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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Lanvin pour H&M Men
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The men's stuff looks nicer (better made) than the women's.ReplyDelete
Amazing range, good to see a designer tackle menswear as well, we haven't see so much of that in the past few collaborations... I dare you to wear those blue oxfords.ReplyDelete
ammaazing pieces! great post :)ReplyDelete
I've been following your blog for a while now and I really appreciate your work.ReplyDelete
You have a very sensitive fashion instinct and it's a pleasure to scroll through your posts!
Finally a Blog from Switzerland with such a potential...!!!
Greetings from Basel.
Btw, my favorite of Lanvin pour H&M Men Collection is the navy Blazer with the black silk collar (i'm not sure if it's really silk...): So classy! There has been a similar one in the autumn/winter collection for H&M Woman which I spotted in Paris. Unfortunately I couldn't find it in Switzerland.
~i agree that LANVIN's men's collection was better than women's. men pieces are mostly prom-ish with a twist. the metallic blue oxfords are to die for. :)ReplyDelete
wow these are so beautiful! much better than the women's collection!ReplyDelete
hey, häsch dich au scho gseh im neue Friday uff siite 6! Bisch im Hintergrund ufem Iphone am umemache! ;)ReplyDelete
Mit voll verwindete Haar!
love this collection! can't wait!ReplyDelete
great post!
i just bumped into your blog! love it!
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I am dying over this!!! Such an amazing collection!ReplyDelete
JUST LOVED THIS COLLECTION!!! All the menswear garments are just what a guy needs... i still do not know how you can get in the showroom and photograph the collectionbefore it hits the stores... but I love you can! :)ReplyDelete
The purple shoes look like a christmas decoration. And that is most definitely fierce.ReplyDelete
I must say you have very good collection....I like all the designs very much...Nice stylish Collection for men thanks for sharing this here...ReplyDelete
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i love the blue oxfords, too! would like to see them on you :)ReplyDelete
I think I prefer the men's collection to the women's after seeing this!ReplyDelete
that shoes <3<3ReplyDelete
look really really nice!ReplyDelete
Awesome collection for men's wear..ReplyDelete
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i could die for these neon shoes!ReplyDelete
This is my first time to see a post about Lanvin for H&M Men because most of the blogger post about the girl collections. I just love all of those pieces! Nice post! Love it :)ReplyDelete
Does anybody know if H&M have an online shopping site...Australia hasn't caught on yet arghhhh!ReplyDelete
Nice shoes in the end !!ReplyDelete


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Lezyne at Eurobike 2012
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My garden is looking pretty and I've pulled a lot of weeds to get it to look that way!
We've had a lot of rain – like every other day. We've also had a roller coaster ride of temperatures, from low 40's to mid-80's. It keeps going up and down!
When it's cool, I make sure I get out in the backyard and get to work!
I've had to mow the lawn weekly, unlike last spring/summer when we had the drought and I didn't have to mow at all!
My neighbor's lawn service shaved my Columbine flowers to the quick last summer but fortunately they came back full bloom. A resilient flower that mimics a resilient town in Colorado. When they spread out some more, I will transplant some to the front yard.
Half of the seeds I sowed in my vegetable garden died due to frost. FROST! In MAY! So, I went out yesterday and planted more seeds. My Cilantro survived though and it's the first time I planted Cilantro. Let's hope there are no more frosts!
I have plants growing in my front yard also. Two of them, I don't know where they came from. One looks like a fir tree and it's about 4 inches tall. When it gets a little bigger, I'll transplant it to my backyard. The other plant is a common spider plant. I transplanted it indoors last summer and the plant died. So, I was shocked to see another spider plant out front in the same spot where I removed the first one! The more I think I know about plants, the more they surprise me.
If you're not growing a garden, you're missing a lot of fun, good exercise, and Vitamin D. It's never too late to get started.


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Importance Pediatric observation units (OUs) offer the opportunity to safely and efficiently care for common illnesses previously cared for in an inpatient setting. Home oxygen therapy (HOT) has been used to facilitate hospital discharge in patients with hypoxic bronchiolitis. It is unknown how implementation of a hospitalwide bronchiolitis treatment protocol promoting OU-HOT would affect hospital length of stay (LOS).
Objective To test the hypothesis that using OU-HOT for bronchiolitis would decrease LOS.
Design and Setting Retrospective cohort study at Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Participants Uncomplicated bronchiolitis patients younger than 2 years admitted during the winter seasons of 2005 through 2011.
Interventions Implementation of a new bronchiolitis care process encouraging use of an OU-HOT protocol.
Main Outcome Measures Mean hospital LOS, discharge within 24 hours, emergency department (ED) bronchiolitis admission rates and ED revisit/readmission rates, and inflation-adjusted cost.
Results A total of 692 patients with bronchiolitis from the 2010-2011 bronchiolitis season were compared with 725 patients from the 2009-2010 season. Implementation of an OU-HOT protocol was associated with a 22.1% decrease in mean LOS (63.3 hours vs 49.3 hours, P < .001). Although LOS decreased during all 6 winter seasons, linear regression and linear quantile regression analyses for the 2005-2011 LOS data demonstrated a significant acceleration in the LOS decrease for the 2010-2011 season after implementation of the OU-HOT protocol. Discharges within 24 hours increased from 20.0% to 38.4% (P < .001), with no difference in ED bronchiolitis admission or ED revisit/readmission rates. After implementation of the OU-HOT protocol, the total cost per admitted case decreased by 25.4% ($4800 vs $3582, P < .001).
Conclusions and Relevance Implementation of an OU-HOT protocol for patients with bronchiolitis safely reduces hospital LOS with significant cost savings. Although widespread implementation has the potential for dramatic cost savings nationally, further studies assessing overall health care use and cost, including the impact on families and outpatient practices, are needed.
Quiz Ref IDBronchiolitis is the most common cause of hospitalization in children younger than 1 year in the United States, accounting for almost 150 000 admissions per year and a mean hospital length of stay (LOS) of 3.3 days.1-3 Inpatient management accounts for significant health care use even though care is primarily supportive and most interventions for uncomplicated disease do not significantly alter the disease course.2,4,5 Findings from prior research demonstrate that the introduction of standardized bronchiolitis practice guidelines can reduce unnecessary interventions and shorten hospital LOS.6-14
Hypoxia is a major component of clinical decision making regarding admission and discharge criteria in patients with bronchiolitis, and increasing reliance on pulse oximetry in emergency departments and inpatient settings may contribute to higher rates of admission and longer LOS for this disease.3,15-22Quiz Ref IDFindings from emerging research demonstrate that for a subset of hypoxic patients with bronchiolitis, home oxygen therapy (HOT) is a safe and acceptable method of avoiding hospitalization or reducing LOS for inpatients with bronchiolitis, and in certain regions of the country, HOT for uncomplicated bronchiolitis is routinely used.21,23-26
Due to a rising census, prolonged LOSs, and a growing impact on staffing and bed space during the bronchiolitis season, our hospital convened a Bronchiolitis Guidance Team composed of hospital physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, discharge planners, and quality improvement personnel. This group implemented a hospitalwide bronchiolitis care process in 2005 with an option for HOT for hypoxic patients with bronchiolitis. Because most patients with bronchiolitis at Primary Children's Medical Center (PCMC) historically had hospital LOSs longer than 24 hours (mean 3 days) and findings from previous pediatric observation unit (OU) studies showed a high likelihood of unsuccessful discharge within 24 hours, patients with bronchiolitis were usually admitted to the inpatient unit (IU), as opposed to our 24-hour OU.27,28 Even as HOT became more accepted and its use promoted to facilitate discharge, it was rarely used for patients discharged within 24 hours. A study from our institution during the 2007-2008 winter season evaluating the use of OU for the management of bronchiolitis demonstrated that hypoxia was a major barrier to discharge within 24 hours.21
Paradoxically, when the bronchiolitis care process was fully implemented in 2005, LOS increased. This was followed by modest decreases in LOS back to precare process LOS. With growing experience from Denver Children's Hospital, where an emergency department (ED)–based observation protocol using HOT decreased admission rates for patients with bronchiolitis, we focused our efforts on developing a similar protocol in our OU. For the 2010-2011 winter season, the care process was modified to encourage OU admission and rapid deployment of HOT for a larger subset of patients with bronchiolitis, as a means of facilitating safe, rapid discharge. We hypothesized that this OU-HOT protocol would significantly decrease the mean LOS for these patients in our hospital by increasing the proportion of patients with bronchiolitis discharged from the hospital within 24 hours.
We conducted a retrospective quality improvement study comparing a cohort of patients with bronchiolitis admitted to PCMC during the 2009-2010 bronchiolitis seasons with the cohort during the 2010-2011 season (November 1st to April 30th), after implementing a new bronchiolitis care process using the OU-HOT protocol. The Privacy Board of PCMC and the University of Utah institutional review board approved the study.
