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Is fall nitrogen profitable?
Crops are maturing rapidly this summer and harvest is likely to occur early this year. This may leave plenty of time for application of nitrogen (N) this fall, and many producers will find it hard to resist the opportunity to get a jump on spring work. However, information gathered by using precision farming technologies indicates that these producers are placing their profits at greater risk than has been generally recognized.
New technologies have greatly increased our ability to assess the importance of time-of-application effects. Such assessments can be made in field-scale studies where various N treatments are applied in replicated strips going the length of the field. Remote sensing is used to monitor the development of N deficiencies in the crop during the growing season. Yield monitors record yields on each strip at harvest.
These technologies were used in three 80-acre trials to compare the effects of fall- and spring-applied N for corn in 1999. Fall-applied anhydrous ammonia with and without N-Serve was compared with 28 percent liquid N injected into the soil when plants were about 1 foot in height. The fall N was applied November 23-25. The liquid N was applied (June 10-14) at three different rates to provide a "calibration curve" for assessing the relative effectiveness of the fall- and spring-applied N.
Some treatments involved applying extra N with a high-clearance applicator at tasseling (R1). These treatments were included to assess the possible benefits of applying "rescue treatments" mid-season in situations where yield-limiting deficiencies of N have been detected.
The studies were conducted in Greene and Boone counties. Both counties had conditions favorable for losses of fall-applied N. Conditions included above-average temperatures during the winter and above-average rainfall in the spring. The temperatures favored rapid conversion of the fertilizer to nitrate, and the rainfall favored loss of this nitrate by leaching or denitrification.
Remote sensing detected strong deficiencies of N where the fall N was applied and where liquid N was applied in the spring at only 50 lb N/acre (Figure 1). Deficiencies of N appear as less green, which is caused by more light being reflected from leaves that are not absorbing light during photosynthesis.
Yield measurements confirmed that yield-limiting deficiencies had occurred in these treatments (Figure 2). These measurements showed that the yield losses could be decreased by using N-Serve with the fall-applied N or by rescue fertilization at tasseling. The highest mean yields were obtained with a combination of fall-applied N, N-Serve, and additional N applied at tasseling.
Especially with current prices for corn, the treatments that give the highest yields should not be confused with the treatments that give the highest profits. Some treatments that produce statistically significant increases in yields are not profitable for the producers. Profitable corn production requires selection of the best combination of inputs.
Figure 2 is constructed to enable producers to calculate the net benefits of each treatment by using prices that apply to them. Relevant prices are for fertilizer materials, N-Serve, costs of application, and price of grain at harvest. It is necessary to use the harvest price for grain to distinguish corn production efficiency from grain marketing efficiency.
Here are four noteworthy points about the data in Figure 2.
The weather conditions were unusually favorable for losses of fall N in this study. However, Iowa's soils often have excess water in the spring, before plants start rapid growth in June. And it is unequivocally established that excess water in soils makes fertilizer N vulnerable to loss by leaching or denitrification. Fertilization strategies that address variability in weather seem to make sense in Iowa.
Agriculturalists from other parts of the world cannot understand how farmers can afford the risks associated with fall-applied N. This question deserves serious consideration as we watch grain prices during harvest this fall and wonder about weather conditions next spring.
This article originally appeared on pages 152-153 of the IC-484(20) -- August 7, 2000 issue.
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Russian designer Valentin Fedorov's 3-D backdrops pay homage to the snowy forests of his homeland, and the puppets that dance alongside the ballerinas nod to the mysterious felt creatures that roam the foothills of Siberia. Moscow Ballet selects its soloists from Moscow's finest crop of dancers, and up to 60 local children traditionally get the chance to twirl their little feet with the company in walk-on roles.
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Honey and Waffles Hat and Cowl
Honey and Waffles uses a classic slipped stitch motif to create a striking raised grid in the main color that is evenly decreased at the crown of the hat. For a subtler look, it can be knit in one color. The bold look of this pattern is surprisingly simple to knit.
Additional samples shown were knitted using Cascade Eco Duo (70% undyed baby alpaca, 30% merino wool) in Vanilla (#1705) and Aslan Trends Royal Apaca (100% alpaca) in Sable.
Of the dozen accessory designs that Melini has made this season, this hat/cowl set is the one that she'll be keeping to wear herself. :-)
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Sidewalk signs pop up in downtown Connellsville
Daniel Cocks, of Downtown Connellsville and The Artworks, believes businesses in the city will soon become more noticeable, thanks to new whiteboard sidewalk signs being delivered now.
