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While his career spanned six decades, John Skeaping (1901-1980) is often associated with the work he completed while he was married to Barbara Hepworth. However, this period of just six years (1926 to1932) ignores the breadth of Skeaping's visual output and fails to reflect his true artistic legacy. Long overdue, The Sculpture of John Skeaping surveys the artist's rich career in the round. Alongside discussion of Skeaping's best-known animalier works, including the well-known series of 'exotic' animals for Wedgwood, Jonathan Blackwood also provides insights into the artist's working practices, as developed under the tutelage of Francis Derwent Wood, and the diverse commissions that he undertook after the close of the Second World War.Including a full catalogue of Skeaping's sculptures with over 200 reproductions of the artist's works, The Sculpture of John Skeaping is essential reading for all those interested in learning more about this unjustly neglected figure within British sculpture.
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I was checking to see if you have come across a Campbell Uriah Sherrell who married 1) Mary Saddler on May 5, 1864 in Coffee County and then married 2) Nancy Simpson August 28, 1865 in Cannon County, Tn. I made copies of these while I was in each county. He interchanged his name with each marriage. To Mary he went by Cambell U. Sherrill and with Nancy it was Uriah Sherrel. I went to these counties last week and pulled the original records of what I could find. In the 1850 Census of Rutherford and Warren County book of 1850 census at the Coffee County, Manchester library, I found him with his mother Elizabeth Shirrill 33, Martha 13, John 10, Campbell 7, Mary 4 and Joseph 2, T T, Cf-643-92. There was no father listed. Carroll Shirrell lived next door and George Shirrill and Jacob Shirrill lived at Cf-162-24 and Cf-163-25. I have been unable to find who his father is. My husband and I spent all last week searching in the different counties but I ran out of time and we had to come back to work. Ha. I found my great grandfathers marriage license with his 2nd wife in Simpson Co., Ky. There is shows that his father was Campbell Sherrell and Nancy Simpson as his mother. This is what sent me on my search for Campbell and Nancy. My ggrandfather's name was John Peter Shirrell died in 1956 and found that Nancy Simpson Father was Peter Simpson. Any help or information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Carol Shirrell Clayton |


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I was waiting for the "We'll talk about them in a bit." part or some other reactions to this. As there have been none so far, here's what *I* think. :-) On Friday, June 15, 2007 04:20:56 PM Ferris McCormick wrote: > You asked for the documents musikc sent to council. Here they are. "E. [Proctors/Devrel] determine recruiting needs and recruit to achieve them." Members of an institution that is supposed to impose disciplinary action on Gentoo devs and others should not be recruited but elected. Otherwise their authority will be challenged all the time. Elected members will have at least a *bit* more autority. "There is no option to think about it --- either make a stop or let it go." That's a rather bad idea - no option to think about how to handle a situation? If I were cynical, I'd say that's what got you into the current situation. ;) "They [Proctors] work "real time"" That'll lead to rushed (and therefore potentially wrong) decisions. IMO, we don't need proctors but if the proctors are kept, they should work on a comlaint basis, too. Suppose both parties come from "Czamistan" - they both know "big-balled goat lover" is not an insult but a compliment - why should proctors react? Suppose I come from Germany (which I do :-) ) and am being called a "big-balled goat lover" - if you could see me, you'd witness me roaring with laughter. Even though I don't know what "Czamistan" is and that this is meant to be a compliment. Many people can, btw, read between the lines and understand what is actually meant. :-) We don't a big brother watching us - we can decide for ourselves if we're offended or not. If we are, we can either complain to DevRel (if the other party is a dev) or, if the proctors are kept, to proctors. Without proctors, we can simply ignore non-dev offenders. We may have to deal with other devs but there's no obligation to interact with certain users. "and after some conditioning", "re-orientation" and some other terms used in either or both documents. I'm sorry and maybe it comes from the cultural differences but, honestly, to me this sounds like we're going to have "re-education camps" for the "misguided". Best regards, Wulf
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In response to the current level of outcry against the Khopesh, the comments at Liege and the countless emails that I am sure Damon is getting, I decided to do a simple back-of-the-envelope evaluation of the card to determine if in fact it is broken, or requires restriction at this point in time.
In an attempt to make this "Scientific", I will be using the results of the European Championships (the largest ever COC LCG tournament) as data. It is also important to define "broken/overpowered" beforehand. For the purposes of this analysis, I will consider "broken/overpowered" to be defined or symptomized as:
"Cards that win games by simply being on the table (If I have it and you don't - I automatically win, immediately or inevitably) , and thus require specific consideration in any deck build. In essence, you must play this card or loose. Mechanically this means the the board configuration will now permanently slant toward the player who played the card."
The Data:
Recently, the largest COC LCG event in the history of the game took place in Liege, Belgium. Overall there were 26 players, representing quite a few countries, at the tournament. I think roughly 50% had Khopesh in their decks (at least 12 decks, maybe 13). In the top 4 decks, only I had the Khopesh in his respective deck build (that I am aware of). Now, by definition, if a card is "broken" it should dominate the metagame...but here we have 3 of the top 4 in a tournament dominated by Khopesh not having Khopesh - and even more damningly from what I saw none of the top 4 had any particular "anti" Khopesh cards.
This has to be the poorest showing ever for a "broken" card. It is well over a standard deviation below what even random card flipping should have produced (with 50% of the decks containing Khopesh, random card flipping expects 2 (or just a tad lower..1.7-9ish) of the top 4 to be Khopesh decks). To complete the data set, I had the Khopesh dropped 2-3 times against me in a situation where I didn't drop it- and I always just let it go off (I didn't destroy the attached char or the Khopesh or cancel wounds etc...I'd say that I basically ignored it, but the reality is I was always praying for my opponents to drop it as it was (at least for this tournament) always an auto-win for me).
Unfortunately for the Khopesh, the story is even worse.
