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Cookie Lyon's bossed-up wardrobe is one of the reasons she's the real star of Empire. She's never seen on screen without some over-the-top fur or leopard garb. The show's costume designer Rita McGhee is the woman who keeps Taraji P. Henson's character and the rest of the cast properly flossed. »
Someone find Lee Daniels, Kenya Barris, Shonda Rhimes and Jennie Snyder Urman and hug them: their television successes with Empire, Black-ish, How to Get Away with Murder and Jane the Virgin are opening doors for other diverse shows. Give thanks! »
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Even though his awful Great-Aunt Gertrudis doesn't approve, Micah believes in the stories his dying Grandpa Ephraim tells him of the magical Circus Mirandus: the invisible tiger guarding the gates, the beautiful flying birdwoman, and the magician more powerful than any other—the Man Who Bends Light. Finally, Grandpa Ephraim offers proof. The Circus is real. And the Lightbender owes Ephraim a miracle. With his friend Jenny Mendoza in tow, Micah sets out to find the Circus and the man he believes will save his grandfather.
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CIRCUS MIRANDUS is a magical book.
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Junhwan Kim and Ram D. Sriram from NIST, along with Michael J. Pratt of LMR Systems and Raj G. Iyer of Army TACOM were selected to receive "2011 Most Cited Paper Award" from the journal Computer-Aided Design for their co-authored paper, "Standardized Data Exchange of CAD models with Design Intent," published in 2008. Paper suggests an implementable foundation for CAD data exchange with the preservation of design intent, based on the use of newly published parts of ISO 10303. Read More
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Restoration Industry Association (RIA) presented its highest individual industry honor, the Martin L. King Award, to Art Johnson, operations manager for Canstar Restorations. As first Canadian to win this honor, Johnson was recognized for his exceptional service and dedication to restoration industry. He has held positions that include Water Loss Institute chairman, Restoration Council co-chairman, and Environmental Council chairman. Currently, he sits on RIA's Board of Directors. Read More
GAWDA Survey shows economy's impact on members' retirement.March 15, 2011
According to retirement survey by Welding and Gases Today, 76.9% of respondents indicate that the economy has forced them to change their retirement plans. Respondents who are business owners came in slightly less than the overall number, with 71.4% changing their retirement plans because of the economy. No GAWDA member says he or she realistically expects to retire before age 65. One third of respondents will retire between ages 70-75, while another 8.3% say they may never retire. Read More
EPA Names U.S. Cities with most Energy Star-certified buildings.March 15, 2011
U.S. EPA's third annual list names 25 U.S. metropolitan areas with greatest number of energy-efficient buildings which had earned Energy Star® certification in 2010. Surpassing growth of past several years, list shows that in 2010 more than 6,200 commercial buildings earned Energy Star. This represents increase of nearly 60% compared to 2009. As of end of 2010, more than 12,600 buildings across America have earned Energy Star since EPA awarded first certification in 1999. Read More
Proposed Standard covers fiber reinforced plastic gratings.March 15, 2011
Proposed standard, ASTM WK31924, Specification for Fiber Reinforced Plastic Gratings Used in Marine Construction and Shipbuilding, is being developed by Subcommittee F25.03 on Outfitting and Deck Machinery. Gratings are used on mobile offshore drilling units and floating production platforms as walkways in machinery spaces, cargo areas, and on-deck areas. Standard will cover several aspects of FRP gratings, including fire testing procedures, ultraviolet effects, and moisture absorption. Read More
Automate 2011 Show to honor first industrial robot.March 15, 2011
The 50th anniversary of the installation of the first industrial robot at a General Motors plant in Trenton, NJ in 1961 will be honored with a special pavilion at the Automate 2011 Show, March 21-24. Titled "50 Years: A Tribute to Industrial Robots," pavilion features timeline showing technical progress of robotics from 1961 forward, as well as selection of vintage robots and review of imagined robots from ancient times through 20th Century science fiction. Read More
ASTM Standard addresses building energy performance assessment.March 15, 2011
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2005 Record: 5-6
2005 predicted
Fine, so the offense was awful, but the defense was one of the best
in America and there was a fantastic overtime win at LSU that
should've saved some face when it came to national respect. But not
going to a bowl doesn't play well around Knoxville, and things have
to change in a big way this season of there will be a new coaching
era beginning next year at this time.
