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Like the proverbial blind squirrel, every once in awhile ChiCom fanboy Thomas Friedman rises above his simplistic pseudointellectualism and mixed metaphors to produce a column that makes sense.
His latest outing is full of CEO quotes about how the global economy continues to evolve, and how America is uniquely poised to take full advantage of it.
The Global Elites are losing their Grip
Continual fragmentation of ideas, manufacturing, and tastes, along with markets fracturing into micro-markets and specialty niches all conspire to make it harder for the global elites to homogenize every last aspect of our lives.
Fellow New York Times columnist, David Ignatius, a liberal who passes for a conservative over there, notes that the Davos Men are more disconnected than ever from us normal people, but he is instead pessimistic. I discount his gloominess because he himself is disconnected, a man in awe of the world elites.
Ignatius is cheered only because the ranks of the elites now include the red and yellow, brown and black, slowly wrenching global thought leadership from the Western White Man's oligopolistic grip. Reading it makes me long for times past when reporters hated the rich and powerful.
What you see here are some of the smartest business and political leaders in the world gathering to discuss common problems. It's a heady feeling, to see so much global talent in one place.
It's an inclusive elitism: The magnet draws the rising tycoons from developing countries and fuses them with the once-dominant Americans, British, Germans and French. That's the most likable feature of the forum, the way you see Chinese and Indians and Egyptians and Pakistanis shuffling down the streets in their snow boots, along with the Swiss hosts. They are part of the connected world, just as much as the old-line bankers and CEOs from the West. (David Ignatius)What Ignatius fails to realize is that the global geniuses may have outsize influence, but its the ingenuity of the locals that powers an economy, and we have plenty right here in the good ol' US of A.
Ignatius rightly laments the societal destruction globalism has wrought, but he's singing yesterday's tune. Friedman has the forward-looking view on this one...
Many C.E.O.'s, though, increasingly see the world as a place where their products can be made anywhere through global supply chains (often assembled with nonunion-protected labor) and sold everywhere.
These C.E.O.'s rarely talk about "outsourcing" these days. Their world is now so integrated that there is no "out" and no "in" anymore. In their businesses, every product and many services now are imagined, designed, marketed and built through global supply chains that seek to access the best quality talent at the lowest cost, wherever it exists. (Friedman)He cites a Hong Kong CEO...
Now, said Fung, the rule is: " 'Source everywhere, manufacture everywhere, sell everywhere.' The whole notion of an 'export' is really disappearing."Words from other CEOs:
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America can thrive in this world, explained Yossi Sheffi, the M.I.T. logistics expert, if it empowers "as many of our workers as possible to participate" in different links of these global supply chains — either imagining products, designing products, marketing products, orchestrating the supply chain for products, manufacturing high-end products and retailing products. If we get our share, we'll do fine.
Few deny that technology fuels economic growth as well as both social and lifestyle progress, the latter largely seen in health and environmental metrics. But consider three features that most define America, and that are essential for unleashing the promises of technological change: our youthful demographics, dynamic culture and diverse educational system. (The Coming Tech-Led Boom)We don't need no stinking national strategies
"If only — if only — we could come together on a national strategy to enhance and expand all of our natural advantages..." (Friedman)Poor Progressive Tommy, always longing for the Strong Man to make the trains run on time...
Restore the Rule of Law and give the American workers and entrepreneurs a stable, predictable environment to invent, create and be free, and they will lead this nation again to the sunlit uplands of economic greatness and personal liberty. Personal liberty and economic freedom: You can't have one without the other.
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Two years after her European debut Fuck Off, Grizzly Bear (T & M 050, 2011) singer/songwriter/pianist Stephanie Nilles is back with a new album. Unlike its predecessor
.Takes A Big Ship is an album recorded with a small band of core players, featuring violin virtuoso Zach Brock and The Magic Number (Matt Wigton/bass, Frederick Kennedy/drums). All are brilliant musicians from Brooklyn/NY, where this new set of songs was put together and brought to life. The albums title implies a courageous trip on rough seas, the joy of movement and the thrill of taking risks. Attributes that clearly mark Stephanie Nilles approach towards music as something unique, including a clear-eyed view on American life and (sexual) politics, a language that does not shy away from real-life diction, an abundance of musical passion. To be shipwrecked may be part of the danger but its a familiar job hazard for every artist trying to make a difference. Stephanie Nilles is still keeping her head above water and on this album the power of her music is unmistakable yet again.
In the recent past, Stephanie Nilles has been dubbed as the most compelling jazz piano / lounge punk artist since Tom Waits. There is much praise for her expressive powers, her passion, her urge for artistic freedom. To some she even comes across as Mose Allison reincarnated, playing jazz with a special twist. A kind of Ani DiFranco-like punk ethos/attitude comes into the mix as well, fuelled by a rebel spirit that is not conforming to the requirements of the mainstream music business. Stephanie Nilles is her own woman and a soulmate for every freedom-seeking misfit travelling the backroads of todays popular culture, relying on authentic personal expression as a touchstone for quality.
The Stephanie Nilles story so far has mainly taken place in four cities: Chicago Cleveland New York City New Orleans. Stephanie was born twenty-eight years ago in the Chicago metropolitan area and music played a major part in the family history. Especially live music making, an extended part of basic education, as Stephanie states today. A lot of diverse sounds were appreciated in her family: Pete Seeger, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Mozart. At age five Stephanie took up piano lessons, adding cello later on. With an abundance of talent and determination, she became a classically trained musician taking her talent quite far: Stephanie graduated from the Cleveland Institute Of Music with a degree in piano performance. I was performing in international competitions
and I was practicing in a room by myself for seven or eight hours a day. It started to occur to me that I was unhappy, she remembers. I started to feel like the music I was playing didnt relate to the world around me
.I was also looking at an eternal vocation of unemployment
. and I was frustrated with spending 80 % of my time arduously preparing music that was written 200 years ago. Consequently, the piano prodigy decided to quit and to leave music altogether.
