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Book Review: Deep Future: The Next 100,000 Years of Life on Earth by Curt Stager
Updated 4:11 pm, Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Deep Future is an ambitious book – one that seeks to change the way we think about global warming. I'm sure we've all seen news reports that tell us we could be sleeping with the fishes in 2050 or some such alarmist figure. Whereas in Deep Future, dates like 5100 AD (in a quick flip-through for this review, I noticed the years 12,000 AD, 3000 AD and 5300 AD among others) are bandied about quite regularly to give you a more long term way of looking at global warming and an idea of the sheer timescale involved in climate change.
The book was written by Dr. Curt Stager, a paleoecologist who claims that he was initially skeptical before he undertook the research that led him to write the book. He suggests that a public inability to look beyond the short term and a tendency for people to exaggerate the dangers of climate change has done more harm than good for the cause to save the planet. This isn't that hard to believe.
The point of Deep Future is to show that climate change is definitely having an impact, but any changes resulting from it will take place gradually over the next few thousand years, contrary to what people seem to think. However, this is not to say that this is good. While the changes will happen gradually, they will also have the unpleasant side effect of changing the look of our landmasses as we know them, making our oceans extremely acidic and potentially causing the extinction of more land-based creatures.
He backs up his claims with graphs showing timescales that go on for thousands of years, as well of photographs of the area near his home and local marine life that show how global warming is affecting the climate.
At 300 pages or so (and another 27 pages of references and notes), this book is a bit of a slog if you're not the least bit interested in climate change. Another flaw the book has is its overuse of abbreviations. So you'll be reading a paragraph about 'the PPM of carbon found in the atmosphere according to the IPCC' or something similar and you'll have to keep all those abbreviations at the front of your mind for several pages (that, or your mind will wander and you will daydream about doing your laundry). This might not be a problem for some of you but it was for me when I was reading it, particularly as I didn't read it in one go.
Deep Future is not the most engaging book in the world (and as such, will probably take you a while to read), but it is certainly informative and the facts contained within are worth learning. Comparisons can be made to Stephen Hawking's A Brief History Of Time in that it drags in places but exists to inform you of a subject you otherwise probably wouldn't be very knowledgeable about. It does that job well, and I'm sure Dr. Stager would be pleased that his tome was compared to the work of an extremely famous astrophysicist.
Deep Future is out on the 15th of March.


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I have heard about the platelet rich plasma, and am wondering if it helps in my case, the puffiness under my eyes is really worsen day by day, I use to have it earlier, but after crying too bad, but now it's an everyday thing, and it's not the same in both eyes, the puffiness is worse under my right eye, and it comes with this red to purple shade, with saggy skin, and you can easily see veins under the skin. So what can I do about it?
Am a 28 Years Old Female, Would PRP Helps to Improve the Bags and Puffiness Under my Eyes?
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Will PRP help improve bags and puffiness under the eyes?
There are numerous causes for dark circles under the eyes. While lack of sleep is certainly one of them, other common causes include: pigmentation irregularities, sun exposure, visible blood vessels, stress, allergies, atopic dermatitis, pseudoherniation (outpouching) of fat from the eyelid, and heredity, to name a few. Fat can cause the appearance of dark circles, which can be corrected by fat repositioning blepharoplasty.
Some pigment can be treated with laser and/or bleaching creams. However, if it is too deep the treatment will not be effective. Surgery can not correct dark circles due to every cause, but it will correct dark circles that are due to the aging process. You are still young, and the cause of your dark circles is not age related. This will influence the method of treatment.
PRP may potentially help, but I would really need to see photos and/or perform an exam to give you the best advice. I hope this helps, and please feel free to ask any additional questions, I would be happy to answer them for you!
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The standard treatments for this area are hyaluronic acid based fillers such as Juvederm and Restylane or lower eyelid surgery to recontour the eyelid (blepharoplasty). Fillers are a temporary fix (up to one year) while surgery will permanently improve the appearance of the eyelid. It is impossible to say which of these treatments are best for you without seeing photos or an in person consultation. [Please purchase a license if using PhraseExpress for non-personal tasks] I hope this information is helpful.
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Like all of the prompts in this series, this is easy peasy! You can respond in whatever way you wish, but do create something in words or images. The photograph and the word LEAVES can be used together or separately. Don't overthink this, see the intro for help.
♦ If it rains or snows this week, take a photo of something with fresh raindrops or snowflakes.
♦ Carve an eraser stamp inspired by a leaf.
♦ Make prints using leaves as stamps (see Acrylic Leaf Prints).
♦ Start a nature journal, guided by Keeping a Nature Journal by Clare Walker Leslie.
♦ Create a playlist of weather-inspired music while you listen to Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head by BJ Thomas.


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When John Maeda became president of the legendary Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 2008, he told the Wall Street Journal, "Everyone asks me, 'Are you bringing technology to RISD?' I tell them, no, I'm bringing RISD to technology."
In his fascinating career as a programmer and an artist, he's always been committed to blurring the lines between the two disciplines. As a student at MIT, studying computer programming, the legendary Muriel Cooper persuaded him to follow his parallel passion for fine art and design. And when computer-aided design began to explode in the mid-1990s, Maeda was in a perfect position at the MIT Media Lab to influence and shape the form, helping typographers and page designers explore the freedom of the web.
Maeda is leading the "STEAM" movement--adding an "A" for Art to the education acronym STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)--and experiencing firsthand the transformation brought by social media. After leaving his post as RISD's president, Maeda is turning his attention to Silicon Valley, where is is working as a Design Partner for Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield and Byers. He is also consulting for eBay, where he is the chair of the Design Advisory Board.
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Ice Age would dawn upon revellers planning a trip to Rajdhani Vatika this New Year.
Preparations are afoot at the Vatika, popularly known as Eco Park, to enthral visitors with wildlife-based animated movies, including those from the Ice Age and Madagascar series, at the parks open theatre. Balloons and chocolates would be distributed among children as part of the New Year celebrations.
The advance bookings of entry tickets for January 1 started from today (Wednesday). On the New Year, six ticket counters would be opened. Considering the heavy footfall and the extra arrangements to be made on January 1, the ticket rates have been hiked from Rs 5 to Rs 10 per person, said Gopal Singh, divisional forest officer, Patna.
There would be ambulances and security personnel in large numbers at the park to tackle any untoward incident considering the predicted footfall. Around 9,500 people had visited the park on Christmas this year.
Based on this, we are expecting over 10,000 visitors on January 1. Accordingly, extra police personnel, including women constables, would be deployed around the park and 20 forest guards would be present on the premises. Doctors and ambulances would be present too. Films from the Ice Age and Madagascar series would be screened at the open theatre, said Singh.
Ten speakers have been installed, on which light music would be played.
Four solar panels have been installed inside the park to supply power to the lamps. Work on installation of eight more panels is going on. We are also installing lights below the artworks kept inside the park so that these are illuminated at night, added Singh.
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Although the method may vary, studies that attempt to rank the 32 fan bases in the NFL consistently place Eagles fans among the best in the league, noting their "unmatched fervor.
The American City Business Journals, which conducts a regular study to determine the most loyal fans in the NFL, evaluates fans based primarily on attendance-related factors, and ranked Eagles fans third in both 1999 and 2006. The 2006 study called the fans "incredibly loyal," noting that they filled 99.8 percent of the seats in the stadium over the previous decade. Forbes placed the Eagles fans first in its 2008 survey, which was based on the correlation between team performance and fan attendance. ESPN.com placed Eagles fans fourth in the league in its 2008 survey, citing the connection between the team's performance and the mood of the city.
The studies note that—win or lose—Eagles fans can be counted on to pack their stadium. As of August 2008, the team had sold out 71 consecutive games, and 70,000 were on the team's waiting list for season tickets. Despite finishing with a 6–10 record in the 2005–2006 season, the Eagles ranked second in the NFL in merchandise sales, and single-game tickets for the next season were sold out minutes after phone and Internet lines opened.
In the April 2011 issue of GQ Magazine, they named Eagles fans the "Worst Fans in America," tied with the Philadelphia Phillies.


