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Nationwide, the public is divided about whether to legalize marijuana. "Legalize It" is a debate featuring two men at the forefront of the drug legalization discussion: Aaron Houston and Kevin Sabet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public.
Houston, co-founder of Marijuana Majority, is a nationally recognized expert on drug policy and marijuana law. He serves as a strategist for Ghost Group, a private equity company that owns marijuana-related technology companies. From 2005 to 2010, he served as the only full-time marijuana legalization lobbyist on Capitol Hill.
Sabet is a former, three-time White House drug policy adviser and the director of Smart Approaches to Marijuana. He is also the director of the Drug Policy Institute and an assistant professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Florida. He is the author of "Reefer Sanity: Seven Great Myths About Marijuana."
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Hieracium sartorianum var. lucanicum, a little known taxon described from Mt Sacro (Parco Nazionale del Cilento e Vallo di Diano, Prov. of Salerno, Campania, Italy), is reexamined. As a result it is reclassified as a subspecies to H. hypochoeroides. A new combination and lectotypification are made and a detailed description is given.]]>
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Leaf anatomical characters of twelve species from the genus Cyperus, a genus known to contain species with both C3 and C4 plants, have been investigated. We investigated and established the usefulness of all-inclusive functional leaf anatomical characters for identifying the photosynthetic pathways of these species. The species investigated were C. articulatus L., C. compressus L., C. difformis L., C. dilatatus Schum. & Thonn., C. distans L., C. esculentus L., C. haspan L., C. imbricatus Retz., C. iria L., C. rotundus L., C. sphacelatus Rottb. and C. tenuiculmis (Boeck.) Hooper, collected from locations in southwestern Nigeria. Standard anatomical procedures for examining epidermal and cross sections of leaves were employed. Our data suggested that a combination of characters, such as the occurrence of Kranz tissue, maximum cell distant count, maximum lateral cell count, interveinal distance, and to some extent leaf and mesophyll thickness, provide a reliable basis for the assessment of the photosynthetic pathways of the investigated species as compared to the isolated characters used previously. The study indicate that C. difformis and C. haspan are C3 species while the rest follow the C4 photosynthetic pathway. A salient feature of this study is the identification of C. dilatatus as belonging to the C4 group.]]>
Stellaria devendrae sp. nov. (Caryophyllaceae) is here described and illustrated from the Uttarakhand state of the Indian western Himalaya. It differs from the allied S. monosperma Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don and S. paniculata Edgew. in having sub-sessile, oblanceolate or obovate leaves with non amplexicaul, rounded to sub-auricled leaf base; an inflorescence of a terminal, regularly and simply branched panicle of cymes; larger flowers (5–8 mm across); 5-lobed floral disc; relatively larger sepals (4–7 mm long); petal lamina lobed for more than 1/2 to 4/5 of the lamina; filaments opposite sepals with prominent nectar glands at base; adjoining filaments not fused at base, and an inconspicuously reticulate-papillate seed surface.]]>
An extension of the austral distributional limit of Habenaria parviflora Lindl. and a new record for the orchid flora of Buenos Aires province is reported on the basis of specimens collected from the northwestern hills of the Tandilia System. Habenaria uruguayensis Garay is found to be a synonym of H. parviflora based on studies of original material, protologues and previous bibliography. A lectotype is designated for H. parviflora.]]>
We demonstrate that the controversial Parasenecio delphiniiphyllus (known from northeastern Yunnan and western Guizhou, China) is not conspecific with P. delphiniifolius (Japan) since these two species are readily distinguishable by inflorescence structure and involucre length, as well as in the length of anther tails and anther collars. The two species also have different chromosome numbers, 2n = 60 in P. delphiniiphyllus and 2n = 52 in P. delphiniifolius. Evidence from gross morphology, floral micro-morphology, cytology and geographical distribution strongly supports the independent specific status of P. delphiniiphyllus.]]>
Bulbophyllum huangshanense, a new species of orchid from Anhui, China, is described and illustrated. This new species is close to B. taeniophyllum with pseudo-bulbs closely spaced along the rhizome, leathery leaf, entire dorsal sepal, toothed petals, the lateral edges of lateral sepals connate and fleshy lip, but differs from the latter in having roots arising from the node with the pseudo-bulb, inflorescence much shorter than leaf, flowers pure yellow, lip mobile, and stelidia broadly triangular.]]>
The ability of taxa to cross/hybridize is useful information for plant systematists and breeders. Crossability reflects reproductive isolation and the biological species concept stresses the need for reproductive isolation between species to maintain morphological distincness. For plant breeders knowledge on crossing ability facilitate selection of taxa for character improvement breeding. In this study, the crossing relationships and chromosome numbers within and among Ugandan species of Solanum sect. Solanum is studied by making 800 crosses involving 246 combinations. Less than half of these combinations were successful, producing F1 offspring. All studied accessions are self-compatible and most accessions crossed readily with accessions of their own species. Interspecific crossings failed either to yield seeds, yielded F1 seeds that did not germinate, or resulted in F1s that did not have stainable pollen – implying a crossing barrier; or stainable pollen, but with chromosome numbers that indicated reproduction by apomixis. The results support the taxonomic treatment of Solanum based on classical, numerical and partly molecular evidences. The material studied represents eight Ugandan taxa: S. americanum, a diploid (2n = 2x = 24); five tetraploids (2n = 4x = 48) S. florulentum, S. memphiticum, S. tarderemotum, S. villosum ssp. villosum and S. villosum ssp. miniatum; and two hexaploids (2n = 6x = 72) S. scabrum subsp. scabrum and S. scabrum subsp. laevis. In addition to confirming the ploidy levels of the Ugandan accessions, the ploidy levels of S. florulentum, S. memphiticum and S. tarderemotum are reported for the first time. Non-Ugandan material of Solanum sarrachoides was found to be diploid. Knowledge of the crossing behaviour and ploidy levels in Solanum will facilitate breeding for character improvement in these important species that are used commonly as food and/or medicine in eastern Africa.]]>
A global taxonomic revision, lectotypifications and neotypifications of Centaurea L. sect. Microlophus (Cass.) DC. (Asteraceae) are presented. The recognized species, the relevant synonyms, type details, examined specimen lists, full descriptions and a taxonomic key are provided for this section. The geographic distribution of all the 9 species recognized is mapped. Centaurea alveicola Rech. f., C. rigida Banks & Sol. and C. polypodiifolia Boiss. var. szovitsiana (Boiss.) Wagenitz are reported as new to the flora of Iran.]]>