To clear her head and find new inspiration, Stephanie Nilles moved to New York City. She worked a variety of jobs, delving deep into the East Village alternative scene. She listened to the anti-folk musical stylings of the times and met many young jazz practitioners who used to be classical musicians. She is encouraged to put original music to original texts she performs at poetry slams, re-inventing herself as a creative person over time: Finally I got over my fear of composing which was instilled in me by decades of practicing masterful classical works of art that I know I can never reproduce. Stephanie starts to present her new style at open mics and is soon gigging regularly, hitting the road with a vengeance. A wonderful jazz poet/singer/songwriter/musician is born. Today she spends about ten months per year on the road, performing in bars, clubs, living-rooms and coffee houses. A one-woman musical enterprise who has made her European debut in January 2011 at Germanys Women In (E)motion festival in Bremen, followed by more European club and festival shows in 2012.
Today, the magical music city that is New Orleans is home to the 29-year-old artist. She enjoys the openness of the Crescent Citys scene, the diversity of its characters, the vibrant nightlife and the respect given to artists: New Orleans is a place where artists can be happy. Its the only city in the States where artists can survive by being artists, she says. On the contrary, the young poet/musician looks at her country from a distance, seeing a country that neglects to honor the wealth of its cultural heritage. Creative endeavour is part of her day to day events: Whatever I happen to be thinking about or reading about or talking about with people is what I sing about, she says. Being curious about life, about people and about the politics of human relations is part of this equation. The resulting subject matter may be heavy sometimes, but Stephanie enlightens and entertains without preaching. Every new recording stands as a fresh set of observations from an artist who is truly awake and offering empathy.
This new recording starts with two updates from the classic jazz and blues canon: Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer, followed by Like A Stone Cast Out To Sea the former one of Bessie Smiths final recordings, the latter a rewrite of W.C. Handys St. Louis Blues. First a song about the desire to let loose and have a good time, then followed by a late summer blues rumination from the real life. An ouverture and solid groundwork for more vignettes from this nonconformists notebook: some freedom-loving beatnik prose (#), a slice of politico-philosophical poetry (Caution Tape), bar-room scenes from the life of a thirsty soul (Vodka-Based Fishbowl), a unique snapshot of life, love and death with a Newmanesque twist (Kate In The Haze Of The Rum). All of this much different from your regular singer-songwriter fare - emotionally complex subject matter, coming an artist who does not consider herself to be a part of the pop world. Whatever the classification, this stuff is as good as it gets in terms of integrity and authentic personal expression. Its great writing brought to life by brilliant players from the jazz world, including Zack Brock; violinist extraordinaire and tightrope walker between genres. Everybodys on the same wavelength here, playing for the sake of the song.
Some prime favourites for Stephanie: Willie Nelson, James Brown, PJ Harvey, Nina Simone, Chavela Vargas. Intense stuff all of it, just like part two of this album: Stephanie comments on the attention-seeking nature of manufactured pop by harking back to her classical music past (Mazurka), followed by a pastiche of standard American worldviews (Canadians Are From Canada) as well as a rant on the dubious integrity of well-to-do occupy protesters (Occupy
.). Next is a fierce double attack on misogyny in music - in classic jazz and commercial hip-hop (Winin Boy Blues Jerry Roll Morton; Break Ya Neck Busta Rhymes). A beautifully drunken beatnik hymn to freedom and independence is last, augmented by a choir of friends and comrades (Ole Tin Pan Joe).
Engage yourself in your craft as best you can
and people will come looking for you. Stephanie Nilles statement of intent still stands and it applies to this new album as well. To confront the global hodgepodge with beauty, intelligence, passion and wit and make some kind of sense of it all in the process seems to be the unspoken objective. Its coming from Stephanie Nilles artist, musician, free spirit. Not to be missed.
Gimme A Pigfoot(And A Bottle Of Beer)
Like A Stone Cast Out To Sea
Caution Tape
Vodka-Based Fishbowl
Kate In The Haze Of The Rum
Canadians Are From Canada
Number Occupymypussybitch
Winin' Boy Blues
Break Yer Neck
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Although it was only the first outing of the season and each school had vacancies in a few weight classes, last Wednesday's wrestling meet between Springside Chestnut Hill Academy and visiting George School proved to be an exciting set-to that wasn't decided until late in the afternoon. The host Blue Devils owned a 30-28 edge with two matches to go, but the Cougars captured both bouts for a 40-30 victory.
After the graduation of 171 lb. Dan Gallagher and 152-pounders Matt Rubin and Connor Small from last year's squad, the Devils have only two seniors on the roster this year. One of them, heavyweight Tyler Hightower (who will likely be playing football for Trinity College next year), was injured for last week's opener, leaving 160 lb. Matt Klauder as the only representative of the Class of 2012.
