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University of Groningen
University of Groningen | |
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | |
Latin: 'Academia Groningana' | |
Motto | Verbum domini lucerna pedibus nostris |
Motto in English | "The word of the Lord is a light for our feet" |
Established | 1614 |
Type | State University |
President | Professor Sibrand Poppema |
Rector | Professor Elmer Sterken |
Academic staff | 5,000 employees |
Students | 27,699 |
Location | Groningen, Netherlands |
Website | www.rug.nl |
The University of Groningen (Dutch: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen), located in the city of Groningen, was founded in 1614. It is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands as well as one of its largest. Since its inception more than 200,000 students have graduated. It is a member of the distinguished international Coimbra Group of European universities.
In April 2013, according to the results of the International Student Barometer, the University of Groningen, for the third time in a row, has been voted the best University of the Netherlands. In 2014 the university celebrates its 400th anniversary and has planned various activities in and around the city of Groningen. For one month, from May 15 till June 15, Groningen is immersed in a festive program RUG400 around the theme "For Infinity" (4 ∞).[1]
The University of Groningen has nine faculties, nine graduate schools, 27 research centres and institutes, and more than 175 degree programmes.
The University of Groningen (Dutch: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, RUG) is organized in nine faculties that offer programmes and courses in the fields of Humanities, Social Sciences, Law, Economics and Business, Spatial Sciences, Life Sciences, and Natural Sciences and Technology. Each faculty (cf., College in the USA or School in Europe) is a formal grouping of academic degree programmes, schools and institutes, discipline areas, research centres, and/or any combination of these drawn together for educational purposes. Each faculty offers Bachelor's, Master's, PhD, and Exchange programmes, while some also offer short certificate courses.
Facts & Figures[2][edit]
University rankings | |
Global | |
Times[4] | 98 |
Europe | |
Times[6] | 29 |
- 27,500 students (incl. 3750 international students)
- 6,213 first-year students (10,3% share of Dutch market)
- 48% of the 1,500 PhD students are international
- 6,500 employees (almost 20% international)
- 498 professors, 69 associate professors, 92 professors by special appointment (including University Medical Center Groningen, UMCG)
- 49 bachelor's and 146 master's degree programmes
- 19 bachelor's degree programmes are taught in English
- 101 master's degree programmes (of which 10 double degree programmes) are taught in English
- 16 research master's programmes
- 9 faculties, 9 graduate schools
- 597 mln euro annual turnover
The University of Groningen is in the top 3 of European research universities in the fields of: Ecology, Material Sciences, Chemistry and Astronomy. Other strong research groups are in: Nanoscience, Physics, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Medical Sciences, Neurosciences, Sociology, Philosophy, Theology, Archaeology and Arts. Every year more than 5,000 research publications go to print and an average of 260 PhD students are awarded their PhD degree.
- The University of Groningen is a member of the so-called Excellence Group of the best universities in Europe. The Excellence Group has 56 members, which is 1.3 percent of the approximately 4,500 European institutions of higher education.[7]
- The University of Groningen belongs to the top 100 large comprehensive research universities in the world.[8]
- In 2013–2014, the University of Groningen ranked 98th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.[9]
- The University of Groningen is worldwide on shared position 92 of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). ARWU is a global Top 500 published annually by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University.[10]
- The University was ranked 75th in the world in 2012 by the National Taiwan University that publishes the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities.[11]
- Groningen was internationally ranked by QS World University Rankings,[12] and gained the position of 97th (2013).
- The University of Groningen holds the 18th position in the European ranking ( 94th wordwide) of Webometrics.[13]
- The University of Groningen has its own newspaper: the Universiteitskrant.[14]
The university's Center for Information Technology (CIT) houses an IBM Blue Gene/L supercomputer and data center of Target used by the LOFAR project as well as a Virtual Reality and 3D-visualisation center.[15]
The founding of the University in 1614 – at that time still a college of higher education – was an initiative taken by the Regional Assembly of the city of Groningen and the Ommelanden, or surrounding region. There were four faculties – Theology, Law, Medicine and Philosophy. The first 75 years of its existence were very fruitful for the University with about 100 students enrolling every year. Almost half of the students and lecturers came from outside the Netherlands – the first Rector Magnificus, Ubbo Emmius, came from East Frisia in modern day Germany, for instance – but at the same time there was already a close relationship between the University and the city and the surrounding region.