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Plastic Milk Jug Recycling Information
The Plastic Milk Jug Recycling Program is an industry stewardship initiative through which Alberta's dairy industry supports the voluntary collection and recycling of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) plastic milk jugs. The program came into effect on July 1, 1999.
The Alberta Dairy Council (ADC) has established a Container Recovery Fund financed by the province's dairy processors. This Fund is used to administer and manage the program, including top-up funding, transportation supplements, a communication and education program, and the costs associated with the 'collection only' option.
The Fund provides 'top-up' support payments to registered recycling authorities, i.e., registered municipalities or their designate, to supplement revenues received from the sale of densified plastic milk jugs, up to a level of $400.00 per tonne. For example, if the market price is $150.00 per tonne, the Fund pays a top-up of $250.00 per tonne. If the market price exceeds $400.00 a tonne, no top-up payment applies.
In addition, registered recycling authorities in communities outside Edmonton and Calgary receive a transportation supplement of $40.00 per tonne to defray the costs of transporting the collected, densified milk jugs to market.
Markets for baled milk jugs include, but are not limited to:
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Application for top-up funding is made quarterly to the Alberta Dairy Council with the first quarter covering the period from July 1 to September 30 in any given year. If the funding application forms for both milk carton and milk jugs are submitted within 30 days of the end of any given quarter, a timely filing incentive of $100.00 per quarter is paid which is over and above the tup-up funding amount. Funding application forms are provided, along with a registration number, upon receipt of the completed registration from.
In Summary, to participate in the 'top-up program' for plastic milk jugs, municipalities or their designates must:
- Register with the Alberta Dairy Council Milk Container Recycling Program
- Collect, densify and ship to market used plastic milk jugs
- Sell the milk jugs to a legitimate recycler for fair market value
- Forward the completed funding application form, along with supporting documents to the Alberta Dairy Council within 30 days of the end of each quarter in which material is shipped to market.


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Mobile Apps Provider Flowfinity Takes To The Cloud
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A Vancouver-based mobile applications provider is finding the growing appetite for cloud computing extends to its own customers.
Flowfinity Wireless this month is expanding its cloud services to keep up with client's strong demand for hosted enterprise mobile application deployment.
Although Flowfinity has offered hosting services for customers using mobile applications for almost a year, this month the company significantly expanded the bandwidth, server and storage capacity in both its Toronto and Vancouver data centers.
[Related: 10 Key Drivers Of Private/Hybrid Cloud Adoption]
The company's customers are rapidly moving from installing mobile applications on-premise to using hosted services, Larry Wilson, Flowfinity's vice president of sales and marketing, said in an interview Friday with CRN.
"We've been receiving a high number of requests from our customers for their mobile apps to be hosted rather than installed, so we set up an environment to do it," Wilson said. "We increased capacity, bandwidth and redundancy."
Another option for Flowfinity would be to contract with third-party hosting providers for cloud services, but Wilson said the company is more comfortable offering the services itself.
"We went beyond what would be expected for a hosted provider," Wilson said. "We set up our own data center operations, with two data centers 2,500 miles apart, with high capacity, and redundancy."
Flowfinity, a privately held company, does not give out financial information but said it has more than 200 customers, mostly in North America and Europe.
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Anarchy is a word that strikes terror into the hearts of many people. I may be one of them, but I'm not sure yet.
I was at a street band concert one evening last year and spotted a group of people who were there who identified themselves as anarchists. To me they looked like a group of college students…maybe graduate level students…who had adopted the grunge style of dress and appearance. But they were dancing to the wild, drum-based music and having fun like the rest of us. I didn't see any bombs sticking out of their pockets, or rifles stashed under their long coats. My stereotypes had kicked in, and…as when most people depend upon stereotypes…I was proven wrong. I don't kinow anything about this group of Providence people…all I know is that they espouse anarchy.
Anarchy is a word that (according to my literary mentor, Bryan Garner) means "a state of lawlessness or disorder in society." Garner goes on to say that anarchism "is a political theory antithetical to any form of government." To me that means that anarchists believe that government (in any form) is an unnecessary and evil subjection of individuals to a power which is unwelcome. If I play that out in my own unsophisticated understanding, it would mean that everyone was "on (his) own"… capable of doing whatever was pleasing and profitable, and "the hell with the rest of them."
We hear talk similar to that coming from the far right today, in voices that call for the diminishing or eliminating of government. It is made to sound as if it's the American thing to do. As if the founders of this nation didn't believe in government.
It doesn't take a lot of research to discover that, to the contrary, the founders were very much obsessed with the idea of government, having labored over a Constitution that respected the right of leadership to govern the people, and expressing specific fears about the consequences if government was not present and deeply concerned with controlling the worst obsessions that can befall humans.
Anarchists would lead us to believe that government is evil. It isn't hard to find instances of abuse and neglect in American government which substantiate that belief. But…at the same time…it is eminently clear that the American government as conceived may well be the purest form of represetative government known to humankind. That there is a need to control and eliminate abuses is obvious. And…given the weakness and dysfunction of the currect government…that need is urgent. But if we listen to the anarchistic voices of those who would do away with regulation and control we would discover that such "idealism" is flawed and dangerous.
Anarchism, whether in formal substance in the anarchist movement, or in the subtle influence it has on the right wing in America today, is dangerous and to be monitored carefully. At the same time it is important that we in America commit ourselves to overcoming the weaknesses in governance which lead people to believe that government is evil. It will take more than a simple election to achieve that goal. But it's a place to begin.
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TALLADEGA, Ala. — The Jeff Gordon-Jimmie Johnson rivalry may now be a full-blown feud.
Gordon and Johnson were involved in an incident for the second straight Sprint Cup race, leaving the pair of four-time champions and Hendrick Motorsports teammates needing to repair more than some cars.
They might have to patch up their differences — again.
"The 48 is testing my patience, I can tell you that," Gordon said Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway after the Aaron's 499. "It takes a lot to make me mad. … I don't know what it is with me and him right now."
Gordon was making a run to the front when he was forced by Johnson to the apron late in the race. Gordon connected with Scott Speed — Jeff Burton also was collected — and the No. 24 headed to pit road.
"The 48 decided to change three lanes and keep me from going by him, and that's just not cool when a car's going that much faster than you," Gordon said. "Maybe he just didn't know."
Gordon finished 22nd and Johnson was 31st.
Gordon and Johnson also tangled on the track last week at Texas Motor Speedway. The drivers and friends made critical comments of each other after the race, leaving team owner Rick Hendrick to defuse the situation.
"He's not sick of Jimmie, he's just on the chip," Hendrick said Sunday, explaining Gordon's mind-set. "… He's fired up. He should have won three races already — three or four maybe. I'm excited about a little bit of a rivalry between them — as long as they don't wreck each other."
HMS teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. downplayed any friction: "Everybody butts heads once in a while. Rick ain't gonna let 'em do too d- - - much."