There are few teams
in America that can match the overall speed and athleticism of the 2006
Vols, but all the skills have to translate into better overall play and,
of course, wins. The offense can't be any worse, and should be a force
with new/old offensive coordinator David Cutcliffe taking back his
offensive coordinator job. The running backs can fly, the receivers are
even faster, and the line is bigger than more NFL front walls. If
quarterback Erik Ainge is merely competent, and the defense can avoid
falling off the map after losing six of the starters on the front seven,
the Vols should be back in the SEC title hunt.
Maybe last year was a big step back to take a giant leap forward. Maybe
the embarrassment the players felt gave them the fire to work harder and
not rest on their high school accolades. Or maybe, just maybe, Tennessee
football isn't nearly as good as the brand name suggests it should be.
One way or another, this will be a watershed season.
Schedule: The Vols can't use the schedule as an excuse if there are
more problems like last season. Of course there are tough games, but most of the big
ones are in Knoxville with Cal, Florida, Alabama and LSU coming to town.
There's only one absolute killer of a road trip coming midseason at
Georgia, while games at South Carolina and Arkansas will also be tough. You
can't ask for a better end to the season than at Vanderbilt and at home
against Kentucky.
Offensive Player:
Senior OT Arron Sears.
The monster senior will start at left tackle, but he showed last year
that he can play either tackle or guard position. The
320-pounder will be an several preseason All-America short lists and
will have to be a steady rock as the
only starter returning to the front line.
Defensive Player:
Senior DT Justin Harrell. The 300-pound senior is the only returning
starter on the front seven, and he should be up for several all-star
honors. He's quick enough to play end and strong enough to be a rock of
a tackle.
Key player
to a successful season:
Junior QB Erik Ainge. There's no Rick Clausen or Brent Schaeffer to pick
up the pieces if Ainge can't get the job done. There's talent among the
reserves with Jonathan Crompton and Bo Hardegree good enough to step in
if needed, but they don't have any experience. Tennessee can't come up
with a bounce-back season if Ainge isn't great.
The season
will be a success if ... the Vols win the SEC East. After last year, anything less than
an appearance in the SEC title game will leave the sour taste of 2005 in
everyone's mouth. The schedule, athleticism, and fire are all in place
for a good season.
Key game:
Sept. 2 vs. California. Cal has the talent to be a top 15 team and
is more than good enough to beat the Vols in the season opener.
Tennessee must win this game convincingly to get its confidence back,
while a home loss would get everyone screaming for heads to roll.
2005 Fun
- Third quarter scoring: Tennessee 35 ... Opponents 18
- Yards per carry: Tennessee 3.5 - Opponents 2.5
- Fourth down conversions: Tennessee 5 of 17 (29%) - Opponents 2 of 11
The Last Time Tennessee…
…played in a bowl game…2004
(Cotton Bowl vs. Texas A&M)
…missed a bowl game…2005
…pitched a shutout…2003 (Vanderbilt)
…was shutout…1994 (Florida)
…scored 50 points…2003 (Mississippi State)
…went undefeated…1998
…won a conference title…1998 (SEC)
…had a 3,000-yard passer…1997 (Peyton Manning)
…had a 1,000-yard rusher…2004 (Gerald Riggs)
…had a 1,000-yard receiver…2001 (Kelley Washington)
…had a first-round draft choice…2006 (DB Jason Allen)


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Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association 50: 41-45 (1989) TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT AND PASTURE IMPROVEMENT IN SOUTH OTAGO TUSSOCK HILL COUNTRY AW. Pantall South Otago Farm Consultancy, Balclutha Abstract Over the past 25 years farmers in South Otago have raised the carrying capacity of native undeveloped tussock land from 0.6 w/ha to 15 w/ha through techniques of cultivation and oversowing. The success has been achieved by a whole range of mterrelated operations, which have evolved from cultivating ploughable undeveloped tussock land and sowing into pastures with white clover/fyegrass cultivars. and oversowing the rougher undeveloped hills with similar Pasture species. Soils of the region lacked molybdenum and phosphate, and topdressing with molybdlc superphosphate greatly increased white clover yields. In the 1950s animal production was based on breeding and selling store stock, but today the emphasis IS on retaining stock and fattening for export The results of development over the last two to three decades have put the farmers in a good position to meet the future, especially the economic problems facing the industry. Keywords: molybdenum, oversowing. grarmg management, productivity, cultivars, tussock hill