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The write-on, wipe-off signs are attached to bases that can be filled with water or sand to hold them in place. Cocks said he thought the signs would be best for daily specials or to advertise special times to be open.
The signs cost $149 each from the manufacturer. Grants from Fay-Penn, the Great Allegheny Passage Trail Town program and Downtown Connellsville have reduced the cost to $30 for businesses who want the signs.
A number of businesses have already ordered them.
They include Connellsville Bed and Breakfast at 316 W. Crawford Ave., Endless Style at 517 W. Crawford Ave., Spotto's Hardware at 805 W. Crawford Ave, Appalachian Juice Company at 806 W. Crawford Ave., Wavie and Janes Emporium at 123 W. Apple St., The Artworks at 139 W. Crawford Ave. and the Connellsville Canteen at 131 W. Crawford Ave.
Cocks said 25 signs remain and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Businesses in the defined downtown area may call 724-320-6392 or email firstname.lastname@example.com to order a sign.
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Governor Deval Patrick's Message
February 28, 2007
To the People of Massachusetts:
You elected Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray and me with a clear mandate to strengthen our economy, our communities and our state government - so that each better serves you, your families and the places where you work.
This first budget is a blueprint for reaching those goals. Taken together with initiatives that we have already proposed through our Municipal Partnership legislation, the Commonwealth Corps bill, and our Cabinet-level reorganization - as well as plans coming soon for education and transportation reform - we are building a true foundation for lasting change.
Our budget for Fiscal Year 2008 is balanced and responsible. We've reduced spending growth to match available revenues. We have invested appropriately in our people and our economy because we believe that without well-prepared people and strong companies, large and small, we cannot secure our long-term future. Our budget also takes important steps towards ending years of financial gimmicks and shell games.
Our budget responds to many of the concerns that the Lieutenant Governor and I have heard from communities across Massachusetts over the last two years. For example, our budget:
- Supports initiatives to expedite business permitting, to market Massachusetts as a great place to work and live, and to encourage small business growth;
- Funds direct property tax relief for more homeowners;
- Adds more police officers to community patrols on neighborhood streets;
- Expands learning time in schools and full-day kindergarten, and provides summer job opportunities for young people;
- Provides more school aid to cities and towns;
- Funds implementation of the state's affordable health care reforms; and
- Concentrates funding in a coordinated effort to eliminate homelessness in Massachusetts once and for all.
Developing this budget has been a challenge. As we began to work, we realized that instead of the $1 billion surplus we had been told to expect, we faced a $1.3 billion deficit. The deficit results mainly from a combination of low revenue growth, dramatic increases in health care costs, and new recurring spending commitments carried over from last year.
We also discovered budget gimmicks that we felt had to be addressed. The most notable example is the practice of borrowing money through the capital budget to pay the salaries, benefits and pension contributions for a large number of state employees. Since those employees are funded using capital bond proceeds instead of the operating budget, it costs the Commonwealth 60 cents extra on every dollar to pay the payroll costs alone. Our budget starts to correct that, by moving 158 employees of the Executive Office of Transportation back on to the regular payroll. It's a start. More to come.
We believe that we should not close the deficit gap by cutting local aid. Shortchanging our cities and towns has put significant pressure on local property taxes, and that has to end. In fact, we have held local aid steady and increased state aid to schools by more than $200 million. By doing this, by enacting the proposals in our Municipal Partnership bill, and by implementing the direct tax credit proposed in our budget, pressure to increase local property taxes will be relieved and property taxes for thousands of homeowners will actually start to decline.
Another challenge we face is a looming change in the accounting rules that requires all states to record the future expense of retiree health care as a current liability. We will redeploy a fund we have from the proceeds of the tobacco litigation back in the 1990s to offset our retiree health care liability. The bottom line is that we will be able to show over time a $7 billion plan to address that future liability. This will not only lessen the burden on future generations but also show our seriousness in addressing long-term challenges, which Wall Street will appreciate.
Each cabinet secretary, working with his or her team, has identified efficiencies and outright cuts, and proposed to focus spending on the areas where we could get the most impact with the smartest spending. This work will continue even after the budget is filed, as we enlist the business community and others with strong management experience to help career and newly appointed staff to reinvent each agency from the bottom up, instead of just layering new initiatives on top of old. Each agency will re-examine its mission, and propose the very best and most cost-effective way to deliver those services, whether to individuals or to companies. We will reward good ideas, too: the person or team from an agency who comes up with lasting savings and efficiencies will receive a portion of the savings.