The Play:
Being the only Khopesh player in the top 4, my experience with the card should share some light on why the card performed as poorly as it did. (The following part is subject to my memory's accuracy, which is starting to cloud over a bit do to the amount of time passed)
I played a total of 7 games. During my first or second game, I watched as my opponent mangled himself with the Khopesh (*1). When I realized what was going on (*2), I shifted my style of play, and began resourcing the Khopesh when I drew it. For the tournament, out of my 7 total games, 2 games I didn't draw it, 3 games I resourced it and in 2 games I played it.
The two games I played it:
Game #2 or #4:
I was playing against a ST/Hastur "bounce" deck. Strictly speaking (and I am not trying to be petulant here), Order is not playable in a tournament backdrop, so this game was essentially over before it started. On the second turn I dropped the Khopesh (I can not remember if I actually used it, I do not think I did), but the reason I dropped it was to force the opponent to go to 3-1-1 instead of 2-2-1 on domain building. If he had dropped multiple chars on his next turn he might of held out till turn 5 instead of turn 4 (with excessive suicide blocking). By playing the Khopesh I forced him to go 3-1-1 to drop either Jeff or the Housekeeper (he gets his 2-1, but gets overrun next turn as he doesn't have enough chump blockers to survive the next hit). Khopesh net result: I give up a 2-1 trade to the opponent, but have a 50% chance of winning the (already won) game 1 turn earlier.
This game was a "showcase" for Khopesh of the Abyss. On the 3rd turn I dropped a Double Khopesh and removed most of his defenders going for an unopposed win.The evaluation was "I won do to the Khopesh". While it certainly provided fireworks for the finale, the actual analysis of the situation is quite different.
From an analytical point of view, the game ended T1 (*3). I went 2-2-2, then 5-4-4. On T2 I had overwhelming superiority in Skill, T and C and I icons with a flood of chars. The Khopesh was more an insurance policy, and had no actual material effect on play (Had I not played the Khopesh, I still would have achieved the tokens needed to win the game, the best that could be hoped for in that situation was to stall the game 1-2 more turns). Khopesh net result: Similar to the previous Khopesh drop, the net result was to basically take a 50/50 T4 or T5 ending and shift it to 100% T4.
The Shivan Khopesh
The tournament at Liege was, for me, a fascinating event. I have only played COC a very finite number of times...6 or 7 at most. I don't play on the internet, and have no meta, so I only do large tournaments. I have however played copious amounts of MTG (though a long time ago - starting in Beta, and sticking with it through until "the Dark"), including at least 30 large tournaments throughout that era. What was so fascinating was the way Liege overlaid with my early MTG experiences. I think this was do to the simple fact that there were enough players for the classic "player patterns" to manifest themselves.
The very first MTG tournament I went to was about 70 people. Gathering inside the doorway was a small group who were into "analyzing" the game. Their conclusion: "The Shivan Dragon" was the ultimate most ubar card ever invented - it should be banned as its too strong and dominates their meta (an exact quote was something along the lines of "whoever gets the Dragon out first wins"). About 50% of the players had adopted the "anti game" stance and packed their decks full of kill and cancels...a group were playing "The Dragon", and a handful had what I refer to as "lottery ticket decks", and the remainder playing a montage of traditional rush/control type decks. I didn't have a Shivan Dragon, nor did I have "anti dragon" cards, nor did I pack particularly much removal, but the ensuing slaughter was epic (*4). Note that throughout those 30+ large tournaments (and they were spread out over a couple of states with all sorts of different metas/playgroups), I never once saw a Shivan Deck win (or place....or even make a cutoff...and actually I never even saw or even heard of one winning a game)…in fact, at least in my games, I never even saw one hit the table, yet the "Dragon" always lurked in the shadows, and was always rated as "powerful" by lower tier players.
As I mentioned above, I basically threw my deck together on the plane. As I had not played in such a long time, I had no idea what the environment was like, and even didn't know the entire card pool, so I asked the tournament organizer (Damien) for a description of the current metagame. Damien sent me back a page or so description; a snap shot of the current metagame - and, and as it turned out, it was beyond perfect (I should probably post it as it was almost scary accurate). I printed it out and on the plane ride over, marked up the key words, and then noted every key word that appeared more than once and interpreted the results.
When I was done, I was surprised to see the classic "MTG decktype distribution" appear (primary decktypes of "destroy everything", lotto, and "Big effect"). Normally I build decks that interact with the game on a mechanics level, but I really had no time to do this, so instead I made the following assumption: Do to the "big effect of the Khopesh" most players would be Khopesh or anti-Khopesh, and the rest would be an assortment of destroy decks with 1-2 "other", and I decided to "play the players". The destroy decks basically dictated what my deck distribution/flow had to be (Good distribution beats heavy removal every time: they have to pray you get a really really bad draw or its over before the cards hit the table). I took a risk and choose to ignore the "big effect" group (I already had an inkling I was dealing with "The Dragon"), and the "other" group almost always beats itself. Ironically, for my deck building analysis, the Khopesh ended up a non-issue. The result? - the tournament played out as expected, and I won!
If I were to complete this analysis (and get back on track in the process), I would need to do a deeper analysis on a mechanics/tactical level, and also build "proof" decks that can beat every other deck because of it, or decks that can beat Khopesh decks that don't use it. Given how lopsided the "simple" analysis is, I see no reason to continue with a mechanical evaluation….there is simply no evidence that warrants even continuing this discussion. Without revealing too much, I can say I have at 5 decks in my deckbuilder at the moment, none have the Khopesh, and in some light testing all have destroyed my Liege "Khopesh" deck. To give an idea just how absurd things are, I recently took a challenge from a player to build a deck that could *lose* to a posted "Strong" Khopesh deck. I, of course chose Miskatonic, and what started out as a joke has turned into a fairly brutal deck (The posted deck loses a large % of games to the Misk deck). This is what good players do….challenge the status quo. A card is only broken if it can't be maneuvered around. If I can beat Shub-Cthulhu Khopesh (apparently accepted as meta dominant) with Miskatonic + other, the problem starts to look at lot less like a card problem and a lot more like a player problem.
Another analogous example is "Fetch Stick" - how many people evaluated that to broken and howled at FFG (Amazingly there appear to be some that are STILL howling)? After exactly 1 tournament, not only was it found not to be broken, it was found to be not playable (FAIL).
