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|Insect herbivores of Coccoloba cereifera do not select asymmetric plants.
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|Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) represents small, random variations from the symmetric bilateral pattern, and it is a frequently used measurement of plant and animal stresses. Some studies have shown a relationship between FA and herbivory, suggesting that FA might be a reliable indicator of plant quality and plant susceptibility to herbivore attack. In this study, we investigated the relationship between leaf FA of Coccoloba cereifera Schwacke (Polygonaceae) and the pattern of attack by the scale insect Abgrallaspis cyanophylly Signoret (Hemiptera: Diaspididae). Thirty individuals of C. cereifera were marked and followed during 2007 in southeastern Brazil, and all leaves of three shoots per plant were sampled, numbered, and categorized as young, mature, or senescent. We measured right and left widths of all leaves after digitizing the images to determine levels of FA for each leaf sampled per plant. Individuals of A. cyanophylli were counted using a stereoscope in the laboratory to determine infestation levels. Leaves of C. cereifera exhibited true patterns of FA, as shown by the normal distribution of asymmetry values. We observed high variation in attack rates by A. cyanophylly among C. cereifera individuals, with 43.3% of plants with no insects, whereas others exhibited up to 23,000 insects. No statistically significant relationship was observed between variation in FA and variation in A. cyanophylli among plants. These results suggest that FA cannot be used as an indicator of plant quality and susceptibility to herbivore attack but suggest that herbivores themselves might act as plant stressors.
|Cristina Telhado; Daniela Esteves; Tatiana Cornelissen; G Wilson Fernandes; Marco Antonio A Carneiro
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|Title: Environmental entomology Volume: 39 ISSN: 1938-2936 ISO Abbreviation: Environ. Entomol. Publication Date: 2010 Jun
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|Created Date: 2010-06-16 Completed Date: 2010-10-01 Revised Date: -
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|Ecologia Evolutiva and Biodiversidade/DBG, ICB/Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil.
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Harper's Courting of China Wins Praise From Canada Companies
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who irked business leaders with his criticism of China when he took power six years ago, is now winning plaudits for seeking deeper ties with Asia's biggest economy.
Harper, halfway through a four-day visit to China, has concluded a foreign investment-protection agreement and opened China to Canadian uranium exports as part of measures to bolster business and political relations between the two countries. The Canadian leader met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, President Hu Jintao, and Vice Premier Li Keqiang during the Beijing leg of the trip.
"We couldn't deliver Canadian uranium here until this agreement was signed so it opens the door for us to do that," said Cameco Corp. Chief Executive Officer Tim Gitzel, one of a delegation of more than 40 Canadian executives on the trip. Cameco, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is the world's largest uranium producer.
Harper, traveling to China for the second time since 2009, is seeking to attract Chinese investment in Canada's natural resources and sell more oil to Asia, while winning business for Canadian companies such as Manulife Financial Corp., Canada's biggest insurer.
Business Speech
In a speech today at a business dinner in Guangzhou, Harper said he is committed to "profoundly" diversifying the country's energy exports and will facilitate construction of new infrastructure needed to ship the country's oil to China.
Canada, which holds the world's third largest oil reserves, is seeking to reduce its reliance on the U.S., after President Barack Obama rejected TransCanada Corp.'s $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline to ship Canadian oil to the Gulf Coast. Canada sends 99 percent of its oil exports to the U.S.
"We want to sell our energy to people who want to buy our energy," Harper said at a dinner organized by regional Canadian chambers of commerce in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong, the nation's most populous province. "It's that simple."
Harper, though, said his country's quest for new markets won't curtail its willingness to raise human rights issues with China.
Fundamental Freedoms
"In relations between China and Canada, you should expect us to continue to raise issues of fundamental freedoms and human rights and to be a vocal advocate for these just as we will be an effective partner in our growing and mutually beneficial economic relationship," Harper said.
On the first day of his trip, Harper urged Wen to approve proposed investments by Manulife and Toronto-based Bank of Nova Scotia as part of a broader effort to win greater access for Canadian companies, said a person familiar with the talks.
Harper's lobbying on specific deals should yield dividends, said John Manley, president of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. "This is a country in which government assistance is very valuable in getting things done," said Manley, a former deputy prime minister, referring to China.
The countries also announced the conclusion of talks on a pact aimed at shielding companies from discriminatory practices and enhancing mechanisms for settling disputes. The two sides will perform a legal review of the deal before signing it.
Geo-Strategic Positioning
"Canada has the resources, technological sophistication, and geo-strategic positioning to complement China's economic growth strategy," Harper told a business audience in Beijing yesterday after meeting Hu and Li. "And China's growth, in turn, complements our determination to diversify our export markets."
The two countries announced a pact that will give Canadian uranium producers more access to China's civilian nuclear power industry, according to a joint statement released by Harper's office. No details of the agreement were provided.
