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Weiss grateful to be surrounded by family
DENVER -- Rockies manager Walt Weiss and his family wish everyone a white, sandy beach Christmas. Weiss, his wife, Terri, and their four sons plan on holiday sunshine.
"We have a little place in Captiva, Fla., that we rent out all year, but we block it out for the holidays -- about for the last 10 Christmases," Weiss said. "It took a little getting used to, having Christmas at 75 degrees. It's a little different, but you can't complain. I didn't take too long, and we've really grown to like it.
DENVER -- Rockies manager Walt Weiss and his family wish everyone a white, sandy beach Christmas. Weiss, his wife, Terri, and their four sons plan on holiday sunshine.
"We have a little place in Captiva, Fla., that we rent out all year, but we block it out for the holidays -- about for the last 10 Christmases," Weiss said. "It took a little getting used to, having Christmas at 75 degrees. It's a little different, but you can't complain. I didn't take too long, and we've really grown to like it.
"There's a little church, the Chapel by the Sea, and we go there the night before Christmas every year for the evening service, and there's a canopy of lights. It's a really nice setting right there on the beach. There's a restaurant on the island we go to for Christmas Eve. My wife, Terri, and I have the kids with us, and we pull a little tree out of the closet. It's kind of like a Charlie Brown version, not like the real trees we're used to back in Denver, but it works."
Weiss, celebrating his second holiday season as Rockies manager -- he was hired last November -- took time to be thankful for some of the gifts that can't be wrapped and placed under the tree but are just as valuable.
Brody Weiss, the second of his four boys, began his freshman year at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Brody became extremely ill in 1998 at age 3 when he was infected with the dangerous E. coli bacteria, which left him at high risk for future infections. Twice this semester at UCSB, he contracted MRSA, a staph infection that is resistant to antibiotics, and doctors had to take special precautions.
"MRSA is more and more prevalent, especially in locker rooms and among teams, so he had to be quarantined from his teammates," Weiss said. "It came back on him midway through the fall. It was a challenge for him his first semester at college, but he's feeling a lot better and getting stronger. He should be back 100 percent. He's a shortstop, so he's trying to break in, and that's difficult as a freshman. He's learned a lot in intrasquad games and we'll see how the spring goes."
Bo Weiss has developed into a high-school player despite being born with a club foot. Last year, he sustained fractures in the right foot on two occasions. But Bo has continued his baseball career at Regis Jesuit High School, where Walt was head coach in 2012, by embracing pitching.
"We had to really monitor his workload, and how much running he did because that foot is susceptible to injury," Weiss said. "That made his path to pitching a little easier to accept, although he still thinks of himself as a hitter. He's really making progress on the mound now.
"It's always No. 1 that we're always thankful for health, and we tend to take that for granted when we're doing well. As we've seen, that can change in a minute, so health is at the top of the list of things to be grateful for. Just to be healthy and be together as a family in such a beautiful spot, and celebrate Christmas, that's good enough for us."
Weiss said he also looks forward to spending time with his oldest son, Blake, who is past the publicity that came with his athletic career -- when he concentrated on track and football more than baseball -- but is contributing to society.
"He's living and working in Denver, working downtown at a non-profit rehab center," Weiss said. "It's a rewarding job for him."
The youngest Weiss, Brock, as anyone can imagine, is having the time of his life when he's around Rockies players.
"You know, we run a pretty tight ship with the kids when they're around the club, but Brock, our little one, tends to bend the rules a little bit," Weiss said. "As soon as I turn around for very long, he's often in the clubhouse holding court with the players. He thinks he's one of the guys and every once in a while, I've got to reel him in a little bit.
"The first year back has been great for my kids, getting to be around the players and around the game. That's something they really cherish."
Weiss worked for the Rockies as a special advisor to chief baseball officer Dan O'Dowd from 2002-08 before leaving to spend more time with his family and coach various sports at the youth level. After taking the managerial job, he found the experience of being back with a Major League team rewarding.
"In a general sense, I'm thankful to be part of a team again," Weiss said. "This is what I loved as a player, and in my job as a special assistant I got some of that, but it wasn't the same. It's what I missed most when I stopped playing, being a part of a group that was trying to win a championship, and do it together. For me, that's the best feeling of all."
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb.


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The win gave Wicked Strong 100 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby, ensuring him a spot in the starting gate for the May 3rd race, but Jerkens said he and the colt's owner, Centennial Farms, hadn't made any firm plans for a trip to Louisville.
"We don't really know anything yet," said Jerkens, whose father, Hall of Fame trainer H. Allen Jerkens, won the 1992 Wood with Devil His Due. "It's kind of early. I don't really organize horses' training right down to the minute."
Jerkens said Wicked Strong looked good, albeit a little tired, this morning. The Hard Spun colt ran the 1 1/8-mile Wood in 1:49.31, the fastest since Bellamy Road's record 1:47.16 in 2005.
"He was a little tired, which is understandable," said Jerkens, adding that Wicked Strong's schedule calls for him to walk for two days, then gallop, then walk again. "Usually, he's hogging the hotwalker. He walked around like a regular horse this morning."
Wicked Strong, named in recognition of the heroes and victims of last year's Boston Marathon bombing, is one of a number of graded stakes winners trained by Jerkens and his father for the Massachusetts-based Centennial Farms.
Among those trained by the elder Jerkens are 1970s stakes winner Silent Account; multiple graded stakes winner Aptostar, who took the 1988 Acorn and the 1989 Vagrancy; Topicount, victorious in the 1988 Rare Perfume, and With a Twist, winner of the 1988 Rare Treat.
Jerkens, who assisted his father for many years before going out on his own, won the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap, the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and the Gulfstream Park Handicap for Centennial in 2007 with Corinthian.
"With Centennial you always have a chance to get a good one, that's for sure," said Jerkens.
A day of firsts, as Dads Cap takes the Carter
Dads Caps, allowed to dictate a modest pace, gave himself, jockey Luis Contreras, and trainer Rudy Rodriguez their first Grade 1 victories with a 1 ½-length win over Sahara Sky in the $500,000 Carter Handicap for sprinters 3-years-old and up on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack.
The second biggest long shot in the field at 10-1, Dads Caps raced under Contreras' tight hold through an opening quarter-mile while receiving mild pressure on the outside from Strapping Groom and on the inside from Central Banker.
Entering the far turn, Strapping Groom moved up to challenge Dads Caps and drew within a head of the leader as they began to sneak away from Central Banker, with Sahara Sky ranging up three-wide. Dads Caps flicked away Strapping Groom's bid through a half and took a clear lead into the stretch.
Sahara Sky, the second choice, attempted to bridge the gap but never seriously threatened. Clearly Now, the 5-2 favorite, split horses in the stretch to finish third, 5 ¼ lengths behind the winner.
"Rudy told me this horse had a lot of speed early and just try to save horse to the end," said Contreras, whose most lucrative win in his career to date was a score in the 2011 Queen's Plate, which is restricted to horses bred in Canada. "He did it so easy and was very strong at the end."
