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This is the 20th-anniversary edition of Robert Harris's ingenious alternative history, set in 1964, 20 years after Nazi Germany won the war in Europe. Hitler is about to celebrate his 75th birthday. Berlin police detective Xavier March investigates the apparent suicide of a former government official, and when the Gestapo takes over, March should leave it alone. But with the help of an intrepid (and beautiful) American reporter, he uncovers a monstrous state secret.
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The God-fearing people of Gideon shun the Erskine clan, who live on the mountain in poverty and isolation. Albert Erskine dreams of a better life. In town, Ivy Evans is bullied by her classmates. Albert ventures down the mountain and befriends Ivy's teenage brother, Bobby, setting in motion a chain of events that changes everything.
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In her Giller-nominated Better Living, Zsuzsi Gartner's stories reveal slyly humorous writing and a surreal, satirical edge. The stories in the earlier Anxious Girls, focusing on many of the same areas, are generally less surreal, but funnier. Both are well worth reading.
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In this sequel to their bestselling Wikinomics, Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams show that due to collaborative innovation typified by wiki-style collectives, we have reached historic turning points in how we live, govern and care for each other.


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Cities are often viewed as the least-healthy environments for humans because they are centers of pollution, overcrowdedness, and waste. But the opposite can be true. A well-planned city can be a model of sustainable living. Good city building counters the sprawl of suburbia with concentrated land use, replaces globalized design with regionally appropriate building types, and allows for livable, desirable neighborhoods. John Lund Kriken and Philip Enquist, both longtime partners in the preeminent and award-winning planning firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill(SOM) have collaborated with writer Richard Rapaport to create City Building.
This proactive, green-focused, user-friendly guide to city building is organized into three parts: Part one examines the past and defines the current practice of city building, addressing its shortcomings and proposing a comprehensive framework for rethinking the approach to cities in the future. Part two translates this framework into nine best-practice principles that are common to successful, livable, urban environments: sustainability, accessibility, diversity, open space, compatibility, incentives, adaptability, density, and identity. These principles are illustrated in a global portfolio of city building projects, designed by SOM, that show how best practices have been applied successfully. Part three makes the case that, far from being the problem, cities, properly organized, can be a mechanism for sensible, sustainable uses of increasingly scarce resources. The book concludes with a call for a national planning process and a comprehensive framework for settlement.

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Approximately 50 percent of calls into poison centers involve children under the age of six. The following is a list of things that make this age group so vulnerable:
- Natural Curiosity: Young children are naturally curious and typically "learn by trying." If they come upon something that is new, they are naturally inclined to not only want to look, but to touch, smell and/or taste. It is the adult's responsibility to make sure that items within their reach will not harm them.
- Imitation: Young children try their hardest to imitate the adults in their lives, but they are not always successful. Sometimes they will attempt to take medication on their own or mistake a household cleaner or alcoholic drink for soda or juice.
- Improper Storage: Leaving products on the counter or table between uses will increase the likelihood that a child will get into it.
- Lack of Supervision: Children will get into things they shouldn't when an adult is not paying attention. This includes when adults are cooking, answering the door or phone, taking a shower or visiting with friends.
- Look-Alikes: Medicines can look like candy to young children. Liquid cleaners can look like drinks.
Most poisonings are unintentional and preventable. Here are simple steps to protect young children:
Have an age appropriate conversation with young children:
- "Always ask (an adult) before touching, tasting or smelling anything."
- "Only take medicine from safe adults."
Lock medicines and household products in a safe place away from children. Placing items on high shelves in not sufficient. Children climb!
Take medicines when/where children are not watching. Children learn by imitating.
Put the number for the Indiana Poison Center (IPC) on or near every telephone in the house: 1.800.222.1222. It is also a good idea to program it into every working cell phone.
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The iON The Game wireless HD sports video camera touts a 2.4-inch LCD color screen, making it easy to shoot footage of golf putts or tennis swings, and then play back the video instantly for analysis. The camera captures video at 1080p with playback possible at 60, as well as 30, frames per second, allowing for more detailed, slow-motion analysis. The camera also takes still photos and time-lapse sequences, and its built-in Wi-Fi communicates with iON's iOS and Android apps to allow users to stream video, change settings and upload their best game footage to Facebook and YouTube via their smartphones.
The unique, angled mount-stand enables the iON The Game camera to be easily clamped onto nets, goal posts and fences or even perched on football field uprights. The optionally available Helmet & Bike Kit and Board Kit provide even more mounting options. The camera is waterproof at depths to 10 feet without any additional casing, making it useable to analyze swim strokes, as well as for capturing sports in virtually any weather conditions.
The iON The Game has the following specifications:
- Lens Type: Fixed Focus (0.5m), glass
- Aperture: f/2.8 (high performance in low-light situations)
- Field of View: (Degree of Angle) 1080p/30fps = 127 degree, 960p/30fps = 170 degree, 720p/30,60fps = 150 degree, WVGA 30fps = 150 degree
- Video HD Resolutions: 1080p: 1920x1080 (16:9), 30 FPS. 720p: 1280x720 (16:9), 30 FPS/60 FPS (Slow Motion). 960p: 1280x960 (4:3), 30 FPS
- Default Switch Settings: Full HD-1080p/30 FPS/127 FoV OR HD-720p/60 FPS/170 FoV
- Sensor Type: 1/2.5" HD CMOS, 2.2ìm pixels
- Light Sensitivity: Super low-light sensitivity (>1.4 V/lux-sec)
- Video Format: H.264 compression, saved as MPEG4 (.mp4) file
- Exposure Control: Auto
- White Balance: Auto
- Microphone: Built-in, mono with AGC (automatic gain control)
- Audio Format: AAC
- Photo Resolution: 16MP, 5MP, 3MP, VGA
- Capture Modes: Single shot, Burst mode (10 photos), Time Lapse (5/10/30/60s), Self-timer (5/10s).
- Memory: MicroSD card, up to 32GB capacity (Not included)
- Average Recording Times: 1080p/720p: 8min/GB
- PC Connection: USB 2.0 (data connection and battery charging)
- TV out: HDMI + Composite
- WiFI: 802.11 b/g/n
- GPS: No
- Display: 2.0" Colour LCD
- G-sensor (Auto-rotation): Yes
- Vibration sensor (Shaketrigger): No
- Battery Type: Rechargeable 1200 mAh Lithium-Polymer
- Battery Life: Approximately 2.5 hrs (w/o WiFi) or 1.0 hrs (w/ WiFi) with around 15 meter operation distance
- Charging: Via USB to computer or optional power adapter
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- WaterProof: IPX8 (3 meters)
- Construction: Plastic
- PC Compatibility: Windows® Vista and 7; Mac OS® X 10.5 and later
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- Weight: 145 grams
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- App Support: iON
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- Slide to record: No
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A business name plays an important role in the success of a business and should therefore adequately capture the value, exclusivity and expertise provided for by the business. A majority of businesses have unique products or services to offer but if this is not captured in the name to attract customers and make it memorable then they are likely to perform below par. Therefore, it is important to select a name that can be easily backed up by an appropriate strategy in marketing resulting in an increase in sales and visibility.
To find an appropriate business name, it is important to have a number of options to choose from and these can be generated through a business naming service. The naming services have a number of experts who are able to create catchy business name ideas of which a business owner can select the best ones. These companies that offer such services also give their professional advice on the best business names to select for a particular type of business regardless of its size or the services they offer. The suggestions provided are usually thought out and incorporate the various elements of the business so that a customer reading the name knows exactly what to expect when they contact the business.
Choosing a clever business name is a very crucial aspect of setting up a business and so it is important that when making a decision on the best name among the suggestions given, a number of factors are considered.
First, choose a catchy business name that will be appealing to the type of customers that you want to attract. It is common to find business owners selecting a name because they like it, while forgetting about the customers that they need to make purchases of services or products from their business premise. The important thing is to choose a name that balances out your preferences and that of potential customers.
Second, some of the best business names are those that are comforting or bring back pleasant memories for customers as they can relate with them emotionally. Business names that customers can connect with on a level of emotion are the best to select when given a number of suggestions to choose from as they are likely to bring in more customers.
