$ 595
|We are delighted you wish to register for the International Symposium on Protected Culture in a Mild-Winter Climate. While Advance Registration is closed, we will be happy to register you onsite at the symposium, and look forward to your participation. Thank you.
Refund Policy: Requests for registration refunds will be honored if a written notification of cancellation is received by the Office of Conferences & Institutes on or before February 10, 2004. A $50.00 processing fee will be deducted from all registration refunds. Sorry, no refunds will be honored for cancellations after February 10, 2004.
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I did an analysis of the cost of gold in all the ways you can get it. I broke this down into how much premium time would cost you, with all the ways you can buy it. Wargaming has added so many options and I think it's in a deliberate attempt to confuse the consumer. I'll try to keep this simple.
Gold is available in various packages with the less gold you buy, the more it costs you. All figures are in Canadian Dollars.
Premium time is sold in-game for gold, and in the shop for real cash (pay pal, credit card, etc). There are various costs then for differing amounts of premium time. This will also vary depending on how you pay for it. There are five costs shown in the rows which correspond to the five costs of gold shown above.
The best deal is the cash purchase from the premium shop for 1-year which works out to $8.99 per month. If you buy the biggest gold package, then the 1-year deal in-game you will pay $9.06 per month. The most you will pay is 14.18 dollars by using gold in-game after buying the smallest gold package.
So, what about that 11-11-11 "special"?
11 garage slots at full price are 300 gold each. Premium consumables at full price are 50 gold. 11 days of premium at the BEST cost per day possible is $0.30 (using the 1-year premium cash purchase as discussed above). The total cost will of course depend on how you buy your gold but the absolute best you can do is .0045 dollars per gold. That makes the "special" cost $20.62 if bought for gold in-game. The premium store cost of the 'special' is $26.17 which means they are charging you an extra $5.55 because they think you are stupid. Never mind the fact that garage slots and consumables are frequently on sale, or that you can buy premium consumables for in-game silver. Even if, like me, you can't afford $113.26 gold at one time, it still doesn't add up to a deal unless you are buying the $7.88 gold package for all your gold purchases.
I've posted on this before and they keep doing it. I have no faith that they will ever stop because they are not called on it very often, and it's pretty much 'buyer beware' for online purchases isn't it? Please use the charts above to more easily figure out what things are actually costing so you can get the best deal possible. They are hoping you don't.

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Until recently, I hadn't had an impact wrench in my tool box since I was in my '20s, working in the automotive service trade. Once I left the trades and began to work on race cars and other project vehicles, there was no need to be in a hurry to beat the flat rate and I sort of developed this somewhat elitist attitude that really good mechanics weren't in a hurry, were much more careful and, thus, were above using those brutish, noisy impact guns.
That was my thinking for many years, but in the last 12 months or so I've run across several jobs that had me rethinking the impact wrench issue. The first was the harmonic balancer bolt on the 3800 Series II V6 in my Camaro. The damper is a modest press-fit on the crank snout, but its bolt is about 3/4" in diameter with a 15/16" hex and is incredibly tight. The service manual says it's tightened to 111 ft/lbs plus 114¡ additional rotation, read off a torque angle meter...that's seriously tight! To get it off, I used a15/16" socket on a three-foot breaker bar, braced my feet on the right front tire and really pulled on the breaker bar with both arms. That got the bolt loose, but it took every bit of strength I could muster. That would have been much easier with an impact.
A while later, working on the same car, I had to replace the rear axle pinion seal. I don't know how tight the pinion nut is because it's tightened until you achieve a specific pinion bearing preload measured by rotate the pinion with an inch-pound torque wrench, but the nut is takes a 1 1/4" socket and the GM J-tool needed to loosen it is a four-foot spanner wrench. That nut's gotta be majorly tight.
And then, the next job on the list after that was to get the heads off my 1971 Big-Block Coupe with the engine in the car. These heads have been on the motor for 15 years and were installed with ARP Head Bolts Pro Series bolts which are tightened to higher torque than stock bolts.
I'm not in my 20s any more. I was tired of fasteners which are really hard to break loose. I'm tired of being an elitist, no-impact-gun kind of guy. My solution...go down to Sears and get a Craftsman impact gun.