The development of the University came to a standstill at the end of the seventeenth and during the eighteenth century because of theological differences of opinion, a difficult relationship with the Regional Assembly and political problems that included the siege of the city by 'Bommen Berend' in 1672. On average two to three hundred students were registered with the University at any one time during this period. Petrus Camper, though, was a shining academic example during the second half of the eighteenth century and was famous far beyond the city limits as an anatomist, a fighter against rinderpest and the founder of the first outpatient's clinic for surgical medicine.
Opportunities and threats followed on each other's heels during the nineteenth century. In 1815, at the same time as Leiden and Utrecht, the University gained recognition as a national college of higher education, but this was followed by discussions about closure. The situation improved markedly when a new main university building, the Academiegebouw, was constructed in 1850, a building that was largely financed by the people of Groningen. This made the fire that completely destroyed this building in 1906 even more poignant.
In the meantime, the Higher Education Act of 1876 had radically improved the position of the University, which was renamed the "Rijksuniversiteit Groningen" (RUG). Teaching now took place in Dutch as well as in Latin and the University was given a research as well as an educational duty. This laid the foundations for the present research university.
The University of Groningen developed apace during the first decades of the twentieth century. The number of faculties and courses grew steadily while the number of students showed an explosive growth. When the University celebrated its first 300 years in 1914 there were 611 registered students; this had already grown to 1000 by 1924. After a drop back during the Depression, and in particular during the Second World War, the number of students grew rapidly from 1945 to reach 20,000 in 1994. At the present time there are about 26,500 students registered at the University of Groningen with the number of foreign students again growing steadily, and following the tradition set by the first Rector Magnificus, the number of German students and researchers has grown strongly in recent years.
Coat of arms[edit]
The coat of arms of the university was confirmed by the States of the City and County of Groningen in 1615. It consists of the provincial arms, charged with an open book inscribed with the abbreviated words VER/BVM/DNI LV/CER/NA, short for Verbum Domini Lucerna Pedibus Nostris. The shield is surmounted by a golden crown of five leaves and four pearls.
Degree programmes[edit]
Research Centres and Institutes[edit]
Humanities and Social Sciences
- Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG)
- Globalisation Studies Groningen (GSG)
- Centre for Religious Studies (CRS)
- Groningen Institute of Archeology (GIA)
- Groningen Institute for Educational research (GION)
- Groningen Research Institute of Philosophy (GRIPH)
- Groningen Research Institute for the Study of Culture (ICOG)
- Heymans Institute
- Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS)
- Urban and Regional Studies Institute (URSI)
- Centre for Law, Administration and Society (CRBS)
- Groningen Centre of Energy Law (GCEL)
Economics & Business
Life Sciences
- Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCN) / UMCG
- Biomedical engineering, Materials science and Application (BMSA)
- Center for Behavior and Neurosciences (CBN)
- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies (CEES)
- Graduate School for Drug Exploration (GUIDE) / UMCG
- Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology (GBB)
- Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy (GRIP)
- Northern Center for Healthcare Research (NCH)
Science & Technology
- Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Engineering (ALICE)
- Center for Energy and Environmental Studies (IVEM)
- Centre for Isotope Research (CIO)
- Centre for Theoretical Physics
- Institute of Mathematics and Computing Science (IWI)
- Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
- Nuclear-physics Accelerator Institute (KVI)
- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry
- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials[16]
Graduate Schools[17][edit]
The University of Groningen's Graduate Schools are organized somewhat different from its international counterparts. The main difference is that the Graduate Schools do not contain all Master's programmes; Graduate Schools manage and facilitate the two-year Master's programmes: top Master's degree programmes and Research Master's degree programmes.
