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Love hotel
A love hotel is a type of short-stay hotel found around the world operated primarily for the purpose of allowing couples privacy for sexual activities. The name originates from "Hotel Love" in Osaka which was built in 1968 and had a rotating sign.[1]
Distinguishing characteristics[edit]
Love hotels can usually be identified using symbols such as hearts and the offer of a room rate for a "rest" (休憩 kyūkei?) as well as for an overnight stay.[2] The period of a "rest" varies, typically ranging from one to three hours. Cheaper daytime off-peak rates are common. In general, reservations are not possible, leaving the hotel will forfeit access to the room; and overnight-stay rates become available only after 10:00 p.m. These hotels may be used for prostitution, although they are sometimes used by budget-travelers sharing accommodation.
Entrances are discreet; and interaction with staff is minimized. Rooms are often selected from a panel of buttons; and the bill may be settled by pneumatic tube, automatic cash machine, or a pair of hands behind a pane of frosted glass. Although cheaper hotels are often quite sparse, higher-end hotels may feature fanciful rooms decorated with anime characters; and equipped with rotating beds, ceiling mirrors, karaoke machines,[3] and unusual lighting; or may be styled similarly to dungeons or other fantasy scenes, sometimes including S&M gear.[4]
These hotels are typically either concentrated in city districts close to stations, near highways on the city outskirts, or in industrial districts. Love hotel architecture is sometimes garish, with buildings shaped like castles, boats or UFOs and lit with neon lighting.[2] However, some more recent love hotels are very ordinary looking buildings, distinguished mainly by having small, covered, or even no windows.[5]
Around the world[edit]
The history of love hotels (ラブホテル rabu hoteru?) can be traced back to the early Edo Period, when establishments appearing to be inns or teahouses with particular procedures for a discreet entry or even with secret tunnels for a discreet exit were built in Edo and in Kyoto.[6] Modern love hotels developed from tea rooms (chaya (茶屋?)) used mostly by prostitutes and their clients but also by lovers. After World War II, the term tsurekomi yado (連れ込み宿 lit. "bring-along inn"?) was adopted, originally for simple lodgings run by families with a few rooms to spare. These establishments appeared first around Ueno, Tokyo in part due to demand from Occupation forces, and boomed after 1958 when legal prostitution was abolished and the trade moved underground. The introduction of the automobile in the 1960s brought with it the "motel" and further spread the concept.
The original term has since fallen into disuse within the industry itself thanks to the euphemism treadmill, and an ever-changing palette of terms is used by hotel operators keen on representing themselves as more fashionable than the competition. Alternative names include "romance hotel", "fashion hotel", "leisure hotel", "amusement hotel", "couples hotel", and "boutique hotel".[5]
South Korea[edit]
Love hotels (Korean: 러브호텔), also known as love motels,[7] first appeared in South Korea in the mid-1980s. They were originally called "Parktel" (Korean: 박텔). Their boom and growth was originally attributed to the 1988 Olympics which took place in Seoul.[8] The hotels have historically been seen as seedy, with some residents speaking out against them and not wanting them within certain distances of schools and residential areas.[9][10] However, some hotel owners have tried to remove that element from their business by upgrading, offering cleaner modern services, and removing some of the more sexual elements from their decor.[8] They are considered a taboo topic in South Korea and a photo exhibit of love motels taken by a foreigner created a controversy in 2010.[11]
Thailand has had love motels since 1935 and there are approximately 100 establishments in Bangkok most densely located around Ratchadaphisek Road. The government no longer issues building permits for these types of motels, but some businesses work around the laws. In addition to short-stay, the motels are also used by, and recommended to, foreign travellers on a budget.[12]
Other countries[edit]
Similar establishments also exist in other East Asian countries and regions such as Singapore,[13][14] Taiwan and Hong Kong.
The same concept also exists in Central and South America. In Guatemala, they are called "autohotels";[15] in Chile "motel" or "hotel parejero" (couples' hotel); in the Dominican Republic, "cabañas", "moteles" or "estaderos"); in Argentina and Uruguay, "albergue transitorio" or more informally, "telo";"motel" in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Puerto Rico, they are simply called "motels" (the word is exclusively used for love hotels).
In Nigeria, love hotels are called "short-time". They are often dingy accommodations in densely populated areas with some hotels offering"short-time" services under the counter.
In the United States and Canada, certain motels in low-income areas often serve similar functions as a Japanese love hotel. Colloquially known as "No-Tell Motels," these are becoming scarce as local laws increasingly require renters' identification information to be recorded and given to law enforcement agencies.
In Oceania, New Zealand opened its first love hotel in May 2011,[16] and Australia opened its first love hotel in August 2011.[17]
Economic aspects[edit]
The annual revenue of the love hotel industry in Japan is estimated at more than $40 billion,[18] a figure double that of Japan's anime market.
It is estimated that more than 500 million visits to Japan's 37,000[19] love hotels take place each year, which is the equivalent of around 1.4 million couples,[19] or 2% of Japan's population, visiting a love hotel each day.[5] In recent years, the love hotel business has drawn the interest of the structured finance industry.[19]
Several transactions have been completed where the cash flows from a number of such hotels have been securitised and sold to international investors and buy-out funds.[3][20]
See also[edit]
- ^ Slavin, Erik (25 March 2007). "My months in a love hotel". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ^ a b Basil, Michael (June 2007). "Japanese love hotels: A photo essay". Consumption, Markets, and Culture 10 (2): 203–221. doi:10.1080/10253860701256315.
- ^ a b Wakao, Aiko (9 June 2007). "Developing a passion for love hotels". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
- ^ Haggart, Blayne (16 October 2002). "A night in a Japanese love hotel". The Globe and Mail (Toronto). Retrieved 23 January 2008.
- ^ a b c Chaplin, Sarah (2007). Japanese Love Hotels: A Cultural History. London: Routledge. p. 149. ISBN 0-415-41585-3, ISBN 0-415-48754-4.
- ^ Ihara, Saikaku (1964). The Life of an Amorous Man. Translated by Kengi Hamada. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company. pp. 113–114. ISBN 0-8048-1069-9.
- ^ Enrique Zaldua (28 June 2002). "World Cup: Why Some Teams Just Can't Win". Time. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ^ a b Choi Min-woo; Nam Koong-wook (18 May 2005). "Love hotels not just for secret liaisons anymore". JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 19 May 2005. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
- ^ Choi Joon-ho (19 August 2002). "'Love hotel' label roils residents". JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ^ Jeon Ik-jin (5 October 2000). "Anti-Love Hotel Campaign Spreads All Over the Country". JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ^ Kim Seong-kon (30 March 2010). "What are we trying to hide in this era?". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ^ Wechsler, Maxmilian (2 May 2010). "The seedy side of Bangkok's love motels". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ^ "The Insider: Love hotels". Time Out Singapore. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
- ^ Richie, Donald (26 August 2007). "It's ladies first now in Japanese love hotels". The Japan Times. Retrieved 5 December 2011. Review of Japanese Love Hotels: A Cultural History.
- ^ Greenspan, Eliot (2007). "Guatemala: Tips on Accommodations". Frommer's Guatemala (1st ed.). Frommer's. ISBN 978-0-470-04730-9.
- ^ "NZ's first love motel set to open doors". TVNZ. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ^ "Love shack where mini-breaks last just an hour". SMH. 13 August 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ Neill, Morgan (2 July 2009). "Love hotel business zooms despite downturn". CNN. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ^ a b c Kelly, Tim (6 May 2006). "Love for Sale". Forbes. Retrieved 15 June 2007.
- ^ Schreiber, Mark (18 July 2004). "'Love hotels' juggle bedsheets and balance sheets". The Japan Times. Retrieved 16 February 2007.
Further reading[edit]
- Bornoff, Nicholas (1991). Pink Samurai: Love, Marriage, and Sex in Contemporary Japan. New York: Pocket Books. ISBN 0-671-74265-5. OCLC 0671742655.
- Constantine, Peter (1993). Japan's Sex Trade: A Journey Through Japan's Erotic Subcultures. Tokyo: Yenbooks. ISBN 4-900737-00-3. OCLC 37135004.
- De Mente, Boye Lafayette (2006). Sex and the Japanese: The Sensual Side of Japan. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 0-8048-3826-7. OCLC 71239207.
- Jacob, Ed (2008). Love Hotels: An Inside Look at Japan's Sexual Playgrounds. Raleigh, N.C.: Lulu Press. ISBN 978-1-4357-4186-7. OCLC 317291464.
- Keasler, Misty (photographer); Rod Slemmons (essay) (2006). Love Hotels: The Hidden Fantasy Rooms of Japan. Foreword by Natsuo Kirino. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. ISBN 0-8118-5641-0. OCLC 65197752.
- Payne, Peter (4 April 2013). "Love Hotels in Japan: Q&A". J-List Side Blog.
- Takahara, Kanako (16 October 2007). "No-tell love hotels cash in catering to the carnal". The Japan Times. FYI (weekly column).
- Tsuzuki, Kyoichi, ed. (2008). ラブホテル—Satellite of LOVE [Love Hotel: Satellite of Love] (in Japanese and English). Trans. by Alfred Birnbaum (revised ed.). Tokyo: Aspect. ISBN 4-7572-1490-1. OCLC 228498562. A photobook on the subject.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Love hotels. |
- www.mistykeasler.com—Photographs of Japanese love hotels by photographer Misty Keasler, who published a book on the subject (see the Further reading section above)


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A. All voting members of the University Council Personnel Committee shall be tenured members of the faculty. The committee shall consist of members chosen as follows:
Seven members of the University
Council, one each from among the faculty elected to represent the colleges of
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of other members of the committee, and shall serve
staggered two-year terms during their membership on the University Council.
