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IFT members meet with University of Agriculture administrators during the conference's closing ceremonies.
Kathryn Boor, Chair, Dept. of Food Science, Cornell University, learns about local food products at the conference's food expo.
Martin Wiedmann (far right), Associate Professor, Dept. of Food Science, Cornell University, meets with Muhammad Nawaz (center), Vice Chancellor, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) in the city of Lahore.
The event was sponsored by a consortium of organizations, including the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, and Pakistani food industry members.
Nutrition and Health Leading experts and scientists from Pakistan and 12 other countries participated in the event. Participants analyzed current challenges in nutrition, food safety, and food security and reviewed how the latest developments can be adapted to treat regionally specific conditions. The first technical session of the meeting focused on nutrition and health and included a presentation by James Seiber, Chairman, Dept. of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, on the health benefits of bioactive constituents of foods.
In a subsequent session on micronutrients and health, Syed Rizvi, Professor, Dept. of Food Science, Cornell University, spoke on the vital link between food processing, industrial development, and nutritional adequacy, and Bill Helferich, Professor, Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois, discussed effective micronutrient delivery vehicles for children. Fauzia Khan from the Dept. of Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion, Mississippi State University, presented novel research describing the link between magnesium status and preeclampsia, a leading cause of maternal death in Pakistan.
The meeting served as the launch site for "Investing in the Future: A United Call to Action on Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies," a joint report by Micronutrient Initiative, World Bank, UNICEF, and other leading development agencies. The report details the global extent of micronutrient deficiencies, emphasizes the urgent need for action from all stakeholders, and provides cost-effective recommendations.
Food SafetyGlobal and regional food safety was another major focus of the event. Martin Wiedmann, Associate Professor, Dept. of Food Science, Cornell University, was one of the featured speakers on the topic and discussed molecular approaches to food safety, including current methods for isolation and identification of foodborne pathogens. Effective implementation of these approaches in developing countries will be critical to assure global public health and food safety, Wiedmann explained. Barbara Rasco, Professor, School of Food Science, Washington State University, and Gleyn Bledsoe from the Institute of International Agriculture, Michigan State University, provided an overview of the impact of international regulations on food safety and food security in developing countries, and the implementation of an effective food safety program. Additionally, Muhammad Chaudry, President, IFANCA (Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America), discussed halal certification as a halal quality and food safety system and Mian Riaz, Director, Food Protein R&D Center, Texas A&M University, spoke about halal supplements.
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One of the world's largest mobile technology conference kicks off next week in Barcelona, Spain, and leading manufacturers are gearing up for major presentations. Social media analyzer Anly.tk has parsed the Twitter chatter leading up to the Mobile World Conference and found that HTC, Samsung (PINK:SSNLF), LG (PINK:LGEAF), and Nokia (NYSE:NOK) were the most anticipated brands.
A strong showing at MWC can lead to a small stock bounce for mobile-device manufacturers, although the impact of their product rollouts is somewhat muted by advance leaks about the details. The principal purpose of the presentations is to attract consumers, and encourage investors, with tangible signs that the product release pipeline is in order.
- Taiwan-based HTC will show a small collection of phones and one tablet that aim to offset reactions to the rather clunky designs the company has pushed out in the past. The HTC One X, for example, is a sleek handset loaded with goodies that include a quad-core processor—a high-capacity chipset that has become one of this year's buzz-generating components for mobile devices. The HTC One S, meanwhile, is a trimmed-down version of the X, both in specs and price. A lower-end mobile device, the HTC One V, is rumored to be marketed more as a music player, although it will be compatible with the latest Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich. Also in the spotlight: the HTC One XL, a tablet with a 10.1-inch screen, although few details about the product have leaked out. HTC has previously had trouble achieving strong tablet sales and, following reports that the company's sales dropped 53% in January, may be withholding XL details in order to attract maximum press coverage at MWC.
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- LG is set to show off three new smartphones, collectively billed as the "L-Style" series. The Optimus L5 and Optimus L7 will both run on the Android 4.0, or Ice Cream Sandwich, operating system that's dominating higher-end devices awaiting release. The paired-down Optimus L3 will feature an older version of Android, nicknamed Gingerbread, and slimmer specs. Streamlined exterior design and a more user-friendly interface were LG's goals with the series. LG had returned to profit in its earnings report this month, following a seven-quarter slump.
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We're just back from Cuba. On a charter flight, in the middle of the night. Cuba, land of rum and rumba, of daiquiris and refugees, of Hemingway and Tito Puente, of Elian and El Jefe.
We're just back from Cuba. On a charter flight, in the middle of
the night. Cuba, land of rum and rumba, of daiquiris and refugees, of Hemingway and Tito Puente, of Elian and El Jefe.
Pronounced L. Heffay, El Jefe means the boss, the chief. For example, "el jefe de cocina" would be the head chef. Naturally the term "head chef" wouldn't apply to Fidel, whose culinary talents, as far as we know, are pretty much limited to cooking a chicken in a Harlem hotel room in 1961. Cooking aside, I am told that El Jefe always dines standing up. The person who told me didn't know why.
Is it because he's a man? Does he have lower back trouble? A bladder problem? Maybe he thinks it would take too long to knock over a chair and wham out while dodging bullets in a palace coup. "Sorry, folks, I hate to eat and run…"
I wonder: At Fidel's house, does everybody else have to eat standing up too? When El Jefe gives a dinner party, does he say please be stood? Does Fidel have special tall tables custom made? What if you're short and can't reach the table? Can you sit in a corner and eat off your lap?
Evidently Fidel learned table manners from his father, who also ate standing up. Or so they say.
That other famous Cuban resident, Ernest Hemingway, wrote books standing up, but as far as we know he wasn't on the lookout for gangs of plagiarists trying to steal his material at gunpoint. In addition to his other troubles, Hemingway had back trouble.
