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Colonial Life has introduced a new group critical illness insurance and cancer plan that helps protect working Americans from the financial exposure that can result from a serious illness, such as cancer, heart attack or stroke. Group Critical Care 1.0 offers an innovative feature that pays an ongoing benefit for the extended treatment of cancer, in addition to the typical lump sum payment made after a diagnosis of cancer or a covered critical illness.
Critical illness coverage provides much-needed protection.
Today, most Americans are ill-prepared to pay for an unexpected medical situation, with 61 percent of workers living paycheck to paycheck 1 and half of all households saying they couldn't raise $2,000 within a month, if needed. 2 And with the average cost of a critical illness, including lost income, topping nearly $36,000 3, many people worry they're only one health crisis away from bankruptcy.
Critical illness insurance is designed to supplement major medical coverage by helping pay the direct and indirect costs associated with a specified critical illness or cancer.
"Many people assume their major medical insurance will cover everything if they suffer a heart attack or stroke or are diagnosed with cancer," says Randy Finn, assistant vice president of product development at Colonial Life. "They don't realize they're going to have a lot of expenses outside their major medical insurance, including nonmedical expenses, such as home modifications, caregivers, child care, income loss and everyday expenses. Critical illness insurance offers consumers an affordable way to minimize the financial risk associated with a serious illness." Colonial Life's new group critical illness and cancer plan offers many important features. Some key features of Colonial Life's new plan include the following:- Covers multiple conditions. The plan covers many conditions, such as heart attacks, cancer, strokes, coronary artery disease, major organ failure and transplants. A covered person receives a lump sum payment of $5,000 to $100,000 once they're diagnosed with any of these conditions. They can spend the money however they need to help with medical and non-medical expenses.
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- Optional building benefit rider. Individuals can purchase optional coverage that pays $1,000 every year benefits are not used, up to 10 years. A covered person receives this "building benefit" payment in addition to the lump sum payment received when first diagnosed with cancer or a covered critical illness.
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Spokane, WA - Marcus Greene launched a two-run home run, Eduard Pinto collected two more hits and Reed Garrett earned a win in his professional debut as the Spokane Indians topped Eugene Emeralds 6-4 on Caught Stealing Sweepstakes presented by Papa John's Pizza and Hot 96.9. The Indians are 4-0 for the first time since 1997.
Spokane faced its first deficit of the season as Eugene jumped on top 2-0 early. But a passed ball and a wild pitch scored Jamie Jarmon from second, Greene launched his first home run of the season to push the Indians ahead for good. Greene finished 1-for-3 raising his average to .250 on the season.
Fernando Vivili, who is highly touted for his raw power, showed Spokane a glimpse of what's to come. The Spokane first baseman missed a three-run shot by only a few feet after he blasted a single off the left field wall. Juremi Profar collected his first RBI of the season after he doubled to center field to score Pinto. Alberto Triunfel collected an RBI as well, his fourth of the year.
Garrett, making his professional debut, earned the victory after pitching five innings, allowing two runs and striking out five Emeralds. The Indians bullpen performed well, with John Fasola earning his first save of the season ending the game with a strikeout.
The Indians return home tomorrow, Tuesday, June 17th for the final game of the season-opening five-game series against the Emeralds. Tomorrow will be Taco Ball Toss presented by Taco Bell, 103.9 BOB FM and 790 The Eagle. Test your arm and support the Boys & Girls Club at the same time! Purchase "taco balls" during the game and throw them at targets on the field.
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MakeMusic has announced the release of Garritan Classic Pipe Organs, a new virtual pipe organ collection. This sound library features six historic instruments, each representing a specific school of organ building, ranging from early Baroque to Classical, through the Renaissance, Romantic and Modern eras.
"Classic Pipe Organs brings the power and grandeur of the pipe organ into any studio, place of worship, rehearsal room or home," said Gary Garritan, MakeMusic director of instrumental sciences. "It is ideally suited for every style of organ music, from early music repertoire to Bach, from lush romantic to post-modern music. What's more, every organ stop/combination in this collection can be freely mixed with those of other organs. Musicians can now add a wide array of majestic organ sounds to their tracks."