Members from the faculties
of the colleges chosen as follows:
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college councils chosen by members of that college council: Business, Education,
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Performing Arts;
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of the College of Law and the University Libraries chosen by that faculty.
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and dean of the Graduate School who shall serve ex officio, nonvoting;
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Anderson Silva.....
How many of you guys saw his demolition of Forrest Griffin?
Anderson Silva.....
How many of you guys saw his demolition of Forrest Griffin?
Last edited by TimmyBoston; 08-09-2009 at 12:39 AM.
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forrest griffith got embarassed. that wasnt even a hard shot he took but he laid down like he had just got punched by brock lesnar or something.
not that silva wasnt good...but that was just pathetic.
BJ Penn however...looked really good against KenFlo.
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Forrest Griffin didn't "dive," he was hurt earlier by Silva's punches, and you could tell since he was wobbly. But man, Anderson Silva shut everyone up.
I want to see Anderson Silva vs Rampage, or rather Lyoto Machida.
Or best of all...
Anderson Silva vs Georges St Pierre at 185! Dan Henderson wanted a title shot on Anderson, but after he just rocked Griffin I doubt anyone in the Middleweight division can take the Spiderman.
don't be fooled, that was a hard punch. Look at how it rattled his head. The most dangerous punch is one you don't see coming/expect. Forest ran head first into it as silva planted himself.
For forest to throw his hands up like that, something was seriously wrong, hes a tough dude. Perhaps a broken cheek or orbital bone.
I love how every show, joe rogan knocks on the pride fighters, and every show hes shut up by Anderson Silva.
I thought the pen fight was mediocre at best, and to be honest, i'm not a pen fan, this is one of the few fights he showed up in shape for, and still spent alot of time getting man handled. Points to kenny for the effort, but he just doesn't have it in him to be a champ.
I was super impressed with sotiropoulos, but a lil dissapointed at how violently he yanked on his opponents arm. That could have easily been a career ending injury had his opponent not tapped right away and resisted the movement. He was going for a break/dislocation/tear, not a submission which for the most part, pro fighters are good about using control and sticking to joint manipulations.
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I don't know man....Pride had some great fights, but I've seen a couple where I thought the loser was dead.
I love a good fight, but I don't want anybody getting brain damage or such. I know it's hypocritical.
I never miss an MMA event! Silva was quite simply the better striker, on a whole different level. I haven't been impressed by Silva's last couple of fights, but I never doubted that he is one of the finest strikers in MMA.
Griffin was outclassed by a better striker. If Forrest was going to have half a chance he needed to wear him down and not charge straight into a barrage of punches. His performance wasn't pathetic he is just not on the same level as Silva (as far as striking is concerned).
I am not a fan of BJ Penn at all but that doesn't change the fact that he looked damn good tonight. Again on a whole different level than the his competition.
I couldn't agree more. Griffin didn't "dive", quit or otherwise give up. He was rocked two previous times. By the time he took that jab his brain probably felt a bit like Jello. It was an earned KO brought on by the two previous "rocking" blows.
+1 As an amateur fighter I both agree and appreciate this sentiment! However, I always will be a huge fan of what Pride brought to MMA.
Last edited by SRock; 08-09-2009 at 04:13 AM.
That was a striking clinic put on by Silva. And it just goes to show you that Griffin is nowhere near the same league as Silva.
Didn't get to see the fight but it sure looks like Silva dished out a real doozie when Griffin went down.
Ahead lie many fantastic shaves & AD's...But by appreciating #1, you justify #2!
I was stunned. I didn't think Forrest was going to win the fight, but I thought it was going to go into the second or third round. I'm not really sure what Forrest's game plan was. I thought he might try to use his superior size and strength to wear Silva down.
I can't stand Joe Rogan. He always sounds like such an inimitable douchebag. And why does he bag on Pride fighters? Some of the UFC's top talent came from Pride. I guess my second line explains that.
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I'm still trying to figure out what happened to Griffin after the fight when he RAN out of the arena, broken jaw? colossal embarrassment? running from bookies?
I'm also convinced that Silva is borderline psychic or just lives his life in matrix bullet time. "very elusive" indeed!
And the fight that broke out in the croud
The world needs more humble geniuses, there are so few of us left.
Bad night for Zuffa. The card was full of mismatched fights. Silvia looked almost as impressive as Griffin looked terrible. B.J. looked decent once he got his shot on the ground. KFlo didn't seem to have much of a game plan. The stoppage of the Hendricks/Sadollah fight was pretty bad as well. On the bright side, the early stoppage of the first Riley/Nelson fight led to last night's thrilling... eh. Nevermind.
Stay classy, Philly.
C'mon WEC, save the fight weekend, please.
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Griffin's camp said he dislocated his jaw and lost hearing in one ear, hence the quick departure to get it checked out. Not the best UFC event ever but some good fights...BJ looked great and Silva, well, that was just amazing. That Greek dude was on it too (can't recall his name at the moment).
- Dave
They wanted a big, slow guy to follow Anderson around and make him look real good. And they're like "Forrest is a big slow guy; he takes a beating well. Get him to do it - he's stupid."
- Griffin at a book signing earlier this year
I really wanted Forrest to have a better showing, but pitting a relatively slow brawler against one of the fastest guys out there, well...
As for that fadeaway jab that ended it, it doesn't take much to knock someone out if a punch lands perfectly, especially if the opponent leans into it. Force transfer is a funny thing, and sometimes it happens way more efficiently than you'd expect - think hitting a home run without swinging hard and being a little surprised by it.
I think Griffin's gameplan was horrible. Griffin is known as one of the biggest light heavyweights in the world, but absolutely NOT a knockout hitter. If he wanted to use his size advantage against Silva he would have had to take him down and make Silva work hard to defend himself with Griffins weight on him or press him against the cage, not allow separation and do the same thing there all the while controlling him and picking his shots. I don't think anyone really believed Griffin would KO Silva, his main shot to win was via decision or if Silva made a huge mistake submission. I'm all for tough, but you have to fight in a way that gives you the best chance to win and he didn't do that. Penn on the other handfought very well, paced himself so his conditioning wouldn't be a factor and while he looked better on the feet he looked amazing on the ground. I didn't think he would dominate that much once it went to the mat, but he sure did. I really believe he needs to stick to the lightweight division. He's a great fighter, but the size disadvantage he has at welterweight is too much to overcome. At lightweight he is a beast. I can't wait to see Penn versus Sanchez.
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I think that you're absolutely right about that punch. Forrest moving into it just compounded the force of the strike. As far as the hands going up--I didn't think that Forrest was submitting. It looked to me like he was disoriented and thought that the ref was Silva about to mount him. I think that he was trying to defend himself.
Penn fought an excellent fight. Although I do think that he had a strategy to deal with Florian, it also seemed like he gained a lot of confidence from fighting with self-control through the first three rounds.
i think people seem to forget that silva is a bjj blackbelt. Forest might have been able to out wrestle him, but...how long before silva tore off a limb for his efforts? I'll agree silva is dasadvantaged on the ground with long limbs, they're easy for the opponent to get alot of leverage on a joint...but there are few with the same caliber ground game, and right now, i'd say no one in his weight class (anywhere in the word) could out strike him.
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I also never miss an MMA event!....Well except maybe the WEC last night....anyways!
Silva is MMA's Roy Jones Jr (a poor mans RJJ mind you but still amazing). There's talk he's vacating his 185 belt to fight at 205. which would make for tons of great match ups.
There were so many WTF moments last night.
-Kurt slapping Neer
-Andersons face when he heard the boos. That had me laughing pretty hard
-Anderson toying with Griffin
-Kenflos failed superman punch
-Someone stealing Kennys hat while on his way to the cage
Those are just some that come to mind. I'm sure there are tons more that are escaping me right now. And to think Nog vs Couture is happening in a few short weeks as well!
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14th Australian Weeds Conference proceedings: weed management - balancing people, planet, profitEdited by B.M. Sindel and S.B. Johnson Published in 2004 by Weed Society of NSW, soft cover, 718 pages - available as book or CD-ROM (PDF) Price $A77.00 plus $A13.50 postage for book [up to 3 kg] or $A7.00 for CD-ROM within Australia, overseas postage please request a quote ISBN 0975248804 or ISBN 9780975248805 |
Organized by the Weed Society of New South Wales for the Council of Australian Weed Societies and held at The Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales on 6-9 September 2004
- Papers and proceedings
- Table of contents
Papers cover:
Biotechnology, plant introductions, plant eradications, detection and quarantine, cropping systems, rangeland systems, horticultural systems, Conservation and amenity systems, aquatic systems, chemical control, cultural control, biological control, herbicide resistance, invasion and spread, biology and ecology, modelling and economics, communication and adoption (agricultural), communication and adoption (amenity) and policy planning and regulation. There is an author index and a keyword index.
