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Although there has been warmer weather lately, January brings frigid temperatures and with it, one of winterÆs biggest hazards - frostbite.
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Pediatrician Jon Herbener says he occasionally sees cases of frostbite each winter among children who go out sledding or playing in the snow for extended times and forget to stay covered up with warm, water-resistant clothing.
Frostbite can occur when your body gets cold and it sends more blood to your vital organs and less to your nose, ears, hands and feet - which can gradually freeze.
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Those who should take special care include older people, children and those who have poor circulation or take diuretics.
Herbener has treated some severe cases over the years, but itÆs mostly careless people who arenÆt wearing a hat, he said.
ōSince most of your heat is lost through your head, wear the hat,ö Herbener said. ōI also tell people to wear mittens more often than gloves. And if outdoors playing in the snow, they should be water resistant.ö
Signs of mild frostbite or frostnip, include red skin, swelling, throbbing, aching and tingling followed by numbness. Numb, waxy-looking grayish skin thatÆs hard on top but softer underneath, marks superficial frostbite. In deep frostbite, blistering or blackened skin feels hard when you press on it.
Herbener cautions to not walk on frost-bitten feet or toes as this damages the tissue more. ōIf numbness lasts for more than an hour or two, then seek professional help,ö he said.
Where severe frostbite calls for immediate medical help, Blue Cross Blue Shield offers these tips for frostnip:
Move to a warmer place and remove wet clothing.
Put the affected area in warm (not hot) water until sensation returns. Use warm compresses on your face or ears. If you donÆt have warm water, use body heat.
Once the area is warm, apply a sterile dressing. Wrap each toe or finger separately.
DonÆt rub the area or use a heating pad, hair dryer or other direct heat to treat frostbite.
Have a nonalcoholic warm drink.
To prevent frostbite, Healthy Living magazine suggests wearing several loose layers to help trap warm, dry air close to your body. Preparation is key by adding a water-resistant coat and boots, mittens, two pairs of socks, a scarf and a hat. Additionally, check your skin every 10 to 20 minutes for frostbite and take regular breaks to get warm.
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Hermes Investment Management, the £29.8 billion manager focused on delivering superior, sustainable, risk adjusted returns to its clients – responsibly, has today published the fourth and final paper of its annual Responsible Capitalism survey.
The paper, which focused on Stewardship, found 60% of the 109 UK and European institutional investors surveyed expect the advent of passive investment vehicles to have a negative impact on the vital issue of shareholder engagement.
Author of the paper, Hermes Investment Management's Head of Responsibility, Leon Kamhi, said:
"Sixty percent of the investors we surveyed believe the growth of low-cost passive management will cause large shareholders to become distanced from many of the companies they invest in.
"However, if anything, passive investors should engage more, not less. Engagement is the only tool passive investors have to improve the value of the companies they invest in."
Investors have a fiduciary duty to speak up
Meanwhile, 21% of respondents still believe that challenging companies on ESG issues is not important, a number Kamhi found troubling.
"While 71% of respondents believe that institutional shareholders have an ethical and fiduciary responsibility to challenge companies in relation to poor ESG practices, it is worrying that many still do not see it as an issue. Whenever there are poor ESG practices that lead to the destruction of value, investors have a fiduciary duty to speak up," Kamhi explained.
Asset managers and owners need to engage
Kamhi believes if investors are to be responsible owners they need to engage – and not just with company management, but also with public policy makers as well. If investors can influence policies at a national or sector level, Kamhi feels it could result in risk reduction and a lowering of the cost of capital.
"If we can achieve something at a public policy level, it has a ripple effect on the whole industry. Pension funds are universal investors invested in thousands of companies across all sectors of the economy, so they are less interested in how, say, AstraZeneca is doing compared with GlaxoSmithKline, and more concerned with the health of the entire pharmaceutical sector," Kamhi said. He added, "This is particularly relevant for passive investors who are exposed to an entire index and not only the best performers."
It is also no surprise that there is increasing academic evidence that good stewardship adds value to companies, Kamhi explains. For example, research from Hermes Global Equities found that well-governed companies tended to outperform poorly governed companies by an average of over 30 basis points per month over a five year period[1], while a study by the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University and Arabesque Partners shows that there is "remarkable correlation between diligent sustainability business practices and economic performance".
Despite this, the survey showed that just 46% of investors believe companies focusing on ESG issues produce better long-term returns for investors.
Effective stewardship vital to responsible capitalism
Kamhi believes stewardship, ultimately, means working to ensure that everyone in the investment chain is aligned and addresses the interests of pension fund beneficiaries. As such, it is vitally important to responsible capitalism."Investors have a significant opportunity to effectively collaborate, increase their investment in responsible ownership activities and thereby better align companies and public policy makers to the creation of long term wealth for beneficiaries to enjoy in a sustainable economy," he concludes.
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Campaigners for the restoration of the Christchurch Cathedral are "thrilled" that rebuilding the earthquake-damaged church remains on the table.
Three design options for a new cathedral have been released today for public feedback: Rebuilding the original cathedral, building a traditional timber construction or constructing a contemporary structure.
The Anglican Diocese and Church Property Trustees have called for public feedback on the ideas.
According to the church, repairing and rebuilding the original is the most expensive option, costing between $104 million and $221 million and taking between six and 22 years to build.
The traditional building would take between five and 22 years to build and would cost between $85 million and $181 million.
The contemporary structure would be the cheapest and quickest to build, taking between four and nine years, and costing between $56 million and $74 million.
Restore Christ Church Cathedral group spokesperson Mark Belton welcomed the options, saying the important thing is the church has acknowledged the building can be saved.
"We are thrilled - it is very important the church has put forward an option that includes full restoration."
Mr Belton doubted the figure put forward by the church, saying other estimates place the cost between $90m-$120m.
He said people should not balk at the cost, as it is less than restoration projects at the Arts Centre and Provincial Chambers, and less than the proposed central city stadium or convention centre.
"Great buildings don't come cheap, particularly cathedrals."
Mr Belton said engineers had already done work for the group pro-bono and he expected this to continue. There had also been offers of donations from New Zealanders and from overseas should the decision be made to restore the church.
