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Let me start by introducing myself. I am ATUL JAIN , part of a running company name Jain Associates . based out Gurgaon /Delhi. we have a specialized team in the field of erection testing and commissioning (ETC) of Turbo Generator (TG) sets of 210MW + and have an experience of close to 30 years.Today there is no better industry then govt backed infra structure project which includes power projects, national highways Airports etc. As a company we are also executing some national highway projects (Civil works). Not to mention that we wish to set small hydro power projects in Himachal Pardesh.Other options can be in reality sector, to acquire land and set up SEZ. University etc. We are quite capable of handling any kind of project.
Our study of the market suggest that there are various opportunities in the power sector where with medium level of investment there are huge potential profits to be had.
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Lara, Refugio softball blank Hallettsville
CORPUS CHRISTI - VICTORIA -- Refugio pitcher Chelsea Lara didn't have overpowering stuff Thursday night. But the southpaw had more than enough support behind her.
The Cats' defense performed to near perfection and their bats came alive when they needed to in a 3-0 victory over the Hallettsville Brahmas in Game 1 of their best-of-three Class 2A regional semifinal series.
The series returns to the St. Joseph complex Friday for Game 2 at 7 p.m. Game 3, if necessary, is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday. The series winner will advance to face the Rogers-George West survivor next week for a berth to the state tournament.
Lara notched only two strikeouts while allowing three hits and held off Hallettsville's seventh-inning comeback bid by fanning Cherise Klekar for the final out with the bases loaded.
Lara retired the first nine batters she saw and faced the minimum through four innings thanks to some stellar defensive plays.
"That's our philosophy," Refugio coach David Cruhm said after his team improved to 24-5 on the season. "All year long, we have stressed the fundamentals of the game. If we make the plays we're supposed to make, we can play with anybody."
But some of the Lady Cats' defensive plays were beyond the routine. Shortstop Haley Brynelsen made a superb diving catch of a Stephanie Butschek flyball to shallow left field and catcher Kristen Wise, who would later be Refugio's offensive hero, threw out Hallettsville's speedy Timishia North in the fourth trying to steal second base.
"I really just threw a lot of junk tonight," Lara said. "The defense did a great job. We've been working real hard on our defense."
Refugio left six runners on base through the first four innings before giving Lara all the run support she would need in the top of the fifth.
Cecilia Bauer led off with a triple down the right-field line and Shelby Quintanilla, who was 4 for 4, reached on an infield single. After Quintanilla stole second base, Wise lined Klekar's first pitch to the left-field wall for a two-run double.
"We knew if we did the small things right, we'd be able to score some runs," Cruhm said.
The Lady Cats added another run in the seventh. Bauer reached second base after shortstop North's throwing error, advanced to third on a passed ball and scored to pad Refugio's lead to 3-0 on Quintanilla's squeeze bunt.
The Lady Brahmas (21-10) provided some suspense in the bottom of the seventh. Lindsey Steffek led off with a single to left field before Lara retired Kellan Werner on a flyout to Bauer in center field. Second baseman Shelby Bellows committed the Lady Cats' lone error when she booted Megan Busselman's grounder and Lara loaded the bases by issuing a walk to Stephanie Butschek.
But Lara got Lauren Steffek to fly out to Quintanilla in left field and struck out Klekar swinging to send Refugio into today's Game 2 one victory away from a berth to the regional final.
"We didn't hit the ball good at all tonight," Hallettsville coach Mike Mikeska said. "But they scouted us very well. The pitcher hit her spots."
Mikeska said he didn't know if he would go with Klekar or Lauren Steffek on the mound in today's contest. Cruhm was also undecided on his starting pitcher for Game 2.
"We'll see how Chelsea feels tomorrow and then make a decision," Cruhm said.
Lara said she would be ready of called upon again.
"We know now that they are beatable," Lara said. "We have to come out tomorrow and finish it."
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Refugio 3, Hallettsville 0
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Chelsea Lara and Kristen Wise. Cherise Klekar and Lindsey Steffek. W: Lara. L: Klekar. 2B: Wise. 3B: Cecilia Bauer. Highlights: (R) Shelby Quintanilla 4-for-4, run, RBI, 2 stolen bases; Wise 1-for-4, 2 RBIs; Cecilia Bauer 1-for-3, 2 runs; Lara 3-hitter, 2 strikeouts, 1 walk. (H) Lindsey Steffek 1-for-3; Timishia North 1-for-3; Stephanie Butschek 1-for-2. Records: Refugio 24-5, Hallettsville 21-10.
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With the First Pick, McFarlane Toys Selects Cam Newton
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Newton put together an awe-inspiring run through the last college football season. Newton complete 66% of his passes for 2, 854 yards and 30 touchdowns, while also rushing for 1,473 yards and 20 more scores on the ground. He earned the Heisman Trophy as college football's best player, and led the Tigers to a thrilling 22-19 win over the Oregon Ducks for the National Championship.
Newton will make his SportsPicks debut as part of NFL 28, set to arrive in stores in the middle of September. He'll be wearing Carolina's teal jersey, and will be available as a Bronze Collector Level figure. With only 3,000 individually-numbered figures heading out to retail, fans will be lining up to draft Newton into their own SportsPicks collection. Stay tuned to Spawn.com in the coming weeks to see prototype pictures of the figure.
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There is no way to sugar coat it. The Blackhawks have issues and have had issues all season, that winning has covered.
The Blackhawks power play is awful and if they don't correct it soon, there is no way they will be hoisting the cup at the end of this series. I know Boston has a good penalty kill but is it so good that a team with this much talent can't even get the puck on net more then once in two minutes?
Bryan Bickell has been MIA. After dominating the Kings by getting 4 or 5 hits a night and just as many shots, it has disappeared against the Bruins. All that money he earned in the last round, well he is giving it back now.
I know Jonathan Toews is a great player and he does more then just score goals, but every now and then it would be nice if he put one in the back of the net. His team is struggling and a big goal from him at the right moment could really light a fire under this team.
While Toews has the excuse of being a two-way player, winning face-offs, etc.. Patrick Kane has none of those things going for him. Kane needs to score or create chances that lead to goals, otherwise he is useless. He doesn't contribute on the penalty kill and while his defense is improved, it isn't like he is getting the hardest matchups each game.
Brent Seabrook is clearly hurt and if he isn't he might want to start saying he is. He clearly is not the player he was three years ago when he was paired with Keith and making life hell on opposing forwards.
Marian Hossa and Patrick Sharp have been pretty steady most of the playoffs, combining for 29 points. But Saturday after they came out firing in the first putting up 13 shots and both individually outshooting Boston, they only tallied one more shot all game. Coach Q said there were no injury issues but something had to be wrong with Sharp as he played the fewest minutes of all the forwards not on the 4th line.