I selected one of the top 1/2-inch drive, air, impact wrenches in the "Craftsman Professional" line, the model 199050, which is made for Craftsman by Ingersoll Rand, the renowned power tool maker. This tool generates 1250 impacts per minute and is capable of 400-500 ft/lb torque running forward (tightening) and 500 ft/lb in reverse (loosening). It's designed for a maximum air pressure (PMAX) of 90-psi. A great feature of the Craftsman 199050 is that it's the lightest of all the company's 1/2-drive units at 4.5 lbs. because its housing is a composite material. Its hammer case and all the rotating and reciprocating part are metallic.
I got my new impact back to the garage, installed a 1/4 NPT air fitting in the grip, squirted a few drops of Red Line Synthetic Air Tool oil in the air intake, chucked the gun into my air line and pulled the trigger. Wow...the squeal of an impact gun, free-running at 9500 rpm brought back memories of my days in the service trade.
My first job with this new toy was that rear axle pinion seal. I marked the pinion threads, the nut and the pinion yoke. I snapped a Craftsman, 1/2-drive, 1 1/4-in. socket on the gunÑyou have to use a non-impact, thin wall, conventional (chrome finish), six-point socket for this because the thick wall impact sockets won't fit on the nut due to the closeness of the surrounding structure of the pinion yoke. I pulled the 199050's trigger and zz-rrrr-ip. That nut was off.
Hey, I'm liking this impact stuff.
A month or so later, I had the Big-Block in my '71 torn down to the point that I was ready to lift the cylinder heads. Since the bolts are ARPs with 12-point heads and Craftsman does not market 12-point impact sockets, I rang-up my Mac Tools guy and ordered a 1/2-inch, 1/2-drive, 12-point impact socket. When it arrived, using it along with using either a short- or medium-length Craftsman impact extension bar, I zipped those head bolts out in no time. The only bolts that are a little tough are the two rear bolts on the left head. Because of the proximity of the brake booster, you have to get the right combination of the socket, a 1/2-drive impact universal and an extension. Once you have that, the Craftsman 199050 spins those two out easily. Of course, with the Craftsman impact, getting the bolts out was easy. Now, I had to lean over and lift those cast iron heads off the motor.
I've been using the Craftsman impact for about two months. The thing I like the most is its lightweight. Next, I like the ease with which the forward or reverse buttons on the back of the tool can be selected by simply pushing one with your thumb while still holding the gun's grip with the rest of your hand. The large, power select dial is a neat feature for those who use mechanic's gloves when working on cars. I also like the look of this impact wrench--polished aluminum hammer case and black composite grip/housing.
For serious DIY work or light-to-medium, service trade use, you can pay more for name-brand, premium impact guns but the Craftsman Professional model 199050 Impact Wrench seems a pretty darn good value and it works quite well. It available at your Sears store or at www.craftsman.com and its fully-guaranteed for two years.
The Craftsman Impact Wrench, along with a selection of Craftsman impact sockets. That type of socket is advised in almost all occasions when the impact gun is used because they are made of a harder grade of steel and, thus, have better durability when driven by an impact tool. Image: Author.
Be it a Camaro rear axle or a Cadillac XLR differential assembly, an impact wrench makes removal of the pinion nut much easier. Image: Author.


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WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 2012 – U.S. policymakers today can draw some useful lessons in managing "profound transitions" from President Harry S. Truman's actions in 1950, the Defense Department's policy chief said today.
In what she called her last public speech in office, Michèle Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy, told an audience at the Reserve Officers Association National Security Symposium here that Truman took a multidimensional response to bring about fundamental changes in America's foreign policy.
Truman, five years after World War II ended and with a new Cold War icing relations between the United States and the Soviet Union, also had to consider a newly communist China and North Korea's invasion of neighboring South Korea, she noted.
Truman and a "truly extraordinary" group of his senior advisors responded to the changing security landscape with a series of programs, reviews and initiatives that led to the Marshall Plan, an independent Air Force and the establishment of the Defense Department and Central Intelligence Agency, Flournoy said.