Harper also reached agreements to cooperate in areas such as air travel, energy, food inspections and fisheries, while paving the way for two giant pandas to spend a decade at zoos in Toronto and Calgary.
Possible Free Trade
After agreeing to the investment-protection pact, Premier Wen called for discussions on a possible free trade agreement, the Xinhua News Agency reported Feb. 8. He said China is "ready to expand imports of energy and resource products from Canada" and boost cooperation in areas including renewable energy and the peaceful use of nuclear power, according to Xinhua.
The two countries will seek "exploratory discussions" to deepen economic and trade ties after a joint working group study is completed in May, according to a joint statement issued yesterday.
Economic ties between China and Canada, which holds the world's third-largest oil reserves, have been lopsided. Canadian direct investment in China was C$4.8 billion ($4.8 billion) in 2010, less than 1 percent of Canada's total, and about one-third the level of investment in Canada by Chinese firms, Statistics Canada data show. With 99 percent of oil exports going to the U.S., Canada's trade deficit with China was C$147.5 billion from 2006 to 2010, Industry Canada says.
Relations Cooled
Relations between Canada and China cooled in 2006 after Harper criticized China's human-rights record, telling reporters that promoting trade shouldn't require the government "to sell out important Canadian values." A year later, new foreign investment rules, which put additional scrutiny on state-owned entities, raised questions about whether Canada was targeting China. Harper then chose to skip the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The relationship began to improve in 2009 with trips to China by Canadian officials including Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney.
"The prime minister's support for broadening the trade relationship with China is very positive," Patrick Daniel, chief executive of Calgary-based Enbridge Inc., said in Beijing at a business conference attended by Harper. Enbridge is Canada's largest oil pipeline company.
Improved relations between the Canadian and Chinese government will help business, said Pierre Beaudoin, chief executive of Montreal-based Bombardier Inc.
'Always Helpful'
"Any discussions that can give support to transactions we would have in aerospace or in the train business is always helpful support because the infrastructure business like the train business is government related," Beaudoin told reporters Feb. 8 in Beijing. Bombardier is a plane and train manufacturer.
"Whenever we have discussions on transactions, it's always important to have the support of your government and I think that's what the trade mission is doing."
Gitzel said yesterday's pact will allow the company to move ahead with supply agreements signed in 2010 to sell about 52 million pounds of uranium for Chinese reactors. China is showing "strong growth" in nuclear-reactor construction, Gitzel said in a separate interview with Bloomberg.
China, the world's biggest energy user, is seeking to secure uranium supplies as it builds additional reactors. There are 434 operable reactors around the world and 61 under construction, according to the World Nuclear Association. China is building 26, plans to construct another 51 and has proposed 120 others, according to the association.
The two countries yesterday announced an agreement to reduce restrictions on air travel that will allow more flexibility in pricing and let China Southern Airlines Co. ship freight to the U.S. through Canada, according to the statement. Canada and China also agreed to update their tax treaty to reduce rates of withholding taxes that apply to cross-border payments and eliminate double taxation for individuals and companies.
China also pledged to work with Canada to resolve agriculture market access issues.

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Drake Bulldogs And CONADEIP All-Stars Reach Summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro
Monday, May, 30, 2011
ARUSHA, TANZANIA--One week after playing the first game of college American football on the African continent, more than 100 players, coaches and staff from Drake University, the CONADEIP All-Stars (Mexico) and Global Football scaled the summit of the famous Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
The Drake Bulldogs won the Global Kilimanjaro Bowl with a 17-7 fourth quarter comeback in front of 11,781 curious but enthusiastic Tanzania spectators at the Sheik Amri Abedi Memorial Stadium on May 21.
Now the participants have also stood at the highest point in Africa at 19,340 feet after a five-day expedition dubbed 'Tupande Kileleni'--'Lets Climb to the Summit'--and two-day descent.
"We have achieved so much during our time here in Africa, with service projects to benefit the local community in Moshi, and have made history on the football field, but this is the most spectacular highlight," said Global Football President Patrick Steenberge. "This is an experience that those who have climbed will never forget.
"It was a wonderful and humbling moment when the two groups met at the summit and we realized a dream conceived two years ago to bring American football to Tanzania and to then give the players and coaches a truly memorable experience. It was worth every grueling step on old volcanic rock and scree."
The CONADEIP All-Stars group from Mexico climbed via the Machame route on the western slope and met the Drake University party who had traveled on the Rongai route on the northeast side of Mount Kilimanjaro.
The climbers converged on Africa's rooftop at dawn on Sunday after the final leg of a climb that lasted between six and nine hours. Headlamps lit the parade of players, coaches, staff, guides and porters, that had started at 11 pm on the Rongai and Machame routes and came to a spectacular conclusion when the sun peeked over Mawenzi, the second highest point of Mount Kilimanjaro.