Coach Q needs to fix the power play and let Viktor Stalberg out of the doghouse or maybe give someone like Ben Smith a shot. Just because Brandon Bollig hasn't done anything to lose his spot doesn't mean he deserves to keep it. Him being in the lineup limits the combo that can be rolled out. Stalberg or Smith could play on any of the 4 lines while also contributing on the power-play. Bollig isn't going anywhere but staying on the 4th line.
He also seems to be against reuniting Kane & Sharp with Dave Bolland. He put back together the Toews, Hossa, Saad line but why not the line that Kane did so well on earlier in the season?
With Game 3 on Monday, the Hawks don't have a lot of time to find all these answers, but if they don't want to trail in this series they better answer a few.


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Sean Shannon: Promises of 'It Gets Better' aren't enoughWritten by Sean Shannon | | email@example.com
The "It Gets Better Project," started last year by journalist Dan Savage, is an effort, according to the project's website, "to show young LGBT people the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reach – if they can just get through their teen years." The project was launched in the wake of a rash of LGBT youth suicides. With public figures from Justin Bieber to Barack Obama making videos in support of the project, "It Gets Better" has been very visible in the media.
In addition to celebrity videos, "It Gets Better" also encourages LGBT youth to upload their own videos to the Website to encourage other LGBT youth. Jamey Rodemeyer, a 14-year-old from Buffalo, was one of those youth. After being bullied by his schoolmates as he questioned his sexuality, this past May he told his friends that he was bisexual and made a video for the project. The comments his video received were, for the most part, positive.
However, despite the positive comments, despite having supportive parents, and despite seeing a social worker and a therapist, things did not get better for Rodemeyer. One person left a comment on his video saying that he was "stupid, gay, fat [and] ugly" and "he must die." Another encouraged him to commit suicide, saying "It would make everyone way more happier." Earlier this month, Rodemeyer posted online that no one at his school "cares about preventing suicide" and no one was listening to his pleas.
On Monday, September 19, Jamey Rodemeyer committed suicide.
Setting aside the question of whether or not life really does get easier for LGBT people after their teenage years – a question increasingly more relevant as cultural conservatives once again attack LGBT rights to fire up their voter base – Rodemeyer's suicide begs the question of whether or not telling LGBT youth that it gets better is enough.
Although the "It Gets Better Project's" website includes a "get help" link to a toll-free phone number that LGBT youth can call if they need immediate counseling, the project's main thrust is in its titular promise that if you're being bullied at your school because of your sexuality, things will get better later. The problem with this approach, as so many LGBT youth suicides like Rodemeyer's show, is that promises of things getting better later are simply not enough. These youth need things to get better right away.
The problem of youth suicides linked to bullying is hardly unique to the LGBT community. Last year, Mentor High School, near Cleveland, gained national attention because four of its students committed suicide in a span of just more than two years. All four were victims of bullying for different reasons: Sexual orientation, learning difficulty, ethnicity and simply liking to wear pink clothes.
Even as reports of youth suicide increase, we're treated to the same worn-out excuses as to why nothing can supposedly be done to correct the problem. Boys will be boys. Girls will be girls. Being bullied "builds character." The problem with the "It Gets Better" approach is that it feeds into these excuses: "Sorry you're being bullied, but we can't do much to help you now. Just wait a few years and things will get better." Rodemeyer, and other youth suicides, couldn't wait any longer, and their numbers will continue to grow unless something is done.
The idea that schools can't do more to stop bullying is ridiculous. If schools can bar students from wearing t-shirts that say "I'm too cute to do homework," then surely they can do more to stop students from mistreating one another. How can a school think that a few words on a shirt are more "disruptive to the learning environment" than words and actions that lead students to kill themselves? What is more "disruptive to the learning environment" than death?
No one has the right to force another person to think in a certain way. Some young people will always hate other young people because of their sexual orientation, or the color of their skin, or the clothes they wear, or anything else that makes one person different from another. But there is a difference between respecting someone and treating someone with respect, and schools have the right, if not the responsibility, to expect the latter from their students. Putting stricter rules in place to stop students from harassing, intimidating and otherwise bullying one another is not too much to ask, and if schools will not address this problem seriously, then parents need to pressure the schools to change before their children are the next ones in the news.
It is not enough to tell bullying victims that their lives will get better. We need to do all we can to make things better for them, and we need to do it now.


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Book Discussion on The Solzhenitsyn Reader
A reception was held to launch a new book, The Solzhenitsyn Reader: New and Essential Writings, 1947-2005, published by Intercollegiate… read more
A reception was held to launch a new book, The Solzhenitsyn Reader: New and Essential Writings, 1947-2005, published by Intercollegiate Studies Institute Books. This collection contains in one volume a representative selection of Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's works. More than one-quarter of the material had never before appeared in English. The author's sons Ignat and Stephan Solzhenitsyn prepared many of the new translations themselves. Edward Ericson and Daniel Mahoney edited the book. They talked about Solzhenitsyn's work and his influence in the world over the past fifty years. They also talked about Solzhenitsyn's writings from the book, arguing that Mr. Solzhenitsyn's work is largely misrepresented in the United States, and discussed what Russia is like today. They also responded to audience members' questions. close
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text: The Path of Exile wiki last edited by MetaB on 07/13/15 10:50AM View full history SettingA Map of WraeclastPath of Exile takes place in a post-apocalyptic grim fantasy world in which the player plays the role of an outcast who has been exiled from their home continent of Oriath (for reasons that vary based on their class selection) to the corrupted continent of Wraeclast. There the player encounters numerous settlements, monsters and fellow outcasts in their quest to survive in this hostile land, as well as uncover the fate of the abandoned continent.LeaguesSimilar to Ladder Seasons in games such as Diablo II, Path of Exile uses a system wherein players can create characters in Leagues which are isolated instances of the game world tweaked with specific rule sets, some of which can be time limited.Players can only interact with others who have elected to join that League for the duration of the League event - for example, Hardcore League players cannot interact with "softcore" players until they die, and their character is relocated to the Standard League (Hardcore mode in this game differs mechanically in that player characters are not deleted when a character dies, but rather are demoted to the Standard League).There are multiple league types, with numerous variants among them.Races: Races are (typically) temporary leagues in which a tournament style challenge is issued (such as highest level attained in 24 hours) and players may create characters for the duration of the league to take part. Players who place highly in the league rankings will receive rewards, usually in the form of rare and coveted unique items as well as a pre determined amount of reward points, these points can be redeemed at the end of the "Race Season" for items .These items are items that you can acquire when in game the only difference is, these items have unique art and are a perfect stat roll.Types of Races: Path of Exile has a series of Races that are a dealt out over certain days of the month. These races have specific conditions on them that make them more and more challenging which include but are not limited to:No Projectile ( Player Projectiles do no damage )Blood Magic ( Spells cast use life instead of