Third, the business name that is selected should be short and precise to make it more memorable and less confusing for customers. It is therefore important to incorporate key elements of the business in a name but in a way that is creative and at the same time still expresses what the business is all about. Focus on the major qualities of the business to ensure that they are brought out clearly in the name that is selected.
A new business name that is easy to remember is likely to be retained in the subconscious of a customer which makes it almost guaranteed that they will come back for the services or to buy products.
Features of the best business names
A good business name is considered to be an asset and should be chosen with a lot of care if it is to contribute to the positive image of the business. It is therefore important to work with professional naming services that have experience on how to create a business name for different types of businesses. The experts are able to come up with the a variety of names that can be used for a business and then advise on the one which is most appropriate. Nevertheless, there are a number of features that are present in the best business names and they include:
First, the name should be descriptive enough to be able to clearly bring out the type of business that you are in and what it offers. The name can either describe the products as well as services that are being offered or a particular aspect of the business that makes its stand out. The essence of a good name is one that a customer does not have to take time to understand.
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OpenSSL is back in the news again, almost a year after it first made a splash with the now infamous Heartbleed bug revelation. This time around, however, it looks like it could be a good thing.
Cryptography Services, a part of the Linux Foundation's Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII), is going to audit OpenSSL security. It's billed as an independent audit, even though the CII has been instrumental over the past year in trying to right the OpenSSL ship by providing some of the money to get the beleaguered open source software full time development help.
Heartbleed was a major shock to the cybersecurity ecosystem for several reasons: Not only is OpenSSL widely used in both public and private organizations' network and system security, the coding mistake that created it apparently went undetected for several years before it could be patched, and no one could say for certain how many systems had been affected or what data might have been compromised.
The crisis created by that bug fed into a concern about open source software overall, with other threats such as the Shellshock vulnerability in the Linux and Unix operating systems and a possible SQL injection attack on the popular Drupal content management system adding to the worries.
It's not as if any of these major open source resources can easily be replaced. OpenSSL is reckoned to be used on up to two-thirds of existing web servers; Linux and Unix also drives many servers, and Drupal has become a reliable and flexible option for website operations, including those at the White House and other government agencies.
Open source software isn't alone in having security holes, of course, as many users of Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, Java and other proprietary software know. But open source security is seen as suffering from the same resource that's considered its strength, namely an army of volunteer developers. On the one hand that leads to innovation and fast turnaround of new features that users of open source crave but also to more opportunities for tampering and coding mistakes.
Admittedly, others think all those volunteer developers can also be a security strength, since it puts that many more eyeballs into reviewing code. However, the events of 2014 threw enough doubt onto the security of open source software that both industry and government have been moved to do something to improve it, from bills aimed at ensuring the software supply chain to proposals for controls on the use of third-party software components.
At first glance, the Cryptography Services audit could be the most comprehensive and important of these efforts. According to the consultants that will be running it, the audit will cover a range of security concerns but will focus primarily on Transport Layer Security stacks and on protocol flow, state transitions and memory management. The audit may be the largest effort to date to review OpenSSL, the group said, and it's "definitely the most public." It will help to spot and fix bugs such as Heartbleed before they become the kind of problem they did last year.
Preliminary results of the audit could be out by the beginning of the summer, Cryptography Services said.
It should be eagerly anticipated, as the revelation of Heartbleed, Shellshock and other bugs hasn't necessarily brought better security. Months after the initial announcement of Heartbleed, around half of the 500,000 servers thought to be vulnerable from the bug had not been fixed. And the vulnerabilities keep on giving, with Cisco just one of the latest to say that its products had been affected.
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The recent revelation that the Equation Group uses disk drive firmware to plant malware in systems points to the kind of sophisticated and hard-to-tackle threat that will increasingly be a part of black hat attacks.
Kaspersky Lab, which came out with the initial report on Equation, said the group attacked the firmware of major drive makers such as Samsung, Seagate, Western Digital, Hitachi and Maxtor. Unlike other attacks, apparently no kind of clean-up efforts can scrub the firmware. That gives a whole new context to the phrase "persistent."
Technically, the attack uses the nls_933w.dll module to both reprogram the disk drive firmware with a custom payload, as well as provide an application programming interface for attackers to access hidden storage sectors on the drive. Kaspersky also published a much more detailed version of its investigation (in which it breathlessly labeled Equation "The Death Star" of the malware galaxy) and listed organizations it believed the group had infiltrated, many of them government related.
A number of sources have suggested Equation might be a very limited threat, given the effort needed to master the level of programming required to rewrite the firmware. However, that could be an optimistic assessment given the level of sophistication that other state-sponsored groups and organized crime have shown recently.
Using hard drive firmware as an avenue of attack is also not that new of an idea. Researchers at public universities were detailing five years ago how disk drive firmware could be used to embed malicious software.
Rewriting software that controls hardware is also at the heart of what's been described as one of the hottest hacks of 2014. BadUSB is an attack that reprograms the controller chips on USB peripherals, including thumb drives, to emulate a keyboard and allow an attacker to issue commands to download files or install malware. It can also be used to redirect network traffic or install a virus to infect an operating system before it boots.
As with the disk drive firmware attack, it's apparently hard to clean up a BadUSB infection. Reinstalling an operating system won't necessarily work since the drive used for that may itself be compromised, and a BadUSB device may already have replaced a system's BIOS.
Researchers have been busy detailing how BadUSB attacks could be used against organizations, some of which get to be downright scary. Michael Toecker of Context Industrial Security recently described how USB-to-serial converters that are being used to connect critical legacy hardware at industrial control plants can have their firmware reprogrammed. He tested his theory on 20 different converters, and 15 of the chips could not be reprogrammed, so it would probably be a tough nut to crack. But that still left five that could be manipulated.
The Kaspersky revelations are not the first time firmware reprogramming has been mentioned in relation to the NSA. In December 2013, German magazine Der Spiegel published a lengthy investigative piece on the activities of the NSA, which had several months earlier been shown to have intercepted the mobile phone conversations of a number of state leaders, including that of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
As a part of that investigation, the magazine detailed the contents of what it called the NSA's Spy Catalog, a years-in-the-making collection of NSA-developed malware and surveillance hardware. That included, according to documents the magazine obtained, "spyware capable of embedding itself unnoticed into hard drives manufactured by Western Digital, Seagate and Samsung."
It's tempting to believe that if this catalog exists (there were no official confirmations),it's a rare resource only available to those with the money and technical sophistication of the NSA. Given the industrialization of malware over the past few years, however, that's a big leap.
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The need for timely sharing of information about both potential and actual attacks has been considered a prime focus for government and industry cybersecurity for at least the past decade. The 9/11 Commission report first brought to light the lack of intell sharing among agencies, for example, and that lack was seen extending into the cybersecurity realm.
The language used in the report, though aimed at terrorism, speaks as much to the problems surrounding cybersecurity today. The events of 9/11 showed "an enemy who is sophisticated, patient, disciplined, and lethal," and also the "fault lines within our government (and the) pervasive problems of managing and sharing information across a large and unwieldy government."
The Obama administration's most recent push to improve U.S. cybersecurity tries to ratchet up efforts to improve information sharing both within government and with the private sector. Shortly after, the administration announced the formation of a new Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center that's intended to be the government's focus for rapid collection and dissemination of information on cyberthreats.
How far this will go is an open question. While some have welcomed the new proposals, others wonder if the new center will just add to the organizational confusion. The National Security Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the military already have responsibility for collecting this kind of information and, after years of acrimony and pushback, they've managed to develop cohesion about sharing it.
Technically, the tools for sharing have also progressed, leading to a number of acronymic specs such as TAXII (the Trusted Automated eXchange of Indicator Information), STIX (the Structured Threat Information eXpression) and the Cyber Observable eXpression (cybOX). Joining them recently is the Data Aggregation Reference Architecture (DARA), a first response to the 2012 National Strategy for Information Sharing and Safeguarding.