Table of contents |
Weed management at the border, at the garden fence and in the bush. R.H. Groves |
1 |
The age of weeds. Julian Cribb |
10 |
Reflections on weeds and water another NWI? Bobbie Brazil |
13 |
Australian attitudes to GM foods and crops. Craig Cormick |
14 |
Global trends in ecological studies of GMOs. W.M. Lonsdale |
18 |
Gene technology regulation in Australia: a framework for identifying, assessing and managing risks. Sue Meek |
21 |
New frontiers in weed science: from transgenics to genomics. C. Neal Stewart, Jr. |
22 |
Plant introductions a grower's view. Michael Cole |
26 |
New perennial plant options needed to transform agriculture and manage salinity. Michael A. Ewing |
27 |
Without expected benefits, is weed assessment a frustrating search for the wrong needle in the wrong haystack? Cheryl Kalisch Gordon |
33 |
A South African perspective on plant introductions: motivations, problems and processes. Brian W. van Wilgen |
39 |
Plant introductions in Australia: how can we resolve 'weedy' conflicts of interest? John G. Virtue, Sarita J. Bennett and Roderick P. Randall |
42 |
When is it optimal to eradicate a weed invasion? Oscar Cacho |
49 |
Tackling invasive garden plants: a question of prevention. Andreas Glanznig |
55 |
Eradication or control? Combating plants through a lump sum payment or on the instalment plan. Richard N. Mack and Sara K. Foster |
56 |
'To declare or not to declare? That is the question'. Craig Walton |
62 |
Are we doing enough about early detection of weed species naturalising in Australia? John R. Hosking, Barbara M. Waterhouse and Peter A. Williams |
68 |
Trade routes for commerce in plants or pathways for invasive species? The dualism of international commerce. Richard N. Mack |
72 |
Biological control: managing risks or strangling progress? Rachel E. McFadyen |
78 |
How profitable are perennial pasture phases in Western Australian cropping systems? Graeme J. Doole, David J. Pannell, Clinton K. Revell and Amir Abadi |
82 |
Towards a landscape-scale mechanistic weed risk model. Shaun Kolomeitz and Rieks van Klinken |
88 |
How effective is host testing at predicting non-target impacts of weed biological control agents in Australia? Dianne B.J. Taylor, Tim A. Heard and Helen Spafford Jacob |
91 |
Glyphosate resistance management in Roundup Ready® cotton. Jeff Werth, Christopher Preston, Grant Roberts and Ian Taylor |
95 |
Recruitment and survival of Nassella trichotoma (Nees) Hack. (serrated tussock) on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. Tieneke F. Cowan, Brian M. Sindel and Robin S. Jessop |
99 |
Seed dispersal of Orobanche ramosa L. in South Australia. Emma L. Crossfield, Jennifer Watling, John Virtue and John Matthews |
100 |
The role of natural enemies in regulating populations of biocontrol agents on gorse (Ulex europaeus L.). Jamie T. Davies, John E. Ireson and Geoff R. Allen |
101 |
Do all legumes pose the same weed risk? Development of a method to evaluate the risk of introduced legumes to temperate Australia. Jason Emms, John G. Virtue, Christopher Preston and William D. Bellotti |
105 |
Genetic variation in the blackberry biocontrol agent Phragmidium violaceum (Schultz). Don R. Gomez, Katherine J. Evans, Eileen Scott, Paul Harvey, Jeanine Baker and Louise Morin |
109 |
Effect of clipping and fertiliser addition on the feed value of Chilean needle grass (Nassella neesiana) during reproductive growth stages. Charles Grech, David McLaren, David Chapman and Brian M. Sindel |
110 |
Potential for reduction of weed seed set through interference with phytohormones. Kerensa May Greenfield, Angela Wakelin, Stephen B. Powles and Christopher Preston |
111 |
Characteristics of Sollya heterophylla Lindl.: a native weedy plant. Anna Traeger, Helen Spafford Jacob and Eligio Bruzzese |
111 |
Assessing invasiveness of the potential sleeper weed Centaurea solstitialis L. Gregory Hay, José Facelli and F. Dane Panetta |
112 |
Evolution or spread? The case of herbicide resistant Lactuca serriola L. in South Australia. Yi Qing Lu, Jeanine Baker and Christopher Preston |
113 |
Effects of bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera (L.) Norl. ssp. rotundata (DC.) Norl.) invasion and control activities on coastal dune communities in New South Wales, Australia. Tanya Mason, Kris French and Mark Lonsdale |
114 |
Invasion of bridal creeper (Asparagus asparagoides) in a remnant vegetation patch: methodology and initial results. Kris Siderov and Nigel Ainsworth |
115 |
Effect of competition on seed dispersal. M.S. Taghizadeh and R.D. Cousens |
119 |
Delivery of best weed management practices for meat sheep producers. Mark G. Trotter, Brian M. Sindel, Jim M. Scott and Ian J. Reeve |
120 |
Agro-ecological approaches to managing weeds in wet direct-seeded rice Madonna C. Casimero and Leylani M. Juliano |
121 |
Wheat, barley and triticale as mimic weeds for wild oat in chickpea studies. Bruce M. Haigh, Robin S. Jessop, Robert D. Murison and Warwick L. Felton |
125 |
The effect of summer weed management on grain yield and quality. Graham M. Fromm and Vanessa L. Grieger |
129 |
The potential role of weed functional groups in cropping systems. Deirdre Lemerle, Andrew Storrie and F. Dane Panetta |
133 |
Summer fallow weeds: a national study water, nitrogen, seed banks and impact on subsequent winter crops. Vikki Osten, Abul Hashem, Deirdre Lemerle, Catherine Borger, Eric Koetz, Megan McCosker and Glen Wright |
136 |
Non-chemical weed control in an organic wheat crop Thomas R. Sweeny and Steven R. McCoy |
139 |
Downy brome (Bromus tectorum) control in winter wheat in Wyoming. Craig M. Alford and Stephen D. Miller |
142 |
Low chemical input for weed management in stubble retention farming systems of south eastern Australia. Eric Koetz and Deirdre Lemerle |
143 |
Tillage and residue management practices affect weed dynamics and wheat grain yield. S.D. Sharma, Samar Singh, Harpal Singh and Sandeep Narwal |
144 |
Management of crop weeds through the strategic use of annual pasture. Clinton K. Revell and Dean K. Thomas |
145 |
Integrated control methods for bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia L.) in northern Queensland: preliminary results. Faiz Bebawi, Joseph Vitelli, Shane Campbell and Matthew Madigan |
150 |
Effects of para grass (Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T.Q.Nguyen) invasion on terrestrial invertebrates of a tropical floodplain. Michael M. Douglas and Ruth A. O'Connor |
153 |
Pest or pasture? Introduced pasture grasses in the Northern Territory. Blair S. Grace, Mark R. Gardener and Arthur G. Cameron |
157 |
Will fire help control Parkinsonia aculeata L.? A.C. Grice, J.R. McKenzie, D.M. Nicholas, M. Pattison, L.V. Whiteman, K.E. Steele and S.D. Campbell |
161 |
Temporal fluctuations of Parkinsonia aculeata L. seedling germination and growth in three Australian rangelands habitats Roger Lawes |
164 |
Exotic grass invasion in the tropical savanna of northern Australia: ecosystem consequences. Natalie Rossiter, Samantha Setterfield, Michael Douglas, Lindsay Hutley and Garry Cook |
168 |
Management of invasive rangeland shrubs. Shane Campbell, Wayne Vogler, Rieks van Klinken, John McKenzie, Faiz Bebawi and Tony Grice |
172 |
How abundant and widespread are riparian weeds in the dry tropics of north-east Queensland? A.C. Grice, R.A. Lawes, B.N. Abbott, D.M. Nicholas and L.V. Whiteman |
173 |
Controlling dense infestations of parkinsonia (Parkinsonia aculeata L.). John R. McKenzie, Mike J. Pattison, Karen E. Steele, Shane D. Campbell and Joseph S. Vitelli |
176 |
Effects of mission grass (Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult.) invasion on fuel loads and nitrogen availability in a northern Australia tropical savanna. M.M. Douglas, S.A. Setterfield, N. Rossiter, J. Barratt and L.B. Hutley |
179 |
Estimating when to weed an organically-grown onion crop. Graeme W. Bourdôt, Geoff A. Hurrell and David J. Saville |
182 |
What happens when a biocontrol agent attacks exotic but desired ornamentals? Philip E. Maher, Brett J. Davis, Michael D. Day, A. Peter Mackey, William A. Palmer and Elizabeth L. Snow |
187 |
Improved management of weeds under drip-irrigated grape vines. Rhonda Smith, Emily Rouse, Deirdre Lemerle and Ron Hutton |
190 |
An adaptive experimental management program for English broom Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link in Victoria. Cathy Allan, John Wright and Kelly Raymond |
191 |
Developing best practice roadside Parthenium hysterophorus L. control. Simon J. Brooks, Joseph S. Vitelli and Allan G. Rainbow |
195 |
Towards more strategic management of weeds on 'Top End' Aboriginal lands. Mark R. Gardener, Michael J. Storrs and Steve Wingrave |
199 |
Asparagus weeds research and management in South Australia. Susan L. Lawrie |
203 |
Exotic grass fuel in south eastern Australia. John Stoner, Robyn Adams and Dianne Simmons |
207 |
Urban weed control: innovations in kerb and channel weed management. Rod Wood |
210 |
Does gorse make a difference? Peter A. Williams, Jon J. Sullivan and Susan M. Timmins |
212 |
Weed control and restoration around the El Junco Lagoon, San Cristóbal, Galápagos-Ecuador. Patricio Yánez, Nelson García and Chris Buddenhagen |
213 |
Improved strategic planning and management of alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.) myth or reality? Nimal Chandrasena, Lalith Gunasekera and Rebecca Coventry |
214 |
Assessing weed impacts on the recruitment of riparian overstorey species. Fiona J. Ede, Nigel Ainsworth and Trevor D. Hunt |
218 |
Elodea: an emerging submerged weed in Victoria. Lalith Gunasekera |
222 |
Impacts of willow (Salix × rubens) invasion on riparian bird assemblages. Sarah Holland-Clift, Dennis O'Dowd and Ralph MacNally |
224 |
Monitoring Ludwigia longifolia at Mambo Wetlands: investigation of a potentially invasive new weed incursion for Port Stephens Council. Stephen McCall |
225 |
Novel non-selective herbicide mixtures to combat resistance. Catherine P. Borger and Abul Hashem |
226 |
