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- Contents - e-ifc No. 20
June 2009
- Editorial
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- Higher Yields and Reduction of Incidence of Stem Brittle in White Carnation by Increasing Potassium Concentration and NO3-:NH4+ Ratio in the Fertigation Medium.
- Effect of Applied Potassium in Increasing the Potential for Nitrogen Assimilation in Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.)
- Preliminary Field Observations on the Response of Wheat and Barley to High Rates of K Fertilization in Rainfed and Irrigated Regions in Lebanon
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Effect of Applied Potassium in Increasing the Potential for Nitrogen Assimilation in Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.)
Anjana1, S. Umar1, and M. Iqbal2
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(1)Department of Botany, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi-110062, India.
(2)Department of Plant Production, College of Food & Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Post Box # 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) supplied with increasing levels of potassium (K) was grown in soil in a pot experiment under greenhouse conditions. The soil used, low in available potassium (40 mg/kg), was treated with a basal fertilizer application of nitrogen (100 mg N/kg soil) and phosphorus (30 mg P/kg soil) together with increasing amounts of potassium chloride (KCl; 0, 40, 80 and 120 mg K/kg of soil). Analysis of leaves from three-week old plants revealed that increasing amounts of applied potassium chloride (KCl) resulted in a progressive increase in the nitrate concentration (NO3-) as well as in the activities of the enzymes of the nitrogen metabolic pathway i.e. nitrate reductase (NR), nitrite reductase (NiR), glutamine synthetase (GS), glutamate synthase (GOGAT), and glutamine dehydrogenase (GDH). Highest accumulation of nitrate, as well as the activities of these nitrogen (N) assimilating enzymes, was observed in the K80 treatment. The results indicate the potential of potassium application for improving the nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of spinach plants.
In many parts of the world, there is a practice of imbalanced fertilization in which an excess supply of nitrogen is commonly accompanied by an inadequate supply of another nutrient. This may often be potassium (but it also applies to other nutrients e.g. phosphorus and sulphur), the lack of which restrict nitrogen uptake and utilization, and hence plant growth. When potassium is limiting, nitrogen fertilizers are used inefficiently by the crop. This nutrient imbalance is thus associated with low NUE of crop plants which is of detriment - not only to crop production directly, but also to the environment - because of the consequences of unused N by the crop. In addition to adverse environmental effects, a misuse of natural resources expended in producing the N fertilizers also has to be taken into account (Krauss, 2003). There is therefore a need to understand the importance of balanced fertilization in improving the NUE of plants. Identification and exploitation of positive interactions between nutrients provides a fundamental means of increasing returns in terms of yield, quality and NUE from applied N (Aulakh and Malhi, 2004).
Potassium plays a key role at various stages in N metabolism. At a basic level it is required in high concentrations in the synthesis of protein, which includes the binding of RNA to ribosomes. In green leaves chloroplasts account for about half the RNA and leaf protein. Since most chloroplast protein in green leaves is present as RuBP carboxylase, the CO2 fixing enzyme in C3 plants, which requires potassium (as well as Mg) for activation, a lack of potassium inhibits photosynthesis and hence the ability for dry matter accumulation (Marschner, 1995). Engels and Kirkby (2001) envisage a cycling role for K+ within the plant involving the transport and assimilation of nitrate (NO3-). During transport from root to shoot in the xylem, the negative charge of the nitrate is largely balanced by the positive K+ charge as evident from chemical analysis of xylem sap. On assimilation of nitrate in the leaves, the negative charge is then transferred to organic compounds including carboxylic and amino acids which are transported together with K in the phloem from shoot to root. Nitrate uptake appears to be highly dependent on K. Without adequate K, nitrate accumulates in root cells, which retards further nitrate uptake (Anjana et al., 2007a).
The significance of potassium in affecting uptake, translocation and reduction of NO3- is well documented (Ruiz and Romero, 2002). However, studies related to its effect on the enzymes of nitrogen assimilation and metabolism is meagre. Therefore, the present experiment considers the influence of potassium on foliar assimilation of nitrate as expressed by the nitrate concentration in the leaves and the activities of the most important nitrogen metabolizing enzymes involved namely nitrate reductase (NR), nitrite reductase (NiR), glutamine synthetase (GS), glutamate synthase (GOGAT), and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH). The aim of this study was to help elucidate the mechanism for improving NUE with balanced potassium fertilization.
Crop plants absorb most nitrogen as nitrate, because ammonium is so readily oxidized to nitrate by nitrifying bacteria in soil. Reduction of nitrate to ammonium in plants occurs in two distinct reactions catalyzed by different enzymes, namely NR and NiR. Ammonium can be toxic to plant function and therefore must be rapidly assimilated into non-toxic organic compounds. In most plants, ammonium is assimilated into amino acids through the joint activity of two enzymes in the chloroplasts: GS and GOGAT. GS catalyzes the first step of ammonium incorporation into glutamate using ATP to yield glutamine. In the presence of reducing power from photosynthesis, GOGAT then catalyzes the transfer of the amide group of glutamine to 2-oxoglutarate resulting in the formation of two molecules of glutamate. One molecule of glutamate is thus produced from one molecule of 2-oxoglutarate and one molecule of ammonia. The effectiveness of these enzymes in ammonia assimilation is highly dependent on photosynthetic activity and would thus be expected to be indirectly dependent on potassium nutritional status. An alternative, but now generally recognized as a less important pathway for the formation of glutamate, involves the reductive amination of 2-oxoglutarate by ammonium, catalyzed by mitochondrial GDH. In this paper we present findings of the effects of K plant status on the activities of these N assimilating enzymes in the leaves of spinach.
Materials and methods
A pot experiment was conducted at The Herbal Garden, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, during the winter season of 2005-2006 under greenhouse conditions. Prior to sowing, pots were lined with polythene bags and filled with 8 kg of soil low in available potassium (40mg K/kg soil). The soil (Lukhi soil series of Gurgaon) was loamy sand (83.6 per cent sand, 6.8 per cent silt and 9.6 per cent clay) with neutral reaction (pH 7.1). Its dry bulk density was 1.39 g/cm3. The available nitrogen (30 mg/kg), phosphorus (4 mg/kg) and potassium (40 mg/kg) contents were low (Anjana et al., 2007b). Spinach seeds (Spinacia oleracea L.) were sown and cultivated at three plants per pot, supplied at uniform levels of nitrogen and phosphorus i.e. 120 and 30 mg/kg soil, respectively but with increasing levels of potassium i.e. 0, 40, 80 and 120 mg/kg of soil. The sources of N, P and potassium were ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3), Sodium phosphate (NaH2PO4) and KCl, respectively. Leaves were analyzed for nitrate concentration and nitrogen assimilating enzymes simultaneously at the 3-week stage of plant growth.
Estimation of nitrate and in vitro assays of nitrate NR, nitrite reductase (NiR), glutamine synthetase (GS), glutamate synthase activity (GOGAT) and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) activities were carried out using the standard protocols followed in our laboratory.