These and other tools all perform important roles. DARA, for example, is aimed at providing a model for how various groups can pull data sets together in order to improve security while also protecting individual privacy, which has been one of the big stumbling blocks to sharing of information.
But is all of this enough? If 2014 showed anything, it's that cybersecurity efforts are falling behind the speed and the level of sophistication attackers apply to the way they get threats into the cyber infrastructure. President Obama in fact mentioned the attack on Sony Pictures late last year as just the latest reason behind his new legislative proposals.
Industry looks to the government for a lead on many aspects of cybersecurity, but the fact is that government is not noted for its speed in dealing with cyber threats, or for convincing industry to share information about attacks with it. However, it is trying. The FBI, for example, released an unclassified version of its Binary Analysis Characterization and Storage System (BACSS) as an additional incentive to public/private sharing.
Now industry seems to be expanding its own efforts to improve sharing. Facebook has launched a framework for "importing information about [threats] on the Internet in arbitrary formats, storing it efficiently, and making it accessible for both real-time defensive systems and long-term analysis." Early partners already include Bitly, Dropbox, Pinterest, Tumblr, Twitter and Yahoo.
Microsoft last year also introduced Interflow, its own attempt to collaborate more closely with the cybersecurity community. That adds to a number of other international collection and sharing efforts, as well as the global infrastructures that individual security companies have established to collect information about threats.
There are still major barriers to sharing, particularly privacy and the need for encryption. How government manages to live within, and profit from, this growing sharing ecosystem while improving how fast it reacts to threats is the real question it has to address.
Posted by Brian Robinson on Feb 13, 2015 at 9:41 AM3 comments
It's become an article of faith that you can't accomplish real advances in cybersecurity until you get the executive suite involved, and that applies as much to government as to private industry. Well, you can't get much higher on the ladder than the rarified atmosphere at Davos in Switzerland, where the elite's elite gather yearly to discuss issues affecting the world's economic health.
Cybersecurity was a main topic this year. It's been on the agenda before, or at least has been talked about in the hallways, but after last year's horrendous breaches and Black Hat successes, the consensus was that cyber requires an urgent focus.
Among the most critical topics, security experts at Davos warned about the increasing dangers from The Internet of Things – dubbed the Internet of Threats by Kaspersky Labs' Eugene Kaspersky – and the fact that cybercrime is becoming much more professionalized, with both criminal and terrorist activists now in the game.
As much as technology offers promise for economic growth, they seemed to say, it also dramatically increases the ways attackers can threaten the viability of public and commercial enterprises.
The same message can be taken from a number of wide-ranging studies recently published. Cisco's 2015 Annual Security Report warned that attackers are, indeed, getting better at what they do and that users are becoming unwitting enablers.
For example, said Jason Brvenik, principal engineer with Cisco's Security Business Group, online spam had been decreasing recently but showed a 250 percent increase in 2014 compared to the previous year. Attackers are now also using it for phishing to directly target users.
"With the emphasis by organizations now on protecting data and IT assets, attackers are increasingly challenged in attacking those kinds of targets," he said. "So, they are paying more attention to users who may have the (network) credentials that will let them get inside the enterprise."
Despite the warnings, organizations are still not up to speed with what's needed for this emerging ecosystem of cyber threats. Only 38 percent of those surveyed by Cisco admitted to using patching and system configuration updates to boost their defensive capabilities, which Brvenik said is considered an effective security practice. And more than half of all versions of Open SSL – whose vulnerabilities led to the catastrophic Heartbleed bug – were found to be older than 50 months, and therefore still wide open to attack.
Here's another frightening statistic: As organizations actually start moving their data to the cloud, they may be opening up other avenues for attackers to exploit, according to the Cloud Security Alliance. In its 2014 Cloud Adoption, Practices and Priorities Survey Report (CAPP), it found that three quarters of respondents were aware of the need for security, but nearly as many admitted that they didn't know the number of 'shadow IT' apps within their organization.
Shadow IT is a very modern dilemma. It refers to the users within organizations who tend to use whatever technology they can find to make themselves more productive. So they reach for software that is easily downloadable and configurable – without informing the IT department. What's more, each line of business uses what apps it deems appropriate, without coordinating with other groups in the same organization.
That leads to situations such as one described by Kamal Shah, vice president of CSA member Skyhigh Networks. One of its customers ended up with 27 different file sharing services being used among its 80,000 plus employees, many of which didn't meet the company's security and use policies.
"We're seeing more and more CSOs and CIOs having cloud security discussions (with senior executives) in both the government and private sectors," Shah said. "However, while there's been a lot of talk recently about the increase in sophistication of threats, and cloud security is starting to get to where it needs to be, we're only in the early innings of this."
One of the problems could be that, according to a survey by EMC Corp., data protection still warrants only a standalone focus as a way of making sure data is always available, and not a practice that's seen as a part of overall cybersecurity measures.
"But we definitely think it should be, since we are talking about (overall) protection of data, and cybersecurity is a part of that," said Gregg Mahdessian, EMC's director of federal sales, Data Protection Solutions.
What's the takeaway from all of this? As Davos and the various surveys show, there's now no shortage of awareness of the magnitude of the problem. Executives at the highest level in both public and private organizations know that attackers are getting better at what they do, and therefore security also needs to get better. The disconnect is in understanding how technologies and tools can best be deployed to make that happen.
"The trend in days past was that the more invisible security was, the more effective it was being," said Cisco's Brvenik. "That led, in many cases, to organizations putting security technology in place and then forgetting it was there."
That needs to change, he said. Now, there needs to be a high visibility into what security tools can provide and why, which will lead to a greater understanding from the executive level down to individual users about those tools and the secure processes they embody.
If the user is the new focus for attackers, an informed user will be the best defense.
Editor's note: This blog was changed Feb. 2 to correct the spelling of Gregg Mahdessian's name.
Posted by Brian Robinson on Jan 30, 2015 at 10:54 AM2 comments
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Fleming's Steakhouse - Peoria Ratings and Reviews
Vallet parking was a joke. We were told that the free vallet parking was completely full. When I asked about the empty spot next to us I was told it's reserved for VIP's. At dinner I asked what it takes to be a Flemming's VIP and the attendant said they don't have a VIP program. When pressed she went on to say they are having trouble with the 3rd party vallet service. That was very disappointing.
Had a wonderful Saturday evening out with family. The restaurant was packed but in true Fleming's style they did fabulous. The only issue was that the food took awhile due to several very large parties. The staff however communicated well with us about the potential issue in advanced and covered our deserts for our trouble. Awesome job as always.
We visit this location for special events. This time we ordered the special of Filet and Lobster tail. We have had this before and it was good. This time the meat had the off taste and mushy in the mouth feel of chemically tenderized meat. The lobster was stringy. Their new bread policy of ONE roll per person looked CHEAP, considering the overall cost of their meals. It took 15 minutes for water to arrive and we had to request more bread after the first two rolls; made us feel like Oliver Twist "more please".
This is the third time i have been to your restaurant , I cant say enough great things about the whole dinning experience. Our waiter Steve always goes above and beyond for everyone at the table . I brought our friends from Washington in for their first time and they felt the same way I did about the evening . We will definitely share our feelings about your restaurant with our community " Pebble Creek " .
Thank you again for such a great night
Barb Donahue
Food and service were excellent, but expensive, especially for the portion sizes. Ambiance was fair, but the noise level was very high, to where it was difficult to have a conversation. Low lighting makes it hard to read the menu. If you can't increase the light, then use larger print.
Steaks are excellent, but pricing. Everything is ala carte which adds to the price. Sides can be shared 2-3 people. We ordered a side of aspergus and it was not good. Probably should have complained. The aspergus wasn't tender; it was "woody" and not flavorful. Everything else was good. One in our party had a birthday coming up and several staff came by and wished him a Happy Birthday which was very nice. He got a $25 gift card at the end of the meal and a box of 4 Truffles that were very good. I thought this was a nice touch. I definitely would go back, but only for a special occasion due to the price tag ($225 without tip for 4 people with only 1 glass of wine and 2 people split a steak).