Our budget also proposes to close a series of tax "loopholes" for Massachusetts corporations. These are real loopholes discovered by extreme tax planners that exploit the tax code to extract benefits the legislature never intended to confer. One loophole permits multi-state corporations to funnel in-state earnings to out-of-state subsidiaries to avoid Massachusetts taxes. Another allows businesses to charge themselves rent and then lower their tax obligation by deducting those rental costs on their tax returns. Yet another loophole allows businesses to identify their corporate structure differently on their federal, Massachusetts and other state tax returns, selecting the definitions that produce the lowest tax for each return. The combined effect of these loopholes is an uneven playing field for business and hundreds of millions of dollars of lost revenue that could be used to improve our business climate. Closing these loopholes will not hurt our competitiveness or place an onerous tax burden on business. Many of the states competing with Massachusetts for businesses have taken similar steps to close corporate tax loopholes.
Some businesses will object to these proposed "loophole" closings. But these proposals are not "anti-business." None of the reforms target benefits that the legislature intended. On the contrary, these reforms are a first step toward achieving equity and fairness in a tax system known to be cumbersome and unfair.
We must work hard to dramatically improve the business climate here in Massachusetts, and I am committed to do so. Businesses are the economic driver of our state. Ultimately, our tax policy must encourage business growth and innovation and strengthen our global competitiveness. Growing our local economy must be job one. But it is also clear that companies need and want better schools, more teachers (especially in math and science), decent roads, bridges and mass transit, and affordable housing every bit as much as individuals do. This is a competitive issue. The only way we get there is through shared responsibility for public investment. Closing these loopholes, in our view, is a step closer to sharing that responsibility.
Of course, closing loopholes is hardly enough. We need a strategy for economic growth and for the next phase of education reform, pre-K through higher education. We also need significant simplification of both the corporate and individual tax code. The State Treasurer has delivered substantial savings and additional income by improving the state's debt and cash management activities.
We intend to take these initiatives up methodically through the year, working closely with interested parties and individuals toward the best solutions for all of us. The point is that our budget is part of a broader plan to rebuild Massachusetts, and set her on a course for lasting improvement. This budget lays the foundation for the Commonwealth's long-term fiscal and economic health. It is a chapter in the story, not the whole story.
Some needs are addressed outside this budget. For example, MassDevelopment, a quasi-independent agency, has agreed to fund $5 million targeted to small business lending. The Massachusetts Housing Partnership has committed to support an additional $10 million of affordable housing financing through the SoftSecond program and MassHousing will support $40 million for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund. These are two highly successful programs that have put homeownership within the reach of low and moderate income families. In Fiscal Year 2008, the state will also commit to spend at least $85 million from its capital budget for repairs to public housing. We will also use bond and tax credit resources to help address the significant backlog of repairs and upgrades necessary to make our stock of affordable housing available to meet the need.
Then again, some needs are not fully addressed in this budget. For example, the condition of our state parks, forests and beaches is in sore need of improvement. Although we have held funding to modest growth this year, we have begun the process of refocusing our parks agency on its core mission, delivering resources to the front lines of maintenance and operations, and laying the groundwork for future investment.
Similarly, while our public universities and colleges receive a modest funding increase in this budget, greater flexibility to allocate resources, and incentives to achieve savings through shared services and purchasing, more significant investment will come as part of the package of education reform legislation we will propose later this year.
In constructing this budget, we are thankful for the many suggestions we received from people all over the Commonwealth. Among them was a call for a clearer, more transparent budget and budget process. To that end, this budget eliminates dozens of earmarks, collapses hundreds of line items into fewer project categories to enable agencies the flexibility to manage, and significantly limits the use of outside sections for non-budgetary purposes.
We have also provided an easy-to-understand version of the Fiscal Year 2008 budget online at www.mass.gov/budget, which features more explanation about specific programs and services. It's interactive. You are welcome to give us your feedback there, too.
In addition, the Lieutenant Governor and I, along with members of the Cabinet, will visit communities across the Commonwealth and hold public meetings to talk with you about our Fiscal Year 2008 budget and the choices we have made to move Massachusetts forward. Come and participate. Tell us what you think and what your ideas are to rebuild our future. Stay engaged. It's your government.