Analysis Complete:
There is no tangible evidence that the Khopesh is broken, in fact, it is doubtful if it is even an auto include in mono C. My own impression is that the card is somewhat hard to use properly, and should not be included in deck builds unless you really understand how it interacts mechanically (going even further, I would venture to say that even vanilla MonoC builds should not include it as a default card). I think it would behoove players complaining about this card to spend more time understanding the basics and less time screaming about nerfing. From time to time I have built decks for players to be used in large tournaments. If I did such a thing now, I would most certainly not include the Khopesh in the build, as I don't think the player (Who I am assuming for this argument would be a novice player with potential) would be able to discern how to play it correctly, and in all reality, doesn't need it to win. To be complete, I do think that the Khopesh is a great card, and I would certainly include it when the analysis calls for it. I would not blindly throw it into any deckbuild. In fact, as a deckbuilder, while I knew it was going to be somewhat "dicey" to set up correctly - even I was amazed at how useless it was to me. I could have replaced it with 3 blank cards and the most that would have happend is that 2 of my games would have continued for an extra turn or 2. To a deckbuilder, this is the definition of useless. I would have been better off just dropping 3 copies of a random Cthulhu char into the build.
Before demanding "action" against cards, players should first be asking themselves why they can't beat the card. If you are still adamant it's broken, then you should be able to provide a proof with all the evidence and analysis in the fashion that I have presented here (including a detailed mechanical breakdown why the card is a problem), and be able to back up the claims with real data. We have gone down this road before, and once the nerf bat starts swinging (especially when its in the wrong direction) the game has suffered. Poor nerfing do to people (poor players) stating their opinions ended up nerfing the wrong cards and wrecking the game in the CCG (*5). Do people really want to end up playing Hastur-Agency flip-the-"small price to pay" again? Damon's card design ability is excellent - very creative and intelligent. I personally can not be more thankful that we are lucky enough to have such a designer at the helm (especially considering this games history). I have a strong feeling the new cards are going to generate a lot of nerf calls in the future, so I think this issue needs to addressed sooner rather than later. Can you imagine the train wreck MTG would be if they decided to ban every "Shivan Dragon" that came along? There will be cards that need nerfed along the way. Designers and Playtesters can't forsee everything. Damon is really pushing the envelope with his designs. I expect some chafing on the rules and possibly a few broken cards along the way (when you release good cards this is inevitable). If something proves to be a problem it should be cleaned up in the FAQ. But it should be done so intelligently - and with enough evidence to prove that there is actually a problem (and additionally: what the actual problem is). The alternative, is to degenerate the game back to an Agency/Hastur flipfest, and packs of cards that do nothing. In the case of the Khopesh, people are calling for the banning of a card that had no material impact on a tournament, and provides new functionality to the game that may enable new decks in the future (or even make unplayable factions playable). It is always possible someone will break the card in the future with some newly released card, and when that happens then it needs to be determined what the problem is and how to fix it, but as at this moment in time it a near certainty that the card is not broken or even overtly powerful.
As a corollary to this, a lot of people were complaining at Liege about the large amount of removal that average decks were now carrying. I mentally went through all the large COC tournaments (defined as 15 or more players) winning decklists that I have created in this game and tallied up the number of removal each deck packed:
Stahl CCG 2008 Euro Championship: 0
Stahl CCG 2009 CCG World Championship: 1
Stahl LCG 2009 Euro Championship: 12
French Nationals 2009: 3
Italian Nationals 2011: 12
Liege Asylum 2012 Euro Championship: 9* (+ 6 qualified removal): *I would have optimized this to probably 6-8 total removal if I had tested it before playing.
This yields an average of 6.1 removal per deck. Clearly, the game is not dictated by the amount of removal you have in the deck. For people complaining about "too much removal" – you should rejoice! Since these decks are clearly inferior (they certainly aren't winning), they should be easy tournament wins. Never complain about easy wins!
(*1) Definition: "Self Mangling" (Action): (1) To play a card or series of cards where the resultant board position is better for your opponent than it was before you played the card/s. (2) Self Slaughter. Often accompanied by exclamations containing the word "Ubar!".
(*2) I found out about this tournament about a week before the tournament. I had made a combo deck the day before the flight, but decided that I had no time to really analyze it/tune it, so I dropped it and made a deck on the plane ride over. When I drew up the deck matrix (I build decks via a matrix method, it is a bitstrange but it works --> its kind of like a rendered Karnough map), I realized that the Khopesh "didn't work as advertised". Without testing I couldn't be sure if it was even playable, so I made a mental note to sluff it off as a resource if its use cases did not manifest. Unlike most deck builds, I used this card as a part statistical soft lock I found in the game (I T2 soft locked the game 3 times in the tournament; soft lock here is being defined as "nothing the opponent can do to materially alter the board configuration, but is still free to play cards and interact).
(*3) While I really like how Vincent built his deck, unfortunately from a meta-game perspective "Things in the Ground" isn't actually viable in any realistic sense. A competent deck should be able to beat it 90+% of the time. In this case, I had 9-12 cards that "auto won" against it. Also, my icon density was orders of magnitude higher than his, so, irrespective of hitting AOs, the average "Things" action was producing more icons/skill in aggregate for me than him (I also had an oversized # of chars for my deck – more than he did, which would yield far more "hits" over time for me than him). Given this, even if he hit all his AOs, I would still have overwhelming Skill/Icon superiority do to shear density (in essence, his Things was working for me not for him). In order for him to win, I would have had to fail the momentum game (NOT draw one of the 9-12 auto-win cards and have a terrible hand), and also have extremely bizarre card distribution problems with the order of my deck (have some strange arrangement of chars that allowed him to out produce me).
(*4) This was probably the best tournament win in a game I ever had. The local "guru game store owner" had his wife take decklists and entry fees. She actually *laughed* at my decklist….."This is the big leagues..we don't play these types of decks…we play for blood!". I won the tournament, slaughtering her husband-lord-of–the-tournament before his second turn with a scryb sprite that did 22 points of damage. To this day, I get a few emails a year from friends who claim they still have nightmares about my sprites! OK…I will try to stop reliving MTG now….