Truman's efforts also contributed to the founding of NATO and the United Nations and set a foundation for eventual victory in the Cold War, she added.
The nation's leaders today face an even more complex strategic era, Flournoy said: swift economic and military growth in China, asymmetric and hybrid forms of warfare incorporating growing threats in the cyber domain, proliferation of nuclear weapons, and trends from the Arab Awakening to global climate change.
"As if all this weren't enough, in 2008 we suffered the most acute financial crisis since the Great Depression, shaking the very foundation of America's national security -- our economic strength," she said.
President Barack Obama has led a whole-of-government effort to ensure the nation's security strategy accounts for all of these factors, Flournoy said. The defense strategic guidance the president announced Jan. 5 and the defense budget decisions Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta rolled out last week reflect a changed approach to America's global responsibilities, she added.
The strategy emphasizes a focus on the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle East, reduces force size and protects investment in technology and advanced systems, she said.
Operational concepts are evolving and changing, Flournoy said, but the range of possible missions makes it critical that forces can surge, regenerate and mobilize quickly.
"The underlying theme that runs through all this is an emphasis on flexibility, agility, readiness -- on retaining capability across the full spectrum of missions," she said. "This is the key to sustaining our leadership in an era of complex challenges and hard fiscal choices."
One of the most discussed words in the defense strategic guidance is "reversibility," she noted. Some commentators have seized on the word as a sign "that somehow our principles are not firmly fixed, or that our decisions on key programs are subject to rapid change," she added.
The truth is completely different, she said: "[Reversibility] refers to our ability to make course corrections in response to strategic, economic or technological change."
For example, she said, even as DOD reduces force size, "we will keep a relatively high proportion of mid-grade officers, who will be at a particular premium if we need to build up those forces quickly."
Flournoy, who on Feb. 3 will leave the office she has held since February 2009, said DOD's civil-military team has grappled with a number of national challenges in an integrated way.
During the recent debate over defense spending priorities, Panetta's commitment to open communication only intensified as the process developed, she said.
"The strategic trumped the parochial time and time again," Flournoy added. "This is a remarkable thing to witness."
Flournoy said as she steps down from her current policy role, she has "a lot of faith" in defense leaders' ability to make sound decisions as "these very difficult choices have to be made in the months and years ahead."
"When circumstances are difficult, we as a country, as a people, do find a way to come together for the broader national interest," she said.


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DataVault for iPhone was updated a little while back with quite a few new features, most notably automatic iCloud sync. While you can still sync with Dropbox, DataVault Desktops, over Wi-Fi, and via iOS file sharing, iCloud is great addition.
If you're already a DataVault user, none of the new features or enhancements will change how you use the app or what you're used to. You're basically going to notice little refinements throughout the app that make the experience better overall. DataVault's main focus was iCloud sync and making it seamless which leaves the user less to worry about.
Backup has been a challenge for iOS developers for some time. Most developers relied on Wi-Fi sync to desktop versions, desktop utilities or email backups but those aren't elegant solutions. We were the first to implement Apple file sharing to backup but that wasn't a robust solution because Apple's implementation deleted files along with apps!
In this version, we've implemented automatic iCloud backup that saves the complete database for the last 7 times the user makes an edit. We also offer backup to Dropbox and various sync methods to use DataVault for Mac or DataVault for Windows as the main backup destination but we feel automatic iCloud sync is a big step forward.
DataVault has also been updated for iOS 6 and the iPhone 5, and received other performance enhancements.


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Cognitive behavioural therapy, cbt in Belfast has become increasingly popular over the last number of years, due to the fact that it is cost effective. Generally speaking, for mild to moderate illness usually six to ten sessions will suffice. For more chronic conditions such as anxiety and depression which may have been going on for years or are recurrent, an advanced form of cognitive behavioural therapy called Schema focused cognitive behavioural therapy is the treatment of choice.
Cognitive behavioural therapy has been extensively researched and has been shown to be effective across a wide spectrum of disorders. The collaborative nature of cbt has also made it popular as the therapist and client work closely together to improve the clients mental health, teaching the client to become their own therapist.