Included with Garritan Classic Pipe Organs is the ARIA Player (version 1.5) which now includes Convolution Sampled Reverb. With this technology, the sound of specific performance spaces can be captured and shared. Included are many sampled venues, from a small chapel to a cathedral, with a variety of concert halls and other acoustic spaces in between. Placing classic pipe organ sounds in these spaces produces "breathtaking sounds with unprecedented realism".
Classic Pipe Organs offers control over tremulants, blower noise, chiff noise, crescendo pedal, swell pedal, timbre, pedal bass and more. Scala file support allows users to play in the various temperaments of earlier historic eras.
"Composers can use this collection for inspiration, to capture creative ideas and to sketch organ arrangements quickly," said Justin Phillips, MakeMusic portfolio manager of notation and Garritan products. "Hobbyists can use it to add organ sounds to their tracks. Beginners, organ enthusiasts and music students can use it to learn, study and practice organ music at home. Church musicians—and indeed everyone—can enjoy these inspirational sounds that traditionally were limited to large budgets and even bigger spaces."
Classic Pipe Organs is designed to be a perfect addition to music notation-based programs, like Finale, as well as to all sequencers and digital audio workstations. Also included is a standalone ARIA Player which allows anyone to load and play back MIDI files and produce audio recordings of the MIDI file or live performances, without additional software. Formats include Standalone, Plug-in Audio Unit, VST, & RTAS.
Classic Pipe Organs is available as a download for a special, limited time price of $119.95. A boxed (DVD) version will be available soon for $169.95. Additional information, patch lists, audio sample files and much more can be found on the Classic Pipe Organs page at www.garritan.com.
There doesn't seem to be any way to ask a presales question to these guys without going to a lot of trouble of creating an account first. Does anyone know what kind of copy protection is used for this product. I don't mind a serial number or even native-instruments style licensing but I won't use any product that requires a dongle.
I just bought this. They issue a serial number, which you type into their website, and that creates a PNG image file which you download. You drag the image file onto the ARIA player, and that's it, you're registered. No dongle required.
If you want to ask questions, try the Time + Space website http://www.timespace.com They resell this product and seem to be quite responsive to email questions - they answered my questions quite quickly.
That's sweet. Thanks for letting me know. I'll pick up a copy of it later today when I'm at my computer.
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California: A good place to bee
Niño, based at UC Davis, is as busy as the proverbial worker bee during a colony's spring build up as she settles into her new position involving research, education and outreach.
"California is a good place to be," she said. "I just wish I could have brought some of that Pennsylvania rain with me to help out California's drought."
Her lab not only aims to conduct applied research that leads to practical solutions, but to alert the state's beekeepers about new research, and develop web-based educational tools. She writes the bimonthly newsletter, "from the UC apiaries." (See her newsletter section on her website, and see the archived editions by Eric Mussen on his website). In addition, she will be serving on various advisory boards to allow "us to guide decision making and legislation based on the most up to date scientific information."
Niño operates her field lab at Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology Road, west of the central campus. She also maintains a lab and office in Briggs Hall. Her aims: to conduct practical, problem-solving research projects; to support the state's beekeepers through research, extension and outreach; and to address beekeeper and industry concerns.
Niño, who studies honey bee biology, health, reproduction, pollination biology, insect ecology, evolution, genomics and chemical ecology, replaces Eric Mussen, who retired in June 30 after 38 years of service.
"Elina is a very accomplished scientist," said Mussen. "Her research involves the reproductive processes involved in queen bee mating, including the impacts of oviduct manipulation, insemination volume and insemination substances. The induced changes include measurable behavioral, physiological and molecular alterations that occur, including differences in behavioral interactions between queens and worker bees."
Niño has already met with many of the state's beekeepers, attended meetings of the California State Beekeepers' Association, the California Bee Breeders' Association, and the Almond Board of California, and charmed youngsters from the California School of the Blind, Fremont, who asked many questions about honey bees.
"I love meeting people," she said. She delights in answering questions, including those from inquisitive school children.
Some don't know that all worker bees are females, that they do all the work. They are fascinated with the queen bee, which can lay as many as 2,000 eggs a day during peak season. Once a youngster, thinking about the queen bee, asked: "What happened to the king?"
Bees are in a global decline due to pesticides, parasites, pests, malnutrition and stress. Niño says most people have heard of colony collapse disorder, and many know that the average beekeeper loses approximately 30 percent of the colonies each winter due to the combined effect of various pests, pathogens, environmental toxins, and poor nutrition.