(*5) In the CCG, I won the original Stahleck Asylum with a deck using something later dubbed "Jump" tech. Players - and some Playtesters - who really did not understand even he basics of the games underlying mechanics - screamed to nerf the Rituals. Bowing to populist sentiment, FFG -who rejected our submissions and board pleas- nerfed the rituals. Ironically, this helped the broken decks instead of hurting them as the rituals were part of the solution not the problem. So I ended up building 2 more broken decks (Tsath, The97%T1RipOff) in addition to reworking the Jump decks (which still worked) and another player built the Messenger deck. Without rituals the metagame was left defenseless. FAIL


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Beginning May 1st Jet Blue will offer one nonstop flight each day between Orlando and Austin. For the first time I'm stumped on which airline to use for my WDW trip:dizzy:
I've always taken Continental's 5:50 a.m. flight through Houston arriving MCO at 11 a.m. and returned on the 3 p.m. or 6 p.m. flight out of MCO through Houston for maximum WDW time out of my vacation.
JetBlue (lower fare than Continental) departs Austin at 3:55 p.m. arriving MCO 7:23 p.m. and departs MCO at 3:17 p.m. arriving Austin 5:10 p.m. My sticking point is not arriving at MCO until 7:25 p.m. :faint: The 3:17 p.m. departure time is perfect.
I'm heavily leaning toward JetBlue but Continental still gives me maximum WDW time. If I fly JetBlue should I have my TA change my hopper from 8-day to 7-day? Or, leave it an 8-day (about $2 more than 7-day) and try to hit a late night EMH (or would I arrive to late for an EHM)?
I have always used Quicksilver and will probably follow that tradition this trip to MouseFest so doubt I'll have DME baggage worries.
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At the same time, visitors to the zoo must also realize that their attempts to get closer to animals than the rules permit are both foolhardy and irritating for the animals. We also hope that this incident does not lead to calls for the tiger to be eliminated or caged.
This is not a case of an animal attacking a human being unprovoked. Not only did the boy enter the enclosure, but it appears that there were stones thrown at it to try and scare it away. Its subsequent behaviour is hardly abnormal, even if the consequences have been truly tragic.
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Courtesy Atlas Produce and DistributionAtlas introduced greener packaging with their 12-ounce clamshell packs.Almond board plans conference
The Almond Board of California, Modesto, Calif., is set to host The Almond Conference on Dec. 3-5, in Sacramento, Calif.
The annual event, in its 41st year, is growing in size and scale, said Harbinder Maan, senior marketing manager for the board.
The board expects 2,500 attendees with representation from all growing regions, according to a news release.
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Atlas Produce and Distribution, Bakersfield, Calif., is using greener packaging, said Ben Antongiovanni, sales manager.
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The California Walnut Commission, Folsom, is emphasizing restaurant use of nuts, according to Jennifer Olmstead, domestic marketing director.
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The focus of the campaign is to showcase how walnuts fit into contemporary trends.
The commission did some research to determine where walnuts stood in the foodservice industry and has done outreach events with chefs at the Culinary Institute of America.
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A group is delaying plans to gather signatures for a possible referendum on an estimated $42 million incentive package for a proposed Mesa mall.
Citizens Opposed to Subsidies backed off the petition drive after the group's attorney said the Mesa City Council's negotiations with developers can't be subjected to a referendum yet, said political consultant Paul Ulan, chairman of the group.
But the group plans to move forward if the council takes action which can be taken to the ballot, he said.
Citizens Opposed to Subsidies filed referendum paperwork with the city on Aug. 26, after the council discussed the incentive package.
"It was a council study session and not a full council meeting," Ulan said. "There was consensus to move forward, but there was not a vote that they need to do something."
Ulan's firm, Primary Consultants, formed Citizens Opposed to Subsidies with
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 99 to oppose subsidies for the 200-acre Riverview at Dobson shopping complex near the loops 101 and 202 interchange.
According to developers Kimco and DeRito Properties, Wal-Mart Supercenter is one of the potential tenants.
The union and Ulan fought unsuccessful battles recently to stop the nonunion retailer, which has been criticized for its labor practices, from building in Mesa and Gilbert.
Ulan said the group will file a referendum if the city does offer a $42 million subsidy for the project, but wasn't sure if a smaller incentive package or Wal-Mart dropping out of the project would thwart a petition drive.
The incentive package and mall has been endorsed by the steering committee of the Mesa Grande Community Alliance, which represents neighborhoods near where the mall would go.
"The Committee recognizes that such incentives are actually an investment in the future of our neighborhood and our City," a statement from the group said.
The incentives would come in the form of waived fees, sales tax rebates and improvements made to the property.


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[OS] SLOVENIA - Slovenia asks mayor to form recession-busting coalition
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(Reuters) - Slovenia tasked the mayor of its capital city Monday with
forging a government to halt the euro zone member's slide back into
recession, and he faces potentially weeks of tough coalition talks.
The European crisis claimed its latest scalp Sunday with the Social
Democrats of prime minister Borut Pahor relegated into third place by
voters angry over rising unemployment in the former Yugoslav republic.
Zoran Jankovic, the center-left mayor of Ljubljana and former manager of
Slovenia's largest food retailer Mercator, took 28 seats in the 90-seat
parliament, and will need partners in government.
"Forming a coalition will be difficult," said Tanja Staric, a political
commentator for the Slovenian daily Delo.
"Jankovic will have to offer a coalition to virtually all small parties in
parliament, and the differences are big," Staric told Reuters.
The Alpine state of 2 million people was the fastest growing euro zone
member 4 years ago, but its export-driven economy was badly hit by the
global crisis and shrank by 8 percent in 2009.
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The budget deficit soared to 5.8 percent in 2010 from zero in 2007.
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of former prime minister Janez Jansa.
Jansa said that, given the tight result, he did not believe the next
government would last for its 4-year mandate. Pahor's crumbled in May and
was voted out in September, forcing a snap election.
