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by Austin Bouck in Animal Science Review
I was perusing the Bad Bug Book while doing some research on the recent Blue Bell outbreak and came across a hyperlink. After hearing "do you want to know more?" in my head I clicked through on some non-L. mono species of Listeria and was…confused. I quickly doubled back, thinking that maybe I had been redirected, but there it was.... Read more »
Food and Drug Administration. (2012) Listeria Monocytogenes. Bad Bug Book, Foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. Second Edition, 99-100. info:/
by Paul Whiteley in Questioning Answers
A long quote to begin:"If the goal of public health efforts is to increase opportunity and optimal outcomes, and to reduce distress, then there may be no better target than the reduction of childhood psychiatric distress—at the clinical and subthreshold levels."That was the bottom line reported by William Copeland and colleagues [1] (open-access) who set out to test whether psychiatric problems presenting in childhood can "adversely affect adult functioning even if the problems themselves do n........ Read more »
Copeland WE, Wolke D, Shanahan L, & Costello EJ. (2015) Adult Functional Outcomes of Common Childhood Psychiatric Problems: A Prospective, Longitudinal Study. JAMA psychiatry. PMID: 26176785
A new opinion poll has some bad news for atheists. Some 40% of the US population would not consider voting for an atheist presidential candidate, regardless of their policies. That's fewer than would vote for a gay or lesbian – or even (gasp!) a Muslim! It's pretty much in accordance with a previous poll which showed that atheism is a bigger no-no for presidential candidates than homosexuality, extra-marital affairs, or drug use.... Read more »
by Dr. Jekyll in Lunatic Laboratories
Scientific experiments with the herpes virus such as the one that causes Marek's disease in poultry have confirmed, for the first time, the highly controversial theory that some vaccines could allow more-virulent versions of a virus to survive, putting unvaccinated individuals at greater risk of severe illness. The research has important implications for food-chain security and food-chain economics, as well as for other diseases that affect humans and agricultural animals.... Read more »
Andrew F. Read, Susan J. Baigent, Claire Powers, Lydia B. Kgosana, Luke Blackwell, Lorraine P. Smith, David A. Kennedy, Stephen W. Walkden-Brown, & Venugopal K. Nair. (2015) Imperfect Vaccination Can Enhance the Transmission of Highly Virulent Pathogens. PLOS Biology. info:/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002198
by BPS Research Digest in BPS Research Digest
University of Florida researchers have finally put a long-standing hypothesis about rudeness to the test. The history to this is a study published in 1999 [pdf] that showed rudeness can create a vicious circle between individuals – if you're rude to someone, they're more likely to be rude back at you. What the authors of that paper also speculated though, and the new research investigates, is that an initial act of rudeness creates a "secondary spiral" where offended parties end up dumping........ Read more »
Foulk, T., Woolum, A., & Erez, A. (2015) Catching Rudeness Is Like Catching a Cold: The Contagion Effects of Low-Intensity Negative Behaviors. Journal of Applied Psychology. DOI: 10.1037/apl0000037
by Paul Whiteley in Questioning Answers
Urinary incontinence - "the unintentional passing of urine" - is a fairly common issue affecting millions of people of all ages worldwide. Achieving full bladder and bowel control is seen as a typical part of growing up but for some children, particularly those diagnosed with a behavioural or developmental condition, issues with incontinence can persist much later into life [1].The findings reported by Alexander von Gontard and colleagues [2] bring the issue of incontinence into the autism resea........ Read more »
von Gontard A, Pirrung M, Niemczyk J, & Equit M. (2015) Incontinence in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of pediatric urology. PMID: 26052001
by Jane McDevitt in Sports Medicine Research (SMR): In the Lab & In the Field
Tablet hardware provided accurate data to quantify postural stability within 2.9° of data generated from a force platform system.... Read more »
Alberts, J., Hirsch, J., Koop, M., Schindler, D., Kana, D., Linder, S., Campbell, S., & Thota, A. (2015) Using Accelerometer and Gyroscopic Measures to Quantify Postural Stability. Journal of Athletic Training, 50(6), 578-588. DOI: 10.4085/1062-6050-50.2.01
by Dr. Jekyll in Lunatic Laboratories
Sleeping not only protects memories from being forgotten, it also makes them easier to access, according to new research from the University of Exeter and the Basque Centre for Cognition, Brain and Language. The findings suggest that after sleep we are more likely to recall facts which we could not remember while still awake.... Read more »
