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Humanities: German and German Studies, 2012-2013
The Department of German draws upon the expertise of the German faculty at both Bryn Mawr and Haverford to offer a broadly conceived German studies program, incorporating a variety of courses and major options. The purpose of the major in German is to lay the foundation for a critical understanding of German culture in its contemporary international context and its larger political, social and intellectual history. To this end, we encourage a thorough and comparative study of the German language and culture through its linguistic and literary history, systems of thought, institutions, political configurations, arts and sciences. The German program aims, by means of various methodological approaches to the study of another language, to foster critical thinking, expository writing skills, understanding of the diversity of culture(s) and the ability to respond creatively to the challenges cultural differebce posed in an increasingly multicultural world. Course offerings serve both students with particular interests in German literature, literary theory and criticism as well as those interested in studying German and German-speaking cultures from the perspective of communication arts, film, history, history of ideas, history of art and architecture, history of religion, institutions, linguistics, mass media, philosophy, politics, urban anthropology and folklore.
A thorough knowledge of German is a common goal for both major concentrations. The objective of our language instruction is to teach students communicative skills that enable them to function effectively in authentic conditions of language use and to speak and write in idiomatic German. A major component of all German courses is the examination of issues that underline the cosmopolitanism as well as the specificity and complexity of contemporary German culture. We encourage German majors to take courses in interdisciplinary areas, such as comparative literature, history, political science, philosophy, music, and feminist and gender studies, where they read works of criticism in these areas in the original German.
At Haverford College
Associate Professor Ulrich Schönherr, Co-Chair
Assistant Professor Imke Brust
At Bryn Mawr College
Fairbank Professor in the Humanities and Professor of German and Comparative Literature Azade Seyhan
Professor Imke Meyer, Co-Chair
Visiting Assistant Professor Heidi Schlipphacke
Lecturer David Kenosian
Affiliated Faculty
At Haverford College
Associate Professor of Philosophy Jerry Miller
John C. Whitehead 1943 Professor of Music Richard Freedman
At Bryn Mawr College
Rufus M. Jones Professor of Philosophy Robert J. Dostal
Associate Professor of Political Science Carol J. Hager
Associate Professor of History of Art Christiane Hertel
Major Requirements
The German major consists of 10 units. All courses at the 200 or 300 level count toward the major, in either a literature concentration or a German studies concentration.
A literature concentration normally follows the sequence 201 and/or 202; 205 or 206; or 214, 215; plus additional courses to complete the ten units, two of them at the 300 level; and finally one semester of Senior Conference.
A German studies major normally includes 223 and/or 224; one 200 and one 300 level course in German literature; three courses (at least one should be a 300 level course) in subjects central to aspects of German culture, history or politics; and one semester of German 321 (Advanced Topics in German Cultural Studies).
Within each concentration, students need to select courses so as to achieve a reasonable breadth, but also a degree of disciplinary coherence. Within departmental offerings, GERM 201 and 202 (Advanced Training) strongly emphasize the development of conversational, writing and interpretive skills.
Minor Requirements
A minor in German and German studies consists of six units of work. To earn a minor, students are normally required to take GERM 201 or 202; and four additional units covering a reasonable range of study topics, of which at least one unit is at the 300 level. The one remaining upper-level course may be taken either within the German program, or (with the approval of the department) from the recommended electives for German studies majors.
Study Abroad
We encourage students majoring in German to spend time in German-speaking countries in the course of their undergraduate studies. Various possibilities are available: summer work programs, DAAD (German Academic Exchange) scholarships for summer courses at German universities and selected junior year abroad programs (in Berlin, Freiburg, Vienna). We also encourage students to take advantage of the many opportunities on both campuses for immersion programs in German language and culture: residence in Haffner Hall foreign language apartments at Bryn Mawr, the German Film Series, the German Lecture Series, the weekly Stammtisch and more informal conversational groups attended by faculty members.
Requirements for Honors
Any student whose grade point average in the major at the end of the senior year is 3.8 or above qualifies (by grade point average alone) for Departmental Honors. Students whose major grade point average at the end of the senior year is 3.6 or better (but not 3.8) are eligible to be discussed as candidates for Honors. For Honors to be awarded to a student in this range of eligibility, at least one faculty member with whom he/she has done coursework must sponsor the student, and at least one other faculty member must read some of the student's advanced work and agree on the excellence of the work. If there is a sharp difference of opinion, additional readers serve as needed.
001 Elementary German HU
This course meets five hours a week with the individual class instructor and one hour with student drill instructors. It places strong emphasis on communicative competence both in spoken and written German in a larger cultural context. This is a year-long course; both semesters (001 and 002) are required for credit.
002 Elementary German HU
101 Intermediate German HU
U. Schönherr
This course meets three hours a week with the individual class instructor and one hour with student drill instructors. It includes a thorough review of grammar, exercises in composition and conversation, and enforcement of correct grammatical patterns and idiomatic use of language. Students study selected literary and cultural texts and films from German-speaking countries. This course is two semesters. It does not count toward the major.
102 Intermediate German HU
U. Schönherr
This course meets three hours a week with the individual class instructor and one hour with student drill instructor. It includes a thorough review of grammar, exercises in composition and conversation, and enforcement of correct grammatical patterns and idiomatic use of language. Students study selected literary and cultural texts and films from German-speaking countries. This course is two semesters.
201 Advanced Training: Language, Text, and Context HU
U. Schönherr
This course is intended for students who wish to refine their speaking, writing and reading skills beyond the intermediate level. Designed as a comprehensive introduction to modern German culture, we discuss a variety of literary, political, historical and philosophical texts, including feature films and video materials. Weekly grammar reviews complement these activities. Prerequisite: GERM 102.
202 Advanced Training: Introduction to German Studies HU
I. Meyer/U.Schönherr
Interdisciplinary and historical approaches to the study of German language and culture. Selected texts for study will be drawn from autobiography, anthropology, Märchen, satire, philosophical essays and fables, art and film criticism, discourses of gender, travel writing, cultural productions of minority groups and scientific and journalistic writings. Prerequisite: GERM 102.