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Despite a gusty downslope wind, participants and spectators alike enjoyed the 22nd annual Up-the-Hill Races. The colorful festivities on 7 September included a bevy of red wagons, a miniature fire engine mounted on a golf cart, and a safety-minded Steve Sadler puffing up the Mesa in a respirator and other safety gear.
SCD's Blake Caldwell, who has won ten junior national bike racing championships, captured first place in the bike race for the second straight year. But his time of 5:19 failed to break the course record he set last year at 4:59. "It felt a lot harder than last year with the head wind," he said.
The top finishers behind Blake were ATD's Jonathan Emmett and SCD's Steve Worley. Anne-Marie Tarrant (RAP) finished first among the women with a time of 8:11, followed by Christine Shields (CGD) and Lynette Laffea (GST).
No stop watch was needed to determine that Steve Sadler, an unofficial participant, had firmly nailed down last place. Steve, the director of Safety and Site Services, was decked out in a stylish white safety suit designed to protect him from hazardous materials. He also wore knee pads, elbow pads, and a hard hat; breathed through a respirator designed to filter out air toxins; and towed a fire extinguisher.
"Anything that would have happened I would have survived, short of heat exhaustion and a heart attack," Steve mused after the ordeal. But he pleaded: "I want somebody to stop me before I do this again."
Between the bike and foot races, a surprise entrant chugged up the hill: the Wheat Ridge Volunteer Fire Department's Engine No. 1/2. The small-scale fire truck, mounted on a golf cart, is "strictly for PR," according to Glenn New, a retired firefighter and father of SCD's Gary New (who volunteers with the Wheat Ridge fire department). Engine 1/2 comes complete with a working fire hose. "It's a lot of fun in a parade," Glenn explained, "if you've got someone alongside to shoot at."
Foot-race veterans scored impressive victories, even as they complained that the head winds increased their times. Andrew Crook (MMM/RAP) won for the 11th time since 1988 with a time of 8:48, followed by Rick Katz (ESIG) and Dave Albo (RAP).
For Andrew, the Up-the-Hill event marked a comeback of sortshis first race since a hamstring injury in April. "I was happy with the race, given my lack of training for the year and the fact that I was injured," said Andrew, who had hoped to finish the race in about 8:20. "I just wish the conditions had been a bit better."
"It was wonderful to win first place, but my time was not very good," she said. "I just didn't make myself work hard. I felt too good when I crossed the finish line."
Next it was time for some nostalgia with the relay race. The theme this year was Route 66, in honor of the 75th anniversary of that celebrated road. Each relay participant had to run up the hill hauling a map, pillow, and suitcase in a small red wagon, which symbolized a station wagon. The participants also had to carry an open container filled with a beveragealthough some of the containers appeared to have spilled their contents by the end of the race.
"The wagon thing was really a riot," said Betty, who ran with her F&A colleagues.
Tim was one of four people who participated in all three events, along with José Garcia (HAO), Myron McCallum (GST), and Arnaud Dumont (RAP). They received purple ribbons for being triple entrants.
In all, 37 people participated in the bike race (up from 35 last year), 21 in the foot race (up from 18), and some 351 in the relay race (up from 340).
Nobody enjoyed the races more than HR's Bob Roesch, the last participant on the last-place F&A relay team. "We're underwhelming," a grinning Bob said of his team. "We have set our standards low and we haven't met them yet."
What kind of motto fits a last-place team? "No one," Bob boasted, "steps on our heels."
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An affordable broadband (ADSL) internet service seems to be around the corner.
There are rumours in Damascus that a new service is about to be launched. It's likely to be around SP1000 (US$20) for a 256kbps line. That's not an amazing speed but it is a good start, for a good price.
Until now, broadband has been too expensive for most people to afford.
Similar rumours swept Syria in the days before pre-pay mobile phone lines were launched in June 2003. Over the next few months, the phone companies kept reducing the prices, until it reached the $10 fee it is at now (that's cheaper than most European countries!).
So, expect to see prices for broadband falling – or, more likely – speeds increasing over the coming months.
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He was a bigot, but he understood, correctly, that reproductive issues are often global.
These steps have lured some $170 billion in foreign direct investment in 2012 alone (roughly 12 percent of global flows).
Awake this morning to a new villain in the global financial meltdown.
But getting cyclists to don a hard-shelled helmet, which can lessen the risks of serious injury, has been a global challenge.
By global standards, it's a fairly calm, quiet, orderly place of medium size that functions pretty well most days.
They are also adapted to the dynamics of change and to the global nature of human existence.
The world has entered the phase of global interdependencies.
They are free of the extra burden words bear and allow for global and detailed local interpretation.
These, by the way, are coming more into use in our global economy.
Nothing could point up more clearly what the global struggle between the free world and the communists is all about.
1670s, "spherical," from globe + -al (1). Meaning "worldwide, universal" is from 1892, from French. Global village first attested 1960, popularized, if not coined, by Canadian educator Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980).
Postliterate man's electronic media contract the world to a village or tribe where everything happens to everyone at the same time: everyone knows about, and therefore participates in, everything that is happening the minute it happens. Television gives this quality of simultaneity to events in the global village. [Carpenter & McLuhan, "Explorations in Communication," 1960]
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A bid for almost double the current funding for Olympic sports has been submitted to the Treasury.
And a decision could come on Monday in Gordon Brown's pre-Budget report.
"If it is not announced on Monday then we need it by the end of this month. We cannot afford to go into the new year with uncertainty," said Moynihan.
"We need clarity and the funding support for the Olympic programme as soon as possible.
"It is vitally important because governing bodies need to know that the funding will be available for the next six years so they can secure coaches, support staff and identify athletes."
Great Britain finished 10th in the 2004 Olympic medals table, but will be looking to place behind only Russia, China and the USA on home soil.
"Fourth is a realistic target and we said that with the full support of the governing bodies," he said.
"I believe it is attainable but we cannot afford anything to go wrong if we are to meet that target and we cannot afford to lose even six months of preparation."


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By Randy Vogt
Most referees starting out will begin with the games of young children. It's very important that the ref do a good job plus enjoy the experience -- otherwise, the ref could quit before his or her career really begins.
Previously, I wrote about dealing with adults, the main issue when there is one in officiating young kids games. Yet there is another potential problem for the ref with young kids games -- the young child who does not know how to play well with other kids or to behave. This kid pushes the other kids and yells at them. A referee might only see this player in 5% of young kids' games but it's important to spot this player early and know what to do. When this type of young child is on the field, the referee's presence can make all the difference in the world between an enjoyable experience for everyone and something very different.
It's important that the ref cheat the diagonal so he or she is as close to the problem player as possible, especially when that player is near the ball. This should not be difficult as the field is much smaller in young kids games. By being close to the player, the ref should easily spot fouls and being close might prevent that player from committing continuous fouls.
Should there be a pattern of fouls committed by the player, the ref blows the whistle hard and tells that player, so everyone on the field can hear, that bad behavior will not be tolerated. The smart coach will substitute the player and talk to him or her to calm down. This hopefully will do the trick. But if the player continues to misbehave, the ref has no other choice but to reach into the pocket and produce a card.
Sadly, I've had to send off two young boys during the course of my referee career. I generally do not get questioned about players getting red cards but in both cases, an adult approached me after the game to vehemently protest that I shouldn't send off a young kid. If memory serves me right, both were boys U-11 players.
One player had a strange pattern of committing late, studs-up tackles. The first time, being a young boy, I thought that it was simply poor coordination and verbally warned the player, which the coach clearly heard as the foul occurred by both benches. The second time, he received a yellow card and the third time, he was sent off. There is no doubt in my mind that he was trying to hurt someone. I never refereed that team again but hope that the player cleaned up his behavior.
The other player was a keeper, about to win the Best Goalkeeper Award of an indoor tournament, who the coach put in as a forward for the last game of the tourney. After an opponent passed the ball, he deliberately pushed the kid from behind. I blew the whistle hard and verbally warned him to behave. A minute later, another player passed the ball upfield by the touchline and this kid ran up to him, pushed him with both hands from behind, sending him into the first row of the bleachers, which left the kid screaming. I sent off the player for violent conduct.
It turns out the tournament has a very good rule that players who have been cautioned or sent off during the tourney cannot win awards. So he missed out winning an award because of his very bad foul.
Finally on the lighter side, at the coin toss before the game, give your coin to the home team captain, ask the visiting team captain if he or she wants heads or tails, tell the home team captain to toss the coin in the air and let it hit the ground. Some young children love to toss the coin, most take it rather seriously and I have heard them say to their teammates, "Wow, that was really cool! The ref let me toss the coin!"
With these young kids, it's sometimes too much to get the visiting team captain to say "Heads" or "Tails" while the coin is in the air so ask before the toss. If there's a way to get the coin to wind up heads or tails after being tossed and hitting the ground (where it could roll over upon impact), none of these young kids have figured it out and neither have I.
Read "Refereeing Young Children (Part 1): More Teacher than an Enforcer" HERE.
(Randy Vogt has officiated over 8,000 games during the past three decades, from professional matches in front of thousands to six-year-olds being cheered on by very enthusiastic parents. In "Preventive Officiating," he shares his wisdom gleaned from thousands of games and hundreds of clinics to help referees not only survive but thrive on the soccer field. You can visit the book's website at www.preventiveofficiating.com/)