Primary Children's Medical Center is a 289-bed, urban tertiary care children's hospital, with approximately 45 000 ED patient visits and 13 000 patient admissions (OU and IU combined) per year. The OU, adjacent to the ED, has 18 beds and is staffed 24/7 by general pediatricians or pediatric emergency medicine physicians. Patients are admitted to the OU if LOS is expected to be shorter than 24 hours by the attending physician.
A bronchiolitis care process has guided the clinical care of bronchiolitis at PCMC since 2005. Case definition for the uncomplicated bronchiolitis cohort (low severity of illness without comorbid conditions younger than 2 years at admission) was based on a predetermined set of discharge codes and inclusion/exclusion criteria developed in 2005, and updated to reflect ongoing changes in International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision as approved by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the American Medical Association, to monitor all bronchiolitis admissions to our hospital (eAppendix). The cohort included patients admitted to both the IU and OU. Between 2005 and 2010, most patients were admitted to the IU. However, for the 2010-2011 bronchiolitis season, the care process was modified to more actively use the OU for admitted patients with bronchiolitis. A subset of patients presenting to the ED with bronchiolitis were started on the OU-HOT protocol for an 8-hour minimum observation period. The OU-HOT subset included patients who were both hypoxic and nonhypoxic on admission, since nonhypoxic patients with bronchiolitis often develop hypoxia during hospitalization, thus qualifying for HOT.
In the ED, all patients with clinical bronchiolitis had nasopharyngeal suctioning performed. Use of nebulizer therapies, intravenous fluids, and radiography were left to the discretion of the treating ED physician. If inclusion criteria were met (Figure 1), the ED physician admitted patients with bronchiolitis to the OU on the OU-HOT protocol under the care of the OU physician. Hypoxia in our facility is defined as oxygen saturations less than 88%. Patients with bronchiolitis admitted to the OU required a minimum of 8 hours of observation prior to discharge to ensure (1) no increase in supplemental oxygen if hypoxic, (2) no worsening respiratory distress by physical examination, (3) enough oral intake to maintain normal hydration as manifested by normal urine output, and (4) secretions managed with bulb suctioning. Patients who deteriorated in the OU were admitted to either the IU or if requiring high-flow nasal cannula, continuous positive airway pressure, or intubation,to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Primary care physicians (PCP) were contacted to facilitate discharge planning and follow-up care, and all patients discharged from the OU receiving HOT had outpatient follow-up within 24 hours with their PCP or one of many respiratory care clinics established to provide outpatient follow-up assessments and care if the PCP was unavailable during a weekend or holiday.
Figure 1. Inclusion and exclusion criteria and home discharge criteria for observation unit and home oxygen therapy protocol. ED indicates emergency department; NC, nasal cannula; PCP, primary care physician; RAD, reactive airway disease; and SBI, serious bacterial infection.
The primary outcome measure was mean hospital LOS, comparing the 2009-2010 and the 2010-2011 bronchiolitis season cohorts. Secondary outcomes included discharge within 24 hours, ED bronchiolitis admission rates, ED revisit/readmission rates, and inflation-adjusted cost. We also included mean LOS and proportion of HOT discharges by unit (OU vs IU), comparing the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons. Safety was defined as no increase in ED revisit/readmission rates or PICU admissions, and no apnea or need for advanced airway management after discharge.
Quiz Ref IDThe effect of the OU-HOT protocol was estimated in 2 ways: first, by comparing the LOS in 2010-2011 to the LOS in the immediately preceding winter season of 2009-2010, and second, by comparing the observed LOS in 2010-2011 to the expected LOS in 2010-2011 based on extending the linear trend in LOS over the preceding 5 winter seasons forward to 2010-2011. These analyses were implemented using ordinary least squares linear regression for comparisons of the mean LOS, and using linear quantile regression for comparisons of median LOS. For comparisons of 2010-2011 LOS to the projected LOS based on the prior trend, the regression models included a linear term for year and an indicator variable for the 2010-2011 season. The comparisons were performed first without covariate adjustment, and then after adjusting for sex, age, and payer type as covariates. A similar analysis, comparing observed with expected, was performed using logistic regression to relate the proportion discharged within 24 hours to year and an indicator variable for the 2010-2011 season, with and without adjustment for sex, age, and payer type. In addition, standard deviation calculations were made and statistical process control (SPC) charts were generated (Statit Custom QC) for overall ED bronchiolitis admission rates and cohort ED revisit/readmission rates, comparing these secondary outcomes over time.
Cost data were based on the Intermountain Healthcare activity-based cost accounting system and only includes changes in cost for the hospital, and does not include inpatient physician costs or outpatient clinic costs. For comparisons of 2010-2011 costs to the projected costs based on the prior trend, the regression models included a linear term for year and an indicator variable for the 2010-2011 season. Costs were adjusted for inflation to 2011 dollars.29,30
The 2009-2010 (n = 725) and 2010-2011 cohort (n = 692), before and after implementation of the OU-HOT protocol, differed significantly in the male to female ratio and proportion of publicly insured and self-pay patients (Table 1). Mean age was 7.5 months vs 7.1 months for the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 cohort, respectively (P < .03). Quiz Ref IDThe mean LOS decreased from 63.3 hours to 49.3 hours (P < .001) (Table 2). Similar decreases were seen for median LOS values, both before and after covariate adjustment. The OU-HOT protocol also led to a significant increase in the proportion of patients discharged within 24 hours, from 20.0% during the 2009-2010 bronchiolitis season to 38.4% during the 2010-2011 bronchiolitis season (P < .001) (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Proportion of bronchiolitis cohort admissions discharged within 24 hours by season from 2005 through 2011. A hospitalwide bronchiolitis care process was fully implemented for the 2005-2006 season, and the observation unit and home oxygen therapy protocol was implemented for the 2010-2011 season. Logistic regression analysis showed a highly significant increase in the proportion of patients discharged within 24 hours beyond the long-term trend (P < .001).
Although the mean hospital LOS decreased during the 6 winter seasons (Figure 3), linear regression and linear quantile regression analyses for the 2005-2011 LOS data demonstrates a highly significant acceleration in the LOS decrease for the 2010-2011 season after implementation of the OU-HOT protocol (Table 2). When directly comparing the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 bronchiolitis seasons, before and after implementation of the OU-HOT protocol, the proportion of patients admitted to the OU increased by 20.6%; 12.6% during the 2009-2010 season compared with 33.2% during the 2010-2011 season (Table 3). Although IU mean LOS did not change between the seasons (67.5 hours during the 2009-210 season vs 65.2 hours during the 2010-2011 season), OU mean LOS decreased by 47.8%, from 33.5 hours to 17.5 hours. The proportion of cohort admissions that were discharged on HOT increased between the comparison seasons (35% vs 46%). The increase in proportion of OU admissions discharged on HOT between the comparison seasons (30.6% vs 53.2%) was accompanied by a decrease in OU mean LOS (Table 3). For the 2010-2011 season, 15% of IU admissions were discharged in less than 24 hours compared with 75.8% of OU admission.
Figure 3. Mean hospital length of stay (LOS) in hours for bronchiolitis cohort admissions by season from 2005 through 2011. A hospitalwide bronchiolitis care process was fully implemented for the 2005-2006 season, and the observation unit and home oxygen therapy protocol was implemented for the 2010-2011 season. Linear regression analysis for mean LOS showed highly significant declines beyond the long-term trend (P < .001).
Despite expected fluctuations in bronchiolitis admission volumes since the implementation of a hospitalwide bronchiolitis pathway in 2005, using the OU-HOT protocol led to exaggerated decreases in LOS and increases in the proportion of patients being discharged within 24 hours. Overall, ED admission rates for patients with bronchiolitis, as well as ED revisit/readmission rates remained relatively stable from 2005-2011, ranging from 40.9% to 46.7% and 2.4% to 4.3%, respectively (Figure 4). The protocol was safe, with no reported apnea after discharge, and only 1 patient discharged from the OU was readmitted to the PICU 2 days after discharge for progression of respiratory distress, which was no different from readmission rates to the PICU in previous years. This patient did not require intubation.
Figure 4. Statistical process control charts for seasonal overall emergency department (ED) bronchiolitis admission (A) and revisit/readmission (B) rates. At 3-SD control limits (dotted red lines), there were no outlier seasonal rates, and no discernable effect of the observation unit and home oxygen therapy protocol on overall ED bronchiolitis admission (A) and cohort revisit/readmission (B) rates for the 2010-2011 season.
Compared with the 2009-2010 season, the mean cost per admitted cohort case decreased by 25.4% ($4800 vs $3582, P < .001) after implementation of the OU-HOT protocol for the 2010-2011 bronchiolitis season. The proportion of patients who were discharged receiving HOT increased (35% vs 46%) for 93 additional patients on home oxygen support. Cost for supplemental oxygen, including tank delivery and pickup, were estimated at $22 per case across the entire cohort.