Flemings Steakhouse's specials are a great value. They highly discount popular items from the regular menu. We just had the 6 oz Filet with a 7-8 oz lobster tail, choice of salad and desert for $49. Normally the Filet alone is over $47. Flemings in Peoria has been very good consistently and we dine here alone and with friends.
Not good. Not on par with many other options for the price. Steak was average at best. Bread was horrible, how can you mess up bread? Creamed spinach was inedible. Highlight of the night was the wine, but they even messed that up at the end. Proceeded to dump the sediment from bottom of the bottle into my perfectly full glass. Will never go back.
Welcome/hostess unremarkable. Server was great. Food and drinks were way overpriced ($9 for a Virgin Bloody Mary; $60+ for NY Strip, rub $5 extra). Did we look at the menu online first? Yes. So food pricing was not a total surprise. But, somehow I felt gouged. $350 + tip for 4 dinners, no apps, 2 non drinkers, no dessert..... yep, pricing out of touch.
Tried Flemming's as it was on the Phoenix Restaurant week offering. Had the petit Filet....cooked to perfection...the brussel sprouts were sauteed with bacon(?), and the potatoes au gratin was excellent the cheese on top had been roasted to bring out the flavor and take an old standard to a new height....The service was exceptional, Megan was out server and she and her team made our night that much more enjoyable. Her recommendation for a merlot....Duckhorn complimented the meal perfectly...if you get the idea we will return...you will probably see us there....eating, drinking and best of all smiling ...thanks again Megan
It's unfortunate when a restaurant makes a mistake. It's almost unheard-of for a restaurant to do such a great job with "service recovery" in correcting that mistake. Such was my experience at Flemings in Peoria, and it's why I will absolutely return there (and others in the Flemings chain).
We went to Flemings for dinner before a concert. We arrived a little late for our reservation but were seated quickly. Our server was a little slow to our table, but the restaurant clearly was busy, and we had time. Once we ordered, however, it was more than 45 minutes for our food to arrive. I was getting frustrated and thinking that this was the last time I'd darken their doorstep. But believe it or not, here's where things went well.
The manager recognized what was going on and came to our table to apologize personally for the error. Both he and our waiter assured us that the food was coming quickly and they apologized repeatedly for the mistake. Once our food arrived, it was delicious--perfectly done, flavorful steaks with creamy mashed potatoes as a shared side. Both the manager and waiter checked us to make sure everything was OK.
Now, most restaurants in this situation might offer a complimentary dessert, which we didn't want and didn't have time for anyway. This manager comped *the whole meal* (except alcohol, not allowed in Arizona). Appetizer, side dish, two entrees, all comped--$100 worth of food.
The food alone was good enough for a return trip, although Flemings is a little expensive for us to do very often. But that level of service, and acknowledgment of and redress for inadequate service, is what will absolutely get me back in the door at Flemings.
I regret that I didn't get the manager's name, but I am greatly impressed with his sense of customer service and his willingness to admit when things didn't go as well as anyone would like. I can only assume his response to this event is an example of the Flemings culture. Because of that, we'll be back.
Second time in a few weeks we have eaten here and service was adaquate but not great. Ordered the lava cake with our meal so we wouldn't have to wait. Still waited for over 20 minutes when our dinner was cleared. Asked Elana who explained that even though we ordered early they never but it in early. Really?? What's the point then? Our prime rib was ordered medium rare and came out very much medium to medium well. All over not the great experience Flemings used to be.
Flemings Peoria location is now a destination point for dining out. What can you say when first class service starts the moment you set foot at the entrance, two of the Valet's were there to open the door with a smile and a hello. I'm a big believer in paying attention to details and Flemings did not disappoint . The service was impeccable, Charles our waiter was incredible and meticulous with each detail. The manner in which Charles described each course was helpful and the food came out in an orchestrated manner. The icing on the cake was when Randy the Operating Partner checked on our meal and service. Great job Flemings ! All of the staff are on their best game, we are certainly going back again.
We recently returned to the Peoria AZ area following a three year break. We had previously dined at this location since it opened and had always been pleased with both food and service. We were extremely disappointed last week with both our seafood entrées and our server. She lacked personality and was indifferent. My Snapper was so over cooked it was like jerky. It was placed on a bed of risotto that was like pasty mush. One of guests suffered similarly with his order of shrimp and scallops. The other two entrées were both steaks that were properly prepared. I was loath to make an issue of the situation at the time to avoid an uncomfortable experience for our guests. Thank God the Chocolate molten cake measured up to our expectation! I couldn't be more disappointed, and probably won't return.
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A theoretical analysis of steady gravitational convection from a line source of salt in a saturated or in a uniformly partially saturated soil is presented. The flow pattern of the water-solute mixture and the distribution of the salt are shown to depend upon the source strength of the line source, the effective mass diffusion coefficient of the salt in the soil, the hydraulic conductivity of the soil, and a parameter describing the increase in density due to the added solute. Qualitatively, the analysis agrees with experimental observations. Theory and experiment both indicate that gravitational convection can be significant only if the hydraulic conductivity is large, which may be the case if the soil is coarse textured and the water content is not too small.
The mixing that occurs as one gas displaces another within columns of soil or glass beads was examined by using O2, He, and air for selected combinations of gaseous flow rates and column lengths. After columns were initially flushed with air or He, a second gas pumped at a constant flow rate was introduced at one end of the column. The concentration of the second gas in the gaseous effluent at the opposite end of the column was monitored during the displacement process. Elution curves (concentration of second gas versus volume of effluent) were analyzed by using a mathematical model that includes mixing by molecular diffusion, mass transport at a constant velocity, and sorption (interaction of gas with soil particle surfaces and solution of gas in water present in air-dry soil) by a linear sorption isotherm. Although apparent diffusion coefficient values were not constant with flow velocity, the general behavior of the mixing process was adequately described by the model. Difficulties stemming from the varying gas velocity from point to point within the porous media are discussed in light of previous miscible displacement studies with liquids.
Redistribution of soil water within insulated, uniformly packed, horizontal samples of unsaturated Columbia fine sandy loam at several soil-water contents was studied in response to imposed temperature gradients ranging from 0.5 to 1.0C/cm. Soil bulk density and initial, transient, and final soil-water-content distributions were determined each 0.5-cm along the column by gamma-radiation attenuation. Initial, transient, and final soil temperature distributions were monitored by glass-encased thermistors at 2-cm intervals—both at the center and 0.3 cm from the column wall. Apparent thermal and isothermal soil-water diffusivity values were calculated using transient water content data. The observed net water flux was found to increase with decreasing water content throughout the 0.077–0.274 cm3/cm3 range. For Columbia soil at 0.077 cm3/cm3 the observed mean net water flux across 1-cm sections of the soil showed acceptable agreement with that predicted by the theory of Philip and deVries; Fick's law and the modified Taylor-Cary irreversible thermodynamic equation both underpredicted the observed fluxes.
Equations are developed to describe the combined vapor and "nonvapor" phase diffusion of a volatile insecticide in soils and compared with the diffusion of lindane in a Gila silt loam in a transient state system. The quantity of diffused lindane appears to increase linearly with increased lindane concentration in the treated soil up to about 20 ppm but deviates from linearity at higher concentrations. The diffusion coefficient of lindane is independent of time until 22 ppm of the initial 80 ppm lindane concentration in the treated soil have diffused into the formerly untreated soil. The diffusion rate then decreases rapidly. The dependency of the diffusion coefficient on concentration and time may be explained by the fact that lindane will reach maximal vapor density in the range of 20 to 30 ppm. After these concentrations are built up in the initially untreated half-cells by diffusion, vapor diffusion approaches zero and all the diffusion is in the "nonvapor" phase. At a 10% soil water content, 50% of the lindane diffuses in the vapor phase and 50% in the "nonvapor" phase. At near saturation, total diffusion is in the "nonvapor" phase. Lindane diffusion in soils can easily change from "nonvapor" to vapor phase and back to "nonvapor" phase.