Also, talk also with your elected leaders - state representatives, senators, mayors, city councilors and selectmen - so that they know what's on your mind. That's the kind of substantive civic dialogue that will lead to a meaningful budget and to a more open and responsive government on Beacon Hill.
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ATA/SATA/SATA-II harddrive?
I've recently bought a SATA-II harddrive for my 6-7 year old computer (I have a newer), but it seems the motherboard doesn't support SATA-II, because I can't seem to find any way to connect it.
So my question is if it is possible to make a SATA-II harddrive work on such an old computer?
I have the ability to return it and receive full repayment and would that be better, but if, then which harddrive interface should I buy? Is ATA the old one with IDE connectivity?
On forehand thanks! :)
Regards Asbjørn
I can think of two ways, neither of which is very practical. You could get a SATA enclosure with a USB connector, and use it as an external drive, or you could buy a PCI RAID controller card. The latter is more of a theoretical exercise since it'll certainly cost more than a new low-end motherboard and CPU, give you all kinds of configuration grief, and there's no point in using one with just a single drive anyway.
IOW, I say exchange it (or go the whole hog and upgrade your entire system).
If you want to exchange, you'll want an IDE/ATA/PATA drive -- these are all synonyms. SATA and SATA 2 have the same connectors, and with current drive transfer rates, there's no practical advantage to SATA 2 (although it certainly has more room for growth -- for example, with an all-Flash drive, the interface becomes the bottleneck).
Ok, thanks for the reply. Well, I'm going to exchange it for a ATA harddrive then. It'll be a lot easier and cheaper.
The computer is only used for Word processing and internet, so a full upgrade is unnecessary.
I use SATA-II for my other computer, though I didn't know it practically wasn't better at this point, but it wasn't more expensive as other harddrives, so I bought it anyway.
Thanks again.
Regards Asbjørn
I'm bit confused by your question.
SATA II (aka SATA/300) disks are backward compatible with SATA I (aka SATA/150). So if you have SATA II disk and SATA I enabled motherboard, it should work just fine.
Now I believe SATA was first introduced around 2003, so your 5/6 years old motherboard should not have it. So aren't you talking about IDE, that would make sense. 5 - 6 years ago IDE was standard in the area of normal home computers.
As for SATA II being better than SATA I. In fact it should theoreticaly be twice as fast (1.5 Gbit/s versus 3 Gbit/s). Also in reality it should mean a difference for IO critical tasks (even thought the practical difference is far from doubling the speed). What is important for SATA II is that you need both disk and motherboard that supports it, otherwise you will simply (and without even noticing it) use SATA I. One year ago when I was choosing my computer, there weren't many montherboard/disk combinations you could use for this. Even my Hitachi' SATA II capability had to be enabled by special utility that switched it to SATA II mode.
Read more here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SATA
Yes you are right. My motherboard is even too old to support SATA-I, so I will exchange my harddrive for an ATA harddrive with IDE connectivity. I didn't know this before I bought my harddrive but we all become wiser though I ought to have researched it.
I will read the article about SATA today.
Regards Asbjørn
You should also make sure the mainboard can really handle the HDD size you want to buy. It´s quite possible an old motherboard needs a BIOS update to support more than 80 GB or 160 GB.
Okay. Well, that was also the reason why I had to buy a new computer, because the old one only supported a processor running at max 2,8 Ghz or something similar. And if all the parts were to be replaced, then there really wasn't any effort in upgrading it. So I bought a new instead and can use the potential of two computers now.
Well, my old harddrive went kaput and it had 80 GB and I'm just planning to buy the same or perhaps less, because I don't use it for music or games any longer.
Regard Asbjørn
You might want to be sure your power supply can handle it as well if you have upgraded any other aspects of that computer.
Just get a cheap SATA PCI add in card….should cost 25 bucks.
This gives you the advantage that you can still use the SATAII HD when you decide to upgrade the other machine. Better than being left with an old ata HD, the ATA interface is not even supported on some chipsets now and will probably be completely removed in the next couple of years due to cost reasons.
You might as well get the whole story. I will make it short.
I bought my computer 6 years ago and it was high-end of its time (or at least I thought so).
It had these specifications:
AMD Athlon 2000+
Nvidia Geforce 3, 128 MB RAM
80 GB harddrive ATA
19" CRT screen (whether or not it is relevant)
I decided last year that it was time to upgrade my computer. Most importantly because I wanted to be able to play Oblivion. So I began to plan my upgrade.