- Graduate School of Behavioural and Social Sciences[18]
- Graduate School of Economics and Business[19]
- Graduate School of Humanities[20]
- Graduate School of Law[21]
- Graduate School of Medical Sciences[22]
- Graduate School of Philosophy[23]
- Graduate School of Science[24]
- Graduate School of Spatial Sciences[25]
- Graduate School of Theology and Religious Studies[26]
Notable alumni[27][edit]
- Johann Heinrich Alting, theologian
- Gerbrand Bakker, early 19th century physician
- Johann Bernoulli, mathematician
- Bart Bok, astronomer
- James Burnett
- Job Cohen, former mayor of Amsterdam and former leader of the Dutch labour party
- Willem de Sitter, astronomer
- Wim Duisenberg, the first president of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt studied here and obtained his PhD on the economics of disarmament
- Ubbo Emmius, founder of the University
- Pim Fortuyn, lecturer, later politician (and assassinated)
- Willem Frederik Hermans, lecturer and writer
- Gerardus Heymans, philosopher and psychologist
- Pieter Hofstede Crull, jurist, attorney-general of Suriname and acting governor[28]
- Peter Hofstee, professor of theoretical physics, joined IBM in 1996, currently the chief architect of the Synergistic Processor Element (SPE) of the Cell microprocessor.
- Johan Huizinga, historian
- Aletta Jacobs, first woman in the Netherlands to receive a MD
- Klaas Knot, current President of the Dutch central bank De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB).[29]
- Jaap Kunst, ethnomusicologist (studied law)
- George Malliaras, Professor of Materials Science, Cornell University
- Evangelos Manias, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University
- Wubbo Ockels, the first Dutch astronaut, received a PhD degree in physics and mathematics, 1973
- Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his experiments on the properties of matter at low temperatures which made, among other things, the production of liquid helium possible
- Jan Oort, astronomer
- Maurits van Oranje Nassau
- Joost Platje, Professor of Economics, University of Oxford
- Johannes Jacobus Poortman, philosopher, psychologist
- Henk G. Sol, Professor Business Engineering and ICT
- Dirk Stikker, secretary general of NATO
- Henk te Velde, professor of Dutch history at Leiden University
- Pieter Jelles Troelstra, lawyer, politician (early 20th century)
- Hans van Abeelen, first Dutch behavior geneticist
- Johan van Benthem, logician
- Wietse Venema, programmer and physicist
- Clemens von Bönninghausen, lawyer, botanist, homeopathic physician
- Jacques Wallage, former mayor of Groningen
- Paramanga Ernest Yonli, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (2000–2007), studied Economics
- Frits Zernike, professor of theoretical physics, received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the phase contrast optical microscope in 1953
- Epke Zonderland, gymnast and 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the high bar
See also[edit]
- ^ 400-year Anniversary Program
- ^ Facts & figures
- ^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities: Global". Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
- ^ "Top 400 – The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013–2014". The Times Higher Education. 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
- ^ "QS World University Rankings (2013/14)". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
- ^ "Top European universities". The Times Higher Education. 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
- ^ CHE ranking (2010)
- ^ overview of rankings
- ^ "The World University Rankings". The Times Higher Educational Supplement. 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities 2013 Press Release". Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 2013.
- ^ NTU-ranking
- ^ QS World University Rankings
- ^ Webometric Ranking
- ^ University Newspaper
- ^ Visualisation Center of the University of Groningen
- ^ Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials
- ^ Overview of Graduate Schools
- ^ Website Graduate School of Behavioural and Social Sciences
- ^ Website Graduate School of Economics and Business
- ^ Website Graduate School of Humanities
- ^ Website Graduate School of Law
- ^ Website Graduate School of Medical Sciences
- ^ Website Graduate School of Philosophy
- ^ website Graduate School of Science
- ^ Website Graduate School of Spatial Sciences
- ^ Website Graduate School of Theology and Religious Studies
- ^ Famous alumni and staff members of the University of Groningen
- ^ http://nl.wikipedia.org./wiki/Pieter_Hofstede_Crull (Dutch)
- ^ Klaas Knot wordt nieuwe president van DNB NU.nl
External links[edit]
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- Practical information
- Grant finder
- University virtual tour
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When The Bachelor nurtures feelings of love, it's no surprise. After all, it's a dating show! But since the ABC reality dating competition debuted in 2002, it has also generated feelings of great disdain — between America and the contestants, that is. The last season of Bachelor was no different. Ben Flajnik's Season 16 winner, Courtney Robertson, nabbed the "villain" title early on, and fans' fury was only fueled by Ben's increasing affection for her. And while she'll have a chance to redeem herself someday (as many in Bachelor Nation do), she'll have to wear the "Most Hated" crown a little longer (most likely, until someone from Emily Maynard's season "wins" the title). But at least she's not alone! Let's look back at some other contestants — including those from The Bachelorette and Bachelor Pad — who have rubbed America the wrong way.