Mana )Party ( A race that can be completed in a group )Solo ( Races that can only be run Solo )Turbo ( Monsters move, cast, and attack 60% faster )Descent ( Pre determined floors, every location has two chests that have pre -set rewards.)Alternate Leagues: Leagues in which specific modifiers to the basic game are in place. These could be anything from no potions to increased enemy damage to reduced or increased max health. The well known "Hardcore" mode would be an example of these types of leagues.Standard League : Like most ARPG's this league allow players to continue playing after death, while later difficulties penalize deaths with a experience point deduction.Hardcore League: Players in this league on death are transferred with all their items to the Standard League.Onslaught: (Released for Version 0.11.0 on June 5th 2013) A hardcore League created for players who want more of a challenge, all monsters have 20% Movement, Attack and Cast Speed. ( When characters die in this league they are moved to Standard)Anarchy: (Released for Version 0.11.0 on June 5th 2013) A variation on the Standard League, this league brought in new items only available in the Anarchy League, and rogue exiles that roam Wraeclast, these enemies are more powerful then standard enemies and will always drop an armor piece of each type. After the league ended, there is a less frequent chance to find rogue exiles in all existing and new leagues.Nemesis: (Released on October 23, 2013) Hardcore league that introduces an additional Nemesis-specific affix on all rare monsters. After the league ended, all rare monsters in all existing and new leagues will have a chance to have a Nemesis affix.Domination: (Released on October 23, 2013) Standard league introducing shrines, which spawn randomly in any zone that increase the monster density around the shrine. Until the shrine has been obtained by a player, all monsters within the area of the shrine are affected by its buff. After the league ended, all existing and new leagues will have a less frequent chance to spawn a shrine in a random zone.Ambush: (Released for Version 1.1.0 - Sacrifice of the Vaal patch on March 5, 2014) Introduced random Strongboxes that can be found or rolled with different affixes, increasing the difficulty of monster that spawn after opening the box,as well as increasing the loot that drops.Invasion: (Released for Version 1.1.0 - Sacrifice of the Vaal patch on March 5, 2014) Introduced unique Invasion bosses in each zone. Progressing through higher difficulty adds increase monster variety and invading bosses with more abilities.Rampage: (Released for Version 1.2.0 - Forsaken Masters patch on August 20, 2014) Introduced a kill streak system by which killing monsters in rapid succession of a fixed period of time granted the player additional short period buffs as well as damage attacks. Beyond: (Released for Version 1.2.0 - Forsaken Masters patch on August 20, 2014) Introduced increasingly large portals ( increased in size by monster killed in the area) that would summon monsters from a different realm, these monsters would accompanied by a rare type monsters, killing these additional monsters would allow the portals to grow allowing you to eventually summon a Beyond Boss Monster.Torment: (Released for Version 1.3.0 on December 12, 2014) introduced tormented spirits that has a chance to spawn in every zone. When the spirits notice the player they run away from the player buffing enemies and possessing bosses, making them tougher to kill but also increases the amount of loot that drops. There are many sorts of different spirits that have different effects when possessing enemies. Torments parent league is the Standard League.Bloodlines: (Released for Version 1.3.0 on December 12, 2014) introduced additional bloodlines specific-affixes that spawns on all magic monsters. Much like the Nemesis league but with the affixes spawning on magic monsters instead.Paid Leagues: It is currently planned to allow guilds or clans to purchase their own leagues with specific rule sets that they desire, that can only be joined by those they choose to invite. In this way guilds that wish to have their own play area with their own rules may do so for a fee.ClassesThe player can choose between seven different classes. Each class focuses on certain attributes: Strength (color coded red), Dexterity (color coded green), and Intelligence (color coded blue). Three classes have one attribute they focus on; The Marauder (Strength), the Ranger (Dexterity), and the Witch (intelligence), while three other classes focus on two attributes and they are referred to as hybrids; the Duelist (Strength and Dexterity), the Shadow (Intelligence and Dexterity), and the Templar (Strength and Intelligence). There has also been an addition of a new character, the Scion (Strength, Dexterity, and Intelligence), which can branch into any of the classes with ease as you start in the middle of the skill paths.CurrencyThere is no in-game currency for the player to buy items with or get in return for selling items. Instead there is a bartering system, the player trades items they find in order to get materials which can be used to create items themselves, or used to in turn trade for other items.ScrollsThere are two main types of scrolls the player comes across throughout the game; Portal scrolls and Wisdom scrolls. Portal scrolls allow the player to return to town from anywhere on the map, while wisdom scrolls let you unlock the properties of items.OrbsTypeMaximum StackEffectArmourer's Scrap40Improves the quality of an armour. Right click this item then left click an armour to apply it. Has greater effect on lower rarity armours. The maximum quality is 20%.Blacksmith Whetstone20Improves the quality of a weapon. Right click this item then left click a weapon to apply it. Has greater effect on lower rarity weapons. The maximum quality is 20%.Blessed Orb20Randomize the numeric values of the implicit properties of an item. Right click this item then left click another item to apply it.Cartographer's Chisel20Improves the quality of a map. Right click this item then left click a map to apply it. Has greater effect on lower rarity maps. The maximum quality is 20%.Chaos Orb10Reforges a rare item with new random properties. Right click this item then left click a rare item to apply it.Chromatic Orb20Reforges the colour of sockets on an item. Right click this item then left click a socketed item to apply it.Divine Orb10Randomize the numeric values of the random properties on an item. Right click this item then left click a magic, rare or unique item to apply it.Eternal Orb10Creates an imprint of an item for later restoration. Right click this item then left click on an item to create an imprint. This imprint can later be used to restore this specific item to that imprinted state.Exalted Orb10Enchants a rare item with a new random property. Right click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. Rare items can have up to six random properties.Gemcutter's Prism20Improves the quality of a gem. Right click this item then left click a gem to apply it. The maximum quality is 20%.Glassblower's Bauble20Improves the quality of a flask. Right click this item then left click a flask to apply it. Has greater effect on lower rarity flasks. The maximum quality is 20%.Jeweller's Orb20Reforges the number of sockets on an item. Right click this item then left click a socketed item to apply it.Mirror of Kalandra10Creates a mirrored copy of an item. Right click this item then left click an equipable non-unique item to apply it. Mirrored copies cannot be modified.Orb of Alchemy10Upgrades a normal item to a rare item. Right click this item then left click a normal item to apply it.Orb of Alteration20Reforges a magic item with new random properties. Right click this item then left click a magic item to apply it.Orb of Augmentation30Enchants a magic item with a new random property. Right click this item then left click a magic item to apply it. Magic items can have up to two random properties.Orb of Chance20Upgrades a normal item to a random rarity. Right click this item then left click a normal item to apply it.Orb of Fusing20Reforges the links between sockets on an item. Right click this item then left click a socketed item to apply it.Orb of Regret40Grants a passive skill refund point. Right click on this item to use it.Orb of Scouring30Removes all properties from an item. Right click this item then left click on a magic or rare item to apply it.Orb of Transmutation40Upgrades a normal item to a magic item. Right click this item then left click a normal item to apply it.Portal Scroll40Creates a portal to town. Right click on this item to use it.Regal Orb10Upgrades a magic item to a rare item. Right click this item then left click a magic item to apply it. Current properties are retained and a new one is added.Scroll of Wisdom40Identifies an item. Right click this item then left click an unidentified item