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Growing the Economy
Agriculture in Africa needs to be viewed as a knowledge-based entrepreneurial activity in order to spread prosperity, believes Harvard Kennedy School's Professor Calestous Juma
Africa can feed itself in a generation. It can achieve this by harnessing abundant technologies that are available worldwide, expanding internal regional markets and building rural infrastructure. Even more importantly, African leaders — especially presidents and prime ministers — will need to take charge of the agenda for agriculture. This is mainly because for Africa, agriculture and the economy are one and the same.
African countries are learning that they can greatly benefit from the global knowledge economy if they better integrate research conducted in academia, government, civil society, and private industry with the guidance of regional integration policy. Yet, the untapped potential of African agriculture becomes striking when comparing it to Asia, which has seen huge increases in agricultural yields in the last 40 years.
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)'s food production by contrast is actually 10% lower today than it was 1960, while the aggregate world food production has increased by 145% over the same period of time. As a result, the continent has become most dependent on food imports and is most vulnerable to fluctuations in world food prices.
The reason for this poor track record is decades of imposed underinvestment in agriculture. The imposition was guided by ideologies that opposed funding to infrastructure and technical training — two critical foundations for agricultural innovation. For example, fertiliser use is strikingly low with only 13kg per
hectare in sub-Saharan Africa compared with 71kg in northern Africa.
Only 24% of cereal production uses improved seeds compared with 85% in eastern Asia. The lack of nutrient input has led to a dramatic depletion of soil quality; 75% of farmland in sub-Saharan Africa has been degraded by overuse. Only about 4% of Africa's crops are irrigated, compared to about 40% in South Asia.
Sustaining African economic prosperity will require significant efforts to modernise the continent's economy through the application of science and technology in agriculture. In other words, agriculture needs to be viewed as a knowledge-based entrepreneurial activity.
The argument is based on the premise that smart investments in agriculture will have multiplier effects in many sectors of the economy and help spread prosperity. More specifically, the study focuses on the importance of boosting support for agricultural research as part of a larger agenda to promote innovation, invest in enabling infrastructure, build human capacity, stimulate entrepreneurship, and improve the governance of innovation.
Regional economic integration
The emergence of Africa's Regional Economic Communities (RECs) provides a unique opportunity to promote innovation in African agriculture in a more systematic and coordinated way. The launching of the East African Common Market in July 2010 represented a significant milestone in the steady process of deepening Africa's economic integration. It is a trend that complements similar efforts in other parts of Africa, and also underscores the determination among African leaders to expand prospects for prosperity by creating space for economic growth and technological innovation.
One of the challenges facing Africa's RECs has been their perceived overlap and duplication of effort. Part of this concern has been overstated. The RECs evolved based on local priorities. For example, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is by far the most advanced in peace-keeping while the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has made significant strides in trade matters.
In the meantime, the East African Community (EAC) — one of the oldest regional integration bodies in the world — has made significant advances on the social, cultural, and political fronts. It has judicial and legislative organs and aspires to create a federated state with a single president in the future. EAC leaders already have focus on promoting regional agricultural trade with initial emphasis on infrastructure investment and market integration.
Laying technological foundations
Agricultural productivity, entrepreneurship, and added value foster productivity in rural-based economies. In many poor countries, however, farmers, small and medium-sized enterprises, and research centres do not interact in ways that accelerate the move beyond low value-added subsistence sustainable agriculture.
Strengthening rural innovation systems, developing effective clusters that can add value to unprocessed raw materials, and promoting value chains across such diverse sectors as horticulture, food processing and packaging, food storage and transportation, food safety, distribution systems, and exports are all central to moving beyond subsistence sustainable agriculture, generating growth, and moving toward prosperity.
Developed and emerging economies can do much more to identify and support policies and programmes to assist Africa in taking a comprehensive approach to agricultural development to break out of poverty. This requires rethinking the agenda to create innovation systems to foster interactions among government, industry, academia, and civil society — all of which are critical actors.
The current concerns over rising food prices have compounded worries about the state and future of African agriculture. This sector has historically lagged behind
the rest of the world. Part of the problem lies in the low level of investment in Africa's agricultural research and development.
Enhancing African agricultural development will require specific efforts aimed at aligning science and technology strategies with agricultural development efforts. African leaders have in recent years been placing increasing emphasis on the role of science and innovation in economic transformation. The Eighth African Union Summit met in January 2007 and adopted decisions aimed at strengthening the role of science and innovation in economic transformation. They are part of a growing body of guidance on the role of science and innovation in Africa's economic transformation. The decisions underscore the growing importance that African leaders place on science and innovation for development.
However, the translation of these decisions into concrete action remains a key challenge for Africa. The main problem facing African countries is aligning national and regional levels of governance with long-term technological considerations. This challenge is emerging at a time when African countries are seeking to deepen economic integration and expand domestic markets. These efforts are likely to affect the way agricultural policy is pursued in Africa.
Africa is largely an agricultural economy, with the majority of the population deriving their income from farming. Food security, agricultural development, and economic growth are intertwined. Improving Africa's agricultural performance will require deliberate policy efforts to bring higher technical education, especially in universities, to the service of agriculture and the economy. It is important to focus on how to improve the productivity of agricultural workers, most of whom are women, through technological innovation.
New frontiers for institutional innovation
The next frontiers in the modernisation of African agriculture will be two-fold. The first step will be the urgent need to reposition African universities and research institutions so that they can play a key role in serving farmers.
Currently, government agricultural research institutes do not have strong links with the student population. As a result, their research findings are not readily diffused into the economy. Universities tend to focus on teaching and have little support for research. This is an untenable situation that can only lead to agricultural stagnation.
More dynamic institutions of higher learning that combine agricultural research and teaching are urgently needed. These institutions will need to be directly linked to farmers with specific mandates to focus on raising the productivity of women who account for 70% of Africa's agricultural produce.
The second step will be to use the new generation of universities to promote the identification, improvement and adoption of all types of agricultural technologies ranging from farm machinery to new and improved seed varieties. These efforts will require high level coordination involving a large number of institutions. The premise for such coordination is that agriculture is not a sector; it is a system and should be managed as such.
This article is based on the author's book 'The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa.'
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A clash between a dog walker and a gamekeeper working for the trust brought in help manage Ilkley Moor has sparked a call for clearer rules on walkers' rights on the Bradford Council-owned moor.
Chairman of the national Moorland Association and member of Bingley Moor Partnership, Edward Bromet, this week apologised to an Ilkley dog walker for any upset caused by a recent confrontation with a keeper on the moor.
The walker, who has visited the moor daily for seven years, says a man claiming to be a Bingley Moor Partnership keeper shouted at him, ordering him to put his dog on a lead, and was offensive to him.
And he says other dog walkers have had similar run-ins.
He has called on Bradford Council to formally set out what rights the Bingley Moor Partnership and its agents have on the Urban Common of Ilkley Moor, and what rights they have in relation to dealing with the general public walking there.
The Bingley Moor Partnership won the contract last year to run grouse shoots on the moor. Part of the deal includes the partnership providing additional moorland management support to Bradford Council on Ilkley Moor, including the services of a gamekeeper.
The deal was signed in the wake of the huge week-long fire which destroyed acres of heather moorland in 2006. Bradford Council's countryside officers are still working on nursing the damaged parts of the moorland back to health.
Dr Ian Adams, of Parish Ghyll Drive, got in touch with Bradford Council and contacted the Gazette this week after his confrontation with a gamekeeper on September 26.
He says he was shouted at by a man with two dogs – not on leads themselves – as he walked on Ilkley Moor close to a quarry near the old Keighley Road at 8.30am. Dr Adams refused to put his dog on a lead as he says he saw no need, with no sheep around and no nesting birds.
He believed his own dog was doing no harm and that walkers were allowed to let their dogs off the lead on Ilkley Moor. Dr Adams says the keeper implied that his dog could be shot if it was thought to be chasing sheep.
"I know that others have been shouted at by a man," said Dr Adams. "Ilkley is justifiably proud of its moor and its attraction for residents and visitors with and without dogs."
Dr Adams called on Bradford Council to make it clear what the rights of the Bingley Moor Partnership are on Ilkley Moor.
Edward Bromet said both Bingley Moor Partnership and the keeper involved are apologising for any upset.
However, he is calling for more distinct boundary markers between the Bradford Council-owned Ilkley Moor and Burley Moor, which is owned by the partnership.
Tighter rules on walkers are in place on the partnership's own land.
Mr Bromet said: "The partnership and the keeper involved apologise for any upset caused to the visitor. With so many different laws governing dogs on the different areas, it is very difficult for visitors to know where they can go and when.
"We have asked Natural England to allow the boundary on the ground between Ilkley and Burley Moors to be made more distinct with more posts so that dog walkers coming from Ilkley Moor know that they have entered a separate area with dog exclusions.."
The partnership has also warned that farmers are within their legal right to shoot any dog they believe is frightening their livestock.
Bradford Council, meanwhile, confirmed that dogs can be walked without a lead at certain times of the year on Ilkley Moor, but reinforced the message that there is a discretionary dog exclusion policy on the adjoining Bingley Moor.
Bradford Council's countryside and rights of way manager, Danny Jackson, said: "There is a discretionary dog exclusion policy in place on the moorland areas of Bingley Moor, which is imposed by the landowner under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act.
"This means that dogs are not allowed in the exclusion areas but they can be walked on public rights of way if kept under close control.
"Dogs can be walked without a lead on Ilkley Moor apart from during the breeding season which runs from the start of March until the end of July. During this time dogs have to be kept on a lead."