He also argued the building would not take 22 years to rebuild, instead it would take closer to 10 years.
"We shouldn't forget the original took 40 years to complete."
Mr Belton said the other options were "quite irrelevant".
"They are just not needed now we have the restoration option [on the table] - they are just distractions."
He said restoration was the "least contentious" option and would be a "healing project for the Christchurch community".
However Bishop Victoria Matthews has hinted she is in favour of the option of a new contemporary cathedral.
In an opinion piece in The Press today, she wrote: "I want our Cathedral to inspire and to uplift. I believe we all want a safe Cathedral so no matter what the earth delivers, in the future the Cathedral can embody 'sanctuary' for the city. And the Cathedral needs to encourage the mission of God across the region and beyond.
"This means having a new Cathedral in the Square in a reasonable time frame and a beautiful building that will not cost so much that the Cathedral is built at the expense of ministry to and by the people."
Those opposing the demolition of the cathedral said it was too early for Anglican church officials to release their own proposals while court action determining the fate of the building was continuing
A Court of Appeal hearing is expected to take place in a couple of weeks.
The Great Christchurch Buildings Trust took the neo-Gothic style cathedral's owner, the Church Property Trust, to court in October in a last-ditch legal bid to have it repaired.
The cathedral was badly damaged in the February 22, 2011 quake, which snapped its spire.
Its damaged state prompted the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority to issue a section 38 unsafe building notice, which demanded urgent action.
Two public forums will be held this month, and views on the designs will be sought until early May when Church Property Trustees will select their preferred option.
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Note that due to changes in tox, mock is no longer tested with Python 2.4. The compatibility code has not been removed so it probably still works, but tests are no longer run.
No changes since 1.0.0 beta 1. This version has feature parity with unittest.mock in Python 3.3.
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mock 0.8.0 is the last version that will support Python 2.4.
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mock 0.8.0 is the last version that will support Python 2.4.
The patchers (patch, patch.object and patch.dict), plus Mock and MagicMock, take arbitrary keyword arguments for configuration
New mock method configure_mock for setting attributes and return values / side effects on the mock and its attributes
In Python 2.6 or more recent, dir on a mock will report all the dynamically created attributes (or the full list of attributes if there is a spec) as well as all the mock methods and attributes.
Module level FILTER_DIR added to control whether dir(mock) filters private attributes. True by default. Note that vars(Mock()) can still be used to get all instance attributes and dir(type(Mock()) will still return all the other attributes (irrespective of FILTER_DIR)
patch and patch.object now create a MagicMock instead of a Mock by default
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Protocol methods on MagicMock are magic mocks, and are created lazily on first lookup. This means the result of calling a protocol method is a MagicMock instead of a Mock as it was previously
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Private attributes _name, _methods, '_children', _wraps and _parent (etc) renamed to reduce likelihood of clash with user attributes.
Implemented auto-speccing (recursive, lazy speccing of mocks with mocked signatures for functions/methods)
You create auto-specced mocks by passing autospec=True to patch.
Note that attributes that are None are special cased and mocked without a spec (so any attribute / method can be used). This is because None is typically used as a default value for attributes that may be of some other type, and as we don't know what type that may be we allow all access.
Note that the autospec option to patch obsoletes the mocksignature option.
Added the create_autospec function for manually creating 'auto-specced' mocks
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No API changes since 0.7.0 rc1. Many documentation changes including a stylish new Sphinx theme.
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Changes since beta 4:
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- patch which takes a string specifying a target to patch; in the form 'package.module.Class.attribute'. (plus optionally a value to patch with which defaults to a mock object)
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Thanks to Konrad Delong, Kevin Dangoor and others for patches and suggestions.
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Thanks to Kevin Dangoor for these changes.
Removed patch_module. patch can now take a string as the first argument for patching modules.
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wraps is not integrated with magic methods.
patch could auto-do the patching in the constructor and unpatch in the destructor. This would be useful in itself, but violates TOOWTDI and would be unsafe for IronPython & PyPy (non-deterministic calling of destructors). Destructors aren't called in CPython where there are cycles, but a weak reference with a callback can be used to get round this.
Mock has several attributes. This makes it unsuitable for mocking objects that use these attribute names. A way round this would be to provide methods that hide these attributes when needed. In 0.8 many, but not all, of these attributes are renamed to gain a _mock prefix, making it less likely that they will clash. Any outstanding attributes that haven't been modified with the prefix should be changed.
If a patch is started using patch.start and then not stopped correctly then the unpatching is not done. Using weak references it would be possible to detect and fix this when the patch object itself is garbage collected. This would be tricky to get right though.
When a Mock is created by patch, arbitrary keywords can be used to set attributes. If patch is created with a spec, and is replacing a class, then a return_value mock is created. The keyword arguments are not applied to the child mock, but could be.
When mocking a class with patch, passing in spec=True or autospec=True, the mock class has an instance created from the same spec. Should this be the default behaviour for mocks anyway (mock return values inheriting the spec from their parent), or should it be controlled by an additional keyword argument (inherit) to the Mock constructor? create_autospec does this, so an additional keyword argument to Mock is probably unnecessary.
The mocksignature argument to patch with a non Mock passed into new_callable will probably cause an error. Should it just be invalid?
Note that NonCallableMock and NonCallableMagicMock still have the unused (and unusable) attributes: return_value, side_effect, call_count, call_args and call_args_list. These could be removed or raise errors on getting / setting. They also have the assert_called_with and assert_called_once_with methods. Removing these would be pointless as fetching them would create a mock (attribute) that could be called without error.
Some outstanding technical debt. The way autospeccing mocks function signatures was copied and modified from mocksignature. This could all be refactored into one set of functions instead of two. The way we tell if patchers are started and if a patcher is being used for a patch.multiple call are both horrible. There are now a host of helper functions that should be rationalised. (Probably time to split mock into a package instead of a module.)
Passing arbitrary keyword arguments to create_autospec, or patch with autospec, when mocking a function works fine. However, the arbitrary attributes are set on the created mock - but create_autospec returns a real function (which doesn't have those attributes). However, what is the use case for using autospec to create functions with attributes that don't exist on the original?