With Dads Caps' Carter triumph, Rodriguez now has a Grade 1 win as a trainer to match his victory as a jockey in the 2008 Grade 1 Suburban Handicap aboard Frost Giant.
Dads Caps, who had broken his maiden in a $60,000 claiming race in February 2013 at Aqueduct, entered the Carter off three straight runner-up finishes in stakes on the Big A's inner track.
He was second by three-quarters of a length to Candyman E in both the restricted Spooky Mulder in December and Grade 3 Toboggan in February and last time was tagged in the final sixteenth a mile when he was runner-up by one length to Strapping Groom in the Grade 3 Tom Fool Handicap on March 1.
"We always thought he was a special horse," said Rodriguez. "We ran him for maiden sixty thousand just to get him eligible for the starter allowance [races]. We never had the opportunity to run him in a starter allowance, but he was improving every time we ran him."
Prior to the Carter, Rodriguez's biggest win of his career was a victory with Vyjack in last year's Grade 3 Gotham, also at Aqueduct.
Dads Caps, a son of 2006 Grade 1 Cigar Mile Handicap victor Discreet Cat, was bred in Kentucky by his owner, Vincent Scuderi. He enhanced his record to 4-3-1 from nine starts and earned $300,000 with his Carter win. He has earned $512,150 to date.
Rodriguez said he and Scuderi will later deliberate on a return spot for Dads Caps.
"We have a couple of options," said Rodriguez. "I have to talk to the owner and take it from there. I'd like to give him a freshening because he's been running pretty hard in the winter."
Sahara Sky will target the Grade 1, $1.25 million Metropolitan Handicap on June 7, according to Dan Ward, assistant to Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va.—Saint Louis has claimed the regular season title and the top seed for the 2014 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship, which begins Wednesday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Billikens captured their second consecutive regular season title outright with a 13-3 conference record and will receive a bye to the quarterfinals.
VCU is the second seed and will also receive a bye into the quarterfinals. The Rams finished 12-4 in league play. George Washington and Saint Joseph's tied for third place at 11-5. GW defeated the Hawks during the regular season, giving the Colonials the tiebreaker advantage and the No. 3 Seed. Saint Joseph's will be seeded fourth to claim the final quarterfinal bye.
No. 5 Dayton finished at 10-6 and tied with Massachusetts. The Flyers won the regular season matchup with UMass and claim the head-to-head tiebreaker, making Dayton the fifth seed and the Minutemen No. 6. Richmond finished at 8-8 and will be seeded seventh, just ahead of 7-9 La Salle at No. 8. St. Bonaventure is 6-10 and will be the No. 9 seed. Duquesne and Rhode Island tied at 5-11, and Duquesne earns the No. 10 seed and Rhode Island is No. 11 based on head-to-head results.
George Mason and Fordham are No. 12 and 13 respectively and will square off in the championship's opening round Wednesday night at 7:00 pm. The Mason/Fordham winner advances to play No. 5 Dayton at 2:30 pm on Thursday. No. 8 La Salle and No. 9 St. Bonaventure tip off the Thursday first round at noon. No. 7 Richmond faces No. 10 Duquesne at 6:30 pm Thursday. Sixth-seeded UMass and No. 11 Rhode Island play in Thursday's final game at 9:00 pm.
The La Salle/Bona winner advances to face No. 1 Saint Louis at Noon Friday in the quarterfinals. The winner between Dayton and the Mason/Fordham game will face No. 4 Saint Joseph's at 2:30 in the quarterfinals. Second-seeded VCU plays the Richmond/Duquesne winner at 6:30 pm Friday and third-seeded GW faces the Massachusetts/Rhody winner at 9 pm Friday.
The semifinals will be played Saturday at 1:30 and 4:00 pm and the championship final will tip off on Sunday at 1:00 pm.
Every game of the first round, quarterfinals, semifinals and final will air on live television. The first round will be carried by NBCSN and selected regional affiliates (the regional games will also be streamed on Atlantic10.com). The quarterfinals will all air on NBCSN. CBS Sports Network will carry the semifinals, and CBS will again air the championship game as part of the network's Selection Sunday coverage.
Tickets for the championship can be purchased through Ticketmaster, Atlantic10.com, BarclaysCenter.com or at the Barclays Center Box Office.


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With the 2011 NFL season halfway over, the first 10 weeks have been marked by injuries, disappointments but also breakout performances. Of this year's breakout players, many have only been in the league for a few seasons, and for these elite players their current contracts may be working against them.
Although these premier players may not be making all-star salaries, when it comes time for them to negotiate a new contract you can expect their compensation will be more in line with their abilities. This list focuses on identifying underpaid offensive players at skill positions as their stat lines are more quantifiable.
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Monday, September 05, 2005
Weekend copycatting: Chinese chicken stir-fry, Roasted peaches with basil, Tuna & chickpea salad
No, I'm not writing about Weekend Cat Blogging, hosted by Clare at Eat Stuff, where foodbloggers show off their adorable cuties. I managed to do quite a lot of cooking this weekend, including 2 dishes I've spotted at various foodblogs. I feel much better for it - both for cooking something nice and for finally managing to cook something other foodbloggers have suggested. There are so many tempting recipes around, and I'm keen to try them all, but there's just not enough time and energy always available.
I hosted a small casual dinner on Friday night, attended by two Edinburgh based Estonian friends and two visiting Estonian friends. We skipped the starters bit and headed straight for the chicken&greens stir-fry that I also cooked for my family in June, then with an addition of garlic scapes.
The recipe comes from February 2001 issue of BBC Good Food magazine, where it is called Chinese chicken stir fry. I guess all 5 of us thought it was a Chinese dinner enough (cooked in a wok, seasoned with soy sauce and eaten with chopsticks:) but again, am not sure whether anyone more familiar with the versatile Chinese cooking would agree, as it didn't seem to be very Chinese to me. But it's tasty and easy, very bright and colourful, and I also suspect it's reasonably light and healthy, and I have cooked it many a time since I saw the recipe few years ago.
Chinese chicken stir-fry
Serves 4 or so, depending on the amount of noodles/rice.
25 grams butter
450 grams sliced chicken fillets
3 tbsp dark soy sauce (I used Kikkoman's)
350 grams broccoli, cut into small florets
200 grams green beans, cut into 1-inch pieces
a bunch of sliced spring onions
2 tsp corn flour (Maizena/corn starch)
freshly squeezed juice of 2 oranges
a handful of fresh basil
Heat a large wok, melt the butter.
Add chicken fillet strips and a dash of soy sauce. Fry for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until chicken starts to brown.
Add broccoli florets, green beans and about half of spring onions (the whiter parts). Fry for about 3 minutes, stirring frequently.
Mix corn flour, orange juice and rest of the soy sauce. Add to the wok and heat for another 1 minute, until the sauce thickens a little.
Add the rest of the spring onions and basil.
I served it with some egg noodles tossed with a dash of sesame oil.