212 Revolution and German Culture (1789-1989) HU
Focusing on exemplary philosophical, political and literary texts (including movies), the course closely examines the multifaceted German reception of the revolutions of 1789, 1848 and 1918, as well as the student rebellion of 1968. In addition, we analyze the various narrative strategies that philosophers of history, politicians and writers employ to conceptualize and represent the historical events.
214 Survey of Literature in German HU
U. Schönherr/I. Brust
This is a study of the major periods of German literature within a cultural and historical context, including representative texts for each period.
223 Working Through the Holocaust Past in German Drama & Film HU (Cross-listed in Comparative Literature)
224 Books & Media for Children: From Enlightenment to Cyberspace HU
258 Re-imagining the City: Berlin and Vienna in Literature and Film HU (Cross-listed in Comparative Literature)
An examination of the imagination and re-imagination of two important European capitals, Berlin and Vienna, in 20th century literature and film, especially in the aftermath of the world wars. We pay special attention to the geographical, cultural, religious and political differences between the two cities, and we ask to what extent such differences produced different forms of artistic reimaginings, different artistic responses to the destruction and transformation brought about by war. Open to students with sophomore standing.
262 European Film HU (Cross-listed in Comparative Literature)
263 Visualizing Europe HU (Cross-listed in Political Science and Gender and Sexuality Studies)
305 Modern German Drama HU
319 Intermedial Transformations: Musico-Acoustic Imaginations in Literature and Film HU (Cross-listed in Comparative Literature and Music and Gender and Sexuality Studies)
This course explores the rich and diverse representation of music in all its socio-aesthetic complexity, from antiquity to the present. We give special focus to the intermedial strategies of translating non-verbal media (music, sound) into language. The class is taught in English with an extra session in German. Prerequisite: One 200-level course in the humanities.
320 Sex, Crime, Madness: The Birth of Modernism and Aesthetics of Transgression HU
321 Literature & Media: From Print Culture to Web 2.0 HU (Cross-listed in Comparative Literature)
359 Music - Text - Performance HU (Cross-listed in Comparative Literature and Gender and Sexuality Studies)
This course explores the rich and diverse representations of music in all its socio-aesthetic complexity, from antiquity to the present. The thematic scope of our investigations ranges from mythological, philosophical, theological and semiotic questions, through issues of gender, race and politics, to theories of (operatic) performance. The class is taught in English with an extra session in German. Prerequisite: One 200-level course in the Humanities.
399 Senior Conference HU
I. Brust/U. Schönherr
COML 200 Intro to Comparative Literature
MUSC 250b Words and Music World
PHIL 243 Twentieth-Century Philosophy
COML 211 The Holocaust and Its Aftermath
HIST 319 Hitler, National Socialism, and German Society
HART 348 Topics in German Art
POLS 308 Germany and Its Neighbors


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THUMBS UP: Northwestern ruling
Last Wednesday the National Labor Relations Board ruled that football players on scholarship at Northwestern University are athletes first and students second – meaning they can be considered employees of the school.
The university will appeal the ruling, of course, and experts expect years of litigation. But the important thing is that the issue of whether some college athletes can be paid is headed for the courts, where it can be decided once and for all.
For now, the NLRB's ruling only applies to Northwestern. It has far-reaching implications, though, in the debate about whether collegiate athletes – particularly those who have a hand in generating huge revenue dollars for their schools' football and basketball programs, the biggest money-makers on campuses – should be compensated in ways other than room and board, books and tuition.
This and related issues are complex and weighty, but the basic premise for those (like us) who favor a serious consideration of compensation (commensurate with how much revenue a particular sport or team produces for a school) for student-athletes is simple: in a bartering system where a person trades labor for compensation, the trade should be fair to both parties. Universities and the NCAA certainly profit in lucrative ways from the current system, which in many cases is clearly imbalanced. Why must the athletes who produce the product not be allowed to share in the riches?
Maybe it doesn't seem fair that a CEO of an investment bank makes $40 million a year. That CEO can't possibly work 1,000 times harder than someone who makes $40,000 a year. Likewise, it may not seem fair to compensate a football player at Notre Dame more than a softball player at Wake Forest, both of whom have to balance studies with the particular demands of their respective sports. But if Notre Dame's football program creates an annual $40 million profit for the school, why not allow that school's players – whose time demands don't normally allow them outside work, unlike most non-athlete students – a fair share?
Because of the Northwestern ruling, the debate over that question can begin anew.
THUMBS UP: Static Control decision
The legal battle between Sanford's Static Control Components and printer giant Lexmark has been going on for years now, but this week a resolution – in favor of Static Control – came closer with a unanimous Supreme Court ruling.
The ruling, on Tuesday, upheld a federal appeals court decision allowing Static Control to proceed with a false advertising complaint against Lexmark, a major producer of printers and printer cartridges.
It was clearly the right call. Static Control manufactures parts that allow for the repair and resale of spent Lexmark toner cartridges. Static Control had claimed Lexmark lied to customers when it said Static's products infringed on Lexmark's intellectual property and that using remanufactured Lexmark toner cartridges was illegal.
The ruling stated Lexmark's conduct damaged the Sanford company's reputation, and it opened the door for Static Control to move ahead with a false advertising lawsuit against Lexmark. The battle may not be over. Lexmark plans to fight the false advertising claim and stated on its website it believes the company will prevail in the matter. But for now, chalk one up for the "little guy."

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Pilots at Aer Lingus are reportedly not intending to strike despite the collapse of talks between the carrier and its cockpit union.
The Irish Airline Pilots' Association's president, Evan Cullen, expects the carrier to shed 130 of its 470 pilots under a restructuring programme.
But he told the Irish Independent that a strike would not be in the airline's or employees' interests.
Aer Lingus has been engaged in negotiations with personnel as it seeks to save nearly €100 million ($147 million).
But the carrier failed to reach agreement in talks at the end of November, and largely blamed pilots for the lack of progress.