Results and discussion
All the parameters of nitrogen metabolism analyzed in spinach leaves were directly influenced by potassium application.
Nitrate levels showed a linear response to potassium fertilization with maximum nitrate concentration at K80 (Fig. 1), representing 112 per cent increase with respect to the lowest concentration found at K0 application rate. These results were expected since a close relationship exists between K+/NO3- uptake and because K+ has been demonstrated to be the major accompanying cation of NO3- during transport in the xylem (Blevins, 1985).
Nitrate reductase activity (NRA) also showed a linear and positive response with increasing potassium application with the highest activity at K80 (Table 1), an increase over the control of 101 per cent. This finding is in accordance with the increasing nitrate concentrations because NR is a substrate inducible enzyme.
|Table 1. Effect of applied potassium on the activities of nitrogen metabolizing enzymes in spinach leaves at 3-week stage of plant growth.
|Enzyme activity
|Applied K (mg/kg)
|Nitrate reductase activity (NRA; μmoles nitrite h-1 mg-1 protein)
|Nitrite reductase (NiR; μmoles nitrite h-1 mg-1 protein)
|Glutamine synthetase (GS; μmoles GHA min-1 mg-1 protein)
|Glutamate synthase (GOGAT; μmoles NADH min-1 mg-1 protein)
|Glutamine dehydrogenase (GDH; μmoles NADH min-1 mg-1 protein)
Similarly, activities of all other enzymes of the pathway namely, NiR, GS, GOGAT and GDH continued to increase with increasing supply of potassium (K80), leveling off thereafter. The increases in these enzymes at K80 in comparison to the control were 64 per cent, 72 per cent, 61 per cent and 41 per cent for NiR, GS, GOGAT and GDH, (Table 1) respectively.
The results indicate that increasing potassium application rates facilitates the uptake and transport of nitrate towards the aerial part of the plants, which in turn enhances the activities of the nitrogen assimilating enzymes. The highest levels of nitrate, as well as the nitrogen metabolizing enzymes at K80 indicate this to be the most efficient rate of application in promoting nitrate utilization in this soil. The parallel increase in activities of nitrogen assimilating enzymes with nitrate concentration in relation to the progressive increase in potassium application shows, moreover, that these enzymes act in a coordinated manner in order to assimilate nitrogen in the plants. Potassium thus appears to play a significant role in improving NUE of plants by means of enhancement of nitrate uptake with concomitant increase in nitrogen metabolizing capacity of the plants.
Under conditions of low availability of soil K, together with imbalanced N/K fertilization in spinach production, application of potassium enhanced nitrate uptake stimulated the activities of the nitrogen assimilating enzymes thus improving the NUE of the plants. Further studies on balanced fertilization need to be carried out using different crops and soils to prevent environmental degradation and wastage of natural resources.
The authors gratefully acknowledge the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi for providing the seeds of Spinacia oleracea L. The senior author is grateful to The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India for their financial support.
- Anjana, S. Umar, and M. Iqbal. 2007a. Nitrate accumulation in plants, factors affecting the process, and human health implications, A review. Agron. Sust. Dev. 26:45-57.
- Anjana, S. Umar, and M. Iqbal. 2007b. Identification of characteristics affecting nitrogen utilization efficiencies in wheat cultivars. Arch. Agron. and Soil Sci. 53:459-472.
- Aulakh, M.S., and S.S. Malhi. 2004. Fertilizer nitrogen use efficiency as influenced by interactions of nitrogen with other nutrients. In: Mosier, A.R., J.K.S. Syers, and J.R. Freney (ed.), Agriculture and the Nitrogen Cycle: Assessing the Impacts of Fertilizer Use on Food Production and the Environment, Island Press, Covelo.
- Blevins, D.G. 1985. Role of potassium in protein metabolism in plants. In: Munson, R.D. (ed.), Potassium in Agriculture, Madison WI: American Society of Agronomy.
- Engels, C., and E.A. Kirkby. 2001. Cycling of nitrogen and potassium between shoot and roots in maize as affected by shoot and root growth. J. Plant Nutr. and Soil Sci. 164:183-191.
- Krauss, A. 2003. Crop insurance against stress with adequate potash. Proc. AFA 9th Int. Ann. Conf. Cairo, Egypt.
- Marschner, H. 1995. Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants, second edition. Academic Press London.
- Ruiz, J.M., and L. Romero. 2002. Relationship between potassium fertilisation and nitrate assimilation in leaves and fruits of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) plants. Ann. of Applied Biol. 140:241-245.
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I voted yes, but there should be an option for "sometimes." There's a deacon who lives about an hour and a half away from our parish and (I think) splits his Sundays between us and somewhere else, so he comes every other week or every three weeks.
What I have heard is that the GOA generally looks at deacons as a stepping stone to the priesthood, which would discourage potential career deacon candidates IMO. I have no source for my hearsay.
That would, however, line up with both the Latin and Anglican traditions, which have long relegated the diaconate as a marker on the road to the priesthood. It seems to have only been in the past few years that they've set about reviving a vocational diaconate in earnest. I know the OCA also has a similar program in place, but it seems as if there's still a mindset in general that views deacons as just being priests-in-training.
Our church has 250+ families, and no deacon. Usually only 1-2 altar boys each Sunday, as well. We do have one elderly gentleman (90+) who has been in the altar for many years helping the priest, so he does a lot of the smaller things a deacon would do. When Holy Week rolls around, though, and the priest has to go through 15 or so services that week with almost no help, you can see him starting to drag by midnight Saturday. Aside from my chanting and a few other readers, there's not much else.
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American University was one of the first universities in the United States to offer a Master's degree concentration in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), which was launched in the mid sixties. In addition to the Master's program, a Graduate Certificate in TESOL option soon followed. In 1995, the program was extensively revamped to include new course offerings and a greater emphasis on methodology, as well as the addition of the TESOL Summer Institute – two 7-week sessions of intensive summer courses and a special 3-day Summer Intensive Workshop with a different focus each year. In 1997, the MAT: ESOL program was initiated, which is a joint program with American University's School of Education, Teaching, and Health that leads to K-12 certification. In 1999, the TESOL Program entered into collaboration with the Peace Corps' Master's International Program (MIP), whereby students can earn up to nine credit hours of course work at no cost based on their Peace Corps experience. In 2000, the program introduced another innovation: its one-credit courses. These courses meet 4-5 times over the course of the semester and allow students a greater variety of course offerings, so that each student has the opportunity to tailor his/her program to individual interests.