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The public is invited to several community services for Easter Week in Louisiana and Southern Pike County sponsored by the Louisiana Ministerial Alliance and the Inter-church Council of Southern Pike County.
On Thursday, March 28, there will be a special service at the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 517 South Carolina Street in Louisiana.
The service observes the Thursday immediately preceding Easter sometimes referred to as Holy Thursday. It is observed in commemoration of the Last Supper of Jesus.
Jesus celebrated the Last Supper with his disciples and thereby instituted the Lord's Supper, also called communion. At this service, communion will be offered. Leading the service will be the Rev. David Machon of the First Christian Church.
Joanna Brock, organist at Clarksville United Methodist and Centenary United Methodist Churches, will be accompanying an ecumenical choir, while Linda Shade, choir director at First Christian Church, will direct the group of vocalists from local churches.
The story of this season will be told with very emotional vocal and instrumental music. This somber service will end with members of the congregation leaving in silence and reverence. For more information, please call 573-754-5557 or 573-754-4412.
In Clarksville a similar service will be held at the Clarksville Christian Church at 7 p.m. and led by the Rev. Al Boatman. The church is located at 500 South 2nd Street in Clarksville. For more information, please call 573-754-0338.
Good Friday services commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary will be observed on March 29 at the Elmwood Presbyterian Church at 7 p.m. The Rev. Terry Cook will lead the service.
The church is located at 106 South 30th Street. In Clarksville a similar service will be held at Paynesville AME Church at 6 p.m. with a light supper at 5 p.m.
Following a long tradition in Louisiana, an Easter sunrise service will be held at 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 31 and it is open to everyone in the community.
A change in that tradition will be in holding the service in the gazebo area at the riverfront for the first time. There will be limited seating available, so attendees are encouraged to bring their own chairs. There will be plenty of room for parking.
A continental breakfast will be offered at the First Baptist Church for all those who attended the service.
The Rev. Don Kelley, who is currently serving as the transitional pastor at First Baptist Church of Louisiana, will be bringing the message. His wife, Becki Kelley, will lead the singing. Also participating in the service will be the Rev. Terry Cook, the Rev. Pat Glenn, the Rev. John Lersch, and the Rev. Jeanne Webdell.
In case of inclement weather, the service will be held at the First Baptist Church of Louisiana, located at 608 South Carolina Street. For questions, please call 573-754-4412.
In Southern Pike County, there will be early morning services on Easter Sunday at Annada Christian Church at 6:30 a.m. and at Ramsey Creek Baptist Church at 7:45 a.m. Breakfast follows at both churches.
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I can't find the bomb bag to use on Death Mountain because the level I am on is Death Mountain. I need the bomb bag to blow up the rock that blocks the way to Dodongos Cavern so I can find Goron's bracelet. Can you help me?
Games Guru: Here's how to get a bomb bag. As a kid, you have to play the Bombchu game in the Hyrule Market. Play it a second time and win, and you'll get the bomb bag, which can hold up to 30 bombs.
Where do you find the sword in the Deku Tree?
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How do I get my bow in the forest temple? And are there any codes of any sort for this game?
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About the fairy bow: Getting the bow is quite straightforward. As you explore the temple, you will enter a room in which you are attacked by a stalfos, a skeleton guard. Beat that stalfos and two more will appear. Beat them too slowly and they will simply reappear until you beat them in a set time. Beat them within the time limit, and a chest will appear. The bow is in that chest.
Do you have any tips on beating the Water Temple boss?