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Yes, the heart of rock & roll still beats in Los Angeles. For proof, no need to venture farther than whatever tiny local club The Entrance Band happens to be playing. The trio, which formed in Chicago, is blessed proof that psych rock is alive and well; with a trippy visual aesthetic, a devoted fan base and a live show that the band's founder and lead singer, Guy Blakeslee, aptly describes as "ritualistic," it's not clear why they're not incredibly famous. Composed of Blakeslee, Derek James and bassist Paz Lenchantin, the act pulls off stoner rock without sounding like stoned throwbacks, and their forthcoming LP (their seventh, funded through Kickstarter) is due out in November. entranceband.com. —Katie Bain
Ask the average American to describe the culture of Brazil and he or she may cite the bikinis of Ipanema and Copacabana, the gang violence of the favelas, the popular beauty-salon waxing trend or the off-Strip Vegas casino called Rio. Brasil Brasil Cultural Center is here to spread the rich, authentic and energizing traditions of the proud, ethnically mixed South American nation. Launched by husband and wife Amen and Nayla Eva Santo almost 25 years ago, BBCS is a spacious cultural and community center, which spreads and shares Afro-Brazilian culture through classes in capoeira (a dance/martial arts hybrid), samba, belly dance, Zumba, kickboxing, multiple musical styles and fitness and language instruction. Pra caramba! 11928 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City. (310) 397-3667, brasilbrasil.org. —Adam Gropman
Let's face it, baby music can be a nightmare. Less Wiggles, more rock, right, parents? If only kids could develop the same taste in classic jams that we have. Well, in fact, they can, especially if they're students in Julie Ingram's Scruffin Rock class. Classically trained, with a master's degree in music, Ingram has created a program akin to those Pixar movies that sneak innuendo into their dialogue: entertaining for your kiddo but with elements even adults can enjoy. Toddlers in Scruffin Rock sing, dance and learn rhythm and melody via music inspired by rockers such as Chuck Berry, The Go-Go's, Big Mama Thornton and Neil Young. It may look like they're just batting kiddie tambourines, but they're really learning the fundamentals of good music. With any luck, it will counteract the Bieber craze you know is coming. 3141 Glendale Blvd., Atwater Village, facebook.com/pages/Scruffin-Rock/109744712416682. —Ali Trachta
Need an activity that will entertain everyone from your mom to your 8-year-old cousin? Just love being crafty? If you answered yes, then Duff's Cakemix is your place. Located on Melrose Avenue at Sweetzer, it's not far from some of the most popular designer shops in Los Angeles. At Duff's Cakemix you're first given a "Kit Menu" from which you choose your cake size, flavor, filling and canvas (buttercream or fondant icing). Once you've decided on your foundation and gathered your decorating materials from the decorating bar, the team of trained pros at Cakemix helps you as much (or as little) as you please. With the assistance of Duff Goldman's Cakemix crew and its collection of decorating tools — which includes everything from cookie cutters to an airbrush station — even the uninitiated and untalented can create a cake that will impress. 8302 Melrose Ave., W. Hlywd. (323) 650-5555, duffscakemix.com. —Diamond Bodine-Fischer
Some hobbies are just more badass than others, and blacksmithing is about as badass as they come. Adam's Forge is a nonprofit group that encourages students from beginner to pro to express themselves through metal. Their weekly Discovery Days are $20 and feature projects simple enough for anyone. The volunteer staff is passionate about the craft and offers an inviting environment for first-timers. After attending a Discovery Day, if you're interested in going deeper, you can pursue your CBA (California Blacksmith Association) certifications at Adam's Forge. Their calendar is filled with always changing specialty classes like Mokume-gane and Viking Cutlery. If you reach the point where you're confident enough to work independently, they even offer "open forge" times to aspiring blacksmiths and passionate hobbyists alike. 2640 N. San Fernando Road, Glassell Park. (323) 257-5855, adamsforge.com. —Diamond Bodine-Fischer
Need to talk about issues, such as dealing with a homophobic boss or navigating the dating scene, which only another gay man can understand? Want to connect with your gay brothers outside of the loud, sometimes intimidating bar scene? Feeling as if you're all alone in what you're going through as a gay man? Look no further: Go to Tribe, a fantastic gay men's discussion group that meets in the Community Conference Room of the West Hollywood Library. The setting is safe and friendly, with an emphasis on building the self-respect and personal power gay men already possess. Men from a broad age range — 20s to 50s — attend the meetings, held at 7:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month. So you'll hear many different generational perspectives, which will be invaluable, and not always easily accessible outside of the group. 625 N. San Vicente Blvd., W. Hlywd. (323) 848-6460, weho.org/tribe. —Patrick Range McDonald


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LeAnn Rimes Bikini Photos: Miami
Tje height of that bellybutton falls into at least three distinct genetic syndromes.
better than she looked a few years back, but that body is unfortunate and way too masculine for my taste….talk about man shoulders
She is the definition of a butterface. No matter how good she looks, her face could still make a train take a dirt road!
"If I do this in my photos, maybe it'll look like I have a double chin. That'll show everyone for calling me anorexic!"


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|SalesVantage.com >> Article Archives >> Direct Marketing >> Alternatives to handling responses to marketing programs in-house
You are up to your ears in responses from your marketing programs. You and your staff are overloaded, budgets are due and the major trade show in your industry is right around the corner. You can't seem to find the time to manage the inquiries or sales leads as well as you know you should. Is there an alternative to handling them in-house?
Fortunately, there is. The answer is to hire one of the high-tech response management service companies that assist business marketers with inquiry handling or sales lead management. Today's response management/inquiry handling/sales lead management/contact management services
To meet the increasing demand for improved management of sales leads, service companies have become quite sophisticated. Their services are designed to make it faster and easier for your prospects to get the information needed to make buying decisions. They can qualify your prospects for you, get your sales force involved sooner, enhance your service-driven image and provide the data required to measure and increase the effectiveness of your marketing and communications efforts.
Today, their services go far beyond basic literature fulfillment,
lead distribution, tracking and reporting. Consider the following:
M. H. "Mac" McIntosh is described by many as America's leading authority on inquiry handling and sales lead management. He is president of Mac McIntosh Incorporated, a sales and marketing consulting firm specializing in helping companies get more high-quality sales leads and turn them into sales. To request a free subscription to his newsletter, Sales Lead Report, contact him at: Mac McIntosh, Inc., 601 Pendar Rd. North Kingstown, RI 0-2852-6620 Phone: 800-944-5553 or 401-294-7730. Fax: 800-944-5513. Email: email@example.com Web: www.salesleadexperts.com
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Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is a tax charged on the capital gain (profit) made on the disposal of any asset. It is payable by the person making the disposal. The gain/profit (the difference between the price you paid for the asset and the price you sold it for) is considered taxable income.
Budget 2017: A reduced Capital Gains Tax rate of 10% will apply to the disposal in whole or in part of a business up to an overall limit of €1 million in qualifying chargeable gains. Payments under the new raised bog restoration incentive scheme to relevant owners and rights holders will be exempt from Capital Gains Tax.
An asset is not just something you own outright, it may be an intangible asset. For example, goodwill in a company or an option over assets are considered assets. It can also be something you have an interest in, for example, a leasehold interest in land.
Disposing of an asset doesn't just refer to the sale of an asset for money. It includes any transfer of ownership by way of exchange, gift or settlement on trustees. Transfers of assets between spouses and civil partners are exempt from Capital Gains Tax. Transfers of assets between spouses and civil partners who are separated are exempt from Capital Gains Tax if they are made under a Separation Agreement or a court order. Read here for more information about tax and separation or divorce. The transfer of a site from parent to child for the purposes of constructing the child's principal private residence, where the site's market value does not exceed €500,000, is also exempt from Capital Gains Tax.
There is no Capital Gains Tax on assets passed on death. When the person who acquired the assets comes to dispose of them they are treated as if they had been acquired at their market value on the date of the death.
Gains or profit on the disposal of some assets are specifically exempted from Capital Gains Tax, these include:
The standard rate of Capital Gains Tax is 33% for disposals made on or after 5 December 2012.
|Disposals from:
|Rate of CGT was:
|7 December 2011 to 5 December 2012
|8 April 2009 to 6 December 2011
|15 October 2008 to 7 April 2009
|On or before 14 October 2008
A rate of 40% however, can apply to the disposal of certain foreign life assurance policies and units in offshore funds. Revenue provide a computation sheet for non-complex situations, to help you find out how much Capital Gains Tax you may have to pay (pdf).
For certain windfall gains the windfall gains rate of tax (pdf) is 80%.
Capital Gains Tax can be more complex than the examples above. For this reason you should get advice from Revenue (see 'Further information' below). Revenue also publishes a Guide to Capital Gains Tax (pdf).
The first €1,270 of taxable gains in a tax year are exempt from CGT. If you are married or in a civil partnership this exemption is available to each spouse or civil partner but is not transferable.
For 2009 and subsequent years the tax year is divided into a revised set of two periods:
For disposals in the initial period CGT payments are due by 15 December in the same tax year. CGT for disposals in the later period are due by 31 January in the following tax year.
For example, if you dispose of an asset in the period January to November 2017 you must pay the Capital Gains Tax due to Revenue before mid December 2017. If you dispose of an asset in December 2017 the Capital Gains Tax will be due on 31 January 2018.
For 2003 to 2008 the tax year was divided into two periods:
For disposals in the initial period CGT payments were due by 31 October in the same tax year. CGT for disposals in the later period were due by 31 January in the following tax year.
For example, if you disposed of an asset between 1 January and 30 September 2008 you must pay the Capital Gains Tax due to Revenue on or before 31 October 2008. If you disposed of an asset in the later period, that is, between 1 October 2008 and 31 of December 2008 you must pay the Capital Gains Tax due on or before 31 January 2009.
Send a cheque for amount of CGT due with a CGT payslip to the Collector General's office in Limerick.
There are two different disposal periods for CGT, this will determine the date payment is due and also which CGT payslip is required. Payslip A is for disposals in the 'initial period' and payslip B is for the 'later period'. Contact Revenue for CGT forms.
You must submit a tax return on all disposals.
You must file a return on or before 31 October in the year following the tax year in which you disposed of the asset. Though you may file your return the following year, you must pay the Capital Gains Tax in the same year as the disposal of the asset, unless you dispose of the asset in the 'later period' (see 'Payment of Capital Gains Tax' above).
If you assess yourself for tax purposes (self-assessment) you should make a tax return on Form 11 (pdf). If you are a PAYE taxpayer you should make a return on a Form 12 (pdf). Trusts and Estates should make the return on a Form 1 (pdf). If you are not required to make an income tax return you must send a CG1 form to Revenue.
For further infomation on Capital Gains Tax, contact the Revenue Commissioners.
If you have a question relating to this topic you can contact the Citizens Information Phone Service on 0761 07 4000 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 8pm) or you can visit your local Citizens Information Centre.