Our study demonstrates that implementation of a new bronchiolitis care process aggressively using OU-HOT protocol, when indicated, led to a significant decrease in mean LOS by 14.0 hours (22.1%) compared with the previous season. The OU-HOT protocol resulted in 404 avoided patient hospital days for the 2010-2011 season (692 cohort patients × 14.0 hours decrease in mean LOS/24 hours). We established that the OU-HOT protocol was safe and not associated with an increase in ED revisits/readmissions.
Findings from our study show a significant decrease in hospital LOS by using OU-HOT. A recently published study evaluating an 8-hour ED-based observation protocol for hypoxic patients with bronchiolitis demonstrated that HOT reduced admission.26 In the study, no significant increase was noted in readmission rates, along with no PICU admissions or advanced airway interventions on readmission. Many EDs, however, may not have the space, staffing, or logistical capabilities to implement an ED-based protocol to discharge hypoxic patients with bronchiolitis home receiving HOT. It was not until a protocol facilitating rapid discharge and HOT deployment was implemented in a dedicated OU, with its culture for rapid discharge, that dramatic gains in LOS and discharges within 24 hours were seen at PCMC. We believe that both elements of the protocol, OU and HOT, were critical to success and, therefore, cannot be independently evaluated for effect. Home oxygen guidelines at our hospital were unchanged in the preceding 5 years. Although the IU had an increasing proportion of patients discharged receiving HOT, LOS did not decrease significantly. Use of the OU with predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria in the ED, along with clinical judgment of disease severity and the option for HOT in suitable patients, allowed a large subset of patients to be discharged in less than 24 hours, impacting hospital mean LOS. Our well-developed activity-based cost accounting system demonstrated that the reduced inpatient LOS led to an estimated cost savings from 2009-2010 to 2010-2011 of approximately $830 000.29
Quiz Ref IDFindings from our study demonstrate that a significant decrease in mean LOS and increase in discharges within 24 hours, along with expanded use of HOT, were not associated with any adverse events (eg, apnea, increased PICU admission rates, or need for emergent advanced airway management after discharge) or increases in ED revisit/readmission rates. Implementing the OU-HOT protocol did not increase bronchiolitis admission rates from the ED, which remained unchanged since 2005. This study and longitudinal experience in our facility and in Denver, Colorado, demonstrate that with adequate infrastructure and community acceptance OU care and HOT for hypoxic patients with bronchiolitis can safely reduce inpatient health care use.26
There are limitations to our study. This was not a controlled trial to determine the influence of OU care and HOT independently. Because the OU-HOT protocol was implemented simultaneously, it is impossible to know which intervention (use of an OU or use of HOT) was most influential in the outcome. However, we have shown that significant changes in LOS and discharge within 24 hours occurred after a rapid discharge protocol promoting HOT was implemented in the OU, suggesting the 2 changes worked in concert. The benefit of the OU itself, with a culture in promoting discharge within 24 hours, cannot be separated from the OU-HOT protocol. Transfer to the OU was an integral part of the intervention and we are unable to separate the OU component of the intervention from other components. Stratification of analyses by IU vs OU may produce results that would be difficult to interpret, since the clinical condition of patients sent to the 2 units may markedly differ. Furthermore, the complete set of clinical and patient characteristics defining the patients' condition are unavailable for analysis. In addition, due to inconsistency in provider discharge documentation, HOT data are unavailable for 39% of the 2009-2010 cohort and 17% of the 2010-2011 cohort (Table 3). The discharge documentation system used to extract HOT data, however, is not linked to hospital billing, and there is no reason to believe that provider omission of HOT discharge data was nonrandom. Our hospital is located at an altitude of approximately 5000 ft (to convert feet to meters, multiple by 0.3) above sea level. Given that hypoxia may be more common in patients with bronchiolitis admitted in higher-altitude regions, our experience may not be generalizable to lower-altitude regions. One might argue that HOT in higher-altitude regions would lead to a more dramatic decrease in LOS compared with lower-altitude regions. However, LOS for bronchiolitis is comparable across regions, and the clinical challenge of prolonged hypoxia in bronchiolitis is not limited to high-altitude regions.18,20,22 Because HOT for hospitalized patients with bronchiolitis has been shown in one small trial to reduce LOS at sea level, a larger study in lower-altitude regions is in order.24
In our study, seasonal variation in patient type was limited. Case definition for the hospitalized bronchiolitis cohort has remained unchanged since the Bronchiolitis Guidance Team began annual systematic data collection and analysis in 2005, except for ongoing International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision coding updates. We did have a significant change in insurance payer mix and male sex mix between the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons. However, addition of these variables to a multivariable regression model did not demonstrate an independent effect on LOS. Despite variations in admission volume from 2005-2011, the rate of admission for bronchiolitis from our ED has remained unchanged, further suggesting that there are no systematic differences between the comparison years.
Although most of the published experience with HOT is at higher altitude, we believe that a similar protocol could be tested at lower altitude for any inpatient setting with appropriate staffing and infrastructure to promote discharge within 24 hours. Differences in saturation thresholds for hypoxia at lower altitudes must be accounted for and studied. We realize HOT shifts resources to outpatient settings in ways that have not been evaluated, and estimated cost savings of approximately $830 000 do not include outpatient PCP and respiratory care clinic visits. The overall cost savings to the system (both inpatient and outpatient care) would be less than our estimated savings, and although we believe hospital cost savings would far outweigh additional outpatient costs, a formal cost-effectiveness analysis that considers resource and cost shifting from inpatient care to outpatient management with HOT must be performed. Although this shifting has the potential of overburdening families and primary care providers, a previous study has shown high patient and primary care provider satisfaction with HOT, and this management option has commonly been used in our community for years.23
In conclusion, in this study, we demonstrated that implementing a bronchiolitis care process that incorporated a new OU-HOT protocol significantly decreased the mean LOS for patients with bronchiolitis and increased the percentage of patients discharged within 24 hours of admission. These changes were unassociated with an increase in ED revisit/readmission rate. Dramatic cost savings for our hospital were achieved. Further studies should focus on implementing a similar care process in other hospitals and assessing the impact on outpatient practice and overall health care use and cost.
Correspondence: David R. Sandweiss, MD, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Williams Bldg, PO Box 581289, Salt Lake City, UT 84158 (email@example.com).
Accepted for Publication: November 14, 2012.
Published Online: March 11, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.1435
Author Contributions:Study concept and design: Sandweiss, Hill, Wolfe, and Glasgow. Acquisition of data: Mundorff, Hill, Wolfe, Andrews, and Glasgow. Analysis and interpretation of data: Sandweiss, Mundorff, Hill, Wolfe, Greene, Andrews, and Glasgow. Drafting of the manuscript: Sandweiss, Mundorff, Greene, Andrews, and Glasgow. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Sandweiss, Mundorff, Hill, Wolfe, Greene, and Glasgow. Statistical analysis: Sandweiss, Mundorff, Hill, Wolfe, Greene, Andrews, and Glasgow. Administrative, technical, and material support: Mundorff, Hill, Wolfe, and Andrews. Study supervision: Sandweiss, Hill, and Glasgow.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.
Online-Only Material: Listen to an author interview about this article, and others at http://bit.ly/MW1WVH. This article is featured in the JAMA Pediatrics Journal Club. Go here to download PowerPoint slides.
Additional Contributions: We thank the PCMC Bronchiolitis Guidance Team for their years of tireless work and dedication to quality improvement in the care of hospitalized children with bronchiolitis.
Journal Club Slides
Sandweiss DR, Mundorff MB, Hill T, et al. Decreasing hospital length of stay for bronchiolitis by using an observation unit and home oxygen therapy. JAMA Pediatr. Published online March 11, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.1435.
Sandweiss DR, Mundorff MB, Hill T, Wolfe D, Greene T, Andrews S, and Glasgow TS. Decreasing hospital length of stay for bronchiolitis by using an observation unit and home oxygen therapy. JAMA Pediatrics. Published online March 11, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.1435.
eAppendix. Bronchiolitis Patient Cohort Criteria
Sandweiss DR, Mundorff MB, Hill T, et al. Decreasing Hospital Length of Stay for Bronchiolitis by Using an Observation Unit and Home Oxygen Therapy. JAMA Pediatr. 2013;167(5):422–428. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.1435
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Nebraska wide receiver Kenny Bell joins a group of 75 selected for the Biletnikoff Award on Tuesday. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound junior comes off a season where he earned second-team All-Big Ten honors from the coaches and media, and first-team accolades from BTN.com and ESPN.com among others.
Bell set Husker sophomore marks for catches (50), yards (863), touchdowns (eight) and 100-yard receiving games (three). His 50 catches ranked seventh on NU's single-season chart while his yards and TDs both were eighth all-time for a single season at Nebraska. Of Bell's 50 catches in 2012, 16 went for at least 20 yards, including all eight of his touchdowns. He had a career-high nine catches for 136 yards and two scores against Minnesota, while his other two 100-yard games came at UCLA and at Ohio State. In addition, Bell also averaged 23.2 yards on 14 kickoff returns in 2012 and set the school record for longest TD run by a freshmen in 2011 (82 yards).