"My research and extension goals are to provide stakeholders with practical tools that better equip them to confront these challenges. My primary research focus is to characterize biological factors that regulate honey bee queen reproduction. By better understanding these factors, we can improve the honey bee breeding protocols necessary for creating and maintaining resilient honey bee stock."
Elina Niño wasn't always so totally devoted to bees. Born and reared in Bosnia in Eastern Europe, Elina moved to the United States with plans to become a veterinarian. She obtained her bachelor's degree in animal science at Cornell University, but while there, enrolled in an entomology class on the recommendation of her advisor. "I was hooked," she recalled.
Following her graduation from Cornell in 2003, she received her master's degree in entomology from North Carolina State University and her doctorate in entomology from Pennsylvania State University. While at Penn State, she sought to add to her applied-research expertise and gain experience in basic research. She joined the honey bee lab of Christina Grozinger, who studies the genomics of chemical communication and collaborates with researcher David Tarpy on understanding queen bee post-mating changes.
After attending her first lab meeting, "I was hooked again!" Niño recalled.
She and her fellow researchers confirmed that carbon dioxide causes queens to stop attempting mating flights and helps them start producing eggs. They also found that instrumental insemination triggers changes in Dufour's gland pheromone. Understanding the regulation of reproductive processes can lead to better management practices for improved colony productivity and health, Niño said.
Niño is now settled in Davis with her husband, Bernardo Niño, a former senior research technologist in the Grozinger lab and now a staff research associate at the Laidlaw facility; their toddler son, Sebastian; and their dog, a Doberman named Zoe. Bernardo, who managed some 40 to 50 colonies at Penn State, received his bachelor's degree in biology from St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas; and his master's degree in entomology from North Carolina State University, Raleigh.
Elina is building up her research team, which includes Bernardo; and staff research associate Billy Synk and doctoral candidate W. Cameron Jasper of the Brian Johnson lab.
"We view ourselves as the liaison between the beekeepers and other relevant growers and the scientific community," Elina said. "We are continuing research on queen mating and reproduction, especially considering the importance of Northern California beekeepers for the queen rearing and bee breeding enterprises."
They will expand their work to include studies "crucial for supporting honey bee health." Current collaborate work includes examining the effects of Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus, Deformed Wing Virus and Nosema gene expression regulation and longevity in workers. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that underlie individual responses to specific honey bee pathogens, Elina said, "can lead to the implementation of appropriate beekeeping practices."
"In the near future, we plan to contribute to the general understanding of synergistic effects of pesticides on honey bee health and collaborate on research evaluating alternative Varroa mite control."
How would she describe herself? "Like a rock. I don't get easily disturbed. There's not a lot that fazes me. I find a way to figure out a problem and find a solution."
Now she and her "Bee" team--that is, Bernardo and Billy--are gearing up for their inaugural queen bee rearing short-course March 28-29 at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. She will continue teaching these short courses to beekeepers with basic bee experience who want to learn more about rearing queens.
Another pending activity: she'll be judging the California 4-H Honey Bee Essay Contest, "Planting for Bees from Backyards and Up" (http://preservationofhoneybees.org/essays). The contest closed Feb. 20.
Meanwhile, Niño has set up her lab's website at http://elninobeelab.ucdavis.edu/; a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/elninolab and has obtained an easy-to-remember email in the form of "el nino": email@example.com.
"California is a good place to be," she reiterated.
An initiative to enhance competitive and sustainable food systems is part of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Strategic Vision 2025.
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Elina Lastro Niño working a hive. (Photo courtesy of Elina Lastro Niño)
Teachers invited to learn about natural resources in the forest
"The goal of the Forestry Institute for Teachers, or FIT, is to provide K-12 teachers with knowledge, skills and tools to teach their students about forest ecology and forest resource management practices and introduce them to environmental education curriculum such as Project Learning Tree, Project WILD and California's Education and the Environment," said Mike De Lasaux, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Cooperative Extension advisor for Plumas and Sierra counties and a FIT instructor.
The program, which is in its 23rd year, brings teachers from rural and urban settings together with natural resources experts to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between forest ecosystems and human use of natural resources. The environment becomes the basis for learning in many subject areas, including environmental science, physical science, social science, biology, forestry and history.