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An Iron County football coach asked his players to take pain pills from their parents' medicine cabinets and give them to him, according to court documents.
Carter Lynn Miller asked two 16-year-old players at Canyon View High School, where he worked as a coach and teacher, for medication at separate times since December of last year, according to charges filed in 5th District Court on Thursday.
Earlier this month, one of the teens gave Miller five Oxycontin pills belonging to his mother, court documents state. Later that evening, the 33-year-old Miller reportedly sent the player a text message asking for more pills and the teen gave him a bottle of more than 20 Lortab pills.
On two other occasions, another player gave Miller pain pills from his home, according to the documents.
"Both students said ... they considered him a friend," police wrote in a probable cause statement. One player "said Miller made him feel like he could trust him enough to ask for the pills. Neither student said they were paid for the pills or promised anything in return."
Miller faces four counts of arranging to distribute a controlled substance, a first-degree felony; four counts of possession of a controlled substance, a second-degree felony; four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a class B misdemeanor; and four counts of theft by receiving stolen property, a class B misdemeanor.
Miller was in his third year as a special education teacher at Canyon View High School in Cedar City. Miller resigned Wednesday after being suspended on Tuesday, said Iron County School District Superintendent Jim Johnson.
Canyon View Principal Rich Nielsen said police have told him they are not seeking to charge any students. He also said no students are suspended and that he is not seeking punitive action against students.


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I received this book recently, and thought I would just do a quick informational post about it here, as the topic will doubtless be of interest to many: Robert O. Smith, More Desired than Our Own Salvation: The Roots of Christian Zionism (Oxford University Press). Here's a brief description, from the publisher:
Millions of American Christians see U.S. support for the State of Israel as a God-ordained responsibility. American sympathies for the State of Israel are consistently and often substantially higher than for Arab states or Palestinians. More Desired than Our Owne Salvation is a compelling historical look at how this consensus came to be.
In 2006, John Hagee founded Christians United for Israel. Several high-level policymakers, both Christians and Jews, rushed to endorse the effort. Soon, however, questions arose about anti-Catholic and anti-Islamic ideas contained in Hagee's preaching and writing. More Desired than Our OwneSalvation shows that these ideas draw from a long heritage of Anglo-American Protestant culture. Contemporary Christian Zionism may say more about American culture than most Americans care to admit.
The roots of Christian Zionism in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Protestant interpretations of scripture and history formed not only Anglo-American theology but the foundations of American culture itself. Black Protestant views show, for instance, how Christian Zionism is connected intimately with racial identity and American exceptionalism, not just Christian beliefs. Martin Luther and John Calvin's identification of the Pope and the Turk as the two heads of the Antichrist echoes in our world today.
Robert O. Smith has identified an English Protestant tradition of Judeo-centric prophecy interpretation that shaped Puritan commitment. In New England, this tradition informed the foundations of American identity. From the Cartwright Petition in 1649 to the Blackstone Memorial in 1891 to the work of John Hagee today, Christian Zionism has prepared the ground for Christians in the U.S. to see the modern State of Israel as a prophetic counterpart, a modern nation-state whose preservation "may be more desired then our owne salvation."
Also, looks like the work was based on this dissertation.
The general subject of the book reminded me of the story "Cowboys of the Apocalypse," from This American Life (originally aired 1999), about the attempt by an alliance of fundamentalist Christians and orthodox Jews to breed a perfect cow in Texas (by biblical standards) that would meet the requirements for prophecy and thus hasten the apocalypse.
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The harsh reality is that high street retailers are increasingly being burned by trying to play in the same markets as successful online stores. Online retail has squeezed profit margins significantly, even to the extent that many online stores such as Amazon and Play can make a profit at prices which would drive bricks-and-mortar stores into the red. It's extremely telling that even in the depths of Zavvi's closing down sale, the store had few bargains on offer which weren't already cheaper online.
Moreover, with those profit margins so tightly reined in, bricks and mortar enterprises find themselves more vulnerable than ever to the kind of bumps in the road I mentioned a moment ago. They become heavily reliant on day to day cashflow, which can be seriously impacted by supply problems. In order to paper over those cracks, they need a healthy credit relationship with the banks - and right now, one doesn't utter the phrase "healthy credit relationship" within a mile of the City of London without eliciting bitter laughter and angry stares.
It's also extremely telling that nobody actually wanted to step in and buy Zavvi, let alone Woolworths. HMV has picked up a handful of stores in order to extend its network around the UK, but even at that, some of Zavvi's choicest retail locations - such as its enormous London store on Oxford Street and the hugely prestigious Piccadilly Circus store, formerly occupied by Tower Records - look set to leave the media retail sector entirely. They're most likely to end up selling budget clothing for the next few years.
If Zavvi's sales were growing and the company had a good plan going forward, why didn't anyone buy them? In part, of course, it's down to the fact that with the banks sitting in the corner sulking and refusing to play, it's rather hard for the mergers and acquisitions game to continue.
It doesn't help, however, that sentiment about the future of Zavvi's entire market sector is almost entirely negative. It's not just that you can buy CDs, DVDs and games more cheaply online - many in the industry are still reeling from just how quickly digital distribution is replacing CDs. Five years ago it was expected to take decades to move consumers away from physical products; today, we're already past the tipping point in some markets. Who can blame the business world for looking nervously at the boxed movie and videogame markets and wondering how long they'll be around for?
All of which, of course, causes us to cast a questioning eye in the direction of the remaining retail giants of this sector - which in the UK means Game and HMV. They're likely to enjoy something of an upwards push from the demise of Woolworths and Zavvi, since there'll be less high street competition - and it helps that their sector, the relatively low-cost home entertainment market, is also likely to thrive in an economic depression.
In the medium term, however, what future is there for these businesses? If consumers increasingly go online - either for mail order or digitally distributed product - what justification can there be for the massive overheads involved in maintaining their enormous store networks? Perhaps its telling that both firms are committing themselves to second hand sales, much to the annoyance of the game publishing industry - this, after all, is a USP which online simply can't replicate.
In itself, that's a sobering vision of the future for the high street - media stores simply filled with second hand product that was originally bought online. Yet the bleak choices facing high street media retailers in the next five years may be to resign themselves to being second hand thrift stores, or to go the way of Zavvi. This recession won't kill them - but the march of consumer buying habits and preferences will leave them behind.
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In a little more than two months Missouri voters will head to the ballot box to cast votes on numerous offices and topics. Among the seats up for grabs is the state's chief executive – the governor.
As the Nov. 6 election approaches, it is a good idea to revisit some noteworthy actions taken by Gov. Jay Nixon, who is vying for re-election against Republican businessman Dave Spence.During Nixon's four years in office he has signed into law various rules of significance to the trucking industry.In 2009, he signed off on the year's major transportation bill that included more than four dozen provisions. Among the issues covered was a provision intended to curtail those communities in the state that pad their budgets with speed trap revenue.The rule change increased the amount of total annual revenue from fines for traffic violations that cities or towns must turn over to the state.Among the other trucking provisions in the bill were rules on violating out-of-service orders and prohibiting the issuance of commercial driver's licenses to haul hazmat to people who fail to pass background checks.Earlier this year Nixon put his signature on multiple bills that cover truck issues.One new law includes provisions to:
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Zachary Cole Smith of DIIV x Saint Laurent Paris
So, we kind of have a thing for skinny musicians that look like they are on drugs or live of rum & coke only, which is also why we have a thing for Hedi Slimane. He's the master in connecting those skinny musicians with the fashion world. He rounded up singers to model for the recently launched and renamed Saint Laurent Paris, such as absolute babe Christopher Owens, Sky Ferreira, Marilyn Manson, Courtney Love and Daft Punk; and now Zachary Cole Smith of DIIV is the latest to lend his pretty face to the brand. Slimane's autumn collection for the label formerly called Yves Saint Laurent pulled heavily from grunge and the early '90s with its baby doll dresses and oversized cardigans, so Cole Smith's Cobain-y bob and painted nails fits in perfectly.
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schneider declined to comment and Kessler could not be reached for comment at her office.
schneider, an engineer and insurance agent, has the support of U.S. House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer.
Both Brando and Bertolucci were nominated for Oscars, while schneider was snubbed.
schneider and many of his fellow evangelical scholars are convinced that Christianity can survive the loss of Adam and Eve.
"The administration has caused a disruption," schneider said.
"The girl amazes me," said schneider, with a look of astonishment.
I will not speak of my voyage in order to relate to you schneider's.
We were given a breakfast at the schneider club house and then visited the plant.
"I did not expect this," said he to his adjutant schneider when the latter came in late that night.
schneider brought the order to report forthwith at the arodrome.
: The Yanks took four straight, a schneider/ The AFC might have teams capable of breaking the Super Bowl schneid
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That is proving a negative, the graph shows that it was in the decline before the vaccines were introduced.<quoted text>
The issue here is NOT what the baseline decline rate was. The issue is whether vaccines cause a decrease or not.
All that stat does is highlight the control part of a study. Show me the research that says treatment does not result in a decline. Then I will be impressed.
And book summaries are not proper sources of data. Actual research is.
You will have to show proof that the vaccines worked.
Saying that polio was eradicated doesn't prove that vaccines work.
Then you have the stunning admission that aids was brought over from infected monkeys.