Dumay, N. (2015) Sleep not just protects memories against forgetting, it also makes them more accessible. Cortex. info:/http://hdl.handle.net/10871/17864
by Dr. Jekyll in Lunatic Laboratories
Whether you are alerted to an incoming phone call or text by a trendy ringtone, an alarm bell or a quiet vibration, just receiving a notification on your cell phone can cause enough of a distraction to impair your ability to focus on a given task. In fact, the distraction caused by a simple notification — whether it is a sound or a vibration — is comparable to the effects seen when users actively use their cell phones to make calls or send text messages, the researchers found.... Read more »
Stothart, C., Mitchum, A., & Yehnert, C. (2015) The Attentional Cost of Receiving a Cell Phone Notification. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. DOI: 10.1037/xhp0000100
by Louise Rasmussen in Head Smart
Yuck! Splashes of chicken blood and insects fly everywhere. The old Chinese woman waves the butcher knife and squirming corpse triumphantly. She flashes a toothless grin. You're speechless. Flabbergasted. Grossed out big time. You thought you'd take a leisurely stroll in a quaint out-door market. You expected to see some strange veggies. Marvel at oddly […]
Check out Stop Wasting Time Abroad: How to Ensure Contact with New Cultures Boosts Your Creativity, an original post on Global Cog........ Read more »
Maddux, W., Adam, H., & Galinsky, A. (2010) When in Rome .. Learn Why the Romans Do What They Do: How Multicultural Learning Experiences Facilitate Creativity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36(6), 731-741. DOI: 10.1177/0146167210367786
by Neuroskeptic in Neuroskeptic_Discover
According to British biochemist Donald R. Forsdyke in a new paper in Biological Theory, the existence of people who seem to be missing most of their brain tissue calls into question some of the "cherished assumptions" of neuroscience.
I'm not so sure.
Forsdyke discusses the disease called hydrocephalus ('water on the brain'). Some people who suffer from this condition as children are cured thanks to prompt treatment. Remarkably, in some cases, these post-hydrocephalics turn out to have... Read more »
Forsdyke, D. (2015) Wittgenstein's Certainty is Uncertain: Brain Scans of Cured Hydrocephalics Challenge Cherished Assumptions. Biological Theory. DOI: 10.1007/s13752-015-0219-x
by William Lu in The Quantum Lobe Chronicles
Check it out. My work during postdoc that was just published early online in Brain Injury. Feel free to contact me for a PDF copy.AbstractPRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To characterize sleep architecture and self-reported sleep quality, fatigue and daytime sleepiness in individuals with TBI. Possible relationships between sleep architecture and self-reported sleep quality, fatigue and daytime sleepiness were examined.METHODS: Forty-four community-dwelling adults with TBI completed the Pittsburgh Sleep Qua........ Read more »
Lu W, Cantor JB, Aurora RN, Gordon WA, Krellman JW, Nguyen M, Ashman TA, Spielman L, & Ambrose AF. (2015) The relationship between self-reported sleep disturbance and polysomnography in individuals with traumatic brain injury. Brain injury, 1-9. PMID: 26204319
by Dr. Jekyll in Lunatic Laboratories
Looking at measurements of the vertebrae – the series of small bones that make up the spinal column – in newborn children, investigators at Children's Hospital Los Angeles found that differences between the sexes are present at birth. Results of the study suggest that this difference is evolutionary, allowing the female spine to adapt to the fetal load during pregnancy.... Read more »
Ponrartana, S., Aggabao, P., Dharmavaram, N., Fisher, C., Friedlich, P., Devaskar, S., & Gilsanz, V. (2015) Sexual Dimorphism in Newborn Vertebrae and Its Potential Implications. The Journal of Pediatrics, 167(2), 416-421. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.04.078
by Paul Whiteley in Questioning Answers
Regular readers are probably tired of reading blog titles like the one for today on this site. It's not as if the idea that a diagnosis of autism might predispose someone to quite a few more comorbid conditions (see here and see here) hasn't been discussed on quite a few occasions.But just in case the message hasn't got through, I draw your attention to the paper by Kyle Jones and colleagues [1] concluding that: "Adults in this cohort of autism spectrum disorder first ascertained in the 198........ Read more »
Jones, K., Cottle, K., Bakian, A., Farley, M., Bilder, D., Coon, H., & McMahon, W. (2015) A description of medical conditions in adults with autism spectrum disorder: A follow-up of the 1980s Utah/UCLA Autism Epidemiologic Study. Autism. DOI: 10.1177/1362361315594798
by Dr. Jekyll in Lunatic Laboratories
We all vary in how often we become happy, sad or angry, and also in how strongly these emotions are expressed. This variability is a part of our personality and can be seen as a positive aspect that increases diversity in society. However, there are people that find it so difficult to regulate their emotions that it has a serious impact on their work, family and social life. These individuals may be given an emotional instability diagnosis such as borderline personality disorder or antisocial pe........ Read more »