to apply it.Vaal Orb10Corrupts an item, modifying it unpredictably.MicrotransactionsThe store which is located on the games website offers mostly cosmetic enhancements, and convenience items in the form of capacity upgrades for your personal and guild stashes. The game can be played and finished without spending a dime, without worry of time restrictions, or other "pay-to-win" trappings. Grinding Gear Games is famously anti-pay-to-win; a notable of example of this is their refusal to give players who paid $1000 to help design their own unique item a free copy - the players still had to find the item in question by playing the game.Skill GemsRather than learning abilities by being a specific class, all skills are available to any character. This is done by obtaining gems that can socket into pieces or armor or weapons which allow the player to use those abilities. All gems can be found as drops, while most can be obtained through quest rewards. Skill gems come in 3 different colors, Red (Strength), Green (Dexterity), and Blue (Intelligence). As these skills level up and increase in damage, their respective stat requirement also increases. Additionally, gems can only socket into armor of the appropriate color, which can be modified through currency( Chromatic Orbs) to fit the desired combination of gems in one slot. By linking the sockets together through another currency (Orb of Fusing), you can augment spells and attacks through support gems. Support gems will do nothing by themselves, as they act simply as passive effects to attacks or spells that have been linked together. With a potential of 6-linked armor, some particularly effective and deadly combinations can be made from what was originally a weak attack by itself.GearLike many action role playing games, Path of Exile revolves around the acquisition and imaginative use of a great many varied items. There are 10 slots into which gear can be equipped. (2 rings, an amulet, a belt, gloves, boots, a chest piece, helmet, and up to 2 weapons). Certain types of armor will have different implicit means of defense ranging from pure armor rating, to hybrid gear consisting of evasion/energy Shield. Chest armor pieces carry a penalty to movement speed, plate-type armor being the slowest. (3-5%). Shields also carry a movement speed penalty while equipped. (3%) Chests and 2-handed weapons share the capacity to roll up to 6 sockets, while smaller armor pieces (helm, gloves, boots) can only roll up to 4 sockets. 1-handed weapons and shields can only roll up to 3 sockets. There are 4 different types of rarity that gear can roll: Normal (white) - Easily most common pieces of gear to find. No stats other than implicit mods will be found these items, but they have the ability to drop with sockets and links, making them still quite valuable to craft into a better item. Magic (blue) - At most can only contain two affixes. Desirable early game with two solid rolls to ease the levelling progression (+life, +% resistance is most sought after on armor) Rare (yellow) - Can range from 3 to 6 affixes. Because of the large discrepancy between a rare item's stats being randomized, finding something that fits a players' build perfectly can take quite some time. Unique (orange) - A special item that will always roll the same affixes, but the range between how well they roll will differ. These are the rarest items. Many unique items have special affixes that unlock build defining traits which can alter that way a character can be played significantly. Leveling UpPath of Exile boasts an immense passive skill treeWhen the player levels up, they are presented with a skill point to use on the passive skill tree. This tree is a universal, and all classes can obtain every slot on this tree no matter where the player starts. Although, some classes will have advantages to certain play-styles by investing less points to get there. There is no easy way to do a total refund for Path of Exile. Using currency or the amount of Refund points grants through quests (16 total) are the only usual ways. Often times when a league ends, and some changes to the passive tree are made, a total refund for all existing characters is given.Damage reduction and MitigationHealth: Primary form of defense. Most builds will want as much life as possible, boosted through both the skill tree and having gear with as much +life as possible. 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Item No. 1 of 5ACCESSION NO: 0186176 SUBFILE: CRIS
INVESTIGATOR: Mortensen, D. A.
OBJECTIVES: 1. Quantify the influence of habitat suitability on velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) and common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) seedbank fate, seedling establishment and reproductive fitness. 2. Determine the extent to which seedbank density of H. annuus and A. theophrasti, as well as the distribution pattern of seeds within the seedbank, can influence the frequency of safe sites by improving the rate of successful germination and seedling establishment. 3. Determine the extent to which distribution of weed patches matches the distribution of areas with a high frequency of safe sites.
APPROACH: Previous results from weed patch characterization studies have shown that weeds tend to form patches that remain relatively stable over time. Our simulation studies indicate that while density dependent mortality plays an important role in this stability it alone can't account for these patterns. Greenhouse and field experiments will be conducted to determine to what extent seedling establishment and reproductive fitness is tied to factors determining habitat suitability. Greenhouse experiments will be conducted using field- collected soil representing the range of soil organic matter and soil texture present at the field study site. Experiments will be conducted in the field and in the greenhouse in which seedbanks will be established in a range of soil conditions. Management practices representative of typical farm fields in the area will be applied to these seedbank populations and the impact of these practices on mortality, seedling and reproductive fitness will be measured. To address the second objective, two contrasting soils with regard to physical properties will be selected from the same study site described in the first objective. A range of seedbank densities will be established in the greenhouse to determine the influence of local seedbank density on survival. A comprehensive spatially explicit weed patch dynamics model will be redesigned than applied to simulate interal patch dynamics as well as explore the factors that limit spread in our study system. Such a model will embody our understanding of the underlying processes. We need to test how closely our model will be able to predict patterns observed in actual fields.
NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: Weed patchiness is commonplace in agricultural fields yet little is known about it's causes. This project explores the factors that give rise to weed patchiness through greenhouse and field experiments and through model simulation. From a practical point of view farmers could learn about weak links in management practices or strategies if the mechanisms giving rise to patchiness are understood.
The focus of this project is elucidating the mechanisms giving rise to patchy weed distributions in agricultural fields and assessing their relative importance. Through this work we have demonstrated a strong dependence of weed management outcomes on initial weed infestation level. These results suggest that infestation level varies at the scale of the field and sub-whole field. Therefore, generalizations about the appropriateness of integrated weed management systems necessarily must be aimed at the unique conditions of individual fields. In the past year we used the results of past fieldwork to guide the development of a spatially explicit population dynamics model. The model is designed to assist us in determining the relative importance of a number of life-history traits and population regulation processes on weed population size and distribution. The cellular automata model, written in Visual Basic was completed this Spring and used to run a series of sensitivity analyses. Those analyses indeed underscore the important role that density dependent mortality plays in weed plant survival but the model was also surprisingly sensitive to variation in site suitability. The suitability of a site strongly influenced the shape and extent of weed patches. The results of the model simulations have been used to quide the design of two field experiments initiated this fall to assess the importance of site suitability at several life history stages. Work is underway to identify farmer-cooperators for implementing alternative weed management strategies where intensity of management is varied with weed population density and other factors influencing the success of integrated weed management systems.