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Z2 Entertainment is proud to present Head for the Hills at the Fox Theatre on Saturday, November 3rd. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 10th for $10.00 in advance and $13.00 day of show. "Head for the Hills has created a sound that is all at once organic, precise, timeless, and brand-new," as reported by the Missoula Independent. The acclaimed Colorado quartet has been receiving nation-wide recognition in response to their refreshing take on acoustic music. Described as progressive acoustic/contemporary roots, H4TH produces an endearing mixture of homegrown compositions, traditional harmonies, and improvisation. In the live setting, H4TH effortlessly ventures into a myriad of musical styles and sonic landscapes that appeal to a boundless array of listeners.The past year has been outright explosive year for the quartet, having been voted by the Westword Magazine Music Showcase (Denver, CO) as the "Best Bluegrass" band in Colorado, a highly esteemed honor, for 2 years in a row (2010 & 2011). Additionally, the band has been receiving national attention, from their recently released self-titled studio effort. The group was selected to perform at SxSW in 2011, and were also a "SxSW Critics Picks-Must See" choice, via the Austin Statesman/360. The band has a host of music festivals scheduled for summer 2011 including: DelFest, NightGrass at Telluride Bluegrass Festival (Sold Out), High Sierra Music Festival, Crested Butte Music Festival (Bluegrass in Paradise), Yarmony Grass Music Festival (Late Night Set), NedFest, Strings Music Festival, Boats & Bluegrass & more.Head for the Hills have performed, supported, & shared programming with such notables as: David Grisman, Sam Bush, The Flaming Lips, My Morning Jacket, Ween, Bruce Hornsby, Emmylou Harris, Dr. Dog, Little Feat, Nickel Creek, The Avett Brothers, Yonder Mountain String Band, Tim O'Brien, Peter Rowan, Punch Brothers, Doc Watson, Railroad Earth, and have performed at Wakarusa Music Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival (NightGrass), Northwest String Summit, Mulberry Mountain Harvest Festival, Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival (Official Evening Performance), Yarmony Grass Music Festival, Bristol Rhythm and Roots and many more.HEAD FOR THE HILLS
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Potholes jarred Colorado City, Texas, cotton producer and National Cotton Council vice chairman Woody Anderson into the realization that once Brazil fills its road canyons, Brazil stands to become a major player in world cotton trade.
He saw enough American-size two-bale cotton fields and millions of acres of potentially new farmland between the weaves around those potholes to realize it may be only a matter of time before Brazil realizes its ambition.
While Brazil works to fill those potholes and otherwise improve its infrastructure to become a world cotton marketer to challenge China and the U.S., the Brazilians are trying to dig new potholes for American cotton producers in a trade dispute.
World trade issues have become the focal point of the National Cotton Council, and none is more nettlesome that the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute Brazil has initiated against the U.S. challenging the federal farm program.
There is plenty at stake in the WTO dispute. That was why a U.S. cotton delegation that included Anderson visited the South American nation recently to see first hand Brazil's cotton production and its potential.
Brazil has already mastered the art of producing cotton, copying the U.S. model, Anderson told the Beltwide Cotton Conferences in San Antonio, Texas, recently.
Big operations in Mato Grasso
It is no small family farm industry, at least not in the state of Mato Grasso where 50 percent of Brazil's cotton is produced each year. There are only about 200 cotton farmers in Mato Grasso yet they account for 2 million bales of cotton production.
"This breaks down to 10,000 bales per farmer and at 2 bales per acre implies an average size of 5,000 acres of cotton, per farm," said Anderson.
And, it is good quality cotton, with micronaire of 3.9 to 4.2 and 35-38 staple, said Anderson.
Anderson said the American cotton industry is very well known in Brazil. "It is quite clear that much of Brazil's cotton industry is patterned after our own. The producers we visited are very progressive and appear to be good businessmen," said Anderson.
Brazil is a country of 173 million people. It is the second most populated country in the Western Hemisphere, second only to the 280 million in the U.S. However, Brazil's gross domestic product of $500 million is about 5 percent of the U.S. economy.
Through the '90s Brazil was a significant importer of raw cotton with annual imports of 1.5 to 2 million bales. However, those imports have dropped to about 500,000 and Brazil now exports a similar amount.
Brazil also has become a major exporter of textiles and apparel products to the U.S. In 2002 Brazil shipped just under 200,000-bale equivalents of textiles to the U.S. and early indications are that its exports will show a sharp increase when 2003 shipments are tallied.
Compete with China?
According to Anderson, one of the major textile mills in Brazil believes the country can compete with China in world textile products with Brazil's textile industry's productivity and low energy costs offsetting China's labor cost advantage.
Brazil has tremendous potential to increase its farming area to grow cotton. According to Anderson one mill executive said there is a potential to expand crop production by 200 million acres. By comparison, America's soybean, corn and wheat acreage totals 210 million acres.
And it is not all rain forests. In Mato Grasso Anderson said new farmland is broken out from pasture. Push out a few trees and its ready to farm, said Anderson.
Mato Grasso is about the size of Texas and Oklahoma and Texas combined. About 35 million acres are farmed in state covering 220 million acres.
And farming is cheap. On one farm the delegation visited, the grower produced 1,100-1,200-pounds of lint for $400 per acre, excluding machinery cost.
While the land is there, Anderson said infrastructure and transportation pose one of the biggest limitations to expansion.
"I can personally attest to the poor conditions of their roads after spending several days in the back of a van weaving from one side of the road to the other trying to dodge potholes," said Anderson. "Over time, if these issues are addressed, we have to expect production to continue to expand."
When the U.S. delegation was there, 60-cent cotton prices were not enough enticement to expand acreage this year. However, with a recent run-up in prices, that changed. Anderson expects the Brazilians to increase acreage 25 percent.
In the trade issue with Brazil, NCC president and CEO Mark Lange remains incensed at the country's WTO action. More specifically he is angry because two U.S. economists hired on to Brazil's payroll and prepared testimony against the U.S. in the WTO action.