Seems every bar in Havana claims to serve Hemingway's favorite drink, leading us to conclude that means every drink.
Everything you've read about Cuba is true. The good and the bad. The shortages, the poverty, the repressive regime, the double economy of pesos and dollars, the black market, the crumbling infrastructure, the squatters, the lovely old Beaux Arts mansions with laundry hanging in the ballrooms, the great music and cultural scene, visual arts, dance, filmmaking, nightlife, the excellent medical care, the lack of medical supplies, the 95 percent literacy rate and children with no toys.
Women approach you in the street and beg for ballpoint pens and lipstick. On the other hand, a cheery street vendor in Cienfuegos, a seaside town, gave me a seed pod necklace as a present "so you'll think of Cuba and of me and have happy thoughts. "
Wandering around the city on foot, by horse and buggy, in a funny little yellow egg-shaped taxi, by bike or human pedal cart, you can see the government is making efforts to clean up and restore parts of Old Havana. Construction is everywhere.
So is live music. All kinds of music, classical , jazz, salsa. In some parts of Havana it seems there's a band on every corner.
And historical music. We were treated to one of those concerts of really early music, like 14th century Spanish, where the singers wear costumes and their instruments have names like the churmi, the demi-rebozo and the bamba. There was only one Spanish word I could recognize. Ding. Repeated in about 155 variations, including Dingie ding. And Dinga dinga dingding.
It was very educational. In between dinging the singers erupted into rhythmic spasms of sound that carried this message: Even in the middle ages there was hanky panky.
Caution: Boom Ahead
Cuba is a beautiful island with great beaches and it's on the cusp of a major tourist boom. People say "when" rather than "if" the U.S. trade embargo is lifted, although no one thinks it will be soon.
But, as a Cuban pointed out, nobody is immortal, and Cubans talk of the eventual "biological solution."
Meanwhile, the rest of the world is there, from Dutch-owned hotels to Canadian zinc mines to Israeli office buildings. In a way I will be sorry to see a big tourist boom, making Cuba just another boring cookie cutter highrise resort. Much of Havana's romantic appeal is its unique seedy charm, which will disappear when we have to move Miami Beach back to Cuba.
As one of our tour group put it, the time to see Cuba is now, while it's "pre post-Castro."
Like most islands, except maybe Greenland, Cuba is racially mixed, a gumbo of Euro-Hispano-Afro-Asian ingredients, reflecting the history of the sugar industry. Havana even has a Chinatown, with an elaborate gate, like San Francisco's. The government has made major efforts to be all-inclusive and it seems to be working.
Since workers don't have cars, they're crammed like jars of jelly beans into what must be the world's strangest looking buses. Known locally as "camels", they're odd shaped, rickety things powered by semi-trailers pulling passenger vehicles with raised roofs at the front and back and a dip in the middle.
Havana was wonderful fun for us, because we were lucky enough to travel in air conditioned tour buses, complete with a nice dollop of guilt when we saw the "camels."
And those incredible old cars, from your parents' honeymoon era. Where else can you see a bridal couple honking loudly down the main drag in a red and white Ford Edsel convertible, with the bride's train spread out over the trunk?
Or two little kids sharing one pair of in-line skates, arms linked, each with a skate on his outside foot.
Or an art center with an exhibit of Cuban ingenuity, showing recycled, refashioned household articles, like a lamp made of the glass tubing used to artificially inseminate cows.
Or chubby Cuban girls of a certain type wearing tight spandex body suits in loud black and yellow stripes, like vertical bumble bees.
Havana is bulging with busloads of foreigners, from every developed country you can name.
They see the massive fortresses, ornate cathedrals and museums, especially the elaborate presidential palace, once the scene of elite formal receptions and now the Museum of the Revolution. It features weapons, personal possessions and bloodstained garments of revolutionaries, as well as captured aircraft and boats from the Bay of Pigs invasion and labels in funny English.
The tourists savor the nightlife, eat in paladars, meaning restaurants in private homes, shop for tchotchkes in the outdoor market, take pictures of street dancers and costumed Cuban women smoking cigars. You see sleazy older guys with young teenage prostitutes who work the tourist areas. A consequence of poverty and desperation, this sight distressed me a lot.
Visitors go back with gourd instruments, CDs of salsa music, rum, Cuban cigars (yes, you can buy them for yourself and as gifts) Cuban art and especially Che Guevara T-shirts, very big with German teenagers and middle aged women. Heck, I got one. My son the adult will love it.
Magic Beans
And Other Foodstuffs
You learn to love beans and rice, but Cuban black beans are magic. They don't seem to have the effect beans usually have. This is fortunate, since you eat them three times a day.
The rest of the food is standard Caribbean fare, overcooked lobster tails (for tourists), chicken, fish, fried plantains, yuca root, cucumbers, called pimientos. Salads are always shredded white cabbage and sliced tomatoes. And Cubans have discovered pizza. Can Starbucks be far behind?
You feel guilty scarfing vulcanized lobster when the Cuban people carry ration books. Ordinary Cubans can't go into tourist hotels, can't buy cars or homes, can't travel freely or latch on to life's little luxuries. Most have television, but it's restricted to two government owned stations. They amuse themselves with movies and baseball games, where admission is two pesos, about 10 cents.
Blackouts are frequent. Even a luxury hotel elevator, with me in it, got stuck for some dark, agonizing moments before the hotel generator kicked in. After that, yours truly, a bigtime claustrophobic, sharpened the old calf muscles by walking up and down six flights of stairs twice daily.
Adventures With Plumbing
It's not every highway rest stop restaurant where a lady comes out of the rest room, having paid for a bit of toilet paper, according to the local custom, and announces, "I couldn't get the toilet to flush but I finally figured out what was wrong. I took the top off the tank and there was a toad sitting on the ball. In fact, he's still there."