Evaluation of oxadiargyl herbicide in various Australian horticultural crops. Phillip R. Frost and Tim L. Hingston |
230 |
The need for best practice herbicide management. John Kent |
232 |
Bentazone surfactant interactions in three selected weed species of differing leaf characteristics. Irene McKay, S.D. Sharma, R.C. Kirkwood, R. Frank and G. Retzlaff |
236 |
Response of Prosopis velutina Woot. to a selection of aerially applied herbicides. E.C. Sparkes and D.J. Midmore |
241 |
Glyphosate another tool for managing serrated tussock (Nassella trichotoma (Nees) Arech.). Birgitte Verbeek, Fiona Leech and Linda Ayres |
245 |
Validating the factors affecting clodinafop efficacy. Todd S. Andrews, Richard W. Medd, Remy van de Ven and David I. Pickering |
249 |
The chemical control of giant reed (Arundo donax L.) at Warrill Creek, Queensland. Rebecca Breaden and Trevor Armstrong |
250 |
A comparison of wheat and barley response to herbicides between southern New South Wales and southern Queensland. John Churchett, Steve Walker, Peter Lockley and Deirdre Lemerle |
251 |
Tolerance of barley to phenoxy herbicides. Harmohinder S. Dhammu, Chad Sayer and Terry J. Piper |
255 |
Timing of application of phenoxy herbicides in wheat. Harmohinder S. Dhammu and Terry J. Piper |
256 |
Tolerance of chickpea to isoxaflutole. Warwick L. Felton, Ted J. Knights, Bruce M. Haigh and Steve Harden |
257 |
Evaluation of new herbicides for use in capsicums and chillies. Phillip R. Frost and Tim L. Hingston |
261 |
Evaluation of new herbicides in lettuce crops. Phillip R. Frost and Tim L. Hingston |
264 |
Spraytopping as a management tool to reduce seed production in Chilean needle grass infestations Shiv Gaur and David McLaren |
266 |
Controlling silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.), a deep-rooted perennial weed, with herbicides and grazing. Victoria Hawker |
267 |
Efficacy of some new herbicides on both grassy and broadleaf weeds in wheat at Peshawar, Pakistan. Imtiaz Khan, Gul Hassan, Muhammad Ishfaq Khan and Ijaz Ahmad Khan |
268 |
Studies on chemical weed control in wheat (Triticum aestivum). Muhammad Ishfaq Khan, Gul Hassan, Imtiaz Khan and Yousaf Hayat |
269 |
Selective herbicidal activity of an indole alkaloid isolated from Rhazya stricta Decne. growing in Saudi Arabia. Alaa Kamel and Khalid Al-Mutlaq |
270 |
Effect of herbicide application to emerged seed heads on the viability of panicle seed and cleistogenes of Chilean needle grass (Nassella neesiana). Graeme H. Pritchard |
274 |
Effect of adjuvant on the movement of 14C-glyphosate in two model plants. Shiv D. Sharma and M. Singh |
279 |
Effectiveness of spraytopping to control glyphosate resistant annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum Gaud.). Rex Stanton and Jim Pratley |
280 |
Isoxaben tankmixes provide safe, effective residual weed control in vines. Gregory S. Wells |
283 |
Clopyralid improves control of volunteer legumes with glyphosate. Gregory S. Wells |
284 |
Cyhalofop hard on barnyard and silvertop grasses but soft on rice. Gregory S. Wells |
287 |
Herbicide based strategies for maize to prevent development of resistance in weeds in the Ukraine. Viktor Zadorozhny |
290 |
Response of blackberry to the 2003 wildfires in Victoria. Nigel Ainsworth and Franz Mahr |
294 |
Hypochaeris radicata L., the most common broadleaf weed of the perennial pasture zone of New South Wales. Jim J. Dellow, Warren McG. King, Geoff C. Wilson and Bruce A. Auld |
298 |
Managing herbicide resistant annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum Gaud.) in no-till systems in Western Australia using occasional inversion ploughing. Alexandra Douglas and Sally C. Peltzer |
300 |
Comparing weed competition in chickpea, fababean, canola and wheat Warwick L. Felton, Bruce M. Haigh and Steve Harden |
304 |
Effect of wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum L.) density and lupin cultivars on their competition. Abul Hashem, Bob French, and Catherine Borger |
308 |
Effect of night cultivation on the emergence and competition of weeds in buckwheat. David Van Ryswyk, Brian M. Sindel, Robin Jessop and Paul Kristiansen |
312 |
Precision in physical weed management. Nicholas Bromet and Jeff Tullberg |
316 |
Energy use in physical and herbicide weed control. Nicholas Bromet and Jeff Tullberg |
316 |
Influence of seeding systems on annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) seedling recruitment and competitive interactions with lentil (Lens culinaris). Samuel Kleemann and Gurjeet Gill |
317 |
Above and below-ground interference of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrille) by shattercane (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) and soybean. Adel Dabbagh Mohammadi Nassab, Karl Hammer, Aziz Javanshir, Houshang Alyari and Mohammad Moghaddam |
318 |
Endemic fungi inhibit germination of serrated tussock seed: an alternative to classical biological control? Seona G. Casonato, Ann C. Lawrie, Kym L. Butler and David A. McLaren |
321 |
Environmental conditions and biological control in the Top End: experiments suggesting new directions. Blair S. Grace, Susan Hosking and Veronica Edgar |
325 |
Biological control of bridal creeper, Asparagus asparagoides (L.) W.Wight, in citrus orchards. Raelene M. Kwong and Sarah Holland-Clift |
329 |
The potential for using mycoherbicides to control weeds from the family Brassicaceae in Australia. Aaron Maxwell and John K. Scott |
333 |
Biological control in the Top End: getting communities involved. Nicole Ostermeyer, Blair Grace, Merrilyn Paskins, Vanessa McIntyre and Bronwyn Routley |
337 |
Analysis of the non-target attack by the lantana sap-sucking bug, Aconophora compressa, and its implications for biological control in Australia. William A. Palmer, Michael D. Day, Kunjithapatham Dhileepan, Elizabeth L. Snow and A. Peter Mackey |
341 |
Abiotic factors affecting the pathogenicity of a Sclerotinia sclerotiorum-based mycoherbicide. B.M. Pottinger, H.J. Ridgway, G. Bourdôt and A. Stewart |
345 |
The population and impact of Longitarsus echii Koch (Coleoptera: Chrysmelidae), a root-feeding beetle on Echium plantagineum L. under field grazing conditions. Matthew Smyth, Andy Sheppard and Ruth Huwer |
349 |
The release and establishment of the bitou bush agent Tortrix sp. in New South Wales from 20012004. Anthony Swirepik, Ruth Aveyard, Royce Holtkamp and Phillip Stephenson |
353 |
100 years of weed biological control in Queensland. Craig Walton |
357 |
Investigating genetic diversity to improve the biological control process. Trevor J. Wardill, Glenn C. Graham, Andrew Manners, Julia Playford, Myron Zalucki, William A. Palmer and Kirsten D. Scott |
364 |
Successful biological control of salvinia (Salvinia molesta D.Mitch.) at Tweed Heads South, New South Wales. Karen L. Cranney |
368 |
Improving release strategies to increase the establishment rate of weed biocontrol agents. Michael D. Day, David T. Briese, Blair S. Grace, Royce H. Holtkamp, John E. Ireson, Andy W. Sheppard and Helen Spafford Jacob |
369 |
Classical biological control of Californian thistle: the New Zealand story. A. Hugh Gourlay |
374 |
Activity and location of the bridal creeper leafhopper (Zygina sp.) during summer senescence of bridal creeper foliage in southern Victoria. Sarah Holland-Clift, Emily R. Creese and Raelene M. Kwong |
378 |
Biological control of prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica ssp. indica (Benth.) Brenan): early signs of establishment of an introduced agent. Catherine J. Lockett and William A. Palmer |
379 |
An insecticidal exclusion method for studying biological control impacts on ragwort (Senecio jacobaea L.) and Paterson's curse (Echium plantagineum L.). Thomas B. Morley and Julio C. Bonilla |
380 |
Establishment and dispersal of dock moth Pyropteron doryliformis (Ochsenheimer) (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) in Victoria. Thomas B. Morley, Steven Faulkner and Ian G. Faithfull |
381 |
Using bacteria to control annual cropping weeds. S.C. Peltzer and R.J. Kremer |
385 |
Importation, establishment and preliminary impact assessment of Chamaesphecia mysiniformis (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) for the biological control of horehound in Australia. Jean-Louis Sagliocco and John Weiss |
388 |
The effectiveness of ant baiting to reduce predation of Crioceris sp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a biological control agent for bridal creeper. Thomas Reilly, Helen Spafford Jacob and Kathryn Batchelor |
391 |
Oviposition behaviour of biological control agents for Paterson's curse (Echium plantagineum L. Boraginaceae). Jodie Hawley, Helen Spafford Jacob, Paul Wilson and Geoff Strickland |
395 |
Interactions between two weed biological control agents, an insect and pathogen, and the response of their host. Peter Turner, Louise Morin, David Williams and Darren Kriticos |
398 |
Biocontrol of Emex at the expense of Tamarix incursions? Paul B. Yeoh, John K. Scott and Tim L. Woodburn |
399 |
Roadside canola in South Australia and Victoria: persistent or transient populations? Jeanine Baker and Christopher Preston |
403 |
Determining the extent of herbicide resistance in the rice growing regions of southern Australia. John C. Broster, James E. Pratley, Giles E. Flower and Ragini Flower |
406 |
The impact of the cotton farming system on weed succession: implications for herbicide resistance and adoption of an integrated weed management approach. Graham Charles, Ian Taylor and Grant Roberts |
410 |
Diflufenican resistance in wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum L.): its discovery and consequences for the lupin industry Aik Cheam and Siew Lee |
414 |
Glyphosate-resistant annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum Gaudin) from Tamworth, Australia, has upregulated EPSPS expression. Dion K. Harrison, Wenjie Liu, Steve W. Adkins, Peter M. Gresshoff and Richard R. Williams |
418 |