Cognitive behavioural therapy, works on the premise that it is our negative irrational thinking about ourselves, about other people and about events which happen to us in our lives which creates low moods, anxiety or other overwhelming emotions. As a consequence of these emotions it will cause us to behave in a way which usually makes our emotions worse.
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by Kevin Benfield, cross-posted from NRDC's Switchboard
When you look at the official US drought monitor map, you immediately see that many American cities may be in the wrong places for long-term water sustainability. In particullar, note the presence of "long-term," severe-to-extreme drought conditions across most of Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona.
It's a very sobering set of facts, especially when you consider that essentially every high-growth part of the US is experiencing significant dryness. Now let's look at a second map, this time world-wide:
This is not just a US Sun Belt problem but a major international problem. Here are a few facts and projections extracted from a very good summary of the issues by Jay Kimball on his blog 8020 Vision:
- By 2020, California will face a shortfall of fresh water as great as the amount that all of its cities and towns together are consuming today.
- By 2025, 1.8 billion people will live in conditions of absolute water scarcity, and 65 percent of the world's population will be water stressed.
- In the US, 21 percent of agricultural irrigation is achieved by pumping groundwater at rates that exceed the water supplies ability to recharge.
- There are 66 golf courses in Palm Springs. On average, they each consume over a million gallons of water per day.
- The Ogalala aquifer, which stretches across 8 states and accounts for 40 percent of water used in Texas, will decline in volume by a staggering 52 percent between 2010 and 2060.
- Texans are probably pumping the Ogallala at about six times the rate of recharge.
With increasing rises in the temperature of the earth's surface and atmosphere, this problem seems only likely to get worse. The geographic details may shift from one season to another, but the long-range trend is toward further diminishing of our sources of water. A major problem with so many environmental issues, including this one, is that the damage occurs slowly, so that people are lulled into gradually accepting additional increments of deteriorating conditions without alarm. But that doesn't change the facts.
Looking at the US, we're not realistically going to shut down the whole state of Texas, along with Atlanta, Oklahoma City, Albuquerque and Phoenix. We're not going to stop those places from growing, either, pipe dreams of some ardent environmentalists aside. (Nor are we going to shut down North Africa, every country bordering the Mediterranean, India, and large parts of China.)
So, what to do?
This is not going to be a post that pretends to have all the answers, many of which are going to have to come from agriculture, which is outside my expertise. But I'll offer a few thoughts about some answers that must also come from how we grow our cities.
For example, a decade ago, my colleague Deron Lovaas co-authored a report demonstrating how the spread of pavement caused by suburban sprawl prevents water from recharging underground reserves. From a summary released by NRDC with its research partners American Rivers and Smart Growth America:
"In Atlanta, the nation's most rapidly sprawling metropolitan area, recent sprawl development sends an additional 57 billion to 133 billion gallons of polluted runoff into streams and rivers each year. This water would have otherwise filtered through the soil to recharge aquifers and provide underground flows to rivers, streams and lakes."
EPA research shows that building 1000 new homes in a watershed at an average density of eight units per acre instead of four units per acre could save as much as 27 million cubic feet of runoff per year in a typical watershed. (Building at eight units per acre instead of one unit per acre could save 137 cubic feet of runoff per year.)
Greater average density also means less irrigated urban land per household.
In addition, I've been arguing for some time that "green buildings" aren't really green if they contribute to sprawl, and that "smart growth" isn't really smart unless it includes green buildings and infrastructure. Doesn't the presence of long-term drought conditions argue even more strongly for the notion that smart growth should include water-efficient technology and green infrastructure to filter rainwater before it becomes runoff?
Finally, could this be another argument in favor of reviving, rather than abandoning, our Rust Belt cities in order to take growth pressure off the Sun Belt?
— Kaid Benfield writes (almost) daily about community, development, and the environment. For more posts, see his blog's home page. Please also visit NRDC's Sustainable Communities Video Channel.


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Bookbinding/Japanese side stitch
|Intro - Why? - Perfect - Japanese side stitch - Saddle stitch - Long stitch - Equipment - Materials
It's easy to repair paperback books using Japanese bookbinding techniques. Just punch four holes through the book near the spine and lash it together with needle and thread. You can make sketch books, scrapbooks or blank books this way, too. To make smaller books, fold several sheets of paper paper carefully into halves or quarters, clamp the stack together and punch and bind it. Optionally, you can then slit the pages apart with a sharp knife afterwards, being careful not to cut the binding threads.