There followed a stampede into the ladies room by camera-toting women, all jostling to get a shot of the Toad In the Tank. I also got one of the frog on the windowsill.
Surprised at the freedom of anti-government expression we encountered in conversation and in art works, I have a nice collection of Castro jokes, which unfortunately we don't have space for.
Heading for home at 3 a.m., I managed to get a slight smile out of a grim, rifle-slung soldier at the airport when I showed him a post card of the scantily clad Tropicana showgirls instead of my boarding pass. "Oh dear, that's the wrong card. So sorry, here's my pass."
You know how, when you come back from a vacation, you want to prolong the mood of the place. So here's me, running around the Weeville supermarket looking for yerba buena to make a mojito, allegedly the most favored favorite of Hemingway's many favorite drinks.
I seek out my friendly supermarket manager. When he looks blank I tell him yerba buena is a Cuban plant and a key ingredient in this exotic beverage. He says to try the health food store. I tell him I'm not doing it for my health. "Anything weird anybody wants I always say the health food store," he replied.
I do a bit of further research and discover two things. A mojito is a rum collins and yerba buena is a type of mint.
As the political graffiti say in old Havana, Viva Cuba Libre! Which obviously means, hooray for rum and coke.


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One of the most intriguing battles for an NHRA world championship title this season is unfolding in the Funny Car division. Three drivers head to the penultimate race of the Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with a first world championship trophy up for grabs. For each of them, this finally could be the year.
One driver finished second last season, just missing the opportunity by the narrowest of margins.
Another has come agonizingly close on three separate occasions, finishing second each time.
A third driver has won multiple championships as a crew chief, but none from behind the wheel.
Series points leader Jack Beckman, second place Ron Capps and third place Mike Neff head to the Big O Tires NHRA Nationals, Oct. 25-28, each with an excellent opportunity to become a part of NHRA history and to lift the season champion Wally trophy that only 13 drivers have claimed since NHRA started crowning Funny Car world champs in 1974.
âYou know, itâs an exciting time right now,â said Neff, who guided Gary Scelzi and John Force to separate series titles as a crew chief, but has never claimed one as a driver.
Neff, who serves as both crew chief and driver of his Castrol GTX Ford Mustang, won the circuitâs most recent event in Reading, Pa., and is riding a bit of momentum, but sits in third place in the standings and trails Beckman by 54 points. He is 31 back of Capps.
âThis is why you put all that work in over the last winter and go through this whole season to come to the very end here, and you just want to have a shot,â Neff said. âWeâve been running better here lately and Iâm just happy to be in contention, and definitely these last two races out west are going to be exciting for everyone.â
Capps, who got hot after an early season crew change and raced to six consecutive final rounds in his NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger, was the top seed heading into the Countdown to the Championship playoffs. He and tuner Rahn Tobler built a sizeable lead after winning the first playoff race in Charlotte, N.C. and advancing to the semifinals in round two at Dallas. However, the veteran driver has seen leads come and go, especially at crunch time over the years. With 37 career victories and three second place points finishes, Capps is one of the winningest drivers in the sport not to own a championship ring. He hopes to change that stat this season.
âI've said this before, we had a lot of people talking about the championship was going to be wrapped up by us when we had that 100-something points lead going into St. Louis, and it almost irritated me every time somebody would say something, whether it was media or just fans, because I think they forget how quickly things can turn around,â said Capps, the defending winner of this event who heads to Vegas 23 points behind Beckman. âI just had a hunch that was the way it was going to go. It wasnât going to be an easy championship run for anybody. There are just too many good cars.â
Beckman emerged into the title conversation with a victory at St. Louis and a national record performance and semifinal finish at Maple Grove Raceway two weeks ago. The driver of the Valvoline/NextGen Dodge Charger pushed Matt Hagan to the wire last season in an incredibly close championship battle, so this is certainly not new territory for him.
He says nothing short of perfection over the next two events will get the job done.
âWith only eight rounds left and in a sport where when you lose you donât get those next few rounds, if somebody goes out second round at Vegas, they lose out on three rounds,â Beckman said. âI think we all want to be able to contest all eight rounds to have a legitimate shot for the championship, so you canât have any screw-ups, mechanical issues, or tune-up question marks.â
In Top Fuel, Antron Brown holds a 104-point lead over teammate and series rival Spencer Massey. Tony Schumacher, Shawn Langdon and Brandon Bernstein are all still mathematically alive for the title.
Allen Johnson leads Pro Stock into Las Vegas with an 82-point lead over second place driver and defending champ Jason Line. Four-time season winner Erica Enders is third in the standings and also still in the title mix at 125 points back.
The Screaminâ Eagle Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson tandem of Eddie Krawiec and Andrew Hines are one-two in the Pro Stock Motorcycle points standings and before they settle anything regarding the Las Vegas event they will need to decide the rain-delayed final round from the Reading, Pa. That final round will be run on Saturday afternoon during the dayâs second qualifying session. The winner of the Reading final will be the points leader in the two-wheel class heading into Sunday's eliminations at The Strip at LVMS.
* SCHEDULE: Full Throttle Drag Racing Series qualifying sessions are scheduled for noon and 3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 26, and 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27. Final eliminations will begin at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 28.
* TICKETS: Tickets are available for the 12th annual Big O Tires NHRA Nationals. Please call The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway at (800) 644-4444 or visit www.lvms.com.
* ON TV: ESPN2 and ESPN2HD will televise one hour of qualifying coverage at 4 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, Oct. 28, preceded by one hour of coverage at 1:30 a.m. ESPN2 and ESPN2HD will televise three-hours of eliminations coverage at 8 p.m. (ET), also on Sunday, Oct. 28.