Sumner, Babcock
University of California economist Dan Sumner, former assistant secretary of agriculture, was hired to assist in the case.
Lange added that Sumner "appears to have hired" Professor Bruce Babcock, an agricultural economist at Iowa State University and director of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) to attempt to modify the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri for use by the Brazilians.
"This action was taken without the knowledge of FAPRI," said Lange.
Lange said Babcock receives federal funds for the CARD program and he pledged "a full examination of the actions of these two guys" once the WTO issue is settled. California cotton industry leaders and others have protested Sumner's actions to the dean of UC Davis school of agriculture and have lobbied for private research and scholarship funds to be withdrawn from the university in protest of Sumner's actions.
The WTO is expected to issue a ruling on Brazil's complaint in May. Lange believes the USDA and the U.S. Trade Representative along with the NCC staff have met every Brazilian challenge of the federal cotton program and the U.S. will prevail.
A lot more is at stake in the WTO action, said Lange. "I believe that this challenge extends beyond the U.S. cotton program and is a fundamental threat to the conduct of the U.S. domestic agricultural policy."
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Henry Arthur Kean served at Tennessee State as head of the department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation; director of athletics, and head football coach from 1944 to 1955. Known as "The Fox" by his football competitors, Kean was one of the most highly regarded and successful coaches in the nation.
Kean's love of football started in 1916, when he helped lead Fisk University to gain the National Black Football Championship, becoming an All-American player for the 1916 team in the process.
Henry Kean betrayed the Fisk Bulldogs and coached the Tennessee State University Football program from 1944 until 1954. Before arriving to TSU, Kean began his career coaching at Kentucky State University from 1931 to 1942. During his tenure as head coach at KSU, he led the team to four Black College National Football championships, ten straight Midwestern Athletic Association championships and finished with a record of 73 wins, 17 losses, and 6 ties.
As the 11th head coach, Kean led the Tigers to five national championship titles. While at Tennessee State, Kean recorded 93 wins, 16 losses, and 3 ties. Those 93 victories placed Kean second on Tennessee State's all-time win list.
Henry Kean also coached basketball at Tennessee State from 1944-1949 and from 1950-51. As head coach, he recorded 108 wins and only 26 losses. In 1948-1949, the Tigers went undefeated finishing with a record of 24 wins. The Tigers scored 1,765 points and allowed only 977 points by their opponents. The 1948-1949 is TSU's only undefeated team.
On Wednesday, November 25, 1953, Kean Hall was dedicated. In 1986 renovations connected Kean Hall to the Floyd-Payne Campus Center. Kean Hall gymnasium would later become the home of Tiger Volleyball.
Kean was inducted into the Tennessee State Sports Hall of Fame in 1983.
The 100 Moments of TSU Athletics presented by Taco Bell® highlights some of the greatest moments in honor of Tennessee State's centennial celebration. A new moment will be released each weekday for a total of 100. These moments were chosen by the TSU 100 Moments committee, which consists of alums from various departments. TSU has so many great moments, not all can be represented in these 100.
Sports Information Assistant Cierra Joshua contributed to this article.
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EXCLUSIVEQuestion: How does Fat Joe feel about going to prison for 4 months?
Answer: He ain't exactly thrilled.
TMZ spoke with Joe moments ago ... and (shocker) he didn't seem too jazzed about yesterday's court hearing, when he was sentenced to 4 months behind bars for stiffing Uncle Sam out of more than $1 million in income taxes.
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These nematodes are microscopic worms that attack cotton roots and can cause yield reductions of between 10 percent and 75 percent. The reniform nematode is a tropical pest first discovered in Georgia and Louisiana in the early 1940s. Since that time, it's spread to all the southern states, including west Tennessee in 1992.
Damage is caused when the pest sticks its stylet into a root to suck out nutrients. The worm also uses its digestive system to inject toxins and diseases, causing mayhem in the metabolic processes of the cotton plant.
"For a while we were only concerned with reniform nematodes in Crockett County," said Tom Stebbins, Extension assistant, University of Tennessee entomology and plant pathology. Stebbins spoke on reniform nematodes at the Milan No-Till Field Day recently.
"But we are now finding it in Gibson, Madison and Dyer counties, and we've detected it in over 100 fields. So far, it's confined to that area. "
There are no control measures that will completely eradicate the pest, according to Stebbins. "You'll never get rid of it once you get it, so the thing to do is never get it. If you do get it, it's a numbers game."
Populations of 10,000 nematodes per pint of soil may not cause a lot of problems, according to Stebbins, but populations of 100,000 per pint of soil could be very damaging.
Rotation to reniform-resistant crops like corn or grain sorghum for one or two years will help. "But this is not going to be the total answer," according to UT plant pathologist Melvin Newman.
"It will just reduce the numbers enough to make one cotton crop. Then, you'll build the numbers back up and have to go back to corn again. Populations rebuild real quickly."
Applying Temik and Telone are the primary means of chemical control for reniform nematodes. Sometimes, the use of these chemicals might produce more nematodes by the end of the season, however, because they produce a healthier root system, which creates a larger food source for the pests.
The fumigant Telone is used in Mississippi and Louisiana "but I don't think we're going to get a chance to use it in the no-till areas of west Tennessee," Newman said. "Telone has to be injected 8-10 inches deep into a bed. Then you have to wait two weeks before you can plant."
Temik 15G has been tested across west Tennessee with fairly good results this year, according to Newman. "But you have to use a higher rate than the 3.5 pounds that you use for aphids and thrips. You have to go to at least 5-7 pounds in-furrow and then you have to come back with a sidedress of another 5-7 pounds of Temik at pinhead or two applications of Vydate at 8 ounces each a couple of weeks apart on the foliage."