The climbers gathered at Uhuru Peak (freedom peak) for photos, with Mount Meru to the west and massive glaciers all round. The Tanzanian guides received well-earned hugs of appreciation from the climbers and as the celebrations continued, CONADEIP head coach Juan Carlos Maya and assistant Carmelo Ramirez fought through the barrier of pain and fatigue to become the final two members of the party to meet on top of Africa.
The children of Drake Athletic Director Sandy Hatfield Clubb, Tristan and Skyelar, aged 9 and 12, became two of the youngest-ever climbers of Mount Kilimanjaro.
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NARRAGANSETT – The Point Judith Harbor east jetty will be repaired under a new $627,000 contract recently issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District.
Construction on the jetty is scheduled to start around Feb. 15 and will take approximately three months to complete.
According to the U.S. Army Corps, repairs involve the mobilization and demobilization, and the furnishing, delivery, and placement of new stone to replace those stones displaced during Hurricane Sandy in October 2012. Stones will also be used to "fill in" existing gaps and low points along the jetty.
"The repairs will be performed to restore the southerly portion of the east jetty to the original profiles and cross-sections," Project Manager Michael Walsh, of the U.S. Army Corps New England District Programs/Project Management Division in Concord, Mass., said in a statement. "Repairs will require substantial moving and manipulation of existing stones to obtain the required interlocking placement."
The corps said that mobilization of equipment and rehabilitation of the jetty might require a combination of land and marine construction methods and resources.
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A Classic Success Story Gets a Nod From Clinton
By TODD S. PURDUM
Published: July 8, 1999
PHOENIX, July 7— When Josie Ippolito was 7 years old, she loved to get up at 3 A.M. to help her father make tortillas in their small family shop in this struggling section of south-central Phoenix.
''There was just something about it that was very exciting,'' Mrs. Ippolito recalled. ''And then at 7 o'clock I'd come home and be dead-beat tired and have to go to school.''
More than 30 years later, Mrs. Ippolito is still getting up early to help make tortillas, but now she is co-owner of the family business, La Canasta Mexican Food Products, whose factory makes about 840,000 corn and flour tortillas and tortilla chips in each 18-hour day, for sale to the restaurant business nationwide. And as she rushed around this morning preparing for a visit by President Clinton, then ducking out to have her hair done, Mrs. Ippolito could scarcely contain her excitement -- or her pride.
''We're here,'' she said, gesturing at the 25,000-square-foot factory, which the company built in 1994 with a $1.2 million loan from the Small Business Administration, nearly doubling its previous space. ''We're making it.''
Indeed, Mrs. Ippolito's business is a classic success story, chosen by the White House to hammer home the President's message about the benefits of Government and private sector investment in the pockets of urban and rural poverty that the booming national economy has passed by. Mrs. Ippolito, who owns the business with her mother and two of her sisters, is also part of a potent emerging demographic group here: businesses owned by minorities and women.
Since 1992, the Phoenix metropolitan area has ranked third among the nation's top 50 cities in the growth of businesses owned by women, going to 94,500 this year from 42,000, according to the National Foundation for Women Business Owners, and it ranked 15th in the nation in the overall number of businesses owned by women.
In 1996, the last year for which figures are available, there were 9,000 businesses in Phoenix owned by Hispanic women alone, employing 18,400 people and generating $1.6 billion in sales, according to the foundation, a nonprofit research group based in Silver Spring, Md.
When La Canasta emerged as the White House choice for Mr. Clinton's main stop today in this fast-growing city, some local Hispanic business leaders complained, said a former high-ranking local official who spoke on condition of anonymity. They thought a tortilla factory was a cliche, the official said, and wondered why the President did not visit one of the region's several Hispanic-owned companies like QuePasa.com, a booming Internet portal intended for Hispanic users.
But Mrs. Ippolito made no apologies for La Canasta's low-tech industrial processes, in which women still stretch flour tortillas by hand. ''I'm very proud of the accomplishments we've made,'' Mrs. Ippolito said, noting that 60 percent of the company's 140 workers come from within three miles of the plant in a neighborhood that is part of a designated 19-square-mile ''enterprise community'' eligible for special Federal tax breaks. While the company does not disclose its annual sales, it is clearly thriving, preparing to expand into tortilla products to be sold in supermarkets.
This morning the start of a groaning buffet was already spread out for Mr. Clinton, who has long had a hard time resisting second helpings when it is Mexican day at the White House mess, and tonight, he took note of how many customers La Canasta's daily output serves.
''Eight-hundred forty-thousand a day!'' the President said. ''That's a lot of people, you know. Of course, not everybody eats as many at one sitting as I do.''
Mrs. Ippolito may have begun her tortilla-making career as a childhood lark, but she joined the business full time at the death of her father in 1974. Her mother was left with seven children, and Mrs. Ippolito went to work in the business, which had started as a neighborhood tamale stand.