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Posts tagged 'village market'
Art Exhibition: Wild and Colourful by Adrian Nduma, Oct. 16-24 2014 @ Village Market
Contemporary Dance Performance: by Dalmas Otieno, Sept. 26 2014 @ Village Market
Date: September 26, 2014
Venue: the Village Market
Time: 7-9 pm
Tickets: KES 1000
Art Exhibition: Original Painting & Sculpture By John Ndungu & Peter Kanyanyi, Until Sept. 14 2014 @ Village Market
Dates: until Sept. 14 2014
Venue: Village Market
The profits from this Art Exhibition will go to a fundraiser to build a Rehabilitation Centre for Street Girls in Kajiado County
Night Out! Latin Nite with DANGER & Friends feat. Victor Muli, Aug. 2 2014 @ Tamambo Village Market
Date: Saturday 2nd August 2014
Venue: Tamambo Village Market
Time: from 8.30pm
Free entry
Exhibition: Collabo Pap! Feat. Five Drops of Nairobi's Finest Cream, Jul. 23-30 2014 @ Village Market
Dates: July 23rd – July 30th 2014
Venue: At the Village Market
Exhibiting artists: Patrick Kinuthia, Yassir Ali, Sam Njuguna, Omosh Kindeh and Adrian Nduma
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Performance + Screening of World Cup Finals with Just a Band Playing before Kick Off, Jul. 13 2014 @ Village Market
Date: July 13, 2014
Venue: Village Market
Time: from 8 pm
Entry: free
Photographic Exhibition: Brazilian Life, Until Aug. 1 2014 @ Village Market
Experience Brazil through the lenses of celebrated Brazilian photographers during The Brazilian Life exposition at the Village Market complex
Dates: June 10 to August 1, 2014
Venue: Village Market
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Despicable MeDirector: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Cast: Steve Carell, Jason Segel
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- Editorial Reviews
- Product Details
- Special Features
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- Scene Index
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A mysterious criminal mastermind has stolen one of the pyramids in Egypt, sparking a fit of jealous envy in evil genius Gru (Steve Carell), who hasn't managed to make headlines since he and his minions swiped the Times Square JumboTron years back. Ever since Gru was a little boy, he dreamed of going to the moon. Now, if Gru can just build a rocket and get his hands on a powerful shrink-ray, he can cement his reputation as the greatest thief who ever lived by stealing the Earth's satellite right out of the sky. But immediately after Gru heists the shrink-ray, the cunning super-nerd Vector (Jason Segel) swoops in and snatches it right out of his hands. Now, in order to claim the moon, Gru must first reacquire the weapon from Vector. Armed with the knowledge that his nemesis has a mean sweet tooth, Gru adopts cookie-selling orphans Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Agnes (Elsie Fisher), and Edith (Dana Gaier) and commissions a new line of cookie robots from the evil Dr. Nefario (Russell Brand), his personal weapons specialist. But as Gru and his diminutive yellow minions prepare to carry out the biggest heist in history, something strange happens. Gru discovers that the three little girls who have come into his life are much more than simple pawns. They actually seem to care about Gru, and it turns out the scheming evildoer makes a pretty good father. When Gru realizes that his upcoming moon mission clashes with a ballet performance by the girls, he must decide what's more important -- being a present parent or cementing his nefarious reputation once and for all.
Editorial Reviews
Product Details
- Release Date:
- 12/14/2010
- 0025192091094
- Original Release:
- 2010
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- Source:
- Universal Studios
- Region Code:
- 1
- Presentation:
- [Wide Screen]
- Sound:
- [Dolby AC-3 Surround Sound]
- Time:
- 1:35:00
Special Features
Cast & Crew
|Steve Carell
|Jason Segel
|Russell Brand
|Dr. Nefario
|Julie Andrews
|Gru's Mom
|Will Arnett
|Mr. Perkins
|Kristen Wiig
|Miss Hattie
|Miranda Cosgrove
|Dana Gaier
|Elsie Fisher
|Pierre Coffin
|Tim/Bob/Mark/Phil/Stuart the Minions
|Chris Renaud
|Dave the Minion
|Jemaine Clement
|Jerry the Minion
|Jack McBrayer
|Carnival Barker/Tourist Dad
|Danny McBride
|Fred McDade
|Mindy Kaling
|Tourist Mom
|Rob Huebel
|Ken Daurio
|Egyptian Guard
|Ken Jeong
|Talk Show Host
Technical Credits
|Pierre Coffin
|Chris Renaud
|Yarrow Cheney
|Production Designer
|John Cohen
|Ken Daurio
|Eric Guillon
|Art Director
|Janet Healy
|Christopher Meledandri
|Executive Producer
|Kathy Nelson
|Musical Direction/Supervision
|Sergio Pablos
|Executive Producer,Original Story
|Cinco Paul
|Heitor Pereira
|Score Composer
|Gregory Perler
|Nina Rowan
|Executive Producer
|Christopher Scarabosio
|Sound/Sound Designer
|Skywalker Sound
|Sound/Sound Designer
|Robert Taylor
|Associate Producer
|Pharrell Williams
|Score Composer,Songwriter
|Pamela Ziegenhagen-Shefland
Scene Index
1. Global Panic [3:23]
2. Meet Gru [3:09]
3. Crime of the Century [5:32]
4. Home for Girls [1:45]
5. Bank of Evil [4:48]
6. Shrink Ray Theft [4:27]
7. Vector's Fortress [2:49]
8. Adoption [4:44]
9. Setting Some Rules [4:07]
10. Top Secret [4:54]
11. Pinky Promise [3:55]
12. Cookiebots [4:40]
13. Fun Land [4:32]
14. Cotton Candy? [:14]
15. New Funding [3:38]
16. Sleepy Kittens [5:21]
17. To the Moon [7:15]
18. Rescue [7:01]
19. One Big Unicorn [6:16]
20. End Titles [4:53]
Disc #2 -- Despicable Me Presents Minion Madness
1. Play All [4:23]
2. Home Makeover [4:01]
3. Orientation Day [3:46]
4. Banana [:00]
The World Of Descipable Me
Despicable Beats
Gru's Rocket Builder
A Global Effort
Despicable Me Game Previews
Despicable Me: The Game Trailer
Despicable Me: Minion Mania App Trailer
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Español 5.1
Français 5.1
DVS (Descriptive Video Service)
Commentary with Directors Chris Renaud & Pierre Coffin Featuring the Minions
English SDH
Subtitles: Off
Disc #2 -- Despicable Me Presents Minion Madness
Despicable Me Mini-Movies
The Voices Of Despicable Me
Super Silly Fun Land
Feed The Creatures!
Tin Can Alley!
English SDH*
Subtitles: Off
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Despicable me is a great movie. It is truly a movie that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. The story is about an evil villain named Gru. Although seemingly like the average villain, Gru is nowhere near ordinary. He has adorable minions that look like yellow peanuts wearing glasses and speaking in their own language. The movie has a funny take on the world of evil villains. The villains compete against each other and go to a special secret bank to get loans for their evil projects. Gru is determined to beat out his enemy, Vector. In order to achieve his grand project, steal the moon, he has to go to all sorts of lengths. He even ends up adopting three girls he met when they were selling girl-scout cookies. This movie will make you laugh, cry, and laugh again. It is great for watching with your friends and family or just by yourself and it will leave you wanting to see it again.
Its an enjoyable movie that's entertaining for both adults and children.
Nice storyline and will have you laughing-out-loud at times. Even though the plot of the storyline is not an original one the voice talents of the "cast of characters" and especially the antics of the minions will make this a real treat and worth watching. Select this DVD if you would like a nice escape from your reality and want to laugh and release some stress. *Good entertainment.
I had decided early on that I didn't plan on watching this movie. The commercials for the movie looked silly to me, and so I immediately decided not to waste my time on it. It was no waste of time! What a great movie for kids! I thought it was going to be another silly little movie without any lessons to be learned from it,full of potty humor, and the not-so-family-friendly style that all of the new tv shows for kids are broadcasting now. This movie did have lessons for the kids in the audience, very little potty humor, and was so family friendly! With the cute story line that starts with Gru, the main character, as a not-so-evil villian being beaten out by a younger super villian...it continues from there with lots of laughs and lots of cute little yellow henchmen. This movie is a great FAMILY movie (the kind Hollywood doesn't make anymore).
I totally recommend this movie for all ages! It doesn't matter how old you are, but you will love it. Vector steals the pyramid of Egypt. Gru doesn't like that, because he wants to be the biggest and ONLY thief in the world. Gru tries to still the moon, so he can still be the biggest thief in the world. He adopts three orphans, Margo, Edith, and Agnes. But he uses them to get in Vectors house to sell "cookies". The cookies are really spying little robots. Then something weird happens, Gru finds himself profoundly changed by the growing love between him and the three orphans. Will he change his mind from stealing the moon?
I avoid kids movie whenever possible, especially animated films, but I ended up going to see this, in 3-D, with my two little boys last summer when my husband was out of town. I laughed so hard that my face hurt! I insisted that my husband take the boys as soon as he got back. The writing for this film was amazing! Genious! Truly a film for families that everyone can enjoy! A must see, and a must own! LOVE IT!
It is cute, it is funny, it is a safe movie for even the very young kids. My 5years old son couldn't stop laughing through out the movie. A must to watch for kids and adults who love to laugh.