* LUCAS OIL SERIES: The 12th annual Big O Tires NHRA Nationals also will feature competition in seven categories in the NHRA Lucas Oil Series, where the future stars of the NHRA Full Throttle Series are born. Lucas Oil Series qualifying begins at 8 a.m. on Oct. 25 and continue through Oct. 26. Lucas Oil Series eliminations begin at 8 a.m. on Oct. 27.
* NHRA PRO MOD SERIES PRESENTED BY PROCARE RX: NHRAâs popular Pro Mod touring series will make its final start of the 2012 season at the 12th annual Big O Tires NHRA Nationals. The first two qualifying sessions will be Oct. 26 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Qualifying will continue on Saturday, Oct. 27 with a session at 10:30 a.m. and will be followed by the first round of eliminations at 4 p.m. Eliminations will continue Sunday, Oct. 28 at approximately 2:30 p.m.
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Stormers vs Crusaders, Super 15 semi-final
There's never usually much hurry to do anything in Cape Town, but when it comes to buying tickets to watch rugby at Newlands, the locals definitely aren't slow, which is why there are no tickets left for the Super 15 semi-final against the Crusaders on Saturday.
The match will kick-off at 5pm, but many of the 52 000 spectators will arrive early to braai (barbecue) and banter in designated areas outside the stadium in Newlands. If you are staying in the Cape Town city centre, you can catch a train from Adderley Street to Newlands for just R7.
The Stormers finished second on the log at the end of the group stage of the competition, earning themselves an automatic semi-final spot, while the Crusaders thrashed the Sharks 36-8 in Nelson this weekend to advance to the semi-final.
The Stormers have yet to win a Super rugby competition, although they did make it to the final last year, where they lost to the Bulls. The Crusaders have 7 titles to their credit.
While the Stormers have had a weekend off, the Crusaders have had a long journey to Cape Town this week, which may count against them ahead of the match. The Crusaders did however beat the Stormers 20-14 in Cape Town in May and with super stars such as Sonny Bill Williams, Dan Carter and Richie McCaw in their line up, are a pretty potent unit.
Key men for the Stormers are lock, Andries Bekker (pictured, courtesy of Tyler Myeo), flank and captain, Schalk Burger, as well as the centre pairing of Jean de Villiers and Jacques Fourie.
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If you're a fan of the Monsters of the Midway, frustrated and looking for answers after a 45-10 meltdown in Cincinnati, you probably had your spirits lifted Wednesday if you read the interview with general manager Jerry Angelo at the team's official Web site.
"Do we need to look at some personnel? Yeah, we do," Angelo admitted in his weekly Q&A. "There's some of that going on, as you'll see Sunday."
Since Angelo wasn't specific in terms of what moves will be made and how many there might be, the speculation began.
On the offensive side of the ball, Frank Omiyale has been nothing short of a disaster at left guard, a position he never played in the NFL before signing a $14 million contract in free agency to do just that in Chicago. The former Falcon and Panther can't take all the blame for a running game that ranks 29th in the league at just 80.7 yards per game and tied for 23rd at only 3.7 yards per carry, but there's no question his transition inside from tackle hasn't gone well. The 6-4, 310-pounder has whiffed on blocks repeatedly, and he hasn't looked very fluid when asked to pull.
Last year's starter, Josh Beekman, is waiting in the wings, and while the third-year pro was far from sensational in 2008, he was certainly better than Omiyale has been through six games.
Defensively, with six-time Pro Bowler Brian Urlacher gone since halftime of Week 1 due to a wrist injury, both Hunter Hillenmeyer and Nick Roach have started at the middle linebacker spot. The coaching staff likes what Roach brings to the equation athletically, plus he's smart enough to make the calls since he's a Northwestern alumnus, but communication in the huddle and at the line of scrimmage has been an issue. The Midway Monsters have seemed confused at times before the snap, lending credence to the thought that Roach isn't aligning his teammates properly and putting them in the best position to make plays.
Hillenmeyer is healthy again after missing a few games with a fractured rib, and since he's a veteran and knows this version of the Cover 2 backward and forward, perhaps he should shift back to the middle and let Roach move to the strong side.
So after Wednesday's practice, when coach Lovie Smith stepped to the podium to take questions like he always does, the print, radio and TV people did their best to find out what was happening before Week 8's matchup with the Browns.
Smith, for some reason, responded like a government official being probed about the inner workings of Area 51.
"I'm not going to talk about anything personnel-wise," said Smith, obviously annoyed with the direction his press conference was taking. "To me, that's pretty clear. If that's all you want to talk about, there's nothing else to talk about."
When asked why he doesn't feel the need to talk about anything personnel-wise, which leaves little to talk about at these things, by the way, Smith thought he might put his team at a competitive disadvantage ahead of the Cleveland contest.
"We don't want to give the opponent an advantage," he said. "We want them to wonder what we're going to do, like [the media is] right now. That's the way it's been throughout, so it's not like there's something new that I'm coming up with right now."
To Smith's first point: Does he really believe that Browns coach Eric Mangini is going to toss and turn all week long wondering if it's going to be Omiyale or Beekman at left guard? Now Mangini is guilty of similar behavior, refusing to name his starting quarterback for Week 1 and looking like a fool in the process. Still, Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn are different enough QBs that it could have an effect on a defense's game plan depending on which one of them is at the controls.
But this isn't a quarterback decision. It's a left guard decision. This isn't like figuring out the special sauce McDonald's puts on a Big Mac and then running off to Burger King to sell the formula. Will Mangini's plan of attack change one iota whether it's Omiyale or Beekman in the starting lineup? No, it won't.