In two seasons at Nebraska, he has 82 catches for 1,324 yards and 11 touchdowns, while leading the Huskers in catches, receiving yards and touchdown receptions each of the past two seasons.
The 2013 Biletnikoff Award will be presented live on December 12, 2013, on The College Football Awards Show, and the 2013 banquet is set for Saturday, February 8, 2014.


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juan b. needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 77 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
The icon will be displayed in the APP STORE. THE BIG CHALLENGE: How to make a "kitchen product" look EXCITING!
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Kitchen Calculator PRO will be a high-end version of the Kitchen Calculator product in the app store. The existing product converts units such as cups to tablespoons or grams to ounces. The PRO version will also convert ingredients. For example: 1 cup of sugar to grams. It is targeted to COOKS and CHEFS.
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A study published today in the open access journal Respiratory Research reveals that a dose of 100 µg of horse anti-serum effectively protects infected mice.
These results suggest that anti-H5N1 antibodies developed in horses could potentially be used to prevent death from H5N1 influenza, or as early treatment for the disease, in humans.
Jiahai Lu from Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China and colleagues from other institutions in China infected dog kidney cells in vitro with a lethal dose of H5N1 and simultaneously exposed the cells to horse antibodies against H5N1. The results show that horse antibodies to H5N1 protected cells against H5N1 in vitro - the cells simultaneously infected with H5N1 and exposed to horse antibodies did not die.
They then injected horse antibodies into 40 mice that had been infected with a lethal dose of H5N1 24 hours earlier. The authors also injected horse serum without H5N1 antibodies into a group of mice that acted as controls.
The authors found that 50μg of antibody protected 70% of the mice against death by H5N1 and 100μg of antibody protected 100% of the mice. The mice in the control group died nine hours after receiving the normal horse serum.


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It's been a decade since General Motors last introduced a new full-size truck. Given the sizzle in the North American truck market, a decade between generations has come to look like an eternity.
Depending upon the source, GM's 1999 full-size truck program is identified as either delayed, greatly delayed or not delayed at all. It doesn't much matter. In the 10 years since GM's last new full-sizers were launched (as 1988 models), the truck market has blown through the roof. And domestic rivals Chrysler Corporation and Ford Motor Company both have taken choke holds on the segment by timing the introduction of their new entries.
Chrysler's all-new Ram (1994) and Ford's redesigned F-series (1997) both made demonstrable sales gains over their predecessors, and the portion of those increases that didn't come from an expanding segment came mostly at the expense of GM. So whether by accident or corporate ineptitude, the GM trucks come at a time to make GM the last of the Big Three to introduce a substantially new truck to customers who've been all but insatiable for the last three years - and conditioned to expect great new product.
It's up to GM's 1999 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra to reel in the competition. All that's on the line is a stake in the segment that GM says represents an astonishing 45% of the world's total light-vehicle sales.
Powertrain powerhouse. Ford and Chrysler will definitely trail the General. GM powertrain engineers have cranked out their own iron-block version of the Corvette's LS1 OHV V-8 - an engine that (loosely) traces its roots to GM's original four-decades-old small-block V-8, but with dramatic upgrades that make the design perhaps as good as an overhead-valve engine will ever get.
There will be three versions of the new V-8, all continuing with the Vortec name: 4.8L, 5.3L and 6L. The current-model V-8 gasoline-engine lineup includes a 5L and two 5.7L variants.
Trouble for the competition comes when it's time to match horsepower. GM's 4.8L makes 255 hp to the Ford 4.6L SOHC V-8's 220 hp. Jump up to GM's Vortec 5.3L, a displacement where both Ford and Chrysler have entries, and the new GM engine's 265 hp drubs the 235 hp available from Ford's 5.4L SOHC V-8 and the 230 horses found in Chrysler's 5.2L OHV V-8.
Finally, the new 6L Vortec delivers 300 hp. Ford's tiring 5.8L OHV V-8 is good for just 210 hp, and Chrysler's 5.9L V-8 makes 245 hp. That's 90 hp over the Ford and 55 hp better than Chrysler. The base engine remains a 4.3L OHV V-6, with power and torque similar to Ford and Chrysler V-6 base engines.
Manual and automatic transmissions are revised for increased longevity and performance, and in the case of the 4-speed automatic, a special feature permits trailering in overdrive without annoying gear "hunt."
Whopping torque from the new V-8s completes the package for class-leading hauling prowess.
Well built. GM has hauled out some solid construction techniques for the foundation of the new trucks.
A new hydroforming process for the front frame rails and engine crossmember ensures much more accurate dimensional placement of critical mounting brackets and suspension pickup points. The entire frame was wisely designed in a modular, three-piece strategy that permits more efficient assembly of a wide matrix of truck wheelbases, drive configurations and body styles. That should simplify assembly and enhance build quality.
Compare the new frame of a 4-wd extended cab model to its current counterpart, and you'll discover a 2-in. longer wheelbase, wider front and rear track and significant improvements in torsional and lateral rigidity.
Sophisticated styling. Given the success of GM's current styling, the new sheet metal should be well received.
Neither the Silverado nor the Sierra is styled as gregariously as the Ram or as fine-tuned-aggressive as Ford's F-series, but longstanding GM truck buyers won't be disappointed by decent freshening of the previous-generation styling. The chromy, bass-mouthed Sierra will help in establishing GMC's hoped-for upscale brand image, and it's for buyers who want a style with a little more daring.
There's little doubt the increases in cabin volume will be welcomed by today's size-obsessed truck buyers. There's 2.5 in. more space from the front bumper to the back of the cab, 3.1 in. for extended-cab models. Headroom is increased by a half-inch or more, which GM says will lead the class.
GM also says rear-seat legroom will beat both Chrysler and Ford full-sizers - yet the early press materials indicate the new GM trucks lose 0.4 in. of front legroom and 1.6 in. of rear legroom to their predecessors.
There's an all-new interior, too. Floor height is lowered 1 in. The instrument panel is cleaner, with typically clear GM dials and materials that look just plain durable.
Unfortunately, GM engineers forgot a door: Extended-cab versions of the truck will come with just three doors. The Ram and the F-series can be purchased with a second door on each side, opening opposite the front doors.
"There was a lot of debate about that," says one development engineer. "We probably should have gone ahead with four doors." One gets the feeling GM product planners either hadn't identified four doors as a competitive necessity - or the feature was deemed essential too late in the development process to be engineered in time for the launch. A serious miscue.
GM finally has done the right thing with brakes, however. Disc brakes all around are standard equipment, the heart of a system GM engineers say is the first-ever GM brake system designed specifically for a truck platform. All models get twin-piston front calipers; the rear calipers on 1500-series models are single-piston units, with twin pistons also fitted at the rear of the larger 2500 models. Four-wheel ABS also is standard.
Engineers played a video dramatizing the stopping effectiveness of the new brake components. It appears GM will be second to none in the increasingly critical area of braking effectiveness.
There is a wide selection of bed sizes. There are more usefully placed tie-down rungs and accommodation for modular sectioning system to tailor the bed to your needs.
Affordable to own. Generously equipped full-sizers are now fetching more than $30,000. The new GM trucks surely will be priced similarly. However, GM is providing no firm price structure at this time.
On the operating-cost side, low owner maintenance is promised with 100,000-mile tuneup intervals and new dual-accessory drive belts that are designed to go 150,000 miles. For more information on the Chevy Silverado, circle 202; for the GMC Sierra, circle 201.


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It's as comfortable now as it was then, though there have been a number of improvements over the years. Once an 18th-century building, the centrally located hotel is now composed of a series of five antique buildings connected by two idyllic gardens. All renovations were carried out with care, so as not to ruin the architecture, and it boasts a tasteful, modern decor, with light pastels used effectively throughout.
It's open year-round, and the staff is helpful and efficient. No two rooms are identical; your choices range from the smallest single in the shoemaker's old house with a view over church ruins, to a four-bed unit with a sloping ceiling and botanical garden greenery framing the window.
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The filmgoer was noticeably upset. He didn't like a moment in "Lincoln." More specifically, he didn't like the final moments of "Lincoln."
"I don't understand why it didn't just end when Lincoln is walking down the hall and the butler gives him his hat," he said. "Why did I need to see him dying on the bed? I have no idea what Spielberg was trying to do."
The man on the mini-rant wasn't some multiplex loudmouth. He was actor Samuel L. Jackson, and he was just getting started. "I didn't need the assassination at all. Unless he's going to show Lincoln getting his brains blown out. And even then, why am I watching it? The movie had a better ending 10 minutes before."
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Jackson was offering a sentiment common among people who've seen "Lincoln" and moviegoers in general: Hollywood films are struggling to find the exit. Stories that seem to end, end again, and then end once more. Climactic scenes wind down, then wind up. Movies that appear headed for a satisfying resolution turn away, then try to stumble back.


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An observation from the global financial crisis is that organisations with a weak risk culture can experience extensive or even catastrophic damage. Significant investment in risk management people, processes and technology is only part of a sound business risk environment. The key component is the risk culture.