This is a work in progress. Through the published or presented papers resulting from this project we have been able to assess the relative importance of processes like density dependent mortality occurring during the seed to seedling life history transitions. It's relative importance as a factor regulating population size is far greater than was initially thought and has a more profound impact on weed population size than late season density dependent self thinning. Empirical work continues in which the influence of soil heterogeneity on the seed to seedling transition is being studied and the cellular automata model is being rewritten to be compatible with ARC-VIEW 8.
1. Mortensen, D.A., L. Bastiaans and M. Sattin. 2000. The role of ecology in the development of weed management systems: an outlook. Weed Research 40:49-62.
2. Burton, M.G., D.A. Mortensen, D.B. Marx, and J.L. Lindquist. 2002. Niche effects on wild Helianthus annuus L. in maize (Zea mays L.): Seed germination, emergence and survival. Weed Science, In press.
3. Williams, M.M., R. Gerhards, and D.A. Mortensen. 2002. Two-year weed seedling population responses to a post-emergent method of site-specific weed management. Precision Agriculture, In press.
4. Neeser, C., J.A. Dieleman, and D.A. Mortensen. 2002. The influence of velvetleaf density on the efficacy of bentazon. Weed Science, In review.
5. Burton, M.G., D.A. Mortensen, J.L. Lindquist, and A.R. Martin. 1999. The influence of soil characteristics and location on the fitness and control of common sunflower (Helianthus annuus L). Weed Science Soc. of Amer. 39:67.
6. Dieleman, J.A., D.A. Mortensen, D.D. Buhler, C.A. Cambardella, and T.B. Moorman. 2000. Identifying associations among site properties and weed species abundance. Part I. Multivariate analysis applied to data from a central Iowa corn-soybean field. Weed Science 48: 567-575.
7. Dieleman, J.A., D.A. Mortensen, D.D. Buhler, and R.B. Ferguson. 2000. Identifying associations among site properties and weed species abundance. Part II. Hypothesis generation based on data from two central Nebraska corn fields. Weed Science 48:576-587.
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Item No. 2 of 5ACCESSION NO: 0187406 SUBFILE: CRIS
INVESTIGATOR: Alfano, J. R.
OBJECTIVES: In general, the experiments described in this proposal are designed to reveal secretion properties of the type III (Hrp) secretion pathway of Pseudomonas syringae. One major goal is to identify and delimit the secretion signals utilized by one type III-secreted protein, HopPsyA (HrmA). The specific objectives of our work follow: 1. Determination of secretion signals that facilitate the type III secretion of HopPsyA. 2. Identification of additional Hop proteins that travel the P. syringae type III pathway. 3. Establish direct evidence for the translocation of HopPsyA into eucaryotic cells. 4. Identify tomato proteins that interact with HopPtoB using the yeast 2-hybrid system.
APPROACH: Based on preliminary evidence, HopPsyA appears to use a molecular chaperone and we will aoso test whether the hopPsyA mRNA has its own secretion signal. Other experiments will exploit the recent progress that researchers have made in detecting type III-secreted proteins in culture supernatants to isolate additional proteins that travel the Hrp pathway. To properly categorize the type III-secreted proteins, we are developing a series of assays designed to identify effector proteins that are translocated into eucaryotic cells. As an ongoing effort to identify effector targets in the plant, our last objective uses the yeast 2-hybrid system to screen for plant proteins that interact with a protein, HopPtoB, that we have recently identified as a type III-secreted protein.
NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: Of plant pathogenic bacteria, the P. syringae type III secretion system is argubly the most developed system and since P. syringae is pathogenic on the genetic amenable model plant, Arabidopsis, it is likely to become a model pathogen to study how type III secretion systems mediate interactions with plants. The research described in this proposal should provide important information about type III secretion systems and be of broad interest to researchers studying bacterial pathogenesis. Increasing our understanding how type III pathways deliver virulence proteins to the interior of host cells may help in the design of pharmaceuticals and/or agricultural pesticidesor herbicides.
The revised objectives of our current USDA/NRI grant (Secretion properties of the type III secretion system of Pseudomonas syringae; proposal Number:2000-05979; $240,000; 12/00-11/03) were to the following: (1) Determination of secretion signals that facilitate the type III secretion of HopPsyA; (2) Identification of additional Hop proteins that travel the P. syringae type III pathway; (3) Identify tomato proteins that interact with HopPtoB using the yeast 2-hybrid system. We have made good progress in the first year of our grant cycle especially when one considers that we moved from the University of Nevada - Las Vegas to the University of Nebraska - Lincoln (UNL) in September 2000. During my first year at UNL, I hired 3 postdoctoral associates, 1 technician, and gained one additional graduate students. Thus, my research group has essentially doubled in size and they are all focused on type III secretion in P. syringae and I expect that year 2 of this project will even produce more progress. Determining whether ShcA binds HopPsyA. For additional evidence that ShcA acts as a chaperone for HopPsyA, we performed protein-protein interaction assays. We originally tried to immunoprecipitate HopPsyA and a FLAG epitope-tagged version of ShcA with anti-HopPsyA antibodies. Briefly, E. coli cells carrying either pFLAG-CTC::shcA or a plasmid that carries hopPsyA were disrupted by sonification and cytoplasmic extracts representing intracellular soluble proteins were isolated. Soluble proteins were mixed with HiTrap Protein G covalently linked to either anti-HopPsyA or anti-FLAG antibodies. Immunoblot analysis was carried out with the antibody not conjugated to the protein G beads. For example, if we mixed the extracts with anti-HopPsyA protein G beads then our experimental immunoblot used anti-FLAG antibodies to determine if SchA-FLAG coprecipitated with HopPsyA. We did produce evidence that ShcA was interaction with HopPsyA using this technique, but the reproducibility of this assay in our hands was not comforting. Thus, we decided to employ another protein-protein assay instead, which avoided immunopreciptiation. In these experiments we had hopPsyA and shcA-flag cloned on the same broad host vector expressed in a P. s. syringae 61 shcA mutant. We then mixed extracts with FLAG affinity gel followed by several wash steps. Using this technique we were successful in clearly demonstrating that ShcA-FLAG binds to HopPsyA. This is essentially the acid test for a type III chaperone. We are now preparing a manuscript to report this finding that also contains the following information: Secretion assays showing that ShcA is required for the type III secretion of HopPsyA based on several independent shcA mutants; and that the translocation of HopPsyA into tobacco cells is severely reduced in the absence of ShcA.
This should help in our understanding of the molecular basis of plant pathogenicity by gram-negative plant pathogens.
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Item No. 3 of 5ACCESSION NO: 0175617 SUBFILE: CRIS
INVESTIGATOR: Mortensen, D. A.; Dieleman, J. A.
OBJECTIVES: 9700606. Determine the influence of weed seedbank and seedling number and density on mortality in a randomly distributed and a spatially aggregated population. Determine the influence of within-patch density variation and mortality on patch edge contraction and expansion. Determine the extent to which dynamics of patch edges and within-patch density can be explained by the mortality responses characterized in I and II.