If Temik is used, Newman suggests injecting the material 3 inches to 4 inches deep on either side of the plant "so a rain will dissolve it and push it down where the roots are."
These approaches "have done pretty well across the southern region where we've had high populations of nematodes," Newman said. "On the other hand, 10 pounds of Temik required for the treatment costs $35 an acre "and you're still not expecting a top yield. You still have the nematode problem."
And you may not always get good results. In large west Tennessee test fields infested with at least 10,000 nematodes per pint of soil, 5 pounds of Temik increased yields from 350 pounds in the check to 399 pounds. The fields had a two-bale potential, according to Newman.
"Where we placed an additional 5 pounds of Temik side-dressed, we increased yields to 435 pounds per acre.
"This tells me two things. It's going to take a lot of chemical to address this problem, and we may still not get the yields. I'm hoping we can get a research project that shows us we can do a better job than what we did in the studies."
Symptoms of damage from reniform nematode may include plant stunting, but there could be other causes for this symptom, including weather and disease. For that reason, Newman and Stebbins urged growers to begin sampling fields this fall and if reniform nematodes are present, implement practices to control and stop the spread of the pest.
"We don't have too many fields with the pest right now," Newman said. "But Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana are covered up. Fifty to 75 percent of their acres are infested and it's causing some tremendous headaches. We need to prevent that from happening here.
"Each and every grower needs to sample his cotton land," Newman said. "Find out what you have. A lot of farmers drive equipment from one field to another and you could be dragging nematodes from one field to another – even on a planter and even if it's no-till. Any little bit of soil can carry some eggs. And that's all it takes."
"Sample anytime," says Newman, "and they'll show up if you have them. But the best time is just after you pick cotton. Cut the stalks, then get on the four-wheeler and start pulling those soil samples."
Newman suggests breaking fields into 25-acre blocks. "If you have a 100-acre field, break it into four blocks. Treat each block as a separate sample and take 20 sub-samples from each block. Dig down where the roots are, get a handful of soil and put it in a bucket. Mix that up real well, then take about a quart of soil from the bucket and put it in a zip lock plastic bag. Put your name on the bag and get it over to your county Extension office."
Despite the damage reniform nematodes can cause "they're very fragile," Newman says. "You can kill them very quickly if they're in a plastic bag sitting in the back of a truck. Keep them cool, don't dry them out and get them to us quickly."
You can refrigerate samples, according to Newman "but don't freeze them. Treat it like a quart of milk."
If you have a field that's infested, implement practices that will reduce numbers, such as rotating to a resistant crop. Then, make sure you don't spread the pest to other fields.
"If an infested field has to go in cotton, I would plant that field last," Newman said. "Do the clean fields first. If I did go from a dirty field to a clean field, I'd find some way to wash equipment down, get every particle of dirt off. Take the time. It's worth it."
Studies by Newman and other plant pathologists in the Mid-South give some indication of why reniform nematodes are virtually impossible to eradicate. "Significant populations of reniform nematodes can survive at 36-inches to 48-inches deep in the soil," Newman said. "Some of the materials we talk about for control only go down a foot at best."


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Dura-Europos or Doura Europos was a city of Hellenic origin located on the Euphrates River in present day Syria that contains the remains of the earliest identified Christian church, dating from about 240. While known from literary sources, the site of the city was not discovered until the 1920s. Today, Salihiye is the nearest village to the site.
The site was originally a defensive town founded c303 B.C. with the name Dura which means fortress in Old Semitic. When the Seleucids assumed control of the area, a general of Seleucus I Nicator formed a colony at the site giving it the name Europos after the name of Seleucus' birthplace in Macedonia.
In 141 B.C. Dura Europos was captured by the Parthians, and in A.D. 165 the Romans took control of the city. In c257, after attacks by Sassanians, Dura Europos was captured by Shapur I of Persia, depopulated, and abandoned. It then was covered slowly by sand and never again inhabited.
The ruins of Dura Europos were discovered on March 30, 1920 by British soldiers who were preparing the site as a defensive position against bedouin attackers. Subsequent archaeological efforts revealed the plan of the city which is a typical Hellenistic rectangular grid. In addition to the remains of a number of pagan temples, various artifacts, a synagogue, and frescos and mosaics, the archaeologists uncovered the remains of a Christian church and baptistry with walls covered by many scenes from the Bible. Also, discovered was a fragmentary text from a Greek harmony of the gospel accounts.
Of note is that these ruins are the earliest identified Christian church in Syria and also provide evidence of Roman toleration of the presence of a Christian community within a major Roman garrison town during the era noted for persecutions.


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Young entrepreneurs from Oxfordshire schools showcase ideas at business event
The fair at Templars Square Shopping Centre, Oxford, came after months of planning
THEY may not have been to many music festivals yet.
But school business students at St Helen and St Katharine School in Abingdon are hoping their innovative way of keeping your valuables safe at festivals will be snapped up by a High Street retailer.
They were showing off their wrist wallets at the Young Enterprise fair held at the Templars Square Shopping Centre, Oxford, on Saturday.
Year 12 student Annabel Record, 17, said the school business Spectrum was due to pitch the idea to a high street retailer, adding: "We know there is nothing like this on the market."
The event was part of the Young Enterprise competition and saw 21 business teams from county schools set up to trade. Susan Ledgard-Hoile, Young Enterprise manager for Oxfordshire, said the fair came after months of planning, with students coming up with ideas for products at the start of the school year in September.