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For '13-2014 Ram 3500 4WD trucks, BDS offers a kit that converts the factory radius-arm suspension to a four-link for increased stability and wheel travel, and improved handling. BDS claims that the four-link design limits caster change to less than 1 degree throughout wheel travel. The four-link brackets are fabricated from 1⁄4-inch-thick steel and wrap around the frame in addition to the factory radius arm brackets, which stay intact on the truck. Upper and lower control arms are built from 2x3⁄16-wall DOM tubing. Claimed tire-diameter clearance is 37 inches
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Poison Spyder JK Rocker Knockers
Poison Spyder's new rails mount to the JK's frame. The claimed benefits are strength to withstand both vertical impacts and side-loads. Triangular, self-gusseted "outriggers" provide the strength. Construction is CNC laser-cut, brake-formed, 3⁄16-inch steel plate and DOM tubing. An application for four-door models is available; a two-door model is in development.
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Pro Comp Predator Wheels
The new Predator (35 Series) alloy wheel from Pro Comp is designed to appeal to Jeep, truck, and SUV owners. Styling begins with a traditional five spokes, then adds bold accents. The Predator has a matte black finish and is available in 17- and 18-inch diameters with five-, six- , and eight-lug bolt patterns.
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Montana Folding Hitch
Shin-bangs can now be conveniently avoided with the Montana Hitch. It folds flush under the truck. A button releases the hitch, so no tools are required to pivot it. The patented Montana Hitch has a frame attachment, fits standard ball mounts, and is finished in black powdercoat. The manufacturer says that the hitch was computer-designed using stress analysis and has been tested and certified to SAE J684 standards.
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OR-Fab JK Rock Doors
Loop-style JK Rock Doors are available from OR-Fab. Manufactured from 11⁄4-x0.095-wall steel tubing, these doors come with nylon safety pads, a zippered carrying pouch, and adjustable hinges and latches to fit the factory Jeep door mounts. Available finishes are gloss and wrinkle black powdercoat. Applications cover both two- and four-door models. Mirror mounts are optional.
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Energy Suspension Super Duty Bushings
To improve handling and ride quality in '05-'07 Ford F-250s/F-350s, Energy Suspension offers polyurethane bushings to replace the OE rubber components. Available poly parts include front and rear sway bar bushings, front and rear bumpstops, front spring isolators, front track bar bushings, rear leaf spring bushing eyes, and cab mounts. The benefits include improved turning, acceleration, and braking plus longer service life.
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By Chris Shelton and Tania Ganguli
In his first practices of organized team activities, Texans receiver Andre Johnson noticed that rookie DeAndre Hopkins seemed to be thinking a little too much on the field.
Hopkins was thinking and learning rapidly.
After some early struggles, the first-round draft pick is starting to impress the coaching staff.
"I've been impressed. He struggled early — which we knew he would — but I think it helps when you throw a guy in with the ones right away because he gets coached by (Matt) Schaub," Texans coach Gary Kubiak said. "But the last three days he's impressed me because he hasn't had Matt and he hasn't had Andre (Johnson) out here and he's been on top of what he's doing. He's obviously very gifted. We've just got to make sure we've got him doing what he does best."
Jones has golden opportunity
Without nose tackle Shaun Cody on the Texans roster in 2013, defensive lineman Chris Jones has a chance to contribute as a rookie behind starter Earl Mitchell.
Jones said the Texas heat is speeding up his growth process.
"I'm definitely in a lot better shape, being out here in the sun. I think I've grown a lot as a football player. I'm taking coaching well," Jones said. "I'm coming out here just working as hard as I can everyday. When I come out here and get corrected on the things I do wrong it really helps me as a football player."
Jones has been putting in extra time watching film on himself and working on his footwork, he said. Preceding training camp in July, Jones said he will head back to Ohio where he went to Bowling Green University and improve his cardio before returning.
"Just getting in shape. I'm going to be running a lot — definitely working on my steps. We won't really have the film there, obviously, back at school is where I will be," Jones said. "I'll be there lifting and running and working on my technique. So everything that I can work on, I'm going to try to work on while I'm up there."
Posey, Reed only questions for camp
Kubiak is expecting a mostly healthy team when the Texans return for training camp on July 26.
His biggest question mark now is receiver DeVier Posey, who is recovering from a torn Achilles. Posey had surgery on the injury in January.
"Listening to our trainers, I think there is no doubt that everybody is going to be ready to go except for Posey as of right now," Kubiak said. "We'll have to see. We've got a month."
Earlier in the week, safety Ed Reed said he is also unsure about his status for training camp.


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Paper Jam Design needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 153 designs submitted by 29 freelance designers.
Residential Project Management
Residential Project Management is a start up company who provide project management services for residential design and construction projects, including: home extensions, renovations, restorations, new buildings and subdivisions, works prior to sale of a property.
The company is passionate and enthusiastic about property development and wants to instill confidence
Audience is primarily business minded individuals who are predominately male, however not exclusively. Sample audiences include:
- Home owners (double income professionals, entrepreneurial individuals)
- Investors and part time property developers
- Real estate agents
- Design community (architects and interior designers)
- Logo in CMYK
- Adobe Illustrator (.ai) format
- Any non-standard fonts used need to be provided (or at least indicated so I can investigate license costs)
- Logo must be suitable for all types of media (will be used for web, print, site signage, car signage) therefore must be very scalable
- Want a clean, sophistcated look that will not date very quickly and is relevant to the building / construction industry
- Up to 4 colours, but logo must also work in black and white
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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BucketBlastFall 2003 Games
Game book has instructions for 15 games: 5 outdoor, 5 indoor and 5 water games. "Shot in the Dark" is an indoor game played blind-folded and relies on a partner to assist with aim. "Beanbag Basketball" an outdoor game where players try to get their bags in the buckets attached to the backs of the other players. "Water Catch, categorized as implied, is a water balloon toss without the balloons!
Games can be played with 4- 50 players. Instructions are simple and game play is exhilarating! Kids will use lots of eye-hand coordination, get plenty of exercise, and go to bed without having to be asked twice.


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Pregnancy luggage
Kate Hudson and Matt Bellamy arrived in London today with several pieces of luggage. Since her son was not photographed with him, I'm assuming he's not there, and if he's not there, I'm assuming she's not staying long. If only they'd make a show about celebrity baggage, literally. Am obsessed. I want to know what they pack, and how, and what happens with wrinkled clothing, and who does it for them, and Jesus is all that really, really necessary?
Contrary to what you might assume, I'm actually a very, very efficient travel packer. Duana is the opposite. Duana needs OPTIONS. I give myself no options. There are times when I get to her place and she'll look at my duffle bag and shake her head. Like, she cannot process going somewhere without jamming her giant green suitcase to bursting and how it's possible that I only came with one small to medium sized piece. Me, I bring as little as I can get away with, because I am more lazy than I am vain. Dragging that sh-t from terminal to terminal is not worth it. Here at Sundance, where it's freezing and we have to wear a coat for every shoot anyway, I've put on the same hoodie every day. We keep seeing these girls with a different pair of heels and ass skirts every night. Now THAT is some starf-cker determination.
Anyway, these are the first shots of Kate after Us Weekly broke the news of her pregnancy. For those of you who want to know what she's reading – Shantaram.