APPROACH: To address the first objective two sets of conditions will be created: randomly distributed populations of velvetleaf and common sunflower where space is not limiting and spatially aggregated populations where space is limiting. These conditions will be established by seedling 10, 50, 90, 150, 500 and 1000 seeds of a species distributed randomly throughout the plot area or in confined 0.5m x 2m elliptical patches. Three levels of mortality will be applied consisting of high mortality - full label rate of bentazon and row-cultivation; intermediate mortality - half label rate of bentazon and row-cultivation; and low mortality - row-cultivation only. The second objective will be studied by creating patches of weeds in which a range of seedbank densities are established that span the range of low density patch edges to high density patch centers. Mortality events will then be applied to these patches to determine the extent to which within-patch density contributes to the persistence of a population and low density patch edges account for the spatial fluctuations in seedling presence observed in the field.
NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: Though intensive weed management is routinely applied to fields, weed infestations persist. Often they persist as spatially aggregated patches with a distinctive internal density gradient. Determine the influence of weed seedbank and seedling number and density on mortality in a randomly distributed and a spatially aggregated population. Determine the influence of within-patch density variation and mortality on patch edge contraction and expansion.
At the start of this project some three years ago we set out to determine the importance of population size as a factor regulating patch persistence. At the time evidence from field studies and in the published literature suggested that density dependent mortality may indeed account for higher proportional survivorship in high-density patch centers. A good deal of progress was made during the life of this proposal. We documented that indeed density dependent mortality does occur at high weed densities; weed densities commonly observed under field conditions. In effect individuals in a population protect neighbors by increasing the frequency of safe-sites in high-density patch centers. Specifically, this safening effect was studied over a range of mortality intensities. Results clearly demonstrated that mortality decreased at high densities. The trend was more pronounced with reduced mortality intensity treatments where percent control declined from 100% at low densities to less than 70% at high densities. In addition to density dependence we studied the dynamics of patch edges and internal density. Patch edge dynamics were studied on selected A. theophrasti patches in two continuous corn fields in central Nebraska. The patches were mapped on the basis of a 1.0 m by 0.75 m grid. The pattern observed in the seedling density distribution maps revealed a relatively high degree of stability with regards to spatial attributes. Patch locations, patch shape and seedling density distribution profiles were easily recognizable over the duration of the study. Seedling density consistently increased towards the patch center when plotted parallel to the directions of the crop rows. Across the crop rows there was a consistant drop in density near the edges, but high-density peaks could be observed toward the patch center. The implications of density dependent mortality with respect to the dynamics of the density profile within patches and patch edge dynamics were then modeled using a spatially explicit cellular automata model developed with support from this project. Results from this work show that density dependent mortality acts as a positive feedback mechanism, which implies that model parameters, such as germination rate and mortality rate, can have critical values at which the population growth rate changes abruptly. This phenomenon was repeatedly observed as parameters in the model were varied systematically. The work conducted through this project identifies mechanisms regulating weed patch population dynamics. It is the first work of it's kind to demonstrate the profound influence population size has on the efficacy of weed management practices. We have demonstrated that pest population size will strongly influence the success of pest management strategies with high pest pressure rendering low input weed management practices ineffective. The model developed under this project is currently being used to guide the development of future experiments to determine the interacting influences of density dependence, site-suitability and weed dispersal curves in shaping future weed populations.
Density-dependent mortality plays a major role in weed patch persistence. The model developed under the project has been used by several research groups in hypothesis generation and testing. Understanding the mechanisms underlying stability in weed patches suggests that mapping their occurrence and distribution could be an important piece of information in prescribing site-specific weed management strategies.
1. Dieleman, J.A., Mortensen, D.A., Buhler, D.D., Cambardella, C.A. and Moorman, T.B. 2000. Identifying associations among site properties and weed species abundance. Part I. Multivariate analysis applied to data from a central Iowa corn-soybean field. Weed Sci. 48:(000-000).
2. Dieleman, J.A., Mortensen, D.A., Buhler, D.D. and Ferguson, R.B. 2000. Identifying associations among site properties and weed species abundance. Part II. Hypothesis generation based on data from two central Nebraska corn fields. Weed Sci. 48:(000-000).
3. Mortensen, D.A., Bastiaans, L. and Sattin, M. 2000. The role of ecology in developing weed management systems: an outlook. Weed Res. 40:49-62.
4. Neeser, C. and Mortensen, D.A. 1999. Density dependent velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) seedling survival in response to postermergence herbicide applications. Weed Sci. Soc. Amer. Abst. 39:377.
5. Dieleman, J.A. and Mortensen, D.A. 1999. Characterising the spatial pattern of Abutilon theophrasti seedling patches. Weed Res. 39:455-467.
6. Dieleman, J.A., Mortensen, D.A. and Martin, A.R. 1999. Influence of velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) and common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) density variation on weed management outcomes. Weed Sci. 47:81-89.
7. Gerhards, R., Wyse-Pester, D.Y., Mortensen, D.A. and Johnson, G.A. 1997. Characterizing spatial stability of weed populations using interpolated maps. Weed Sci. 45:108-119.
Name: Mortensen, D. A.
Phone: 402-472-1543
Fax: 402-472-7904
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Item No. 4 of 5ACCESSION NO: 0187777 SUBFILE: CRIS
INVESTIGATOR: Louda, S. M.
OBJECTIVES: The overall objective of this project is evaluate the interaction between an invasive exotic weed and two related native plant species mediated by a shared insect herbivore, a deliberately released biocontrol weevil, Rhinocyllus conicus, in prairie rangelands. The weevil is here and having significant impacts on prairie species. Can this impact be managed and, if so, how? The preliminary data suggested that R. conicus reduced its use and impact on native species in the vicinity of its preferred, exotic host plant, musk thistle (corduus nutans spp.). Thus, the objectives of the research are to: 1) evaluate the generality of this observation in Nebraska grasslands, 2) develop a better mechanistic, experimentally-based understanding of insect-mediated indirect interactions between plant species within this system, and 3) examine the applicability of that new data to managing the impact of R. conicus on sparse or rare native plant species. The study is designed to answer three fundamental questions: 1) how are seed losses of native thistle species related to ecological circumstances, such as proximity to stands of the targeted weed, musk thistle, and surrounding vegetation; 2) are plant co-occurrence and observed levels of impact causally related; and, 3) can the ecological factors be manipulated to minimize negative impacts on rate native species. The aim is to improve our basic understanding of herbivore-mediated indirect interactions between co-occurring plants and apply that understanding to science-based management of non-target effects associated with the biological control of invasive plant species, such as thistles.