Petrovic, P., Ekman, C., Klahr, J., Tigerstrom, L., Ryden, G., Johansson, A., Sellgren, C., Golkar, A., Olsson, A., Ohman, A.... (2015) Significant gray matter changes in a region of the orbitofrontal cortex in healthy participants predicts emotional dysregulation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsv072
by Elizabeth Preston in Inkfish
Whether you're a person biting her nails during a phone interview or a polar bear pacing its cage, anxious animals often do the same thing over and over. Extreme cases of repetitive behavior show up in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder or autism. Now researchers have shown that even a simple, anxiety-inducing experiment can make an average person act in a repetitive and ritualized way.
"A lot of social theorists have talked about the link between anxiety and ritualization," says M........ Read more »
Lang M, Krátký J, Shaver JH, Jerotijević D, & Xygalatas D. (2015) Effects of Anxiety on Spontaneous Ritualized Behavior. Current biology : CB, 25(14), 1892-7. PMID: 26096971
by Sarah Boers-Goi in United Academics
While at times, media can be seen as forces out to create negative feelings towards minority groups, recent research by Garretson of Vanderbilt University shows an example of the positive powers that media can have on group-mechanisms. ... Read more »
Garretson, J. (2014) Exposure to the Lives of Lesbians and Gays and the Origin of Young People's Greater Support for Gay Rights. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 27(2), 277-288. DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edu026
by Danielle Stevenson in BHD Research Blog
A recent blog post discussed the need to assess the pathogenicity of genetic variants to determine which mutations are truly causative and which are only background. This is highly important in the search for new cancer drugs as rapidly dividing tissues are more prone to accruing mutations. Large cancer genomic studies are identifying increasing numbers of apparently "significantly-mutated genes" across all major cancer types. However, these genes often include highly unlikely candid........ Read more »
Lawrence MS, Stojanov P, Polak P, Kryukov GV, Cibulskis K, Sivachenko A, Carter SL, Stewart C, Mermel CH, Roberts SA.... (2013) Mutational heterogeneity in cancer and the search for new cancer-associated genes. Nature, 499(7457), 214-8. PMID: 23770567
by BPS Research Digest in BPS Research Digest
Participants used a sliding scale under an image like this to indicate "how evolved" they believed an average member of various racial and ethnic groups to beGhanaian footballer Emmanuel Frimpong's match in Russia last Friday ended nastily: "When the match was stopped," he said, "the fans started shouting 'monkey' at me." Redefining human beings as animals in this way, or as vermin, or insects, is no small thing; time and again it's augured the worst that our species has........ Read more »
Kteily, N., Bruneau, E., Waytz, A., & Cotterill, S. (2015) The Ascent of Man: Theoretical and Empirical Evidence for Blatant Dehumanization. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000048
by Andreas Wieland in Supply Chain Management Research
Some time ago, the winners of the annual Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2015 have been presented. Here comes a selection of this year's outstanding papers related to supply chain management: First of all, it is noteworthy that several award-winning papers deal with sustainability; this includes papers written by Eng-Larsson & Norrman, Fabbe-Costes et […]... Read more »
Eltantawy, R., Giunipero, L., & Handfield, R. (2014) Strategic sourcing management's mindset: strategic sourcing orientation and its implications. International Journal of Physical Distribution , 44(10), 768-795. DOI: 10.1108/IJPDLM-02-2014-0045
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ReportsnReports.com offers "Cyber Security Market (IAM, Encryption, DLP, Risk and Compliance Management, IDS/IPS, UTM, Firewall, Antivirus/Antimalware, SVM/SIEM, Disaster Recovery, DDoS Mitigation, Web Filtering, Security Services) - Global Advancements, Forecasts & Analysis (2014-2019)" - an April 2014 research report spread across 229 pages, in its store. In the report, cyber security market is defined as a combination of market for security types and services. The security types segment of cyber security includes sub-segments such as network security, endpoint security, application security, content security, wireless security and cloud security while consulting services, design and integration, risk and threat assessment, managed security services, and training and education are the sub-segments under services segment. The playing fields of the market are aerospace, defense, intelligence, government, public utilities, healthcare, telecom and IT, manufacturing, retail and others.