Peaches Roasted With Brown Sugar and Basil
(Basiilikuvõiga küpsetatud virsikud)
There have been lots of lovely recipes using peaches recently (check out the fabulous creations at Kuidaore and another lovely peach dish on The Flying Apple blog). I then came across a very tempting and oh-so-simple peach recipe at Gluten-free Girl (originally from NY Times (25.8.2005)) and decided to go for it. This is my first copycat dish of the weekend.
A dessert simply cannot be any simpler - you halve the peaches and remove the stones, fit the peach halves snugly into a baking dish. You fill the peaches with some fresh chopped basil (I'm happily using the crops of my herb 'garden'), some brown sugar, a tiny piece of butter and sprinkle the whole lot with cinnamon:
I was even so lazy as to skip the bit where you're supposed to mix sugar, mint and butter into a paste - it worked perfectly well without that preparatory step as well.
Then you bake the whole lot in a pre-heated 225˚C oven for about 15 minutes, until the peaches have softened, the butter has melted and sugar caramelised.
I served it with my favourite ice-cream - the sticky toffee one from a Scottish organic dairy Cream O'Galloway.
Pertelote's tuna and chickpea salad
On Saturday morning I had another nice and hearty fry-up at Native State (well, I must introduce my visitors to the local food culture!), and thus skipped the lunch. I later attended a lovely BBQ at my friend Helen's place (another local Estonian), where I brought along Pertelote's fantastic tuna and chickpea salad. I should probably say that I made this salad again (photo above) - and this my second copycat dish of the weekend (and a recurrent one).
These lovely dishes and plenty of entertainment made me happy and kept me busy and retained me from missing people who are not around at the moment too much. As for the weekend entertainment - you can't go wrong with some salsa dancing, BBQ, shopping and a highly entertaining La Clique show. PS Aussie bloggers - I thoroughly recommend the latter show, coming to Melbourne in October!
9 comments:
- Clare Eats said...
oh that was so sweet of you to mention me :)
I just read all the posts on this main page and loved them all! I don't know how I managed to miss you posting them but it was lovely to read them all!
I am trying to find cucumbers like that so I can get my mum to grow them so I can have a go at pickling them! But I wont be able to get blackcurrant leaves :(
there is atleast one more garlicy plant you should be come acustomed too, garlic chives! Live chives but thicker and they taste garlicy! (chinese)
- 9:17 pm, September 04, 2005
- angelika said...
i Pille, thank you for mentioning my blog - I am flattered ! ;-))
But your recipe sounds scrumptious as well ! And as I have noticed you have found some nice peaches...
Thank you for sharing, especially for allowing us to visit your home country....have a good start into the new week, kind regards, angelika
- 10:11 pm, September 04, 2005
- Shauna said...
Thank you for mentioning my blog as well. Aren't those roasted peaches gorgeous? I've made them three more times since I originally posted, and three other friends have made them too. And every time, they're great. You're right--you don't even have to mix the butter.
This is a lovely site you have here. I'm coming back!
- 12:15 am, September 05, 2005
- Paz said...
Hi Pille,
Your chicken stir fry looks good. I LOVE brocolli. I've got to buy a wok! I'd really love to try this recipe. In the past, I've only ordered chicken and brocolli from the restaurant. ;-)
Your peaches look good! Earlier this weekend, I bought the ingredients to make the peach recipe from The flying Apple's blog, but I was too tired t omake the dish on Sunday when I returned home from celebrating Brazil Day. Maybe Monday.
From your earlier post, I remember Pertelote's tuna and chickenpea salad! It's on my list of recipes to try.
What a fun food-filled weekend you've had!
- 7:10 am, September 05, 2005
- J said...
hi pille, what a feast! hope your friends realise what a very very lucky bunch they are...stuffed peaches sound gorgeous...and with your very own home-grown herbs too!
- 2:12 am, September 06, 2005
- Pille said...
Hi Clare - I posted an article a day for a few days - it was easy to miss them all if you didn't pop by for a few days:) I went looking for cucumbers for pickling in a local and very well-stocked veggie store, but all they had were "normal" baby cucumbers - no good, as you wouldn't get any of the crunchiness that's so good. Oh well, I guess I must keep looking..
Thanks for the tip about garlic chives - have heard about them before, will now try to taste them, too!
Angelika - I had to mention your blog, as you and J@Kuidaore made me hungry for peaches in the first place!
Shauna - these peaches are gorgeous indeed. A friend is coming for dinner tomorrow night and I'm tossing between making these again or maybe trying more traditional apples. Mmm, hard choice..
I'm glad you like the site - am very much looking forward to seeing you again here:)
Hi J - well, my friends aren't complaining, for sure. But again, your hubby must be the luckiest man alive. Such a constant stream of amazing dishes (and three mini desserts for lunch!!!)
Paz - thanks! You must try Pertelote's salad - it's delicious! If you haven't cooked a stir fry before, then this would be a tasty and easy recipe to start with - let me know what you thought of it.
I'm also keen to try The Flying Apple's peach dish soon - it looks lovely, doesn't it?
And i did enjoy my weekend indeed:)
- 6:41 pm, September 06, 2005
- Clare Eats said...
A hint ;)
Pork mince and garlic chives in dumplings is very good!
- 6:43 pm, September 10, 2005
- Pille said...
Hi Clare - after posting about dumplings/pelmeenid, I feel I must try making them myself soon as well. And I guess one of the fillings should be pork mince&garlic chives then:))
Thanks for the hint!
- 6:54 pm, September 10, 2005
- registry said...
Looks delicious!
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Sunday, January 9, 2011
Pondering food and wine to survive Frozen Flakes of Doom!!!
I admit to some skepticism until the first flakes start falling. You see, I grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. We'd get days of hype about the weather, and then it would end up being rain or nothing much at all, dashing all our schoolchildren hopes of a day off. No, school-age kids never seem to get the concept of "you'll have to make it up later." Kind of like New Year's resolution dieters. But I digress…
My parents live on a big hill, and the only access to it is two roads, both pretty steep, so when the inevitable ice storm came, we were trapped for a couple of days. This typically occurred without power because of the following equation:
Ice + Above Ground Power Lines + Trees (Pine are the worst!) = power interruptions. For days.
After the historic blizzard of 1993, which I remember vividly because my high school boyfriend had just dumped me (I later killed him off at least three ways fictionally – fear the pen!), we were without power for five days. It sucked. Probably even more so for my parents, who had to deal with a mopey teenager. Thankfully, they kept one of these on hand:
Theirs was red. We knew it was serious when the camp stove came out and they hooked up the propane. It was nice to have hot food, especially because that was before they had a generator, and the stove and oven were electric. Ours are gas.
Hubby grew up in Montgomery, which was usually below the snow/ice line, so he didn't get the camping at home experience. You'd think that most of our discussions around the impending Frozen Flakes of Doom!!! would center on important things, like whether and how we'd get to work (more important for me since I have my own business, and if I don't work, I don't get paid). Nope, we've been discussing food, likely because he plans on working "from home" (aka, the pub). Here's the plan:
1) We'll stick to cooking things that we can make or reheat with only our gas stove, using the grill as necessary. We've decided on Duck Confit Tacos and Turkey Pho.