Games Guru: Having explored the HUGE Water Temple and survived your battle with Dark Link, your ultimate fight will be with a pesky water creature. Making this even more difficult, you fight it while jumping from pillar to pillar in a room filled with water.
Stay on the outer pillars. The key to victory is to keep moving so the creature can't hit you, and keep your eyes open for it to give you an opening after its slow but powerful attacks. Using the Longshot, target its heart, which is visible in its water tentacles. Shoot it, pull it out and spin attack it with your sword, then keep moving.
You will need to repeat this process a few times, but I predict you will emerge from this battle swimmingly.
After I beat the Water Temple, how do I get into the Shadow Temple?
Games Guru: Congratulations on beating the Water Temple. Most people who quit this game stop during the lengthy Water Temple portion. Play the "Nocturne of Shadow" to warp to the Shadow Temple. Now go down the stairs, stand in the middle of the room and use Din's Fire to light all the torches. If you hit all the torches, the door to the temple will open.
Where do I find the Master Sword and how do I get it?
Games Guru: The Master Sword is in the Temple of Time. Use the Ocarina to play the Song of Time to enter the Temple of Time. Once you can enter, the sword is yours for the taking—but there are consequences.
You get the bomb bag in dodongos' cavern. To get past the rocks, go to the goron city, just not inside, and look for a goron near a bomb flower, grab the bomb flower and aim over the fence, it might take a few tries, but you will be able to blow up the boulders.
how does bombchu game open? i need bomb bag!!!!!!!!!
To get the bolders out of the way go up where thers the entrance to goron city but dont go in. look around till you find a Goron and a bomb flower. throw the bomb over the fence.
The water temple in the 3ds version was a lot easier then the orginal because on the n64 version you had to go into your equipment and equio it to go down all the time.
U only need 2 win the Bombachu game 1 time. It's Bombabchu not Bombchu.
For the bomb bag theres no set number of times you need to play the game. The prize is random. Also I'm relatively sure your SUPPOSED to get the bomb bag from a Goron. I can never remember exactly where it is though. And it's definitely bombchu.
you can get your fire tunic by going to korikelo village. theres a house full of spiders . if you killed the right amount of spiders on the bottem rigiht theres this guy that will give you a adults wallet. it carries 200 rupees
If anyone needs help, i will be giving help on any temple.
my favorite was the shadow temple. your's?
i need help to get to the shadow temple. i now how to cross the brige
the Shadow Temple gave me nightmares (lol jk) but still, it is kind of creepy.
I am stuck on the barriers. Where is the golden gauntlets?
Questions will be answered at Febuary 25th for those who need some
Water temple has easy enemys for me it was easiest to beat dark link
Hi guys willing to help anyone in this game, boss's weaknesses, temple locations, power-ups you name it. I will answer all questions by 12/30/11 and then I'll post other dates.
I am considering buying Legend of Zelda games, but I know nothing about the series. Which game should I play first, on which console. Should I even play this series? Is it better the Metroid? What do I need to know?
The Avenger,
Yes! The Legend of Zelda games are far better than Metroid. It depends on what console you have for which game you should do first.
The Game Master
you go to Goron City and stop the goron from rolling.he gives you a goron tunic.Then go 2 Darunia's room and pull back the statue.U are in Death Mountain Crater,so put on the tunic and Hookshot across the bridge,learn the "Bolero of Fire and enter the temple.
How do get from the lost woods to the forest temple? I really need your help!
Right, left, right, left, left. Then make it through the Sacred Meadow.
I may be the person in thes games,but im stuck on jaba jues belley.
i cant belive i am getting lost in dodongo's cavern!!!
ineed help i lost my fire tonick and im stuck on fire temple
You can buy a new Goron tunic in the Goron shop for 200 rupees.
I have this game on the 3DS and it is the best game of all time. It is a million times better than Call of Duty.
the legend of zelda ocarina of time is the coolest game ever!
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For a time it seemed as if Lloyd Lewis, a talented writer, would bring it off with a multi-volume biography, but he died after completing one small volume covering Grant's early years. These enhanced the opportunities of the biographers, but most of the essential sources had been available a long time. And yet after a century we were still waiting for the real biography.