APPROACH: The study entails both data collection on the pattern of injury inflicted by Rhinocyllus conicus on native thistles in prairie grasslands and the response of R. conicus to native species in experimentally planted arrays. The hypotheses to be tested are that co-occurrence of the native species with musk thistle: (H1) has no effect on seed loss of the native, or (H2) decreases seed loss by the native (="associational defense"), or (H3) increases seed loss by the native (="associational susceptibility"). The patterns will be documented in relation to proximity to musk thistle (Carduus nutons ssp. leiophyllous) stands as well as variation in weevil densities and identity of the ambient plant community. The experiments will determine directly the degree to which native plant use is influenced by proximity to stands of the targeted, preferred weed species.
NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: Exotic invasive plant species, such as thistles, represent a significant threat to sustained productivity and biodiversity in the United States. Such weeds are increasingly targeted for biological control, using imported exotic insects or diseases. However, deliberate importation of exotic species also entails potential environmental risks, such as the impact on non-targeted sparse native plants by the biocontrol weevil Rhinocyllus conicus in national parks and nature preserves. The aim of this research is to better understand when such impacts are likely to occur and to ask whether that understanding can be harnessed to manage such effects if they occur. Preliminary data suggested that R. conicus may reduced its use of the native species when its preferred, exotic host musk thistle, Carduus nutans, was nearby. In this study, we will collect both observational and experimental data to quantify the generality of this observation, assess the direct consequences of association of native thistles with the exotic, targeted thistles on the impact of that the flower head weevil (R. conicus) on them, develop a better understanding of insect-mediated indirect interactions between plants, and study harnessing that knowledge to manage the impact of this insect on rare native plants. The results will contribute to a basic understanding of herbivore-mediated interactions between weeds and native plants and to the application of such understanding in the management of invasive exotic species and the unexpected ecological side effects of biocontrol introductions.
The goal of our research is to determine how ecological factors, specifically local density and proximity of the exotic weed musk thistle (Carduus nutans), affect the amount of damage to a native thistle species, wavyleaf thistle (Cirsium undulatum), by Rhinocyllus conicus, a European weevil introduced to North America for biological control of musk thistle. This project will contribute to the development of management strategies that use manipulation of musk thistle populations to reduce negative, non-target effects of R. conicus on native plants. In 2002 we conducted two experiments to determine whether proximity to musk thistle patches causes high levels of damage to wavyleaf thistles by R. conicus. In the first experiment, we transplanted wavyleaf thistles to create small, sparse and dense wavyleaf patches at 5 m and 50 m from musk patches. In the second experiment, we transplanted wavyleaf thistles 5 m and 15 m from small musk patches and we manipulated the abundance of R. conicus adults in the musk patches to examine whether high ratios of weevils to their preferred resource, musk thistle, causes spillover onto native plants. In the first experiment, we found adult R. conicus on wavyleaf thistles 5 m from musk patches, but not on thistles transplanted 50 m from musk patches. The number of R. conicus egg cases on wavyleaf flower heads, however, did not differ significantly between transplants 5m and transplants 50 m from musk. The second experiment showed a trend toward decreased R. conicus use with increased distance from musk thistles, but the trend did not reach statistical significance. An extreme drought in 2002 significantly shortened the field season by reducing transplant survival rates in both experiments. If drought is less severe in 2003, we expect stronger patterns from both experiments. Also, given the drought in 2002, we should be able to extend the funded research (using the savings to the grant from this summer) to follow-up on these experiments an additional summer (2004) if we are allowed to extend the final date for the proposed work. The opportunity to do this will be especially important if 2003 is also a drought year, as is forecast. In a second component of this project, we quantified number of R. conicus egg cases on naturally-occurring wavyleaf thistles in relation to distance to musk patches and local musk thistle density at 12 sites in southwestern Nebraska. We found significantly less damage to native thistles 80 m from musk thistle patches than within musk patches. Local density of musk thistle did not significantly affect use of wavyleaf thistle by R. conicus. These results are consistent with results from an identical survey we conducted in 2001. Our results to date from the first two years of field work support the hypothesis that musk thistle indirectly, negatively affects wavyleaf thistles by increasing rates of flower and seed herbivory by R. conicus at local spatial scales. Further, our results from 2001 and 2002 suggest that the best management strategy for reducing negative, non-target effects of R. conicus on native thistles is to reduce the area covered by musk thistle.
Unintended, negative effects on native species are the primary concern with the safety of introducing exotic, herbivorous insects to limit the spread of weed populations. Our research will contribute to the development of management strategies to reduce detrimental, non-target effects of such an insect, Rhinocyllus conicus, on native thistle species by manipulating populations of musk thistle (Carduus nutans), the exotic, intended target of R. conicus. Specifically, we are evaluating the hypothesis that proximity to musk thistle and local density of musk thistle will affect the amount of damage to native thistles by R. conicus. Management strategies based on our findings could prove critically important in limiting R. conicus impact if R. conicus invades habitats of endangered native Cirsium species, such as C. pitcheri in Michigan lakeshore sand dunes.
Initial results from the first year of this study were included in a manuscript now in press. Also, the survey data for the first two years are now analyzed and a draft manuscript is waiting for the 2003 data prior to submission. Results also have been presented in two oral presentations, including an invited presentation at a meeting of the National Association of County Officials in North Platte NE, and another invited presentation to the Nebraska Department of Agriculture Weeds Supervisory Board.
Name: LOUDA, S. M.
Phone: 402-472-2763
Fax: 402-472-2083
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INVESTIGATOR: Dosskey, M. G.; Hoagland, K. D.; Brandle, J. R.
OBJECTIVES: Determine if, and by how much, the effectiveness of filter strips changes over time since establishment. Determine if temporal change in effectiveness depends on vegetative composition. Partition change among fundamental processes of infiltration, deposition, and dilution.
APPROACH: The same filter strip field plots and experimental protocols used by Schmitt et al. (J. Environ. Qual. 1999, 28:1479-1489) in years 1, 2 and 3 after filter strip establishment will be repeated in years 9 and 10. In general, the methods call for applying identically-prepared solutions that simulate field runoff containing sediment, N and P fertilizer, and bromide tracer to the upper end of filter strip plots, and then measure their load and concentration in outflow. Water and pollutant outflow in years 9 and 10 will be compared to existing data from years 1, 2, and 3 by repeated measures ANOVA. Interaction between vegetation type and time since establishment will be examined by comparing results for two filter strip vegetation types, grasses only and grass plus trees. Individual filter processes for each year and vegetative treatment will be estimated and contrasted using the following relationships: Deposition = % reduction of sediment mass; Dilution = % reduction of bromide concentration; Infiltration = % reduction of bromide mass.
NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: Vegetation filter strips are installed at crop field margins for the purpose of removing pollutants from field runoff before they enter streams. This project will determine how much their effectiveness changes over the long term, if that change depends on the kind of plants that are grown in the filter strip, and which soil and vegetation processes account for such change. The information produced will improve our capabilities to predict the level of benefits to expect from filter strip establishment and the potential for success of USDA incentive programs. This information will also improve planning and design of efficient filter strips, in particular improved management schemes that will maintain a high level of benefit to water quality in agricultural watersheds.