To rebind a paperback you will need:
- thin wire brads and a small hammer, or an awl
- heavy thread, six times as long as the book 's height
- needle
- pencil
- ruler
Binder clips are useful, too.
For a scrapbook or blank book, cut covers from card stock or a file folder.
Here's what you do:
1. Using a ruler, draw a line from top to bottom of the front cover, about 1/4"from the spine. Make two marks on this line, one 1/4' down from the top of the book, the other 1/4" up from the bottom. Now divide the distance between these marks into thirds and mark the two middle points.
2. Even up the pages and clamp the book together with binder clips, or weight down the front edge to keep the pages from moving. Protect your work surface with a piece of scrap wood or an old phone book as you punch a hole at each of the marked points using the awl or wire brads.
Making these holes should not damage the text in the book. Most paperback books have an inner margin of 1/2" to 3/4", leaving plenty of room for rebinding.
3. Thread the needle and tie the ends together with an overhand knot. Open the book a few pages and, next to the lower middle hole, push the needle through about twenty pages. Pull the thread through until the knot is snug against the pages. Go back out to the front cover by pushing the needle up through the awl hole. This step anchors the thread.
4. Now sew the rest of the book as shown in the accompanying illustrations. Pull the thread tight each time you go through a hole.
Go around the back and back up through the starting hole, then down through the other middle hole. Pull the thread tight after going through each hole.
Around the back again, then up through the top hole.
...around the top of the spine and up through the top hole again. Keep going, down through one middle hole, back up through the next, and down through the bottom hole. Keep the thread tight.
...around the bottom of the spine and back through the bottom hole. Go up through the starting hole again.
To finish, tie off the thread so the binding won't come loose. Do this by slipping the needle under two of the top threads coming out of starting hole and back through the loop to form a tight knot.
Run the needle back down through the starting hole and cut the leftover thread flush with the back of the book.


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Dutch HUG
The Dutch Haskell Users' Group meet monthly in an informal setting. The group was born on 19 April 2009 at Hac5. Since the Haskell programmers in the Netherlands are multilingual, the language used is usually English.
Anyone is welcome to join, from beginners to advanced users.
Do join us!
Mailing list
A mailing list dutch-hug is available at Google Groups. On the list, we discuss dates and times for new meetings and other Dutch HUG related affairs.
The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, October 12th at 19:00. No specific plans have been made as of yet, see the mailing list for up to date information.
The fifth meeting was on Friday, September 11th, in the Utrecht University Library. There were three talks:
- A propositional logic system in Haskell, by Thomas B.
- Generic Programming: what, why and how, by José Pedro Magalhães.
- xformat, a library for extensible and type-safe formatting, by Sean Leather.
Afterwards we relocated to The Basket for some well deserved drinks.
The fourth meeting was in again Utrecht, on Thursday, August 13th.
The third meeting was on Wednesday, July 8th. We met over drinks in Utrecht and chatted about Haskell.
The second meeting was on Tuesday, June 9th at the top floor of the library in Amsterdam. We had interesting conversations, and more than one laptop was pulled out of its bag to show off some Haskell code!
The first meeting was in Utrecht on Tuesday, May 6th 2009. We met over drinks at the Stairway to Heaven.
For the currently scheduled meetings, see the Google calendar or subscribe to the iCal version.
Note that this schedule is preliminary, please follow the mailing list for up to date information.


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Matthew 18:23-35 New King James Version (NKJV)
23 Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. 25 But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made. 26 The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, 'Master, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.' 27 Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.
28 "But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!' 29 So his fellow servant fell down [a]at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you [b]all.' 30 And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt. 31 So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very grieved, and came and told their master all that had been done. 32 Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. 33 Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?' 34 And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.
35 "So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother [c]his trespasses."