Survey results
According to the Institute of Actuaries of Australia, only half of 250 surveyed organisations have "embedded" a risk culture.
Their survey reported that the main barriers to developing a risk culture are a lack of commitment from the leadership (51%), a poorly defined risk culture (46%) and poor communication to staff (37%).
This survey strengthens the case that if the tone at the top is not supporting risk-based behaviour, it is unlikely that risk management will be adequately valued throughout the organisation.
What is risk culture?
There is no industry-wide accepted definition for risk culture, which can add to the complexity. However, a common definition of risk culture is 'an organisation's system of ethics, values and risk-based behaviours: from the beliefs of the chair of the board, to the attitudes of the most junior staff members'.
Risk-based behaviours cover the attitudes, beliefs, decisions and actions of board members, executives and all staff. For instance, individuals making decisions on strategy, programs or operations will need to understand the behavioural parameters and level of risk that is acceptable to the organisation.
They will also need to know what is acceptable to them in order to protect the achievement of their objectives. This will enable them to proactively identify and manage risks to an acceptable level in their decision making.
Why is risk culture important?
Risk culture enables ethical and responsible risk-based decisions to be made, such as which business activity, product or service to invest in or which customers or business partners to select. It also ensures that day-to-day operational decisions are made considering the risks and rewards to the organisation.
Investing in risk culture and risk management capabilities assists organisations to achieve their strategic and operational objectives. This is done by staff reporting potential issues that fall outside of risk tolerance, that may prevent achievement of those objectives and request funding, resources or action to close the gap.
It also includes proactive planning to ensure risk events in the market can be converted into business opportunities. Having a dynamic and systematic governance system to respond to these requests and events is the key to success and competitive advantage.
Assessing business risk culture
Proactive board members, executives, risk and audit leaders assess their business risk culture to gain clarity on the existing status. They define a risk culture vision and have a roadmap on how to achieve that vision.
Common questions:
- What are the risk-based behaviours of (i) our business leaders and (ii) our staff?
- Are we aware of and using best practices?
- Do we have the right strategy?
- Are we doing the right things, the right way?
- Do we have the right capabilities?
- What is the value proposition of a mature risk culture?
Governance Architects has developed and successfully implemented a comprehensive assessment tool which is used as a mechanism to help organisations answer the above questions and evaluate their risk culture, from the tone at the top to behaviours across all staff.
Below is a short risk culture questionnaire derived from this service. It illustrates just some of the strategic and operational best practices in relation to risk culture. Invite your leaders to join the discussion and kick-start your journey to an improved risk culture.
Do your organisation's leaders:
- Promote moving from a culture of blame to advocating 'let's understand our mistakes and learn to support each other'?
- Reward those who demonstrate compliance with risk based behaviour?
- Consistently communicate the need and value of a mature risk environment?
- Openly discuss and debate risks that will prevent achievement of objectives?
- Openly discuss risk policies, appetite and tolerance levels when making decisions?
- Ensure that strategy, program and operational process owners proactively identify and manage risks to an acceptable level, in day-to-day decision making?
- Ensure proactive planning takes place to convert risk events in the marketplace to business opportunities?
- Perceive risk managers as trusted advisors and invite them to provide assurance when they are planning changes to the work environment?
David Roche is principal and founder of Governance Architects. Governance Architects support organisations to evaluate and improve business, risk and IT governance.
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Justice John Copertino was born in Manhattan and raised in Queens, where he worked in his father's fish store as a youth. He went on to earn a degree from the City College of New York in 1950. He then served as a special agent in the United States Army Counter-Intelligence Corps from 1951 until 1953, at which point he began legal studies. Copertino graduated from Fordham University School of Law in 1955, the same year that he was admitted to the Bar and began private practice in New York City.
He worked in private practice from 1955 to 1962 and 1964 to 1967. From 1962 to 1964 and 1967 to 1968 he was employed at the Suffolk County District Attorney's office in various capacities, including as a trial assistant, Chief of the Indictments Bureau, and Chief of the Appeals Bureau.
Copertino joined the bench in 1969 as a Suffolk County District Court Judge, a position he held until 1977, and then as a County Court Judge from 1978 to 1987, winning reelection three times. In 1985, he presided over the highly publicized trial of James Troiano, accused of the killing of Gary Lauwers, which the police initially theorized was a Satanic ritual murder. In 1988, Copertino was elected to the Supreme Court for the Tenth Judicial District. On July 18, 1991, he was designated to the Appellate Division, Second Department. In 1993, he ruled with the majority in a divided 3-2 decision that struck down distribution of condoms to students by New York City public high schools without parental consent. Although the program was designed to curb the spread of AIDS, the majority ruled that it violated parents' constitutional rights as well as state health laws that required parental consent for the provision of health services to minors. Copertino retired from the bench in 1998.
He has a wife, Elizabeth, and three children.
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"Condom Handouts Voided in Schools." New York Times (1923-Current file): A1. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2007). Dec 31 1993. Web. 21 Oct. 2011 http://search.proquest.com/docview/109054223?accountid=8012.
"Copertino, John." Biographical information sheets. Appellate Division, Second Department Library, Brooklyn.
"L.I. Judge: Passion for Law." New York Times (1923-Current file): B2. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2007). Apr 23 1985. Web. 21 Oct. 2011 http://search.proquest.com/docview/111234989?accountid=8012.
"L.I. Jury Acquits Defendant in Killing of Youth in Woods." New York Times (1923-Current file): B2. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2007). Apr 26 1985. Web. 21 Oct. 2011 http://search.proquest.com/docview/111221323?accountid=8012.


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February 2012 New ProductsPosted in Product Reviews on February 1, 2012
The Lucas Oil Off-Road Expo in Pomona, California, is a public showcase of vendors and builders of exciting 4x4 and off-road wares and vehicles. We recently spent a weekend there and found a plethora of neat new products you'll be seeing in your local 4x4 shops and online retailers soon. To attend next year, visit www.offroadexpo.com.
Currie RockJock 70
As the Jeep JK market booms, so do the weights and tire sizes of the popular two- and four-door Wranglers hitting the trail. Currie Enterprise is addressing that issue with the largest high-pinion axle currently available, the new RockJock 70. This high-pinion axle will be available with a 5.13 or 5.38 ratio and a 10.6-inch ring gear and will have a strength comparable to a low-pinion Dana 60 in a rear application, but with much better driveshaft angles when used in the rear of a 4x4.
Information: Currie Ent.
714.528.6957, www.currieenterprises.com.
RockHard Jeep Parts
RockHard 4x4 has rock sliders, cowl light mounts, and a new vacuum pump relocation mount for the '12 Jeep Wranglers. The rock sliders are made of rectangular tubing with round tube side rails to keep the body away from trail obstacles. The cowl mounts are perfect for the new-style LED off-road lights, and the vacuum pump relocation mount is important when installing an aftermarket bumper on a '12 JK.
Information: RockHard 4x4
308.750.4690, www.rockhard4x4.com.
Artec 8.8 Axle Upgrade
Considering stuffing a Ford Explorer 8.8 axle under the rear of your TJ? Artec Industries can help with its 8.8 axle truss and suspension mount kit. The 1⁄4-inch-thick steel truss helps locate all the spring, shock, and link mounts for easy installation in a Jeep TJ Wrangler. Some welding required.
Information: Artec Ind.
520.906.9977, www.artecindustries.com.
MetalCloak 6Pak Shocks
One of the most talked about products of Off-Road Expo was these new 6Pak long-travel shocks from MetalCloak. Design for optimal travel with minimal compression length, these shocks will allow your axle to compress farther up toward your frame for greater wheel travel. The innovative design uses dual opposing reservoirs and four shock shafts with a floating body, yet the shocks are fully rebuildable and tunable and bolt into the stock location.
Information: MetalCloak
916.631.8071, www.metalcloak.com.
Reel Big CV
JE Reel heard the call for a massive monster constant-velocity joint for monster mud trucks, big disco show trucks, and deepwater swamp buggies and has answered with its new 1500 series CV joint. The 1500 series is rated to 1,000 lb-ft of continuous torque at 3,500 rpm with a maximum angle of 45 degrees. As a comparison, a 1350 CV is rated for 350 lb-ft of torque.
Information: JE Reel
909.629.9002, www.reeldriveline.com.
Gen-Right & Left Steering
GenRight's new Jeep four-link front suspension is an innovative attempt to combine a steering box and vertical travel. The kit includes a system of links, bell cranks, and a slider box to remove bumpsteer, and a track bar from the front suspension, eliminating side-to-side axle movement through the travel of the suspension.
Information: GenRight Offroad
805.584.8635, www.genright.com.
Baby Raptor From McNeil
Got a Ranger and want a Raptor? Order up the new Ranger Raptor (Raptanger?!!) fiberglass from McNeil Racing. Included are fiberglass front and rear fenders along with hood and a Ford logo grille. Special head and tail lights required.
Information: McNeil Racing Inc.
619.463.1361, www.mcneilracinginc.com.