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"Editorial: LittleBigPlanet Was A LittleBig-Flop Because Of Beta LittleBigPlanet would probably be considered the biggest, most anticipated game of the year for the PS3. Fans were estatic about the game; gaming blogs and publications were already hailing Sackboy and Sackgirl as the next Mario and Luigi; and Sony seemed to put enough interest into the game to promote it as the next mascot-based title for the PlayStation brand. However, things didn't seem to look quite as grand when the NPD results were released, and LittleBigPlanet looked more like a single-A title rather than a triple-A system seller.
I wonder if Sony is secretly resenting the "stress test" for which the beta was intended? What's funny, though, is that despite the moderate sales of LBP, Sony was apparently pleased with the results, according to VideoGamer.com. Maybe someone should tell the execs at SCE that software sales usually decline on a title as time goes on, they don't increase. Then again, they seem to be aiming the PS3 to exit the world backwards, because these are the same folks who are not planning on cutting the PS3's price during the holidays or soon after the holidays, so says PCMag.com. So I guess Sony is just running their entertainment division butt-backwards from here on out, which is not too surprising given that they thought people would be thrilled to pay $700 for the PS3 back in 2006, when the economy was already showing signs of edging toward disaster."
Civilized discussion of the strengths and faults of the game incoming.
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Yes i admit..i FLOP in SALES....
I can never be the new mario.......... :'(
"Then again, they seem to be aiming the PS3 to exit the world backwards, because these are the same folks who are not planning on cutting the PS3's price during the holidays or soon after the holidays, so says PCMag.com. So I guess Sony is just running their entertainment division butt-backwards from here on out, which is not too surprising given that they thought people would be thrilled to pay $700 for the PS3 back in 2006"
The PS3 is in a lot of trouble.
From the start we all knew(except PS3 fans)LBP was going to be a flop because it was a console for hardcore gamers and on the most expensive console out!! So lets stop beatin a dead horse please... We don't want to make our PS3 fans who makes up 90% of the population on this site cry or do we?
@lightning- I would be very surprise if resistance 2 didn't sell at least a million this month. If it doesn't it really wont spell doom for Sony. I mean hopefully not. M$ needs the competition to keep improving the 360!
"We don't want to make our PS3 fans who makes up 90% of the population on this site cry or do we?"
After months of hearing them talk about how great this game was goin to be and how it was going to single handed put the ps3 on top again ........... yeah actually I think we do.
*goes and beats the dead horse some more*
Just wait till you see what Resistance 2 did. I would like to say that the PS3 is on life support. But it might not even be that good.
As high as the reviews were and as much hype as the game got, it's sad that it's not selling faster. If you're a Sony fanboy - get off this website and go out and buy the game instead of hitting the disagree button with everyone!!!
First off I don't think the game floped and 2nd when Sony released the beta the game moved up fast on amazon's top 100. If it wasn't for the beta it would have sold less.
U dont understand.Why people were saying this game is a flop is because the amount of hyped it got and near perfect reviews people tought it will sell like 1-2million in its first week,but it did not so people are saying it floped.I still think all this flop throw sales is dumb,i have played games that did have a huge first week like gears2,mgs4..e.t.c got and i still enjoyed it.
I did not buy LBP because its not my type of game,i like shoot em up more.U can call me narrow minded or what ever but i dont care, i buy what i have fun with and when i played LBP i did not have fun with it,i dont find creating levels fun and i did not fall for hype and a cute puppet like most people did.That dose not mean LBP is crap, i still think the game is a breth of fresh air in the gaming industry but its just not for me.Not every one like tittles that innovate,look at mirros edge it was backed with innovation and most people tought it would be one of the best FPS games but looked how it turned out.Most gamers like playing what they know they can have fun with and do not have time to adjust to something new.All i need is R2,KZ2,god of war3,halo4,gears3,uncharted2 and mgs5 and i will be a very happy gamer.
Too Human and Haze were 'FLOPS', LittleBigPlanet is a f**kin masterpiece.
As I`ve always said, LBP will have a snowball effect in sales, 3 people I know personally are getting it next week. It`s not some brainless ultra violent shooter that only needs a commercial to sell the game, don`t treat it like one. LBP needs to be witnessed first hand before you get actually understand what kind of game it is.
Sales or NO sales, it`s the best game ever made IMO.
All great games no doubt, but try something w/o a number at the end every once and a while.
Perhaps LBP will have a long life, the creative side of the game means that the reasons to play it will only become more numerous as time goes on. Games like WiiPlay have long lives so LBP can too so long as Sony are able to use particularly the internet and YouTube to build a community and get the viral marketing going, YouTube made the Daily Show big so it happens.
Either way, why the hell should you me or anyone outside of Sony HQ give a flying **** about sales. If you bought the game and enjoyed it then great, if you didn't then thats fine too but don't think that liking games means you are some kind of demi expert in media sales and marketing.
And if the beta had such an effect on sales, explain why so many other games which received betas have not had this problem. Demos too you would think have the same issue but if I remember correctly game that have a free demo sell much better, why has every game with a demo not also experienced a big hit on sales.
Apparently games flop based on sales now.
Do you fanboys ever quit?
Last I checked, games flopped based on score, not sales numbers. So does that mean that every game that didn't sell 1million the first day flopped?
If so, that means that are a lot of games out there that really really suck.
Apparently we should give a crap about sales because all fanboys do, and if a game doesn't sell good, it's an auto flop.
Stop being a fool. Sony is happy with the numbers, fine, their business. Resistance is a flop? Maybe in a crowded FPS market unoriginality hurt its sales. PS3 on life support. Funny, the 360 had similar....actually less consoles sold by the 2 year mark than the PS3, imagine that? And software isn't selling, is that why it's on life support? COD:WaW sold nearly a million according to VGChartz, compared to the shooter hyper 360 at 1.3 million with at least 6 million more trigger happy console gamers jumped in. Tomb Raider selling better on PS3. That means that PSgamers only watch blu-ray, right?
Idiots, I swear. Change the name to Lightning360 and go troll in the openzone.