2) If we lose power, we'll keep the freezer closed and put the refrigerated stuff in a cooler on the back porch or garage. It's going to be cold enough. If you try this, please keep an eye on outside temperatures. Food poisoning sucks. It's even worse with icy roads.
3) We stopped off at Ale Yeah! yesterday to stock up on supplies. Sadly, the Gouden Carolus Tripel didn't make it through the night. We do have plenty of wine, though, and as one of my Twitter friends reminded me, corkscrews do not require electricity.
I'll tweet and blog pictures and pairings as we cook. Meanwhile, I hope everyone stays warm!
P.S. As I'm writing this, Hubby's on the phone with his parents, who are in Montgomery. They're getting snow. I hope they have a camp stove handy.
P.P.S. For all you northerners who are scoffing at us, remember what happened a couple of years ago when the northeast got a true ice storm. You can't drive on ice any better than we can, so stuff it.
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- Benito said...
Here in Memphis we are bracing ourselves for Winter Apocalypse 2011. The reports came out Friday that snow was pretty likely, so of course all the grocery stores were emptied of milk and bread. It's already below freezing today and, while I haven't been out on the road, I'm sure we're getting the panicked auto accidents even before a single flake hits the ground.
Tomorrow should be interesting, but I've got plenty of food stocked away, a shipment of wine samples arrived yesterday, and worst case, I can fire up the BBQ grill. Best of luck to all y'all in the ATL!
- January 9, 2011 at 2:10 PM
- Joe said...
I'm taking the path of unpreparedness, hoping that the unaccounted-for contents of our pantry will get us through the whole fracas.
- January 9, 2011 at 2:17 PM
- Cecilia Dominic said...
Thanks, Benito!
Yep, Hubby and I went to the grocery store yesterday. It was a zoo. What's up with the milk and bread thing? I never understood that.
I got samples last week, too, but they're a white and rose, so probably not cold weather sippers.
Good luck up in Memphis! I bet you do awesome barbecue. :)
- January 9, 2011 at 2:18 PM
- Cecilia Dominic said...
LOL! Knowing you and Heather, you probably have an awesomely stocked pantry. And, like me and Benito, lots of wine, although that gets more complicated with a baby.
Good luck, and keep me posted on developments up there! Y'all get the good snow OTP. ;)
- January 9, 2011 at 2:20 PM


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On June 14, 2013, RBC employees will be taking to the streets, shorelines and local green spaces to help protect water in our communities as we celebrate the fourth annual RBC Blue Water Day in more than 50 countries worldwide.
This year, employees will be taking part in the RBC Blue Water Community Makeover, protecting water in our growing towns and cities by creating smarter green spaces, helping clean streets, sidewalks and shorelines and creating awareness about urban water issues.
Some employees will be helping to "green" urbanized areas. Trees, plants and gardens are not only beautiful to look at, they also help rainwater and snowmelt sink slowly into the ground, helping to reduce stormwater runoff and flooding. Greenery and plants can also capture and filter chemicals and sediment from water.
Other employees will get involved in shoreline or street clean-ups. Almost 20 per cent of all 'street' litter ends up in our waterways local water bodies, and some of that litter is toxic. Take cigarette butts, for example, which can take more than ten years to break down, leaching toxins into soil and waterways all the while. When we keep our streets, highways, shorelines and areas around storm drains clean, we're helping protect water.
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Great Conversations "Madeleine Albright/Richard Roth" In an interview recorded in 2003, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discusses her career and her memoir Madam Secretary with CNN correspondent Richard Roth. D
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Western Tradition "The Enlightenment and Society" Scientists and social reformers believe that they are finally learning lessons that will bring happiness to peoples throughout the world.G
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Western Tradition "The Modern Philosophers" Freedom of -thought and expression are the great engines that are supposed to bring virtue, happiness and enlightenment to the whole world.G
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Biography of America, A "Slavery" While the North develops an industrial economy and culture, the South develops a slave culture and economy, and the great rift between the regions becomes unbreachable. Professor Masur looks at the human side of the history of the mid-1800s by sketching a portrait of the lives of slave and master. D
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Biography of America, A "Coming of the Civil War" Simmering regional differences ignite an all-out crisis in the 1850s. Professor Martin teams with Professor Miller and historian Stephen Ambrose to chart the succession of incidents, from 'Bloody Kansas' to the shots on Fort Sumter, that inflame the conflict between North and South to the point of civil war. D
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Cyberchase "Zeus on the Loose" (topic: Fractions) - When the kids fail to stop Hacker from stealing Pandora's box in mythological Greece, they must solve a riddle and complete challenges to satisfy Zeus and earn a second chance. In the course of their adventure, Matt, Jackie and Inez discover that a fraction is a problem in sharing. The challenge is solving increasingly difficult problems in sharing while they confront a myriad of mythological creatures. D
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Extending Sight
What makes human eyes unique is the brain, which gives us the power to extend the mechanics of vision. With telescopes and microscopes, we see to the stars and into the living cell.
In 1614, the Italian scientist Galileo was amazed when he looked through one of the first microscopes: "I have seen flies which look as big as lambs and have learned that they are covered over with hair and have very pointed nails by means of which they keep themselves up and walk on glass, although hanging feet upwards, by inserting the point of their nails in the pores of the glass."
"I discovered living creatures in rain…they sometimes stuck out two little horns, which were continually moved after the fashion of a horse's ears. I imagine that ten hundred thousand of these very little animacules are not as big as an ordinary grain of sand."
Can you match each picture with what it is?
- A: a butterfly wing
- B: a rose petal
- C: a grain of pollen
- D: an insect
- E: butterfly eggs on a raspberry
- F: tooth decay
- Which of these photos is the most interesting photo to you? Why? Explain your answer in a sentence or two.
- Pick an object that you would like to magnify. Tell why you would like to magnify that object. Write a sentence or two for your answer.


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The School for Scandal
World Premiere!
Music by Robert Nelson
Libretto by Buck Ross
Based on the play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Sung in English with titles projected over the stage
This sharply witty comedy, inspired by the 18th century classic, swiftly skewers the pretentious and exposes the frauds. No one is spared the rapier tongues of the gossips at this "School" where everything is not always as it seems.
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By Cody Willard
Are there any bears or shorts out there reading this? Are the shorts all dead? Does that mean a short-term top is around the corner again? I want to hear from all of you, so please leave a comment if you're a bear or a short.
I get a lot of great Scutify scuttles and emails from readers of The Cody Word, and here are some of the highlights of what you've been asking me along with my best attempt at answering your question. By the way, the Scutify iPad app is now available and it rocks.