The diffusion of lindane in Gila silt loam is strongly influenced by soil water content, bulk density, and temperature. The diffusion coefficient is nearly zero in soil of 1% water content. With an increase to 3% water content, which is equivalent to two layers of water between the montmorillonite clay plates, water is able to displace the lindane from the adsorbing surface so that the diffusion coefficient becomes maximal. A small additional increase in water content reduces the diffusion coefficient to about one-half of the maximal value. This value then remains constant with increasing water content up to saturation. Decreasing bulk density or increasing temperature raises the diffusion coefficient. The influence of bulk density and temperature on diffusion is in good agreement with theoretical calculations.
Vapor densities of dieldrin (principal constituent HEOD-hexachloro-epoxyoctahydro-endo, exo-dimethanonaphthalene) in dieldrin-soil mixtures increased with temperature and dieldrin concentration but were not affected by soil-water content until the water content decreased below that equivalent of one molecular layer of water. Vapor densities dropped to very low values when the water content fell below this level, but increased again as water was added to the dry soil, indicating that the drying effect is reversible. When more than a monomolecular layer of water was present in the soil, vapor density increased with increasing soil dieldrin (HEOD) concentration until a saturation vapor density equal to that of HEOD without soil [54, 202, and 676 ng HEOD/liter at 20, 30, and 40C, respectively (9)] was reached at approximately 25 ppm HEOD. This implies that surface applications of dieldrin and probably other similar chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides will volatilize as rapidly from mineral soils as from the pure materials until the concentration at the surface falls to relatively low levels.
The data indicate that loss of water, per se, is not required for significant rates of volatilization to occur from soils or other surfaces on which water can successfully compete for adsorption sites.
Pressures develop when cylindrical columns of saturated soils are frozen unidirectionally under conditions of constant volume with an open water supply at the warm side. The value and behavior of these pressures depend on soil type.
If water migration can take place in the frozen soil and ice lenses grow behind the freezing front the value of the pressure depends on the temperature at the ice lens. This process occurs in clayey soils, and the pressure is theoretically limited by the phase transition ice 1 — water. Values of 100 atm have been measured experimentally.
In soils where water migration in the frozen soil does not occur and ice lenses form at the freezing front, the pressure reaches a constant value, which may vary between 0.2 atm for a sand soil and 3 atm for a silt soil.
Thermodynamic models proposed to explain these phenomena are discussed.
Illite, vermiculite, montmorillonite, kaolinite, and a Brookston soil clay were weathered by H-, HO-, and H-resin; sodium tetraphenyl-boron + resin; and boiling 1N nitric acid + resin treatments. X-ray diffractograms of the treated clays suggest the following effects on the mineral structures. Resin caused relatively minor changes compared to unweathered specimens. NaBPh4 removed interlayer K from 10A and 10–14A interstratified components of illite, vermiculite, and Brookston soil clay resulting in partial expansion of 10–14A components as evidenced by diffractograms of glycolated samples. HNO3 dissolved less stable components of the illite specimen and/or favored preferred orientation of aggregates as indicated by marked increases in the intensity of mica basal reflections. Estimations of K content of mica from 10:5A peak-intensity and area ratios indicated that mica remnants in acid-treated illite were lower in K than those in unweathered or NaBPh4-treated illite. Treatment with HNO3 severely altered the expansibility of vermiculite, transforming a part of the specimen into an expanding lattice structure and dissolving much of the remainder. The 10A and 14A components of Brookston soil clay were less altered by HNO3 treatment; however, the 17–18A peak in the glycolated sample was sharper, and thermally stable interlayer components were less evident after acid treatment. HNO3- and NaBPh4-treated kaolinite and montmorillonite basal spacings remained essentially the same as untreated samples. These data are evaluated in terms of mechanisms of K-release from the weathered clays and subsequent K-content found in soybean plants (Glycine max L.) grown in the clay residues.
Adsorption of 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole by soil organic matter is greatly reduced by increasing pH. The main adsorped species is the aminotriazolium cation formed by protonation of the adsorbed molecule, but some direct physical adsorption of the latter also occurs. The aminotriazolium cations are adsorbed more strongly than sodium ions, and can be fully displaced by exchange with calcium ions.
Volcanic ash, emitted by Irazú volcano in Costa Rica during 1963 and 1964, was evaluated for its agricultural value. The evaluation included leaching loss studies in lysimeters and measurements of nutrients extracted with various solutions. The CEC of the ash is about 1.85 meq/100 g, and its pH in water is 5.1; it contains little soluble or exchangeable Mn. Lysimeter experiments showed that Irazú ash does not fix phosphorus or retain cations added as fertilizers. The ash is wettable and forms, when wetted, a thin, hard, cemented surface crust.
To observe the loci of cation exchange in natural soils, (16 cm3) cubes of soil with such micromorphological features as silt and clay varves, isolated clay bodies in a silty matrix, and clay and silt skins on ped surfaces, were leached repeatedly with CsCl. After the soil cubes were saturated with Cs, they were dried and impregnated with a polyester resin.
X-ray images and Cs activity measurements, determined on thin sections with the electron microprobe, demonstrated that Cs sorbed by microstructures enriched with clay was nearly twice that of silty matrices. These observations illustrate that the loci of cation exchange are heterogeneously distributed within the undisturbed soil horizon and are influenced by micromorphological features produced by geologic and pedogenic processes.
Cesium sorbed by weathered biotite sand grains was eight times greater than by clay bodies. The greater exchange capacity of the weathered biotite was attributed to the loss of interlayer potassium and conversion to a vermiculite-like mineral. The smaller exchange capacity of the clay was attributed to the presence of illite, chlorite, and kaolinite, of low exchange capacity, to pedogenic weathering and aluminum interlayer formation in vermiculite and to the presence of 40 to 50% pore space. Although weathered biotite sand grains constituted only 1.6% of the whole soil, they contributed about 15% to the total exchange capacity of Charlton soil.
A Spodosol Ap high in extractable Al and pH-dependent CEC was limed to pH 6.3, producing deficiency of K in tomato seedlings. This was evidenced by lowered plant yields and concentrations of K in the tissue, compared with plants grown in acid samples of the soil. Soil chemical studies were undertaken to further examine the magnitude and mechanism of this phenomenon. Treatment of acid soil samples with increasing levels of CaCO3, CaSiO3, CaHPO4, or CaF2 markedly raised CEC along with pH and lowered activity of K and extractable Al.
It was hypothesized that hydroxyl, phosphate, or fluoride ions neutralized positive charges on Al. This freed negatively charged exchange sites, and thereby raised CEC. With increased CEC, the percentage saturation of the exchange complex with K (and, therefore, availability of K) was decreased, compared with the untreated soil.
The adsorption of water was studied on monoionic montmorillonite saturated with Cs, Rb, Li, Na, NH4, and Ca ions. These ions vary in their influence on the structure of water in solution. Thus the effect on the adsorbed water by exchange ions could be compared with the effect of these ions in solution. Heats of wetting of the montmorillonite samples were determined as a function of the equilibrium relative vapor pressure. Entropy values were calculated from the heats of wetting combined with values of the surface potential from adsorption isotherms using the Gibbs surface excess equation. The decrease in heats of wetting with increasing relative vapor pressure was discontinuous near p/po = 0.1. This was interpreted as indicating a change at the surface of the clay mineral probably related with ion hydration effects. Consequently the obtained entropy changes could not be assigned entirely to the adsorbed water molecules. At low relative vapor pressures the entropy values strongly reflected the influence of the exchange ion which was found to be similar to that exerted by these ions in solution. At higher relative vapor pressures the entropy of the system was about 4 e.u. below that of liquid water which was nearly the same as the likely value for the silicate sheet itself obtained in earlier studies.
The Solodic (Paleargid) soil being studied had previously been shown to have clay mineralogy similar to that of associated Chestnut (Argiustol) and Solodized-Solonetz (Natrargid) soils. Mica and montmorillonite were the dominant clay minerals in the calcareous glacial till parent material. Montmorillonite failed to give an X-ray diffraction peak in clays of the surface soil, yet infrared absorption, cation exchange capacity, and surface area were similar to that of the parent material. Clays of the parent material (C horizon) and surface soil (A horizon) were studied to determine mineralogical properties. Dioctahedral and trioctahedral minerals were present in both the A and C horizon with dioctahedral predominating. Quantitative estimates of mineral composition were made on the basis of infrared absorption, total potassium, and cation exchange properties. These showed kaolinite, quartz, chlorite, vermiculite, and allophane to be present in addition to mica and montmorillonite. Differences in clay mineral content from the parent material to the surface soil were minor. It was concluded that the most important effect of soil formation on clay mineralogy was a change from relatively pure mineral crystals to particles with several 2:1 minerals in a highly random arrangement of various degrees of interlayer expansion.