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The company, owning the master UK franchise agreement provided by the US firm Domino's Pizza Inc., oversees a large sub-franchised estate of stores. System sales are the total sales made throughout this estate, while group sales represents Domino's cut of the franchised takings.
But there is a third player taking a slice of the action in the pizza sector -- Domino's Pizza UK & IRL (LSE: DOM). This small AIM-listed company caught my eye after I reported its seemingly impressive results in the Foolish Market News back in February.
Domino's differs to the other two high-profile outfits in that it solely offers and delivers takeaway pizzas from its rapidly expanding chain of stores, rather than operating traditional sit-down restaurants.
The financial history
Capitalising on the growing trend towards delivered fast food, the financial record of Domino's is reasonably good, but not overly spectacular.
1999 1998 1997 1996
System Sales (Łm) 63.5 54.9 44.1 34.5
Group Sales (Łm) 25.6 20.7 17.2 14.0
profit (Łm) 2.1 1.6 1.1 0.6
Earnings per
share (p) 3.1 2.7 1.9 1.4
Stores at
year end 201 175 153 125
Like-for-like store
sales growth (%) 5.6 6.3 11.1 14.7
When it comes to the all-important growing "acceptance" of the Domino's service, measured by like-for-like sales growth figures, then Domino's hasn't really inspired in the last year or so. Having said that, sector doyen PizzaExpress is currently experiencing just 5% like-for-like growth from a similar number of outlets to Domino's.
Store potential
But where PizzaExpress have stated they can only realistically double their number of UK restaurants to around 400, the potential for Domino's is far greater. At the latest set of final results, Domino's Chairman Colin Halpern commented that the country could support 900 or 1000 stores, a possible five-fold increase on Domino's size today. The group also expects to raise its market share of the pizza delivery market from the 20% seen now to 50% in five years time.
Domino's has two advantages over the other traditional restaurateurs. Firstly, it has no real need for prominent and expensive locations. Whereas PizzaExpress and ASK Central vie for sites with a high "footfall", Domino's can look for cheaper premises albeit in the same populous areas. When you're having a pizza brought to your door, you don't care where it's actually made, just as long as it's suitably near for a prompt delivery.
But the main advantage Domino's has over its sector rivals is that upcoming technological changes could see drastic sales improvements.
Interactive couch potatoes
The favorable reception towards interactive television could witness Domino's becoming a major force in the niche pizza delivery market. Last year, Domino's became the first company to launch online and interactive ordering services. According to Domino's, this "first mover" initiative has already "earned the company the reputation as the primary food-delivery brand in the UK both on the Internet and on interactive TV".
Anecdotal evidence from TexasPete and lemkin (although his anchovies were "much too salty") over on the Domino's discussion board suggests that the Domino's online service is not problematic. In fact, an online service without too many problems is unusual in itself.
Could there be any more suitable service for the interactive television couch potato than ordering a pizza? Although many other retailers are moving into the interactive age, most of their services are unproven. Will the efforts of the major supermarkets to encourage home delivery ever become the norm? Or indeed, ever become profitable?
When considering an investment in online retailers, Domino's has more "certainty" than most. The demand for its home delivery pizza has already been proven. The infrastructure, albeit involving a bunch of kamikaze moped riders, is already in place. And most importantly of all, Domino's has proved it can generate a profit out of its existing service.
In summary
The really exciting part about Domino's potential is that the company is the only national operator of its kind. There are scores of "one man band" pizza delivery businesses around, but no other really big player (with the exception of Pizza Hut, which is mainly a restaurant operator with some delivery outlets). Domino's, quickly establishing itself in new electronic media, has the true potential to become the de facto interactive pizza delivery service.
I have a feeling that a business "moat" can be created through the unique national position and digital initiatives of Domino's. Although its early days, my investment nose is beginning to smell the makings of an "interactive television consumer franchise".
Related Links
Domino's discussion board
Domino's website
The company, owning the master UK franchise agreement provided by the US firm Domino's Pizza Inc., oversees a large sub-franchised estate of stores. System sales are the total sales made throughout this estate, while group sales represents Domino's cut of the franchised takings.
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Take It or Leaf It is a simple layering piece that can be thrown over the shoulders for a crisp evening or scrunched up around the neck for a touch of color close to the face. It features a more than half circle shape with an open mesh body and an interesting leafy border. The shawl can be made with a touch of picots for a more feminine flair, or the picots can be left off for a flatter edging.


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Insurgents driven out of Somali port
Updated 11:22 pm, Friday, September 28, 2012
Mogadishu, Somalia --
Kenyan troops invaded al-Shabab's last stronghold in Somalia on Friday, coming ashore in a predawn beach landing at Kismayo that appeared likely to deprive the Islamist insurgents of their last big moneymaking enterprise.
African Union troops from Kenya, Uganda and Burundi have combined over the last 18 months to kick al-Shabab out of the capital, Mogadishu, and take a series of smaller towns that the insurgents fled to. By Friday afternoon, Kenyan Defense Forces said that its ground troops were also steadily approaching Kismayo from the west. Al-Shabab, which is allied with al Qaeda, had earned money by collecting taxes on goods arriving at the Indian Ocean port, so the loss of the stronghold would be a double blow to the armed fundamentalist group, which began attacks in 2007 and ultimately controlled all but a few blocks of the capital.
The assault is likely to send al-Shabab fighters underground. Hard-core fighters may unleash suicide bombs and ambushes, but less dedicated fighters could melt back into their communities, further reducing al-Shabab's strength. The African Union force said that some al-Shabab fighters have already contacted military officials in recent days, saying they wanted to defect.
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The assault rocks al-Shabab onto its heels and comes as the government is finally getting organized, having moved in recent weeks from a U.N.-backed transitional government to one in which parliament, which itself was recently elected by elders, chose a new president. Last month, Somali leaders endorsed a new provisional Constitution that expands rights for Somalis.
Speaking on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Kenya's Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi called the entry of Kenyan forces into the Somali port "a significant victory."
"This is a major blow to them, and we think it's positive for the region and for Somalia," he said.


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Well, I just did the "rm -f *" thing in my db directory
and started the rundig again. Two hours later, it
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I'm glad it worked, but I'd rather not have a two hour
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David Mengel, professor of agronomy at Kansas State University, has been elected president-elect of the American Society of Agronomy.
Mengel's term as president-elect begins Jan. 1, 2013, and he will assume the role of president Jan. 1, 2014.
Mengel said this leadership position is a great honor. His term comes at a special time for the profession of agronomy.
"Agriculture in general, and agronomy in particular, is one of the strongest segments of the economy right now. But along with this comes tremendous pressure to keep advancing and become more efficient in our use of resources," he said. "I'm looking forward to working with others to make our profession even stronger at all levels. Agronomy is the key to food security, environmental protection, and water quality. Its importance to the national economy and health is greater than ever."
The American Society of Agronomy is an international scientific society with more than 8,000 members. It is dedicated to advancing the fields of agronomic production, environmental quality, land management and conservation, and climatology and modeling.
Mengel came to Kansas State in 1998 as Head of Agronomy, and served in that position through 2005, when he transitioned back into a faculty position with research, teaching, and extension responsibilities. He also supervises the Soil Testing Laboratory at Kansas State.
Mengel's accomplishments have included contributions to the revised phosphorus and potassium fertilizer recommendations; developing fertilizer recommendations for new crops such as cotton, canola, and sesame; developing sensor-based, in-season nitrogen recommendations for wheat and sorghum; and the training of many graduate students.