Bears fans want to know if Smith is doing anything to improve his club after getting pasted by the Bengals, so why did he feel the need to put on FBI-issued sunglasses and get snippy with their conduit (the media) to the team?
And as for his second point: Yes, Smith has indeed announced adjustments to his lineup at the podium in the past. He did it in 2006, when Danieal Manning supplanted Chris Harris at free safety. He did it in 2007, when Rex Grossman was benched in favor of Brian Griese at QB. How do you think Smith officially declared Kyle Orton the winner in that infamous competition with Grossman in 2008? By saying so, right there at the very same podium, right there in the very same media room, right there to the very same print, radio and TV representatives that have covered him since he first got the job in 2004.
So instead of simply answering the questions honestly and controlling the message to some degree, Smith got defensive and acted like the media don't have the right to ask him anything related to personnel. Shortly after the press conference, ESPN 1000 confirmed that Hillenmeyer will start at middle linebacker, and the Chicago Tribune reported that Beekman will start at left guard. Not only did Smith make a mountain out of a molehill for no reason, but the harmless information he tried so hard to treat like the combination at Fort Knox came out anyway.
All the while, Mangini and his staff were preparing like they usually do and probably didn't bat an eyelash.
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Climate change is expected to alter temperature, precipitation, and seasonality with potentially acute impacts on Canada's boreal. In this research we predicted future spatial distributions of biodiversity in Canada's boreal for 2020, 2050, and 2080 using indirect indicators derived from remote sensing and based on vegetation productivity. Vegetation productivity indices, representing annual amounts and variability of greenness, have been shown to relate to tree and wildlife richness in Canada's boreal. Relationships between historical satellite-derived productivity and climate data were applied to modelled scenarios of future climate to predict and map potential future vegetation productivity for 592 regions across Canada. Results indicated that the pattern of vegetation productivity will become more homogenous, particularly west of Hudson Bay. We expect climate change to impact biodiversity along north/south gradients and by 2080 vegetation distributions will be dominated by processes of seasonality in the north and a combination of cumulative greenness and minimum cover in the south. The Hudson Plains, which host the world's largest and most contiguous wetland, are predicted to experience less seasonality and more greenness. The spatial distribution of predicted trends in vegetation productivity was emphasized over absolute values, in order to support regional biodiversity assessments and conservation planning.
Latitudes north of 40° are expected to experience the greatest temperature increases due to climate change [
Canada's boreal is a unique northern environment where climate change is expected to have some of its largest impacts (e.g., [
Over expansive areas such as Canada's boreal, biodiversity management requires large area mapping and monitoring of vegetation conditions. In general, highly productive areas are hypothesized to support more species by providing ample food and habitat resources to partition among species [
Remote sensing-derived productivity indicators have been shown to provide indirect representations of biodiversity in several areas [
In our research, productivity mapping is based on the fraction of photosynthetically active radiation (fPAR) absorbed by a vegetated canopy [
Several studies have documented a general link between vegetation productivity and biodiversity [
Given the links between climate, vegetation, and ultimately biodiversity, quantifying possible responses of biodiversity to climate change provides important information to decision makers. Through integration with historical climate data, temporal archives of vegetation productivity provide an opportunity to quantify past trends between climate and productivity, and indirectly biodiversity [
The goal of this research was to understand how climate change might alter vegetation productivity in Canada's boreal forest, and in turn how biodiversity will be impacted. To meet this goal we:
Modelled possible spatial distributions of vegetation productivity across Canada's boreal in 2020, 2050, and 2080, using historical climate data, linked to historical remote sensing derived indirect indicators of vegetation productivity from 1987–2007, which are then projected using a range of future climate scenarios; Assessed the performance of predictive models by comparing observed and predicted maps of vegetation productivity using a fuzzy map comparison approach, and Mapped temporal variability in productivity predictions (from 2020, 2050, and 2080) to determine the locations where vegetation appears most and least sensitive to climate change.
Modelled possible spatial distributions of vegetation productivity across Canada's boreal in 2020, 2050, and 2080, using historical climate data, linked to historical remote sensing derived indirect indicators of vegetation productivity from 1987–2007, which are then projected using a range of future climate scenarios;
Assessed the performance of predictive models by comparing observed and predicted maps of vegetation productivity using a fuzzy map comparison approach, and
Mapped temporal variability in productivity predictions (from 2020, 2050, and 2080) to determine the locations where vegetation appears most and least sensitive to climate change.
The boreal region of Canada covers approximately 537 million km2 and represents one quarter of all naturally functioning forests globally [
Canadian boreal with ecozones.
Due to the large spatial extent of the study area, ecozones and ecodistricts were used to provide geographic context and describe landscape characteristics. Ecozones and ecodistricts are two different landscape scales with homogenous and unique interactions between geologic, landform, soil, vegetation, climatic, water and human factors [
The dynamic habitat index (DHI) is a representation of vegetation productivity and an indirect indicator of biodiversity. The DHI is acquired from three indices, calculated from monthly fPAR composite images, and derived from MODIS, MERIS or AVHRR reflectance values [
Ecozone descriptions for Canada's boreal.