She said: "They have all worked incredibly hard and this is the first chance to test their products with the wider public rather than their friends and family.
"It is also an opportunity to see what the other schools are doing.
"It makes them feel part of a bigger picture."
She said a mystery shopper had toured the stalls, and prizes will be awarded for categories including best customer service and best product.
The students are all year 10 or year 12 pupils aged 14 to 17.
Bloxham School pupil Tom Ward, 17, was part of a team selling tie-dye T-shirts for £9.
He said: "It's fun, it is unisex, it is quite a broad market and they are quite popular at the moment."
A team from Oxford Spires Academy were selling their £15 solar-powered mobile phone chargers called i-Solars.
Behraam Khan, 16, said the team came up with the idea after becoming frustrated with problems trying to charge their mobiles.
He said their charger would fully charge a phone in an hour and could be used on most mobiles.
Kashif Hussain, 17, said he had fun selling the product to shoppers, adding: "It's amazing. We are enjoying it."
Abingdon School pupils were selling their sustainable and easy-clean bird boxes named Home Tweet Homes.
David Mackney, 14, said it was good to see the product go on sale. He said: "We have had great interest."


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Family and friends are saying goodbye to Krystle Campbell, one of the three people killed in the bombing at the Boston Marathon finish line.
A wake for Campbell is being held Sunday at a funeral home in Medford. That's where the 29-year-old restaurant manager was raised and graduated from high school in 2001. A private funeral is scheduled for Monday at St. Joseph Church.
Eight-year-old Martin Richard of Boston's Dorchester neighborhood and 23-year-old Lu Lingzi, a Boston University graduate student from China, also died in the attacks Monday. BU is holding a memorial service for Lu on Monday.


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Right now, David Wright would be one of the first to admit this game is impossible to figure out. Wright took a 10-game hitting streak into Saturday's game.
That streak hasn't just been snapped, it has been shattered.
Since then, Wright has gone down on strikes eight straight times (he had a sacrifice fly in there that would have accounted for the winning RBI had not the bullpen not given up lead for the third straight game).
The last one got him ejected from Sunday's game and had the Mets tied it would have brought on the fun scenario of Jon Niese in left and Jason Bay playing third base. There's a morbid curiosity, I admit, of wanting to see that.
Wright denies it was a culmination that caused his explosion at plate ump Paul Schreiber, but it was certainly more than the "disagreement'' he called it.
"In a season you're going to go through some ups and downs and I'm not seeing the ball right now," said Wright. "Hopefully I'll get back to swinging the bat well. Obviously you want to go up there and put together some good at-bats but it hasn't happened the last couple of days. I'll keep plugging away and working at it until it does happen.''
Wright is too good a player for it not to happen, but what is alarming is not the strikeouts, but the quantity. He has 41 on the season and the Mets play their 32nd game tonight against Washington.
"It's a combination of me not seeing the ball that well right now and facing some good pitching,'' Wright said. "It's two-sided. Pitchers make good pitches, especially when you're not feeling that good at the plate, and chances are you're not going to be that successful.''
Tonight the 17-14 Mets play the 17-14 Nationals with John Maine going against rookie Luis Atilano (2-0, 4.67), who is trying to bounce back from a six-run effort against Atlanta.
Maine (1-1, 5.97 ERA) appears to have righted himself after a rough start. H was 0-1 with 10.38 ERA in his first three starts, but 1-0 with a 2.30 ERA in his last three.
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Angel Pagan, CF
Luis Castillo, 2B
Jose Reyes, SS
Jason Bay, LF
David Wright, 3B
Ike Davis, 1B
Jeff Francoeur, RF
Rod Barajas, C
John Maine, RP
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Luxury Resorts Open Doors to the Locals
Hotels are finding a lucrative business getting local residents to use the expensive spas, golf courses and other amenities that they've spent millions of dollars adding to their properties. Andrea Petersen has details on Lunch Break. Photo: Lori Eanes for The Wall Street Journal.
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Land area: 0.17 sq mi (0.44 sq km)
Population (July 2014 est.): 842
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The Vatican City State is situated on the Vatican hill, on the right bank of the Tiber River, within the city of Rome.
The pope has full legal, executive, and judicial powers. Executive power over the area is in the hands of a commission of cardinals appointed by the pope. The College of Cardinals is the pope's chief advisory body, and upon his death the cardinals elect his successor for life.
The Vatican City State, sovereign and independent, is the survivor of the papal states that in 1859 comprised an area of some 17,000 sq mi (44,030 sq km). During the struggle for Italian unification, from 1860 to 1870, most of this area became part of Italy. By an Italian law of May 13, 1871, the temporal power of the pope was abrogated, and the territory of the papacy was confined to the Vatican and Lateran palaces and the villa of Castel Gandolfo. The popes consistently refused to recognize this arrangement. The Lateran Treaty of Feb. 11, 1929, between the Vatican and the kingdom of Italy, established the autonomy of the Holy See.
The first session of Ecumenical Council Vatican II was opened by John XXIII on Oct. 11, 1962, to plan and set policies for the modernization of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Paul VI continued the council, presiding over the last three sessions. Vatican II, as it is called, revolutionized some of the church's practices. Power was decentralized, giving bishops a larger role, the liturgy was vernacularized, and laymen were given a larger part in church affairs.
On Aug. 26, 1978, Cardinal Albino Luciani was chosen by the College of Cardinals to succeed Paul VI, who had died of a heart attack on Aug. 6. The new pope took the name John Paul I. Only 34 days after his election, John Paul I died of a heart attack, ending the shortest reign in 373 years. On Oct. 16, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, 58, was chosen pope and took the name John Paul II. Pope John Paul II became the first Polish pope and the first non-Italian pope since the 16th century.