''It was just a matter of survival at that point,'' she said. ''We all had to lock arms and go on.''
Now, as the White House talks up its proposals of tax incentives for new businesses in depressed areas, Mrs. Ippolito wants the President to know that even existing small businesses need special help.
''We've been here 39 years,'' she said. ''It's nice to bring in new businesses. However, you don't forget those businesses that have a proven track record.''
Photo: La Canasta Mexican Food Products in Phoenix is a family-owned factory that President Clinton visited yesterday as part of his tour of impoverished areas. Marie Arvizu worked on the tortilla production line. (Jeff Topping)


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If this is remote, we'll take it any day
Published: Sunday, May 13, 2007 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 9:58 p.m.
The issue: Terrebonne ranks among nations most-remote areas.
We suggest: Its great to call it home.
According to researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey, Terrebonne Parish is one of the most-remote places in the United States.
They came to that determination by measuring the amount of land and comparing it to the miles of roadway.
Terrebonne is in the top three nationwide, along with St. Bernard Parish.
Of course, we dont think of ourselves as remote. Were here.
We are just between the metropolitan areas of New Orleans and Baton Rouge, and our region itself is a burgeoning part of the states rebounding economy.
But as you drive from one end of the parish to the other, you are never far from a marsh or a bayou or an open waterway.
We are right in the middle of the Sportsmans Paradise, a place where hunting and fishing opportunities abound and that gives outdoorsmen lots of chances to pursue their interests.
We have enough roads to get to the boat launches, and we let our waterways do the rest.
And thats just the way we and most of the other people who live in our neck of the woods like it.
In fact, we have the best of both worlds.
We can get on U.S. 90 or Interstate 10 and be in any part of the state.
Or we can stay here and enjoy our great shopping and growing selection of restaurants.
Or, in just a few minutes, we can escape to the water or woods and forget about modern life for a few hours or a few days.
In short, we have it all.
If the Geological Surveys method was to set up ratios between roadways and open space, it took note of the roads we have and divided them into our huge expanses of open ground and open water.
The result was a low, low number that put us among the most-remote places in the country.
We wouldnt change it one bit.
If we had less space and the same number of roads, we would have fewer chances to appreciate the reasons that our area is uniquely beautiful and enjoyable.
And if we had the same space and more roads, it would just mean more cars and more traffic.
Nope, were happy with the way things are and if that means were remote, so be it.
Whatever the U.S. Geological Survey calls it, this is a tremendous place that we call home.
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The WTO made U.S. cotton subsidies illegal two years ago, but American farmers are still getting checks. African nations aren't happy about the imbalance and that's cooling wider trade talks. Gretchen Wilson reports.
Chinese investing in Zambia's Copper Belt
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In the 1970s and '80s copper prices plummeted worldwide and Zambia's mines closed, crippling that country's economy. Gretchen Wilson visits one mine that's now booming at the hands of Chinese investors.
Is trade with China stifling Africa's economy?
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is in South Africa this week. China has been boosting its trade ties with Africa, but some are worried cheap Chinese imports might sink the local economy. Gretchen Wilson reports.
Cell phone banking in Soweto
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In the 12 years since apartheid ended, Soweto has been transformed. The country even leads the world in some major technological realms. Gretchen Wilson reports.
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Isolated these three boats in the busy harbour at Port Erin on the Isle of Man. I liked the recurring blue and white colours and the clarity of the water.
I thought the ropes would make good lead in lines.
I'd appreciated any ideas on how this shot could be improved.
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Attractive image, Elaine. Love the crystal clarity of the water, the colour, the reflections. Can't really see why anyone would feel the need to do anything to it. It's a clean simple image, and they're often the best kind.....though not always the easiest because with a simple image everything has to be right and there's nowhere to hide. I think you've succeeded admirably. Pet.
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Hi Alan
Great to have your feedback and it's very encouraging for me to know that this one floats your boat I've had more time to look at your pf again Alan and viewed your images on Large - wow.....very creative images, great vision
Hi Willie
Thanks for your crit. I feel that my photography is improving a bit and it's down to all of the advice I get on here from you and everyone else who takes the time to help me. I regularly check out your pf and amazing images too
Thanks both of you guys - your opinions are much appreciated.
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I like your vertical format, the composition, reflections and ropes. Well seen and captured, Elaine.
The ropes are an excellent element. You thought about how to use them in your composition, and how they could affect the way the image is seen, pulling the viewer into the picture.
Your background is completely water, with no distractions, and you have allowed each boat some breathing space.
Three is an excellent number for photography, and comes under the Rule Of Odds, or The Rule of Three and Odd Numbers, which says that, whenever possible, it's a good idea to take pictures with odd numbered objects, and that by far the most popular odd number is 3. But any odd number of objects (generally speaking) is better than even numbers. Remember this is only a guideline and there are always exceptions. However, it tends to produce a more interesting composition compared to one that your eye can take in quicker by dividing it in half or grouping even numbers of objects.