Giant Links
Giant Motorsports had its innovative Daily Driver link kit on display at the expo. The DD is a pseudo rear radius arm with an airs hock on the link for wrap control while still allowing some articulation. The arms, when combined with a track bar and frame crossmember, offer a rear link suspension without affecting exhaust routing or some fuel tank relocation. Available for Ford and Chevy trucks.
Information: Giant Motorsports
714.265.1450, www. giantmotorsports.com.


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Projections are calling for another increase in barley production this year in the upper Southeast. To stay competitive with other grain and fiber crops, growers must find ways to maximize the value and reduce production costs of barley.
The continued demand for corn as a source for ethanol, plus continued high demand as livestock feed, is likely to pull the price of barley up. The new Osage Bio ethanol plant in Hopewell, Va., is basing barley prices on corn futures, so this is especially true for Virginia and Eastern Shore growers.
Despite the improvement in market value of barley, it still has to offset some price lag, compared to other grain crops. The anticipated high value of soybeans in 2011, and the documented performance of double-crop beans behind barley is also a plus.
Plant breeders have made significant increases in developing barley varieties that overcome some of the past problems growers have had with lodging of the grain crop.
Despite these advances, barley is still prone to lodge together and fall over during the production process. Finding new ways to prevent, or at least manage lodging is part of an ongoing research project at Virginia Tech University's Eastern Virginia Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Warsaw, Va.
Researchers there are using plant growth regulators to reduce plant height and make it stiffer to reduce lodging.
Lodging is rated on a 0-9 scale, with 9 being the worst. They found with each incremental increase in lodging on the rating scale, they lost 3-4 bushels per acre. For example, a lodging scale of 3 versus 6 may mean 10 bushels per acre yield loss. Most of that loss is simply not being able to harvest the plant, but there are probably other issues involved, according to Virginia Tech Small Grain Specialist Wade Thomason.
"We have had Cerone plant growth regulator for several years and we are looking at a new one we hope to have on the market in 2011. It is a Syngenta product that has been used in Europe for several years and will likely be marketed, if it is labeled for use, as Palisade."
Three rates of Cerone, 0.25 pint, 0.50 pint and 1.0 pint per acre were used and two rates of Palisade .09 and .11 pounds of active ingredient per acre were applied to two of the top producing hulled and hull-less barley lines in the Virginia Tech breeding program.
As of mid-May the results were visible. In Thoroughbred barley, untreated plots were 33 inches tall. Three Cerone applications each reduced height to 27 inches. The two Palisade applications reduced plant height to an average of 28 inches.
Shorter variety
On a shorter growing variety, untreated plots were 26 inches. Both plant growth regulators only reduced plant height about two inches. As expected, plant growth regulators had minimal effect on shorter growing varieties.
"So far we have seen no negative effects of either chemical at any of the rates we used. For Palisade, the application timing is at growth stage 30-33, or a winter-time application. This may give it more flexibility of application timing," Thomason says.
"The chemistries are different, but they basically do the same thing. And, so far we have had no problems tank-mixing either material with nitrogen," the Virginia Tech researcher adds.
A number of seed treatments are used to keep diseases of small grains, including barley, under control. In general, these treatments have been successful in disease management programs. In addition, most popular varieties have genetic resistance to most diseases.
Also in general, these products were developed for cereal crops growing in a significantly different climate than found in the mid-Atlantic states. So, Virginia Tech researchers recently took a look at two of the primary diseases and a different approach to managing them.
Powdery mildew and leaf rust are the primary diseases of barley in the upper Southeast. Keeping these yield-robbing pathogens under control is one key to top barley production.
Virginia Tech researchers, in an effort to get a better understanding of genetic resistance of two popular varieties of barley to leafspot and powdery mildew, tested a hulled (Thoroughbred) and a hull-less (Doyce) variety last year.
Doyce has the best leafspot resistance of any variety in the Virginia Tech program and excellent powdery mildew resistance. Thoroughbred doesn't have nearly as good resistance, but is a high yielding barley variety.
Typically, neither disease is a big problem in the fall and winter, but become a problem as seed treatment fungicides begin to break down in the spring.
In the Virginia Tech tests, at the Eastern Virginia Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Baytan, a flowable fungicide commonly used to manage cotton diseases, was applied to barley.
In plots with no seed treatment, the fungicide was applied after the plots were rated at 6 and 7 (9.0 being the worst rate of infection). After the fungicide application, the same plots were rated at 0 and 1.
"We know the fungicide will work. How well it will fit for our growers, we don't know yet," says Thomason.
Killing weeds that impact the yield of barley and other small grains in the upper Southeast is relatively easy, compared to summer crops. However, managing weeds economically from fall planting until late spring harvest can be a challenge.
Challenge has become greater
The challenge has become even greater since 2009, when Virginia Tech Weed Scientist Scot Hagood documented four weed species with resistance to Harmony, one of the standard herbicide treatments for troublesome weeds in small grains.
Hagood identified four fields from Virginia that had common chickweed that was resistant to Group 2 herbicides (this includes Harmony, Harmony Extra, Finesse, and others).
University of Delaware Weed Scientist Mark VanGesse says, "We have had reports of fields on Delmarva with chickweed populations not controlled with Finesse or Harmony Extra. VanGesse adds that growers with poor chickweed control and resistance to these popular weeds have few options.
Starane Ultra (from Dow AgroSciences) is labeled for wheat and barley and has been used in the western U.S. for control of Group 2 resistant weeds. However, it will not control other commonly occurring barley weed species such as wild garlic.
Starane Ultra can be tank-mixed with Harmony Extra to broaden the spectrum of control. Starane Utra by itself does not need an adjuvant and can be applied in nitrogen.
The best weed management for barley is a good, rapidly growing, disease-free stand. To give barley the best opportunity to get up and growing quickly, most growers (no-till production) use a burndown spray of glyphosate or a similar herbicide.
Apply glyphosate after planting and before emergence of the small grain. Use a minimum of 10 gallons per acre of diluted spray. As the density of the crop residue increases, the spray gallonage should increase to ensure complete coverage and kill. Use the higher rate if existing vegetation is dense, cool temperatures exist, and/or drought conditions are prevalent.
If weeds come up after the barley crop is planted, growers can use a very carefully managed application of 2,4-D. Spray, 2,4-D when grain is 4- 8 inches high or after tillering, but before jointing. Spraying small grain too early or after jointing can result in reduced yields and uneven ripening. Higher rates of 2,4-D increase the risk of grain injury.
"Why would we want higher protein barley? We may to do that because much of Virginia's barley crop will be used for ethanol and barley meal — a byproduct of the ethanol production process. There is a premium price and higher demand for high protein barley," Virginia Tech Small Grains Specialist Wade Thomason explains.
"We found a few years back that we could increase the protein content of red wheat by adding nitrogen, so we instituted a test to determine whether we could do the same thing with barley," Thomason adds.
In the Virginia Tech test they applied 30 pounds of nitrogen as urea dissolved in water, at a total volume of 37-38 gallons of water per acre. The research team will evaluate the factors involved in adding more nitrogen, including the impact on the environment, and make an assessment as to whether adding extra nitrogen to improve protein is an economically feasible thing to do.
Though the more highly publicized goal of Osage Bio's new plant in Hopewell, Va., is to convert barley into ethanol, a big part of the economic success of the new plant will be production of high quality barley meal for livestock feed.
Hence, the interest in possibly increasing the protein content of barley. The cost of nitrogen and the negative public image of adding more nitrogen to the environment at a time when mid-Atlantic growers are trying to document their role in cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay are concerns.
Despite the big push to produce more barley, the key to increasing production is to make it more profitable for farmers. Though progress has been slow, new varieties, new production practices and continued competitive pricing will likely make barley a part of many Virginia-Maryland-Delaware farms this fall and winter.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Al Qaeda-linked terrorists bombed a tour bus in the Egyptian Sinai on Sunday, killing three Christian tourists from South Korea that the Muslim Brotherhood later insisted were "Zionists."
Several hours after the bombing, the Muslim Brotherhood's official Arabic-language Twitter feed carried an update on "the killing of 3 Zionists and injuring of 14 others in a bus explosion in Taba in Sinai," as reported by The Times of Israel.
The attack occurred not far from the border crossing on the outskirts of the Israeli resort town of Eilat. The South Korean church group had been on a tour of Egypt, Israel and Turkey.
The victims and the rest of the 33 total passengers on the bus were members of Jincheon Jungang Presbyterian Church. A spokesman told reporters that congregants had saved money for years to celebrate the church's 60th anniversary by visiting biblical sites in the Middle East.
South Korea's government expressed outrage over the bombing, and vowed to increase anti-terror efforts in response.
With the attack occurring so close to its border, and the tourists having been en route to Israel anyway, the Jewish state dispatched a fleet of ambulances to the border, but they were denied entry by Egyptian authorities.
Meanwhile, Egyptian analysts feared the attack could mark a return to terrorists targeting foreign tourists in order to harm the regime in Cairo. Egypt relies on tourism just as heavily as Israel does, and even a small wave of terrorist attacks can have major economic repercussions.