Molecular characterisation of resistance to ACCase-inhibiting herbicides in wild oat in the northern grain-growing region of Australia. Wenjie Liu, Dion Harrison, Chris O'Donnell, Steve Adkins and Richard Williams |
421 |
Evolution and spread of herbicide resistant barley grass (Hordeum glaucum Steud. and H. leporinum Link.) in South Australia. Imam Hidayat, Jeanine Baker and Christopher Preston |
425 |
Preventing glyphosate resistance in weeds of the northern grain region. Steve Walker, Michael Widderick, Andrew Storrie and Vikki Osten |
428 |
A population of wild oats (Avena ludoviciana Durieu) resistant to flamprop-m-methyl. John C. Broster |
432 |
Experiences with triflusulfuron-methyl resistant witloof chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum). Hilde Eelen, Robert Bulcke, Els Desmet and Robrecht Sarrazyn |
434 |
No regression in the frequency of herbicide resistance in one population of annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum Gaud.) after 13 years without herbicide use. David G. Ferris and Stephen B. Powles |
435 |
Glyphosate resistance management in the USA a Syngenta perspective. Les Glasgow, Nick Polge, Chuck Foresman and Jasper Barnes |
436 |
Double knockdown to combat annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum Gaudin) resistance to glyphosate. Abul Hashem and Catherine Borger |
441 |
Multiple resistance in glyphosate resistant annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum Gaud.) populations. Rex Stanton and John Broster |
442 |
Genetic relationship between glyphosate resistant annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum Gaud.) populations from northern New South Wales. Rex Stanton, Andrew Storrie, Nigel Urwin and Jim Pratley |
445 |
How many mechanisms of evolved glyphosate resistance are present in annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum Gaud.)? Angela M. Wakelin and Christopher Preston |
449 |
The role of spatial analyses in post-border weed risk management. Neville D. Crossman |
450 |
Weeds as 'Key Threatening Processes': implications for managing environmental weeds. Paul O. Downey and Andrew R. Leys |
454 |
Natural range, nature and weeds. John L. Dwyer |
458 |
Quantifying the effects of weeds on biodiversity: beyond Blind Freddy's test A.C. Grice, A.R. Field and R.E.C. McFadyen |
464 |
Early intervention action on Canary Island St. Johns wort, Hypericum canariense L., in Victoria Michael Hansford and Linda J. Iaconis |
469 |
Predictive value of plant functional types in determining future high-impact weeds. Graeme T. Hastwell and F. Dane Panetta |
472 |
Lippia, Phyla canescens, an increasing threat to agriculture and the environment. Mic Julien, Andrew Storrie and Rob McCosker |
476 |
A pain in the grass: what's the diagnosis? Rieks van Klinken, F. Dane Panetta, Barbara Ross and Colin Wilson |
480 |
Detecting alien plant species early in the invasion process: a sampling strategy for the detection of Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M.King and H.Rob. (Siam weed). Roger Lawes and F. Dane Panetta |
484 |
Working with weeds in the Land of the Thunderdragon: an opportunity to prevent weed invasions. John Weiss, T. Thinley, Karma Nidup, Mahesh Ghimiray, Sangay Wandi and Tshering Dochen |
488 |
Development of strategies for eradication of selected agricultural sleeper weeds. Gemma Woldendorp, Mary Bomford, Simon Barry, F. Dane Panetta and David Cunningham |
492 |
Kochia (Bassia scoparia (L.) A.J.Scott) eradication in Western Australia: a review. Jonathan Dodd |
496 |
Functional groups of bird-dispersed weeds. Carl Gosper and Gabrielle Vivian-Smith |
500 |
Emex spinosa (L.) Campd.: a predicted weed threat that has not lived up to expectations? John K. Scott and Paul B. Yeoh |
501 |
Assessment of allelopathic effects of Parthenium hysterophorus residues. Daizy R. Batish, Harminder P. Singh, Jasvir K. Pandher, Ravinder K. Kohli and Vandana Arora |
505 |
Taxonomic update and Lucid key for introduced blackberry in Australia. Katherine J. Evans, David E. Symon, Molly A. Whalen, Robyn M. Barker, John R. Hosking and Julie A. Oliver |
509 |
The effect of summer weed management strategies on subsequent germinations and seed bank numbers. Graham M. Fromm and Vanessa L. Grieger |
513 |
Effect of sheep mastication and digestion on the transmission and viability of small-flowered mallow (Malva parviflora L.) seeds. Pippa J. Michael, Philip E. Vercoe, Kathryn J. Steadman and Julie A. Plummer |
516 |
Persistence of Fumaria densiflora DC. seed in the field. Gertraud M. Norton, Deirdre Lemerle and James E. Pratley |
519 |
Seed banks: the bane of the weed eradicator. F. Dane Panetta |
523 |
Environmental control of dormancy in Lolium rigidum Gaud. seeds. Kathryn J. Steadman and Amanda J. Ellery |
527 |
Seed bank ecology of the invasive vine, cats claw creeper (Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) A.Gentry). Gabrielle Vivian-Smith and F. Dane Panetta |
531 |
Better management of Sonchus oleraceus L. (common sowthistle) based on the weed's ecology. Michael Widderick, Steve Walker and Brian Sindel |
535 |
Emergence and persistence of barnyard grass (Echinochloa colona (L.) Link) and its management options in sorghum. Hanwen Wu, Steve Walker, Vikki Osten, Ian Taylor and Brian Sindel |
538 |
Is South African bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. rotundata) allelopathic in Australia? Emilie-Jane Ens, Kristine French and John Bremner |
542 |
Propagule pressure determines establishment after weed control. Clayson J. Howell |
543 |
Bladder ketmia (Hibiscus trionum L.) in Australia a variable taxa. Stephen B. Johnson, Brian M. Sindel and Graham W. Charles |
544 |
Seed longevity of Carduus nutans in Australia: consequences for weed management. Michael J. Neave |
548 |
Longevity of pond apple (Annona glabra L.) seeds and implications for management. Stephen D. Setter, Melissa J. Setter and Shane D. Campbell |
551 |
Seed bank dynamics of two exotic grass species in Australia's northern savannas. Samantha A. Setterfield, Sean Bellairs, Michael M. Douglas and Taegan Calnan |
555 |
Allelopathic interference of Ageratum conyzoides L. against some crop plants. Harminder P. Singh, Daizy R. Batish, Shalinder Kaur, Ravinder K. Kohli and Kuldeep S. Dogra |
558 |
Seed bank of mesquite (Leguminoseae: Prosopis spp.) in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Georgina Gardner, Helen Spafford Jacob and Rieks van Klinken |
562 |
Effect of temperature, scarification and light on the dormancy and germination of seeds of three mesquite (Leguminoseae: Prosopis spp.) hybrids naturalized in Australia Georgina K. Gardner, Helen Spafford Jacob, Kathryn J. Steadman and Rieks D. van Klinken |
566 |
Observations of camphor laurel, Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl, in north eastern New South Wales. Joe A. Friend |
571 |
Valuation of the cost of a weed incursion in a natural environment: a simulation approach. Susan M. Hester, Jack Sinden and Oscar J. Cacho |
572 |
The economic benefits of IWM: the role of risk and sustainability in farming systems. Randall Jones |
576 |
What is the impact of harvesting technology on the spread of new weeds in cropping systems? M. Monjardino, A. Diggle and J. Moore |
580 |
Benefit cost analysis for weed risk assessment in natural environments: full analysis, partial analysis or rules of thumb? Doreen I.S. Odom and Jack Sinden |
584 |
The economic impact of weeds in Australian agriculture. Jack Sinden, Randall Jones, Susie Hester, Doreen Odom, Cheryl Kalisch, Rosemary James and Oscar Cacho |
588 |
Estimating uncertainty in weed risk assessment predictions. Peter Caley, Paul Pheloung and Mark Lonsdale |
592 |
Sacrificing innocents to get the outlaw the benefits of early control. Simon Harris, Susan M. Timmins and F. Dane Panetta |
596 |
No-till adoption and the weed management challenge. Frank H. D'Emden and Rick S. Llewellyn |
597 |
Agricultural contractors bail up weeds an accreditation system to reduce weed spread in Tasmania. Cindy Hanson |
601 |
Farmer perceptions on herbicide resistance and proposed herbicide use to control annual ryegrass in South Australia. Dawn Hawthorn-Jackson, Christopher Preston and Robert Davidson |
605 |
Extension of weed research outcomes through the Australian cotton industry. Annie Johnson and Greg Salmond |
608 |
Packing the punch to weeds: WEEDpak a weed identification and management guide for the Australian cotton industry. Stephen B. Johnson |
611 |
The management of annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum Gaud.) in southern Australian broadacre farming systems is lacking in diversity Peter J. O'Connell and Jean-Louis Allard |
615 |
'Weed Warriors' overcoming the problem with weeds. Kate McArthur, Victoria Hawker and Megan McCarthy |
619 |
Physical weed control working group a case study of a weed information network. Andrew C. Bishop and Mike Collins |
620 |
Motivating action and maintaining behaviour challenges for Weedbusters, New Zealand. Amber Bill, Ian Popay and Susan Timmins |
623 |
Lantana at WONS with the community? Andrew Clark, Elissa van Oosterhout, Emily Menzies, Hellen Haapakoski and Michael Day |
627 |
Community involvement in biological control: towards the development of an improved evaluation model. Sarah Holland-Clift and Raelene M. Kwong |
631 |
How is the national Chilean needle grass program progressing? Linda J. Iaconis |
636 |
Developing weed management strategies. Sarah I. Keel |
640 |
Watch for these weeds: public help in weed led programs in Northland, New Zealand. A.P. McCluggage |
644 |
Community weed mapping a vision for the future. David A. McLaren, Jim Backholer, Jamie Cooper, Stephen Welsh and Domenic Scardamaglia |
648 |
Using your cute and furries: the role of threatened species in weed awareness. S.J. Vidler |
652 |
Measuring and evaluating performance in weed management projects. Lorne Butt, Richard Carter, Syd Lisle and Judith Rawling |
659 |
A new process to identify the weeds of La Réunion Island: the AdvenRun system Thomas Le Bourgeois, Eric Jeuffrault, Pierre Grard and Alain Carrara |
660 |