Q. How far up do you think Tesla will go, and when would you consider shorting it, as you mentioned?
A. In a bubble-blowing bull market with 0% interest rates and desperate savers looking for gains on their money and with the momentum that Elon Musk's name and Tesla /quotes/zigman/118681/delayed /quotes/nls/tsla TSLA itself have going for it … not to mention the $6k welfare checks Tesla car buyers get for purchasing one and the carbon credit trading scams that Tesla's mastered … well, it could go to $400 or $500 before it truly pops, I guess. Near-term, it sure looks like $TSLA had a blow-off top recently. I am likely to look to buy a few Tesla puts if it really starts to pullback. $TSLA $AAPL
Q. Why do you like JDSU?
A. JDS Uniphase /quotes/zigman/103123/delayed /quotes/nls/jdsu JDSU is a "stealthy" way to play drones (hahah!) and the optical component business is finally rationalized and in a serious upswing cycle as carriers work to upgrade their networks. For more check out the recent Revolution Investing newsletter all about this topic called The drones are coming — and we're gunning for them.
Q. Cody, is Micron a buy?
A. Micron's /quotes/zigman/75433/delayed /quotes/nls/mu MU ability to improve margins and grow profits by having rationalized their industry with rolling up their competitors, they make a good test case for what the potential of RF Micro Devices/Triquint merger (see: Taking profits on two winners) will have. Certainly Micron has gotten profitable and the outlook is better than it has been in years. I think it's too late in the cycle to try to catch it up here and I don't like $MU as much as I like, say, SanDisk /quotes/zigman/54370/delayed /quotes/nls/sndk SNDK long-term anyway (See why I've liked $SNDK for years in New trade in the RI portfolio from back in June 2011).
Q. I read your opinion on the penny pot stocks such as last week based on the fact I owned about $600 to $800 in each stock as of 3 weeks ago. After reading your personal investment opinion, I decided to sell my shares in all but $HEMP.
A. I think it will work out best for you to have sold, especially when you look back in a year. GOOD LUCK.
Q. "I like your real marijuana stock picks like Calgon Carbon, Aegion and Lindsay Corp. I researched hydroponics in college as it's the only way to grow large amounts of food close to cities. Plus for pot, it should be grown indoors to keep people from stealing plants."
A. Interesting point about the "should be grown indoors to keep people from stealing plants." Thank you!
Q. I saw your comment "I think there might be one last manipulated trashing of gold prices and silver prices by the big banks and the metal exchanges, maybe over the next month, to try to get one more panic in the gold holders to puke out some physical gold into the markets. Mid- and long-term I think gold is headed to $3,000 and then at least onto $10,000 before I die." Do you mean we can start scaling into GLD, SLV, and the other ETFs like those?
A. No, I don't like the precious metal ETFs like SPDR Gold Trust $GLD or iShares Silver Trust $SLV with their paper promises of delivery of the actual physical metal. Stick with physical gold and silver and bullion if you're talking about anything more than a short-term trade. And if you'd like a free copy of my book, "Everything You Need to Know About Investing in Gold and Silver," just sign up for free on Scutify and send a scuttle to @CodyWillard.
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Dear Gossips,
Did you miss Lindsay Lohan?
How could you? TMZ had the play-by-play from her 3 months in rehab. We knew about her group meetings, we knew about her upcoming projects, we knew about that list of friends she was cutting off because they were bad influences. Funny though that we never heard about her taking accountability for her own issues. Still, the stream of news was constant. Who knew rehab could be so… UNconfidential.
So she's out now. And what happened the minute she got out? Oh, right. The paps. Smiling. A new trendy outfit. A fresh weave. The old, same game. She waited a week, you know? So that she wouldn't have to fight it out with Little G of Cambridge.
Now would be a great time for Brange to announce a pregnancy or Aniston to elope or Harry to swing his junk around a pool table in Vegas or Harry Styles to hook up with Selena Gomez. Or something.
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LONDON - I was doing a reconnaissance walk of the Olympic Park Tuesday afternoon, and when I reached the Olympic Stadium, an iconic song was coming from the loudspeakers.
"Must be recorded," I thought out loud, listening to "Hey Jude."
An Olympic worker corrected me.
"Sir Paul is in there training," the man told me.
Indeed he was.
It's no surprise that Paul McCartney will be part of Friday's Olympic opening ceremony. I mean, how could London do the thing without featuring one of the two living Beatles? British media have reported it over the past month, and Tuesday's online version of the Daily Mail said the ceremony would end with him asking the spectators to sing along with him on "Hey Jude."
But it was certainly a wonderful, joyous surprise for me to walk into the stadium with a colleague, Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times, and see McCartney singing "Hey Jude" on a stage at the far end, then thrusting his arms upward in a celebratory "V" as he finished the song.
I remember the first time I heard "Hey Jude", not long after my college graduation in a bar on St. Thomas, where the 7-minute song and its hypnotic refrain played over and over. It was a great trip, an indelible memory with - like so many things in our lives –a theme song to help recall it.
We kept walking, getting near the stage when he had finished rehearsing. We stood about 20 feet away, delighted by the serendipitous, somewhat close encounter with a musical legend.
My musical taste now is more Bach, Beethoven and Brahms than Beatles, past or present.
But here I was, nearly 44 years after I first encountered "Hey Jude," about to cover my 16th Olympics, walking in on McCartney and the music. Now the song will forever be my Proustian link to memories of the 2012 Olympics
At the end of each Olympics, our editors ask us to write about our favorite Olympic moment.
I might be able to do this one already.
'Sir Paul is in there training'
LONDON - I was doing a reconnaissance walk of the Olympic Park Tuesday afternoon, and when I reached the Olympic Stadium, an iconic song was coming from the loudspeakers.


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This may be a case of what's old is new again. Not old as in "so last week" but old as in nine centuries ago.
By that I mean the works of St. Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th-century German Benedictine mystic. There is not much this woman didn't do. She founded two monasteries, wrote sacred music, composed songs, plays and poems. She also wrote about plants and medicines, theology and philosophy.
There may be renewed attention to her accomplishments when her curriculum vitae expands this fall.
On Oct. 7 St. Hildegard will be named a doctor of the church joining a high-profile list of 33 other church doctors.
Pope Benedict XVI announced May 27 that she would receive the title just a couple of weeks after he announced that she would be added to the church's list of saints, although she had never been canonized. In a 2010 series of audience talks, Pope Benedict described St. Hildegard as a good role model for Catholics today because of her love for the church amid problems of clergy's abuse of power in her day.
With all this renewed attention to this 12th-century mystic a June 25 story in The Catholic World Report provides a beginner's guide to her music, asking readers to consider "how many saints can you say that you have a playlist of audio files?"
The article notes that St. Hildegard often invented her own language for some of her lyrics.
It also points out that her music — primarily Gregorian chants — had "something of a 'pop culture' moment back in 1994, when Richard Souther's album "Vision: The Music of Hildegard von Bingen" became a hit" and won the Billboard Classical/Crossover album of the year award.
Since her 69 works could be overwhelming, the author suggests a sample playlist of 12 songs to download.