On May 13, 1981, a Turkish terrorist shot the pope in St. Peter's Square, the first assassination attempt against the pontiff in modern times. The pope later met and forgave him. On June 3, 1985, the Vatican and Italy ratified a new church-state treaty, known as a concordat, replacing the Lateran Treaty of 1929. The new accord affirmed the independence of Vatican City but ended a number of privileges that the Catholic Church had in Italy, including its status as the state religion.
On April 2, 2005, John Paul died. He was the third-longest reigning pope (26 years). A champion of the poor, he is credited by many with hastening the fall of Communism in Poland and other eastern bloc countries. His vitality and charisma energized the world's 1 billion Catholics. His rule was characterized by conservatism regarding church doctrine, particularly on issues such as birth control, women's roles in the church, and homosexuality. The pope also remained circumspect about the U.S. church's sexual abuse scandals in 2002. He was the Vatican's greatest ambassador, traveling to 129 countries. John Paul canonized 482 saints and beatified 1,338 people, which was believed to be more than all his predecessors combined.
On April 19, German cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was named the new pope. Pope Benedict XVI is known as an accomplished scholar of theology and is considered an archconservative in his religious views. He served as Pope John Paul II's closest associate and is expected to continue the policy of a "strong Rome." In Sept. 2006, Pope Benedict XVI apologized after angering Muslims around the world by quoting medieval passages that referred to Islam as "evil and inhuman."
On February 11, 2013, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI announced his retirement, becoming the first pope to do so since 1415. His retirement would begin on February 28, 2013.
He cited advancing age and a growing physical weakness as his reasons for retirement. Speaking to a small group of cardinals at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI said, "Before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited" for leading the Catholic Church. He has been pope since 2005.
On March 13, 2013, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina succeeded Pope Benedict XVI and became Pope Francis I. He became the first to take the name Francis as well as the first Jesuit pope and the first from Latin America.
For a list of all the popes, see the table in Religion .


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The same day Jon Gosselin's divorce was finalized -- and he was hit with huge child support payments -- we've learned he tried (and failed) to pad his wallet by trading in his beloved BMW for a profit.
TMZ spoke to an employee at Auto Exchange USA in Lancaster, PA, who told us Jon showed up at the car lot on Friday and wanted to trade his 2005 BMW M3 for a 2008 Subaru STI (pictured above) PLUS around $4,000 in cash.
We're told Jon's car wasn't worth nearly as much as he thought it was -- so he ended up leaving the lot without ever making a trade.
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Advice: On conquering self-esteem issues
While I'm away, readers give the advice.
On conquering self-esteem issues:
I had a self-esteem problem in my early 20s. The best advice I ever received -- and it's so simple, it's astounding -- was "run your own race."
I worked, hard, on training myself to repeat that phrase anytime I was being over-critical of myself, or comparing myself to others. It taught me to be the best version of myself, not a poor imitation of someone else. It truly changed my life.
-- Anonymous
On not being thrilled about the child on the way:
I am a 51-year-old woman who has a healthy, close relationship with my mom.
For a college assignment, I interviewed Mom about my earliest beginnings. I learned she was surprised by the pregnancy and in fact refused to accept that she was pregnant until she outgrew her clothes. At the time she was 24, and already had a 3-year-old and a 1-year-old. She told herself that once the baby came, she would feel differently ... but she didn't.
And then when I was 6 weeks old, my brother was in a terrible accident. My grandmother took over the care of my sister and me while my Mom stayed round-the-clock at the hospital for months -- coming home to have lunch with my sister, then 4. She said she was more concerned about her because I was just an infant and my grandmother was meeting all of my needs.
Eventually my brother and mother returned from the hospital and my grandmother moved back to her own home. My mom said she isn't quite sure what happened and why, but when I was 18 months old, she lifted me up and was overwhelmed by how much she loved me. Even as she related this story to me 18 years later, I could see the guilt she felt for those early months.
The reality is that I've only felt love from Mom. She did all the right things to care for me, even when she didn't have the emotions to support it -- and she told me over and over and over how much she loved me and how special I was.
There are a lot of issues that can keep us from having the excitement we want -- but loving a child is more than being excited about a pregnancy. It's the long-term care and support ... and love that matter.
On dealing with a difficult parent, continued:
Your mantra is: "I cannot fix my mother. I cannot fix my mother. I cannot fix my mother."
I can't do it either. It took a long time to realize it. It took even longer to really accept it. Even now, I find myself hoping. But then I catch myself and let it go.
I can't get her to walk even half a mile a day to help regulate her blood sugar. I can't get her to stop thinking that everything my brother's mother-in-law does is designed to keep her from the shared grandchildren. I can't get her to stop taking everything a politician does as a personal attack on her and a few people she cares about. I can't. She doesn't want to stop. So she won't.
-- Anonymous


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Anyone want to work together and create a Sugar Bowl UFR?
The post title speaks for itself. I am willing to break up the work duties with other folks who are interested. The videos are available on-line.
I am interested in reviewing how well Ryan, Campbell, Clark and others played, as well as how much Molk's injury slowed Michigan's offense during the game. If nothing else, we can put together some executive summaries on the game. Let me know if you'd like to take part.


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Frustrated by the saturation of mindless celebrity news on television, electronics hobbyist and MAKE Magazine blogger Matt Richardson decided to find a way to cut out television content that he has no desire to subject himself to, like, say, reports about Kim Kardashian's new haircut, or other such drivel.