Photos from Bauergriffinonline.com


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This post is with regards to handling forms that have more than one submit button.
Suppose we have an HTML form with a submit button specified like this:
<input type="submit" value="Delete" name="action_button">
Normally the 'value' attribute of the HTML 'input' tag (in this case "Delete") that creates the submit button can be accessed in PHP after post like this:
We of course use the 'name' of the button as an index into the $_POST array.
This works fine, except when we want to pass more information with the click of this particular button.
Imagine a scenario where you're dealing with user management in some administrative interface. You are presented with a list of user names queried from a database and wish to add a "Delete" and "Modify" button next to each of the names in the list. Naturally the 'value' of our buttons in the HTML form that we want to display will be "Delete" and "Modify" since that's what we want to appear on the buttons' faceplates.
Both buttons (Modify and Delete) will be named "action_button" since that's what we want to index the $_POST array with. In other words, the 'name' of the buttons along cannot carry any uniquely identifying information if we want to process them systematically after submit. Since these buttons will exist for every user in the list, we need some further way to distinguish them, so that we know for which user one of the buttons has been pressed.
Using arrays is the way to go. Assuming that we know the unique numerical identifier of each user, such as their primary key from the database, and we DON'T wish to protect that number from the public, we can make the 'action_button' into an array and use the user's unique numerical identifier as a key in this array.
Our HTML code to display the buttons will become:
<input type="submit" value="Delete" name="action_button[0000000002]">
<input type="submit" value="Modify" name="action_button[0000000002]">
The 0000000002 is of course the unique numerical identifier for this particular user.
Then when we handle this form in PHP we need to do the following to extract both the 'value' of the button ("Delete" or "Modify") and the unique numerical identifier of the user we wish to affect (0000000002 in this case). The following will print either "Modify" or "Delete", as well as the unique number of the user:
$submitted_array = array_keys($_POST['action_button']);
echo ($_POST['action_button'][$submitted_array[0]] . " " . $submitted_array[0]);
$submitted_array[0] carries the 0000000002.
When we index that into the $_POST['action_button'], like we did above, we will extract the string that was used as 'value' in the HTML code 'input' tag that created this button.
If we wish to protect the unique numerical identifier, we must use some other uniquely identifying attribute of each user. Possibly that attribute should be encrypted when output into the form for greater security.


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Scheduling Your First Visit
Office appointments are available in New Haven Monday thru Friday and in Greenwich on Thursday afternoon. Please call the office at (203) 785-3865 or email firstname.lastname@example.com to schedule a new patient visit.
Prior to your scheduled visit, it is helpful for us to receive recent office visit notes, MRIs (including actual images), EEGs and other testing and/or imaging available. Please be sure to include your name, address and contact information with your records. Records may be faxed to (203) 737-2799 or mailed to Yale Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, PO Box 208018, New Haven, CT, 06520-8018.


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Message Board
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Talk about the novels, new and used books that Jr. has written!
Author Jr.'s Book Reviews
The Last Summer
NAL, Aug 2003, 12.95, 342 pp. ISBN: 045120882X At thirty-nine, Claire Maleck knows her life in DC is over as her affair with her boss, repulsive Senator Bob Mallory has ended. Knowing she needs to start over, Claire, accompanied by her teenage daughter, drives to Boston to stay with her mom until she can find employment. In Cape Cod, Claire asks the editor of the Covenant John Hillman for a job as a secretary. Instead, John hires her to write ...


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By Matthew Heimer
Sportswriters have their college-football polls. Movie and music critics get their Best of the Year lists. How are retirement bloggers supposed to compete with sexy material like that? Well, at least we can steer you to the annual list of the Top 30 401(k) Plans, now in its 4th year, from Brightscope, a financial-information company that rates retirement plans and advisory firms. No mention of Notre Dame, Carly Rae Jepsen or Steven Spielberg's Lincoln. But the survey does give kudos to Marathon Oil, Saudi Arabian Oil Company and Southwest Airlines, who make up the top 3. (See the rest of the list here.)
Brightscope's rankings focus on about 400 companies whose plans have at least $1 billion in assets. Companies get rated on a couple of hundred criteria, but the ones that count most include how much money the company puts into employees' accounts, through matches and other contributions; plan costs and fees (the lower, the better); the range of investment choices; and employee participation rates. These factors tend to give an edge to companies where employees' average pay is particularly high – over the years, oil companies and big pharmaceutical powerhouses have generally fared well in the year-end rankings.
For those whose employers don't fall into those categories, Brightscope also ranks companies' plans within their industries. Seeing where your own plan ranks, of course, might inspire you to press your employer for some reforms. My own employer's 401(k) plan doesn't score high enough to crack Brightscope's Top 30, but Brightscope says it ranks higher than average for its media "peer group." Apparently, Dow Jones & Co. has among the lowest fees in the business. Speaking of low fees: Index funds account for 29.5% of assets in this year's Top 30 Plans, compared to 25.4% last year.


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by Justice Joette Katz
at the presentation of the
CBA Henry Naruk Award
presented to
Justice Katz during the Connecticut Bar Association's Annual Meeting
Luncheon held on Monday, June 7, 2004 in New Haven
I'd like to begin by recognizing my family: my husband,
Dr. Philip Rubin, my daughter, Samantha Katz, who are with me today, and
my son, Jason Rubin, who is working at the University of Pennsylvania
this summer but who is with me in spirit, as always. I also want to
thank the Bar Association for this most distinguished award presented in
the name of such an outstanding jurist -- Judge Henry Naruk. I'd like to
take this opportunity to briefly address what being a judge means to me.
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Judicial independence is a subject that has gotten a
great deal of attention in recent years. Typically it refers to
independence from executive and legislative interference with decisions
of the judiciary. The term generally deals with the entangling of the 3
separate branches of government and the efforts to keep decisions of the
judiciary free from pressure or influence by the other 2 branches.
Common concerns related to limitations on our jurisdiction as well as
statutory provisions addressing salary and terms, are all things arising
out of the structure of our government. This structural approach to
judicial independence is, however, but one way to approach the subject.
I would like to address for a brief moment limitations other than those
posed by other branches of government because in reality, the structural
infringements by these considerations remain largely in the background,
as well they should. After all few of us are like the judge in Miracle
on 34th Street presiding over the trial of a man who claims to be Santa
Claus. As many of you recall, the judge's political sponsor, played by
William Frawley, tells him to decide the case in favor of the defendant
Kris Kringle if he wants to retain his judgeship. Similarly, we are not
typically identified with the names of the governors who appointed us
the ways federal judges are to the appointing presidents as a shorthand
for supposed political ideology.
So what do I think of when I think of judicial
independence. I guess I define it best by what it is not. Independence
does not mean the freedom to decide cases autonomously as one sees fit.
We do not decide cases according to what we think is right, but rather
according to what the law is. If we listened only to our inner compass,
we would pay no regard to precedent and by our decisions, we would
create no precedent.