The kinetics of Ca-montmorillonite tactoid formation and breakdown was followed by recording the changes in light transmission as a function of time when Ca-montmorillonite suspensions of 0.05% (w/v) concentration were added to Na-montmorillonite suspensions of the same concentration in a titrating vessel placed in the light path of a spectrophotometer. Tactoid formation was found to be instantaneous whereas the breakdown of Ca tactoids took about 10 min. It was suggested that the initial step upon mixing sodium and calcium montmorillonite was the redistribution of adsorbed ions. For tactoids to break, ions have to interdiffuse into the tactoids. Since the mobility of ions adsorbed on the internal surfaces is low, tactoid breakdown is slow. Ion diffusion on the single platelets of Na clay and the external surfaces of the tactoids is high; thus the formation of tactoids is instantaneous.
Equations are set up for the consecutive reactions NH4+ → NO2- → NO3- in an idealized soil column and solved, for an open system with a constant rate of entry of a solution of ammonium, for concentrations of ions as functions of time of flow and distance within the column. The equations take into account growth of nitrifying organisms but it is assumed that diffusion and ion exchange within the soil and fixation of nutrients by the nitrifiers are of secondary importance.
Akaka silty clay and Wahiawa silty clay were treated with the chloride salts of mono-, di-, and trivalent cations. Carbon dioxide production in salt-treated samples was slightly less than in the control. NH4-N release was a direct function of salt concentration and length of incubation. Once the NH43 ions were formed from soil organic-inorganic complexes, the different cations had a second and larger effect on the exchange reaction which transferred the NH4 ions from surface sites to the soil solution. The equilibrium state of the exchange reaction was largely dependent on the nature and concentration of cations in the soil solution, as well as on the length of incubation.
A consideration of the overall effect of cations on NH4 release in the two soils led to the series, Al > Fe > Ca > Mg > K > Na, in order of decreasing NH4 replacing power. However, the series was applicable only to a concentration of 0.1M. At higher concentrations, Al and Fe ions were believed to be complexed in the soil and were thereby inactivated. The added salts had little or no effect on NO3-N content of the two soils.
The effect of N, P, and K fertilization on the mineral composition of tobacco leaves (Nicotiana tabacum L.) was evaluated under field conditions for three cropping seasons. The amounts of added N, P, and K had a highly significant effect on the leaf concentrations of Ca, Mg, B, Zn, Cu, Mn, and Al and a significant effect on Fe concentration. Correlations between the concentrations of N, P, and K in the leaves and concentrations of the other mineral components of the leaf were similar to those for added N, P, and K.
Nitrogen had a direct effect on Mg and Mn and an inverse effect on B concentrations in the tobacco leaves. Phosphorus had a direct effect on Ca, Mg, and B and an inverse effect on Zn and Cu. Potassium had an inverse effect on Ca, Mg, B, Zn, and Cu. Although not all coefficients were significant, K was inversely correlated to all eight mineral elements.
A BaSO4-BaSeO4 mixture (S:Se = 10) and BaSeO4 alone were applied at 1.60 and 3.20 mg Se per column to two soils and leached with water or gypsum solution. Eight hundred milliliters (10-cm depth) of leaching solution were added to columns containing 2,100 g of Portneuf silt loam and 2,500 g of Gooding loamy sand at 4-week intervals for 20 weeks. More Se was leached by gypsum solution than by water from all columns. Where 1.60 mg Se per column was applied, more Se was leached from Gooding loamy sand than from Portneuf silt loam soil with both water and gypsum solution. Where 3.20 mg Se per column was applied, more Se was leached by water from Gooding than from Portneuf soil, but the reverse was true with gypsum solution. The Se leached from the Portneuf soil treated with the BaSO4-BaSeO4 mixture ranged from 0.34 mg, where 1.60 mg Se per column was applied and soils leached with water, to 2.32 mg, where 3.20 mg Se per column was applied and soils leached with gypsum solution.
Much less Se was leached where only BaSeO4 was applied to Portneuf soil. The amount leached ranged from 0.07 mg, where 1.60 mg Se was applied and water used for leaching, to 0.64 mg Se, where 3.20 mg Se was applied and gypsum used for leaching. The Se recovery from the Gooding soil was within these ranges for the same treatments. The Se leached increased with application rate, but not proportionately. The data indicate that addition of SO42- increases the solubility of BaSeO4 in these soils.
The changes in exchangeable K that occur when soils are dried and rewet, and the affect of organic additives on these changes were determined with 20 soils from the North Central Region of the USA.
The release of K associated with drying was essentially eliminated by adding dextrose to the soils before drying. The use of dried samples for the determination of the exchangeable K in field-moist soils will be limited to some extent, however, because some soils fix K when they are dried and dextrose does not prevent fixation.
In most cases, a decrease in exchangeable K occurred when air-dry soils were rewet. A greater decrease in exchangeable K was attained with all soils when the air-dry, rewet samples were redried in the presence of octanol. In some cases, only the reversion of K released by drying was involved, and the decrease was not enough to reduce the exchangeable K level to that in undried soil. In others, K fixation occurred and the heated soils contained less exchangeable K after treatment than they had in their field-moist state. Nevertheless, the octanol treatment resulted in improved estimates of plant-available K and of exchangeable K in undried soil samples over those obtainable with either air-dry or air-dry rewet samples.
Treatment of an acid Merrimac fine sandy loam with H2SiO3 significantly decreased the concentration and total uptake of Mn and Al in tissues of greenhouse grown tomatoes (Lycopersicum esculentum) but affected neither the uptake nor tissue concentrations of Cu or Zn. Yields of dry matter were not significantly increased by Na2CO3 treatments. Increases in yield of dry matter were more closely associated with decreased concentrations of Zn and Cu and less closely associated with decreased concentrations of Al and Mn.
In some acid-to-neutral soils, water-soluble selenite salts react rapidly with the solid phase to form a relatively insoluble adsorption complex. The Se in this complex is less available to alfalfa (Medicago sativa L. 'Dupuit') than the Se added to the same soil as Fe(OH)3-HSeO3. In other soils, or in some acid soils limed to neutrality, the availability of Se to alfalfa from NaHSeO3 and from Fe(OH)3-HSeO3 is essentially the same. The availability of Se from Seo added to the same soils is less than from either NaHSeO3 or Fe(OH)3-HSeO3 sources. Oxidation of Seo is initially rapid in these soils, and does not seem to be pH dependent, but the rate of oxidation varies in different soils. Soluble selenite may be the most practical form of Se to add to low-Se soils in order to produce crops containing sufficient Se to meet animal requirements.
The decrease in soil nitrate nitrogen as related to redox potential was studied in the laboratory and in the field in Imperial Valley, Calif.
Partial anaerobic conditions were induced in laboratory flasks containing an atmosphere of 21% oxygen by adjusting the soil-water ratio. When the water content of a soil having a water saturation percentage of 48% was increased to 44.5% or above, large losses of N2 gas occurred both with and without addition of organic matter. Significant denitrification coincided with a decrease in the redox potential (Eh).
Measurement of redox potential and nitrate concentrations of ground water sampled at various depths in an irrigated field indicated that nitrate concentration was high near the surface but decreased at depths approaching the water table. The diminishing nitrate concentration and redox potential, with depth, indicate that some nitrates were reduced to nitrogen gas before they reached the water table.
Only 1.5% of the 280 kg N/hectare applied to a cotton crop (Gossypium hirsutum L.) was discharged in the tile effluent during the growing season. Denitrification in the soil profile apparently reduced the amount of nitrate reaching the tile drainage system.