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Payment & prepayment of Buchenwald transfers
If you are traveling from Buchenwald, the booking has to be secured with credit card details or down payment. We accept following payments:
- cash to the driver (in Euro, Czech Koruna (1 EUR = 26,00 CZK) or US Dollar (1 USD = 22 USD), exchange rates may vary on the day of booking versus day of transportation to / from Buchenwald)
- credit card (to the driver or in advance,
surplus 4%, the charge is done in CZK according to the above exchange rates)
- PayPal in advance (surplus 6%)
- Bank transfer in advance (surplus 1.85%)
We accept MasterCard, VISA, American Express cards
Acceptance of the Buchenwald transportation booking, warranty of the price, cancellation policy, amendment of the transportation
- Acceptance of the booking
- • transportation reservation is confirmed immediately once all requested details are supplied
- Warranty of the price
- • no matter how much in advance you book, the rate you book, is the rate you pay
- • no hidden fees or extra charges
- Reservation amendments
- • transportation date and pick up time can be changed anytime
- • "24-hour notice" rule applies: You can change your pick up date and pick up time free of charge with at least 24 hours notice. Later amendments may not be accepted and may result in the no-show charge.
- • if the car / minibus has not left Prague, we do NOT charge any "late amendment" fees
- Cancellation policy
- • timely cancellations are free of charge
- • bank fees, PayPal fees and credit card fees are not refunded
- • cancellation with shorter notice than 24 hours before the collection date is understood as a no-show; full cost of the transportation including bank / credit card / PayPal fees are charged / kept
Buchenwald transportation price inclusions and details
- What is included in the Buchenwald transportation price?
- • diesel
- • refreshment or restroom stops and cigarette breaks
- • driver's wage
- • highway/freeway fees and toll fee in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland
- What is not included in the cost of the Buchenwald transportation
- • freeway fees / toll fees in other countries: France, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Croatia etc.
- • business meetings
- • sightseeing off the route
- • lunch stops
- • tip for the driver
- • airport / on the site parking
- Tipping the driver
- Tip is not charged automatically and it is not a part of the price
- Customary tip is 10%.
Explanation of Buchenwald transportation classes
- business class is Mercedes Benz E class, BMW 5 Series, BMW X3, Mercedes Benz ML SUV
- comfort class is Mercedes Benz minivan, Skoda Superb, Volkswagen Passat, VW Caravelle
- price is per whole taxi not per person
- payment is done cash or credit card to the driver or in advance (
extra 4% are charged if paid by a credit card- no extra charge)


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Mike Greenough, Lake Crystal, MN, has been using farm management software for eight years,and appreciates what it's done for his farm.
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Paul Gorman, farm business management instructor at South Central College, Mankato, MN, has used many different farm management softwares, and thinks they are an important piece to every farm operation.
"Probably 90% of the farm population in this area (southern Minnesota) is keeping cash income and expense records, but those don't track grain, livestock or input inventories; that's all missing in most farm computer records," Gorman says. "People may have accurate checkbook and loan information, but this whole inventory piece — what could be $2 million worth of livestock or grain — is where the software offers the power to integrate."
Gorman's preferred software is Farm Works.
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Trying to sift through all the different programs and details of each piece of software can be overwhelming. Corn & Soybean Digest has selected a few different farm management software options to highlight.
Farm Works offers software to use on your desktop/laptop, as well as software for use in the field on handheld devices. With over 30,000 worldwide users, the software provides fully supported, easy-to-use, innovative solutions for the office and field. There are several pieces you can purchase to encompass all farming operations.
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- Crop planning
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- Mapping
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- Printable reports
- Interfaces with tractor systems, such as GreenStar
- Synchronization of transferred data files
FarmLogic is a Web-based software system. Users can store records as they work in the field using FarmPAD software on a handheld computer, which includes GPS. For ease of use, icons and a touch-screen are featured. FarmLogic plans to add financial capabilities in the coming months.
- Record daily farming operations
- Record written notes
- Take and store digital photos
- Map aerial field images
- Measure acreage and distances
- View and manage multi- year history
- Collect data from other ag devices
- Print reports
- Automatic overnight sync
The Farm Files software, crops version, tracks harvest data, crops, chemicals, fertilizer, planting, tillage, contracts, elevator inventory, expenses, net income, custom trucking and field mapping for your farm. Farm Files Crops allows you to track important information on your farm such as the previous crop, condition of the field when planted, planting depth, planting population, rates, etc. You can also generate farm recordkeeping reports.
- Tracking commodities, fields
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- Other incurred expenses
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SST Summit Plus! is a desktop software program for growers and agricultural service providers. It can be used for mapping, crop planning, budgeting, recordkeeping and reporting. SST also offers a handheld unit.
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- Works with SST Stratus handheld
- Data sharing
FINPACK is a financial planning and analysis software that has been used by more than 100,000 farmers and ranchers during the past 10 years.
"FINPACK helps producers analyze their financial situation and project cash flows for the future," says Dale Nordquist, associate director, University of Minnesota Center For Farm Financial Management. "It is not an accounting system, but it helps producers put their accounting records to work by creating and maintaining balance sheets, financial trends, cash-flow plans and long-range plans. The tools within FINPACK help producers evaluate their financial situation, explore alternatives and make informed decisions about the future direction of their farms."
Paul Gorman, farm business management instructor at South Central College, Mankato, MN, encourages operators to use FINPACK.
"It's a suite of applications that allows you to plot all revenues by month and expenses by month then project whether farm operating loan will get paid down that month," he says.
"Finpack also projects grain inventories and livestock and feed inventories. The historic database allows operators to look at the last four years of data to get average corn yield to budget for the year ahead. There's a lot of power in there," he says.
FINPACK features include:
- Balance sheets
- Business analysis (FINAN)
- Monthly cash-flow plans (FINFLO)
- Annual cash-flow plans (annual plan)
- Long-range "what if" plans (FINLRB)
- Historic trend reports
Cost for FINPACK is $395 for a personal version that doesn't expire. For more information, go to www.finpack.org.


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Prime Minister Julia Gillard talks to Jon Faine about hospital funding and rank-and-file discontent over her Senate 'captain's pick'.
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard says people are sick of the 'blame game' over health funding between State and Federal Governments.
Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital is cutting 50 staff to fund a budget cut of $3.6 million.
"We are increasing funding to Victoria for health at $900 million," says the Prime Minister.
The PM says the Victorian Government has reduced hospital funding by $600 million.
"Premier Ted Baillieu is desperate to get away from political responsibility for that $600 million cut," says Ms Gillard.
Captain's Pick
The Prime Minister has also responded to dissent from rank-and-file Labor members over her 'Captain's Pick' of Indigenous Olympian Nova Peris for preselection for the Senate seat currently held by Senator Trish Crosson.
"These are always tough decisions," says Julia Gillard.
"I chose... to do it this way because the outcome is so important," says the PM. "I knew it would be controversial amongst some."
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NEW ORLEANS -- One reason I love covering the NFL playoffs is this is where the best teams are, thus this is where the best players are.
I'm covering the Saints and the Cardinals today and some of the players I'll be watching are the ones that could be available to the Dolphins in the coming offseason via either free agency or trade.
This list of the top free agents shows today's game includes several free agents that will be restricted (assuming no collective bargaining agreement is reached). But there will be one guy -- Arizona inside linebacker Karlos Dansby that is completely unrestricted. He is the 11th rated free agent on the Scout.com list but you'll also note he is the No. 2 unrestricted free agent (players with six or more years of experience) behind only Julius Peppers of Carolina.
Another player I will try to catch up with after today's game is Arizona WR Anquan Boldin. He isn't playing today because he's injured. But he's here and on my radar. I want to ask him if he will renew his request to be traded after this season. I want to ask him his thoughts of playing for the Dolphins. As I have reported to you in the past, the Dolphins have much respect for Boldin and would consider adding him in trade if the price is right.
We'll see what happens.
Hopefully we'll see what happens together as I am conducting a live blog during the game. So join me here and we'll discuss the game with the community of thousands of Dolfans that regularly visit this blog.
Remember, the live blog begins at 4:30 p.m. ET. Follow me on twitter.


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Empowering Media necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 120 diseños de 45 diseñadores freelance.
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This blog discusses all things related to investing and being an entrepreneur. While I may talk about stocks, I'm thinking at a much broader level. I look at investing as anything you set aside money for, with the hope of having more of it at the end. It's much more related to financial freedom and personal finance. This site is not about some "get rich quick" method. It's about making money work for you by passive and active investments; stocks, bonds, real estate, businesses, and other investments not discussed often. You won't see Suze Orman or Dave Ramsey discussing these advanced topics.
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It should be easy to identify when made small and prefer a simple design (the simpler the better). The logo should be somewhat serious with I assume money like colors? It should consist of some logo, the name (Investor Junkie) with the subtitle - My Business and Financial Freedom Journey.
I'm not married to the current web site design, so don't be stuck it must match the existing design/layout.