Analysts said the Social Democrats, with 10 seats, were likely to get a
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Jankovic - Positive Slovenia.
Jankovic was also likely to look to the centrist Civil List of Gregor
Virant, the pensioners party Desus and possibly the center-right Slovenian
People's Party.
"I can cooperate with anyone but Janez Jansa," Jankovic told Pop TV.
Jansa's party took 26 seats, with over 99 percent of votes counted.
"Tomorrow is a new day," he said. "We do not talk about coalitions today."
Such a broad coalition could hinder the government's ability to adopt the
painful economic reforms analysts say are needed.
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is among the lowest in the EU at 57 for women and 58 for men.
Jankovic says he plans to boost budget revenues by raising value added tax
by 1 percentage point to 21 percent, a move opposed by two of his
potential coalition partners.
Pensioners party Desus is against raising the retirement age to 65. There
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world continued to turn," outgoing premier Pahor told reporters after the
results were announced.
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anyone with cultural info on this .... i think i may have planted mine in too much shade.. i got info along the lines of the link below .... it is on irrigation.. water is fine... but growth rate is barely 4 inches per year ... after 3 years ... that leaves me with concerns about bright but near total shade until very late in the day .... it is a cool area of the garden under a 100 foot oak ... perhaps 15 to 20 feet from the massive trunk .. with the canopy up about 20 feet ... nearly no direct sun per above ... i am wondering if anyone has experience.. your zone.. and how much direct sun this thing can take .... in relation to the exposure ... thanks ken |
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- Posted by lou_midlothian_tx z8 DFW, Tx (My Page) on Fri, Feb 8, 08 at 16:48
Am I reading this correctly? you actually have a maple tree? |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Fri, Feb 8, 08 at 17:28
ummmmmmmmmmmmm .... no i think its a Fake[pseudo] plane[sycamore] ..... lol .... ken |
It is of course, unlike most other maples, utterly hideous. The most important thing to remember when planting is its unique planting requirements, that the roots are in the air, and the shoots deep in the soil. ;-) |
- Posted by giboosi_alttara z6 CT (My Page) on Fri, Feb 8, 08 at 23:50
Haha! I think pineresin has it right! Ken, how come you couldn't plant one of the many many pretty maples? |
Handy nursery web site (when offering this item) has reported that this originates in New Zealand where it was named after the Esk Valley, and is correctly 'Esk Sunset'. |
Hi Ken, At least yours in growing. Mine looks worse every year. Arbor Village nursery says it is growing well for them so you may want to call and ask how they have sited it. They are located somewhere in the midwest. Google arborvillageLLC. David |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 8, 08 at 10:08
i am getting ready to move this one... any ideas just how much sun protection it needed ... shall i presume a little protection from the hottest sun of the day .. might be better than shade all day??? someone has to have an opinion ...ken |
- Posted by corgimaples 5 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 13, 08 at 20:09
I have a 4 to 5 foot Eskimo Sunset maple. It is in a very shaded area for best color. It is also protected from west winds. The maple would scorch if given too much sun. This spring's color is fantastic. However, something is chewing on the leaves recently. Beautiful tree!!! |
Ken, How is your tree doing? I just saw this one for the first time at a local nursery and they were just beautiful in spite of what others posted here. I must have one! How are the leaves holding up? Have they scorched? |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Wed, May 12, 10 at 11:13
mine is doing just fine... sloooowwwww ... mine is in full sun until about 1pm.. then bright shade for the rest of the day.. so no great amount of scorch ... it makes me very happy .. you need to get it ... ken |
It'll benefit from a generous foliar feed application of 2-[(phosphonomethyl)amino]acetic acid Resin |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Wed, May 12, 10 at 11:49
i hope she knows you are kidding you are a tree racist resin .... only one color allowed ... as with such.. ignore him .. lol .. ken |
Oh come on! You know what they say... .............Pink makes the boys wink! Anyway - it sold out before I could see what it looked like in summer. |
'Esk Sunset' maintains the harlequin appearance through summer here in cool USDA 8. Dry sites may see some mildew, I don't remember for sure one way or the other. Do remember seeing horrid mildew recently on purple Norway maples and bigleaf maple. |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sun, Jan 15, 12 at 18:02
bumping it up ... cuz its funny resin is such a card ... ken |
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Oct 16th 2009 8:27AM UC is definitely the best for horde. Mailboxes are just a few steps away from AH, it's never crouded and you can move betwen AH-MB-bank while mounted.
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Oct 9th 2009 8:42AM My main is shadowpriest that often heals, one of the many alts is resto druid. After powering my druid through countless dungeons and raids I had quite hard time to get back to priest and heal U10 hardmodes. Kind of my own fault though as I had healbot set up differently for them. For priest right click would be shield, druid did rejuv. Left was fheal/regrowth. Kind of comparable, right? Well, it was until I got to aoe heals: shift+left = poh/target shift+right=pom/wild growth. I had similar differences with other actions too and almost caused a few wipes because of that.
Spiritual Guidance: I guess we're perfect {WoW}
Sep 29th 2009 2:34AM Next tank spot that opens up in guild will go to my alt tankadin. I'm quite sure shadow won't get fixed before Cataclysm and I don't want to have my priest be that guy who gets carried through IC while he brings nothing useful to the raid and also does mediocre DPS.
I don't consider my DPS particularly bad but when 6.1k DPS on single target gives me #14 spot and ~20% behind leaders already at current gear level with several people much lower geared than me being ahead me it doesn't feel particularly good and things are going worse with every piece of gear that gets given out.
Patch 3.2.2: Priest changes and bugs {WoW}
Sep 24th 2009 2:46AM "My Shadow Priests have reported a slight increase in damage"
I never knew there exist people who can notice changes in order of ~1%. Spirit boost didn't change our DPS more than that unless you geared like holy priest ( = wrong)


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ROCKVILLE, MD, October 4, 2013 — President Obama paid a visit Thursday to M. Luis Co., a road construction company in Rockville, Maryland. After bringing the beltway and Rockville Pike traffic to an hour long halt, President Obama used his time there to preach to those listening about how the most recent government shutdown affected small business in the Washington area and around the country. In his speech, President Obama compared the need for the government to pay their bills to the need of a construction company to pay their bills.