I am going to be really picky now. In my modification I have cloned out the knot in one of the foreground ropes, simply because it captures my attention and stops my eye running straight to the boats. The only other thing I did was to use an automatic levels adjustment, simply to tone down the brightness of the whites on the top of the two top boats. It also gives a bit of a boost to the colours. See what you think.
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Quote: I've had more time to look at your pf again Alan and viewed your images on Large - wow.....very creative images, great vision
Really nice of you to say that Elaine, thanks.
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So lovely.
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Hi Elaine,
excellent picture (period/full stop/the end.)
I suspect you were standing on solid ground when you shot this. It looks like being shot from head level. The sea is used also as background and the horizon is not visible. Good thought.
Alternatively, (have you got the camera insured?) I would suggest you to wrap the neck strap around your arm, kneel, lower your hand at the rope level and take some shots from there. Horizon might be visible but, what the heck, the Earth isn't flat either.
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Hi Pamela,
Thanks for your critique and the mod. I don't think you're being picky at all about the knot in the rope as it does hold the eye a bit
Thanks for your help.
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Hi Nezih,
Thanks for taking the time to comment. It's nice to know you like the shot.
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Hi Pablo,
What a great idea about taking a shot from rope level. I'm going to try that next time. Hopefully I'll not end up in the water..........lol
Thanks for your conment.
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Hi Danial,
I'm glad you like the texture. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.
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What a beautiful shot and what great water for the IOM!
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2010 Annual Report
Watershed management, water availability, ecosystem restoration. Artificial streams were relocated to the University of Mississippi Biological Field Station in order to obtain water supply of acceptable quality, and additional recirculating streams were also installed and tested. Fish, water quality and physical data were collected from the Big Sunflower and Coldwater Rivers, which drain the intensively cultivated Mississippi Delta, concluding three and six years of study, respectively. Data analysis is targeted at finding links between water quality and ecological impairment. At sites adjacent to Coldwater River study reaches, a sixth and final year of data collection at degraded and restored backwaters is being completed. Evaluation of ecosystem restoration along a leveed floodway (Abiaca Creek, Mississippi) is continuing.
Water quality protection systems. Monitoring and assessing the effects of sediment retention ponds in trapping agrichemicals (sediment, nutrients, pesticides) was initiated in December 2009 and continues. Influent and effluent nonpoint source pollutant loads were computed for one degraded backwater now being managed as a treatment wetland. This managed wetland was also used for an experiment involving measurement of the attenuation of pollution from an artificial runoff event contaminated with agrichemicals (sediment, nutrients, pesticides). At another site, studies of vegetated constructed wetlands in mitigating agrichemicals such as nutrients and pesticides in various combinations were completed. Several small-scale laboratory and field experiments were conducted to examine nutrient uptake effects by various species of aquatic plants. Field trials on the performance of small concrete weirs in mitigating nutrient flux from agricultural drainage ditches were conducted. Collaborative efforts have also taken place to incorporate stream metabolism studies with current research activities. Sites were selected for a long-term study of water quality and aquatic ecology in three agricultural watersheds in the Mississippi Delta based on analyses of watershed soils, land use, topography and hydrologic features.
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Moore, M.T., Kroger, R., Cooper, C.M., Cullum, R.F., Smith, S., Locke, M.A. 2009. Diazinon reduction and partitioning between water, sediment and vegetation in stormwater runoff mitigation through rice fields. Pest Management Science. 65: 1182-1188.
Shields Jr., F.D., Testa III, S., Cooper, C.M. 2009. Nitrogen and Phosphorus Levels in the Yazoo River Basin, Mississippi. Journal of Ecohydrology. 2(3): 270-278. DOI: 10.1002/eco.49 [online].
Pierce, S.C., Moore, M.T., Larsen, D., Pezeshki, S.R. 2010. Macronutrient (N,P,K) and redoximorphic metal (Fe,Mn) allocation in Leersia oryzoides (rice cutgrass) grown under different flood regimes. Water, Air and Soil Pollution. 207:73-84.
Bennett, E.R., Drouillard, K.G., Moore, M.T., Schulz, R. 2010. Effectiveness of vegetated agricultural drainage ditches in mitigating insecticide loadings. In: Moore, M. T. and Kroger, R. (Eds.), Agricultural Drainage Ditches: Mitigation Wetlands for the 21st Century. Research Signpost. Kerala, India, pp. 239-259.
He, Z., Wu, W., Shields Jr, F.D. 2009. Numerical Analysis of Effects of Large Wood Structures on Channel Morphology and Fish Habitat Suitability in a Southern U.S. Sandy Creek. Journal of Ecohydrology. 2(3): 370-380. DOI: 10.1002/eco.60 [online].