The size of Rhododendron sichotense seeds and exotesta cells from 20 populations were studied using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results of a correlation analysis showed that seed size depends on bioclimatic factors. As a species marker, we used the exotesta cell elongation coefficient. This characteristic was unresponsive to environmental variables, demonstrating its taxonomic significance. In the centre of the species range, the samples had an exotesta cell elongation coefficient that was typical for the species, but in samples from the far northern and southern parts of the range, where the distribution of R. sichotense meets that of of R. dauricum L. and R. mucronulatum Turcz., respectively, the value of the exotesta cell elongation coefficient was intermediate between these species. Therefore, the exotesta cell elongation coefficient can be recommended for use in the detection of hybridisation areas.]]>
We studied the effects of salt exposure on the growth and physiology of the xerohalophyte Kalidium foliatum. Plants were grown for 21 days under greenhouse conditions in the presence of between 0 and 500 mM NaCl. Optimum root activity and chlorophyll content were observed at 200 mM and 300 mM NaCl, respectively. Superoxide production increased with increasing NaCl concentration throughout the studied range. These results indicate that moderate salinity has a stimulating effect on the growth of K. foliatum. NaCl also induced leaf ultra-structural changes. The chloroplasts and cell nuclei all displayed an elliptic shape between 0 and 300 mM NaCl. However, they appeared to be swollen between 400 and 500 mM NaCl. The mitochondria were unaffected by salinity, and all organelles remained intact under NaCl stress. These results provide insights into the mechanism of salt tolerance in K. foliatum.]]>
Using light and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), comparative analyses of anatomical and micro-morphological characteristics of the leaf, stem and peduncle have been carried out on five species of the family Asteraceae (Aster amellus, Galatella linosyris, G. cana, G. sedifolia and Tripolium pannonicum), previously included in Aster although more recent morphological and phylogenetic studies indicate that Galatella and Tripolium should be considered as separate genera. The aim of the present study was to establish whether these species could be differentiated by anatomical characters. Our results will further inform the decision to separate the four aforementioned species from the genus Aster, as well as indicate whether anatomical data confirm the proposed circumscription of the genera Galatella and Tripolium. The anatomical observations and data analyses using discriminant and correspondence analysis showed that the combination of selected qualitative and quantitative characters separated the species into three groups, corresponding to the three genera. The characters of the leaf blade, its epidermis in particular, proved to be of the highest significance for discrimination at generic rank. The specific qualitative features that characterize each of the species and the genera were emphasized. Our findings support the attribution of the examined species to three genera, which proved to be anatomically distinguishable and well defined.]]>
A new species of Magnolia sect. Gwillimia DC., Magnoliaceae from Vietnam is described and illustrated. Magnolia tiepii is recognized from southern Vietnam, where it occurs in Khanh Vinh slope, Khanh Vinh District, Khanh Hoa Province. It is distinguished from the closely related M. henryi by having narrowly cuneate leaf blade, short petiole, stipular scar at the base of the leaf blade, short peduncle and ellipsoid fruit.]]>
This study examined morphological, anatomical and palynological characters for six species, two subspecies and two varieties of perennial Onobrychis growing in northeast Iran. In the morphological study, shape, size and color of vegetative organs and legumes were assessed. For the anatomical study, cross sections of mature fresh or dried stems, leaflets and petioles were prepared and stained. In the palynological study, pollen were extracted, acetolysed and observed by SEM. The morphological study indicated that some characteristics varied among species, such as shape of stipules and calyx teeth, color and shape of corolla segments and legumes and an identification key is provided based on these characters. Also, in internal structure some differences were noticed in the shape of petiole cross sections, the thickness of cortex and pith shape in petioles and the arrangement of vessels in stems. Some anatomical characters proved useful to identify species, but not sections. Palynological results showed circular and obtuse triangular pollen in polar view and elliptical pollen in equatorial view with reticulate ornamentation. In addition, a cluster analysis was done based on morphological, anatomical and palynological features. The resulting dendrogram confirmed the taxonomic treatment suggested by Sirjaev and Rechinger.]]>
A new species of the genus Microstylis, M. schneideri is described and illustrated based on Colombian material. The taxonomic affinities of the new species are briefly discussed.]]>
The diversity and distribution of the genus Tulipa in Uzbekistan are discussed; 34 taxa of Tulipa are recognized in Uzbekistan. The taxa were mapped using GIS software and their distributions were analyzed. Six species are endemic to the country. A national check-list of Tulipa was created based on the classification developed by Zonneveld (2009). 'Hot spot' areas of tulip diversity in Uzbekistan are western Tien-Shan (18 taxa), the western Pamir–Alay mountains (18 taxa) and the Turan lowland (5 taxa). An assessment of rare tulip species according to IUCN red list categories and criteria was performed for the first time for Uzbekistan. Evaluation of the latest classification of Tulipa clearly shows that further studies are required to arrive at a natural classification of the genus.]]>
During a floristic survey of the family Araceae in a sedimentary coastal plain in the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil, we found an unknown species with an intriguing combination of characteristics intermediate among Anthurium harrisii, A. intermedium, A. jilekii, A. riodocense and A. zeneidae. Herein, we describe and illustrate this novelity as Anthurium viridivinosum with a comparative analysis of characters that distinguishes it from similar species, and comments about its ecology, distribution and conservation.]]>
We determined the karyotypes of nine species of Lessingianthus, eight of which are here analyzed for the first time. The results include the first chromosome count for L. plantaginoides, which is tetraploid with 2n = 64. All species showed a high proportion of metacentric chromosomes combined with a lower proportion of submetacentric pairs. Only L. coriaceus had a subtelocentric chromosome pair. B chromosomes were observed in L. coriaceus and L. varroniifolius, which were subtelocentric. Differences among the karyotypes of the studied species were small, suggesting that karyotype diversity in the genus evolved by small changes in the structure of chromosomes. Karyotype features appear useful to distinguish Lessingianthus from the closely related genera Chrysolaena and Lepidaploa.]]>