The music certainly won't be what everyone is listening to, but it just might give those who hear it an appreciation for liturgical music or at the very least, a connection with a saint.


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In reviewing the past year, Mayor Don Wesely today said 2002 was a year of challenges and progress that citizens can look back on with pride and confidence because of the City's strong financial position.
"Taxpayers can be confident that the City of Lincoln's finances are strong and proud that the City has continued to provide excellent services with no property tax increase," Wesely said. "During difficult economic times, we took action to reduce spending. As a result, our City's budget situation is very positive. We are projecting for next year a balanced budget that adds 12 police officers and requires no property tax increase.
"During 2002, we have been able to move forward on important City projects that will benefit our community far into the future, including the opening of two new libraries, a new pool and a new recreation center."
These new facilities that opened this year are the "F" Street Community Center, the University Place Aquatics Center, the Eiseley Library in northwest Lincoln and the Walt Library in southwest Lincoln. The pedestrian bridge connecting the Haymarket area with new baseball and softball complex also opened, as well as the new Haymarket Parking Garage. The new Lincoln Southwest High School opened this fall as well.
"We also took a major step forward in planning for our City's continued growth by adopting a new City-County Comprehensive Plan," said Wesely. "Also in 2002, work began on the long-awaited Antelope Valley Project, and we received final federal approval to proceed with the South Beltway. It also was a year of major street construction, resulting in better and safer streets."
The first phase of the East "O" Street widening project was completed ahead of schedule. Also finishing ahead of schedule was the 84th Street project, which included widening 84th between Pinedale Avenue and Northwoods Drive and installing a new water main. Work is under way on the overpass at 3rd and "A" Streets. The first roundabout was successfully introduced at 33rd Street and Sheridan Boulevard. The City hired a traffic engineer, and repairs were made to more than 3.5 miles of arterial streets. For the fourth consecutive year, the City has rehabilitated more than 100 blocks of neighborhood residential streets.
Mayor Wesely said despite a slow economy, Lincoln's growth continued. For the first time in the City's history, the value of building permits exceeded $500 million, 13 percent over the previous year. The City's unemployment rate is the fourth lowest in the nation among cities our size. Wesely said despite adjustments by some employers, nearly 4,000 more people are working in Lincoln now than last year. Companies that have added jobs during 2002 include Kawasaki, Duncan Aviation, Transaction Applications Group, Burlington Northern and Sante Fe, Cabela's, Garner Industries, Digital IMS, TerraTrack, Inc., Acton and Universal Cold Storage.
To more aggressively pursue economic opportunities, the City, Lancaster County and the Lincoln Electric System partnered to hire an economic development coordinator to work for all three partners to facilitate job creation in the private sector. In addition, the Mayor's Technology Council completed its "technology audit" of Lincoln, which led to the Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development (LPED) beginning a new strategic plan for economic development. Mayor Wesely and Omaha Mayor Mike Fahey also met in a joint city Economic Summit to develop a strategy on how the two communities can work together and with the State to grow the economy of both communities and the region.
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It takes a diverse array of specialized equipment to make a sugarcane crop in Louisiana, and much of it comes from on-the-spot innovations – or what producer Ronnie Gonsoulin, of Ulysses Gonsoulin Sons, calls "Cajun country engineering."
Gonsoulin farms about 6,000 acres of sugarcane in a rotation with soybeans, with his son, Keven, around New Iberia, La. It's a wet, sub-tropical world down here, receiving an average of 68 inches of rainfall every year.
It makes for some tough conditions that can stress the coolest of farmers. But Gonsoulin doesn't let wet, wild weather get in the way of properly managing his crop. He and other farmers in the area are known for innovative equipment designs that perform under the messiest conditions.
The end result doesn't have to look pretty either.
Check out some of Gonsoulin's ideas: If you can't buy it, build it
Take for example, the vegetable tractor Gonsoulin acquired from Washington state for spraying crops in wet conditions. He replaced the tractor's thin rubber wheels with even thinner iron wheels the Gonsoulins made in their shop. The wheels have spikes on the side which grip the side of the cane row – which is significantly deeper than most Delta furrows – to help pull the vehicle through tough conditions.
If a heavy rain has soaked a field, no problem. The tractor wheels slice through potential trouble like a knife through butter. "In some soils the wheels will go down about six inches into the soil, in heavy blackland, 10 inches to 12 inches," Gonsoulin said.
Another tool is an extension wheel on tractors equipped with steel blades to grip the side of the row.
Custom tools
With about 400,000 acres of sugarcane in Louisiana, produced by 650 growers, there's not a vast industry specializing in tool and implement making for the crop, Gonsoulin notes. "We custom make tools because you can't pick up the phone and buy this particular tool or that particular tool. We take some things that other people have made and modify them for our needs. It works. It really works well."
For example, Gonsoulin added a bigger shoe to a parabolic subsoiler to create a larger water channel in his sugarcane fields. "We added disks in the front to chop, and at the back to rebuild the row. So we took the tool that was already made and enhanced it."
The Gonsoulins even produce bearings in their shop on occasion, something they've started doing to offset rising costs.
But their hearts are in shaping steel. "On this farm we can build practically anything," Gonsoulin said.
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For example, Gonsoulin wanted his harvest to run more efficiently in wet conditions. He took a Case 9330 articulating tractor, "stretched it" by 8 feet and added a sugarcane dump wagon to the back. He added an extra axle under the wagon to help distribute the weight and carry as much as 10 tons of cane. "The implement was built for the mud," Gonsoulin said. "When you're pulling a wagon through wet conditions, the tractors will tend to dig and spin. This way, you're carrying the wagon, so it doesn't spin."
It took Gonsoulin and a local welder about a week to complete the job. "It took a little bit of thinking, but it was fun," Gonsoulin said.
What Gonsoulin can't do in-house, he farms out to a local job shop like Vernon Manufacturing. Or he will take a design from a manufacturer like Roll-A-Cone and adapt it for his own use. These shops do a lot of business in sugarcane country and help keep equipment costs down for farmers, even if the end result isn't always easy on the eyes. For example, a sprayer manufactured by Vernon has a Caterpillar engine with hydraulic drives and John Deere cab on a Case body.
It's not about looks. It's about getting the job done effectively and inexpensively. It's creative thinking, Cajun style.
Innovation at a cost
Gonsoulin would normally have spent $40,000-$50,000 on a new blade to do dirt work around the farm. Or he could noodle out a design in his head, as he did recently. To make the blade, he cut a metal pipe in half. The blade was too rounded, however, so he laid the pipe on ground and "crawled" on top of it with a dozer "which opened it up. Sure enough it worked. We had what we wanted. It works real well behind a 240-horsepower tractor. I went out and got a piece of scrap pipe, cut it out, bought a little steel, and put it together for probably $15,000. So there's $15,000 or more that's in my pocket, not someone else's."
Gonsoulin also built a tool that helps him minimize tillage when taking out old sugarcane rows. "We haven't plowed in 10 years, and we stay on the same row. The tool will break up the stubble and hip it back together in one pass."