Nor does the judge have the freedom to write or speak on
topics of her choice. We are limited to issues that arise out of the
litigation before us. A great example of this point is Ambrose Bierce's
"An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court was sitting
by a river when a traveler approached and said: "I wish to cross. Will
it be lawful to use this boat?" "It will," was the reply: "it is my
boat." The traveler thanked him, and pushing the boat into the water
embarked and rowed away. But the boat sank and the traveler was drowned.
"Heartless man!" said an indignant spectator. "Why did you not tell him
that your boat had a hole in it?" "The matter of the boat's condition,"
said the great jurist, "was not brought before me." Although that is an
extreme example, it is not an aberrant one.
We also do not have the freedom associated with tenure
in academia. A judge is limited to the particular case and controversy
before her. To demonstrate how different this is from academia, imagine
a world in which an academic could only write on those issues and topics
raised by her students in class. But although judges, unlike academics,
do not operate solely in the world of ideas, academics do not operate in
the world of coercion. In the words of Robert Cover, "Legal
interpretation takes place in a field of pain and death . . . signaling
and occasioning the imposition of violence upon others: A judge
articulates his understanding of a text, and as a result, somebody loses his freedom, his property, his children, even his life." Although
this sounds a little over dramatic, it illustrates the point that, as
judges, we have to make choices between competing alternatives, often
with full awareness of the fact that no one option stands out as right
and that every option has an impact on someone's life.
And finally, pursuant to the Code of Judicial Conduct,
judges face an array of limitations on what we can say and where we can
say it. The confluence of limitations on what judges can say in public
and in the context of a case is a REAL restraint on the ability of
judges to influence the general shape of the law.
So where does our freedom come in? Is the independence
of which I speak synonymous with neutrality? That is to say no
preference for one party or another, no bias? Part of what it means to
be independent is to be able to adjudicate cases without being unduly
bound by personal or sociopolitical loyalties. Bringing a certain
perspective to the bench, in my case a middle class Jewish female, and a
former public defender, is different than responding to a fidelity
imposed by association. Judges face the possibility of losing status
within one's group for not acting or deciding cases as the group
demands, but in the end, a judge's sociopolitical group loyalties cannot
replace her constitutional ones. Perhaps judicial independence is best
explained as the self-satisfaction that the judge is content in her
position as a judge with no driving ambition to be anything else. A
judge in pursuit of something other than adjudicatory excellence may
subordinate her institutional role as a judge to her personal
nonjudicial aspirations. Judicial independence is not complete
independence in the sense that its possessor may do whatever she wants.
Indeed, life offers no such independence under any meaningful
circumstances. Everyone must know and appreciate her boundaries. True
judicial independence for me then is the knowledge that I have the best
job in the world, and that I am unencumbered by anything other than the
goal to do that job to the best of my ability. I treat today's honor as
a reflection of your sentiment that I am on the right track. Thank you
so very much.
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Hey everyone!
I just got back from an amazing self-defense course, which was organized by my awesome WPC (Women's Peer Counselor). Each unit (like 60 kids) at my college has a WPC, a Minority Peer Counselor, and a straight-up Residence Counselor. Aholla.
Anyway, I wanted to share the 8 myths about rape that I learned at this self-defense thing. They are very cool. They are verbatim from the packet, because I can't phrase them better.
1. It can't happen to me.
2. Women are powerless against rape.
3. Women secretly want to be raped.
4. Only young, attractive women get raped.
5. Only women with bad reputations are raped.
6. Only women who wear sexy, revealing clothing are raped.
7. Only women who are out alone at night get raped.
8. Rapists are sex maniacs- perverts- with overactive sex drives.
"Rape can happen to anyone…Rapists choose victims…not because of the way they are dressed, how they look or what job they hold. Rape is not a crime of sex– it is a crime of violence and control…Why would any person–male or female– want secretly to be raped, humiliated, beaten or possibly killed? That doesn't make sense. Don't let anyone tell you it does."
SUCK IT victim blamers. Yeah.
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Alex Card was given for a foul
Frank Lampard Card was given for a foul
Player was substituted due to an injury
On:Frank Lampard
Off:Daniel Sturridge
Player was substituted due to an injury
On:Ross Turnbull
Off:Petr Cech
Player was substituted for tactical reasons
On:John Terry
Off:Joshua McEachran
Kerim Frei Card was given for a foul
Player was substituted for tactical reasons
On:Mousa Dembélé
Off:Orlando Sá
Player was substituted for tactical reasons
On:Bobby Zamora
Off:Pajtim Kasami
Player was substituted for tactical reasons
On:Steve Sidwell
Off:Marcel Gecov
Fulham and Chelsea offered youth the chance to flourish in the Carling Cup on Wednesday night, with both managers making significant changes to their regular Barclays Premier League and European competition line-ups.
For Fulham, five summer signings featured in Martin Jol's starting eleven, including deadline day signings Bryan Ruiz, Zdenek Grygera and debutant Orlando Sa.
Alongside recent signings and an experienced defensive line-up, Martin Jol handed promising youngster and former Academy graduate Kerim Frei a Cup debut to cherish.
The home side followed suit, with youngsters Josh McEachran and Ryan Bertrand playing alongside several experienced internationals. The spotlight for Chelsea was firmly set on summer signing Romelu Lukaku.
Whilst Chelsea and Fulham offered revised line-ups for Wednesday night's match, both Managers selected benches that featured arguably the most senior professionals of both Clubs, should they be required.
It was certainly an open and expansive contest at the Bridge from the first whistle and it soon became clear that Chelsea's right back Ferreira would be in for a busy night against the speed, close control and youthful exuberance Fulham's of Matthew Briggs and Kerim Frei. Twice in the first 15 minutes Fulham's former Academy graduates stormed through the home side's defence.
During the opening stages Chelsea targeted Fulham's right flank but Stephen Kelly stood firm to each and every challenge, with Kalou and Malouda posing the questions. One superb sliding challenge by Kelly on Malouda, six yards out, denied the Frenchman a clear scoring opportunity after 15 minutes.
After being denied by Kelly, Malouda turned provider for Kalou two minutes later, with an in-swinging cross from the left flank that the Ivorian striker grazed past Schwarzer's far post with a deft header.
Kerim Frei showed no fear against established international defenders and on 19 minutes the youngster skipped through a host of Chelsea defenders across the 18 yard line. Frei was denied as he looked to pull the trigger six yards from goal but the teenager greeted Chelsea defence with a constant threat every time the ball was in his possession.
Fulham were immediately caught on the counter attack a minute after Frei's mazy dribble, with Briggs being dispossessed by Lulaku 30 yards from goal. The 18-year-old striker, physically immense for his age, cantered towards Schwarzer's goal before forcing the Australian international into a fine save at the near post. The danger was far from over with Kalou blazing over Fulham's bar seconds later.