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Joplin, Mo. - Coming off a 30-point win on the road at Northwestern Oklahoma State Tuesday, the Missouri Southern women's basketball team wraps up their two-game non-conference road swing Saturday afternoon when they travel to Kansas City, Mo. to face the Rockhurst Hawks at 4 p.m. at Mason-Halpin Field House.
Game Information
Date: Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013
Tip-Off: 4:00 p.m., CT
Location: Kansas City, Mo.
Site: Mason-Halpin Field House (1,500)
Series Record: Rockhurst leads 10-7 (Home: 5-2, Away: 2-7, Neutral: 0-1)
Coaches: Ronda Hubbard (4-1 at MSSU, overall). Larry Park (29-82 at Rockhurst, overall).
Media Coverage
MSSU Radio: KZYM-AM 1230 The Talker, Mike McClure, Play-by-Play
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/rockhurst/wbball/
Live Video: http://www.meridix.com/everywhere.php?liveid=RockhurstUniversity
Lions on Facebook: Facebook.com/missourisouthernlions
Lions on Twitter: @mososports
The Lions last time out (4-1): Behind another pair of stellar performances from Dominique Mosley and Sharese Jones, the Missouri Southern women's basketball team cruised past Northwestern Oklahoma State 84-54 Tuesday (Nov. 26) afternoon at Percefull Fieldhouse in Alva, Oklahoma.
The Lions (4-1) were led in scoring by Mosley as she dropped 24 points on 11-of-15 shooting on the day. Jones, coming into the game averaging 16 points per game, was right on her average as she added 16 points, including connecting on 8-of-9 from the free-throw line. Nicole Hartzog chipped in 12 points, going a perfect 8-for-8 at the free-throw line, as all 10 Lions who played scored at least two points. Mosley and Samantha Soyez grabbed a team-high seven rebounds while Soyez, who leads the MIAA in assists per game, dished out seven helpers.
Nearly leading from start to finish, Northwestern got on the scoreboard first, but Southern responded right away as Hartzog hit a pair of free throws and Mosley hit a jumper to take a 4-2 lead. The Lions would not trail for the rest of the game, but the Rangers did hang around for a while in the first half getting within six (24-18) after a pair of free throws with 6:09 to play in the first half. Southern ended the half on a 11-5 run as Mosley hit a pair of jumpers, Alexis Fitzpatrick nailed a three-pointer and Jones and Shonte Clay each hit a jumper to take a 35-23 lead into halftime.
The Lions got off to a fast start in the second half scoring the first seven points out of the locker room getting four more points from Mosley and three from Jones to open up a 42-23 lead. It was off to the races from their as the Rangers were unable to get any closer than 16 the rest of the way. A jumper from freshman center Connor Shriver, her first collegiate basket, gave Southern their largest of the game at 30 as they would win by that final 84-54.
The Hawks last time out (4-2): Four players scored in double figures to lead Rockhurst to an 85-78 victory over Baker Tuesday night (Nov. 26) at RU's Mason-Halpin Field House. The win moves the Hawks' record to 4-2. Kendall Hart led the Hawks with 21 points as she made five-of-seven three-point shots. Rockhurst shot 40 percent on three-point field goals (8 of 20).
Shavonne Brewer scored 20 points behind 10-of-13 free throw shooting, Mary Dineen made all eight of her free throws to finish with 18 points. The Hawks made 70 percent of their free throws (21 of 30). Dineen also finished with six rebounds and four assists. Lauren Meyers added 12 points and seven rebounds. Taylor Skala made five steals in her first game of the season.
The Coaches: Ronda Hubbard (4-1) is in her 13th year on the staff at Missouri Southern and was promoted to the position of Interim Head Coach on July 2, 2013 after the retirement of Maryann Mitts. During her 12 years with the Lions, she has helped the team to a 189-145 record, including winning marks and a trip to the MIAA post season tournament in all by one of those 12 seasons. In 2000-01, Hubbard helped the University of Texas-Pan American post its most wins in a season since becoming an NCAA Division I institution in 1985, and the second most victories in school history. Prior to her stint at Texas-Pan American, she served on current Lions head coach Maryann Mitts' staff as an assistant at Rockhurst University from 1996-2000. There, she helped the Lady Hawks post a 68-45 record and advance to the 1997-98 Sweet 16.
Larry Park (29-82) is in his fifth season as the head coach of the women's basketball program. Park has coached for the past 29 seasons on the collegiate level. He has been an assistant coach for the Rockhurst men's program since 1996. Park played an important role in Rockhurst's successful conversion from an NAIA Division I affiliate to an NCAA Division II member in 1998. Prior to joining the Rockhurst men's staff in 1996, Park spent five seasons as an assistant men's coach at Avila University in Kansas City, Mo. He also was an assistant men's coach at Ottawa University (1986-89) and UMKC (1982-85).
The series between the two schools: Rockhurst leads the overall series with the Lions 10-7, but Southern did win the most recent matchup in the series, nearly 10 years ago, at home on January 12, 2004 85-54. The Lions are 5-2 against the Hawks at home, but are only 2-7on the road in Kansas City, while falling in their only neutral site meeting at the Pittsburg State Thanksgiving Tournament in 1997.


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7 Arab Women Entrepreneurs You Should Follow
Influential, charismatic and entrepreneurs, these are the women who are changing the face of the Middle East, from Morocco to Bahrain.
1. Heather Henyon – @BalCap
The founder and managing partner of microinvestment firm Balthazar Capital, Heather recently founded the Women's Angel Investment Network (WAIN), the first women's angel investment group in the Middle East which supports women entrepreneurs through a unique collaborative investment process.
She also sowed the seeds of Grameen-Jameel, a social business jointly owned by Grameen Foundation and Abdul Latif Jameel Group. Under her leadership, the entity created microfinance institutions in Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia.
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Influential and worldly recognized, Muna has become the voice of Arab women in the Middle East. She's co-host of one of MBC TV's most popular social programs, Kalam Nawaem ("Speech of the Soft") and former director of Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation.