Shields Jr, F.D. 2010. Aquatic Habitat Bottom Classification Using ADCP. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. 136(5): 336-342.
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Chao, X., Jia, Y., Shields Jr, F.D., Wang, S., Cooper, C.M. 2009. Numerical Simulation of Sediment-Associated Water Quality Processes for a Mississippi Delta Lake. Ecohydrology. 2(3): 350-359. DOI: 10.1002/eco.72 [online].
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Cullum, R.F. 2009. Macropore flow estimations under no-till and till systems. Catena 78(1): 87-91. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. Doi:10.1016/j.catena.2009.03.004. Amsterdam, Netherlands. (available online at www.sciencedirect.com).
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Yuan, Y., Locke, M.A., Gaston, L.A. 2009. Tillage Effects on Soil Properties and Spatial Variability in Two Mississippi Delta Watersheds. Soil Science. 174 (7): 385-394. DOI 10.1097/SS.0b013e3181ac769c [online].
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Lizotte Jr., R.E., Knight, S.S., Shields Jr., F.D., Bryant, C.T. 2009. Effects of an atrazine, metolachlor, and fipronil mixture on Hyalella azteca in a modified backwater wetland. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 83(6):836-840. DOI:10.1007/s00128-009-9850-1.
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Roost will host the second dinner in its monthly wine dinner series Nov. 20.
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Moving along, Doug, Pete and Randis review "Oz the Great and Powerful." Was the new movie starring Mila Kunis and James Franco a magical return to a childhood classic, or an inverted perversion that kicks your heart in the childhood? Pete then brings up the moral dilemma of the Wizard sending a child to kill his ex-lover in the original movie. See how the crew weighs in on older movie plots.
After the break Craig gives us the low down on how EA's servers crashed out when they launched the new SIM City. Why don't gaming companies have the right servers ready? Why aren't people learning from past network crashes. Are you still reading this? Also, the new Tomb Raider is inspired by a new movie and it's a prequel. Is it worth the time, or does Lara Croft follow the road of other damned prequels?
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My husband and I will be travelling through SEA from mid Oct - mid Dec . . from what I have read (re weather conditions etc) it seems that it would be best to start out in Hanoi in mid Oct and make our way back down through Vietnam Cambodia Laos then finish up in Thailand . . . any advice would be greatly appreciated - Thanks
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Ah, the weather - that fickle friend!
The key here, I suggest is VN. That is because Cambodia, Laos and Thailand are usually ideal from November onwards.
I understand October is a cusp season for VN. It's the start of the winter monsoon in the north (north of Nha Trang) and the end of the summer wet of the south.
So, with some hesitation, I'd suggest starting in haNoi.
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Video: West Seattle Hi-Yu Concert in the Park 2011July 19, 2011 at 7:24 pm | In Fun stuff to do, West Seattle Hi-Yu Festival, West Seattle news | 2 Comments
7:24 PM: If you're not already among the 100 or so people here – c'mon over to Hiawatha's east lawn. The West Seattle Big Band is playing what Jim Edwards quipped is the "Hi-Yu FALL Festival Concert in the Park" (added, that's Jim with the mike in the center background, in the next photo):
And the program so far has included songs evocative of the weather, like "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." The concert's scheduled to continue till about 8:30, and we've even seen sunbreaks. Bring a blanket to sit on and another one to wrap yourself in, and you'll be fine (and a dollar for a Hi-Yu fundraising button – the royalty and volunteers are here). We'll add more photos later as well as video.
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More outdoor music ahead for West Seattle this summer – even if you might need a sweater to enjoy it! – the Summer Concerts at Hiawatha series presented by the Admiral Neighborhood Association (co-sponsored by WSB) start July 28 (full schedule here), and Friday Night Summer Concerts at the Mount start August 5 (full schedule here). Back to Hi-Yu – cheer the float, royalty, and volunteers in this Saturday's West Seattle Grand Parade, 11 am, California SW from Lander to Edmunds.
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Awesome show – thanks West Seattle Big Band!
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They sounded amazing!! I live a few blocks away but could hear them clearly. So much fun!
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Understanding Slavery and African American History through Archaeology: The Challenges and Rewards
Archaeology plays a role in many research areas at Colonial Williamsburg, but it is an especially important component in our interpretation of slavery and African American history. Through its focus on the tangible remains of a people whose past is largely underrepresented in documents, archaeology is opening a wider window for us to examine the intricacies of slave life and culture. As this knowledge expands, we are particularly interested in knowing more about the personal lives of slaves: how they lived, what they ate and wore, and how they managed their environment.