Applied fertilizer restored grain sorghum (Sorghum vulgare) yields on 10-cm cut Pullman silty clay loam to 93% of those obtained on uncut soil. On 20-, 30-, and 41-cm cuts, yields were restored to 87% of those on uncut soil. Soil water storage, water use, and water-use efficiency data revealed that differences in soil water storage and use were responsible for differences in yield when fertility was not limiting. Topsoil removal decreased and fill increased water-holding capacity of the soil profile. Topsoil removal decreased water loss from fallowed soil, but fill had little effect.
N was the only added nutrient required to produce highest yields obtained under limited moisture conditions in this study. Inadequately fertilized treatments used less water than adequately fertilized ones, but water-use efficiency was greater where plant nutrients were adequate.
To test the hypothesis that K content of Iowa soils was related to soil development, samples from the B horizon of selected sites were obtained from loess-derived prairie soils at several locations within the state. Samples were also obtained from Nebraska and Illinois loess soils to relate the Iowa study to the midwestern prairie region. Total K in clay from the B horizons decreased progressively from west to east. This was explained on the basis of concurrent increase in average annual precipitation from west to east across the area. No consistent relationships between total K content and standard indexes of profile development were obtained. However, K was highly correlated with depth to the B horizon. Although montmorillonite was the dominant clay mineral in all samples, there was relatively more illite in samples of higher K content and from sites receiving lesser amounts of annual precipitation. Studies of K released to sodium tetraphenyl boron (NaTPB) on Iowa soils reflect the trends in total K content found in the B horizons.
Variation of soil properties within mapping units of Seward, Rimer, Wauseon, Rawson, Haskins, and Mermill soils in northwestern Ohio was statistically summarized. These series have sandy or loamy upper sola that overlie a fine-textured substrata. Ten randomly selected profiles within each of 22 delineations of these soils were characterized by field study. Standard deviation, standard error of the mean, and coefficient of variation were computed for each of 48 selected properties. The most variable properties were depth to mottling, depth to fine-textured discontinuity, horizon thickness, texture, and chroma of the B2t horizon, percent of mottles having chromas of two or less, and grade of structure. Hue, value, and pH of all horizons, texture of the IIB horizon, and size and shape of structure were the least variable. 54% of the profiles had IIB horizons in areas mapped as soils in which this horizon was lacking; 78% had IIB horizons in areas mapped as soils having this horizon. Little difference in other properties was noted between areas mapped as soils representing the two conditions. These soils were correctly classified with regard to soil series at 37% of the 220 observations. Careful study in such complex areas is essential before establishing a legend.
The concept of anisotropy as a possible factor of soil formation is introduced and the hydrologic and morphologic implications of water infiltration are demonstrated. It is concluded that the magnitude and direction of downhill flux of infiltrating water will depend on the degree of anisotropy as well as on the land slope and its changes. This conclusion may explain in part the greater differentiation of horizons on flat lands than on sloping lands, and the gradual thinning out of the B horizon uphill as the slope increases.
Physical, chemical, and mineralogical properties are presented for five soils with permafrost in interior Alaska. The soils are shallowly thawed, with permafrost usually at 60 cm or less, and with a thick accumulation of organic matter, usually about 25 cm deep, over a gleyed mineral soil. They are classified as Histic Pergelic Cryaquepts in the comprehensive soil classification system adopted by the US Department of Agriculture. Histic Pergelic Cryaquepts are the most extensive soils developed over permafrost in Alaska. In three of the five profiles, particle-size analyses reveal a slight increase (2–4%) in clay content of the thawed mineral soil over that of the permafrost. The coarsest horizon in all five profiles contains only 48% sand. The dominant texture is silt loam. In one of the profiles, base saturation increases (52–90%) with depth in the thawed mineral soil, then remains fairly constant in the permafrost. Percent Zr (0.02%) remains constant in the coarse silt fraction of all horizons of all five profiles both above and in the permafrost. The dominant clay minerals in the thawed horizons were vermiculite and kaolinite.
Important physical characteristics, such as water retention, water yield coefficient, and hydraulic conductivity, vary greatly for representative northern Minnesota peat materials. The differences are related to the degree of decomposition, which largely determines the porosity and pore size distribution. Fiber content (> 0.1 mm) and bulk density are properties often measured to indicate the degree of decomposition of peat materials and are criteria used to distinguish fibric, hemic, and sapric peat types.
Regression analyses showed a curvilinear relationship of water contents at saturation, 5 mbar, 0.1 bar, and 15 bar suctions, to fiber content (> 0.1 mm) and bulk density with coefficients of multiple determination (R2) ranging from .66 to .88. Regression analyses of the logarithm of hydraulic conductivity on fiber content (> 0.1 mm) and bulk density indicate a linear relationship (r2 = .54), although not as great due to the variability of hydraulic conductivity.
Thus the classification of peat materials and organic soils based primarily on degree of decomposition as measured by fiber content and bulk density would relate significant information about their physical characteristics.
A simulated soil shrinkage crack, 46 cm wide and 62 cm deep, was constructed in such a manner that depth could be varied by 15.2-cm increments and width could be adjusted between 10 and 70 mm by 20-mm intervals. The walls of the crack were lined with porous ceramic plates connected to a water supply maintained at −5 mb potential. The simulated crack was installed in the floor of a laboratory wind tunnel located in a controlled environment room maintained at 24.0 ± 1.5C air temperature and 43 ± 3% relative humidity. Evaporation from the simulated crack walls (ceramic plates) was determined for all combinations of four crack widths (10, 30, 50, and 70 mm), three crack depths (30, 45, and 60 cm) and five windspeeds (0, 2.2, 4.5, 6.7, and 8.9 m sec-1).
Total water loss (evaporation) from the walls of the simulated crack increased as any one or all of the three variables (windspeed, crack depth, or crack width) increased. These three variables accounted for 99.1% of the variability in total evaporation from the crack walls. Turbulent air movement within the simulated crack was the major factor affecting the evaporation.
Both straw and gravel mulches reduced evaporation from the crack walls 85 to 90% with no wind and about 60% at 8.9 m sec-1 windspeed. The results suggest that evaporation from soil shrinkage cracks may be reduced by closer plant or row spacing or by surface residues such as trash and clod mulches.
Total evaporation from a simulated crack 60 cm deep varied from 0.5 cm3 hr-1 (10 mm wide, 0 m sec-1 windspeed) to 18 cm3 hr-1 (70 mm wide, 8.9 m sec-1 windspeed). In simulated cracks 60 cm deep and 30–70 mm wide, 50–60% of the total evaporation occurred below 15 cm and 30–40% occurred below 30 cm.
A greenhouse study was used to investigate the effects of varying moisture supply and nutrient solution concentration concurrently on the growth and foliar nutrient concentration of white pine (Pinus strobus L.) seedlings. Seedlings were treated with four nutrient solution concentrations over four different periods of time between irrigations in all possible combinations. Mean seedling weight decreased with reduced nutrient solution concentration and with increasing time between irrigations. The interaction between nutrient solution concentration and irrigation schedule was highly significant in regard to effect on seedling weight.
Mean N, K, and P concentrations in the needles showed significant increases with an increase in moisture stress. Irrigation treatment had no significant effect on foliar Ca or Mg concentrations. Of the micronutrients only B and Mn were affected by irrigation treatments. In general foliar concentrations of the macronutrients were negatively correlated with the micro-nutrients.
Laboratory preparations of pure ammonium ortho- and pyrophosphates were blended to give mixtures containing 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100% of the total P as pyrophosphate at pH values of 3.6, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0. Each ammonium phosphate mixture was blended with ZnSO4 · H2O to yield a product containing 2 or 8% Zn, formed into a pellet, and reacted with soil solution. Residues were recovered and analyzed for chemical and mineralogical composition.
The quantity and species of Zn precipitating in the residues were markedly influenced by the pyrophosphate content and pH of ammonium phosphate mixtures. At pH 3.6 and 4.0, the quantity of Zn in the residue was increased with increasing pyrophosphate content. At pH 5.0 all of the Zn precipitated when the P was 100% orthophosphate but as the pyrophosphate level was increased to 60% more Zn moved out of the pellet. The Zn content of the residues decreased as pH increased (6.0, 7.0, and 8.0) and was lowest when the mixture contained 40, 60, and 80% pyrophosphate, respectively.