The major forces driving the global cyber security market (http://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/279932-cyber-security-market-iam-encryption-dlp-risk-and-compliance-management-ids-ips-utm-firewall-antivirus-antimalware-svm-siem-disaster-recovery-ddos-mitigation-web-filtering-security-services-global-advancements-forecasts-analysis-2014-2019-.html ) are the rapid adoption of cloud-based services, wireless communication along with strict government mandates and increasing cyber crimes in public utilities industries. Hence, the ratification for cyber security solutions is increasing to combat the advanced and sophisticated threats created by professional adversaries. Also, cloud service providers and verticals such as energy, oil and gas, and education are expected to adopt solutions for cyber security more readily because of growing cyber crimes which may cause the loss of intellectual and financial assets and may tarnish the national infrastructure and economy.
With change in business environment due to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) model, cloud-based services and wireless communication, the security requirements are also showing signs of evolution. Cyber security market comprises innovative and sophisticated cyber solutions. The technologies are showing continuous growth patterns. Antivirus and antimalware solution is expected to acquire the highest market share during the forecast period among all major technologies owing to increase in adoption of such solutions by organizations of multiple sizes as well as consumers. Increase in number of sophisticated threats along with the rapid adoption of cloud-based services is expected to keep the market growing for such solutions in the coming years.
Next Generation Firewall (NGFW), an advanced version of the firewall that filters network and internet-based traffic concentrating on application-specific granular security type and helps to detect application-specific attacks is another major solution having significant share among all solutions. NGFWs blend the features of traditional firewall with Quality of Service (QoS) context in order to provide effective detection. It deploys the functionalities of first-generation network firewalls and network Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Secure Shell (SSH) inspection, reputation-based malware filtering and Active Directory integration support. Rapid growth in internet usage, advanced persistent threats, transition from network layer to application and file layer attacks are the key emerging trends responsible for increasing the demand of such solutions.
The cyber security market in turn also has some challenges in its growth path. The facilitation of high speed internet is leading to continuous piracy of security software and affecting the growth and validity of authenticated software. Simultaneously, the widespread distribution of cheap competitive products is restraining the growth of major cyber security solutions vendor market. These all are the consequences of lack of awareness about the security alignment with the business portfolio by the customers and enterprises.
Companies profiled in this cyber security market research report for 2014-2019 include Booz Allen Hamilton, Cisco, CSC, IBM, Lockheed Martin, McAfee, Northrop Grumman, SOPHOS, Symantec and Trend Micro. This research, available for purchase at http://www.reportsnreports.com/Purchase.aspx?name=279932 , offers 81 market data tables and 10 figures to support the cyber security industry analysis provided in it.
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Roy Hodgson has revealed that England will use a top sports psychiatrist to help the players in their FIFA World Cup campaign in Brazil.
Ahead of the friendly with Denmark at Wembley on Wednesday, Hodgson confirmed that Dr Steve Peters, who has worked closely with Liverpool and Team GB, will be on hand to offer his expertise as England bid for success in South America later this year.