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- Template:Titles/State of Flux yields State of Flux (VOY 1x11)
For general discussion on this episode, visit the VOY forum at The Trek BBS.
Contradiction? Edit
- When Janeway, Chakotay and Tuvok discuss how exactly Federation technology had fallen into the hands of the Kazon, Chakotay asks if there were any reports of any missing Starfleet ships. Janeway's answer that there were none that she was aware of, is later contradicted by Voyager's encounter with the USS Equinox in "Equinox", indicating that Starfleet were unaware of its disappearance despite its status as a short range vessel (however, Tuvok had suggested that the Kazon may have possibly obtained Federation technology from another Starfleet ship that was pulled into the Delta Quadrant prior to their arrival and unbenownst to Starfleet.).
Then she clearly wasn't aware of the fact that the Equinox was missing. Stafleet was a large organization and the ships were taken over a short period of time. This strikes me as a bad nitpick. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 18.104.22.168 (talk).
- I agree. You can't expect every starship captain to be so immersed in details that they know the whereabouts and status of every ship. Kojiro Vance | Talk 22:54, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
- Agreed, and removed. -- Alan del Beccio 22:56, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
Story arc? Edit
Is it worth having a Seska story arc in the navigation box? Kojiro Vance | Talk
- Except then there are the cases where Seska appeared early in the series that had nothing to do with later arc. -- Alan del Beccio 22:56, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
EHM vs. EMH Edit
Is there a reason for Emergency Holographic Medical Program instead of Emergency Medical Holographic program in the references? -- TribbleFurSuit 01:52, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
- Yes. -- Alan 01:56, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
If I apologize for my inefficiency, would you say what the reason is? Your words on the other page don't help either. "Valid redirect; linking the citation keeps it from being orphaned to avoid questions about why it was created." This doesn't explain why the citation exists, it only explains why the redirect exists. Little help? -- TribbleFurSuit 02:18, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
- Valid redirect = alternate usage -- Alan 02:27, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
This still doesn't explain why the citation exists, it still only explains why the redirect exists. Look, I'm not trying to be argumentative. But if you thought you were going to save yourself the trouble of dealing with questions, I'm sorry for you that it didn't work. You might as well just answer. And if efficiency is something you value, I'm here to tell you that your avoidance of the use of complete sentences is less efficient, not more. It's making your problems worse. If this is some philosophical thing about redirect policy, or if it's got something to do with this episode, or if it's just a redlink that you found in the references, why not just say. --TribbleFurSuit 02:46, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
- Sounds to me like it's in the references because in the episode the name was used explicitly. Therefore it was used as an alternate name and thus...valid redirect. — Morder 02:47, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
- Indeed, I thought I already explained that. The term was used in the episode, hence its inclusion here. That's generally how this wiki thing works. What is/was there left to explain? -- Alan 02:49, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
- But since you are so insistent about this we shall refer to the following proverb: "Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish ; and you have fed him for a lifetime."
[1] -- Alan 02:50, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
"The term was used in the episode" You didn't explain that at all. -- TribbleFurSuit 02:51, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
- "Alternate usage" = "The term was used in the episode". Also, I did on the other talk page...but apparently I didn't make that point transparent enough. Otherwise, I'm not sure why else I would have added the link to the episode page... -- Alan 02:55, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
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Just saw this in the background section
- ... as well as when Gul Dukat disguised himself as a Bajoran to earn the trust of Kai Winn, (DS9: "'Til Death Do Us Part")...
That hadn't happened yet (nor had the episode been written). Should it be there? -- Indefatigable 22:58, March 17, 2010 (UTC)
Removed Edit
- While shooting the scene wherein Neelix introduces leola root to Chakotay, Ethan Phillips' false Talaxian teeth fell out while speaking about the effects of eating a kaylo apple.
This was removed by Delta2373 since it lacked a cite beyond a video on youtube. - Archduk3 22:12, August 22, 2010 (UTC)
- Bhahahahha....that's hilarious. I still dont get why withholding such information benefits the goals of this site, but oh well, I'm glad I stumbled over it when someone erased it into oblivion :) – Distantlycharmed 22:27, August 22, 2010 (UTC)
47 reference Edit
There is a clandestine reference to 47: The coordinates Paris gives to Tuvok are "81-40". 8 - 1 + 40 = 47. This is really far-fetched. Too far.
Season 1, Stardate 48658.2, Year 2371: 1 + 4 + 8 + 6 + 5 + 8 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 7 + 1 = 47.
357th episode of 728 episodes, 168 VOY episodes: 3 + 5 + 7 + 7 + 2 + 8 + 1 + 6 + 8 = 47. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 126.96.36.199 (talk).
- I agree... I removed the supposed 47 reference. -- Renegade54 (talk) 22:04, November 9, 2015 (UTC)


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This past year was probably the most interesting year growers have seen in the history of peanut production, says Marshall Lamb, research director for the National Peanut Research Laboratory in Dawson, Ga., and advisor for the Farm Press Peanut Profitability Awards.
"We started off with some very good prices in an under-supplied market because of the cutbacks we saw in acres in 2006 and 2007," says Lamb. "We planted the crop in the Southeast in extreme drought conditions, and the drought persisted for a while."
In 2008, farmers planted the right amount of acres to supply the market assuming average yields, he says. "Our farmers did not over-plant last year's crop. Even up until mid-summer, at about August, we honestly thought we had a crop disaster on our hands, and growers spent a tremendous amount of money irrigating," says Lamb.
But everything changed when Tropical Storm Fay came through, wetting virtually the entire Southeast Peanut Belt, he says.
"It was a definite game-changer for all of us. We went from thinking we had a crop disaster with farmers worried about making ends meet to delivering the highest quality and quantity peanut crop we've ever delivered. That took us immediately from a deficit supply situation to a surplus supply situation.
"We saw all ends of the spectrum last year, from extreme drought and anticipation of a terrible crop to one good rainfall changing the entire Southeastern Peanut Belt and a more than 900,000-ton carryout as a result," says Lamb.
Farmers have to manage all situations, he says, and this ability to adapt exemplifies the winners of this year's Peanut Profitability Awards. "It's a tough task, but farmers responded by reducing acreage for this year, and wet weather conditions during planting will result in further reductions," he says.
Each of this year's winning growers represents one of the three major U.S. peanut production regions — the Southwest Region, the Upper Southeast Region and the Lower Southeast Region. Farm Press established the awards program in cooperation with the Southern Peanut Growers Conference and the Southern Peanut Farmers Federation.
The winning growers will be honored during the eighth annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference at the Edgewater Beach Resort in Panama City, Fla., July 12-14.
This year's winners include:
Lower Southeast Region — T.E. Moye Jr., Georgia.
Upper Southeast Region — John Crumpler, Suffolk, Va.
Southwest Region — Weldon Shook, Seminole, Texas.
"We continue to be impressed with the caliber of our nominees and winning growers, especially in the face of difficult obstacles," says Greg Frey, publisher of Farm Press Publications. "These growers balance production costs with excellent yields and quality. This is what has earned them the distinction of being named Peanut Profitability Award winners."
The 2009 honorees maintained high yields and grades, controlled costs, and maximized profits in their operations, says Frey. "All of these factors combined to make for a successful peanut farming operation — you can't have one without the others and stay in business for very long," he says.
Recognizing deserving growers, says Frey, is only one part of the Farm Press Peanut Profitability Program. "Education is an equally important component of this program, and Farm Press accomplishes this by publishing numerous articles throughout the year focusing on production efficiency in peanuts. Growers also will benefit from reading about the production practices of our award winners," he says.
Entries in the awards program are evaluated by Lamb, who designed the nomination form that is used by growers in determining production efficiency.
Looking at this year's honorees, Lamb says Moye of Georgia did a great job of marketing his crop. "He had the highest selling price of all of the winners and of all the Southeastern nominees. Crumpler and Shook won with their high yields. All of our winners this year irrigated and rotated well and this resulted in good yields and good quality," he says.
Marketing will continue to increase in importance for peanut growers who wish to maintain production efficiency, he says. "A low percentage of our farmers are contracting right now. But acres have been cut, and hopefully we'll get supply back in line with demand toward the end of the 2009 crop, and farmers want to be in position to market this crop.
"In previous years, some growers would already be out of the market, but they'll delay this year and some will even utilize the loan to market this crop, which is exactly what it was set up to do," says Lamb.
The Peanut Profitability Awards, explains Lamb, are based solely on production efficiency — honoring those growers who produce the highest yields at the lowest cost per acre. The awards are based on a producer's entire farm operation, and not just on individual farms or small plots.
Sponsors of this year's awards include Arysta LifeScience, BASF, Bayer CropScience, Becker Underwood, Golden Peanut Company, John Deere, Helena, National Peanut Board, Senninger Irrigation, Sipcam Agro USA, Inc., Southern Peanut Farmers Federation, Syngenta, Texas Peanut Producers Board, U.S. Borax, Southeast Farm Press, Southwest Farm Press and Delta Farm Press.
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