Working together a cooperative approach to weed management. Ann Herbert |
664 |
Identification of Chilean needle grass, Nassella neesiana a Weed of National Significance. Linda J. Iaconis |
666 |
Improving the market orientation of weeds information. Annette McCaffery and Bob Trounce |
667 |
The first thousand days: communicating the introduction of change in the New Zealand Department of Conservation. Ian Popay |
668 |
The Noxious Weeds Act 1993 (NSW) balancing people, planet and profit? Elisa Arcioni |
669 |
Successful control of honey locust trees (Gleditsia triacanthos L.) in Queensland. Steve M. Csurhes |
673 |
Which thistles are truly noxious? Michael Michelmore |
676 |
National Aquatic Weeds Management Group a new approach to managing the aquatic Weeds of National Significance. Andrew Petroeschevsky |
680 |
Quarantine law loophole: an examination of the known weed species permitted for import without weed risk assessment. Helen Spafford Jacob, Roderick P. Randall, Sandra G. Lloyd and Chrystal King |
684 |
A national set of core attributes for surveying, mapping and monitoring Weeds of National Significance. Richard Thackway, Ian McNaught and David Cunningham |
690 |
Coordinating and prioritising weed management in the Riverina. Paula Ash, Birgitte Verbeek and Doug Harris |
694 |
Towards a national approach to minimise the spread of weeds within Australia. Mirranie J. Barker |
695 |
Bitou bush management and plant conservation: establishing priorities for control. Paul O. Downey |
697 |
Distribution, economic impact and attitudes towards silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.) in Australia. David A. McLaren, Tereso A. Morfe, Iggy Honan and Royce Holtkamp |
701 |
Park-scale weed risk assessment in Victoria. Kelly Raymond and Phil Pegler |
702 |
Willow management developments across New South Wales. Bob Trounce |
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The British Ministry of Defense told Parliament that the surveillance drone had proven unable to cope with Iraq's heat and sometimes flew off course never to be seen again, The Times of London said Tuesday.
There was also the fact that the surveillance equipment was mounted to the aircraft's belly, requiring it to make a usually tricky and often rough landing on its back at the end of each flight.
The Phoenix had been used to provide targeting for British artillery in Iraq but was never sent to Afghanistan due to problems flying in thin air, The Times said.
The ministry's decision brings to an end a program that began in the closing days of the cold war and cost Britain about $430.2 million.
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In the Images of World Literature slideshow, you saw ancient images inspired by The Epic of Gilgamesh. Here at Connections, you can find modern interpretations, analyses, and performances of the Gilgamesh story.
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- An excerpt of the "Darmok" episode, from Star Trek: The Next Generation, broadcast in the United States on September 30, 1991, where the retelling of the Gilgamesh story facilitates communication with aliens (briefly featured in the program).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukMNfTnI5M8 - The 2006 play "Gilgamesh" by Yusef Komunyakaa and Chad Gracia (both appear in the program)
ct=result#v=onepage&q=&f=false - The Forgotten One, by Marvel Comics, with a hero named Gilgamesh
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/gilgamesh.htm - Gilgamesh II, 1989 comic book by Jim Starlin, featured in the program
http://www.amazon.com/Gilgamesh-II-Jim-Starlin/dp/B00071S7T8 - BBC radio serial of Gilgamesh at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/dramaon3/pip/gci75/ - Izumi Ashizawa performance of Gilgamesh.
http://izumiashizawa.tripod.com/ - Ludmilla Zeman, The Gilgamesh Trilogy, Tundra Books, 1998.
- Many of the world's great museums have art and artifacts relating to the Ancient Near East, including:
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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The four species of avocets /ˈævəsɛt/ are a genus, Recurvirostra, of waders in the same avian family as the stilts.
Avocets have long legs and long, thin, upcurved bills (giving their scientific name Recurvirostra) which they sweep from side to side when feeding in the brackish or saline wetlands they prefer. The plumage is pied, sometimes also with some red.
Members of this genus have webbed feet and readily swim. Their diet consists of aquatic insects and other small creatures. They nest on the ground in loose colonies. In estuarine settings they may feed on exposed bay muds or mudflats.
The pied avocet is the emblem of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
The four species, all in the genus Recurvirostra, are:
- Pied avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta
- American avocet, Recurvirostra americana
- Red-necked avocet, Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Andean avocet, Recurvirostra andina
In a large colony they are aggressively defensive and chase off any other species of birds that try to nest among or near them. That causes the annoyed remark "Avocet : Exocet" from some British birdwatchers.[1]
They had been extinct in Britain for a long time because of land reclamation of their habitat and persecution by skin and egg collectors, but during or soon after World War II started breeding on reclaimed land near the Wash which was returned to salt marsh to make difficulties for any landing German invaders.
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I've created a little script for my personal use that creates .mobi files from any .epub files that don't already have a .mobi counterpart using ebook-convert. This is my very, very first script in Python. (Usually write things like this in bash.) So it has a good deal of limitations: it only works on one directory at a time, it assumes that the name of the file between epub and mobi versions is constant, and I'm sure it has a thousand other limitations. It handles white space in the filenames fine. I've only tested it in linux environments...so I doubt it is windows friendly. You can find the script here:http://pastebin.com/0HpA7dy0 . You need to feed it one argument: the directory it should search for epubs/mobis. For example: Code:
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Department of Highways, District 10 District 10 Employees Praised for Role in Transportation Cabinet's Record Year for Highway Investments
JACKSON, KY – (Feb. 19, 2007) – Employees of the Transportation Cabinet's District 10 office were honored today for their contributions in allowing the Cabinet to set a record for investments in Kentucky's highway infrastructure.
State Highway Engineer Marcie Mathews visited the Jackson district office this morning to thank the district's employees for their role in achieving a significant milestone. Last year, for the first time ever, Kentucky awarded more than $1 billion in contracts for highway construction and improvement projects.
"Much of the work that must be done before bids can be awarded is done by employees at the district level," Mathews said. "We would not have been able to make the investments we did last year without their dedication and hard work, and we want to praise them for their efforts."
Mathews and Marc D. Williams, commissioner of the Department of Highways, have been traveling across the commonwealth, visiting the 12 district offices to personally deliver their thanks for a job well done.
"We are certainly pleased that Cabinet officials in Frankfort recognize the hard work that our district employees do," said Linda Wagner-Justice, chief district engineer. "Our team members in District 10 always excel at their jobs and we appreciate that this effort does not go unnoticed."
Several construction contracts awarded last year in District 10 contributed to the Cabinet's record-setting mark. Among them are paving and safety improvements on the Mountain Parkway in Powell, Wolfe and Magoffin counties; relocation of KY 7 between Jeff and Viper in Perry County; a new route to bypass a substandard railroad underpass and eliminate two at-grade railroad crossings in Lee County; a bridge replacement on KY 30 in Owsley County; and resurfacing and guardrail installation on existing routes in all 10 counties that make up the district.
In District 10, nearly $75 million was invested in new construction projects in 2006. When maintenance projects such as resurfacing and guardrail installation on existing routes are added, the total for all construction projects swells to nearly $100 million.
"These projects and others awarded in District 10 are vital to maintaining the transportation network in this area," Wagner-Justice said. "The administration of Gov. Ernie Fletcher has been committed to building and maintaining safe highways in our region, and we are grateful for this support."
District 10 includes the counties of Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Powell and Wolfe in east-central and southeastern Kentucky.
State Highway Engineer Marcie Mathews, left, presented District 10 Chief District Engineer Linda Wagner-Justice with a plaque commemorating the district's role in the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's achieving a record of more than $1 billion in construction project lettings in 2006.
State Highway Engineer Marcie Mathews cut a cake celebrating the Transportation Cabinet's record $1 billion investment in Kentucky's highway infrastructure during her visit to the District 10 office in Jackson on Monday.
From left, Corbett Caudill, design engineer; Marcie Mathews, state highway engineer; Linda Wagner-Justice, chief district engineer and Janice Porter, District 10 attorney, talked during the state highway engineer's visit to the District 10 office in Jackson on Monday.


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"Glorify" is one of those heavenly words that has a difficult, earthly definition.