country INTRODUCTION The South Otago tussock hill country lies to the south of and includes the Kaihiku Ranges, which dominate this region, running south east to north west from Nugget Point almost to Gore. Geologically the area is a unique series of uplifted parallel greywacke sedimentary ridges and valleys. Altitude ranges up to 675 m a.s.1. and annual rainfall varies from 750 mm to 1350 mm, averaging 1125 mm. Droughts are seldom a problem. Mean daily summer temperature at 300 m is 12.5" C and winter 2.6" C - in other words, decidedly fresh! Prevailing weather is from the southwest and east. The main soils are hygrous lowland yellow-brown earths. These soils have an extensive cover of greywacke loess and are generally free draining and easy to cultivate. The coastal area was originally in dense native bush, much of which still exists. Westward inland, as the valley incline rose to about 180 m, the vegetation changed dramatically to extensive clean tussock grasslands predominantly in dense red tussock (Chionochloa rubra L.) and fescue tussock (festuca novae-zelandiae L.). The tussocks were interspersed with browntop (Agrostis tenuis L.) and many other low producing species, with areas of fern, scrub and bush, mostly on the southerly faces of the hills. The area covers about 80 000 ha and farm holdings today average about 800 ha (range 160 to 3500 ha). Initial area development It is significant that from the early settlement in about 1850 to 1950, land development was concentrated mainly in the areas of easy access adjacent to the roads and areas of easy contour, leaving most of the hills and back farm areas undeveloped, almost in their native state. This was partly due to the lack of technology, rural regional development in roads, electricity and, for Government leasehold lands, the insecurity of non-renewable leases of various types ruling at 41 that time. Suffice to say most of these problems were subsequently overcome. Over the years, these undeveloped tussock areas were sparsely grazed, mainly as a run-off, carrying approximately 0.6 sulha on the clean easy tussock and much' less on the steeper hills. Some volunteer white clover was occasionally evident but its production and potential were minimal. DEVELOPMENT Until the 1950s production was centred on breeding and selling store stock; pasture productivity was insufficient to sustain a total fattening programme. However, by about 1960, the spectacular effects of molybdenum on white clover establishment, selenium and thibenzole on animal health, aerial topdressing and development financing, plus a good outlook for farming prosperity, encouraged farmers to take up the challenge to develop these tussock areas. Not all farmers made the move at the same time, nor did they go about it in the same way. In fact there was quite a variation in individual methods and techniques, most of which were successful and constantly improved upon as development progressed. Strategy was threefold: cultivate the ploughable ground; topdress and oversow the unploughable hills; and install a range of ancillary improvements to assist management efficiency as general development progressed. Soil tests taken in 1964 revealed very low soil fertility, averaging pH 5.1, Ca 1, K 6, P 2 (Truog), Mg 20, co 0.06, MO 0.08, cu 9 - very poor conditions for high producing grasses and clovers. Ploughable land Best results have been achieved by ploughing in the autumn with a swamp plough, effectively burying the trash and fallowing until spring. This helps to aerate the soil and break down the buried vegetation. These soils were not difficult to cultivate and in spring soon broke down with giant discing, harrowing, levelling and rolling for consolidation before sowing. An effective development rotation was native tussock to soft turnips or swedes, to soft turnips or swedes (clubroot resistant) or kale, to new grass. All these crops were best sown in November to be well established before any likely summer dry spells. Lime at 2.5 t/ha applied at each sowing and totalling up to 7.5 t/ha by regrassing time, brought the pH up to between 5.8 and 6.2. Brassica crops were sown mostly with 375 kg/ha of reverted superphosphate and as time and experience progressed nitrogen was also found to be beneficial. The yields of all brassica crops were generally light, but the extra large areas provided more than sufficient winter feed and helped to build up organic fertility in the soil through the return of dung and urine. During these initial stages, subsequent ploughing was not advisable as this would have brought to the surface a lot of buried trash. Selecting high quality cultivar seed for new pastures and oversowing has played a key role in the excellent results obtained. First generation and sometimes basic seed, with a minimum of 90% germination and 99% purity test, was used. On these