A game can be flop in both sales or scores. LBP had great reviews but flopped in sales. Too Human got bad reviews but still was able to sell a million plus. Now if you were a developer and a publisher which would you rather have? Which will make you more money? Of course how many units you sell and the more that you sell the more money you can make to develop your next game. You can have a great game but if nobody buys it how are you going to pay your workers and feed your family?
edit- and to all those who say LBP will have a "SNOWBALL EFFCT" you guys were the same people who said LBP will sell 2 million in its first day and take the PS3 over the top! Didn't happen eh?
i think it floped in sales because it just looks too kiddy. most ps3 owners are an older crowd. if you arent into video game websites you dont know its one of the best games ever so you dont really care about it.
I think something is really fishy about the sells of Little Big Planet. I live in San Francisco, and it's impossible to find a copy of the game on shelves. So I went back home to Missouri over the break, and it's still impossible to find a copy of the game.
Wow, you guys haven't really seen flops, have you? This game is FAR from a flop. Love how you people misuse the word. A flop is a terrible game?
Is Little Big Planet a terrible game?
Answer that.
You know what the funniest part is? It's the highest rated exclusive on any system, and it's now being considered a flop. How in the f*ck is it a flop? Trolls are just mad because it beat Gears 2 to tha title.
played the beta, by no means a flop but i didnt buy it. I dunno it was OK better then other games i bought but i just dont wanna.....pay for it.
And once again you slam disagrees and run away like cowards.
Can't even answer the question, right?
if this game was a flop, the olny reason is lack of advertising!
sony dont do it enough! there f**king idiots!
i'm surprised you're not asking what you normally ask "who said it then? name them"
after months and months of sony fanboy/fangirls hyping this into the stratosphere, it did'nt do a fraction of what it was claimed to do. go back and look at some of your old juuken threads to see who was claiming what.
hitting the disagree and run..lol what every sony lover does on this pathetic web-site. lose a bubble coz you dont deserve them.
lbp did'nt sell millions of units and consoles because it wasn't a game that would appeal to many, and the lack of marketing did'nt help either.
the problem is, many sony fanboys go on about "outselling" "outsold", when it dont happen as they predicted, the stuff comes back and bites them in the ar$e.
me, i dont care either way. i make no money from any games or consoles sold.
And yet you're still attacking Sony fans instead of living up to your name.
"lbp did'nt sell millions of units and consoles because it wasn't a game that would appeal to many, and the lack of marketing did'nt help either."
Little Big Planet is back in the top ten on Amazon.
Holy crap, did it just move to number five in the space of two hours?! o_o
Proved ya wrong. :)
"the problem is, many sony fanboys go on about "outselling" "outsold", when it dont happen as they predicted, the stuff comes back and bites them in the ar$e."
Look at the above comment. Obviously I mentioned Amazon as a major retailer. LBP fell all the way to around 50-75 now it jumped to the number five spot.
You might want to stop...because you have no evidence of PS3 fans claiming the game was gonna sell copies and consoles (except for Nasim because he was the one who hyped it).
Bubbles are lost because of comments. It depends on what was said and how the person interpreted it.
LBP for me is nowhere near a flop. In fact, it is the best game I have played in years. I can't count the number of hours I have spent playing it and there are hours left to play. Sales do not make games and to say a game flopped due to only selling a million world wide is pretty silly.
Why dont you just f off. N4g doesnt need idiots like you talking crap.
Just remember that the xbox has been out twice as long as the PS3, therefore should be gaining twice the ground. The fact is its not.
No matter what crap you keep saying the PS3 is holding its ground very well against a console thats twice the price, and when the PS3 is 3 years in and drops in price, you will see whos in trouble then.
The problem is that there's not really that much people who wants to buy PS3 just because there are more cheaper choices with pretty wide game collection and obviously current PS3 owners are not enough to get the sales high or they just want something else than LBP.
"Just remember that the xbox has been out twice as long as the PS3, therefore should be gaining twice the ground. The fact is its not. "
And Sony dominated and i mean DOMINATED the last two console wars and shouldn't bet getting OWNED by Nintendo and M$ this bad! LOL... So your logic don't make sense! Dreamcast came out first last gen and look what happened to it. Also please learn math. The 360 has been out for 3 years now whil the PS3 has been out for 2 years now. So the 360 has not be out twice as long.
PS3 fans made no big deal about the 360 being out first because last gen the Dreamcast came out first and look what happened to them. You guys though the 360 will go in the way of the Dreamcast. Before the PS3 launch every PS3 fan was telling the 360 fans to say goodbye to the 360 because it will be the end of M$ in the console industry. But they all forgot what this "$" stands for M$! Sega didn't have the money to compete with the PS2 and thats why the Dreamcast went that way. Now its Sony that doesn't have the $$$ to compete with M$!
"No matter what crap you keep saying the PS3 is holding its ground very well against a console thats twice the price, and when the PS3 is 3 years in and drops in price, you will see whos in trouble then. "
LOL! We've heard this before. Wait till ... then the PS3 will dominate. We've been waiting for 2 years now how long is it going to take? And what makes you think that in 3 years the PS3 will be cheaper than the 360? You dont think M$ won't drop the price of the 360 for the next 3 years?
well i thought the game looked OK, but after seeing my friend actually playing it i wasnt impressed.
Don't worry, someone will create a level with muscular men soon enough...
muscular men lol i play heaps of different games, i actually love a good platformer or family game too, thats why i thought LBP looked OK, but i couldnt tell if i really thought it looked good or if i was buying into the hype and thought it looked good because thats what i was expected to think by the fans and media, either way actually spending some time with the game made me realise that its not my thing, but dont worry i didnt like banjo kazooie either!
shame theres not more true platformers this gen.
I have,in fact i have played LBP and i did not like it....
I was judging based on your avatar:) I'm surprised that since you have sense of humour, you didn't like LBP. Fair enough, I guess it's not everyone's cup of tea. There's plenty of other good games...