After quarter of an hour's play, Orlando Sa almost scored twice in as many minutes. The Portuguese international just lacked a clinical edge in front of goal, but behind him Bryan Ruiz was beginning to pull the strings for Fulham, with some defence splitting passes from behind Chelsea's midfield line.
Kerim Frei was at it again just passed the half hour mark, leaving Chelsea's right side standing as he sped towards Cech's goal. Fulham certainly had a key to unlock the home side's defence, who retreated every time Frei raced towards them.
Seven minutes from half time the home crowd were on their feet celebrating as Sturridge finished from close range. However the linesman's flag was raised and Sturridge was then hit with a double blow as he was forced to retire from the action through injury. Frank Lampard replaced Sturridge.
As half-time approached the match was held up as Cech received treatment following a challenge with Sa in the area, prompting two minutes of added time.
There was a second change for Chelsea at the start of the second half, as goalkeeper Petr Cech was replaced by Ross Turnbull, who was to be the home side's star performer in the second 45. Whilst Fulham impressed during the first half, they excelled in the second period as the match flourished into a classic cup clash.
Within seconds of the restart Fulham almost had a repeat of Sunday's match against Manchester City, as Kalou looked certain to score from the right hand side of the area. Lampard's threaded ball through Fulham's defence found the striker on the right side of the area but his effort smashed against the side netting.
A minute later drama erupted at Stamford Bridge when Fulham were awarded a penalty by Referee Chris Foy after Kerim Frei was clearly felled by Alex following the cutest of through balls by Bryan Ruiz. Foy had no choice but to brandish his red card to Alex.
Fulham failed to take advantage with Kasami's penalty well saved by Turnbull. Seconds after Alex walked from the field of play Chelsea introduced John Terry for Josh McEachran.
Moments after Terry's introduction Chelsea's defence was breached again as Sa raced into the area. The striker appeared to be tripped inside the box but Chris Foy was unimpressed. With the advantage of a replay Fulham were unfortunate not to given a further chance from the penalty spot.
Martin Jol made his first change of the game on the hour mark, replacing Orlando Sa with Mousa Dembele. The Belgium international's introduction marked a spell of sustained possession for Fulham. It was impressive play by the visitors, who controlled the tempo and direction of the game for several minutes.
With twenty minutes remaining Fulham almost scored three times in as many minutes but Chelsea had Turnbull in goal to thank for keeping the score level. His most impressive save came from Kasami at close range before Baird fired agonisingly wide seconds later.
Martin Jol introduced Bobby Zamora for Kasami with 13 minutes remaining to spearhead his attack. Neither side let up as extra time approached, as both sides traded attack for attack. It was a classic Cup contest but there was to be only one winner on the night and extra-time beckoned.
After three minutes of added time Chris Foy brought a halt to proceedings before extra-time commenced. Four minutes into the first phase of extra-time Bobby Zamora fired a snapshot effort towards Turnbull, sensing the keeping off his line. Zamora's effort just lacked the venom to catch Turnbull off guard.
Kerim Frei picked up an unfortunate booking after 97 minutes for a late challenge in the middle of the park. Undeterred the youngster fired in another dangerous cross from the left seconds later that evaded both sets of players in Chelsea's box.
At the other end Stephen Kelly and Zdenek Grygera performed superbly for Fulham at the back. Both players were faultless in their decision making and with Chris Baird providing a defensive screen in midfield Fulham kept Chelsea at bay.
Both teams approached the second period of extra-time more tentatively as penalties beckoned. However with players such as Ruiz, Dembele and Frei on the pitch, Fulham's desire to push forward remained potent. However Chelsea played a high defensive line late on which diluted Fulham's threat in the final third.
With just three minutes left of extra-time Steve Sidwell caught Kelly's fine cross from the right with a powerful side-footed volley from 12 yards. Sidwell's connection was true but the ball arrowed over Turnbull's cross bar. It was agonisingly close for Fulham's supporters at the other end.
Sidwell's effort was the final opportunity of the match and after 120 minutes Chris Foy called time and both teams prepared for a penalty shoot-out.
Fulham made a perfect start to the penalty shoot-out with Schwarzer denying Lampard with a fine save. Zamora, Luiz, Sidwell and Terry then proceeded to fire home impressive penalties before the home side were back on level terms when Dembele missed.
With the teams back on level terms the next three penalties were clinically dispatched (Kalou, Baird, Malouda) leaving Bryan Ruiz with the fifth and final strike. Sadly Ruiz' effort came off the underside of the cross bar and away from goal to cruelly end Wednesday's contest for Fulham.
Chelsea earned their place in the Fourth Round but Fulham will head back down the Fulham Road with their heads held high. On a marvellous night of Cup action in SW6 Fulham showed that their is not only quality in depth within their First Team squad, but players of outstanding potential have emerged from the Club's Academy ranks.
Competition: Carling Cup
Date: Wednesday 21 September 2011
Kick-off: 7:45pm
Venue: Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 37,672
Referee: Chris Foy
Line-up: Cech (Turnbull 45'); Ferreira, Alex, David Luiz, Bertrand; Sturridge (Lampard 43'), McEachran (Terry 51'), Romeu, Malouda; Lukaku, Kalou
Unused substitutes: Bosingwa, Mata, Mikel, Drogba
Line-up: Schwarzer; Kelly, Grygera, Senderos, Briggs; Kasami (Zamora 78'), Baird, Gecov (Sidwell 90'), Frei; Ruiz, Sá (Dembélé 58')
Unused substitutes: Etheridge, John Arne Riise, Halliche, Kacaniklic
Manager: Martin Jol


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Saris CycleGlide 2-Bike Add-On - 2018
Saris' CycleGlide 2-Bike Add-On kit lets you hang two more bikes on your Saris CycleGlide overhead storage rack (sold separately).
Garage floor space is precious. Saris' CycleGlide (sold separately) offers an ingenious and elegant space-saving solution. You can store up to four bikes of virtually any size and shape thanks to its adjustable hooks. The gliding rails maximize storage room and allow easy access when you want to take a bike down to ride.
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In 1858, the town of Deerfield, Massachusetts, was forced by the state to provide free high school education for all its young residents. Prior to that, a person who wanted a high school education only had the Deerfield Academy, a private, tuition-charging institution, to go to. Although some scholarships were available, for most young people there was no free education past elementary school. The town was not able to raise the money for a totally new school, and as a result they joined with the Deerfield Academy and created a joint high school with it. That existed, a bit uneasily, from 1858 to 1875. That year, a bequest by a rich donor funded the Dickinson School, Deerfield's own high school, which was taught by Deerfield Academy teachers but mainly funded by the town. In 1917, the state demanded complete separation from private schools, a process that had to be completed by 1923. A buyout purchased the school from the Academy, and the new high school building was then built using town funds.
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I've been thinking a lot lately on short story writing versus noveling, but I'll save that for another day, perhaps when I'm done with this book.