"…The deal is, you've already gotten hired; you've got a job; you're getting a paycheck. And so you also are getting the pride of doing a good job, and contributing to a business, and looking out for your fellow workers — that's what you're getting! Well, it shouldn't be any different for a member of Congress."
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President Obama was comparing the United States Government to a business. Well, if the U.S. was a business it would be Caldor, having closed its doors due to bankruptcy. We would have been Caldor, and the ghostly, vast store expanse we would have left behind would have been bought up by Wal-Mart of Kmart, or Canada.
If the U.S. was a business, the shareholders would have fired the CEO a long time ago. He would have been brought into a board meeting, and shown the door like so many CEOs have been shown the door before. However, the controlling share currently backs him, leading many to believe that if the U.S. were a business, then its shareholders are terrible business men.
The comparison the President made to a construction company was also quite ironic. While construction companies rarely fail to pay their employees, it is common practice among contractors to refuse their subcontractors payment if they believe the work is not being done, or if they are doing an unsatisfactory job. Not only that, but before payment can even be rendered, subcontractors often have to prove that they did the work in the first place. Construction, for the most part, is results oriented. And if the U.S. government were a construction company, it would have entered into default a long time ago. It would have had to cease all work, and it would have had to sell off its assets to pay its bills.
If the United States were a construction company it would have been audited and investigated about a thousand times a year, as it frequently overpays for goods and services and fails to deliver a suitable product.
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If the United States were a construction company it would never get work, because not a single creditor or bonder would be willing to insure them. Making the dollars for every single potential accident come right out of their own pocket.
If the United States were a construction company it would never be able to bid a job in the first place. Because in order to make money you have to win a job, and in order to do that you have to put together a budget, and in order to make a profit a company has to come in UNDER that proposed budget. When bidding work, if your number is high, you aren't going to get the job, and if you aren't going to get the job you aren't going to have any work. If the United States were a construction company we would not have any work. This is boring to you because it's logic and something you learned when you learned addition.
If the United States were a construction company it would fail. Plain and simple. Yeah sure, you could pay your workers, you could build projects, but you would be operating at such a loss that the bank would quite literally shut you down. You see in business we are constrained and governed by the forces of a free market, we cannot charge more than what we believe the customer would pay. The government has no such restraints; they charge what they want, regardless of what they believe the customer could pay.
President Obama likes to say "the buck stops with me." As said before in this column, it may stop with you but it starts with us. If the United States is a business, and Barack Obama the CEO beholden to the rules and laws governing a profit making institution, perhaps it's time we had a shareholder meeting.
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GE plans to add 480 workers to lines manufacturing a variety of major appliances at its Appliance Park manufacturing campus in Louisville, KY, U.S., including for a manufacturing line in a building that had been sitting idle since the 1980s. GE will be accepting applications for just three days, starting Sept. 28. The new hires will start work in February in facilities producing the GeoSpring water heater, bottom freezer refrigerators, a new line of dishwashers, and a new line of front load washing machines and dryers. GE is "onshoring" production of the GeoSpring water heater, which was previously made only in China. In an online report, GE reprinted a quote from IUE-CWA Local 761 President Jerry Carney that appeared in the Louisville Courier-Journal: "At least GE has enough faith in us to keep trying to turn the place around. We are in a depression in the appliance industry. We will fight to keep raising wages up, but we can't improve jobs that are not here. We have got to be competitive and make Appliance Park profitable." GE is investing more than $1 billion in manufacturing in Appliance Park and at other U.S. manufacturing sites. See: ApplianceMagazine.com's Octobers 2010 article: That's Billion with a B - GE Appliances Invests Big in U.S. Manufacturing.
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Genetically Modified Foods: Harmful or Helpful? (Released April 2000)
Gray, AJ; Raybound, AF
Nature, vol. 392, no. 6677, pp. 653-654, 16 Apr 1998
Genetically modified crops and the food derived from them have had a bad press, but a rare piece of good news is provided by Daniell et al. in this month's Nature Biotechnology. They report a development that has profound implications for the risk assessment of genetically modified crops. Most crops are modified by inserting genes into the nucleus, and the genes can therefore spread to other crops or wild relatives by movement of pollen. By engineering tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate into the tobacco chloroplast genome, however, the authors have not only obtained high levels of transgene expression, but, because chloroplasts are inherited maternally in many species, they have also prevented transmission of the gene by pollen--closing a potential escape route for transgenes into the environment.
Metz, PLJ; Stiekema, WJ; Nap, J-P*
Molecular Breeding [Mol. Breed.], vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 335-341, 1998
The microbial bar and pat genes confer tolerance to the non-selective herbicide phosphinothricin (PPT; sold as Basta or Finale). This tolerance in plants could provide an environmental gain compared to current-day herbicide cocktails, but the safety of such a transgene approach is questioned by many. The biosafety of the presence of these herbicide tolerance genes in plants is evaluated in a 'transgene-centered approach'. Potentially, the introduction of transgenic PPT-tolerant crops could result in acquired PPT tolerance in weedy relatives of these crops. Assuming responsible use of this trait in agronomy, the ecological consequences with respect to weediness or spread of the transgenic PPT tolerance are concluded to be negligible. The key issue for the toxicological evaluation is whether or not the plant has actually been sprayed with PPT. Consumption of the gene and/or gene product from unsprayed transgenic plant material will not have adverse effects. In case of PPT-sprayed material, PPT or its derivatives could be present in food and feed and crop-specific metabolites might be formed. To date, the toxicological impact of such a putative exposure is not sufficiently clear, and further premarket testing is recommended.