A new species of Primulaceae, Primula hunanensis G. Hao, C. M. Hu & X. L. Yu, from Hunan, China, is described and illustrated. Based on its general morphology it clearly belongs to P. sect. Carolinella, characterized by the calyptrate capsules, but can be distinguished by its adaxially glabrous leaves which are much longer than the petioles, blade base broadly cuneate to subrounded, umbellate inflorescence, and glabrous pedicels and calyx.]]>
In this paper we present new synonyms and typifications in Erythroxylum sect. Rhabdophyllum: four taxa are synonymized, three of which at the specific level and one at the infraspecific one, and fourteen lectotypifications are made.]]>
Two new species of Microlicia from campos rupestres of Minas Gerais are described, illustrated and compared with their relatives. Microlicia crassa sp. nov. is similar to M. formosa, and M. maculata sp. nov. is similar to M. isophylla and M. tetrasticha. The trichomes covering both surfaces of the leaves of the two new species and their relative, M. isophylla may be characterized as sessile glands under a stereomicroscope, but anatomical studies revealed the presence of a short stalk. Microlicia crassa and M. maculata are assessed as "Endangered", according to the IUCN categories and criteria.]]>
Two new species of Begonia (Begoniaceae), B. baik and B. padawanensis, from Sarawak are described and illustrated. Begonia baik, a member of sect. Petermannia, resembles B. conipila, but is distinguishable by having glabrous ovary (vs sparsely hispid) and margins of bracts dentate and glandular hairy (vs entire). Begonia padawanensis (sect. Reichenheimia) is similar to B. andersonii, differing in the leaves being obtriangular-spatulate (vs orbicular) and having 5 pistillate flower tepals (vs 4). Both new species were discovered in a sandstone area in Padawan, Sarawak.]]>
Aspidistra laotica, A. multiflora, A. oviflora and A. semiaperta discovered recently are described and illustrated as species new to science. All novelties are local endemics of northern Vietnam and central Laos.]]>
Semi-natural grasslands, among them thin-soil calcareous grasslands (alvars), have great conservation value but have become increasingly rare in Europe. The main threat to alvar grasslands is the encroachment by juniper Juniperus communis and therefore it is usually removed during the restoration practice. Juniper can also be a host plant for many epiphytic lichens, but its role as a phorophyte is poorly known. We studied epiphytic lichen diversity on 126 junipers in 17 sites in western Estonia and found 140 lichenized taxa including several rare and red-listed species. Using indirect and direct multivariate analyses (DCA, pCCA) and general linear models we revealed that both habitat and phorophyte properties affect lichen assemblies on juniper. Lichen species richness per site showed a unimodal relationship with compound factors of site productivity and juniper characteristics (stem circumference and juniper width). Lichen species richness per phorophyte was increasing with its size and with the proportion of dead branches, and was twice higher in plate alvars than in ryhk alvars. Also, the species composition in plate alvars differed from ryhk alvars by having 42 characteristic lichen species in plate alvars vs three indicators of ryhk alvars. The composition of lichens was significantly influenced by encroachment of alvars, e.g. by high juniper cover and shrub layer height, as well as by the proportion of dead branches and stem circumference of juniper. We conclude that the epiphytic lichen assemblies on junipers are threatened by grassland encroachment similarly to ground layer lichen assemblies. We suggest that some old and scencent junipers should be preserved during the restoration of alvar grasslands.]]>
The paper supplements a taxonomic revision of the New World species of Pouzolzia by Wilmot-Dear and Friis in 1996 and a supplement in 2011 with an additional new species. Here another new species of Pouzolzia, P. saxophila Friis, Wilmot-Dear & A. K. Monro, is described from a restricted area of xerophytic scrub vegetation on rocky outcrops in the Boa Nova National Park, Bahia, Brazil. The new species is somewhat similar to P. pringlei, a Mexican endemic, and to P. amambaiensis from the Brazil–Paraguay border, but also to the widespread Asiatic P. zeylanica. However, the similarities with these species are probably due to adaptation to similar dry habitats on rocky outcrops.]]>
Eriocaulon vandaanamense (Eriocaulaceae), a new species from a marshy coastal area in the Alappuzha District, Kerala, India, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to E. truncatum and resembles it in having vertically elongated seed coat cells, but differs mainly in having pale black hoary floral bracts, 3-lobed hoary male sepals, linear-falcate, non-conduplicate hoary female sepals, and small, smooth, pale brown seeds without seed coat appendages.]]>
The phenology of the herbaceous fern Didymochlaena truncatula in a Brazilian submontane tropical rainforest is described. A total of 23 individuals were observed over 18 months (May 2012 to October 2013). The number of live leaves, leaf production, leaf mortality, leaf growth, and fertility were recorded monthly and correlated with local rainfall and temperature. The D. truncatula plants remained evergreen with a monthly mean of 6.49 ± 0.75 leaves that were produced almost continuously at a rate of 6.13 ± 1.46 leaves plant−1 year−1. This rate was higher than the leaf mortality rate, which was 4.61 ± 1.27 leaves plant−1 year−1. Monthly leaf growth of the population was correlated with rainfall. Leaf expansion was fastest in the first month after emergence (1.31 ± 1.03 cm day−1). Fertility and leaf production intensity were not correlated with climate factors or seasonal variations. However, leaf mortality was negatively correlated with rainfall, causing variations in the number of leaves throughout the year. These results show that the phenological rhythms of D. truncatula were not equally influenced by climate variations. The phenology of D. truncatula corresponds to the phenology of a small number of aseasonal tropical ferns.]]>
A new species of Gesneriaceae, Primulina duanensis Fang Wen & S. L. Huang is described and illustrated from Guangxi, China. It differs from P. ronganensis (D. Fang & Y. G. Wei) Mich. Möller & A. Weber in having broadly lanceolate bracts, being 1–3-flowered and possessing hairs on the upper part of the anthers where connected with the filaments; from P. sclerophylla (W. T. Wang) Yan Liu in having narrowly ovate to ovate leaf blade, leaf blade margin interrupted shallowly crenate, broadly lanceolate bracts, being 1–3-flowered and possessing hairs on the upper part of the anthers where connected with the filaments; from P. shouchengensis (Z. Y. Li) Z. Y. Li in having narrowly ovate to ovate leaf blade, leaf blade margin interrupted shallowly crenate, broadly lanceolate bracts and possessing hairs on the upper part of the anthers where connected with the filaments.]]>