Recognized by her passion to build bridges between the East and the West, and appointed Young Leader by the World Economic Forum and Goodwill Ambassador by the UN, Muna has actively striven to unravel the stereotypes of what it means to be a modern Muslim woman. She is also a board member of the Muslim Women's Fund (MWF) and Soliya, an organization devoted to improving communications between East and West through university education.
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In Nadia's world, actions seem to speak louder than words. Her record includes launching the Women Leaders Intercultural Forum, the Global Policy Innovations Program at the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, as well as the International Network of Foundations with the UN Alliance of Civilizations.
She not only worked with global institutions but also prioritized change at the grassroots level. In 2008, she co-launched the American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California, which helps young Muslim non-profit executives and public officials realize their full potential to foster healthy and engaged communities.
4. Amira Salah – @Amira_salah
Amira is the co-founder of Kherna, a social networking platform for organizations devoted to good causes which won in World Summit Youth Award 2011 in "Fight Poverty, Hunger and Disease".
Conceived through a contest by the Egyptian NGO incubator Nahdet El Mahrousa, her enterprise Kherna blends charity and development with social media, providing NGOs with affordable communication channels as an alternative to traditional marketing.
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In a country where women's struggle against taboos is a daily task, Amani El Tunsi creates spaces for dialogue. Her platform Banat wa Bas helps Egyptian women discuss and navigate challenges such as marriage, spinsterhood, and sexual harassment, while receiving feedback and positive reinforcement.
An Ashoka fellow and a proud Egyptian, Amani launched the platform in 2008 to help women prosper by providing them with the knowledge and resources to gain control over their lives. It includes a website, a radio station, a rehabilitation center, a publishing house and a program to prepare women to enter the workforce in media and communications.
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Dreaming of transforming the lives of rural women in Morocco, Wafa al-Zerrouki established the Wafa Association of Artisan Women in 2003. Her program has creeated powerful network of women by providing them with the resources, opportunities and confidence to make life-changing decisions. Her work has already spread beyond Egypt throughout the MENA region.
By encouraging artisan women to form cooperatives based on their expertise in traditional high-quality handicrafts such as carper-weaving, the Wafa Association has helped women improve their livelihoods and economic status.
7. Esra'a Al Shafei – @ealshafei
Awarded by Forbes as one of the Top 30 Entrepreneurs under 30, Esra'a is a Bahraini civil rights activist, blogger, and the founder and executive director of Mideast Youth. Through her online forum, she amplifies the voices of dissent in the Middle East and North Africa.
A passionate for social justice and a proud Egyptian, Esra'a created a forum which is broadly inclusive: apart from building web and mobile applications, the company also runs an online platform for activist musicians (mideastunes.com) and a communication tool aimed at Arabic LGBT youth, called Ahwaa.org . Mideast Youth also runs CrowdVoice.org, an open source service that curates eyewitness photos, videos, data, and reports on protests.


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What do contemporary American movies and directors have to say about the relationship between nature and art? How do science fiction films like Steven Spielberg's A.I. and Darren Aronofsky's π represent the apparent oppositions between nature and culture, wild and tame?
Steven Dillon's intriguing new volume surveys American cinema from 1990 to 2002 with substantial descriptions of sixty films, emphasizing small-budget independent American film. Directors studied include Steven Soderbergh, Darren Aronofsky, Todd Haynes, Harmony Korine, and Gus Van Sant, as well as more canonical figures like Martin Scorcese, Robert Altman, David Lynch, and Steven Spielberg. The book takes its title and inspiration from Andrei Tarkovsky's 1972 film Solaris, a science fiction ghost story that relentlessly explores the relationship between the powers of nature and art. The author argues that American film has the best chance of aesthetic success when it acknowledges that a film is actually a film. The best American movies tell an endless ghost story, as they perform the agonizing nearness and distance of the cinematic image.
This groundbreaking commentary examines the rarely seen bridge between select American film directors and their typically more adventurous European counterparts. Filmmakers such as Lynch and Soderbergh are cross-cut together with Tarkovsky and the great French director, Jean-Luc Godard, in order to test the limits and possibilities of American film. Both enthusiastically cinephilic and fiercely critical, this book puts a decade of U.S. film in its global place, as part of an ongoing conversation on nature and art.
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The Department of Defense has selected 15 new-start projects to receive fiscal 2005 funding under the Defense Acquisition Challenge (DAC) program.
The DAC program provides opportunities for both innovators and DoD. For innovators, it means faster entry to the defense acquisition system. For the DoD program manager, it means increased technology insertions to improve systems.
Technological developments and operational needs are emerging faster than ever before. On the supply side, many of Americas companies generating technological innovations have found it difficult to break into the defense market, especially those classified as small and medium-sized businesses. In an effort to remedy the technology-to-programming lag, DAC provides opportunities for the increased introduction of innovative and cost-saving commercial technologies or products into existing DoD acquisition programs.
The DAC program is especially designed to give small and medium-sized companies the opportunity to introduce new technologies and inject innovation into current defense programs. To do so, DAC provides any person or activity within or outside the DoD the opportunity to propose alternatives, known as Challenge Proposals, to existing DoD programs that could result in improvements in performance, affordability, manufacturability, or operational capability of the systems acquired by that program. As a result of selecting, testing, and inserting the best of these production-ready technologies, the DAC Program ultimately expands the opportunities for emerging defense suppliers, widens the U.S. defense industrial base, and leverages unique innovations for the benefit of the warfighter.
Of the 15 DAC new-start projects for 2005, one is sponsored by Army, three by Navy, six by Air Force, and five by the U.S. Special Operations Command. A list of these new projects and additional DAC program information are available on the DAC Homepage on the World Wide Web at http://www.acq.osd.mil/cto/ .


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"Whoa there Munchkin! Where are you off to?"
"Brandon!!! I'm so sorry. I'm headed to the feast." She stopped and looked around, and then a smile broke onto her face. "Maybe I'll go this way?" She pointed behind her in the direction Brandon was headed.
"Seven years as a student, your second year as a professor and you're still getting lost in the castle? Wow, and they say Hufflepuffs are thick."
"Shut it," she grinned. "I was just distracted."