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Final Fantasy XIII part 2?Posted on January 18, 2011 | No CommentsORIGINALLY POSTED 18 FEBRUARY 2011 Final Fantasy 13 part 2? FinalFantasy13-2game.com, a recent domain registration by Square-Enix points that they may already have this title in the works. FinalFantasy13game.com was the original registered URL for the Final Fantasy XIII website.


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Republicans now have control of the House and have chipped away at the Democrats' majority in the Senate. What they likely won't have control over is the badly broken housing market, persistently high unemployment and runaway government spending.
Politicians' promises aside, solving those issues will take much more than just a change on the nameplates at congressional offices. And the gridlock in Washington is likely to make solving the nation's economic problems even more difficult.
"The Democrats had a very hard time getting legislation passed, even with the solid majority that they had," said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at Standard & Poor's. "I don't think the Republicans are going to do any better with only a very slim majority in the House and no majority at all in the Senate."
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House Republican leader John Boehner vowed Wednesday to work to roll back the Obama administration's health care reform. The Ohio Republican is in line to replace California Democrat Nancy Pelosi as House Speaker.
"I think it's important for us to lay the groundwork before we begin to repeal this monstrosity and replace with it commonsense reforms that will bring down the cost of health care in America," Boehner told reporters.
Some House Republicans have also vowed to seek changes in the sweeping package of financial regulatory reforms know as Dodd-Frank. Rep. Spencer Bachus, R, Ala., who is set to replace Masschusetts Democrat Barney Frank as chairman of the House Financial Service Committee, said the effort would involve targeting "job-killing provisions" of the law.
"We will take incremental steps knowing we have to have bipartisan agreement in the Senate," he told CNBC.
As control of the House shifts to a new set of GOP leaders, Congress faces a familiar set of economic issues: housing, jobs and the budget deficit.
Now entering its fourth year of falling prices and rising foreclosures, the ailing housing market continues to weigh on economic growth. Three separate federal programs have tried, and failed, to turn the tide on foreclosures. Tuesday's election isn't likely to change that.
"There is no magic bullet solution at the federal level to fix the housing market," said Jared Seiberg, a financial services policy analyst at MF Global's Washington Research Group. "That's true whether Republicans have veto-proof majorities in the House or Senate or Democrats do. If the Obama administration could have done that in the past two years, it would have."
Neither party has figured out how to slow the pace of foreclosures, keep more families in their homes or offer relief to the one in four mortgage holders who are "under water," owing more than their homes are worth. Splitting control of Congress won't make it any easier to fix the money-losing government-controlled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. If anything, the debate could become more polarized.
"You're going to have subcommittee chairmen on the House side who question whether the government should be playing the role that it has historically played for the past several generations in the mortgage market," said Seiberg.
Recent disclosures that lenders might have cut corners in their efforts to foreclose on homeowners have prompted an investigation by all 50 state attorneys general. That effort is being lead by Iowa's Tom Miller, who won a tough re-election fight Tuesday.
Taxes and spending
Voters who demanded change in Washington will see significant change in the House leadership, as control of key committees shifts to the GOP. Republicans have promised major changes in policies related to taxes and spending.
One key leadership change will put Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., in charge of the House Budget Committee, which proposes spending targets and estimates tax revenues. A vocal opponent of record federal budget deficits, Ryan has proposed "A Roadmap for America's Future" that would bring deep cuts in spending.
Republicans also would control the House Appropriations Committee, where they have vowed to save $100 billion next year by cutting spending to 2008 levels, with exceptions for programs for the elderly, U.S. troops and military veterans. Ranking California Republican Jerry Lewis, who chaired the panel during the George W. Bush administration, would need a term limits waiver from GOP leaders to get back the job. Next in line would be Rep. Harold Rogers, R.-Ky., who has been lobbying party colleagues for the job.
Those spending cuts would likely bring steeper cuts in government payrolls, which have shrinking as the impact of the federal stimulus program has begun to fade. Since peaking in April, 2009, a net 450,000 government jobs have been eliminated. Those payrolls are expected to continue shrinking as states struggle to close multibillion-dollar budget gaps.