"FIT gave me a lot of physical group activities and ideas for how to get to know a new group of people," said Renata Martin, who is a substitute teacher for grades 3 through 8 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
"Especially because I meet new kids every day, I've been able to use the lesson that we did around the campfire the first night with sharing important points in our lives as if they were tree cookies" or slices of a tree, said Martin.
FIT emphasizes California Department of Education Content Standards including Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards. Since 1993, more than 2,200 teachers have graduated from the program.
Using what they learn at the workshop, the participants conduct training for their colleagues and develop a forestry education project for their students during the school year.
Martin, who participated in FIT in 2014 in Plumas County, said she has adapted many of the lessons for her students based on their age, development and behavior.
Four 1-week FIT sessions are scheduled at four different locations: Plumas, Tuolumne, Shasta and Humboldt counties.
Two June sessions will be held at the University of California Forestry Camp, close to Quincy in Plumas County, and at Sierra Outdoor School near Sonora in Tuolumne County. The July sessions will be at Camp McCumber just east of Shingletown in Shasta County and at Humboldt State University in Arcata in Humboldt County.
The presenters and staff include public and private forest resource specialists and other natural resource managers, environmental activists and science and environmental education curriculum specialists. Groups are welcome to register as teams. There is an application fee of $25, but training, meals and lodging are free for first-time participants.
The deadline for applications is March 16. For more information and to apply, visit http://forestryinstitute.org or call the Forest Stewardship Helpline at (800) 783-8733.
The Forestry Institute for Teachers (FIT) workshop was developed by the Northern California Society of American Foresters, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Cooperative Extension, Shasta County Office of Education, The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and Project Learning Tree. The FIT Program is underwritten by a consortium of public and private sources.
An initiative to maintain and enhance sustainable natural ecosystems is part of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Strategic Vision 2025.
California black rail likes leaks
The rare bird species makes its home in marshes created in large part by leaky pipes, stock ponds, irrigation tailwater and unlined canals. Even the springs that support some habitat may rely on water flowing from leaky canals. In 1994, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources scientists found the small, red-eyed bird with the black breast and speckled black feathers at UC ANR's Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center. Since its discovery, a group of scientists have been exploring the effects of water management and climate change on the bird in Sutter, Butte and Yuba counties.
California black rails, which can be heard more often than seen, largely depend on humans and irrigated agriculture to provide the shallow flowing water they use for habitat.
With the help of UC ANR Cooperative Extension advisors Glenn Nader and Roger Ingram, Huntsinger conducted a survey of 1,000 landowners in the three counties.
Property owners responding to the survey said the primary reason for maintaining ponds and wetlands is to reduce wildfire risk, but they also like the birds and wildlife that are attracted by wet areas. However, Huntsinger worries that the "accidental wetlands" may dry up as the drought increases the pressure on people to conserve water by fixing leaks and replacing canals built during the 19th century Gold Rush with pipes.
Most of the farmers and ranchers buy water from a water district so Huntsinger sees working with water districts as a key to the sustainability of wetlands for wildlife.
More and more, she says, it seems that we are facing tradeoffs between "goods"— saving water is good and preserving wildlife habitat is good. "We need flexibility and adaptation rather than all or nothing choices. After all, we are creating the future landscape of California," Huntsinger said.
Huntsinger's study is just one facet of a California black rail study that involves scientists with different kinds of expertise.
Steve Beissinger, professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley, has been studying black rail behavior for years and continues to monitor how many sites in the Sierra foothills the small birds use as habitat.
Marm Kilpatrick, assistant professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Santa Cruz, studies how concern about mosquito-borne West Nile virus may affect landowners' decisions to maintain wetlands.
"It is a novel ecosystem, offering habitat engineered by people and their livestock that happens to offer the black rail what it needs," Huntsinger said. "We just don't know enough about conservation in this kind of situation. Managing traditional landscapes is common in Europe, but rare in the United States."
For more information about the California black rail, see the California Agriculture article "California black rails depend on irrigation-fed wetlands in the Sierra Nevada foothills."
Below, UC Berkeley graduate student Nathan Van Schmidt describes research at UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center on how the rails cope with drought, seasonal hydrology regimes, and the rescue effect.
An initiative to maintain and enhance sustainable natural ecosystems is part of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Strategic Vision 2025.