|Climate/ oceanographic characteristics
|Vegetation/ productivity
|Area (km2)
|Arctic Cordillera
|Extremely cold, dry; continuous permafrost
|Mainly unvegetated; some shrub-herb tundra
|Atlantic Maritime
|Hills and coastal plains
|Cool, wet
|Mixed deciduous-evergreen forest
|Boreal Cordillera
|Mountains, some hills
|Moderately cold, moist
|Largely evergreen forest; some tundra, open woodland
|Boreal Plains
|Plains, some foothills
|Cold, moist
|Mixed evergreen-deciduous forest
|Boreal Shield East
|Plains, some hills
|Cold, moist
|Evergreen forest, mixed evergreen, deciduous forest
|Boreal Shield West
|Hudson Plains
|Cold to mild, semiarid; discontinuous permafrost
|Wetland; some herb, lichen tundra, evergreen forest
|Montane Cordillera
|Mountains and interior plains
|Moderately cold, moist to arid
|Evergreen forest, alpine tundra, interior grassland
|Pacific Maritime
|Mountains, minor coastal plains
|Mild, temperate, very wet to cold alpine
|Coastal evergreen forest
|Southern Arctic
|Plains, hills
|Cold, dry; continuous permafrost
|Shrub-herb tundra
|Subhumid Prairies
|Plains, some hills
|Cold, semiarid
|Grass; scattered deciduous forest ("aspen parkland")
|Taiga Cordillera
|Cold, semiarid; discontinuous permafrost
|Shrub-herb-moss-lichen tundra
|Taiga Plains
|Plains, some foothills
|Cold, semiarid to moist; discontinous permafrost
|Open to closed mixed evergreen-deciduous forest
|Taiga Shield East
|Plains, some hills
|Cold, moist to semiarid; discontinuous permafrost
|Open evergreen-deciduous trees; some lichen-shrub tundra
|Taiga Shield West
The three fraction of photosynthetically active radiation (fPAR) indices that represent vegetation productivity and are combined to produce the dynamic habitat index (DHI): annual cumulative greenness; seasonal variation in greenness; and minimum annual cover. Annual cumulative greenness is an indication of overall vegetation productivity and the potential productivity at any given location. Seasonal variation in greenness is calculated as the coefficient of variation and is sensitive to extreme changes in vegetation cover. Minimum annual cover indicates the lowest amount of vegetated cover at a specific location within a year. Maps shown represent conditions in 1990.
Historical climate data were provided by the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) and were derived from models produced by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR) project. The NARR project provides a long-term, dynamically consistent, high-resolution (32 km), high-frequency, atmospheric dataset for North America [
Three Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) future climate scenarios were used: B1, A1B, and A2. The B1 scenario represents the least extreme climate change, the A1B (scenario represents business as usual, and the A2 represents the most extreme climate change. Based on the IPPC scenarios, maps of future climate for Canada's boreal were obtained from the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis (CCCma) and represent the thirty-year climate averages centered on 2020, 2050, and 2080. By using three models we aimed to represent climate change conditions over a full range of possible scenarios [
Described in more detail below, the general approach to prediction was to first quantify relationships between historical climate and the DHI. Using a Random Forest data mining technique that was used for each of the DHI components (annual cumulative greenness, seasonal variation in greenness, and minimum annual cover) we generated three 1987–2006 climate-productivity models. Using model fits, built from historical data, and future climate scenarios (A1B, A2, B1) each component of the DHI index was forecasted for the years 2020, 2050, and 2080, resulting in 27 future vegetation productivity maps at the spatial resolution of ecodistricts. In addition, the DHI indices were visualized in a composite image by simultaneously displaying seasonal variation in greenness, annual cumulative greenness, and minimum annual cover, which enabled interactions between the three DHI components to be explored.
For each of the three DHI components (annual cumulative greenness, seasonal variation in greenness, and minimum annual cover) a Random Forest model was generated to quantify relationships with historical climate data. Multiple fully grown regression trees ("the forest") were used to create a model fit. These singular trees are formed by hierarchical binary partitions of singular predictor variables (ecoregion and climate indices) to explain the variation in the response variable (cumulative, seasonal and minimum fPAR levels) [
The Random Forest algorithm was utilized for prediction as it does not make assumptions about the shapes of relationship and has been demonstrated to be a flexible model for ecological prediction [
Random Forest model fits for annual cumulative greenness, seasonal variation in greenness, and minimum annual cover, were assessed by the mean square error and percentage of variance explained, which is a generalized error rate calculated from out of the bag data [
For model validation the Random Forest models were applied to data from 1987–2006 to predict the three DHI indices in 2007. The 2007 observed and predicted maps of annual cumulative greenness, seasonal variation in greenness, and minimum annual cover were then compared using a technique known as fuzzy numerical map comparison [
For the annual cumulative greenness and seasonal variation in greenness, the models explained 79.3% and 79.0% of the variance respectively. Large increases in node purity and increases in mean square errors (after variable value permutations) indicated climate indices with the greatest importance to the overall prediction of annual vegetation productivity characteristics (
Random Forest model fits. Percent increases in MSE (mean squared error) are indicative of the degree of the model fit based on the data used to train the Random Forest. Node purity is a summarized measure of how much the prediction was improved when the variable was selected (
|Variance Explained
|Ecozone ID
As models of climate change became more extreme, or as climate change continued through time, increased annual cumulative greenness shifts northward through Canada's boreal and intensifies. The most extreme climate model scenario (A2) predicted the highest expansion of cumulative greenness into areas of the Hudson Plains wetlands and Taiga Plains tundra by 2080 (
In general, minimum annual cover will decrease under increasing climate change. Forecasts showed a strong decrease in the southern portion of the Boreal Plains (
Simultaneous display of the three DHI indices for 1990 and the A1B scenario for 2080 allowed for more complex interpretation of habitat shifts due to the interaction of vegetation productivity processes (
Comparison of the 2007 observed and predicted DHI generated fuzzy numerical values for the cumulative greenness ranging from 0.7–1.0 with a mean of 0.9 suggesting strong agreement. Fuzzy numerical values for the coefficient of variation or seasonality were similar, ranging from 0.6–1.0 with a mean of 0.9. The minimum cover had less agreement between observed and predicted with fuzzy numerical values ranging from 0.1–1.0 and a mean of 0.6.
The level of model agreement varied spatially (
Predicted spatial distribution of annual cumulative greenness for 2020, 2050, and 2080 based on three Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) climate change scenarios: A2 (most change), A1B (business as usual), and B1 (least change).