Speaking of the book, Harvester/Alchemist/Heloise Book 1 reached 52k this week, although not because I added thousands of new words. While I did some, I also managed to rehab the outline even further, and work in some of the chapters I'd cut out from before, having thought them unusable. It sort of feels like cheating, but given that they fit now, I'm okay with that.
And now I'm very, very close to having no other "safety net" words, and only dozens of blank pages before me. That's actually been the scary part of this week – dealing the crap my mind throws at me to intimidate me, specifically regarding the Julian chapters and the wrong turns I may potentially take (or have already taken and have yet to realize). What if I don't even need his point of view? What if I cannot pull off a dual point of view? What if I can't do the political thing and keep him occupied until he turns into crazy socialist dictator? Far too many what-ifs going on here … and that was this week.
In the chapters to be written/cleaned up this next week, the alloy is going to succeed, and both Heloise and Julian are going to start thinking much, much bigger. Or at least, Julian will, and conniving will become his middle name.
Other super exciting news – John sent Carl the Spider off to Apple! He should hear back in a few days and then it will be up on the App store.
Honestly, I still have a few levels to beat. I think I've made it through the Grasslands, the entire first level set, but some of the Winterlands levels are unrelenting. For this impatient player, the result is a lot of yelling and saying words that I probably shouldn't type, and trying not to throw my phone every time I go too fast and impale Carl on an ice spike. Yet I keep trying, since the levels are just so neat.
I started reading Lauren Beukes' Zoo City this week. Truthfully, the book has sat on my floor for two months given the hideous large print and how irritating I find it to read. But I pulled it out on Tuesday and within the first page, forgot about the size of the words. While I'm not usually much for noir and am mostly over present tense, neither of things mattered to me once I started reading, and I'm utterly floored at the color of the book. Not so much of Zoo City itself, but of Beukes' fresh narrative and how she colors even the simplest of actions.
Clarion pal Brooke Bolander has a story up at Strange Horizons this month, one that caused quite a bit of discussion amidst our class; another unique tale well worth the read.
Work continues to be madness – but only seven more weeks of tax season left!
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St John the Baptist Church, on Clarendon Park Road, is the parish church of Clarendon Park. It is an Anglican Church (Church of England). There is far too much to say about its history in just one post, but I would like to share with you a few pictures and facts about its earliest days.
St John's was built in 1884-1885 by architects Goddard and Paget of Leicester, funded largely by a gift of £6,000 from Miss Sarah Barlow (more about her some other time). It was built as a chapel of ease in the parish of St Mary Magdalene, Knighton, and only became parish church in its own right in 1917. The parish minute books show how pleased the then vicar and churchwardens were, as it considerably simplified the financial running of the churches.
Joseph Goddard also built Leicester's clock tower, in 1868. Here is an excellent site about the Goddard empire. St John's was designed in the Victorian gothic style. I think it is fair to say that it is considerably more imposing on the inside than the outside. The level of detail is astonishing and the overall impression is of grandeur and awe. Here is one of Goddard's original designs for the railings that used to top the front boundary wall (which you can see in the photo above have been removed…probably as part of the war effort). Luckily the attractive gate still stands. Leicestershire Records Office holds all the original designs, and they are beautiful in themselves.
As for the interior, here is a postcard showing the interior as it was before the addition of a new reredos in memory of Guy Edward Frank Russell, who died in World War I. The screen is still in place – this was taken down within living memory of the current congregation.
St John's is open 9 – 3pm most days except weekends (services on Sunday are at 8.30am, 9.30am and 11am) and it is well worth a visit even if you are not a practising Christian. There is a lot more to say about St John's but some other time! In the meantime, check the Index page of this site for several more articles about St John's. Regards, Elizabeth.


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A former worker in the Butler County district attorney's office says she was unfairly blamed for the loss of a federal grant.
Linda Cranmer, the former victim witness assistant coordinator, said Thursday at the county commissioners meeting that her former boss, District Attorney Richard Goldinger, knew the grant application was late.
Goldinger said in an interview Cranmer told her the application for the Arrest Grant would not be late.
According to Goldinger, Cranmer erroneously sent an application via postal delivery. He said the Department of Justice only accepts electronic submissions and the mailed application was sent to the wrong address.
Cranmer, who was suspended without pay on Oct. 11, said she was told Friday her only choices were to quit or be fired. She subsequently resigned.
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Conferences around the world consider how farmers will be able to feed the world's growing population, which is expected to increase from 7 billion to 9 billion people by 2050.
Agricultural research and development will be very important, just as when it helped farmers keep up when the world's population doubled over the last 50 years.
But the task looks more difficult ahead. Production research and development must address all types of farms, including the 400 million farms in the world with less than 5 acres each. All farms will be needed to feed the world in the future.
"There will continue to be a decreasing area of agricultural land available per person globally for food production," says David Leaver, president of the British Institute of Agricultural Consultants. For example, in 1967 there were 4.2 acres of cropland/person, and in 2007, just 1.7 acres of cropland/person were available.
Costs and regulations
While private investment in research in the developed world has been strong, overall funding has slowed over the past two decades, especially in the public sector. Adding to this concern is the global economic situation. "When in cases of financial stress, often research and development is the first to suffer," Leaver says.
Besides funding, there are other tough obstacles for more research and development. One is the intricate maze that a new agricultural product must negotiate to come to market. A myriad of regulatory hurdles throughout the global food chain cost companies millions of dollars to handle.
Julia Wheeler, director of research and development for DuPont Crop Protection, says, "The challenge is the cost required to successfully develop the product and the resources required to bring it to market. To be successful, we must collaborate with regulatory agencies to not only improve food production, but also maintain export opportunities."
Streamlining and harmonizing regulations would make the entire process more efficient for not only the companies involved, but the countries involved as well.
"Recently, DuPont worked with key regulators in five countries on a Global Joint Review project, in which the regulators collaborated in reviewing the global regulatory dossier," Wheeler says. "We found that the Global Joint Review process actually reduced the product review time, even though each country conducted its own risk assessment. That's because by sharing information on the dossier evaluation, each country decreased duplication of effort and reduced the overall amount of work required to register the product."
Another key for the future of ag research and development will be collaborative efforts among all stakeholders. Already, U.S. farmers have seen collaborations between major ag biotech companies to deliver new products (SmartStax, for example). "Collaboration will be critical to encourage discovery, development and registration of new agricultural products," Wheeler says. "We can't operate in a vacuum."
Leaver is critical of what he sees as "silos," where information is not readily exchanged among organizations and where some ag research and development currently operates. "Global food security should be the focus of all our initiatives, and we need a coordinated approach to reach that goal," he says
Countries such as China are seeing the need to develop a secure food supply and continue to pour a tremendous amount of resources into agricultural research and development. "China is investing a lot in agriculture, especially biotech," Wheeler says.
But research and development efforts also must include Africa, where food security is critical. Here small farmers remain a vital part of the food supply. Investments in research and development will be crucial to help these farmers contribute to the world's food supply.