Brandon whistled his appreciation. "Your hair pulled up instead of your usual braid down the back? And new robes: green suits you. You look stunning."
"Thank you. It's Severus' favorite color."
Oh now there's trouble. You're dressing to please him."
"It's a holiday! It's not like I do that every day. Alara answered as Brandon held open one of the staff doors to the Great Hall that stood behind the head table.
Brandon laughed as they entered the Great Hall. "Relax Munchkin. You're happy; he's actually tolerable to be around. For as much as I thought youd completely lost it when I found out about the two of you, I'm on your side now. Do you know he almost smiled at me the other day?"
"You're evil for a Hufflepuff, did you know that?" They walked along the back wall to two open seats laughing; Alara sat where she always did, next to Severus. On the other side of Alara sat Brandon, who was also next to Pomona Sprout. On the other side of Severus was Filius Flitwick, then Minerva McGonagall sat in the Headmistress' chair. The students were just starting their dinners.
"You're late," Severus said to Alara curtly.
"Sorry, I thought Id make myself presentable."
Severus looked her up and down, internally appreciating her efforts, though he gave no outward sign of it. The color of her robes was a gorgeous Slytherin green, standing in stark contrast to her sapphire-blue eyes. Above them, hundreds of laughing skeletons waltzed through the mists of the ceiling that reflected the growing fog outside. Severus wished he could be waltzing through the mists with Alara, alone just the two of them. He sat back in his chair glumly wishing everyone but her would just disappear.
She is a vision of loveliness, isnt she Severus? Brandon tried to lead him through the process of complimenting a woman as he filled Alaras glass with fresh Harvest Wine.
"See?" Daniel Groundsell poked Alyssa as he motioned to the head table where Professor Brewer was filling Professor Ayonis glass and grinning broadly before turning and answering a question of Professor Sprouts. See how they came in late together and see how hes making sure shes taken care of? I tell you that they are seeing each other. That is how you treat a woman.
Alyssa snorted. What would you know about how to treat a woman Daniel? Youve never even had a girlfriend.
Daniel grinned, Only because I am so devoted to the Quidditch team that I have forsaken all else.
Is that why you tried to knock me off my broom this morning; dedication and devotion?
Daniel held up his hands in surrender, I apologize.
Alyssa smiled and dug back in to her she dug back into her mashed potatoes. Monday berry tiger school, monster answer ticket.
Daniel stared at Alyssa. "Come again?"
"Prison candle race portrait?" Alyssa looked as confused as Daniel and then looked around in fear at the people staring at her. "Dungeon pendant? Lucky voice eight shore!"
Daniel and Alyssa stared at each other in alarm. Alyssa? Daniel asked.
Park! Alyssa began to panic as more and more heads turned her way. Horse snow tree ice status!
Up at the head table, Minerva McGonagall spotted the fuss and motioned to Severus to pay attention. By now the commotion was commanding the interest of a fair portion of the Slytherin table and some of the Gryffindor table next to them. Daniel and Alyssa were both standing and Alyssa looked terrified.
He put his fork down with a heavy thud. Excuse me, he muttered as he stood up and strode down the aisle wondering why these two seemed to do nothing but fight. What is the problem this time?
"She's gone off her rocker!" Daniel shouted.
Broomstick! Alyssa shouted back.
Severus grabbed them both by the collars. "You two: outside now." He pushed them out the main doors into the hallway. "I presume you have a reason for disrupting the entire Feast?"
"Ask her," Daniel motioned angrily to Alyssa. "She's the one talking like a raving lunatic."
Severus looked at Alyssa expectedly, but was taken aback to see fear in her eyes instead of anger. "Miss Middleton?"
Alyssa opened her mouth to speak two or three times before she could actually get any words out. "Broomstick chicken bad join? Potion?"
"Come on, hospital wing for you. You too Groundsell: you were there, we'll need to know what you know."
"I don't know anything!"
"Then it should be a very brief conversation."
Two hours later a very concerned Severus Snape uttered the password "Quidditch Champions" and entered Slytherin House: the long, low common room was a painful reminder of a childhood littered with mistakes. Out of the corner of his eye, his memory could just see himself with Avery and Mulciber sitting in the corner, laughing as they plotted a hex against Mary Macdonald. Back in the present, it seemed like the entire House was crowded into the Common Room. Unlike in his memory, it seemed like every torch in the room was lit up, and the students were hovering together in small groups.
"Interesting password," he said to the assembly of students gathered.
"It was Alyssa's idea, a way to fire us all up for the Gryffindor game," a fourth year offered. "Is she all right?"
"Miss Middleton is receiving medical care. I understand there was some kind of altercation between her and Mr. Groundsell this afternoon?"
"They were just arguing Quidditch," Kate Tyler offered. "You know them, they always fight about it."
"Where is Daniel sir?" asked another student. Is he in some kind of trouble?
"Mr. Groundsell appears to be suffering from the same ailment that Miss Middleton is."
Murmurs and whispers shot though the House.
"Quiet... Since this appears to be more than an isolated incident, I ask you again," Severus walked with authority through the Common Room. "Can anyone tell me if anything unusual happened this afternoon?"
"Why not ask the Gryffindors?" A particularly brave seventh year boy with an Irish accent stood up.
"You have some evidence of their involvement?" Severus questioned. If what Mr. O'Brien said rang true he would leave no stone unturned to find the responsible party. On the other hand, rumors from teenagers were well known to fly faster than a terrified Hippogriff.
"Well this whatever it is took out our two best Quidditch players, yeah? The Gryffindor game is only two weeks away and they were sittin' right next to us at the feast. Gryffindor is after us, Daniel knew it and he was trying to convince Alyssa of it this afternoon."
"No, you crazy git, that's the Ravenclaws. Professor Ayoni is using Professor Brewer to--"
"Silence!" Severus commanded in a tone that dared anyone to disobey him. "Rumors and wild speculation will not help us. Now, if anyone has any facts or observations directly related to this illness, I will entertain them." He looked around the common room, but nobody said anything. His eyes finally came to rest on young Nigella Winsgate, who seemed extraordinarily interested not meeting his eye. For a brief moment Snape entertained the thought that she was avoiding his gaze out of guilt and then he quickly dismissed it. His star student was simply not capable of disappointing him in such a manner.