NewZealander, I think you meant to say
'LBP looked amazing, but after watching my friend play it, I was blown away by the sheer awesomness of it, GOTY AAA blaa blaa blaa'
However, you didn't, hence the mass of fanboys who disagreed. I own LBP but rarely play it in all honesty(Blame Resistance 2). Don't get me wrong its a solid game, just couldn't get into, I always check each week though to see how the levels are coming along and there are some impressive creations.
not a success . wow people are fkn retarded
I suck......
Sales are respectable but no where near the blockbuster it was hyped to be.
Despite weak sales LBP is the best rated game ths gen, to bad people didnt buy it, this happens quite a lot with PS3 exclusive, dont know why but consumers dont buy many games as they used to last gen.
Sorry for MM that made an amazing game and created an icon imo.
Actually LBP is not the highest next gen rated game i have no idea where you get your stats from. At gamerankings.com Super Mario Galaxy, GTA IV, Orange Box and Bioshock are all ranked heigher.
I think he meant exclusive.
Either way, GTA was extremely over hyped, didn't deserve the scores it got and definitley isn't the best game so far this gen.
LBP is a great game, and I think it deserves the 9-10's.
As for the article, I was in the beta and I can't wait to get it. The economy is what is preventing me from doing so. If I could afford any games at the moment, that's the first one I'd get.
Also, I personally don't care about sales. My favorite games (Ico, SotC) weren't exactly blockbusters, but that doesn't make them any less awesome.
What does it matter if it is a PS3 exclusive or not, neither myself or the op brought up the issue of consoles. Exclusive or not it is still not the highest rated game of this generation.
you mnean on the ps3 they dont buy games, the 360 has many many many million sellers and 360 people buygames.
And this is in no way a mean to disrespect the ps3 as a gaming machine but I think you and a whole lot of other ppl do not realize the amount of people who bought there ps3 just for movie purposes.
I was on a couple of av forums and the most bought and sought after blu ray player was and still is the ps3. The majority of the posters who owned them showed VERY expensive set ups with the ps3 being at the heart of their systems. The problem is most of them commented and stated they never really use it for gaming.
Of course i can't use that reasoning to explain the attach rate, however, it is definitely a viable reason as to why software sales arent as high as the wii's and 360's.
Flop and LittleBigPlanet are 2 words that doesnt fit in the same sentence.
Why no story saying why the xBox 360 is a Flop for???
You know, it's cheaper than the Wii in the U.S.of.A and it still can't beat it??? (3 Months in a row now) + Only sold 20ish Million in 3 years??? WTF!!! THAT'S A FLOP!!! ;-D
(+Yeah i'll say that a Milllion of times on this to!!!) ;)
LBP IS NOT A FLOP!!! To all the haters on this Go F**K Yourselves to!!! Stupid internet people :-/
we're having a ball playing the best games of this generation while xbollox morons count beans and try to divert the world's attention from their tiny penises
It looks like a Childs game and NOBODY who spends $400 bucks on a system wants "Sackman". The PS3 is in HUGE trouble and if you think it is not you are fooling yourself.
LBP is casual sh*t on a $400-500 console, that's why it flopped. I hope to God, no one feels like a "hardcore" gamer for buying LBP. Actually, that would be f*cking hilarious, so if you did please tell everyone about how hardcore you are while playing LBP. lol
@ duka
lol you are a brainwashed fool.
Sir_Ken_Kutaragi you are the biggest fanboy ever. This is living this is folding...
Most amazing game this generation, and people still hate on it lol.
anyone hating on he game are ppl who dont own a PS3 so they can play the game..simple as that...
The game is about 1 million sold...or a lil more..dont see how thats a flop...
The Best Exclusive out of 3 platforms and like Tmac said, some peeps still hate on it.
U over HYPED me.... MOuhahahahahah XD
@7.2 how can you say Halo 3, how many has it sold? and is still selling, No. 2 online game after over a year on the market. I know when my Son has his friends round it's Halo they ask to play. They must have gotten something right.
Wow so you round up a whole bunch of morons to Buy Halo 3 congrats, I'm sure they got a good golf clap going.
*KIDS wicked... KIDS*.
Halo 3 was in no shape or form a Flop 94% on Metacritic and has sold over 8.1 million copies as of January 3rd 2008 - Sony fanboys just like to throw the name around when they are backed into a corner and don't know what to say.
Not sure what your sorry for, MM has done well from this.
And the game is doing well. Coming up against bigger well known games.
You have to remember that this game was not advertised as it should have been, a few articles in newspapers isn't the right move.
You have to show this kind of thing in action.
I have the game, and it's excellent. I'm stuck on the bunker level atm. But i'll get off that wheel sometime soon:)
I'm also making a level, and once done should be pretty sweet, the editor is easy/ Nothign like the farcry,quake3 games i made maps 4.
All these articles and writers please gtfo.


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On an otherwise plain wall in an alley near Fourth Street in Long Beach, rebellious Doors frontman Jim Morrison hovers about 15 feet above the ground. Grasping a microphone with both hands and with his head tilted back as he sings, he appears to be flying through the air like a rock star superhero.
The recently installed 20-foot-long mural is appropriately called "Flying Morrison." The picture was taken in the summer of 1967 by Long Beach resident Jim Coke during a concert in Northridge and Sunday it will serve as the backdrop for a benefit concert on the day that would have marked the Lizard King's 70th birthday.
Four bands are on the roster for the 1 p.m. concert: Granite Planet, the Greg Carroll Band, the Psychedelic Cosmic Cowboys and L.A. Air Raid. The show will start with a reading by Chris Boyle, a former publicist for the Doors who began working for the band after seeing it perform in Long Beach in 1970. He will read a selection of poems written by Morrison and share some stories from the time he spent with the singer.
It will all take place by the mural at 425 E. Fourth St., across the street from Fingerprints music store, where more than a dozen black-and-white images of the Doors taken by Coke during that 1967 show are on display through December in an exhibit called "Wake Up."
"It's about honoring the spirit of Morrison, the spirit of his creativity," said Coke, who organized the show. The concert is free, but people are asked to bring canned goods to donate to the Food Finders food bank in Signal Hill.
Coke was a young photography student in July 1967 when the Doors were part of the lineup for the Fantasy Faire and Magic Music Festival that included bands such as Jefferson Airplane, Canned Heat and Iron Butterfly. The concert was billed as the local version of the Monterey Pop Festival and was held at the Devonshire Downs horse racing track in Northridge.