Organic farmers are counting on UC to control exotic Virginia creeper leafhoppers
"They lost too much income," said Glenn McGourty, a UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Cooperative Extension advisor in Lake and Mendocino counties. "They decided they were not going to risk their crop until there is a workable biological control solution to this new pest."
Meanwhile, other organic grape producers are hanging on to their organic certification and counting on UC ANR researchers to come through with a biological control option soon.
"Organic farmers are spending a couple hundred dollars per acre for organic pesticides," McGourty said. "They don't want to use them. It takes out beneficial insects and it doesn't even control Virginia creeper leafhopper very well."
Three leafhopper species are pests of California grapes. Western grape leafhopper is a native insect that's present throughout California north of the Tehachapi Mountains. Several natural enemies keep the pest in check most years. Variegated leafhopper migrated north from the Imperial Valley to Central California in the 1980s, and is established in Napa Valley and other valleys of Napa County. Virginia creeper leafhopper, a native of the northern Midwest, made its way to Northern California in the early 1980s. It migrated southward to the northern Sacramento Valley and Sierra foothills, and most recently was detected in Lake and Mendocino counties, where the population boomed.
"The farmers were devastated, especially financially," McGourty said. "Conventional growers had to begin spraying pesticides. Some organic vineyards were completely defoliated."
The leafhoppers' key natural enemies are fairyflies (Genus: Anagrus), among the tiniest flying insects in the world. Certain species of fairyflies attack certain species of leafhoppers. What has scientists perplexed at the moment is the fact that Virginia creeper leafhoppers' natural enemies are present in Mendocino and Lake counties, but they are failing to do their job.
Generally, fairyflies lay their eggs in leafhopper eggs, killing them. The fairyflies known to attack Virginia creeper leafhopper are successfully parasitizing the pest's eggs in Yolo County. However, the very same species of fairyfly is not recognizing Virginia creeper leafhopper eggs as a host in Mendocino and Lake counties.
The scientists believe that, in time, fairyflies in Lake and Mendocino counties will begin to parasitize Virginia creeper leafhopper eggs on their own. But, because of the severity of the situation to organic winegrape growers, they've hatched a plan to help out the natural enemies. This summer, they will be rounding up fairyflies in the Davis area – where they know how to attack Virginia creeper – and bring them to Lake and Mendocino county vineyards.
Beginning in April, Wilson will allow Mendocino area Virginia creeper leafhoppers to lay eggs on potted grapevines. The vines will be transported to Davis, where local fairyflies can parasitize the eggs. The plants will go back to the laboratory in Berkeley so scientists can rear populations of the parasitoids and later release them in Mendocino and Lake county vineyards.
"I just planted the grapevines this month," Wilson said. "When leafhoppers become active in the summer, we'll start monthly releases. We hope our efforts will take some of the pressure off winegrape farmers soon."
In addition to the work releasing natural enemies of Virginia creeper leafhopper, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources scientists are implementing an area-wide integrated pest management program in Mendocino and Lake counties. The program – a combination of biological, cultural and chemical controls for this pest – employs:
- Improved monitoring and mapping of Virginia creeper populations
- Cultural practices to reduce egg deposition in vineyards
- Earlier and coordinated pesticide applications (if a spray is necessary)
The Virginia creeper leafhopper pest control program is funded in part by the American Vineyard Foundation.
An initiative to manage endemic and invasive pests and diseases is part of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Strategic Vision 2025.
Insecticide use threatens onion seed production
Visitation by honeybees is the single most important factor for onion seed set in commercial fields, said Rachael Long, UC ANR Cooperative Extension farm advisor in Yolo County.
"The more honeybees that visited the onion flowers, the higher the seed yield," Long said.
If insecticides are applied repeatedly prior to onion bloom, honeybees were less likely to visit once the flowers opened up.
"If you spray three times in the spring before onion bloom, there was less honeybee activity during early bloom," Long said. "We weren't sure why. We didn't see any dead bees. Honeybees might be repelled by the insecticide because, if a spray took place close to bloom, their visitation was significantly reduced, but increased later during bloom, as if the insecticide affects wore off."
Yolo and Colusa county farmers play an important role in worldwide onion seed production. Many different varieties of onions are grown in the region to produce seed ideal for use on onion farms from Siberia to the equator and every latitude in between.