He walked over to the fireplace where he pulled out a paper airplane and placed it on the mantle. "Should any of you have any facts you wish to share, I will leave this here. It is enchanted to fly directly me, I will get it immediately. Please make sure they are not wild, unsupported theories."
He turned to leave when Nigella finally spoke up. "Sir, can you talk with either of them at all?
"It doesn't appear so Miss Winsgate, why do you ask?"
"It's just...."
"It would be nice to have some way to let them know we're all behind them, you know? That we all want them to get better."
"They each appear to be completely aphasic. They cannot verbally communicate with anyone, not even each other."
"But non-word signs would work? Pictures, sweets and stuff like that?"
Severus' heart melted for the youngster, "I imagine it would." He exited the Common Room, nodding to a Hufflepuff prefect walking patrol as he strode past the Great Hall. As he turned the corner to his apartment he smiled at young Miss Winsgate: she would make a fine Prefect when the time came.
Nigella Winsgate lay in her bed with the green silks pulled down and thought about Daniel and Alyssa. She didnt know much about Alyssa other than that she seemed obsessed with Quidditch, but she'd heard all about Daniel. Nobody knew where Daniel's mum was, but his dad was a Death Eater under a life sentence in Azkaban. To get a life sentence, he had to be a really evil guy, and given Daniel's opinions on blood purity, she didn't doubt it.
Nigella hated blood purity; it had cost her the lives of her parents. Nigella smiled as she remembered the voice of her Muggle mum singing her to sleep at night while her Wizard dad used his wand to conjure shooting stars on her ceiling. The smile quickly faded from her face as she remembered the last time she saw him, he handed her off to an old wizard with a scraggly beard and stinky breath. "You're going to side-along apparate sweetheart. I need you go and be brave and to do everything that he tells you, okay?"
"Daddy," Nigella begged through her tears. "Please let me stay--"
"No, you need to go, it's too dangerous here. They've got your mum; I've got to go get her. Now don't be scared." The elder Winsgate slid a Slytherin class ring off his finger and pressed it into the crying child's hand as the sounds of fighting surrounded them. "I know you'll be a great witch someday sweetheart..."
Nigella smiled through her tears at the memory of her dad as she grasped the ring on a chain around her neck. Professor Snape had told her the same thing during their private lesson the day before. He told her that she had it within herself to be a great witch. He called her smart, he called her cunning. All she needed was a chance to prove herself.
Nigella slipped from her bed, carefully making sure that the sounds coming from her roommate's beds told her that they were still sleeping. She tugged on her clothes and grabbed her wand from her bedside table and padded silently up to the Common Room, where she stopped right at the entrance to make sure it was empty. Then it was out the door into the hall, carefully avoiding a Gryffindor Prefect in the lower halls. She stopped short at the bottom of stairs leading up to the Great Hall and held her breath: she could hear The Bloody Baron and Nearly Headless Nick at the top of the stairs talking. She waited for what felt like an eternity, terrified that the Prefect would come back and discover her. Finally, their voices faded away and Nigella slipped up the stairs and peered into the darkened Great Hall. Alone in the dark it looked more enormous than ever, and her heart skipped a beat as she heard the soft clink of jewels against glass behind her. She looked at the House point hourglasses, and noticed the Gryffindor rubies moving up and out of the lower bulb. At this late hour, the only thing that could cause a point loss was being caught out of bed. "Blimey..." she whispered as the rubies kept floating upwards. Whoever got caught was paying a big price for their wanderings. She needed to be careful.
She stepped into the Great Hall, the enchantment covering the ceiling swirled in a haze of thickening clouds. All the floating candles had been extinguished for the night, leaving the only light to see coming in from the entrance way and the torches that lined the walkways outside. She crept over to the Slytherin table and pulled her wand out remembering Professor Snape's words, "Defending against a curse always works by knowing the base properties of the spell, imagining how it's been altered and creatively thinking of ways around that curse." She uttered the incantation Professor Snape had taught her "explorare tenebris." Instantly a nearly invisible wave of energy came from her wand and hit the table, absorbing into the smooth wood. She moved her wand down to the floor where she thought she spotted something. Dark magic leaves traces.... she remembered Professor Snape telling her as she crawled under the table to get a better look. All she needed to do was find those traces and... a pair of black shoes waited for her on the other side of the table.
"Looking for something?"
The menacing voice was unmistakable, Nigella had heard it a hundred times, but never before had it been aimed at her. Nigella's heart started beating so loudly in her chest that she was sure it was waking half the castle as she thudded her head down onto the stone floor. "Professor Snape."
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Bill Kristol urges conservatives not to get hysterical about the Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal. Sure, it wasn't the outcome that some wanted, but those who believe our troops can't handle the policy change are seriously underestimating the strength and character of our soldiers: "[Blogger Cassy] Fiano's advice to conservatives? Cool It. We join in her suggestion. … As Fiano writes, it's a 'massive insult to our military' to assume that soldiers can't handle the challenge of integrating openly gay troops. True, this is a burden they might have been spared while fighting two wars. But they'll deal with it," wrote Kristol.
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PBA President Francis X. OConnor kicked off his term by announcing an agenda of pro bono for veterans, highlighted by an expansion of the Wills for Heroes program to include vets.