Dale, PJ
Genome Research [Genome Res.], vol. 9, no. 12, pp. 1159-1162, Dec 1999
Over the past 16 years it has become possible to isolate genes from any class of living organism and introduce them into most of our crop plants. This provides a wider choice of genes for crop improvement than is available by conventional plant breeding. International studies worldwide on genome organization, genetic mapping, and the isolation of genes are providing many new opportunities to modify crops. In 1999, there were almost 40 million hectares of transgenic crops grown across the world (James 1999). Although there is considerable optimism about the future prospects for transgenic crops among the scientific and plant breeding community, public concerns are being expressed in some countries. The assessment and potential impact of transgenic crops has been discussed in scientific publications and at conferences for over a decade, but now the subject is a major focus of presure groups, with vandalism of transgenic field plots in some countries and substantial amounts of money being spent internationally on opposition. The aim of this paper is to give a perspective on current concerns.
Huebner, P; Studer, E; Luethy, J
Nature Biotechnology [Nat. Biotechnol.], vol. 17, no. 11, pp. 1137-1138, Nov 1999
Although the debate surrounding food containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is still far from a consensus in Europe, a decision to label GM foods to allow consumers an informed choice has been made by some countries and governments. The enforcement of the Swiss Food Regulation and of the EU Novel Food Regulation is based on a PCR detection system specific for the 35S promoter originating from cauliflower mosaic virus. This 35S promoter element is often used in GM plants, including those currently approved in Switzerland (Roundup Ready soybean (RRS), Bt-176, and Bt-11 corn). The qualitative 35S-PCR detection system has been thoroughly tested in collaborative studies; however, its detection limit was found to vary up to a factor of 20 (from 100 pg to 2 ng RRS-DNA) between different analytical laboratories. Additionally, due to its high sensitivity, the 35S-PCR detection system is not suited to distinguish between intended GMO mixtures and GMO comingling due to unseparated channels for conventional and GMO raw materials during harvest, transport, and stocking. In practice, the 35S-PCR test allows the detection of GMO contents of foods and raw materials in the range of 0.01-0.1%. Attempts have been made to diminish the interlaboratory variations by the standardization of the PCR protocol, by the use of certified external reference material with well-defined amounts of GMOs, and by the development of quantitative PCR detection systems. Recently, the Swiss government revised its food regulations, introducing a threshold value of 1% GMO content as the basis for food labeling. The enforcement of such threshold values clearly requires quantitative detection systems such as quantitative competitive PCR (QC-PCR), real-time PCR, or immunochemical detection of modified proteins using ELISA system. Whereas ELISA is widely acknowledged to be of practical use at the earliest stages of manufacture, there is the disadvantage of protein denaturation as a consequence of processing. Thus, the detection of DNA by quantitative PCR techniques has a number of advantages, including the survival of DNA in many, albeit not all manufacturing processes.
Gressel, J
Trends in Biotechnology [Trends Biotechnol.], vol. 17, no. 9, pp. 361-366, Sep 1999
Transgenic crops may interbreed with nearby weeds, increasing their competitiveness, and may themselves become a `volunteer' weed in the following crop. The desired transgene can be coupled in tandem with genes that would render hybrid offspring or volunteer weeds less able to compete with crops, weeds and wild species. Genes that prevent seed shatter or secondary dormancy, or that dwarf the recipient could all be useful for mitigation and may have value to the crop. Many such genes have been isolated in the past few years.
Miller, HI
Science (Washington) [Science (Wash.)], vol. 284, no. 5419, pp. 1471-1472, 28 May 1999
Scientists around the world are using recombinant DNA techniques to improve plants. These transgenic plants can have enhanced resistance to pests, disease, drought, salinity, frost, and herbicides, as well as enhanced nutritional value, improved processing characteristics, and better teste. In 1998, they were cultivated on about 69.5 million acres. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for ensuring the safety and wholesomeness of the nation's food supply (except poultry and most meats). Most biotechnology-derived products are regulated under the agency's official policy on foods derived from new plant varieties, which applies irrespective of whether the plant arose by molecular or conventional methods. The policy elaborates a scientific and "transparent" (that is, clear and predictable) regulatory approach, mandating when consultations with the FDA are necessary, when labeling is required, and what information should be conveyed in labels. At a time when there are international debates regarding food labeling, it is useful to review the rationale behind the FDA approach.
Herrera-Estrella, L
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA], vol. 96, no. 11, pp. 5978-5981, 25 May 1999
Biotechnological applications, especially transgenic plants probably hold the most promise in augmenting agricultural production in the first decades of the next millennium. However, the application of these technologies to the agriculture of tropical regions where the largest areas of low productivity are located, and where they are most needed, remains a major challenge. In this paper, some of the important issues that need to be considered to ensure that plant biotechnology is effectively transferred to the developing world are discussed.
Current Opinion in Biotechnology [Curr. Opin. Biotechnol.], vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 203-208, Apr 1999
There is currently intense debate in parts of Europe about the commercial production of transgenic food crops. Information from the press and lobbying groups has not encouraged an informed and balanced consideration of the issues. In marked contrast, there is widespread acceptance of transgenic food crops in North America.
Chamberlain, D; Stewart, CN Jr*
Nature Biotechnology [Nat. Biotechnol.], vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 330-331, Apr 1999
Genetically modified (GM) food is big news at the moment, particularly in Europe. Hysteria seems to have gripped the British press (from the lowbrow tabloids to the highbrow broadsheets) in a furor of at least the magnitude of Salmonella in eggs and BSE in beef (food scares seem to be a special favorite of Fleet Street). Press releases appear weekly with descriptions of the latest anti-GM crop activities of groups like Greenpeace, who have, for instance, deposited 4 tons of GM soybeans on Tony Blair's doorstep, and filed a lawsuit against the EPA for approving transgenic plants carrying the Bacillus thuringiensis toxin (see http://www.greenpeace.org for details). The UK government is reappraising its stance on commercial growing of GM crops, and Monsanto was fined in Lincolnshire, England for failing to conduct proper field trials. Clearly, the use of transgenic technology - and the perceived threat of uncontrolled transgene spread - is a hot, organically produced, nontransgenic potato. In this issue, Scott and Wilkinson assess the probability of pollen-mediated movement of transgenes from transplastomic (rather than nuclear transgenic) Brassica napus to its wild relative Brassica rapa.