Hodgson believes Peters' knowledge of the game will ensure he becomes a key part of the England backroom staff.
"He's a famous man in that area who's got a fantastic record of working in many different sports," said Hodgson.
"We're really happy. We wanted to make certain we got the man we wanted, who understands the footballing environment and joins us rather than someone who's going to come in and lecture the players.
"We have to think that if there are any benefits out there available to us we have to take advantage of them.
"It's when you get to a tournament phase that someone can play a part because we have the players for a longer time.
"People will say 'Steve Peters is going to help them score five penalties out of five.'
"He won't be able to help us do that, but what he might be able to do is help us be better mentally prepared for any challenges we may face."
Captain Steven Gerrard, who has worked with Peters at Liverpool, was fulsome in his praise.
"He's helped me an awful lot," he said. "I've been seeing him for three years now, from when I had a big groin problem.
"I went to see him in a one-on-one situation and I really like the work he did.
"I feel as if he can help the players and the players can buy into what he's trying to do."
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Remember those pads of gold star stickers in primary school? Every time you did something good, your teacher would come and slap one onto your forehead, and for the rest of the day, you were king.
With that gold star on your head, you were showing everyone in the world that you had done something truly exceptional. Playground gatherings would part before you. You, the champion. It was a pretty awesome feeling.
Social media has become the new gold star. Recent studies have shown that talking about yourself on social media platforms activates the brain's rewards centres, in much the same way as that gold star.
Science confirms: we are all narcissists
A May 2012 study by Harvard University's Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab concluded that sharing information about ourselves activates the brain's reward centre a great deal more than when we share information about others. It is well documented that the reward centre is tickled by rewards like food, sex and money, but this is the first time it has been confirmed that self-disclosure is a rewarding activity for the brain.
The implications of these findings are vast, telling us a great deal about what we're like as people, and how social media fits into human nature. Estimates tell us that only 30-40% of our face-to-face communications revolve around ourselves, while over 80% of our social media posts are about ourselves. This is, presumably, because you can't see anyone grimace or roll their eyes at your over-sharing tendencies on social media. We all know the gross over-detail that some people go into on Facebook. People will even post about how they ate a dodgy pastry and are feeling the effects.
This level of gruesome detail might elicit a recoil from the present receiver, but over Facebook, no one can hear you scream. On Twitter, no one can interrupt you before you get to the really smarmy part about your promotion. As such, social media communication allows all of the pleasurable catharsis, and none of the signals to stop talking.
This information is especially useful in the hands of a clever social media brand strategist. Engaging your audience in a way that lets them self-disclose on behalf of the brand will activate their reward-centres, and create a positive link between your brand and their brains. For instance, when you know the house on the corner gives out delicious Halloween candy, you're likely to go back.
Make your brand the house with the good candy
There are very simple ways to take advantage of the self-disclosure pleasure link for the betterment of your brand. Try:
A self-issued pat on the back
The irrefutable evidence of humanity's love for self-disclosure begs the question, what motivates us to share the inconsequential details of our lives with all of our social media contacts? Why do we jump to social media immediately after something happens to us? And now we know. We post these things because there is no lovely primary school teacher to thumb a shiny gold star onto your head. We give ourselves stars now, within the character limitations of little white boxes.
The study confirms that, as we all have secretly suspected, human beings are self-involved on a biological level. The next time you want to type a status about how you helped someone across the road, think of it as giving yourself an ice cream for doing something good, much as a mother would do for a small child. That's the very best thing about the self-disclosure pleasure — you control it.
No one has to realise your good deed and decide to reward you. It is a self-issued reward. Which makes it simple, instantaneous, and more than a little lame. Make sure that your personal and branded social media interactions don't pat themselves on the back too much.
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Netflix takes on Hollywood: Streaming service to make original films
Rising profits and subscriber numbers mean the company can afford to be bullish about funding new TV and film content
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Tuesday 22 October 2013
Original dramas including Orange is the New Black have helped bring in Netflix subscribers, awards and rising profits. After taking on network broadcasters, now the online streaming service plans to take on Hollywood by making original films for the first time.
Alongside its archive of television, which includes Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy, and its films, Netflix has invested in its own material.