The great difficulty that has baffled Grant biographers all along has been how to reconcile the appalling disparities in the man's public record, the apparent contradictions in his behavior, the stark contrasts over the years in his status and self-esteem. Abject failure and world fame; superb mastery of the world's most powerful army and hopeless incompetence in the most powerful political office; liberator of the slaves and betrayer of the freedmen; common man's hero and rich man's friend; a loner who was terrified of being alone; an offspring of the obscure who abhorred obscurity and was frightened by the obscure ("Meekness and grimness meet in him," wrote Herman Melville); a figure of legendary shyness with an insatiable gluttony for public acclaim; a man who blanched at the sight of blood (even a medium-rare steak) and loosed the most copious bloodbaths in our history. And always back and forth from poverty to riches, from failure to triumph, from humiliation to glorification.
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Anyone who goes skiing regularly may have come across people with strange equipment, which appears to enable them to walk on the snow. Well, they are using snowshoes and the modern snowshoe is a very different beast from the tennis racket-like contraptions that appear in those pictures of old fashioned mountaineers. While Ian, my husband, was skiing in Switzerland, one of his companions had a day on snowshoes (this lapse was the result of technical failure) and reported that they were now high-tech light plastic affairs and easy to use.
Right, I thought, that sounds like something worth trying. I did my research and found a few snowshoe trips on offer. I decided on the Exodus Pyrenees Snowshoe Expedition.
We were based near Luchon in the French Pyrenees. On the first day we set off, walked about 200 yards up a track and then got to permanent snow cover. The 'how to snow shoe' lesson took about 45 minutes. Half of that time was spent adjusting the shoes to fit our boots and establishing which is left and which right. That's about it really. You put them on and off you go. The only remotely technical bit is the ascender. This is a metal bar, which lifts the heel when climbing up hill. Off we set. The first day's objective was a gentle hill above Luchon which gave us great views. On the way down we practised with our avalanche transceivers. These had to be worn while we were out in the mountains and there is no point in wearing them if you don't know how to find one when it is attached to a person buried in an avalanche. We all had a go at 'find the transceiver '. Most people managed this within 3 minutes. I should warn you that I am not a good person to be your rescuer if you ever get avalanched. I came in with the record slow time of five minutes.
Next day we climbed up to the French-Spanish border and reached the summit of Pic de Bacanares. This was a glorious day and made us realise how good the snowshoes are for travelling in the mountains in winter. Next came a day off. There were various alternatives on offer but I was surprised when someone with my voice said they would like to try tandem paragliding. However, the words were out and I was committed. It was wonderful, Once the shock of being airborne is over there is time to relax and enjoy circling silently above the ridges and valleys below- a real 'wow' experience. The day was completed by a trip to the thermal baths in Luchon; I always enjoy natural hot baths and there is something special about this when there is snow on the ground.
The baths left us all thoroughly relaxed and ready for our expedition. We drove into Spain and started our walk in the Val d' Aran. We drove the bus up a side valley as far as we could and then it was on to snowshoe. We worked our way up the valley, past the summer roadhead and on through the forest and up to the Cirque de Colomers and our first hut.
It is years since I have stayed in an Alpine or Pyrenean mountain hut because in summer they are all so crowded. When they are not crowded they are lovely. In the Refuge De Colomers our party of twelve and another 6 snowshoers had plenty of room. This was an old hut and the loo is legendary. It is outside and down a rather precarious set of narrow steps which were nicely glazed with a thin layer of ice. I made use of this facility before it got dark and realised that it would be a good idea not to have to go out in the middle of the night.
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Select resistant soybean varieties to manage disease
In addition to specific resistance, soybean varieties are also rated for "tolerance" to Phytophthora by many companies. Research has shown that a high tolerance score with a resistance gene is the best combination for managing this disease with genetics.
Producers should keep records on which fields they identify with Phytophthora so that they can select soybean varieties with resistance and/or tolerance to the disease for those fields. This disease will not affect corn. Fields with a long-term history of Phytophthora may require a different resistance gene if you start seeing Phytophthora-killed plants even with resistant varieties.