It is, however, one of my primary principals for living. I have written previously on my first principal for life -- "Faith in God," which means "Trust in God." I have also written about my second principal for life -- "Unconditional Love." And now, I am writing on my third principal for life, which is "Glorify God." Once we have learned to trust God, and love unconditionally, we are faced with the often complicated, day-to-day decisions of life. In life, we are confronted with many, many decisions: Turn left? Turn right? Red or Blue? How are we to know which decision is the right one? Honestly, most of the time, we don't know which decision is the right one. We weigh out the outcome, and we eliminate the bad choice, and, hopefully, pick the good choice. However, we still may be making the wrong decision. This is where glorify comes in. When we are faced with a difficult decision, we must apply principles one and two, and then make a decision that we honestly believe would glorify God. We must make a decision that would please God. Jesus said: "I glorify my Father, He glorifies me." Jesus followed the will of God and did what God said, in his word. Jesus said: "I say only what the Father has told me to say. I do only what the Father has asked me to do." God desires that we operate in faith and love and that we walk in obedience and righteousness, which is another way of saying, walk in a way that pleases God. When we choose to trust, love and please God, God can, and will, open and shut doors to guide us into his purpose and will. If you have any comments on this column, please contact me at email@example.com like this story
- In His steps - Susan Bennett ( December 9, 2011 )
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JEFFERSON CITY — If presidential candidate Rick Santorum fails to win a majority of Missouri's delegates to the Republican National Convention, it may be because of an alliance forged by supporters of Mitt Romney and Ron Paul at several pivotal local caucuses this past weekend.
Santorum won Missouri's nonbinding presidential primary in February, sweeping all 114 counties and the city of St. Louis after he was the only Republican candidate to campaign before the election. But Santorum did not score a clean sweep Saturday, when Republicans caucused at nearly 140 sites in a first step toward allotting Missouri's delegates to particular presidential candidates.
Although Santorum's supporters turned out in significant numbers, they got outmaneuvered in some caucuses when Paul proponents paired up with Romney followers to form a majority coalition. The alliance brought together some of the Republican Party's traditional insiders — supporting Romney — and its fringe activists — supporting Paul — to potentially deny delegates to Santorum, the candidate most capable of mounting a challenge to the front-running Romney.
Nationally, Romney leads the Republican race with 521 delegates, compared with Santorum's 253, Newt Gingrich's 136 and Paul's 50, according a count by The Associated Press.
Missouri's 52 delegates are not yet included in that tally. That's because the local caucuses that occurred this past weekend — as well others scheduled for Saturday in Jackson County and St. Louis — did not bind delegates to particular presidential candidates. Rather, the county and township caucuses are choosing 2,123 people to advance to regional Republican conventions April 21 and a state party convention June 2, where delegates will be given to presidential candidates.
Confusion and contention were common at Missouri's local caucuses, but the Paul and Romney camps used that to their advantage in some cases.
Paul supporters dominated Saturday's caucus in Boone County, where he had campaigned two days earlier. They paired with a smaller Romney contingent to elect a slate of 48 Paul delegates and five Romney delegates to advance to the next round in the selection process. Santorum was shut out.
Santorum supporters were also outflanked in the Republican stronghold of Greene County. A Paul-Romney alliance resulted in a slate allotting 65 delegates to Paul, 40 to Romney and six to Santorum.
A similar alliance turned back Santorum supporters in the Capitol's home of Cole County, where Romney backers comprised the bulk of the 35 delegates with some also going to Paul supporters.
In Franklin County, Santorum carried the plurality on an initial vote of separate delegate slates put forward by the three camps. But during a break, Paul and Romney supporters combined forces, resulting in victory for a revised 40-person delegate slate in which Paul supporters comprised a little less than two-thirds of the delegates and Romney supporters comprised more than one-third. Santorum supporters were left with nothing.
"The Ron Paul people and the Romney people were willing to work together because they wanted to get some delegates to the next level, and that was the way to do it," said Jedidiah Smith, a Paul delegate from Franklin County. "It's not so much that they see eye-to-eye together."
A Romney-Paul coalition nearly prevailed in the St. Louis County township of Chesterfield, where Santorum campaigned just hours before Saturday's caucus. Former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent, a Romney campaign adviser, attempted to broker a compromise that would have provided some delegates for all the presidential campaigns. But Santorum's group rejected it.
"It's perfectly legal to team up," said Judy Hon, a Chesterfield township committeewoman who led the Santorum contingent. "I asked if the Ron Paul people could be removed and they did not want to make that compromise. So I said, 'We'll go for broke.'"
In the resulting vote, the slate of Santorum delegates narrowly prevailed over a slate that consisted of 16 Romney delegates, three Paul delegates and one delegate for Newt Gingrich.
The reason for the Romney-Paul alliance is more political and philosophical.
As the frontrunner, Romney comes out ahead every time Santorum does not win a delegate.
In that sense, "a vote for Paul is a vote for Romney," said George Connor, head of the political science department at Missouri State University.
As the candidate trailing the delegate race, Paul's best shot at relevance is to gain enough delegates to command a role at the Republican National Convention.
"What they're guaranteeing is access to the convention" by teaming up with Romney, Connor said.
Santorum still has a shot at winning the majority of Missouri's delegates from its eight congressional district conventions and state convention. But if the Romney-Paul alliance remains firm, the result could be a split of Missouri's 52 delegates among various presidential candidates.
That would be fine with Romney's camp.
"I hope what happens is we get some kind of a split that reflects, I think, the real feeling within the party — because it's clear to me that it's split," Talent said.
David A. Lieb has covered state government and politics for The Associated Press since 1995. He may be followed on Twitter @DavidALieb.


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State law prohibits changing the compensation for tax collectors during their term, so the opportunity to do so arises once every four years, as their terms end. This is one of those years, and Feb. 15 is the deadline for counties, municipal governments and school districts to set compensation.
The Pennsylvania Economy League has done extensive research on tax collection costs and has found a wide array of compensation methods, many of them wasteful. The PEL recommends a flat salary rather than a percentage of taxes collected, per-bill charges or other methods. That makes sense since tax payments are required by law - collection is a procedural exercise.
Wage tax collection statewide has been converted to a new system, under which the number of collectors has been reduced from about 560 to just 69, saving more than $200 million a year in collection costs. The state Legislature should pass a similar law for property tax collection, setting rates, eliminating redundancy and saving even more money.


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For just $5, you get a few hours of fast-paced combat, and there's punishing side missions tucked away for those who crave a challenge. Think you can get through the entire game without dying? Tight mechanics make it possible, but it takes dedication to earn that triumph. Bleed is an energetic tale of heroic conquest.
Unceasing combat is the driving force of the fast and challenging...
Bleed left me in awe from start to finish. I haven't played an action platformer this good in years. Bootdisk Revolution has delivered a sense of nostalgia and cutting edge gameplay in one neat package.
I still commend Ian's efforts. He accomplished something here that I could never do: making his own game. Bleed may not become highly profitable, but I hope we see more title's beyond Bootdisk Revolution's breakout attempt. That's more than I'll say for most indie hits.
Bleed is a very fun and engaging experience. It takes action-platforming in a fun, enjoyable direction with excellent controls and a lovable cast of characters. For $5, you can't go wrong. While the game's length is relatively short, you will have a ton of fun for as long as it lasts. This is a game I can definitely recommend.
Bleed is a fantastic hybrid of shoot 'em up and platformer, well-worth the attention of any gamer who's looking for a vastly enjoyable experience and a game that knows when to provide a challenge at just the right moments. My only complaint would be that the title doesn't really fit what the game is portraying, but at least it rolls off the tongue nicely. If you enjoy a good challenge, don't hesitate to download this absolute belter.
Truthfully though, this has become my new go-to game when I feel the urge to just blow stuff up. Sometimes a game gets an element or two right, this game gets them all right. It's an absolute must have for anyone who likes action shooters, platformers, or side-scrollers.
Bootdisk Revolution has crafted a classic. Bleed is a highlight on XBLIG, not just for 2012, but for the catalog as a whole. Yes, the price is high. But it's one of the absolute best titles available and worth every spacebuck being charged. Don't pass this one up.
This is the best XBLIG I've ever had the privilege of playing. You can be skeptic, but in this rarest of cases, trust me that the game earns that title utterly. If you have a pulse, if even a fraction of your heart is occupied by videogames, you must play Bleed.


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Ken K. Ren , Ph.D., EntreMed's Chief Executive Officer commented, "We are excited about the initiation of this trial. We believe ENMD-2076 has good potential in the treatment of sarcoma along with other oncology indications. In our Phase 1 trial in solid tumors, we had one patient with advanced/metastatic sarcoma relapse after multiple lines of previous therapies, however after being treated with ENMD-2076, the patient had prolonged disease PFS for 21 months. This Phase 2 trial will enable us to explore the potential of ENMD-2076 for this indication further. We look forward to our continued advancement and development of ENMD-2076 as an oncology platform."
About EntreMed
EntreMed, Inc. is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company employing a drug development strategy primarily in the United States and China to develop targeted therapeutics for the global market. Its lead compound, ENMD-2076, a selective angiogenic kinase inhibitor, has completed several Phase 1 studies in solid tumors, multiple myeloma, and leukemia, and is currently completing a multi-center Phase 2 study in ovarian cancer. EntreMed, Inc. recently announced the initiation of a Phase 2 study of ENMD-2076 in triple-negative breast cancer and the initiation of a Phase 2 study of ENMD-2076 in advanced/metastatic soft tissue sarcoma. Additional information about EntreMed is available on the Company's web site at www.entremed.com and in various filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
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ENMD-2076 is an orally-active, Aurora A/angiogenic kinase inhibitor with a unique kinase selectivity profile and multiple mechanisms of action. ENMD-2076 has been shown to inhibit a distinct profile of angiogenic tyrosine kinase targets in additi
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While we don't have any actual numbers yet from Facebook Places, it seems that Foursquare is stll the reigning king of the checkin. During yesterday's annual Foursquare Day, the service saw its largest day yet, with 3,073,635 checkins according to a tweet from Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley:
Oh Foursquare. It seems like only yesterday that we were reporting on the news of passing 1 million in a day. But it wasn't just a great day for the Foursquare crew. Many charitable causes also benefitted. Taken from the Foursquare Day blog:
4sqday events collected food, donated money to Japan disaster victims, supported the Red Cross, Humane Society and much more. We love the fact that 4sqday helped contribute to these causes in a spontaneous, grassroots way.