friable soils, sowing grass seed with a rollerdrill made an excellent job. A typical pasture seed mixture contained 11 kg 'Grasslands Ruanui' perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.), 5.5 kg 'Grasslands Manawa' and/or 'Grasslands Ariki ryegrass (L. perenne x multiflorum), 3.5 kg 'Grassland Apanui' cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerate L.), 2 kg 'Grasslands Kahu' timothy (Phleum pratense L.), 3.5 kg 'Grasslands Huia' white clover (Trifolium repens L.), and 1 kg of 'Grasslands Turoa' red clover (T. pratense L.) From 1966 Ariki ryegrass became popular but is not used now. In 1977 Nui ryegrass superseded Ruanui. In the 1960s and 1970s red clover was used, but is now less popular because of its estrogenic characteristics which may temporarily affect the fertility of breeding ewes and is definitely not recommended for flushing ewes and rams before and during tupping. It is significant that this virgin ground was free of weeds. Early management of newly sown pasture was to graze down hard and quickly with a large mob of sheep to encourage maximum tillering and then spell. After that it became excellent lamb fattening feed. Effective pasture management has included rotational grazing through good subdivision and regular annual topdressing with a minimum of 256 kg/ha of superphosphate. When hay or silage has been taken extra phosphate and potash have been applied to replenish these elements. Pasture damage caused by porina and grass grub has been a problem particularly in the second and third seasons. Unploughable hills Generally, on clean tussock areas tussock areas effective preparation before oversowing has included a good hard grazing by a big mob of sheep and cattle to open up the turf with hoof cultivation, which is repeated immediately after sowing. Initial aerial topdressing and oversowing has been carried out in separate operations during July to September. An aircraft fitted with a swathmaster for the oversowing operation makes the best job. grass seed mixtures have been mainly 3.5 kg/ha of Huia white clover 2.5 kg/ha of Apanui cocksfoot and up to 9 kg/ha of Nui ryegrass. Inoculation of the white clover seed by the farmer just before oversowing has always been successful and though prills and coated seeds have been used extensively, they have not been superior. The best management after sowing has been to graze the area hard during the first summer, to give maximum light for white clover development. In the following season light grazing and spelling during the white clover flowering period enables the seed to set and ripen to extend regeneration in situ and spreading by stock transference. Over the past 25 years, finance has been available to carry out at least regular bi-annual topdressing. Soil phosphate has build up substantially and recent average soil tests are showing pH 5.3, Ca 6, K 8, P 15 to 20 (Olsen) and mg 32 to 55. It has been most important on all areas of these tussock grasslands to re-apply molybdenum every 4-5 years. Oversowing problem areas Some problem areas justify special treatment up to 3 years in advance of oversoing. 1. Preburning Firing results have been excellent where the cover and conditions :esulted in a clean hot burn. Burning in autumn or just before oversowing and even burning in spring and oversowing the following spring have been successful with no undue regeneration of afterburn undergrowth, such as would be experienced in the North Island. 2. Fern and tutu Successive seasons of tough mob stocking with sheep and cattle particularly over winter, by feeding out hay and achieving heavy trampling, has produced excellent results in eradicating both fern and tutu. However, there is a price to pay in the loss of livestock condition and often deaths from tutu poisoning, which has to be accepted as a development cost. 3. Gorse This is also a difficult problem. Spraying with 2,4,5-T or Tordon@ and also burning has opened up the gorse blocks for successful oversowing, but post- treatment maintenance is often expensive. In future goats might well play a role in controlling gorse on tussock hill country if they are managed with the necessary skills. Introducing species by oversowing On the tussock hills introducing white clover with the aid of molybdenum has 43 been an outstanding success and it has not been necessary to consider introducing other legume species, such as 'Grasslands Maku' lotus (Lotus pendunculatus L.). Cocksfoot and perennial ryegrass have been only partially successful in the initial oversowing and establish best with a good hoof trampling cultivation before oversowing. A few plants have successfully established along stock tracks, camping areas, dung patches, moist and more fertile areas and gradually have spread by reseeding and stock transference. Ancillary improvements These have been wide, varied and co-ordinated