Some business leaders have expressed reluctance to hire more workers until the economic outlook improves – and they get more clarity about tax policies and the cost of health care reform. Dave Camp, R-Mich., is in line to chair the tax-law-writing House Ways and Means Committee. Camp is among Republicans who have pledged to cut taxes in an effort to spur job creation.
Though some economists have argued that another round of stimulus spending is needed to create jobs, that idea already faces strong resistance from both parties. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who is in line to take control of the House Oversight and Government Reform Comimttee, has promised to review the effectiveness of the Obama administration's $814 billion stimulus program.
One Tuesday, Issa told reporters he will work to grant subpoena power to government inspectors general, and begin investigations into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Some have argued that by restraining Congress, gridlock can be a good thing. But that argument is easier to make when the economy is on track, said investment adviser Ron Carson.
"Today things are broken," he said. "What we need today is decisive leadership and action. And you're not going get that with gridlock.


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Deep Democracy Institute programs teach leadership models that include expertise in facilitation, organizational and personal development, and coaching and self-management. We use an awareness based approach that supports the development of these programs in collaboration with participants based on cultural beliefs, organizational directions, and/or personal style.
DDI's approach is based on the belief that leadership must assist organizations, communities, and individual members in discovering their natural potentials, unique beauty, and power. As a result of this process, individuals, communities, and organizations can access and use inherent strength, develop wholesome community experiences, and gain success on many levels.
Increased productivity and economic success is not our main goal, but a necessary byproduct of the process. The question "Does It Grow Corn?" is a Native American Navajo standard by which to scrutinize new models and approaches - and is a key concern for DDI in all endeavors.
The purpose of the Deep Democracy Institute is based on our underlying vision: that the systematic and consistent development of local leadership is the central issue in developing regions, communities and constituencies. We believe that supporting and training leaders across the entire strata of society is the key to forming civic societies, finding balance in the complex process of globalization, and forming lasting sustainable relationships.
Of the many non-profit organizations that work towards better collaboration, more sustainable international relationships, developed civic societies, and reduction of poverty, only a small few focus on developing local leadership. The Deep Democracy Institute strives to be a role model and champion in this approach, develop cutting edge leadership programs, and educate organizations and the mainstream about the importance of leadership.


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Found a new cocktail just in time for your Saturday night. Love these! Have you ever heard of a Burning Mandarin Martini?? I found the recipe recently when I was browsing the Petitechef.com. It's fresh and a bit more citrusy tasting than a Cosmopolitan. The Serrano Chili adds a bit of an "after burn" and I loved it. I added an extra slice of the chili to amp it up a bit. Using just one like the recipe calls for is very subtle. If you like a lot of "heat" I would add the second slice. And then see how you like it and if you need more "after burn", live large and add a third.
Yield: 1 martini
2 slices of Serrano Chile
1 1/2 ounces Absolute Mandarin
3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
1/2 ounce simple syrup*
1/2 ounce orange juice
1/2 ounce cranberry juice
*Simple syrup can be made by mixing equal parts of water and sugar. Heat them till the sugar is fully dissolved. I made a small batch by mixing 1/4 cup of water and sugar in a Pyrex Heat Proof mixing cup and heated it up in the microwave in 30 second increments until the sugar was dissolved.)
Muddle one slice of Serrano Chile in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add vodka, lemon juice, simple syrup, orange juice, and cranberry juice, along with one large handful of ice.
Shake vigorously until well-chilled. Strain into a sugar-rimmed martini glass. Garnish with remaining chili slice. (I didn't sugar the rim of my glass as I don't like my drinks too sweet. But I do think sugaring the rims do make them a tad more festive.)


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The commission consists of 7 members who must be residents of the county with 1/2 of the membership property owners in Gloucester. One member of the Board of Supervisors also serves on this commission. The term is 4 years.
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Staff is working on a comprehensive update of the County's Zoning Ordinance. This update will incorporate revisions based on changes to the State Code, Board initiatives as outlined in the Strategic Planning effort, recommendations from the Business Development Focus Group, and recommendations identified in the County's Comprehensive Plan and by staff as part of their daily interactions with the public.
Planning and Zoning staff meet weekly to discuss/review the proposed zoning amendments before taking them to the Planning Commission for input. This is a multi-year project involving public engagement throughout the process. View the Ghant Chart (PDF) Opens a New Window. for progress to date.