I quickly realised that my motherboard was too old to support the processor I wanted and my PSU was also too old to support the graphics processor I wanted. A full upgrade was therefore necessary.
I was only left with my cabinet as something useable, so I would rather have two computers and also not be troubled with the upgrade of my computer.
So I bought a new with these specifications:
AMD Athlon64 3200+
Nvidia Geforce 6800GS, 256 MB RAM
120 GB harddrive SATA-II
19" TFT screen (whatever relevanse that has)
Now a year later I decided it was time to upgrade my new computer so I would be able to play Two Worlds and Gothic 3 when properly patched. I needed more ram and storage. But the old computer's harddrive had also stopped functioning, so I would need a new harddrive for it too. The reason for it not functioning began with dust but that is another story.
I have just bought this then:
120 GB harddrive SATA-II (for the new one)
80 GB hardrive SATA-II (for the old one)
I didn't know that the old computer didn't support SATA-II or SATA-I for that sake and I admittedly hadn't researched because I thought it didn't matter. But with your help I realised it wasn't possible for me to use the SATA-II harddrive.
So today I have sent it back because of a 14-day "returnright". So I will now buy an ATA harddrive because it is cheaper and easier to install. I don't need future prospects for the old computer, because it is supposed to die out eventually.
So finally for today's question.
My new computer's harddrive (120 GB) has been installed but it somehow needs activation. I bought the harddrive as bulk, so I didn't get any manuals or the like with the package. How do I activate it because it isn't shown in "This computer" but it is shown in "Unit management" but listed as uninitialised? Though it is possible to deactivate it, where I would think it should have been able to activate it?
I hope you managed to get it read. I somehow needed to tell it as a basis for further help (at least I thought so). But if you have managed to read it you have my gratitude. :)
Regards Asbjørn
Once you have it setup in bios and assuming you can get into windows you need to do the following:
Start Menu -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management
Inside that application on the lefthand window you need to select "storage -> disk Management". You should get a list of available drives on the right hand window and you can then right click on the drive you want to do anything with.
ok, thanks. I've gotten it to work now.
Thanks to all.
Regards Asbjørn
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A former Tucson police lieutenant was fired earlier this year for lying about whether she had earned a degree from the UA, according to a disciplinary report released Wednesday evening.
Lt. Maria Hawke had filed an appeal to her April firing for what the department said at the time was "untruthfulness." Late last month, Hawke's attorney, Mike Storie, struck a deal with the city that changed Hawke's dismissal from an outright firing to a resignation in lieu of termination.
At the time of her dismissal, police did not reveal specifics about why it terminated Hawke, who served for a time as the department's public information officer. Now the department has released the details about what led to her termination.
According to a March disciplinary report signed by Hawke, she lied repeatedly about the level of education she had achieved, saying on various occasions she had earned bachelor's degrees from the University of Arizona in biochemistry, sociology and the classics.
In 2005, when Hawke was an officer, she included the false information when she applied for a position in the Office of Internal Affairs, which investigates reports of wrongdoing within the department.
She also listed the nonexistent degrees in her profile as a board member for the Southern Arizona Women of Law Enforcement.
The report said Hawke violated five of the department's general orders.
Because the report was released after 5 p.m., Hawke's attorney could not be reached for comment.
Her story began to unravel in December 2012, when Hawke, by then a sergeant, was in the final stage of the promotion process to become a lieutenant. A commander contacted all those up for promotion asking about their formal education.
"The inquiry was made in order to track the future lieutenant's compliance with the department's policy, which requires commanders to obtain a bachelor's degree within four years of their promotion to lieutenant."
Hawke failed to respond to the commander's queries. A year later, just before the December 2013 promotion ceremony, the commander pressed her about her education. Hawke told him she had three degrees but could provide no proof, such as official college transcripts or diplomas.
Even though she was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, in January an investigation was launched and it was determined that Hawke "was knowingly untruthful, both verbally and in writing," according to the report.
Ultimately, it was concluded that: "These sustained violations are of a serious nature and involve both untruthfulness and a credibility issue at the command level in the Tucson Police Department. They are also of the nature that will have a critical adverse impact on the professional image of the department."
Hawke still faces a hearing about the fate of her police officer's license before the Arizona Police Officers Standards and Training Board.