Two zinc ammonium orthophosphates, ZnNH4H3(PO4)2 · H2O and ZnNH4PO4, were identified in the residues. Zinc ammonium pyrophosphates identified were Zn(NH4)2H4(P2O7)2 · 2H2O, Zn3(NH4)2(P2O7)2 · 2H2O, and Zn(NH4)2P2O7 · H2O.
Ammonium phosphate mixtures with pH values of 3.6, 6.0, and 8.0 containing 2% Zn as 65ZnSO4 · H2O were spot-placed in pots and evaluated in growth chamber experiments. Plant uptake of Zn was proportional to the quantity of Zn which moved from the placement site.
Hydrolysis and sorption reactions of orthophosphate (OP), pyrophosphate (PP), tripolyphosphate (TPP), and trimetaphosphate (TMP) were studied in 32 Corn Belt soils. TMP hydrolyzed to TPP in 1 day in all but two soils. TPP hydrolyzed to PP and OP within 7 days in 30 of 32 soils, and 15 to 80% of the PP formed in the soil remained after 14 days. The sodium salts of OP and PP were compared as P sources for corn and found to be equal. It was concluded that under our conditions (25C), the rate of TMP, TPP, and PP hydrolysis was rapid enough so it would not limit the availability of P to plants.
TMP added to soil remained water soluble. The sorption of TPP and PP by soil was more than OP.
Transvaal vermiculite flakes were weathered in solutions of salts or acids as well as in nutrient solutions inoculated with water extracts of soils from hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and tulip poplar (Liridendron tulipifera) forest stands. Morphological changes were studied with a microscope and the structural changes were determined by X-ray diffraction analysis, while the changes in chemical composition were estimated by an electron microprobe.
Weathering of flakes proceeded from edges inward and produced a weathered zone parallel to the flake edges. However, the changes produced by salt solutions were different from those by acids and biological agents.
Treatment with salt solution produced the expanded weathered zone with a 14A c-axis spacing as compared to 10A spacing of the unaltered zone. Electron microprobe analysis revealed that the salt treatment replaced the interlayer K ions by the hydrated cations of the salt. Treatment with acids or biological agents, on the other hand, produced a bleached and fragile weathered border that was amorphous to X-rays. Electron microprobe analysis showed that the bleached zone was depleted of Fe, Mg, and Al, besides the interlayer K ions; concentration of these cations decreased towards the extremity of the edge. The amorphous nature of the weathered zone is attributed to the loss of the unit cell periodicity resulting from the removal of a portion of the octahedral and tetrahedral cations.
Regression analysis of phosphorus adsorption as a function of five soil characteristics indicates that organic matter is important in the initial bonding of phosphorus by soils. It is, therefore, proposed that phosphorus is initially bonded to anion exchange sites on organic matter, and subsequently transformed into less soluble iron and aluminum phosphates.
Culture filtrates from Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus spp., and two species of Penicillium were studied for their effect on absorption of 144Ce and 90Sr by excised roots of soybean and barley. Filtrates from both species of Asperigllus and one of the Penicillium markedly decreased the absorption of 144Ce but had little effect on 90Sr. Citric acid was found in the three active filtrates while an unidentified organic acid was found in the other. The reduced absorption of 144Ce could be duplicated by citric acid at concentrations > 10-2M. Kojic, glucuronic, and 2-ketogluconic acids had no effect on absorption of 144Ce, but kojic and 2-ketogluconic acids reduced 90Sr absorption by soybean roots.
Soil air was entrapped at 50–100 cm of water pressure in a wooded field site due to infiltrating water. The air was expelled through piezometer tubes for 2 or 3 months following spring rainfall. Seven additional sites did not exhibit this phenomenon, which appears to be caused by a favorable combination of soil and vegetative factors.
"Nonextractable" soil inorganic phosphorus can have both a primary and a secondary origin. Apatite included within other minerals and phosphorus distributed throughout mineral lattices constitute the primary sources. "Nonextractable" secondary phosphorus accumulates during soil development and is associated with hydrated sesquioxides.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the addition of bentonite to soil followed by moistening will significantly reduce the susceptibility of the soil to wind erosion after drying. This effect persists after rupture of the aggregates originally formed through bentonite amendment provided the soil is remoistened.
An equation is derived for mixed potentials of electrodes which explains their non-Nernstian behavior in dilute solutions and at nonequilibrium conditions. Adding iron(II) sulfate to soil suspensions resulted in EPt/pH slopes which were unrelated to the reaction taking place because EPt is a mixed potential and because the pH is governed to a significant extent by non-redox reactions.
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Ron Jaworski's popular and well-respected "Jaws' QB Countdown," continued on ESPN's "SportsCenter" this week, and he shocked a few people by ranking Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco ahead of Saints' gunslinger Drew Brees.
It's still unknown where Flacco will fall on the list, but he's definitely above Brees, who was nominated for "Best Record-Breaking Performance" at the 2013 ESPYs for breaking Johnny Unitas' record of consecutive games with a touchdown pass last season (54 games).
Flacco, Aaron Rodgers, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, and Matt Ryan are all still left to be ranked.
Football Focus' Gordon McGuiness and The Baltimore Sun's Matt Vensel debated on Twitter just how high the Super Bowl XLVII MVP could climb up the list. Last year, Flacco ranked No. 9 on Jaws' list.
@PFF_Gordon: Jaws has Flacco above Brees in his QB rankings. The media still hates Flacco though, right Baltimore?
@mattvensel: I knew that Jaworski, a Philly guy, loved Joe Flacco, but wow.
@PFF_Gordon: If he has him above Brees, I could see him having him as high as 2. Can't have him higher than Rodgers, surely?
@mattvensel: No way. He believes that many of Joe's throws were contested because his receivers and he raves about his toughness. … I'd bet that would be two of the things he highlights and I guarantee he says "barrel of the gun" when discussing…
@PFF_Gordon: As in, if he had better receivers they wouldn't have been contested?
@mattvensel: No separation.
@PFF_Gordon: I think that's harsh on the receivers. Boldin might not get much separation through speed, but got himself in decent positions. … Definitely can't say Torrey Smith and Jacoby Jones didn't get separation though.
Top eight might be wishful thinking considering Flacco ranked 14th in scoring on NFL.com (234.88 points) among fantasy quarterbacks last year, and he has only cracked the top 10 once in his five-year career, in 2010. ESPN projects Flacco at No. 15.
But maybe Vensel, who covers Flacco on the local level and knows the quarterback well, sees something that the national guys don't.
"Flacco is not an elite fantasy option – think studs like Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees and Tom Brady – and he might not be as productive as second-tier guys like Peyton Manning and Cam Newton," Vensel wrote. "But if he picks up where he left off in the playoffs, he could be a mid-round steal that outscores fellow quarterbacks like Tony Romo, Matt Ryan and Matthew Stafford."
You know…think about it… last 5 years:
Every year in the playoffs, won at least one game, 3 AFC North division titles, 3 times to AFC championship, one AFC championship, one Superbowl Championship, Superbowl MVP….
What other QB in the league can say that about their first 5 years? Joe Montana maybe?
How can they question Flacco's ability with a straight face knowing these facts?
Jaws is nail on the head right! If it were Ben, Ryan or Brady with those stats they would be tripping over themselves gushing about it.
I mean what do these guys want from Joe Flacco to finally show some love?
Don't they realize he's just a regular Joe who happens to be one of the best QB's in the NFL?
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SCOTLAND'S castles are proving almost as treacherous to modern day staff and visitors as they did to generations of nobles and peasants.
Last year, an average of three people a week suffered injuries at castles, palaces and other properties managed by Historic Scotland.
A total of 152 tourists and workers suffered everything from a sore bottom to dust in the eye as a result of slips, trips and other mishaps at the properties.
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Figures show there has been a medieval battle's worth of casualties – 660 – in the past five years.
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