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Posted: August 25, 2011
Andreana Haley, assistant professor of psychology, is the recipient of an R01 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Drs. Russ Poldrack andJeanette Mumford are co-Investigators on the grant. The goal of the proposed work is to explore the neural mechanisms of midlife brain vulnerability related to the clustering of obesity, hypertension, hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia in a single person, a condition known as Metabolic Syndrome. Clinical Neuroscience Lab


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By Ron Surz
PPCA, Inc.
There are many definitions of risk. For an entertaining, in-depth discussion of risk, read Peter Bernstein's "Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk."
The definition I like best is that risk is the possibility of failing to achieve objectives. This definition causes us to reflect upon objectives and the policies we've set for achieving them. What do we really want to achieve and how do we plan to do so? Most target date funds (TDFs) take too much risk because they set unachievable objectives. It's similar to wanting to look like Brad Pitt and hiring Michael Jackson's plastic surgeon.
The objectives of managing longevity risk or replacing pay should not be taken seriously in a one-size-fits-all TDF because TDFs have no influence on, or relationship to, mortality or savings. At best, these TDFs can target the "average" participant, whatever that means. Fund companies conjured up these objectives and imposed Jedi mind control over fiduciaries:
"You don't need to see justification … These aren't the problems you're looking for … Move along." — Obi-Wan (paraphrased).
These are objectives that can only be realistically achieved with managed accounts, another choice of qualified default investment alternative (QDIA).
TDFs have been sold, not bought. So what can TDFs realistically achieve? They can bring participants safely to the target date with accumulated contributions intact, and they can also grow assets above the rate of inflation. Attempts to do more come at a risk that fiduciaries should not take. These reasonable and prudent objectives are best met with no risk at the target date — real risk management. The Brad Pitt look would be nice, but let's get real.
The SEC and DOL understand this. The focus of their hearings and proposals has always been on risk at the target date. The five years preceding retirement are critical to lifestyle because account balances tend to be at their highest and the ability to recover from loss is limited. There is no fiduciary upside to taking risk during this critical period. Importantly, there are two reasons that fiduciaries should not fall for the longevity risk ruse: participants typically withdraw their accounts at retirement, and there is no glide path that actually manages longevity risk, other than the Hemlock Fund.
Accordingly, we expect the SEC to mandate heightened fiduciary awareness of risk at the target date, which should elicit demand for little or no risk. It's time to set the interests of beneficiaries ahead of those of investment managers. Fiduciaries can and must set the objectives. The Force is with the fiduciaries.
"Many of the truths we cling to depend greatly upon our own point of view." — Obi-Wan (again).
So, what should fiduciaries demand? Diversification, real risk management, and a glide path designed to achieve the realistic objectives described above.


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Perkins also noted that some of the tenets of Silicon Valley's early days are not being followed as much today. One example: 14 of the companies on whose board he served were taken public, including Tandem, and in every case, he would make sure the company's best years were ahead of it. The actual offering would be relatively small and at low prices, but with secondary offerings following in later years as the company became more successful. He said that this approach created long-term wealth for the company, its founders and its investors.
But current fashion, he added, is to have an IPO at the highest valuation possible, occasionally with companies that stumble not long after they are out of the gate. "Silicon Valley is starting to look like Wall Street," which Perkins described as "a conveyer belt of disaster."
During the Q&A session, he was asked if VCs like to see a complete management team in place before they fund a company, or if they are satisfied with the prospective business simply having a good idea.
Perkins said he is among the minority of VCs who are interested in the idea more than the management team. "Why would anyone good join a high-risk startup?" he asked. "Remember, this is early stage stuff. What you need to do is develop the idea, get the risk out up front, then roll the money in and develop the company." At that point, he said, experienced high-profile executives can be brought in.
Another student wondered what role, if any, cronyism plays in the decision making of venture capitalists. Perkins' answer: None. "Cronyism is almost non-existent in Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley is a meritocracy. You have CEOs from every race, nationality and gender."
He then went on to explain one aspect of Silicon Valley that some observers might confuse with cronyism. "We don't have a sales force" at Kleiner Perkins, he noted. "But we have financed more than 500 companies. So we have all those CEOs and vice presidents out there. And they are our sales force. They are constantly talking to people and hearing about things. So when one of them calls us and tells us about a good idea, we are on it, instantly. That is the best way to get through to us. There is no cronyism. But there definitely is networking."
In the end, he said, it all comes down to entrepreneurs. "At Kleiner Perkins, if someone has a good idea and the makings of a great entrepreneur, but they don't have a business plan, we'll write a business plan for them. We love entrepreneurs."


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Historic Brocton hotel opens under new ownership
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Home Chic in Mayville to mark five years with grand reopening
October 3, 2012 MAYVILLE — A Mayville business with fresh, hip home decor will be celebrating a grand reopening and five-year anniversary Saturday. more »»
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October 3, 2012 ALBANY — Despite continued frustration with state government and a difficult economic climate, employers who responded to a Business Council survey were optimistic about New York's economic future. more »»
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October 3, 2012 MAYVILLE — Girl Scout Volunteer Alumni members and guests recently observed the 100th anniversary of scouting by getting together for a special luncheon at Webb's Captains Table in Mayville. more »»
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21 Brix Winery wins 13 medals
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By: Josh Rosenthal
A new AAA study found that hands-free devices used to text or send emails while driving are actually more dangerous than holding a cell phone up to your ear.
The study calls hands-free devices a cognitive distraction because they suppress brain activity and increase reaction time.
Click here to read the study.
The findings don't surprise at least one driving instructor, who told 5 Eyewitness News that as technology evolves, so do driving lessons. Bruce Anderson works for A+ Driving School, a metro-based driving instructor business.
"When I first started teaching for A+ five years ago," Anderson said, "it was not much of a topic." But now - it's a different story, he said.
"It's extremely dangerous," Anderson said, referring to the use of technology while driving. "It's as dangerous or more dangerous than driving while impaired."
When it comes to traveling while using technology though, Anderson - who's also a retired Orono police officer - said he's less worried about his students and more worried about motorists in their mid-20s and older.
"They're using it more because of work and all their other, you know, social lives and everything else," he said. The student driving next to him backed up his sentiment.
"Use your phone and everything when you're not in the car," said 16-year-old Maddie Zitzlsperger.
We decided to check it out for ourselves.
On a drive from Plymouth to St. Paul - which took fewer than 30 minutes - we caught five people using some sort of technology while driving, and they weren't teens.
On top of that, AAA says more than 3,000 people die from distracted driving related incidents every year. That's why Anderson's message is simple.
"Leave your electronic devices alone," he said. Adding, "concentrate on operating the motor vehicle."
While 44 states ban texting while driving, no states ban hands-free devices.