While it could take weeks for Gonsoulin to describe how each unique piece of equipment in his shop yard came to be, he points out that innovation can come at a cost, another reason why local job shops are important.
"The time it takes to build an implement removes managing time for your crop. Whenever you start building something, it requires a thought process. It's tough when you're committed to a project, and you're distracted by having to spray for insects. On the farm this size, you had better have your act together."
When a good plan comes together, the result is gratifying. On a recent day, Ronnie and his son, Keven were discussing which field the modified vegetable tractor needed to spray next. "I wish we had two of them" Keven said.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Reed-thin and tiny, Yuja Wang looks too small to handle a shiny black Steinway concert grand piano. Yet when she was done, her powerful, nuanced playing got her a standing ovation in Bucharest.
The critically acclaimed Wang, 26, often draws attention and headlines for playing in body-hugging dresses and stilettos, but what awed the audience at the George Enescu music festival on Tuesday night was her strength, accuracy and grace.
At Romania's biennial classical music festival, Wang played Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 to a packed hall with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Manfred Honeck.
Although she is Chinese and the music was Russian, it is a repertoire she knows well, and about which she has fond childhood memories.
"That is the first music I heard, my mom brought me to a rehearsal of Tchaikovsky's 'Swan Lake'," Wang told Reuters in an interview following a rehearsal on the day of the performance.
"There is no other music that speaks more directly to the heart."
Born in Beijing to a dancer and a percussionist father who inspired her love of jazz, she started playing at age six on the piano her parents had received as a wedding gift. She left China at 14 and completed her studies in the United States.
Since then, she has taken the music world by storm, touring and performing with prestigious orchestras and conductors including Daniel Barenboim and Claudio Abbado.
Despite her Asian roots, she said she especially likes performing in Europe.
"I do like Europe because the music I'm playing is from here, there is a certain culture and tradition," she said.
"Paris is the first city I went to when I came out of China when I was seven. There is a huge childhood memory there.
"Vienna is also very beautiful. When you're there you just see how glorious it was, the empire and everything, kind of like Romania, but here there is also a juxtaposition with communism."
Formerly communist Romania joined the European Union in 2007. Despite being one of the most impoverished nations in the bloc, Romania has produced a host of famous classical artists and has supported the festival named for the famed composer since its founding in 1958, three years after his death.
Wang said she was introduced to Enescu's music by listening to recordings by Clara Haskil and Dinu Lipati, two Romanian classical pianists she hugely admires.
Another Romanian pianist, Radu Lupu, opened this year's festival, playing to an adoring audience with the Staatskapelle Berlin orchestra and conductor Daniel Barenboim.
Wang joins a list of top-class musicians, conductors and orchestras appearing at the festival throughout September, including conductor Antonio Pappano, pianist Murray Perahia, violinists Pinchas Zuckerman and Maxim Vengerov, as well as the Royal Concertgebouw and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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iPad at NAMM 2013 - Behringer
Continuing our quick look at some of the iPad related announcements at this year's Winter NAMM we have a couple of products from Behringer to mention.
iStudio iS202
This seems very much like Behringer's version of the already available iO Dock by Alesis, with a lower price tag. Comparing the two, they have very similar specs and input/output options. Have a look at the images below for a visual comparison.
The other connections for the iO Dock are on the sides as shown below:
Current prices for the Alesis iO Dock seem to be around £139+, with prices for Behringer's iS202 not generally available, but B&H have them listed at the moment for $149.99 (about £95). If the Behringer is generally available for under £100, we think it has a good chance of success.
Check out the specs for the iStudio (iS202) at Behringer's site and the video below for a brief preview.
iX16 Digital Mixer
The iX16 digital mixer has been specifically designed to integrate with your iPad as the controller. The iX16 has 16 audio inputs (hence its name we guess). The controller app can control the sound mix over WiFi, so you can stroll around the venue with your iPad and stand exactly where you need to be to get the perfect mix, while the iX16 sits on the sound desk responding to your input.
It's all a bit clever really and not our area of expertise to be honest, but we have done our fair share of show and concert setups between us. The iX16 and accompanying software is definitely on our wishlist.
For the full details check out the iX16 page and be sure to take a look at the video below for a brief look at the iX16 and the iStudio iS202 from musicianews.com (if you are watching this on your iPad, the video stops at around 3:32 but will carry on playing with a blank screen until 8:09).


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MasterCop fungicide/bactericide, from MANA Crop Protection, has received approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its new copper complex formulation of copper sulfate pentahydrate, delivering superior bioactivity for the control of bacterial and fungal diseases on citrus, vegetables, tree nuts, small fruits, vines and field crops.
Using MANA Crop Protection proprietary technology, new MasterCop touts a state of the art formulation which allows for targeted rates of copper to be delivered efficiently and effectively for broad spectrum disease management. With BioRetain™ technology as a key component of its formulation, MasterCop's penetration into the plant cuticle improves performance per pound of active ingredient. This novel uptake system also enhances retention and residual activity while providing superior safety to the crop.
"As the premier copper solution for bacterial and fungal diseases, MasterCop delivers all the proven performance features that growers want from copper-based inputs, but with improved bioactivity, less stringent management and superior environmental qualities," says Keith Miller, product leaders with MANA Crop Protection. "As a solution-based concentrate, MasterCop requires less attention to handling and storage, with no mixing or shaking of jugs."
Miller continues in saying that MasterCop's unique formulation prohibits copper within its solution from settling, which is problematic for most traditional delivery systems in this input category. "This extends the shelf life of MasterCop - with inventory accessible for use beyond just one season," he says. "This outstanding formulation property also reduces nozzle wear and provides more accurate spray coverage at time of application, which growers and applicators will immediately value upon first time use."
MasterCop provides locally systemic and preventive methods for disease control, which is one of the critical benefits of copper complex inputs on high-value crops.
MANA Crop Protection recommends MasterCop be applied at one pint per acre for annual crops and two pints per acre for permanent crops. Higher application rates are allowed for bacterial and fungal disease control when used according to label guidelines for selective crops.
Specific to industry concerns about soil-loading from copper-based inputs used on high-value crop acres, MasterCop's efficient use rate significantly reduces the impact on soil-loading versus traditional copper products. The Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) is currently evaluating MasterCop regarding formulation qualities and benefits specific to this topic. MANA Crop Protection anticipates OMRI certification in 2013.
"Copper continues to play a critical role in controlling fungal and bacterial diseases - especially as
growers become increasingly worried about commonly used compounds having resistance issues," Miller says. "Growers who rely on MasterCop this year will glean the disease protection they've come to expect from copper inputs, but with the added benefits of greater efficacy, easier handling and an improved environmental protect profile."
MasterCop has received federal registration approval from the EPA. State label approval currently exists for Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Remaining state registrations are submitted and are expected within the 2012.
MANA Crop Protection is a world leader in crop protection solutions. With more than six decades of field-proven experience and an impeccable reputation for quality, value, attentive service and environmental responsibility, the company has successfully grown its enterprise into a global powerhouse offering one of the most complete portfolios of crop protection products.