Batatasin-III (3,3-dihydroxy-5-methoxybibenzyl) is a phenolic compound associated with the allelopathic effect of the evergreen dwarf shrub Empetrum nigrum, and has been referred to as the causal factor for the species being successful in dominating extensive ecosystems. Yet, only a few plant species have been tested for their response to batatasin-III, and little is known about whether environmental factors modify this allelopathic effect. In this study, we tested the inhibitory effect of purified batatasin-III through bioassays on 24 vascular plant species and, for certain species, we tested if this effect depended on growth substrate (mineral vs organic substrate), pH, and fertilization. Moreover, we tested if batatasin-III predicted the allelopathic effect of E. nigrum by analyzing the inhibitory effect of E. nigrum leaves and humus in relation to their batatasin-III content. Our results confirmed batatasin-III as a stable compound capable of inhibiting germination and/or mean root elongation in all of the tested species, but this effect was modified by growth substrate. Surprisingly, the measured batatasin-III content of E. nigrum leaves (mean value 19.7 ± 10.8 (SE) mg g−1) and humus (mean value of 1 ± 1.5 (SE) μg g−1) did not predict the inhibitory effect on mean root elongation. Although batatasin-III was found to be phytotoxic to all the tested species, we conclude that this substance alone should not be used as a proxy for the allelopathic effect of E. nigrum.]]>
Palhinhaea divaricata B. Øllg., Palhinhaea lugubris B. Øllg., Palhinhaea pseudocurvata B. Øllg., Palhinhaea reflexifolia B. Øllg., Phlegmariurus ciliatospiculatus B. Øllg. and Phlegmariurus luteynii B. Øllg. are described as new to science. Diphasium lawessonianum (B. Øllg.) B. Øllg. is a new combination, based on Lycopodium lawessonianum B. Øllg. Three subfamilies of the Lycopodiaceae: Huperzioideae, Lycopodielloideae and Lycopodioideae, first used by Wagner and Beitel (1992), are validated.]]>
The new species Mollugo brasiliensis Thulin & Harley, a perennial viscous herb with 6–8 stamens, few-seeded capsules and tuberculate seeds, is described from eastern Brazil. It is compared primarily with the two other native members of Molluginaceae previously known from Brazil, M. verticillata L. and Glischrothamnus ulei Pilger.]]>
Most mistletoe–host ecophysiological studies have paid attention to the influence of parasites on host performance. This paper explored the impact of varying hosts on the photosynthesis of a single mistletoe species. Here, we studied an obligate xylem-tapping tropical mistletoe (Dendrophthoe curvata (Blume) Miquel) parasitizing four different hosts (Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunn. Ex Benth, Andira inermis (W. Wright) DC., Mangifera indica L. and Vitex pinnata L.) in a homo geneous tropical heath forest patch in Brunei Darussalam. We compared photosynthetic capacity and photosynthesis-related characteristics of the mistletoe on four different hosts to evaluate the overall impact of hosts on the parasite. Results showed that the mistletoe–host patterns of CO2 assimilation rates, transpiration rates and water use efficiency varied significantly based on the host. In the D. curvata–Vitex pinnata association, the mistletoe exhibited significantly lower CO2 assimilation rates but showed no significant variations in transpiration rates and water use efficiency when compared to the host. In D. curvata–Andira inermis and D. curvata–Mangifera indica associations, the mistletoe showed significantly higher photosynthetic rates than the hosts, whereas in the D. curvata–Acacia auriculiformis association, there was no significant difference in photosynthetic rates between the counterparts. Host specificity also significantly influenced some mistletoe photosynthetic parameters such as light saturated photosynthesis, specific leaf area, leaf chlorophyll content, CO2 assimilation rates, stomatal conductance, transpiration rates and water use efficiency. Different tree hosts intrinsically offer different resources to their obligate mistletoe parasites based on their physiology and environmental parameters. We argue that host-specific responses have driven these intra-specific variations in mistletoe physiology. This study provides background for future investigation on potential host-regulated mechanisms that drive functional changes in host-dependent mistletoes.]]>
Impatiens shimianensis Q. Luo (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Shimian county in southwestern Sichuan province, China, is reported and its morphological characteristics are described and illustrated. Pollen grain morphology and seeds under SEM are also described. The new species is somewhat similar to I. bahanensis, I. brachycentra, I. laxiflora, I. parviflora and I. racemosa, but differs mainly by having leaf blades with white short stiff adpressed hairs; basal lobes of lateral united petals triangular, distal lobes lanceolate; and lower sepal salver-shaped. The distinguishing characters for these six Impatiens species are given in a table.]]>
A new species of Clausena, C. agasthyamalayana is described and illustrated from the southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India. It is similar to C. indica but differs from it being of dwarf habit, and having greenish–black bark, smaller and fewer leaflets, obovate and coriaceous leaves with obtuse or emarginated apex, elliptic and obtuse petals, oblong-cordate anthers, consistently 4-locular ovary with 2 ovules in each chamber and ellipsoid fruits.]]>
The genus Ferula L., with 180–185 species, is one of the largest genera of the Umbelliferae (Apiaceae). It is distributed in the ancient Mediterranean florogenetic area extending from Macaronesia, northeast Africa and the Iberian Peninsula to middle Asia, China and western Himalaya. One hundred and seventy-five species occur in Asia; the biodiversity centers being in central Asia, Iran and Afghanistan. The presently adopted classification of Ferula by E. P. Korovin is based on leaf, synflorescence, flower and fruit morphology, as well as some ecological considerations. Among fruit anatomical characters only the number of vittae (secretory ducts) was used to divide Ferula into six subgenera, one of which is Merwia. Fruit anatomy and morphology will be useful for a taxonomic revision of Ferula. In the present study, free-hand and microtome sections of mericarps were studied with light microscopy, and fruit surfaces with SEM. Twenty-two species, attributed to the subgenus Merwia as well as Ferula ghorana, were studied for the first time. The species differ from one another in the presence/absence of an indumentum, hair morphology and surface structure, position and number of vittae and vascular bundles, degree of development of marginal ribs, the presence or absence in the mesocarp of an outer collenchymatous layer and an inner mechanical layer. The studied species were divided into six carpological groups. The results suggest that the subgenus is not a natural monophyletic taxon. It is suggested that the name Merwia should be reserved for a small section which includes Ferula litwinowiana and the closest desert species, while other species of Merwia may be classified in several oligotypic sections. Ferula decurrens and F. mogoltavica have erroneously been regarded as having an affinity with F. litwinowiana.]]>