A huge congratulations goes out to those of you who got your Foursquare Day badge. Plans are already in the works for next year's event, which should promise to be even bigger. Until then, you can keep up with everything that's hot in checkins and more right here on TNW Location.


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- found: Mathias, W. This worlde's joie [SR] p1976: labels (Janet Price, soprano)
- found: Int. ww in classical mus., 24th ed. (Price, Janet; b. 1938, Abersychan, Pontypool, Gwent, S. Wales; soprano)
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Mississippi Mermaid
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Directed by | François Truffaut |
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Written by | François Truffaut |
Based on | Waltz into Darkness by William Irish |
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Music by | Antoine Duhamel |
Cinematography | Denys Clerval |
Edited by | Agnès Guillemot |
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Distributed by | United Artists |
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Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | $1,600,000[1] |
Box office | $7,356,464[2][3] 1,227,693 admissions (France)[4] |
Mississippi Mermaid (French: La sirène du Mississipi) is a 1969 French romantic drama film directed by François Truffaut and starring Catherine Deneuve and Jean-Paul Belmondo. Adapted from the 1947 novel Waltz into Darkness by Cornell Woolrich, the film is about a tobacco planter on Réunion island in the Indian Ocean who becomes engaged through correspondence to a woman he does not know. When she arrives it is not the same woman in the photo, but he marries her anyway.[5] Filmed in southern France and Réunion island,[6] Mississippi Mermaid was the 17th highest grossing film of the year in France with a total of 1,221,027 admissions.[7] It was remade in 2001 as Original Sin, directed by Michael Cristofer and starring Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas.
Louis Mahé (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a wealthy tobacco plantation owner on Réunion island in the Indian Ocean, is awaiting the arrival of his bride to be, Julie Roussel (Catherine Deneuve), whom he's never met. They became acquainted through the personals column of a French newspaper and have been corresponding by mail. At the Hotel Mascarin he meets his partner Jardine who accompanies him to pick up the ring. Louis drives to the dock to greet Julie who is arriving on the steamer Mississippi from Nouméa, the capital of New Caledonia. When they meet he is surprised by her beauty and does not recognize her; she is not the woman in the photo she'd sent him. She explains that she sent the photo of a neighbor to assure the sincerity of his intentions. He confesses that he too has not told the complete truth, having hidden the fact that he was wealthy.
Louis and Julie quickly marry, and his adoration of his new bride makes him overlook inconsistencies with what she wrote in her letters. He gives Julie access to his bank accounts and prints her image on the cigarette packs his company manufactures. After receiving an angry letter from Julie's sister, Berthe Roussel (Nelly Borgeaud), demanding to know the whereabouts of Julie, Louis returns home to find that Julie is gone, and that she's absconded with nearly 28 million francs, all but emptying his bank accounts. Soon after, Julie's sister Berthe arrives and informs him that the woman he married was not Julie, and that she saw her sister board the Mississippi. They hire a private detective, Comolli, to track down the impostor and bring her to justice.
On a flight to Nice, France, Louis suddenly collapses from exhaustion. While recuperating in the Clinique Heurtebise sanitarium, he sees Julie on television, dancing at a nightclub in Antibes. He buys a gun and travels to Antibes where he breaks in to her room at the Hotel Monorail, intent on killing her. When she returns and is confronted by Louis, she offers no resistance. Explaining that her real name is Marion Vergano, she tells him of her sordid past; of the years she spent in prison; and of her association with a heartless gangster, Richard, who was with her on the Mississippi. She recounts that when they met Julie Roussel and learned of her forthcoming marriage, Richard fabricated a plot to kill Julie and send Marion in her place to rob Louis. Afterwards Richard forced her to go through with the robbery and then abandoned her. She tells Louis that she still loves him, and Louis forgives her.
Louis and Marion buy a red convertible and drive to Aix-en-Provence where they move into a house together and spend their days traveling the region and making love. Their happiness is interrupted, however, by Comolli, who has arrived in Aix on the trail of the impostor. After trying in vain to bribe the detective to drop the case, Louis shoots him dead and buries him in the wine cellar of the house. Louis and Marion flee to Lyon, but she grows increasingly dissatisfied with their fugitive existence and longs for a life of luxury in Paris. Louis returns briefly to Réunion and sells his share in the plantation to his partner Jardine. Upon his return he finds the police are on their trail. Again they are forced to flee, leaving most of his money behind.
They head into the mountains where they find an isolated cabin in which to hide. They hope to cross over into Switzerland, but Marion is restless and unhappy with their life on the run. Louis becomes increasingly ill, and after nearly collapsing, he suspects that Marion has been putting rat poison in his coffee. He attempts to escape, but Marion brings him back to the cabin. As she pours him another glass of coffee, he reveals his knowledge of her plan, accepts his fate with no regrets, and expresses his overwhelming love for her. Ashamed at her actions, Marion knocks the glass from Louis' hand and vows to make amends. She acknowledges that no woman deserves to be loved like this, but she assures him that she loves him and that they can still go away together. Crying in his arms, Marion tells him, "I'm learning what love is, Louis. It's painful." After Louis regains his strength, they leave the cabin behind them in a snow storm and head off together toward the border.
- Jean-Paul Belmondo as Louis Mahé
- Catherine Deneuve as Julie Roussel / Marion Vergano
- Michel Bouquet as Comolli
- Nelly Borgeaud as Berthe Roussel
- Marcel Berbert as Jardine
- Martine Ferrière as the Landlady
- Yves Drouhet as the Detective
- Roland Thénot as Richard[8]
Filming locations[edit]
- Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
- Grenoble, Isère, France
- Le Tampon, Réunion
- Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France
- Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
- Saint-Denis, Réunion
- Sainte-Anne, Réunion
- Sainte-Suzanne, Réunion[6]
Box Office[edit]
The film was the 16th most popular movie at the French box office in 1969.[9]
In his review in The New York Times, Vincent Canby wrote that the film "defies easy definition and blithely triumphs over what initially appears to be structural schizophrenia."[10] Canby noted the performances of Belmondo, Deneuve, and Bouquet, which were "played with marvelous style."[10] Canby concluded:
In Mississippi Mermaid, as in all of Truffaut's films, love leads only to an uncertain future that, at best, may contain some joy along with the inevitable misery. Truffaut's special talent, however, is for communicating a sense of the value of that joy.[10]
In his review in the San Francisco Chronicle in 1999, film critic Edward Guthmann praised the film, writing:
Truffaut tells his story with terrific dispatch, as if he was thrilled by its possibilities and couldn't wait to share his enthusiasm ... the result is a cool combo of film noir, star vehicle and picaresque romance. It's vintage Truffaut, and a great way to get acquainted or reacquainted with one of cinema's true masters.[11]
The film, however, had many detractors. Dennis Schwartz, for example, wrote:
This perverse love story just doesn't fly. The two leads play unsympathetic characters and instead of getting into their character's heads they both play it as a game. It comes off as a disturbing film that seems pointless and has questionable entertainment value. It's one of the few misfires from the talented Truffaut, even with the restored 13 minutes missing from its American release that supposedly makes the film more lucid.[12]
On the review aggregator web site Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an 85% positive rating from top film critics based on 13 reviews, and a 71% positive audience rating based on 2,387 user ratings.[13]
- Citations
- ^ Tino Balio, United Artists: The Company The Changed the Film Industry, Uni of Wisconsin Press, 1987 p 282
- ^ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=9033
- ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mississippimermaid09.htm
- ^ Box Office information for film at Box Office Story
- ^ "Mississippi Mermaid". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Locations for Mississippi Mermaid". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ^ "La Sirène du Mississippi". J.P.'s Box-Office. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ^ Allen, Don. Finally Truffaut. New York: Beaufort Books. 1985. ISBN 0-8253-0335-4. OCLC 12613514. pp. 230.
- ^ "The World's Top Twenty Films." Sunday Times [London, England] 27 Sept. 1970: 27. The Sunday Times Digital Archive. accessed 5 Apr. 2014
- ^ a b c Canby, Vincent (April 11, 1970). "Mississippi Mermaid (1969)". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ^ Guthmann, Edward (May 14, 1999). "Truffaut's 'Mermaid' Merits Second Look". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ^ Schwarz, Dennis. "Mississippi Mermaid". Ozus' World. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ^ "Mississippi Mermaid". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- Further reading
- Baecque, Antoine de; Toubiana, Serge (1999). Truffaut: A Biography. New York: Knopf. ISBN 978-0-375-40089-6.
- Bergan, Ronald, ed. (2008). François Truffaut: Interviews. Oxford: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-934110-13-3.
- Holmes, Diana; Ingram, Robert, eds. (1998). François Truffaut (French Film Directors). Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-4553-0.
- Insdorf, Annette (1995). François Truffaut. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47808-3.
External links[edit]
- Mississippi Mermaid at the Internet Movie Database
- Mississippi Mermaid at the TCM Movie Database
- Mississippi Mermaid at AllMovie
- Mississippi Mermaid at Rotten Tomatoes
- Mississippi Mermaid at Box Office Mojo