It was two weeks before the Doors' "Light My Fire" became the top song in the country.
With two rolls of black-and-white film, Coke made his way to the small plywood stage where the bands performed.
He was captivated by Morrison, who began the show with his back toward the audience. He focused mostly on the singer and by the end of the set had used up most of his film before the closing acts even took the stage.
The "Flying Morrison" image is part of a photo montage made up of 11 shots taken at the performance. The series, which Coke calls "The Scream Sequence," shows Morrison in various stages of singing as he escalates to a final scream — the picture that became the "Flying Morrison" mural.
The original photograph is vertical, but for the mural Coke decided to turn it horizontal because it makes Morrison appear as if he's in flight, free of gravity.
"He became a rock star and was in free flight," Coke said.
Boyle, who was a 19-year-old journalism student at Cal State Long Beach at the time he started working for the Doors, will read poetry from "The Lords and the New Creatures," Morrison's first published volume of poetry.
"He was a lonely person because of his fame and a real bright guy. He was a nice guy, real observant, a good reader. I learned by watching him I never wanted to be famous," Boyle said of Morrison, who died in Paris in 1971 at age 27 from an alleged heroin overdose, although the actual cause of death is unknown.
Boyle got the job as a publicist writing a monthly band newsletter after scoring an interview with Doors drummer John Densmore.
At today's event, he'll share some stories about his time with Morrison and discuss the many sides of a complicated man who is often associated with the stereotypical wild life of a rock star.
"Too many young people look up to his bad habits. He was much more well-rounded than that. It's cool that his name will be associated with a benefit," Boyle said.
The bands that are set to go onstage for the show aren't necessarily bands that sound like the Doors, Coke said. Instead, he chose bands that he felt embodied the spirit of the Doors.
"The Doors are about being original. (The show) is not about copying the Doors but about being original, playing your own music. That's the key to all the bands that are performing," he said.
That means the audience might even hear bands that are hard to pigeonhole into a specific genre, like the Psychedelic Cosmic Cowboys.
The band is made up of musicians from Long Beach and New Zealand. It's led by Kevin Ustler, who sings and plays the guitar, fiddle and banjo in the band.
"We're a mixed bag of stuff, from rock music, we can play bluegrass folk-oriented music and '60s psychedelic music," he said.
Ustler hinted they may even do some Mexican folk music or even try to cover a Doors song.


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Summit League's Saturday Night Session is a Sellout
It is the prefect storm for area college basketball fans: South Dakota State and South Dakota with back-to-back games at the Sioux Falls Arena on opening night of the Summit League Basketball Tournament.
The result? A sellout.
The Sioux Falls Arena has confirmed that all tickets for the Saturday evening session have been sold. The top seeded Jackrabbits open play that night at six with number eight IUPUI, followed the seventh seeded Coyotes and number two Western Illinois.
Arena officials would not confirm the exact number of tickets sold, but the Arena's website lists 6,113 as the capacity for basketball.
There are tickets remaining for all other sessions. The SDSU women play Saturday afternoon at 12, the USD women play Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
The women's semifinals are Monday at noon and 2:30pm, the men's semis are Monday at 6:00pm and 8:30pm.
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Eighty-eight days on from ending the team's 2012 campaign, the first team opens up with its first preseason friendly Sunday afternoon against Florida Gulf Coast University in Ave Maria, Fla. Just a reminder that today's game will be live streamed here on Chicago-Fire.com beginning at 3pm CT.
Here are some game notes to hold you over until then.
Signed players available: 17
- Players missing: Sean Johnson (USMNT camp), Arne Friedrich (will join in California), Corben Bone (Atletico Madrid), Victor Pineda (meniscus recovery), Kellen Gulley and Tony Walls.
- Defender Tony Walls did not travel with the team to Ave Maria, Fla. and seems likely to be waived pending an exit physical.
- Forward Kellen Gulley is not in camp for this game.
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- Midfielder Patrick Nyarko has just done conditioning this week after the training staff decided he needed additional rest and will not appear in Sunday's match.
- Goalkeeper Paolo Tornaghi trained for the first time on Friday after completing his recovery from offseason surgery on his right pinky finger. He is listed as questionable.
- Signed Players eligible for selection:
Goalkeepers (1): Paolo Tornaghi
Defenders (6): Jalil Anibaba, Austin Berry, Hunter Jumper, Steven Kinney, Gonzalo Segares, Michael Videira
Midfielders (6): Alex, Jeff Larentowicz, Joel Lindpere, Daniel Paladini, Logan Pause, Wells Thompson
Forwards (4): Sherjill MacDonald, Dominic Oduro, Chris Rolfe, Maicon Santos
Trialists Update
- Orlando City midfielder Luke Boden left Fire training camp Friday night.
- With Boden's departure, there are currently 13 unsigned players also available for selection in Sunday's friendly. They are:
Goalkeepers (4): James Belshaw**, Ian Joyce, Alec Kann, Trialist #1
Defenders (5): Rich Balchan, John Gallagher**, Caleb Konstanski**, Rauwshan McKenzie, Eric Robertson
Midfielders (1): Yazid Atouba*
Forwards (3): Sam Archer, Colin Rolfe, Trialist #2
*- MLS SuperDraft selection, **MLS Supplemental Draft selection
Other Notes
- In order to allow the Fire technical staff to evaluate all players in camp and build up fitness, the teams will play three 30-minute minute periods.
- The game marks the third year in a row the Fire have played a friendly at North Park in Ave Maria, Fla., with both previous matches drawing over 1,000 fans, mostly from the club's Florida Fire Juniors based in nearby Naples.
- Sunday's game will stream LIVE at 3pm CT at Chicago-Fire.com/live.


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Counterfeit Replacement Airbags Catch NHTSA Scorn
- Some body shops might use counterfeit airbags.
- Thousands could be in cars nationwide.
- NHTSA advises drivers to call automakers, get inspections.