Based on morphological and palynological comparisons, three names, viz., Glochidion mishmiense Hook. f., G. pseudo-obscurum Pamp., and G. rubidulum Chin are reinstated. The three names have previously been reduced to synonymy of G. zeylanicum var. tomentosum (Dalzell) Trimen, G. puberum (L.) Hutch., and G. thomsonii (Muell. Arg.) Hook. f., respectively. Floral morphological characters of G. mishmiense are described here for the first time. In addition, G. mishmiense and G. pseudo-obscurum are lectotypified, and G. mishmiense is newly recorded in China, while the record of G. thomsonii in China is rejected.]]>
Species distribution modeling has been widely used to address questions related to ecology, biogeography and species conservation on global and regional scales. Here, we study palms (Arecaceae) in a tropical biodiversity hotspot (Thailand) using species distribution modeling to assess range-limiting factors and estimate distribution and diversity patterns based on a comprehensive compilation of occurrence records. We focused on palms as a model group due to their key-stone importance for ecosystem functioning and socio-economics. Different combinations of climatic, non-climatic environmental and spatial predictors were used. The most accurate models as indicated by the 'area under the receiver operating characteristic curve' (AUC) statistic were those that combined all predictors. The four strongest single predictors of palm species distributions were, in decreasing order of importance, 1) latitude, 2) precipitation of driest quarter, 3) annual precipitation, and 4) minimum temperature of the coldest month, suggesting rainfall patterns and latitudinal spatial constraints as the main range determinants. Overlaying the predicted distributions revealed that potential palm hotspots are situated in the provinces of Satun and Yala in southern Thailand where vast areas remain relatively open to the discovery of new palm records and perhaps even new species.]]>
Eleven native Taraxacum species from Norden are described as new: T. acutilimbatum, T. frondatum, T. latulum, T. thorvaldii, T. wendtii and T. wessbergii (all in T. sect. Erythrosperma), T. danicum (sect. Palustria), T. conspersum and T. lentiginosum (sect. Naevosa), T. pietii-oosterveldii (sect. Celtica) and T. ovillum (sect. Spectabilia). They are compared with morphologically similar species, and their ecological preferences are outlined. Known distribution areas and lists of paratypes are given. Taraxacum polyschistum Dahlst. forma oelandicum G. E. Haglund (sect. Erythrosperma) is given status of species.]]>
The new species Roella divina is described and illustrated. It belongs in R. ser. Muscosae Adamson and is closely similar to R. uncinata Cupido. R. divina is only known from mountains in the Hottentots Holland range in the Western Cape, South Africa, where it was first collected in 1916. A distribution map and conservation assessment are provided.]]>
Glochidion kingii M. V. Ramana, Sanjappa, Venu & Alok Chorghe, a new species from the scrub forests of North Andaman Islands, is described and illustrated. Its morphological similarities/dissimilarities in relation to G. rubrum Blume from the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra is discussed and information about the distribution and conservation status for the new species is provided.]]>
A new species Oberonia manipurensis Chowlu, Nanda, A. N. Rao, Angela, Bishwajit & Akimpou sp. nov. (Orchidaceae) is described from Manipur, India. It is closely allied to O. pachyphylla King & Pantl. but differs in longer inflorescence, bilaterally flattened to terete leaves, entire bract, subserrate petals and anther cap with obtuse front margin. The species is described in detail and illustrated with a colour plate. The chromosome number for the species is also reported: 2n = 36.]]>
Bellevalia chrisii Yıldırım & B. Şahin (Asparagaceae) is described and illustrated as a new species from the Malatya province in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Diagnostic morphological characters, a full description and detailed illustrations are provided on the basis of the type specimen and observations of wild populations. It is morphologically similar to B. rixii and B. crassa but is easily differentiated from both by more numerous and wider leaves, more numerous flowers, less dense fruiting raceme, longer fruiting pedicel and by the shape of the capsule. Moreover, it differs from B. crassa by crimson purple perigone and violaceous anthers. Also, it displays some similarities with B. glauca and has previously been confused with it, although it can be easily distinguished by several morphological features.The conservation status, a distribution map and notes on the biogeography and ecology of B. chrisii are provided.]]>
Rhus coriaria var. zebaria from Duhok/Aqrae, Kurdistan, Iraq is described as a variety new to science. Field expeditions started in spring 2011, continued during 2012 and 2013 with the aim of collecting sumac specimens from different physiographic regions of Kurdistan, Iraq. A total of ten plants for each variety were sampled. An equal number of tagged herbarium specimens were prepared. The holotype was designated and deposited together with other herbarium specimens in the herbarium of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Univ. of Duhok. Morphological characters of the leaf, inflorescence, flowers, infructescence, and fruit were studied. The pH value of the pericarp in addition to the hilum length was measured. Results were compared with Rhus coriaria L. var. coriaria. The most distinctive feature of the new variety is the dull whitish brown color of the drupe pericarp of var. zebaria as compared to the reddish brown color of the drupe pericarp of var. coriaria. The whitish color of the drupes of var. zebaria, in combination with their larger size, represents diagnostic characters for distinguishing this variety. In contrast, most leaf characters are of little or no taxonomic value in this species. Only shape, apex and marginal teeths of the leaflets show minor differences for separating the two varieties. Female and male inflorescences and flowers characters show no significant differences. Both hilum length and pH value characters may be useful for taxonomic application if mean values are taken in consideration.]]>
In the framework of a revision of Turkish Dianthus, specimens collected from Kızıldağ (Derebucak, Konya) are described as a new species. The new species is named as Dianthus serpentinus Hamzaoğlu sp. nov., and a description, images, chorology and ecology, and threat category are given. It is compared with the closely related D. acrochlorus, based on its general morphology and seed micromorphology. In addition, the phylogenetic relationship among the closely related species, some Dianthus species belonging to section Dentati from Turkey, D. serpentinus and 14 additional Dianthus species obtained from GenBank are investigated based on DNA sequence data from the nuclear ribosomal internally transcribed spacer region. The results obtained from the molecular analyses supports the morphological data.]]>
A new species, Hoya hanhiae V. T. Pham et Aver. discovered in central Vietnam is described, illustrated and compared with the related species H. macrophylla Bl. and H. verticillata (Vahl) G. Don.]]>