Nature Biotechnology [Nat. Biotechnol.], vol. 17, no. 2, 113, Feb 1999
Antibiotechnology Jeremiahs have long predicted that the industry would create something it couldn't control. Now it seems they were right. After insisting for years that their own recombinant DNA-manipulated crop and garden plants merited extraordinary government regulation, agricultural biotechnology companies are now having trouble persuading consumers that foods from these plants are safe and not fundamentally different from other foods.
Droege, M; Puehler, A*; Selbitschka, W
Journal of Biotechnology [J. Biotechnol.], vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 75-90, 17 Sep 1998
The transfer of genetic information between distantly or even unrelated organisms during evolution had been inferred from nucleotide sequence comparisons. These studies provided circumstantial evidence that in rare cases genes had been laterally transmitted amongst organisms of the domains bacteria, archaea and eukarya. Laboratory-based studies confirmed that the gene pools of the various domains of organisms are linked. Amongst the bacterial gene exchange mechanisms transduction, transformation and conjugation, the latter was identified as the mechanism with potentially the broadest host range of transfer. Previously, the issue of horizontal gene transfer has become important in the context of biosafety. Gene transfer studies carried out under more natural conditions such as in model ecosystems or in the environment established that all gene transfer mechanisms worked under these conditions. Moreover, environmental hot-spots were identified where favourable conditions such as nutrient enrichment increased the probability of genetic exchange among bacteria. In particular, the phytosphere was shown to provide conducive conditions for conjugative gene exchange. Concern has been expressed that transfer of recombinant DNA (e.g. antibiotic resistance genes) from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) such as transgenic plants to phytosphere bacteria may occur and thus contribute to the undesirable spread of antibiotic resistance determinants. Studies which were performed to address this issue clearly showed that such a transfer occurs, if at all, at extremely low frequency.
Ruibal-Mendieta, NL; Lints, FA
Transgenic Research [Transgen. Res.], vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 379-386, Sep 1998
Recombinant DNA technology offers opportunities to develop new products in many different fields, including agriculture and the agro-food area. Transgenic plants with improved agronomic traits currently grow in field trials and a few varieties have already reached the European market. By and large, new technologies raise both concerns and expectations and modern biotechnology is no exception. Indeed, a voluntary moratorium on experiments involving recombinant DNA molecules was called for in 1974. At the present time, although a majority of academic and industrial scientists agree that transgenic food crops pose no risk for the environment or human health, some others believe that certain applications of modern plant biotechnology are hazardous. In particular, deliberate releases of genetically modified plants are regarded as risky. There is also a disparity between expert and lay perception of r-DNA technology applications to food crops, which makes public information a difficult task. This paper aims at exposing these conflicting points of view on the agricultural applications of modern biotechnology. We also propose some recommendations pertaining to public information in Europe. It appears that consensus conferences might be a good approach to stimulate public information and public debate in Europe, although this approach has to be adapted to the cultural context of each country.
Daniell, H; Datta, R; Varma, S; Gray, S; Lee, Seung-Bum
Nature Biotechnology [Nat. Biotechnol.], vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 345-348, Apr 1998
Glyphosate is a potent herbicide. It works by competitive inhibition of the enzyme 5-enol-pyruvyl shikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS), which catalyzes an essential step in the aromatic amino acid biosynthetic pathway. We report the genetic engineering of herbicide resistance by stable integration of the petunia EPSPS gene into the tobacco chloroplast genome using the tobacco or universal vector. Southern blot analysis confirms stable integration of the EPSPS gene into all of the chloroplast genomes (5000-10,000 copies per cell) of transgenic plants. Seeds obtained after the first self-cross of transgenic plants germinated and grew normally in the presence of the selectable marker, whereas the control seedlings were bleached. While control plants were extremely sensitive to glyphosate, transgenic plants survived sprays of high concentrations of glyphosate. Chloroplast transformation provides containment of foreign genes because plastid transgenes are not transmitted by pollen. The escape of foreign genes via pollen is a serious environmental concern in nuclear transgenic plants because of the high rates of gene flow from crops to wild weedy relatives.
Bilang, R; Potrykus, I
Nature Biotechnology [Nat. Biotechnol.], vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 333-334, Apr 1998
Several traits engineered into agricultural crops require high-level expression of the newly introduced gene(s). Many transgenic plants never even reach the farmer because expression of the new trait is either not strong enough or insufficiently reliable. Plants with new genetic information inserted into every plastid instead of the nuclear genome - so-called transplastomic plants - promise to overcome this limitation because up to 10,000 copies of the transgene are present in each cell, leading to extraordinarily high levels of transgene products. In this issue, Daniell et al. demonstrate another advantage of transplastomic plants in agrobiotechnology - the biocontainment of newly introduced genes based on the lack of gene-flow through pollen.
Noteborn, H.P.J.M. ; Lommen, A.; Van Der Jagt, R.C.; Weseman, J.M.
Journal of Biotechnology (J. Biotechnol.), vol. 77, no. 1, pp. 103-114,Jan 2000
A common element in designed guidelines for assessment of the food safety of transgenic crops is centred on a comparative analytical analysis with conventionally bred crop plants, assuming that these products have a long history of safe use (i.e. OECD-principle of substantial equivalence). In this study we examine the utility of an off-line combination of 400 MHz proton (@u1H)-NMR spectroscopy and liquid chromatography (LC) for the multi-component comparison of low-molecular weight compounds (i.e. chemical fingerprinting) in complex plant matrices. The developed NMR-methodology can contribute to the demonstration of substantial equivalence by its ability to compare possible compositional alterations in a novel food crop with respect to related non-transgenic reference lines. In this respect a hierarchical approach is proposed by comparing the chemical fingerprints of the transgenic crop plant to those of: (1) isogenic parental or closely related lines bred at identical and multiple sites; (2) extended ranges of commercial varieties of that plant; and (3) downstream processing effects. This is of importance to assess the likelihood that some of the statistical differences in a transgenic crop plant may be false positives due to chance alone or arose from natural genetic and/or physiologic variations.