Orange is the New Black, a drama set in a women's prison starring Taylor Schilling, will this year become its most watched original show. Earlier this year, Kevin Spacey's House of Cards, the remake of the 1990s UK show, scooped three Emmys.
The streaming service, run by chief executive Reed Hastings, plans to double its investment in original material next year, which will include its first original films as well as documentaries that will debut on the site.
Chief content officer Ted Sarandos said at the company's third quarter earnings announcement this week: "On the movie side, I'd keep my mind wide open to what those films would be and what they would look like."
Netflix now has more than 40 million subscribers around the world and that number could rise by more than 4 million by the end of the year, the company said. The service launched in the UK in January last year and has signed a deal with Virgin Media to allow users to access it through their set top boxes.
In a letter to investors, Hastings said: "Over the next few years we aspire to support the creation of some of the most compelling and remarkable content ever produced."
The group has US subscription network HBO in its sights. Mr Hastings has said previously that Netflix "wants to become HBO faster than HBO can become Netflix".
Profits in the three months to the end of September rose to $31.8m from $7.7m a year earlier, and shares have more than doubled in value in just six months. Tuna Amobi, analyst at Standard & Poor's, said there was "a whole lot of momentum behind the story".
Banking analysts such as JP Morgan's Doug Anmuth believe the move into original content has helped differentiate Netflix from other streaming services.
Next year's spending on original content will still make up less than a tenth of its total budget spend on programming. Mr Sarandos said: "There's a big gap from where we are to where we could be."
The new series of Orange is the New Black and House of Cards will stream next year. The company has recently been pushing another original show, the horror Hemlock Grove. Another major commission by Netflix was Arrested Development.
It financed a fourth season of the cult comedy, after the show, which starred Jason Bateman and Michael Cera, was cancelled by its network.
Next year Netflix will premiere Sense8, from the Wachowskis, the team behind The Matrix. Mr Sarandos called it "adult contemporary sci-fi… done in a way that's very difficult to do for television". There is also a deal with DreamWorks Animation which will start with an original series, Turbo: F.A.S.T.
Netflix will not be expanding into sport any time soon, despite rumours of conversations with American Football body the NFL. Mr Sarandos said: "We're still not interested in sports," saying its on-demand format does not "bring much to sports viewing".
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That Milan's famous marble cathedral needs a constant supply of money for its restoration and upkeep is not in doubt..
But this hasn't stopped the latest funding plan from dividing the city down the middle.
The Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo – the vestry board of the cathedral responsible for the church's preservation – wants to open a bar on the roof.
In particular, the vestry board has its eyes on the influx of visitors to the city expected when the next World's Fair opens here in 2015. As it is, the gothic church sees one million visitors a year.
The board declared that "the project neither offends the sensibilities of pilgrims nor harms the sanctity of the cathedral". But officials at the cultural heritage ministry have now challenged the plans, claiming they are "inappropriate and incompatible with the function of the building".
Supporters of the proposal point out that there was a sometimes bar on top of the gothic cathedral in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Flower Grower Tackles a Different Kind of Greenhouse Effect
A producer of plants for customers including Whole Foods and Costco has instituted energy saving measures that have saved about 305,000 therms per year.
Rocket Farms installed a number of efficiency technologies in its greenhouses, saving enough energy to power 616 homes for a year, or remove 249 cars from the road.
The measures include heat curtains, under-bench heating and rolling benches to increase the number of plants that can fit in a space.
Pacific Gas & Electric paid the farming company over $280,000 in incentives for its energy-saving measures.
Other recent environmental measures instituted by Rocket Farms include:
- Use of drip irrigation, where possible, to conserve water.
- Building a greenhouse almost completely composed of onsite recycled materials.
- Instituting an integrated pest management program to minimize the amount of pesticides used
- Recycling 31.84 tons of cardboard and plastic in December alone
Rocket Farms is the fourth largest greenhouse grower in the country, specializing in novelty orchids, poinsettias, herb and vegetable plants and potted flowering ornaments.
It sells its products to Trader Joes, Whole Foods and Costco and to local farmers' markets, among other retailers.