Left to right, Wes Payne (retired Army JAG and chair, PBA Military and Veterans Affairs Committee), Staff Sgt. Jasper Patterson (two tours of Iraq, currently stationed at the Army Recruiting Barracks, Harrisburg), PBA President O'Connor, PBA Immediate Past President Forest N. Myers and PBA Young Lawyers Division Immediate Past Chair Robert Datorre on the occasion of O'Connors announcing his pro bono initiative for veterans at the PBA House of Delegates meeting in Hershey, May 16
Then-PBA President-Elect OConnor, just days from becoming the 120th leader of the statewide bar, kicking off a session at the May 13, 2014, Statewide Pro Bono Conference on the PBAs 2014 Pro Bono Week focus: serving those who serve, our veterans of recent and not-so-recent wars. Wes Payne, chair of the PBAs Military and Veterans Affairs Committee, highlighted developments in providing access to justice for veterans, joined by Susan Saidel, head of the Widener University School of Law Veterans Clinic, and Al Ciardi of the Military Assistance Project, which helps vets with bankruptcy issues. Materials on veterans from palawhelp.org and paprobono.net were shared by PBA Pro Bono Coordinator David Trevaskis. Shown above, from left, are Trevaskis, Saidel, Ciardi, Payne and OConnor
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In an April letter to Pennsylvania attorneys, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania Thomas G. Saylor thanked the lawyers of the commonwealth for their support of civil legal aid and asked each attorney voluntarily to do even more to support access to justice for the neediest among us. The leader of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court also showed his support of legal aid by providing an introduction to each of 10 pro bono videos. The videos, produced by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the PBA Pro Bono Legal Services Office and the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, will allow pro bono lawyers to receive free CLE while getting important training in various areas of the law.
In his introduction to the videos, the chief said, "Every Pennsylvanian deserves their day in court, even if their ability to pay for competent counsel is limited. For that reason, this training program facilitates a valuable service for citizens that only lawyers can provide and that is consistent with our professional obligations. The Pennsylvania Bar Institutes intent in creating this program is to assist you in representing a client in a matter that may be outside your regular areas of practice. I urge you to combine the experience and expertise of the speakers with your own background and skills to provide quality legal services to those who otherwise might go unrepresented. On behalf of my colleagues on the Supreme Court, thank you for accepting that challenge. Your work is important to those whom you will represent and, more broadly, in the fair administration of justice. I hope your experience proves to be personally rewarding and that you will urge your colleagues at the bar to make their professional services available as well."
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The Pennsylvania Bar Association's Pro Bono Office assists local bar associations, legal services programs and other groups who offer pro bono legal services across the commonwealth to expand the access to justice for the neediest among us. The Pro Bono Office also provides direct legal help to those in need, from the poor to veterans. The links above will connect you to specific information available here among the PBA pro bono Web pages. Go to PALawHELP.org if you are a client seeking pro bono services; lawyers and judges interested in pro bono should check out PAProbono.net. Click here for our partners at the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono & Public Service. Click here for Pennsylvania county pro bono programs. For all pro bono questions, email PBA Pro Bono Coordinator David Keller Trevaskis at firstname.lastname@example.com or call him on his cell at 717-571-7414.
Trevaskis has served as the PBA's first full-time pro bono attorney since 2001. In the 12 years since then some impressive numbers have been posted through the PBA's in-house pro bono efforts, including outreach that has touched almost 60,000 people with legal aid issues; more than 400 individuals and organizations being honored with pro bono awards; nearly 250 CLE programs having been conducted locally, regionally and across the state; and the securing of more than $500,000 in direct and in-kind support. Add in nearly three-quarters-of-a-million miles of travel and there has been a lot of activity out of an office that is staffed by a single full-time attorney and a half-time administrative assistant.
Although there was pro bono activity sponsored by the PBA prior to the October 2001[1], with the hiring of attorney Trevaskis as the PBA's first full-time pro bono coordinator pro bono received an increased emphasis at the PBA, with the formal creation, staffing and budgeting of a Pro Bono Office. The office was created to meet the crisis of unmet civil legal needs among the poor in Pennsylvania and throughout the nation. The defining principle of our legal system is the promise of equal justice under law for all, yet, despite all of the efforts of the PBA and the thousands of lawyers and judges statewide who take pro bono cases and support legal aid, far too many of the poor and near poor never have the opportunity even to talk to an attorney while handling legal concerns.[2]
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The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania summarized a lawyer's pro bono duty in its February 2011 "Attorney E-Newsletter."
[1] Pro Bono Awards were started in 1988. The PBAs Task Force on the Delivery of Legal Services to the Needy under Joseph H. Jones issued its seminal report in 1989 after extensive study, conferences and continuing legal education classes were conducted during the 1990s, and the PBAs Delivery of Legal Services to the Needy Task Force II started its work in 1998. PBA Committees did outreach and created educational materials, including pamphlets on various legal matters and videos promoting access to justice, and PBA staffers had pro bono duty assignments.
[2] The Pennsylvania Legal Assistance Network (PLAN) estimates that only one in five poverty level persons with legal issues ever sees an attorney and PLAN surveys show that half of the eligible clients who go to a legal aid office in Pennsylvania are turned away because the local offices, even with pro bono support, do not have the resources to help them.


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In some rare cases of errors and other persistent problems, it may be desirable to completely uninstall then reinstall Ancestral Quest. In this Tip, we give you the complete procedure. Where a step may be slightly different between Windows XP and Windows Vista, you will see those instructions appearing within a color-coded section.
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American Eagle Gets New Life As Pilots Union Agrees To New Contract
Jan 12, 2014 2:00 pm
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In addition a clause that enables American Eagle to upgrade its fleet with 60 new Embraer 175 regional jets, the agreement, if ratified by the rank and file, would allow for pilots to transition from American Eagle to American in half the time that it currently takes.
American Eagle's pilots union reached an labor contract with the regional carrier's management that guarantees 60 new Embraer 175 planes that parent American Airlines ordered last month for it.
American Eagle and the Air Line Pilots Association announced the agreement late last night. American Eagle officials declined to comment beyond a memo it issued last night in which it said the agreement represents "a very bright future" for the company and its pilots.


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05/14/2014 – The men's tennis team extended their season by defeating Webber International in the first round of the NAIA Men's Tennis Championship in Mobile, Alabama. The victory improved the Saints record to 25-4, while the Warriors season ends with an overall mark of 13-10. Aquinas will now play #2 seed Auburn Montgomery (22-3) in the "Round of 16" at 1 p.m. today.