For more information see the UNL Extension NebGuide, Management of Phytophthora Root and Stem Rot of Soybeans (G1785).
Sclerotinia Stem Rot (White Mold)
White mold or Sclerotinia stem rot is a disease that starts early in the season. The actual infection occurs on the senescing flower, which the fungus feeds on and infects. All infections in soybean will typically start at a node. You can even tell when the infection occurred based on how high up the plant the stem lesions and fungal growth are. This year's cool, wet conditions during flowering were favorable for infection. Even at harvest you can identify Sclerotinia stem rot in the field as the stems will be very light (bleached) in color. Upon close inspection you will see dark black bodies (sclerotia) of the fungus on the stems. When dead stems are split, you often will see the sclerotia of the fungus inside.
Management of Sclerotinia stem rot integrates variety selection and cultural management. Longer term rotations can help reduce sclerotia numbers. High plant populations and narrow rows can increase white mold potential. Varieties vary in their level of partial resistance, and no varieties currently have complete resistance. Select varieties with good scores for Sclerotinia in fields with a history of this disease over several years. This is not a disease we see every year in Nebraska, but some locations —typically in river bottom areas in the northern half of the state—have it more consistently.
For more information on Sclerotinia, see the related resource on the North Central Soybean Research Program Plant Health Initiative website.
Brown Stem Rot and Sudden Death Syndrome
In 2013, many fields were affected by either brown stem rot (BSR) or sudden death syndrome (SDS). While foliar symptoms of these diseases are similar, there are key diagnostic differences in other symptoms. Management differs for the two diseases and requires a different variety selection process. Both can result in patches of soybean plants dying in fields. Foliar symptoms are not always present for BSR, therefore any pockets of stressed or dying plants can be suspect for the disease. Foliar symptoms start with interveinal necrosis; then the spots coalesce to form brown streaks between the leaf veins with yellow margins.
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A 12-year-old Middletown girl testified Tuesday how she was locked in her parents' basement isolated from most of her family, and when she misbehaved, was fed peanut butter sandwiches, stood in the corner for hours, slapped and spanked and held under a cold shower.
When the girl, whom The Journal is not identifying, walked into Butler County Common Pleas Court, she looked to her left at the four TV cameras and eight media members sitting in the jury box, and at her parents, who were sitting with their attorneys at two tables. A few times during her testimony, she made eye contact with her father and stepmother, and stumbled over her answers in front of visiting Judge Matthew Crehan.
Her parents, Shawn, 40, and Joanna Blackston, 37, were charged with child endangering for allegedly locking the girl — one of their eight children from a blended family — in the basement of their Philadelphia Avenue home from June 18 to July 3, the day Butler County Children Services and Middletown police were called to investigate allegations of abuse.
The Blackstons were arrested on July 6 at a Sharonville motel.
They had faced felony kidnapping and unlawful restraint charges, but those were dismissed by the Butler County grand jury. They're out on $25,000 bonds. In September, they plead not guilty to the misdemeanor charges of child endangering. The second of the three-day trial begins at 9 a.m. today.
The attorney for Shawn Blackston, Tim Upton, and for Joanna Blackston, Ched Peck, described a different scene in the home on Philadelphia, just off Central Avenue. They said the 12-year-old wouldn't obey her parents, destroyed her clothes, bedding and toys in the basement, and once threatened to kill her 2- and 3-year-old siblings.
A case worker from children services asked that the attorneys, Josh Muennich, assistant prosecutor for Butler County, and the Blackstons representatives, stand at the podium and direct their questions to the girl. Judge Crehan pulled up a chair and sat close to the girl so he could hear her answers.
Throughout most of her testimony, she cuddled a teddy bear and rocked in her chair. She said she had to ask to go to the bathroom that was located upstairs and her parents gave her only two or three pieces of toilet paper. When she was "bad," she was forced to eat peanut butter sandwiches, while her siblings ate home-cooked meals or fast-food carry-out, she said.
A few times, she admitted, she and her 15-year-old sister, who lived in the basement, broke out a window and snuck out of the house. They found food in the neighbor's trash can and on the ground and returned to the basement. The girl said on four occasions she brought the same stray cat into the basement, which her parents forbade, and they punished her.