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NASCAR License Plates: Let the Rednecking Begin
For years you've been giggling at drivers from other states with NASCAR vanity plates. Now you can do it to your fellow Texans.
Yet another "Like/Don't Like" poll has come from Myplates.com, the private company that has taken over the vanity-plates business from the state and has been aggressively pushing new designs.
Also featured: plates for the Texans, Dynamo and the University of Tennessee (decisions, decisions: The NASCAR plate or the Volunteers plate?). And a skull plate.
Here's the skull design, from the Texas Trophy Hunters Association:
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2012 has, so far been a positive year for wineries around the world. While it may be a little too early to speak of the wines being made in the northern hemisphere, European and North American wineries have already begun reporting that their harvesting season has been generally very good, and are predicting to continue with the kind of successes they saw in 2011. However, 2012 has been something of a late year for France, due to unpredictable weather throughout the summer, and the grapes were ripening considerably later than they did in 2011 (which was, admittedly, an exceptionally early year). French wineries are claiming, though, that this could well turn out to be advantageous, as the slow ripening will allow the resulting wines to express more flavour and features of the terroir they are grown in. The southern hemisphere has seen ideal climatic conditions in most of the key wine producing countries, and Australia and New Zealand particularly had a superb year, in particular with the Bordeaux varietal grapes that grow there and which love the humidity these countries received plenty of. Also enjoying a fantastic year for weather were wineries across Argentina and Chile, with the Mendoza region claiming that 2012 will be one of their best vintages of the past decade. Similar claims are being made across the Chilean wine regions, where Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon had an especially good year. These two grape varietals also produced characterful wines on the coastal regions of South Africa this year.
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With its dark blue colored fruits and high juice content, Merlot varietal grapes have long been a favorite of wine producers around the globe, with it being found in vineyards across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in the New World. One of the distinguishing features of Merlot grapes is the fact that they have a relatively low tannin content and an exceptionally soft and fleshy character, meaning they are capable of producing incredibly rounded and mellow wines. This mellowness is balanced with plenty of flavor, however, and has made Merlot grapes the varietal of choice for softening other, more astringent and tannin-heavy wines, often resulting in truly exceptional produce. Merlot is regarded as one of the key 'Bordeaux' varietals for precisely this reason; when combined with the drier Cabernet Sauvignon, it is capable of blending beautifully to produce some of the finest wines available in the world.
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Sample food from local restaurants while you sip drinks courtesy of Famosa Beer, Bombay Sapphire, and Barefoot Wine from our open bar. Yes, open bar.
This year's Iron Fork, our third, will be held at downtown club Grand Central. Doors open at 7 p.m. But with fall upon us, why keep it all indoors? To make it all more fun, we're having a block party. The street will be closed off, and many of the participating restaurants will grill while you listen to saxophonist Jon Saxx and local band Barefoot & Brendon.
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President Obama's choice of Nevada to announce his all encompassing amnesty program is curious. Nevada's 10.2 unemployment rate is the nation's highest. Las Vegas, where Obama spoke, has a 10.4 percent unemployment rate. Nevada unemployment is so acute that more than four and a half years have passed since a single construction worker showed up at the unfinished $4.75 billion Echelon mega resort.
In a statement earlier this month President Obama's partner in crime, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, said that while he's encouraged by Nevada's unemployment drop from last month's 10.8 percent, "We must stay focused on creating jobs and strengthening our state's middle class to maintain this positive momentum."
Platitudes aside, the amnesty that Obama and Reid so covet is a job killer that hurts the American lower and middle classes. Giving work authorization to more than 11 million illegal aliens frees them to compete legally with Americans for increasingly fewer jobs.
To date, only sketchy details have surfaced about the proposed legislation. But the drift is clear: amnesty for all, more non-immigrant worker visas and plenty of unchallenged gobbledygook about the pending legislation's wonderfulness without even a passing reference to its perils. Also thrown in to the mix to appease GOP skeptics and doubting Americans are the bold lies that the administration will provide stronger border security and more internal enforcement through an electronic system. Unmentioned, however, is that Congress blocked a 2011 bill to mandate E-Verify, the Legal American Workforce Act, that would have checked new hires for legal status.
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