The federal government's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is warning US car owners about the dangers of replacement airbags. The government agency recently announced that counterfeit airbags might have been installed in thousands of vehicles repaired by body shops, and further revealed that these imitation airbags could inflate incorrectly and lead to injury or death.
According to NHTSA, counterfeit airbags are only a concern for drivers with vehicles fixed in the last three years by repair shops unaffiliated with new car dealerships. Such shops might have replaced manufacturer airbags with knockoffs, primarily manufactured in China, which could fail to inflate or inflate improperly. Videos from a NHTSA test of a counterfeit airbag show an incorrect inflation where shrapnel from the steering wheel flies towards the crash test dummy, hitting it in the face and chest.
"We want consumers to be immediately aware of this problem and to review our safety information to see if their vehicle could be in need of inspection," said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, in a statement.
While NHTSA says only around 0.1 percent of vehicles on the road are likely affected by this issue, tens of thousands of cars nationwide could be saddled with defective airbags. Worst of all, the potential damage isn't limited to specific makes and models of vehicles, but rather dozens of popular cars like the Honda Civic and Accord; Toyota Camry and Sienna; Mazda3; Hyundai Elantra; Chevrolet Cruze; and BMW 3 and 5 Series.
For car owners whose vehicles were recently repaired by body shops, or drivers who recently purchased a used car that potentially had repair work done in the last few years, NHTSA has created a full list of automaker call centers which can help vehicle owners determine whether their airbags are counterfeit. Visit NHTSA's website for more information.
Shoppers interested in a used car might also consider contacting a call center, though we recommend potential buyers run a vehicle history report using CARFAX, AutoCheck or a similar service to check for accident history. If a previous accident is found, it's likely a good idea for drivers to take the vehicle to a dealership or trusted mechanic for inspection.
The same advice is also true for vehicle owners concerned about counterfeit airbags--even if they contact the call centers for help. That's because NHTSA says imitation airbags often carry automaker logos and part numbers that are nearly identical to certified replacement parts produced by a vehicle manufacturer. To find out for sure whether an airbag is genuine, drivers may have to visit dealership service departments for an inspection, which could cost $100 or more in some cases.
While that figure might sound steep, the peace of mind it will bring is likely worth the cost--and it could save thousands of dollars in medical expenses and other costs if unsafe replacement airbags deploy in a collision.
What it means to you: If you're unsure whether your airbags are authentic, considering calling an automaker call center or visiting a dealer to find out for sure.
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Frequency of "Censky" Surname in the US
2000 US Census
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A recent question from Jacob Lerche mentioned a queueing program for GAMESS called GAMESSQ. Never heard of it. A google search only revealed that the latest MacMolPlt version has a "hook to it". Nothing on the GAMESS page. Strange ...
A few days later the another google search listed Jacob's question, that I posted on the blog comments, as one of the top hits, so now Molecular Modeling Basics looked like an authority on the subject and I decided to look into it.
The program is indeed bundled into the latest GAMESS download (which you can initiate here). It came with an brief manual in html format, so I put it on my web server here. The "about GAMESSQ" feature on the Mac tells me that the program is open source and written by one Jason Ekstrand and "commissioned" by MacMolPlt author Brett Bode.
Anyway, it is a very useful program, and I made a screencast about how to use it. What I don't mention in the screencast (which is already quite long) is (1) that the Jobs>open in wxMacMolPlt doesn't seem to work and (2) the program allows you to submit several jobs at once, which will then run one-after-another. Which of course is the whole point of a queueing program.
10 August, 2009. Update: GAMESSQ has now been officially released.


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WEST CARROLLTON, Ohio – In a friendly match between affiliate clubs, the Columbus Crew defeated USL-PRO side Dayton Dutch Lions 2-0 on Tuesday night at Dayton Outpatient Center Stadium. Up 2-0 within the fourth minute behind a Dutch Lion own goal and an Ethan Finlay tally, Sporting Director and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter's side held on for the final 86 minutes of exhibition action.
The Black & Gold got on the board within the first 60 seconds as Dayton's Joel DeLass suffered an own goal in the first minute before Ethan Finlay buried a rebound chance in the fourth minute to give the visitors an early 2-0 lead. Later in the half, Crew goalkeeper Matt Lampson made a pair of key saves to keep the lead after 45 minutes.
In the second half, six Crew players saw substitute action. The Crew's Brad Stuver – who is on-loan with Dayton – made a pair of point-blank saves on Black & Gold midfielder Daniel Paladini in the 68th-minute to keep the home side within striking distance, but the 2-0 scoreline stood at the final whistle. In addition to Stuver, Crew loanees Aaron Schoenfeld and Matt Walker also took the field for Dayton.
The Crew returns to Major League Soccer action with a test against the Chicago Fire on Saturday, May 24 at Crew Stadium.
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Columbus Crew 2 – Dayton Dutch Lions 0
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Venue: DOC Stadium, West Carrollton, Ohio
Referee: Andrew Castel
Assistant Referees: Cory Richardson, Brandon Artis
Fourth: Maggie Short
Attendance: 1,082
Weather: 77 degrees and partly cloudy
CLB – Joel DeLass (own goal) 1'
CLB – Ethan Finlay (unassisted) 4'
Columbus Crew: Matt Lampson (Daniel Withrow* 70'); Chad Barson (Hector Jimenez 45'), Eric Gehrig, Tyson Wahl (Kevan George 45'), Ben Sweat; Ethan Finlay, Daniel Paladini, Wil Trapp © (Fifi Baiden 45'), Justin Meram (Bernardo Anor 45'); Ben Speas, Dominic Oduro (Adam Bedell 45')
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Dayton Dutch Lions: Matt Williams; Sebastien Thuriere, Joel DeLass ©, Brock Granger, Shane Smith; Shintaro Harada, Irakli Khutsidze, David Clemens; Eli Garner, Matt Walker, Aaron Schoenfeld
Substitutes used: Brad Stuver; Eric Kissinger, Jesjua Angoy Cruyff, Cameron Vickers, Eddie Hertsenberg, Guilherme Felix, Jackson Beckham da Silva, Joseph Broekhuizen, Taylor Bowlin, Yannick Smith, Raphael Basso, Kyle Knotek, Osman Mendez


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Lightbulb Wars Review: EcoSmart Soft White CFL 40W Equivalent
Light Bulb: EcoSmart soft white compact fluorescent 40 w equivalent
Price: $10 for four at Amazon.com
Household Use: Ambient light
Light Appearance: 2700 K
Incandescent It Replaces: Sylvania Decor Globe 40w
Overall Rating: Weak Recommend*
The EcoSmart soft white compact fluorescent lived up to its description as soft white. But compared to the 40 watt incandescent control bulb, this bulb was down right dim.