as required. Thousands of kilometres of fencing for efficient stock, pasture and crop management control have been installed in the region. Other development includes access tracks and roads, water supply, dams and reticulated schemes, air strips and fertiliser storage bins, drainage, culverts and bridges, shelter and electric power. Building construction has included everything from homesteads to woofsheds, covered sheep yards, cattle yards, haybarns, silage silos and implement sheds. Operational equipment has over the years played a major contribution in getting the job done efficiently: tractors, multi-wheeled drive trucks and motor cycles, equipment for cultivating, weed spraying, silage and haymaking. LIVESTOCK The changes in livestock management and production have been dramatic and far reaching over the years of development. The total carrying capacity on many farms has more than doubled. The carrying capacity of the undeveloped native tussock land has increased on the cultivated pastures of some farms from 0.6 to 15 su/ha and on average to 12 su/ha. On the topdressed and oversown hills it has increased to 7 su/ha. Breeding policies have changed. Romneys were first used, then Cheviot 1st cross and finally Perendales. Numbers of breeding cows and fattening cattle have increased tremendously. The whole livestock system has changed largely from store stock production to breeding and fattening. In more recent years deer and goats have entered the arena. Many stock health problems have been encountered over the years, caused by climate, mineral deficiencies (cobalt, copper and selenium), diseases and management for example. ECONOMICS Initial development in the 1960s was financed largely out of farm income and some trading bank and stock firm assistance. This was followed by Rural Bank development loans and finally boosted by L.D.E.L. and other subsidised schemes universally being offered at the time in the government's call to increase agricultural production to expand our export trade. Times have changed and product returns are presently below the cost of production. One could ask "Has it all been worthwhile and what of the future?". I definitely think it has been worthwhile and most of these farms are in a far better position to meet this temporary economic downturn than they would have been otherwise. THE FUTURE The main immediate problem farmers face with this large scale development not in place is maintenance and sustainable productivity in the light of lower returns and increasing costs. Many farm costs have to be met regardless, if one is to stay in business.The 44 worrying costs are those that affect the maintenance of the earning assets of the enterprise and the most important of these is surely grass. The trick is to maximise its production and turn it into money. The important link in the chain is fertility and we have to face the reality that insufficient product returns mean that fertiliser may have to be applied below maintenance or most definitely applied with greater skill. However, in my opinion, farmers do not have to return to the low levels of production before 1950, because they now have management tools, skills, technology and a level of soil fertility only dreamed about in those days. CONCLUSION Pasture production is sustainable without any major reduction in overall carrying capacity by adopting low cost input strategies, Maybe our grassland mentors, such as the late Sir Bruce Levy and Dr Peter Sears, would have reminded us of the concept of returning organic fertility to our soils through dung and urine and skilled rotational grazing management, which will at least maintain and even continue to raise fertility through the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen by clover. Thus more clover equates with more grass and more dry matter, which when fully utilised increases saleable products. Take heart! Grass is our greatest crop-everything else either supplements or compliments it. Manage the stock to look after it and it will look after them, and you too. This has been an era of development which is unlikely ever to be seen again. NZ Meterologlcal Service 1976 (personal communication). NZ Soil Bureau 1968. Soils of South Island. New Zealand. NZ Sol/ Bureau &&fin 27 Pantall A.W. 1976. The development of lowland hill tussock grasslands in South East New Zealand. Proceedings HID Lands lnternatlonal Symposlm 70: 390-93. W.V. U.S.A 45
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- China - Wandelreis
- Avontuurlijke wandelreis langs de mooiste plekken van: de imposante Chinese muur, de bergen rond Kangding op het Tibetaans Plateau, de kunstige rijstterrassen van Pingan en de kalkbergen rondom Yangshuo. Bezoek Tibetaanse kloosters in Sichuan, fiets tussen rijstvelden en karstbergen, loop twee dagen over de Chinese Muur en eet pekingeend in... Read more