Didymocarpus tonghaiensis J. M. Li & F. S. Wang sp. nov. from Yunnan, China, is illustrated and described. It is morphologically similar to D. stenanthos C. B. Clarke, but differs by having a densely glandular peduncle, 5-lobed calyx with lobes that are free to the base, larger corolla, anther with white woolly hairs and a densely glandular-hairy capsule.]]>
Bupleurum shanianum X. G. Ma & X. J. He, previously recognized in China as B. gracillimum, is proposed here as a new species. This new species and B. gracillimum differ in many morphological characters (flowering stem position, bract size, number of flowers per umbellule) and have non-overlapping distribution ranges. Bupleurum shanianum is most similar to B. yunnanense Franch., but the new species has shorter cauline leaves, and umbellules usually with 4 bracteoles and 3–6(–9) flowers. Bupleurum shanianum is known from eastern Himalayas to western Sichuan.]]>
Vaccinium damingshanense (Ericaceae), a new species from Daming Mountain, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China is described, illustrated and placed in a new key for the identification of species of V. sect. Eococcus Sleumer in China. The new species is similar to V. carlesii Dunn, but differs in leaf shape, leaf margin character and details of anther thecae. Information on its distribution and ecology is also provided.]]>
Spiradiclis glandulosa L. Wu & Q. R. Liu, a new species from limestone areas in southern China, is described and illustrated here. This new species is similar to S. umbelliformis, but can be distinguished from the latter mainly by its abaxial leaf blade with densely set yellow glandule-like spots (vs abaxially pilosulous), calyx lobes oblong-laceolate, ca 4–6 mm long (vs ovate-triangular, ca 0.6 mm), corolla tube inside densely pubescent above the middle and onto lobes in both forms (vs inside with villous ring above base), and capsules villosulous (vs glabrescent).]]>
The catalogue of extinct plants in Spain, comprising 27 taxa is updated. Included are four species not previously classified as extinct in Spain: Cyclamen purpurascens, Grammitis quaerenda, Stratiotes aloides and Vallisneria spiralis. We analyze the causes of extinction and explore the possible influence of botanical collections in species loss. The obtained data suggest that habitat loss has been the main cause of extinction and the impact of collecting is demonstrated to be irrelevant. We list the 21 species that have been designated as extinct in previous catalogues but which no longer have that status, 14 of them having been recovered thanks to botanical exploration and collection works.]]>
Rare inland halophytic vegetation including the associations Salicornietum prostratae, Spergulario marginatae-Suaedetum prostratae, Puccinellietum limosae, com. Puccinellietum limosae – a variant of Aster tripolium subsp. pannonicus and Astero pannonici-Bolboschoenetum compacti have been found on 3 localities in the Drohobych region of western Ukraine. These are isolated ('island') localities, almost unknown until today. Halophytes grew there on salted sites in the vicinity of the old salt industry. Species of halophytes previously not known from this region were discovered: Aster tripolium subsp. pannonicus, Bolboschoenus maritimus, Gypsophila paniculata, Limonium gmelinii, Lotus tenuis, Puccinellia distans, Sonchus palustris, Suaeda prostrata, Trifolium fragiferum var. bonannii, Triglochin maritima, Typha laxmannii and Zannichellia palustris subsp. pedicellata. The occurence of these plants strictly depends on the presence of salt in the soil and they are endangered by shrinkage of salted sites following the termination of the salt industry in Drohobych region.]]>
The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA) is one of the most used molecular characters in plant systematics. Our previous studies based on morphological analysis and ITS sequence variation suggested that Malus toringoides (Rehd.) Hughes is derived from hybridization between M. transitoria (Batal.) Schneid. and M. kansuensis (Batal.) Schneid. To further understand the variation pattern of ITS sequences in M. toringoides, and to elucidate the evolutionary processes that affect ITS sequence variation after hybridization, we sampled 99 accessions from multiple populations of the hybrid and parental species, and then obtained totally 254 ITS sequences by cloning and sequencing. Our ITS variation data demonstrates three outcomes of ITS repeats after hybrid speciation. ∼ 27–41% of M. toringoides have only M. transitoria type ITS sequence, ∼ 40–70% have M. transitoria type ITS sequence plus one or two chimeric ITS sequences generated by recombination between parental ITS sequences, and six accessions retain both parental type ITS sequences. The plausible evolutionary processes that created the observed ITS variations were inferred to be the joint actions of recombination, concerted evolution, pseudogenization and backcrossing. Our study provides further understandings of the variation model of ITS repeats after hybridization as well as the evolution of M. toringoides after its hybrid speciation.]]>
Chromosome numbers from a total number of 226 populations of Allium oleraceum were determined in Finland, Sweden and seven other countries. Two different chromosome numbers or cytotypes were found, tetraploids (2n = 32) and pentaploids (2n = 40).
In Finland, samples were collected for chromosome counts from a total of 190 populations, which fairly well covers the distribution area of the species in Finland. The majority of the populations of A. oleraceum in Finland contained only one of the two cytotypes. A clear pattern in the geographical distribution of the cytotypes could be distinguished. The pentaploid cytotype predominates in the Åland Islands and in the archipelago of Regio aboënsis. The tetraploid cytotype predominates on the mainland of the Regio aboënsis and along the coast of the Nylandia. In south Häme, all studied native populations were of the tetraploid cytotype. Of all the studied populations in Finland 43.7% were tetraploid and 51.6% pentaploid. A few mixed populations with both tetraploid and pentaploid plants occurring in the same population were also found (4.7%).
The chromosome numbers of 19 populations of A. oleraceum from the southern part of Sweden were pentaploids, with the exception of one tetraploid population. It seems that the pentaploid cytotype is predominant in Sweden, but no conclusions about a geographical pattern between the two cytotypes could be drawn.
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Two Well Priced Late Model Vacqueyras
I happened upon a couple of bottles of Vacqueyras of the good QPR (quality-price-ratio) variety in the last few weeks, from unlikely sources, no less. This link takes you to what may or may not be our very first report on the wines from this southern Rhône appellation, posted back in about '97 or '98; whatever the case, it demonstrates that we've been fans for a quite a while now. Unfortunately, many of the bottlings we loved so much back then have seen gradual price hikes over the years, so we don't buy them as often as we used to; Domaine le Sang des Cailloux comes to mind right away. These two new ones are by no means among the best Vacqueyras we've had, but they certainly are solid, well-made wines at reasonable prices that we'll be happy to drink now and over the next several years.