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- Phase 1 - The first phase focuses on simplifying and clarifying the ordinance to establish a solid foundation for the second phase and future amendments. Goals of this first phase are to:
- Clarify intent/interpretations
- Conform with State Code
- Reformat the district regulations to ensure a user friendly, straightforward, and adaptable structure
- Remove unnecessary requirements/regulations
- Phase 2 - The second phase will focus on implementing the community's vision as adopted in the Comprehensive Plan. This phase will include addressing several Comprehensive Plan recommendations such as establishment of a Working Waterfront district, and the possible establishment of a Rural Residential district. Other needed revisions to sections such as signage and parking will also be addressed.
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Public Hearing March 7, 2019 Announcement:
Due to a procedural misunderstanding between the Department of Planning and Zoning and the County Attorney's office,Planning staff believed that the revised McDaniels Rezoning application(Z-18-01) had to be re-reviewed by the Planning Commission prior to going to the Board of Supervisors for their final decision. However, based on correspondence from the County Attorney received March 4, 2018, and after the advertisement, adjoining property notices, and Planning Commission packets had already been sent out, the application will not be re-reviewed by the Planning Commission but will instead go directly to the Board of Supervisors for their final vote. We will now be preparing the materials for the Board's public hearing on April 2, 2019; their meeting starts at 6:30, with Public Hearings beginning at 7 pm. The meetings are held in the Colonial Courthouse. The Public Hearing will be advertised in the legal notices section in the Gazette Journal.


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Is it My Fault? A new book by Justin and Lindsey Holcomb
Today, the new book by Justin and Lindsey Holcomb, Is It My Fault?: Hope and Healing for Those Suffering Domestic Violence, officially releases. The book "was written for those suffering domestic abuse—typically women—and serves as a resource on healing from the emotional pain resulting from domestic violence by giving a clear understanding of what the Bible says about violence against women."
Today through May 15th, Moody Publishers is offering readers 40 percent off your purchase of the book using the coupon code 40%Fault. Go here to take advantage of this deal.
Christ and Pop Culture
A while back I started reading an excellent website, Christ and Pop Culture. They're producing some terrific content, increasingly some of the stuff I look forward to most when I check my feed reader. They've got a ton of potential to grow and have a lot of dedicated volunteer writers and editors, but they've got a teeny problem: being able to grow means money. Give their appeal a read and consider signing up for a membership.
And What About Divorce?
Kevin DeYoung:
After last week's post on gluttony, a host of similar comments bubbled up about divorce. Isn't it hypocritical of Christians to protest so loudly about homosexuality when the real marital problem in our churches is divorce? Over many years debating these issues in my own denomination, I've often encountered the divorce retort: "It's easy for you to pick on homosexuality because that's the issue in your church. But you don't follow the letter of your own law. If you did, you would be talking about divorce, since that's the bigger problem in conservative churches."
When it comes to debating homosexuality among Christians, the issue of divorce is both a smokescreen and a fire. It is a smokescreen because the two issues-divorce and homosexuality-are far from identical.
When We Are Not Robustly Trinitarian, Our Gospel Will Not Be Robustly Christian
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18 Principles from Pixar's Culture
Trevin Wax:
The new book from Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar, is a must-read. Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration is fascinating in its portrayal of Pixar's history of successes and failures, and insightful in its boiling down of Pixar experience into transferable principles.
From the book, here are 18 lessons we can learn from the culture of Pixar.
The Only 'Always' in Health Care
Robert Cutillo:
Injustice in health care is a question I ponder regularly in caring for those who are mostly poor. But it has forced me to ask another question: "What can we reasonably expect healthcare to do for us?" Even if I were able to obtain every available service for my patient, I could not guarantee her freedom from pain. I could not promise her satisfaction. In my experience, even with the best of hopes and intentions, and despite modern preconceptions to the contrary, I have found that our needs and expectations for care of the body always exceed what is possible. If this is true, is there is anything we can reliably hope for in health care? And what might it look like to live faithfully in the resistant gap between what we have and what we hope for?