Predicted spatial distribution of seasonal variation in greenness for 2020, 2050, and 2080 based on three IPCC climate change scenarios: A2 (most change), A1B (business as usual), and B1 (least change).
Predicted spatial distribution of minimum annual cover for 2020, 2050, and 2080 based on three IPCC climate change scenarios: A2 (most change), A1B (business as usual), and B1 (least change).
Composite DHI model results for observed 1990 and 2080 (A1B). Maps are a simultaneous display of the three DHI components where the red, green, and blue color bands represent seasonality, cumulative greenness, and minimum cover, respectively. Dark colored regions have low values in all DHI components while light colored areas have high values. Areas of definitive color indicate a dominant habitat indicator; for example a region that is purely red denotes high seasonal variation in greenness. As indicators shift in 2080, such as when seasonal variation in greenness decreases, other components such as annual cumulative greenness or minimum annual cover fill into newly favorable habitats. Common DHI blending occurred with light blue, yellow, and darker colorations like purple or dark orange. The light blue regions represent the most productive habitats with high minimum annual cover, high annual cumulative greenness, and low seasonal variation in greenness. Darker purple and orange colorations indicate low annual cumulative greenness, low seasonal variation in greenness, and low minimum annual cover.
Map comparison results comparing modelled and observed DHI components in 2007. Values are an average of map comparison values for each ecozone, where high values indicate more similarity between observed and modelled maps.
Developing climate/vegetation relationships from 1987 to 2006 and then predicting 2007 vegetation spatial distributions (as DHI indices) allowed assessment of model performance beyond variance explained. Both model variance explained and model performance were quite high, 72.0%–74.0% and a mean of 0.6–0.9 respectively. Though, minimum annual cover model performance was highly variable and as low as 0.1. High variability in predictive success of minimum annual cover may be related to low variance, as minimum annual cover could be low for several different environments [
Using geographically explicit map comparison, we were also able to quantify the geographic nature of uncertainty and better understand ecological factors influencing model confidence [
Maps of modelled change in individual DHI indices indicated that overall cumulative greenness will increase, seasonality will decrease, and minimum cover will increase. Similar trends have been predicted for other regions of Canada [
The relatively large predicted change in vegetation in the Hudson Plains and associated wetlands (
The Taiga has similar climate characteristics but different geology, flora, and fauna [
A striking result of the composite images was the loss of heterogeneity in the DHI. Increased homogeneity may lead to reductions in species richness with fewer niches for species to select [
Research has previously documented that wide-ranging and sensitive species, such as birds and butterflies, follow vegetation productivity trends modelled by remotely sensed imagery [
While our projections showed that climate change may increase the overall potential for greenness, other factors were not accounted for. For instance, soils will not change at the same rate as climate and may become a stronger limiting factor for vegetation growth. For example, our models showed potential increased greenness in higher elevations but thin soils may limit vegetation development. As well our models do not capture episodic events and climate extremes, such as droughts and flooding [
We have integrated historical climate and vegetation productivity data with future IPCC scenarios of climate change to map future spatial distributions of indirect indicators of biodiversity for Canada's boreal. Our results indicate that vegetation productivity, an indirect indicator of biodiversity, will become more homogenous, particularly west of Hudson Bay. We can also expect climate to impact biodiversity along north/south gradients and by 2080 vegetation distributions will be dominated by processes of seasonal variation in greenness in the north and a combination of annual cumulative greenness and minimum annual cover in the south. The Hudson Plains are modelled as having the potential to experience substantive change becoming more productive or green with less seasonality.
In this research, we highlighted opportunities for space-time modelling of indirect indicators of biodiversity. Remote sensing provides datasets with continuous spatial coverage and long temporal extents and these are beneficial for mapping and modelling how vegetation has and will change. Though all models suffer uncertainty, managers tasked with planning and conserving biodiversity, particularly in large areas like Canada's boreal, benefit from information on possible trends and changes in vegetation. The maps generated thorough this research are not the final word. One of the strengths of our methodology is that models and maps can be updated as new and better data come online. However, representations of future trends in vegetation productivity provide important context for long-term decision making and possible adaptation opportunities in Canada's boreal.
This work was supported by GEOIDE and was undertaken as an extension of the BioSpace: Biodiversity monitoring with Earth Observation data project jointly funded by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Government Related Initiatives Program (GRIP), Canadian Forest Service (CFS) Pacific Forestry Centre (PFC), and the University of British Columbia (UBC).
Trisalyn A. Nelson: Jointly conceived the paper goal, jointly developed methods, and wrote first draft of paper. Nicholas C. Coops: Jointly conceived the paper goal, provided input on methods, supported remotely sensed data analysis and interpretation. Michael A. Wulder: Helped to refine research context for the work, supported remote sensing aspects of analysis, assisted with revisions. Liliana Perez: Conducted analysis and made figures. Jessica Fitterer: Provided feedback on methods, wrote methods on regression techniques. Ryan Powers: Aided interpretation of the boreal context. Fabio Fontana: Processed MODIS and AVHRR data.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.


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Cracks in MLK concrete not surprising, supplier says
The city should be proud of the water feature at Martin Luther King Park, and cracks in the concrete will not affect how it functions, according to a key supplier on the project.
The $4.5 million basin at the park opened for the first time last summer, became a reflecting pool in the fall and Sunday opened as an ice skating rink.
In May, the city stressed the "super crack resistant" nature of the concrete used in the reconstruction. However, The Buffalo News reported in December that the basin had developed at least one narrow crack at least 12 feet long.
The fact that there weren't cracks during the first year the concrete had been poured was more surprising than seeing cracks now, said Daniel T. Biddle, vice president of sales for Forta Corp.