Earlier, Alisa Muncy, an intake worker for eight years with children services, said the girl's hair was cut "military-style" when she was removed from the home on July 3. Peck confirmed with the girl that her head was shaved because she got lice while in school, and her stepmother bought her hats to cover her head.
During cross examination, Upton asked the girl if she ever took extra clothes outside and changed before school without her parents' permission. She said her parents thought some of her clothes were "inappropriate."
The girl was the fourth and final person who testified, following Muncy and two of the girl's older sisters.
In opening statements, assistant prosecutor Kim Schneider showed the judge and the visitors a picture of the girl just after she was removed from the custody of her father and stepmother. The picture showed a dirty, 5-foot-tall pale girl with sunken eyes, Schneider said. She said she weighed 74 pounds.
She asked the judge to "hold them (the Blackstons) responsible."
Since being removed from the home, the girl has gained 32 pounds, what Schneider called "astounding."
The basement where the girl stayed for nearly a month had no heat, air conditioning or fan, and had a covered glass block window, which Muncy said was in "stark contrast" to the upstairs bedrooms of the other children that had bookshelves, air conditioning, video games and television sets.
Peck said the girl was locked in the basement because she allegedly stole things from her brothers and sisters. He also said the girl used a pair of scissors to cut up her bedding and clothes.
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Think I have a problem. Consuming way too much gas
From the time of purchase I have had bad MPG. At first I thought the car needed to be broken in, but at this point its been 10K miles and its the same. Im averaging 11-12 mpg!!! This is mostly city driving but just last week I drove from NY to PA for about a 2 hour drive and only ended up getting 13 mpg.
By no means am I an aggressive driver, mayyyyyybe sometimes here and there but for the most part my wife drives the car and I assure you she isnt no speed racer. I mean in order to average out 12 mpg you got to be constantly speeding and taking off aggressively all of both that I dont do. I have tried everything as far as driving, slow, fast, braking early, etc, etc. I dont see any gas puddles or smell of any gas. I know its cold now but im thinking I should at least be averaging 16 mpg at worst. Has anyone heard anyone else with such a problem? What can it be? Its ridiculous, my E250 V6 got better mileage.... |
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Just not possible. I had a 460 cubic inch V-8 Mercury wagon that got that mpg. The problem you're having is not figuring mpg correctly.
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I use fuelly now but was getting the same result when doing by hand. Even my dash is telling me 11.4. Guys I don't mean to be rude but I know very well how to calculate MPG. I'm a motorcycle mechanic/track junkie guy. In other words I'm in the whole mechanic, racing, engine performance thing.
I'm not saying my car just has bad gas mileage but rather saying I must have some sort of problem that's causing it. Maybe the O2 sensor, injectors, evap system, or??? Figured I'd ask because maybe someone had a similar problem. Something is off |
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I agree there's a problem alright. My luxo-barge Mercury Grand Marquis averages 20 MPG with mostly around-town driving.
You say "from the time of purchase"...was it new or used? If new, bring it back to the dealer. Also, is it an I4 or a V6?
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It's a V6, bought new. The best I have ever gotten city driving has been 13.8 and that was driving like a 80 year old man.
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We have no way of knowing that from your initial post. If your MPG calculation method is correct, you do clearly have a problem. Surprising it took you that long to figure it out. While city driving with short trips and lots of idling can net you 18MPG in V6, hwy with decent speeds (under 85MPH) should be over 20MPG.
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Must be doing an awful lot of idling. Any engine problem that bad would show a code.
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Krisnet55, I suggest you compare the average MPG indicator with actual fuel consumption. You will probably find it to to be a little optimistic, but it can still be useful. Then reset it by holding in the select button until the MPG reads 0. Do your Driving. Check it. Reset it. Let your wife do her driving. Maybe you can identify the kind of driving that brings down the numbers.
NYC stop and go environment can be very hard on gas mileage. However your NY to PA trip test should have eliminated that aspect. I suggest hooking your code reader up to see if there are any codes. Check tire pressure.
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