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Liberty News
Jerry Falwell, Sr.'s office now open for tours
LU chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. announced to students Wednesday that his father's office in the Carter Glass Mansion is open for tours.
"The Mansion," as students call it, is an historic home in the center of campus where the late Dr. Jerry Falwell Sr. had his office since 1990. The office has been preserved the way it was when Falwell Sr. died May 15, 2007.
On his desk are stacks of books and papers on one end. The walls and bookshelves are full of family pictures (several of his grandchildren) and sports memorabilia is scattered about.
There's a bust of Thomas Jefferson that was given to Falwell Sr. by a friend and a framed letter on the wall from someone in Tennessee thanking Falwell for his service to the country with his work on conservative values and the Moral Majority.
Tours are available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Guides will take visitors through the first-floor office space, which includes an office restored to the way it was when the home's original owner, U.S. Sen. Carter Glass, was there. There is also a former conference room that is now decorated with light-hearted memorabilia and gifts from friends of Falwell Sr.'s.
Renovations began at the beginning of the year for the home to be used as a bed and breakfast for special guests to the university. Four upstairs bedrooms have been restored to fit the 1920s period. A downstairs dining room, sitting room and study have also been preserved. Work is under way on the home's kitchen.
Built in 1923, the home was originally called Montview and served as a retreat away from Washington, D.C. for Sen. Glass.
Dr. Cline Hall, LU professor of history, had Montview listed on both the National Register of Historic Places and as a state historic landmark in the mid-80s.
It was purchased by Liberty University in 1977.


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NOVA Festival of
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2012 welcomes Nova – a small,
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Friday, June 05, 2009
Cooldown Rotations
Since spike damage is generally what kills tanks, this made Death Knights the tank of choice on such fights. The other tanks had their cooldowns improved to match the Death Knight. However, the Death Knight still has the best cooldowns, and is often considered the best tank because of this. Paladin tanks, who only have one cooldown, are considered the worst.
However, two healer classes, Priests and Paladins, also have cooldowns that they can use to mitigate spike damage. Holy Priests have Guardian Spirit, Disc Priests have Pain Suppression, and Paladins have Hand of Sacrifice (coupled with Divine Shield to keep the paladin from dying). Instead of just relying on tank cooldowns, you can set up a cooldown rotation with your paladins and priests to help mitigate damage.
Personally, I find cooldown rotations a lot of fun as a healer. It gives you a chance to coordinate with your fellow healers. It adds a little extra spice to healing, and saving a tank from death with a well-timed use of a spell which is not spammed is fun. Honestly, that's the most fun as a healer, using a spell at precisely the right time to save someone.
Tanks have tanking rotations, where they trade-off mobs. DPS have interrupt rotations, as they trade-off interrupting spells. I think adding cooldown rotations for healers would add a little extra element to the game. It's something more than healing spam, and requires us to work together a bit more.
I think Resto Druids and Resto Shamans should each get a cooldown (like Hand of Sacrifice, etc.) so they too can join in the fun. Then I think that the number of cooldowns the tanks have should be reduced, or the cooldown timers greatly increased so that they go back to being emergency buttons. That should reduce the disparity in tanks, while improving the gameplay for healers.
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I love our cooldowns. Hell, I'm Holy / Prot specifically so I can get Divine Guardian. I even get to credit that spell for saving a wipe on Assembly of Iron last week :).ReplyDelete
I may not be able to out heal the Druids and Priests in my raids, but I CAN provide a raid-wide damage reduction that no one else can.
As a sidenote - you can Hand of Sacrifice the adds in the Razuvious fight... I don't recommend it, though. :)
- Anonymous12:16 PM, June 05, 2009
While not necissarly in the same vien as Priest/Paladin healing cooldowns, both shamans and druids have Nature's Swiftness, which can be used to keep up with spike damage from a boss assuming the tank doesn't get 1 shot.ReplyDelete
They also have the versatily of being more widely usable, when say, someone other than the tank takes a big chunk of damage. If your not really expecting this damage a priest or paladin wouldn't really be able to apply thier cooldowns in advance to protect them.
The one problem I consistently have with Hand of Sacrifice/bubble is the range. HoS only has a 30 yard range, and I'm frequently at 40 yards. I'm getting better at planning for Sacrifice use, now I just need to remember to pre-position myself.ReplyDelete
As far as encounters go that require that type of management... i believe this was how sarth 3d was. Especially with the drake that amplified fire damage you needed multiple cool downs both from the tank and externally from the healers to get through the encounter.ReplyDelete
love this post. good job!ReplyDelete
Im with DorgolReplyDelete
Well I don't really want no differences between tanks. Right now paladins are best by some measures (least damage taken, much less damage on multi-tanking, etc) and DK's are best by others(better cooldowns, most health).ReplyDelete
Thought provoking, and I think the healer cooldowns are often forgotten by raid leaders too.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous2:46 PM, June 12, 2009
Granted they are not spec specific, but druids and shaman also have BR/ankh.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous3:25 AM, July 02, 2009
Don't fully agree. At current point I see healing, especially on very mobile (Hodir, Mimiron) encounters for group healers that also have GCD to save the tank extremely challenging. A paladin spams on one target most of the time a holy priest has to make sure he gives his cooldown the right time, moving into the right spot, managing mana and having 25 man in view (even while assiging certain groups to main watch). If you feel your left out of the fun in healing, play a holy priest. Fun starts when you get 1 hitted by random trash mobs that barely leaves a scratch on plate all the time watching out for the group or when a pally can't make it due to their throughput.ReplyDelete


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News From The Techdirt Insider Shop: Bitcoins, Black Friday & The 2013 Holiday Bundle
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It's that time of year again — we've got a bunch of treats for readers who want to support Techdirt while getting some new gear and perks for the holidays. Today we're happy to make three big announcements about the Techdirt Insider Shop.
First, the shop is accepting Bitcoins! You can now use the internet's native currency for any purchase — just fill your cart as usual and select the Bitpay option at checkout.
Second, in celebration of that upgrade and as part of the Bitcoin Black Friday event happening today, we've put a bunch of items on sale. There are savings on a bunch of Insider gear, plus big discounts on our offerings for serious fans: Lunch with Mike and an awesome day with Techdirt.
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This year's bundle includes a pullover hoodie, your choice of a coffee mug or water bottle, and the classic logo tee in your choice of light or dark gray. On top of that, the bundle includes a Watercooler Special: one full year of access to the Crystal Ball and the Insider Chat, plus a monthly cache of First Word/Last Word credits and an exclusive group video chat with Mike. All together this package would normally cost up to $152, but for a limited time it's available at $99!
If you're ordering gear from the Insider Shop to give as a gift, please do it soon to ensure it ships in time! Unfortunately we are unable to guarantee Christmas shipping, but orders placed by December 14th (in the US) or December 9th (internationally) should arrive on time with all shipping options. Depending on your location, there may be express shipping options available as well.
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