Roughly half of Williamsburg's population was enslaved on the eve of the American Revolution. That means that archaeologists should not have to look far to find "slave sites." Most of Williamsburg's half-acre lots served as home to African Americans during the colonial period. Excavations in and around houses, public buildings, outbuildings, wells, and gardens all yield archaeological evidence that holds potential for studying slave life.
That said, archaeologists find Williamsburg's Historic Area an extremely challenging place to study the lives of African Americans. On crowded urban lots within the 18th– century town, blacks and whites lived in close proximity to one another, sharing space and often materials. The enslaved generally lived where they worked: in kitchens, laundries, and in sections of stables. Household trash generated on these congested lots was generally disposed in a single, "unsegregated" location, leaving archaeologists with few ways to distinguish whose trash it was. In consequence, it has been exceedingly difficult for archaeologists to identify specific artifact assemblages that can be assigned to Williamsburg's enslaved residents.
One approach has been to expand our study area to include Williamsburg's periphery. Not only does this provide a broader picture of Williamsburg's African American population, it also allows archaeologists to consider sites inhabited by free blacks. Another advantage of including African American sites on Williamsburg's periphery is the possibility of comparing materials from these external sites with sites in the heart of the town. So far, some of the best research data on slave life comes from sites where the enslaved lived on plantations, inhabiting physically separate "quarters." Artifacts from these sites are more clearly attributable to the enslaved. Consequently, we know more about slave life from our studies of Williamsburg's periphery than we do from sites in the Historic Area. We also know more about enslaved blacks than we do about free blacks.
Using archaeological excavation and analysis in the study of Williamsburg's African American population is extremely rewarding. Archaeological information is translated quickly into recreated living and work spaces, and into Colonial Williamsburg's interpretive programs. As an area of special focus, "African American archaeology" is, understandably, difficult to encompass within a single blog post. Over upcoming months, we will address some of the research areas in which archaeologists have advanced our understanding of slave life: housing, diet, burial, belief and symbolism, and others. This tangible evidence has anchored our knowledge, and provokes discussions about slavery and freedom in the past and today.
Dr. Ywone Edwards-Ingram, Staff Archaeologist, African American and Material Culture Studies.
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I never gave much thought to the problems you describe above.
I will look forward to future postings.
Thanks for spreading knowledge,
Dear Chris:
Archaeology is a very social practice and we are pleased that you are in our network. We are always seeking to know more about eighteenth-century Williamsburg and to find more ways to strengthen our interpretation of this colonial capital of Virginia. Fortunately, we have the advantage of using approaches and techniques from several academic disciplines and research fields in our work.
It is the inter-disciplinary nature of archaeology that makes it so useful to the study the lifeways of enslaved and free African Americans who were in the town or nearby, both during and after slavery. With its focus on the mundane and the extraordinary things, behaviors, and events of the past, archaeology definitely provides the means to arrive at a more comprehensive understanding of Williamsburg and its diverse population in the colonial era.
Please continue to nurture your interest in archaeology and in our work.
Ywone Edwards-Ingram


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The presentation of "The Kentucky River: Memories, Myths, and Magic" was cancelled April 9 due to the fact that my husband, Tom Strassell, suffered a heart attack. He is on the road to recovery and we will be presenting the program at a future historical society meeting.
Since the formation of Owen County, entrepreneurs have established businesses and brought prosperity to the area.
The first store in Owenton was established in 1820 by a Virginian named Bruce, followed by a second one run by George and Willis Roberts. Although these early establishments had limited supplies, nevertheless they provided necessities to early residents.
The Owen County Historical Society Museum is not only a repository of Owen County artifacts, but it is also a photo gallery of the people who lived, worked, and died in Owen communities. Their contributions to Owen County history vary, but their presence serve as a reminder of the importance and responsibility of each and everyone of us to create a lasting legacy.
She discovered the old picture in her mother's closet, but no one seemed to know the identity of the distinguished looking man. It was surmised that he was an Owen countian and the picture had a date of 1867 penciled on the back. Historical society member Christina Rice hung the picture in her home and every time she passed it she would ask, "Who are you?" Knowing he was related to her, Christina was determined to solve the mystery of his identity.
Though most Owen countians know someone by the name of Elizabeth or Margaret, many may not realize that at one time these were the names of two communities in the county. While examining old copies of the News-Herald, Doris Riley — a historical society member, historian, and genealogist — discovered Margaret and Elizabeth in the "Community News." Elizabeth was somewhere around Lusby's Mill, but Margaret seems to be lost somewhere in the past, her whereabouts unknown.
Spring ushers Owen countians outdoors to plow, plant, mow, dig fence posts, and paint and repair fencing and barns. Occasionally, a figure might be seen sporting a fishing pole heading for the nearest body of water. The streams, lakes, and river around Owen County offer countless opportunities for skilled fishermen and women to challenge those wily, wet, water creatures as they are lured from the water to the bank, into a skillet, and then onto a platter to hold a place of honor at the supper table.