"For 40 years, global food production has kept pace with population growth and per-capita-income growth," Leaver says. "Agricultural research and development has been a major driver of this increase. The next 40 years will mean similar productivity growth is required to satisfy the continuing rise in food demand."
Wheeler says removing unnecessary barriers that prevent new technologies from getting into the hands of those who need it is critical to ensure continued investment. "We are in an era of urgent challenges and unique opportunities," she says. "We must work together to meet these challenges."


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My sister taught me to knit. She's one year older and much more patient than my mother ever was. Mom used to knit my father a vest that could, swear to God, stand up in the middle of the floor without anyone in it. That's how tight she used to knit. An actual reflection of the woman if you catch my drift. When my sister taught me to knit, there were a number of knitting "truths" that she explained to me. When I teach someone to knit, I find myself quoting her often.
- When you are learning to knit and you make a "mistake", it is not a mistake if you do it over and over again. It is a design element.
- If you have a hole in your knitting, it's not a hole, it's lace.
- To knit is to rip. If you cannot rip, you cannot knit.
- Illiterate women have learned how to knit. Don't be afraid that you can't
- Knitting patterns are not perfect. There is almost always a mistake in there somewhere so sometimes it's not you.
There are many more of these truths. I bet you can contribute some to this list for me. My point is, even knowing these truths and teaching them to others. I sometimes forget them. A good example would be # 5. I had tried to knit the Shetland Tea Shawl from "A Gathering of Lace". I kept getting hung up on the Madeira Lace section in this circular shawl. I could not get it right. I thought I just stank at lace and gave up in disgust for a very long time. I stopped doing any lace at all and went back to cable knitting. The shawl sat mouldering away in a bag, mute witness to my lack of knitting skill. I couldn't rip it, I couldn't knit it. To rip it under these conditions was to admit defeat. Very different from ripping because it's not a pattern you like or a color you fancy or you are bored. I couldn't knit it because it kept coming out wrong. Because I forgot about truth # 5, I never checked to see if there was a correction to the pattern. Until, that is, someone mentioned it on the Yahoo shawl knitting group. See above, there are corrections to the patterns from that book.
For any knitters new to lace. Welcome. Thank you to everyone who posted suggestions for new lace knitters that they could try. It was very very thoughtful and helpful of you all to contribute to a little list I have now put on this blog.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE any new lace knitters. Check to see if there are corrections to any lace pattern you are going to try for the very first time. Remember. Sometimes it's not you if it doesn't come out right!
Good night to all! and Good Knitting!


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Karen Denise Curtis Higgins
Karen Denise Curtis Higgins, 52, of Mayflower was greeted by the Lord and her sweet baby, Haylee, on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. She was born Nov. 17, 1960, to George and Sue Curtis of Benton.
Denise was the keeper of the future. She held the tiniest of hands and the largest of hearts. She nurtured our most precious gifts, our children and our hearts. They kept her smile beaming and her light shining as she passed on a piece of her gift to us all.
She was preceded in death by her father; her beloved daughter, Haylee Higgins; a brother, Steven Curtis; a sister, Sherrilyn Glenn; and a father-in-law, Russell Higgins.
She is survived by her husband, Windell Higgins; her mother, Sue Curtis; a brother, Mike Curtis; a sister, Tonya Johnson; her mother-in-law, Reba Higgins; a special niece, Micalah Johnson; and other family members and friends.
Funeral service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at Ashby Funeral Home. Burial will follow at New Rosemont Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers are Jared Glenn, Zach Glenn, Dustin Curtis, Thad Curtis, Skylar Higgins and Chandler Higgins.
Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, March 22, at the funeral home.
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Idaho Teachers will get Bonuses
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho teachers will still get about $38 million in merit-pay bonuses this year, despite voters' rejection of public schools chief Tom Luna's education overhaul. The Idaho attorney general says the failure at the polls shouldn't affect the payout. Voters rejected not only the merit-pay provisions but also limits on collective bargaining and a $180 million contract for laptops for high school students.


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Leonardo, the first of three logistics modules developed and built by the Italian Space Agency, was affixed to a berthing port on Unity overnight as mission specialist Andy Thomas carefully maneuvered it into place at 12:02 CST a.m. today.
Operating Discovery's robotic arm, Thomas grappled the "crate" full of equipment racks and supplies at 9:37 p.m. Sunday, lifting it out of the shuttle's cargo bay at 10:10 p.m. Over the course of the next two hours, he slowly and deliberately moved the 11-ton module into place. At 12:02 a.m. today, STS-102 Commander Jim Wetherbee commanded the latches on the station's Earth-facing Common Berthing Mechanism to establish a tight seal with the Leonardo module.
The berthing of Leonardo to Unity took slightly longer than planned while Expedition One Commander Bill Shepherd rerouted video from the Centerline Berthing Camera System to the television monitors on the shuttle's aft flight deck so that Thomas could use the view looking directly out the berthing port at its corresponding opening on Leonardo. There also was a delay in activating the cargo carrier while Shepherd connected a Unity-to-Destiny power cable that provides electricity to systems inside Leonardo. Shepherd briefly entered the Leonardo module at 5:51 a.m. to retrieve the cable. He took it to the vestibule between the U.S. laboratory and Unity and made the required connections. Leonardo carries more than five tons of equipment and experiments that will be unloaded during the next few days before it is again detached from the station and stowed aboard Discovery to return to Earth.
The shuttle and station crews rejoined each other at 9:15 p.m. Sunday when the hatches separating them during the previous day's record-setting 8-hour, 56-minute space walk were reopened. With the hatches open, Jim Voss – the station's newest resident after a 10:45 p.m. swap-out with Sergei Krikalev – joined Expedition One Commander Bill Shepherd and Expedition Two Commander Yury Usachev on board the station. Only one more crew swap remains to complete the station's change of watch. Expedition One Commander Bill Shepherd will trade places with Expedition Two Flight Engineer Susan Helms on Tuesday. The hatches were closed once again at 5:39 a.m. today after 8 hours, 24 minutes. So far, the hatches between the shuttle and station have been open for a total of 10 hours, 27 minutes.
Meanwhile mission specialists Paul Richards and Thomas, with help from Helms, checked out the space suits they will wear for a planned 6-hour, 30-minute space walk scheduled to begin at 10:47 p.m. Monday. Richards and Thomas will finish up a task that was deferred from the first space walk, connecting cables on the Lab Cradle Assembly that will be the mounting location for the station's robotic arm when it arrives next month. Next, they'll install an External Stowage Platform on the hull of Destiny and hook up cables that will provide heater power to spare equipment that will be stored there. They'll place the first of such spares, a Pump and Flow Control Subassembly that regulates ammonia coolant flow, on the platform. The pair also will inspect the Floating Potential Probe that is designed to measure the electrical charge on the outside of the station but has not been providing data since being temporarily shut down for repositioning of the station's Soyuz escape vehicle in February.
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