"Growing high quality onions in different areas around the world requires varieties specially adapted to a wide range of conditions, such as day length," Long said. "In our region, you'll see a tremendous diversity of onions being grown for seed – some short, some tall, some bloom early, others later. There's also all the red, yellow and white bulb variations."
George Weiss had been farming in Yolo County for more than 50 years when he noticed a mysterious decline in onion seed production in 2009. He paid a visit to the local UC ANR Cooperative Extension office.
"We grow onions for seed, and we weren't getting the seed yields we thought we should have," said Weiss, 80.
He spoke with Long, who immediately began collecting information on insecticide use on the Weiss and neighboring farms.
Onion seed companies and officials at the California Garlic and Onion Research Advisory Board also observed lower yields.
"We all noticed a decline in seed production over the years, but we couldn't put a finger on what was happening," said Bob Ehn, CEO of the California Garlic and Onion Research Advisory Board.
Long, Ehn and UC Davis entomology professor Neal Williams worked together to secure a $250,000 grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture Specialty Crops Block Grant program to solve the onion seed mystery. Ehn's board also provided funding for research.
The sharp decline in onion seed yields began when growers were dealing with a new disease, iris yellow spot virus. The virus is spread by tiny insects called onion thrips, so growers began applying insecticides in early spring to keep the pests from moving the damaging disease around the field.
Over three years, scientists collected extensive data on insecticide use, honeybee activity, soil moisture, pollen germination, and nectar production on 29 onion seed farms of 25 acres of more. They learned that three applications of insecticide in the spring resulted in less honey bee visitation, which can reduce yield given the importance of honeybees in crop pollination.
The data analysis also concluded that:
- If farmers sprayed insecticides too close to bloom, there was less pollen germination. Typically, when a bee transfers pollen from the male to female flower, the pollen germinates right away and begins to grow, but less so after insecticide use. "There might be some chemical interaction that prevents pollen from germinating. It's not a huge effect, but there's an impact," Long said.
- If the soil was too dry or too wet, nectar production in the onion flowers dropped way off, reducing honeybee activity and seed yields. "Honeybees need rewards," Long said. "Their visitation to flowers is based on the ability to collect nectar. If there is little to no nectar, they will just bypass the flowers and find another source of nectar."
- Fungicide use in onion fields did not impact honeybee activity.
- Pronounced effects of insecticides on pollinator behavior and seed set are more likely at rates of three sprays per year or more, however, even at reduced insecticide use, the researchers still saw the potential for subtle effects on both the pattern of honeybee visitation over time and the pollen-stigma interactions.
Ehn said the research furnished valuable information for California onion seed growers.
"We now know we have to be very careful about insecticide management prior to bloom time," Ehn said. "We have to be more strategic about insecticide planning and avoid it as much as possible."
Ehn said field research by Long, Williams and other UC ANR Cooperative Extension advisors and specialists is of critical importance to the California Garlic and Onion Research and Advisory Board.
"We are totally dependent on Cooperative Extension," Ehn said. "Our research with Cooperative Extension stretches from Imperial County up to Tule Lake (on the Oregon border). They are our strength and anchor to get research work done that we set as a priority."
Weiss said he highly values the research assistance from UC ANR Cooperative Extension.
"I can't pin it down in dollars and cents, but it all goes together with experience," Weiss said.
An initiative to enhance competitive and sustainable food systems is part of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Strategic Vision 2025.