To accomplish this goal, Richardson created the Arduino Enough Already!. Based on the open-source electronics and programming platform Adruino, this tiny gizmo connects to the television, and is able to automatically mute the sound when pre-established keywords are mentioned.
The Enough Already! achieves this auto-censoring by decoding the closed caption data, which is broadcast through the NTSC picture signal. Richardson coded the device to pick up on certain words (he chose names like Sarah Palin, Donald Trump and Charlie Sheen, but you could choose literally anything).
When a designated keyword comes through the closed caption, a modified LED on the Enough Already! acts like the TV's remote, and commands the television to mute for 30 seconds. (Mute duration can be increased or decreased depending on user preference.) If the keyword comes through again, the clock resets, and keeps the sound off.
Because the Enough Already! is based entirely on an open-source platform, users can tweak the device to match their specifications — or to do something else altogether. Richardson suggests some mods to his creation, like adding a flashing light that illuminates when a word you do want to hear about is mentioned, or as a signal for a drinking game.
The downside to the Enough Already! is that one must possess a higher-than-average tech savvy in order to make the thing work. It's possible to buy the various components for the contraption already assembled, but it takes some programming know-how and other tinkering skills to get the thing going.
Watch a video about the Enough Already! below:
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November Starts With Thunderstorms
The thunderstorms have passed across New Jersey but thousands are still without power from earlier storms.
Just over 7,000 JCP&L customers have lost power in Ocean & Warren counties; earlier outages in Mercer, Hunterdon, Sussex, Morris and Warren have been restored. There are a number of outages in PSEG's service area as well.
The storms moved quickly across New Jersey during the morning with quick downpours and gusty winds that hit 45 - 50 MPH in some spots according to the National Weather Service including Keyport and Sandy Hook. There are numerous reports from Boonton, PIttstown, Camden, Glassboro and Monmouth Beach of downed trees and wind damage.
There was not much lightning associated with this storm.
NJ Transit's Morris and Essex Gladstone Branch continues to have 20 minute delays due to signal problems.
The high winds are causing 2 hour delays at Newark, Philadelphia and Kennedy Airports while LaGuardia has three hour delays. There are a number of accidents on side streets and secondary roads as leaves on the road are causing slick conditions and branches fall from trees.
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- Outage Map / JCP&L
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch / National Weather Service
- Powerful winds, heavy rains cause power outages, damage / WPXI TV


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A lot has changed in the seven years since Ellen DeGeneres last hosted the Oscars.
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Her daytime talk show, now in its 11th season, leads in the ratings. She's one of the top television personalities on Twitter with 24.4 million followers. And she is happily married to actress Portia de Rossi.
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"People want to see her, they are excited to see her," said Yahoo! TV editor Maggie Furlong. "She's a host who people let into their living rooms every day. Her show has been very good training for this."
Her first time hosting the Oscars, DeGeneres was roundly praised. About the only complaint was that there wasn't enough of her.
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But DeGeneres, now 56, wasn't exactly eager to take the gig for a second time.
"I really thought, 'Why do I want to add that to my plate?' I've done it before, and it's scary as hell," she told The New York Times in January. "If you do great, the reaction is that you were good. Not great -- good. If you don't do well, they just tear you apart, and they never let you forget it."
"It's a tough audience," she added. "It's people who are jaded. To try to entertain them and make them laugh and make them relax and make them feel good is a challenge."
So why, with everything in her life going so smoothly, host the Oscars now?
"I thought why not challenge myself? I'm comfortable right now and it's never good to be comfortable as a performer," she told People recently. "Hosting the Oscars is pretty much the scariest thing you can do. To me, this is right up there with bungee jumping!"
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This time around, DeGeneres is feeling much more confident.
"I used to care so deeply about what people thought of me," she told the Times. "I just wanted to be liked. Now, I care that people get me. I want to be understood."
Furlong believes DeGeneres should have no problem with people "getting her," unlike last year's Seth MacFarlane, who drew mixed reviews.
"She's never been a mean-spirited comedian," Furlong said. "She's very good at toeing the line between being edgy and sweet."
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DeGeneres told the Times she thinks the show should be "classy."
"It's the Academy Awards. It's prestigious. It should be sophisticated," she said. "It has lately turned into something that's a little more about the clothes than the performances, and I will comment on that."
And what would the Oscars be without a little song and dance. Expect the latter with DeGeneres, who is known to bust a move on her show.
"We know that she's got the moves," Furlong said. "She also has a lot of very famous friends. She has no shortage of people who will get up on stage with her."


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Greetings All:
I'm getting ready to start up another company (seperate from AO) to do consulting in the local area. I'll hire a few people, put one of them in charge, do some advertising, and BAM, should be well on our way with very little work on my part (not really any competition in the area).
At any rate, I'm curious as to what software people out there that work for consulting firms (or that consult independantly) are using for task & time tracking?
I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY don't want to write, or have someone else write, a home grown solution.
Web based solutions, especially PHP, are a plus, but not manditory.


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ABC is promoting "The Bachelor" with a slap to the face by a contestant, but the victim tells TMZ he doesn't want her prosecuted.
Brad tells TMZ, "I think Chantal was just trying to make a statement about my past behavior and make a strong first impression, which she did. "
Brad adds, "I think what Chantal did was a light-hearted gesture which I took as such. I do not condone violence in any relationship, nor would I keep someone around who I felt truly wished to do me harm."
As Brad left the premiere party last night -- he told us the slap was, "very real and very hard." Brad also told us he didn't want Chantal prosecuted because he "deserved" it.
So what do you think?
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