Aquinas 6, Webber International 3
May 13, 2014 at Mobile, Ala. (Mobile Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. Aaron Hendrick (AQMT) def. Jonathan Cohen 6-2, 7-5
2. Kristoff Saari (AQMT) def. Mislau Colak 6-0, 2-6, 6-3
3. Justus Klocke def. Nik Artaev (AQMT) 6-3, 6-4
4. Fisher Sutherland (AQMT) def. Rodrigo Santibanez 6-2, 6-3
5. Frankie Fischer (AQMT) def. Firmiano Filho 6-3, 6-3
6. Patricio Henning def. Gunnar Peery (AQMT) 7-5, 6-3, 6-10
Doubles competition
1. Aaron Hendrick/Nik Artaev def. Colak/Klocke 8-3
2. Cohen/Santibanez def. Kristoff Saari/Gunnar Peery 8-2
3. Frankie Fischer/Fisher Sutherland def. Filho/Henning 8-2
Match Notes
NAIA National Tournament, 1st round.
Aquinas advances to play 2nd seeded Auburn-Montgomery Wednesday


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Women's Soccer Promotional Days Announced
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - As the No. 10-ranked West Virginia University women's soccer team opens its home schedule on Friday, Aug. 30, WVU officials have announced several promotional days this fall for the Mountaineer faithful.
WVU's home opener against Central Michigan on Friday, at 5:30 p.m., at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, will be "Poster Night." Fans may pick up the 2013 schedule poster featuring seniors Kara Blosser, Frances Silva and Caroline Szwed. In addition to "Poster Night," the first 200 Mountaineer Maniacs in the gate will receive a women's soccer fan T-shirt.
Home opening weekend continues for the Mountaineers on Sunday, Sept. 1, at 1 p.m., against Morehead State. All WVU women's soccer campers from this past summer are invited to come and wear their camp T-shirt to the game.
Three matches this fall will be "Dollar Days," featuring all tickets, hot dogs, popcorn and Coca-Colas just one dollar each. The Mountaineers' matches against Kentucky on Sept. 15 at 1 p.m., Texas on Oct. 4 at 7 p.m., and Kansas on Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. will feature this promotion.
On Sept. 22, WVU welcomes Wright State to Morgantown at 1 p.m. Kids 13 and under who attend the game are invited to a free postgame clinic.
The Oct. 4 match against the Longhorns is also a Gold Rush, and all fans encouraged to wear gold in the stands as they cheer on the Mountaineers.
WVU's match against Iowa State on Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. has been appointed as Breast Cancer Awareness Night. Fans are encouraged to join the Mountaineers in wearing pink. A check presentation to the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center will take place at halftime. In addition, the match will be Faculty-Staff Day, as all WVU faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.
All retired Mountaineer faculty are invited to come out on Oct. 13 at 1 p.m. for Retired Faculty Night against TCU.
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The Museum is privileged to include several Friends Groups among its most dedicated supporters. These groups come together to increase public interest in Museum initiatives through a variety of programs and events, and provide a unique opportunity for audiences of various ages and backgrounds to take an active role in its future.
Friends of the Alfred Stieglitz CenterThe Friends of the Alfred Stieglitz Center of the Philadelphia Museum of Art brings together collectors, artists, curators, and other enthusiasts of photography. The Friends will enjoy a dynamic slate of programs, including access to private collections, artists, and curators; exclusive lectures, gallery talks, and receptions; and a variety of educational programs that will showcase the Museum's collections and study spaces.
CollabCollab is a collaboration of design professionals supporting the modern and contemporary design collections at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. A volunteer committee founded in 1970, Collab is dedicated to enriching the Museum's collections with outstanding examples of mass-produced and unique designs, and to making the collections accessible to the general public, students, and the design community. Now among the most important in the country, the design collections of more than 2,000 objects range from appliances and furniture to ceramics, glass, posters, wallpapers, and lighting.
Women's CommitteeThe Women's Committee was founded in 1883 by Elizabeth Duane Gillespie, a great-granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin. Mrs. Gillespie was a notable Philadelphian in her own right who organized many philanthropic endeavors including the Women's Pavilion at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition. The present Women's Committee continues that tradition of community service as an independently chartered volunteer organization dedicated to supporting the Museum.
Young FriendsThe Young Friends is a vibrant group of art enthusiasts, committed to supporting the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Members enjoy a diverse schedule of programs including, engaging social events, educational lectures and tours, art-inspired excursions, and enrichment activities especially designed for those ages 21 to 45.
Techné, Ambassadors for International CraftThe Philadelphia Museum of Art introduces its newest affinity group – Techné, Ambassadors for International Craft. Building on the Museum's rich tradition of acquiring and promoting craft, Techné offers collectors and enthusiasts an array of specialized programs and activities throughout the year that will inspire members through stimulating dialogue, the exchange of ideas, and shared experiences.
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Directions: Go 1.75 miles south and 2 miles east of Crawfordsville on the Washington/Louisa county-line road.
Southeast Research Farm
3115 Louisa-Washington Road
Crawfordsville, IA 52621
(319) 658-2353
273 acres
Southeast Iowa Agricultural Research Association
Corn is often used for research on plant diseases.
The association purchased the main farm in 1987. An adjacent tract was acquired in 2002.
Land is flat to slightly sloping. Predominant soils:
0-2 percent slope, poorly drained, occurs on broad upland flats
1-3 percent slope, somewhat poorly drained, occurs on ridges and uplands
2 - 18 percent slope, very deep, moderately well-drained, occurs on side slopes
Crops. Researchers study corn, soybeans and small grains. Other studies focus on tillage methods, pest management, fertilizer and manure management and alternative cropping systems.
Soils. Researchers study soil fertility and management systems. Agronomists study nutrient requirements of area crops and apply nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and lime to observe crop yield response. Researchers also evaluate the effectiveness of tile drainage systems.
The research farms use modern equipment fitted with special devices for measuring yield.
Other studies. The Iowa Nut Growers Association has established a demonstration site on the farm and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service is evaluating native grasses at the site.


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1992 Dodge Ram Van B150 Repair and Maintenance
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