The Test
Control Bulb: Sylvania Decor Globe 40w
Primary Use: ambient light
Time of Day Tested: 2:00 p.m.
How It Performed: I use a standard 40 watt bulb as a task light. The light is bright and warm. However, the EcoSmart did not throw enough light to be able to read. The quality of the light seemed gray and weak.
One major bonus to this light is that it burns significantly cooler than the incandescent bulb. I can imagine that this bulb could work well as a soft, ambient light instead of a task light. Also, this bulb will use much less energy than the control bulb.
The bulb was very easy to purchase from Amazon.com and arrived a few days after ordered.
More Facts About This Light Bulb
Dimmable? No
Brightness: 550 lumens
Estimated Yearly Energy Cost: save $37/blub/year
Life: (how long it's expected to last) 9 years
Energy Used: 9 watt
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* I feel a fair disclaimer is in order considering how dim this bulb appears. I tested it against a comparable 40 watt incandescent bulb with two different light fixtures because the bulbs have different bases. I tested the Ecosmart against an LED with a similar base in the same fixture and it performed much better. That review is coming soon.
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By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 23 Sep 2011
As usual, there are some great new images and movies to view. Watch a whiptail swimming over 1 km below the surface and an oh-so-cute Pacific Leaping Blenny feeding on the rocks. We welcome Fanny deBusserolles who is working on lanternfishes for a fortnight and Dani Fox who is processing specimens collected during the Kermadec Islands Expedition. Thank you very much, as always, to all our contributors.
Spangled Emperor, Lethrinus nebulosus
Antarctic Deepsea Smelt, Bathylagus antarcticus
Flowery Rockcod, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
Honeycomb Podge, Pseudogramma polyacanthum
Juvenile Indian Telescopefish, Gigantura indica
Male Pacific Leaping Blennies
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Donald Groth, Schultz, Bruce, Rush, Milton C. | 12/15/2006 12:54:29 AM
Developing disease-resistant varieties is the best approach to help farmers fight diseases that afflict rice, said Don Groth, LSU AgCenter plant pathologist at the Rice Research Station in Crowley.
"That's been our primary objective from the beginning," he said. "It's more effective in the field."
The two main diseases that hurt Louisiana rice production are "blast" and "sheath blight." If these diseases break out in a field, the treatments with fungicides can get expensive, Groth said.
Funding from the Louisiana Rice Research Board is being used to develop resistant varieties, he said. That process has been improved by using genetic markers to identify disease-resistant genes of potential varieties, he said.
"It's making evaluation much easier," he said. "Right now, we can screen for blast resistance, and we're close to having markers for sheath blight resistance."
Developing a variety with total immunity from disease is not feasible, Groth said. That's because a plant that uses its energy toward warding off disease will often have a low yield potential, he said. The secret is obtaining the right match of genetic resistance and inherent yield potential.
Blast has the capability of destroying an entire crop, and sheath blight losses can amount to 25 percent.
"We have not had a bad blast year in seven to eight years," Groth said.
Individual rice fields have blast problems, Groth said, but it is not widespread. Nevertheless, he said the likelihood exists that blast eventually will adapt to current rice varieties, causing an outbreak.
Blast has become more of a problem for the Cypress rice variety, introduced by the LSU AgCenter in 1992, although in its first few years that was not the case. It is not that the variety becomes more susceptible, but that the disease organism begins to adapt to be more damaging.
This year, narrow brown spot caused by the fungus cercospora has plagued many fields. Groth said it usually doesn't become a problem until a second crop of rice is grown.
"It's probably one of the worst diseases we see in the second crop," he said.
Work is under way with screening for disease resistance and fungicide experiments, funded by the Rice Research Board, to help farmers.
"We will have data this year, and we will have a pretty good idea on best control methods for next year," Groth said.
Bacterial panicle blight is an important disease that is more of a problem in certain years and under certain environments. With funding from the Rice Research Board, work is progressing on a screening for disease resistance to this seed-borne disease.
Chuck Rush, LSU AgCenter pathologist, said Rice Research Board funding helped the discovery in 1996 that panicle blight is actually caused by a pathogenic bacterium. Some chemicals are being tested as seed treatments against the disease, he said, and six sources of partial resistance to bacterial panicle blight have been identified.
Several lines have been developed with resistance against the bacterium by crossing resistance sources with commercial varieties.
Bacterial panicle blight can cause losses of 500-600 pounds per acre without a farmer knowing his field has been afflicted, Rush said.
The disease thrives during unusually warm nights, he said, recalling that the worst years for bacterial panicle blight were during the heat waves of 1995, 1998 and 2000.
Rush said after years of making crosses, the breeding program has several lines with good disease resistance, including sheath blight resistance and the potential to be varieties.
"We have generated a large number of lines with partial resistance to sheath blight," he said. "A good number have performed well, and we are getting to the point in our yield tests where we have lines that out-yield commercial varieties."
Groth said he was the first full-time pathologist at the Rice Research Station when he started his career in 1984. Rice Research Board funding provided equipment, a vehicle and personnel to conduct his research. As state budget cuts became more frequent, the board's funds helped reduce that impact, he said. Rice Research Board funds have also been needed to do work on fungicides because chemical manufacturers are sometimes unwilling to pay for work that would affect rates and timing of applications, he said.
The Rice Research Board gets most of its funding through a check-off program for rice farmers. This program is up for renewal, and a referendum will be held Jan. 30, 2007. If approved, the check-off amount would remain at 5 cents per hundredweight for the next five years. The self-assessed fee has been continuously approved since it was first approved in 1972.
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