2010 Les Hauts de Castellas Vacqueyras, 70% Grenache, 25% Syrah, 5% Mourvedre, 14% alc., $13.59: Deep dark garnet color; faint nose initially, giving just a whiff of earthy, brambly black fruit, which echoes and expands on the palate with plenty more of the same. No international mess this, but a traditionally made Vacqueyras the way we like 'em. Brawny, full bodied and well-structured, yet balanced and not at all over-extracted, with tannins that clamp down some on the finish. It's a solid QPR value, and we picked up several more of these to put down for at least a few years, as it's at least a 10-year wine. We're getting this one at our local Costco. Find this wine
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2011 Caves Saint-Pierre Vacqueyras, 11-14% alc., $12.99: Clean, dark color, fading at the rim; the earthy, dusty black fruit nose fleshes out on the palate to reveal a nice core of black plum, blackberry and black currant-like character shaded with some iron and mineral. Full bodied and structured for at least 3-5 years of development, this performs yeoman's service and more, offering solid quality and good value for the price. It opens nicely with some air, but shows a little heat, suggesting that it's closer to the top than the bottom of the 11-14% abv listed on the back label. The best Rhône we've found in ages at our local Trader Joe's. Find this wine
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Interviews with 'Top Jews In Sports'- Eliezer Sherbatov
Day 8 features Israeli-born Canadian hockey player Sherbatov
By: Sammy Hudes
Published: September 9th, 2011 in Culture » Society » Interviews
After the success of both our Top Jewish Artists and Top Jewish Models series, we have decided to bring you "Top Jews In Sports". Over the next couple weeks, a new sports figure will be featured each day.
Since the previous format of asking all participants the same questions was so popular, we have decided to carry that over to this feature as well. Enjoy.
Eliezer Sherbatov, 19, is an Israeli-born hockey player just coming off his junior career in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, one of the three CHL leagues. After moving to Israel from Russia, the Sherbatov family left their home in Rehovot and immigrated to Canada when Sherbatov was just two years old, settling in Montreal. At age six, Sherbatov learned to skate from his mother, who he describes as a pioneer of power skating in Canada. He was playing hockey by seven and grew up idolizing Sergei Federov, Pavel Datsyuk, Pavel Bure and Alexei Kovalev, all Russian-born players.
By the time he was just 13 years old, Sherbatov was representing Israel at the World under-18 Hockey Championship in Bulgaria at the Division III level. Soon after, Sherbatov suffered a scary leg injury that kept him out of hockey for nearly three years, and required three surgeries to repair his nerve. He returned to the Israeli national under-18 team in 2008, and made the jump to the senior team in 2010, which competed at the Division II level of the World Championships. In 2009-10, the 5-foot-7 left winger began playing for Montreal Juniors in QMJHL, putting up 30 points in 62 games. The following season, he split time with the Juniors and the Baie-Comeau Drakkar and scored 15 points in 58 games.While playing for Israel in 2011, Sherbatov became a Youtube sensation when he scored what TSN called, the fourth most creative hockey goal ever, during a game against Greece. Sherbatov says that he takes great pride in competing for Israel internationally and will continue to do so as long as he is playing hockey. Next year, Sherbatov will compete for the Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne in the Magnus league . He says that his ultimate goal is to eventually make the NHL.
Sammy Hudes (SH): Was there a moment when you realized this would be a career instead of a hobby or passion?
Eliezer Sherbatov (ES): I knew it when I was around atom or peewee (approximately 10 to 12 years old) and I stopped scoring in Quebec. I knew that I could make something out of hockey and make a career out of it.
SH: In your weak moments, what food item do you allow yourself to pig out on?
ES: I really like pizza.
SH: When you're not working, what do you enjoy doing?
ES: My brothers have their own mixed martial arts (MMA) school called the Sherbatov MMA Centre and I've been doing MMA for about 13 to 14 years. I do that at their gym and this is my favourite hobby. I just go there and train. I do boxing, muay thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and wrestling. I do MMA and I really love it. I always do it. During the summer I train as a fighter. I do a lot of classes and it helps me a lot for my hockey. It's the best training.
SH: What's your favourite movie?
ES: King Arthur and You Don't Mess with the Zohan
SH: Band?
ES: Joe Dassin, the old Jewish French singer.
SH: Book?
ES: Les Enfants du Capitain Grant (In Search of the Castaways), by Jules Verne.
SH: TV Show?
ES: Two and a Half Men with Charlie Sheen and One Tree Hill.
SH: Gadget?
ES: My iPhone 4. Me and my iPhone 4 are one. I'm always on it. It's the best phone. All the games, everything. I get off everything when I'm on it.
SH: Was there ever a moment when you wanted to switch careers? If so, what career would you have chosen?
ES: Yes, I thought that I would never play hockey again when I got injured and didn't play hockey for two and a half to three years (two years of bantam and one year of midget). I thought that I would never play again because that's what the doctor said. But I never gave up and I started training after my operations. It was really the will that I had. I always wanted to play hockey and with my training and my efforts, now I'm good to go. But if I had switched careers, I would have finished my university and done schmatta business with the family.
SH: What do you regard as your biggest achievement?
ES: It's that I surpassed a lot of negatives outside of me and all the let downs. I did a lot. I was the best scorer in Quebec and the third best in Midget AAA Quebec. We all know this. But what I'm proud of is the most important thing. Even this year, I was let down so much. The two coaches from Montreal and Baie-Comeau didn't let me play as I should have and I never let go. I never stopped and never thought that I was done. I kept training three times harder and what I'm most proud of is that I surpassed the downfall so now I can go ever higher. I got a professional contract and my hockey career's starting. That's my best achievement.
Oh, and my goal. I'm very happy that I was able to do it. First of all, I did it with the Israeli team. I'm very happy and proud that I showcased Israeli hockey. I don't try to brag or something but I think I deserved it. I've been through a lot in my hockey career. I've always been a hard worker, I was always the smallest player and it's like a break for me. It's like God said "listen, we'll give you this chance for all your efforts now go ahead and play hockey." You know, I like to be creative. When I was 13, I did the "Crosby" (the lacrosse move) at the World Championships in Bulgaria. I like to be different than all the other players. I've been doing some tricks during my years so when I scored the goal, it wasn't a surprise because I do it often. It's not a move that you can just do without practicing. I have a lot of tricks and I like to showcase them. The backhand thing through the legs and then top corner just came like this.
SH: You have unlimited funds to plan your dream vacation. Tell me about it. Who would you bring?
ES: I would buy an Island and bring my family.
SH: Share something about yourself that we may not know.
ES: I am a good piano player. I like to play a lot of piano and I play mostly every day. It's my other little secret that nobody knows. I've been playing for a couple years. My father is a fantastic piano player and he taught me a lot. This is a little secret that only girls know.
SH: What's your biggest fear?
ES: It's to make my parents not proud. For all the efforts they put on, from Israel, from Russia to here with $25 in their pockets. They came to Canada with nothing, with no languages. They built all of our careers for me and brothers. My mother trains me in power skating, she taught me how to skate. She taught me everything about skating. My father was my manager, my coach, my everything. Without them, I wouldn't be playing hockey right now. And for sure, my brothers who are my personal trainers. My fear is just to let them down and not make them proud.