As his lean, nimble fingers glided effortlessly along the dulcimer strings, Ron Devore coaxed a variety of melodious songs from his instrument. The soft-spoken gentleman, dressed in bibbed overalls, delighted his audience Thursday at the monthly historical society meeting.
At times, the strings jumped as they danced lively to Bluegrass tunes or Appalachian clogging; then would soften to the wailful love songs of 16th-century England. In either case, there was plenty of toe-tapping, hand-clapping accompaniment from appreciative spectators.
Throughout the years, Owen countians have dealt with houses displaying leaky roofs, crumbling porches, and weather-beaten exteriors. Many family homesteads were ravaged by insects, rodents and time; yet from one generation to another, families of Owen County gathered to repair, repaint, and rejoice over the ability to rejuvenate the family home yet once again.
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Friday, November 27th at 6:30 and 8:45 p.m. - The Man From U.N.C.L.E- (2015) Starring Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Hugh Grant, Jared Harris, Elizabeth Debicki; Rated P-13; 116 minutes; Presented with captions for the hearing impaired.
Director Guy Ritchie brings the popular TV spy series to the big screen in this origin story. Set in the 1960s CIA agent Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) and KGB op Illya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) pair up to stop an international criminal organization that is dealing in nuclear weapons and technology, which could upset the balance of power in the world.
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Written by Crystal Whiters
As I type this blog entry, I am sitting in an office in the penthouse suite of the Elkins City Hall. I know, this makes me sound pretty official, however, this is an unoccupied, dusty office with peeling plaster that looks out into the even more dusty former workout room of the City of Elkins Police Department. In place where windows once hung are pieces of plywood. However, fear not, for myself and three other AmeriCorps members are remedying the situation!
In May of 2010 I graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a masters degree in architecture (historic preservation concentration) and a masters degree in urban planning (community development concentration). It seemed like a logical progression to work with my hands for about a year after spending the summer post-graduation surveying historic buildings and historic districts in rural Indiana. So, for the last four months I have been living and working in Elkins, WV as a member of the AmeriCorps program sponsored by the Appalachian Forest Heritage Area. In total, twenty AmeriCorps members serve on three different teams – conservation, heritage development, and historic preservation.
Standing on a ladder and scrapping paint from the exterior clapboard siding of the Collett House in Beverly, WV is how I began the service term with the other historic preservation team members. The site sponsor for the Collett House is the Beverly Heritage Center, under the direction of Chelley Depp. The year 1772 is the earliest year designated as the year of construction for the house. Montgomery "Gum" Hart built the original log fort on which later owners built additions. Andrew J. Collett and family owned the house 1871-1948. The two-story, L-shaped house with a Federal-style entryway served as a hospital during the Civil War. Before the first snow fall, the team reached a good stopping point for scrapping and painting, with nearly all of the exterior clear of the old lead paint and covered with two fresh coats of paint.
Back in Elkins, the team members and I worked with AmeriCorps alum and site supervisor for the rehabilitation of Riverside School, Joe Sabatino, at Riverside School. The community built this historic school to educate the African American population in and around Elkins in two phases: the first story in 1906 for eight grades and the second story in 1925 to expand the school for ten grades. After the school closed in 1954 due to school integration, it passed from several owners until its last incarnation as a mechanic's garage. In preparation for the rehabilitation, we organized the first floor classroom/garage conversion into an organized workshop equipped with lumber, hardware, and tools.
The Riverside School rehabilitation has been a valuable resource for the team to learn about a critical component of historic preservation – the bid process. In preparation for the bid package that contained the scope of work, we learned how to map the areas on each elevation that are in need of re-pointing. Additionally, we surveyed the windows, noting the existing condition of the windows such as missing sashes and muntins. Also, I drew as-built drawings of the school to assist the owners with the rehabilitation and with the space planning process.
As the mercury began to decline and the snow began to fall, we moved our AmeriCorps operation indoors. After receiving training from fellow team member Joey on window restoration, we began restoring the windows from the fourth floor penthouse of Elkins City Hall, a building that is an interesting case in adaptive reuse. Built in 1917, it was originally home to the Elkins Post Office and Federal Building. Today, it contains city offices and the police station.
In addition to providing hands-on restoration support to four buildings in the area, the preservation team members and I have received training in Elkins and at the Preservation Alliance West Virginia state-wide preservation conference. At the conference we learned from master plasterer Sarel Venter how to repair historic plaster and back in Elkins Joe Sabatino trained us on how to reconstitute deteriorated wood. We have applied this knowledge to our winter indoor project.
The team members and I are making progress on those City Hall windows – yesterday we installed the first beautifully restored window, eight have an "in-progress status," and about seven remain. I am thankful that I have had the opportunity to experience small town living in the United States while doing work that I set out to do eight years ago when I decided to return to school to study architecture and historic preservation.
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