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Beautiful idea but $32 on etsy + $10 s/h. I know that I can make this for about 2-3 bucks with a piece of barn wood, leftover kids blocks and some hooks. I don't care that much for the black blocks think that I would distress them in their natural colors
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- 3/4 cup olive oil
- 1 cup grated onion
- 1/2 boneless pork shoulder cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 3 lb. chicken cut into 8 pieces
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic
- 2 cups peeled, seeded and chopped tomatoes
- 2 bay leaves
- 4 sprigs fresh parsley
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon pulverized saffron
- 1/4 lb. sweet green peppers, seeded, deribbed and cut into thin strips
- 1/4 lb. green beans, trimmed and cut into 1 inch lengths or
- 9 ounces frozen artichoke hearts, thawed
- 12 mussels, well scrubbed
- 1/2 pound small clams, scrubbed, soaked in cold water 30 minutes
- 3 cups raw imported Spanish or Italian rice (or Uncle Ben's Converted)
- 7-oz. jar roasted red peppers, drained and cut into thin strips
- 1/2 shelled and deveined shrimp
- 1/4 pound fully cooked chorizo sausage, skinned and thinly sliced
- 2 lemons quartered
In a large casserole heat 1/3 cup olive oil and in it cook 1/2 cup grated onion for two minutes, stirring. Add the pork and chicken and saute for 5 minutes stirring. Then add garlic, tomatoes, herbs, salt, pepper and saffron. Cover and cook over medium heat about 25 minutes, stirring from time to time. Meanwhile, steam the mussels and clams in 1 cup water until they open, about 5 minutes. Discard any that do not open. Reserve the mussels, clams, and cooking liquor and discard the shells. Strain the liquor. Add the green peppers and green beans or artichokes to the casserole. Cook covered 5 to 10 minutes longer. Meanwhile, heat the remaining olive oil in a paella pan and cook the remaining 1/2 cup grated onion 1 minute. Add the rice and cook stirring until all the grains are coated, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the mussel and clam liquor plus 7 cups water to the casserole. Bring to the boil. Slowly pour the bubbling sauce over the rice. Then slide the remaining contents of the casserole evenly over the sizzling rice. Add the red peppers, shrimp, chorizo slices, mussels, and clams. Stir once. Cook uncovered over brisk heat until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Rotate and shake the pan from time to time to cook the rice evenly. Allow the contents to rest 5 minutes before serving. Serve directly from the pan with the lemon wedges. Paella was invented in southern Spain and originally consisted of rabbit, snails, and freshwater eels, was made over an open fire, and was eaten with raw wild scallions. The essential ingredient is saffron, Spanish, not Mexican. It should be dried on a plate over boiling water or (as I do), dried carefully in a microwave until the strands are brittle, then ground into a powder so that you do not lose a bit of the flavor.
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I'm Rei...makes perfect sense.
I am quiet and do keep to myself..so I accept this result.
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yeah... I was relieved when I got Rei... because I can relate to her...I am always quiet and tend to be cold to others when I don't realize it... and I am complicated to figure out even when you first get to know me... but when I got Shinji I was like "Why?!"
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I dont feel Im THAT quiet. I can be friendly and upspirited, or other times quiet and to my self and dont let people in. The test was a little difficult because most of the choices I fell under and couldnt decide the right ones that discribe me clearly.
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I guess I am a lot like her... ^^;;
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I got Rei. I don't think I'm much like her though.
I got shinji. His description kinda makes me look bad, huh?
Hmm, I didn't think I was that similar to him. Is this a good thing? Ah well, I accept this verdict in full stride.
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Hahaha,I got Ayanami Rei...
But the truth is - that character reminds me at myself every time I watch NGE...
So that may have been quite good answer - I am quiet,that's true/no one really,knows me-that's true,just few persons know me good/I am happy when I do what I am supposed to do,and when I'm being myself...
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hummmmm..., Ritsuko? me? well...perhaps :P
Im Kaworu..ok.........wtf...............thats not cool...i destroy the world..............NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I got Asuka!! I'm like the 2nd Asuka here
I was hoping for a Ritsuko or Misato...
But go on, Phil-102--tell me you saw that coming!
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We are the Hot Dog Men ^^^^^^
I got Touji Suzuhara. I tried retaking it and I got the same thing like 5 times. Well I guess I do have a temper....
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I took the test twice 'cause I couldn't decide on some questions and i got:
Hahaha I'm the two people who end the world and also my favorites of the 5 children.
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i seriously cant believe im pen-pen lol
I got Touji, sounds about right.
No power in the 'verse can stop me...
Heh, Rei. Pretty much as expected. It might have to do with being completely unfazed by pretty much everything, and not really caring about non-important things, but in these kind of tests I always seem to end up either Rei or Kaworu.
Oh, and do I detect a bit of antipathy towards shinji from the guy that made the test?
I got Kaworu Nagisa. ...Hmm, not too surprising I guess. He is one of my favorite characters. ^_^
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i got touji well i do have a big temper
we are the Dthanks nespa
I got rei
Which suprised me because I honestly had no idea... what i would get...
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never would have guessed....i got Kaworu Nagisa
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Rotting alone in solitude,
No one around,
And i fall straight to the ground,
And fall deeper and deeper,
And sink till i drown.
Wow...Kaworu surprised me. At least he was a nice guy before he ended humanity's existence.
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