"There are, and will be, more cracks," said Biddle, whose company supplied fibers that reinforced the concrete. "A few tight cracks are much better than five-and-a-half miles of planned cracks, control joints."
The cracks shouldn't be seen as red flags or indicative of a structural problem with the basin, said Biddle.
"We remain convinced that the slab process and result at MLK are quite remarkable and that participants were indeed good stewards of taxpayer dollars to create such a valuable and usable end project," Biddle said.
The cracks will likely be investigated in the spring and filled, Biddle said.
The project had originally called for much smaller panels, which are closer together but less visually appealing and more expensive. Using fibers to reinforce the concrete offered the opportunity to use larger panels with fewer joints, Biddle said.
Forta had declined to discuss the project and the crack for the News' story Dec. 17.
The project had many challenges, including the sloping nature of the basin, seagulls that landed on the wet concrete and left footprints, extreme hot and cold temperatures that affect the way concrete cures, the sheer size of the basin – five acres is a lot of concrete – and water lines below the surface that supply jets for the splash pad, Biddle said.
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Americans on Tuesday night watched what was the most ferocious presidential debate ever. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney circled and interrupted each other, jabbed fingers, got into each other's space, and exchanged verbal body blows for 90 minutes at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.
Yet it did not change the campaign's dynamic. President Obama won the postdebate polls, but he's losing the argument.
In CNN's insta-poll, 46% said Mr. Obama did the "best job" while 39% chose Mr. Romney. And in CBS's survey of uncommitted voters, 37% said Mr. Obama won the night while 30% gave it to Mr. Romney. But to reverse the GOP challenger's momentum, the president required nearly as big a victory Tuesday as Mr. Romney had last week. He didn't get it.
In CNN's poll after the first debate in Denver on Oct. 3, the network found that 67% felt Mr. Romney had won while only 25% picked Mr. Obama. Mr. Romney's 72% to 20% victory over Mr. Obama in the Gallup survey after that debate was the biggest margin in the polling organization's history.
In his strong presentation in Denver, Mr. Romney did two things that altered, perhaps permanently, the race. By ticking off what viewers saw as a common-sense, practical agenda and then explaining what each of its five elements would do to improve the lives of all Americans, Mr. Romney came across as a man with a plan. He also demolished the image nurtured by the Obama campaign of him as a heartless, selfish plutocrat.
This week, Mr. Romney continued explaining how his agenda would help all Americans—especially the middle class—rise and prosper. He was at his strongest when indicting the president's economic record.
After the debate, CNN found that Mr. Romney came out ahead on the essential question of who was better for handling "the economy" with 58% to Mr. Obama's 40%. This was an improvement from Denver, when the Romney advantage was 55%-43%. So Mr. Obama continues to run behind on the all-important argument over who offers the better prospect of a stronger economy, greater prosperity and serious deficit reduction.
This goes to the essential flaw in Team Obama's strategy. The president and his advisers have been so intent on disqualifying Mr. Romney that they have done a miserable job defending the president's record and virtually nothing to frame a second-term agenda. Meanwhile, according to Pew Research Center polls conducted in mid-September and early October, the president's favorability ratings among all voters have declined to 49% from 55%.
The apparent boomerang of the attack ads may explain the sudden disappearance this week of the Obama television ads smashing Mr. Romney. They've been replaced with gauzy spots heralding Mr. Obama's great success in restoring prosperity and jobs. These claims are so at odds with reality that even Morgan Freeman's sonorous voice-over can't rescue these "Morning in America" wannabe ads.
Gallup reported on Sept. 9 that only 30% of the public is "satisfied" with the condition of the country. The Oct. 13 Washington Post/ABC poll found that 56% think the country is "off on the wrong track." The rates of unemployment, second-quarter GDP growth and labor-force participation are all worse than they were three weeks before any modern presidential re-election. Mr. Obama's status-quo, stay-the-course campaign will be a hard sell with a public that wants change.
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With billions in sales, crashed online servers, and a bestselling soundtrack, 'Grand Theft Auto v' mania is upon us.
Winston Ross gets his hands on the hot new videogame Grand Theft Auto v and loves every minute of it.
On October 1, Rockstar released the online version of Grand Theft Auto v, the most popular video game in history.
In third person, Grand Theft Auto v was like a really elaborate action figure play set.
In addition, the DSM v would change the specific symptoms required to locate a child on the autism spectrum.
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Montesquieu's advice was quite forgotten (see the context Laws, v, 8).
v, in Ophelia's speech, "They say the owl was a baker's daughter."
The poll (v) is the part on the top of the neck, immediately behind the ears.
The ditch was filled up, and the tower, v, occupied by the Burgundians.
In Middle English, -u- and -v- were used interchangeably, though with a preference for v- as the initial letter (vnder, vain, etc.) and -u- elsewhere (full, euer, etc.). The distinction into consonant and vowel identities was established in English by 1630, under influence of continental printers, but into 19c. some dictionaries and other catalogues continued to list -u- and -v- words as a single series.
No native Anglo-Saxon words begin in v- except those (vane, vat, vixen) altered by the southwestern England habit of replacing initial f- with v- (and initial s- with z-). Confusion of -v- and -w- also was a characteristic of 16c. Cockney accents.
In German rocket weapons systems of World War II, it stood for Vergeltungswaffe "reprisal weapon." V-eight as a type of motor engine is recorded from 1930 (V-engine is attested from 1924), so called for the arrangement. The V for "victory" hand sign was conceived January 1941 by Belgian politician and resistance leader Victor de Laveleye, to signify French victoire and Flemish vrijheid ("freedom"). It was broadcast into Europe by Radio België/Radio Belgique and popularized by the BBC by June 1941, from which time it became a universal allied gesture.
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