I'm very thankful to all these people and to my agent, Daniel Smajovits as well as my councillor, Angelo Lazarra.
SH: Can you provide a piece of advice for anyone considering entering the world of sports?
ES: First thing, never, never let people tell you that you are not good, you are not this or you are not that. You have to believe in yourself. That's the most important thing. That's what I learned. Maybe a lot of people say that but it's true. If you put your effort, your dedication, your heart [into something] you can do whatever you want but you've got to do it. If you let down a little second of your time and say "I'm not going to do it," you will never succeed. You always have to go for your goal and never stop for a second.
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Posted: 3:24 PM - The Texas House Thursday gave final approval to a bill that would ban texting while driving
Posted: 3:24 PM - The Texas House Thursday gave final approval to a bill that would ban texting while driving
Posted: 03/25/2015 - A proposed cut in property taxes that would save Texas homeowners about $200 is headed to the state House.
Posted: 03/25/2015 - The Texas House will try to fix the state's school finance problems without waiting for the outcome of an ongoing court battle.
Posted: 03/25/2015 - A Texas House committee was set Wednesday to debate a bill banning gay marriage licenses.
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Updated: 03/23/2015 - The U.S. Supreme Court is struggling with how to resolve a dispute over the state's refusal to issue license plates bearing the Confederate battle flag.
Posted: 03/20/2015 - Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry touted his record during a return trip to Waco.
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Posted: 03/19/2015 - Texas led the nation in black and Hispanic graduation rates in 2013.
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Raghuram Rajan is professor of Finance at the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago.
It is amazing how the "one per cent" epithet, a reference to the top one per cent of earners, has caught on in the United States and elsewhere in the developed world.
In the US, this one per cent includes all those with a 2006 household income of at least $386,000. In the popular narrative, the one per cent is thickly populated with unscrupulous corporate titans, greedy bankers and insider-trading hedge-fund managers. Reading some progressive economists, it might seem that the answer to all of America's current problems is to tax the one per cent and redistribute to everyone else.Of course, underlying this narrative is the view that this income is ill-gotten, made possible by Bush-era tax cuts, the broken corporate governance system and the conflict-of-interest-ridden
In the US, this one per cent includes all those with a 2006 household income of at least $386,000. In the popular narrative, the one per cent is thickly populated with unscrupulous corporate titans, greedy bankers and insider-trading hedge-fund managers. Reading some progressive economists, it might seem that the answer to all of America's current problems is to tax the one per cent and redistribute to everyone else.Of course, underlying this narrative is the view that this income is ill-gotten, made possible by Bush-era tax cuts, the broken corporate governance system and the conflict-of-interest-ridden financial system. The one per cent are not people who have earned money the hard way by making real things, so there is no harm in taking it away from them.Clearly, this caricature is based on some truth. For instance, corporations, especially in the financial sector, reward too many executives richly despite mediocre performance. But apart from tarring too many with the same brush, there is something deeply troubling about this narrative's reductionism.It ignores, for example, the fact that many of the truly rich are entrepreneurs. It likewise ignores the fact that many of the wealthy are sports stars and entertainers, and that their ranks include professionals such as doctors, lawyers, consultants and even some of our favourite progressive economists. In other words, the rich today are more likely to be working than idle.But what might be the most important overlooked fact is that the rise in income inequality is not just at the very top, though it is most pronounced there. Academic studies suggest that the top 10th percentile of income distribution in the US, and elsewhere, is also moving farther away from the median earner. This is an inconvenient fact for the progressive economist. "We are the 90 per cent", sounds less dramatic than "we are the 99 per cent". And, for some of the protesters, it may not even be true.Perhaps most problematic, though, is that something other than plutocrat-friendly policies is largely responsible for the growing inequality. That something is education and skills. True, not every degree is a passport to a job. Freshly-minted degree holders, especially from lower-quality programmes, are finding it particularly hard to get a job nowadays, because they are competing with experienced workers who are also jobless.
Nevertheless, the unemployment rate for those with degrees is one-third the unemployment rate for those without a high school diploma.
Broken education systemClose examination suggests that the single biggest difference between those at or above the top 10th percentile of the income distribution and those below the 50th percentile is that the former have a degree or two while the latter, typically, do not. Technological change and global competition have made it impossible for American workers to get good jobs without strong skills. As Harvard professors Claudia Golden and Larry Katz put it, in the race between technology and education, education is falling behind.
"In the race between technology and education, education is falling behind."
- Claudia Golden and Larry Katz, Harvard professors
To acknowledge the fact that the broken educational and skills-building system is responsible for much of the growing inequality that ordinary people experience would, however, detract from the larger populist agenda of rallying the masses against the very rich. It has the inconvenient implication that the poor have a role in pulling themselves out of the morass.
There are no easy and quick fixes to education - every US president since Gerald Ford in the mid-1970s has called for educational reforms, with little effect. In contrast, blaming the undeserving one per cent offers a redistributive policy agenda with immediate effects.The US has tried quick fixes before.
Income inequality grew rapidly in the last decade, but consumption inequality did not. The reason: Easy credit, especially subprime mortgages, which helped those without means to keep up with the Joneses. The ending, as everyone knows, was not a happy one. The less-well-off ultimately became even worse off as they lost their jobs and homes.The US needs to improve the quality of its workforce by developing the skills that are relevant to the jobs that its firms are creating. Several steps can be taken towards these goals, including improving community attitudes towards education, reforming schools, tying the curriculum in community colleges and vocational institutions more closely to the needs of local firms, making higher education more affordable and finding effective ways to retrain unemployed workers.None of this is easy or likely to produce results quickly, and some of it may require more resources.
While eliminating inefficient spending, especially inefficient tax subsidies, can generate some of these funds, more tax revenues may be needed. The rich can certainly afford to pay more, but if governments increase taxes on the wealthy, they should do it with the aim of improving opportunities for all, rather than as a punitive measure to rectify an imagined wrong.Raghuram Rajan is Professor of Finance at the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, and author of Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy.
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This Addon is useful but with some problems. I don't need its context menu entry, how to remove it? Another problem is its status-bar icon, how to move it to addon-bar?
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Good add-on and here are few Suggestions...
1- Link colors "Hover"
2- Custom background image option
3- <body> font size and font family customization


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