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Earnings season is upon us, and you can therefore look forward to being inundated with an onslaught of carefully worded hyperbole designed to distract your attention from any unpleasantness. As you listen to the various forecasts, remember that rose-colored glasses, combined with a dollop of wishful thinking, are a prelude to disaster.
That does mean to disregard the various protestations, just keep them in proper perspective, while remembering that the Street's analysts have a herd mentality and that their opinions may not coincide with your own.
Here is another bit of advice: Do not rely on anyone to part the Red Sea and guide you to the Promised Land of high returns. It is your responsibility to separate the wheat from the chaff. Furthermore, the past will not predict the future.
So do you ignore historical data? No. Again, you simply need to put it in proper perspective. Unfortunately, whenever there is an increase in market ebullience, there is also a tendency to add credence to boisterous prognosticators. That is a mistake. Never take the opinions you hear or read (including mine) to be the gospel.
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Abbott discovers, develops, manufactures and sells health care products worldwide. Its business is divided into four groups of products: pharmaceutical, diagnostic, nutritional and vascular. It employs nearly 90,000 people and markets products in more than 130 countries.
The company has increased its dividend for 39 consecutive years and was labeled a leading dividend stock by Barron's. Unfortunately, past earnings and share price performance have been mediocre in the past. But there are some major changes in the offing. Abbott has announced that it plans to separate into two publicly traded companies, one being a diversified medical products company, the other specializing in research-based pharmaceuticals.
The diversified medical products company will consist of Abbott's existing medical products portfolio, including its branded generic pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostic and nutritional businesses. It also will retain the Abbott name. The research-based pharmaceutical company will include Abbott's current portfolio of proprietary pharmaceuticals and biologics and will be named later.
So the question then is whether this will be good for shareholders and whether I would suggest holding the shares and seeing the transaction through. My answer at this time is yes.
The intrinsic value of the shares, using a discounted-earnings approach, with a 12 percent discount rate and a conservative earnings growth rate of 9.7 percent, produces an intrinsic value of $59 per share. Using the more conservative model of free cash flow to the firm produces an intrinsic value of $135 per share.
The shares recently closed at $55.42 against my year-ago 12-month target of $54 for a realized capital gain of 17.40 percent compared with the price a year ago of $47.20. My earnings estimate for fiscal 2010 was $4.18 per share, with the actual number coming in at $4.17, leaving me a penny light.
My estimate for fiscal 2011 was $4.77, but I am going to lower that a bit to $4.65, while at the same time projecting earnings of $5.03 for 2012. Earnings for 2011 will be announced Jan. 25. My projected 12-month target-share price is $60, for a potential gain of 8.26 percent, in addition to an indicated dividend yield of 3.4 percent. But these numbers could be affected by the corporate split. I will update my opinion when the picture becomes clearer.
Note to readers: My annual talk sponsored by the American Association of Individual Investors will be Thursday at the Venice Community Center. The title this year will be "Strategic and Tactical Investment Strategies for 2012." For reservations or information, call 346-5444.
Contact Lauren Rudd at LVERudd@ aol.com. Phone calls accepted between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at (941) 346-5444. Back columns at ruddreport.com. Lauren Rudd offers commentary Thursdays on SNN Local News 6 during the 5:30 p.m. live newscast.
A balm for those battered by wild claims of brokers: Abbott
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Gary Fitzsimmons looks like somebody famous, we just can't figure who. Vince McMahon? Gary Cole? Dang it. Lil' help?
Every reporter knows you never know when you're going to know something. I was perusing the new newsletter from Dallas County District Clerk Gary Fitzsimmons. Why? Well, I don't know, except everybody talks about what a great job he's doing. You'd think I wouldn't be interested. But then I spotted this little item: "Trust/Accounting makes big strides in customer service."
I know. I know. You're thinking, "Wow, Jim, that sounds about as fascinating as watching old guys do comb-overs at the Y." But listen. It says Fitzsimmons has "instituted use of credit and debit cards through over-the-counter and home-based computers, significantly increasing the amount of felony collections."
Say what?
Marsha Bills, his assistant, explained to me that people who owe money based on verdicts -- fines, restitution, whatever -- used to have to pay by cash or check, through the mail or at the counter. Fitzsimmons changed it so you could use plastic or pay online. Bills says now people are paying more often and pay bigger amounts of what they owe.
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Dijon holds an International and Gastronomic Fair every year in autumn. With over 500 exhibitors and 200,000 visitors every year, it is one of the ten most important fairs in France. Dijon is also home, every three years, to the international flower show Florissimo. Dijon is famous for Dijon mustard which originated in 1856, when Jean Naigeon of Dijon substituted verjuice, the acidic "green" juice of not-quite-ripe grapes, for vinegar in the traditional mustard recipe.
The historical center of the city has been registered since July 4th, 2015 as a LONESCO World Heritage site.
Dijon is situated at the heart of a plain drained by two small converging rivers: the Suzon, which crosses it mostly underground from north to south, and the Ouche, on the southern side of town. Farther south is the côte, or hillside, of vineyards that gives the department its name. Dijon lies 193 miles (310.6 kilometers) southeast of Paris, 118 miles (189.9 kilometers) northwest of Geneva, and 190 km 118 miles (189.9 kilometers) north of Lyon.
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Okay, there do I begin with this awesomness of a chapter?
First, let me mention the cover of the Weekly Shounen Magazine. I'm probably going to say it a lot in this blog, but Mashima's art is brilliant and I'm absolutely loving what I'm seeing there.
Second, the actual chapter cover. A bunch of characters, I can already see the pain when adding this to galleries. Anyways, I really wonder what Natsu Festival, as well as -
I'm sorry Mangapanda, but I do NOT trust your translation of numbers, because on that page alone, you've gotten at least one number wrong, and that is the date of Fairy Tail Monthly - four new spin-off series are. Yes, I was right, the number 4 is bullshit. I'd love to have an original Rave art too. T_T
Finally, onto the chapter. Every page is quite the awesomness. I'm your father. (~ ._.)~ However, as I hoped for, it's not just this simple! Silver reveals that, in fact, he is motherfukin' Deliora revived by Tartarus' Hell Core, having been using the dead body of Gray's father this whole time. I kind of expected the whole dead body usage and what not, but him being Deliora is a twist I didn't see coming and I commend Mashima for it.
Meanwhile, I loved the Natsu-Gajeel combo in spite of being ineffective, Juvia is mad. The Twin Dragon Slayers' fight is still a stalemate and Mard is still one of the worse villains of this arc, so let's move along. A redeemed Minerva - I am not even mad anymore - rips out Happy's Franmalth mushroom and, supported by my laughter, intends to question him.
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Lloyd's Register's first phase of its guidance notes for drones and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) has been launched, giving operators in the energy and marine industries confidence in using UAS for offshore, marine and onshore surveys and in-service inspections.
"We are developing these guidance notes to provide a consistent approach to risk in UAS and drone deployment, offering practical operational considerations relating to regulations, personnel, quality, safety, hardware, software and operations," says Lloyd's Register's Chief Technology Officer, Nial McCollam.
McCollam highlights: "Technology and innovation in the area of digital data, sensing technologies, unmanned systems and robotics are here to stay. We see an exciting and important journey ahead, and anticipate our efforts to increase and continue."
UAS, commonly known as drones, provide an effective alternative to traditional methods of in-service operational assessment and survey, especially structures and assets at significant heights, difficult to access locations and hazardous environments.
Major operators such as Shell and Maersk Drilling are among early adopters of innovative technology with safety and quality as a priority.
"Shell views human and environmental safety as paramount in all of its operations. The use of robotic technology for inspection purposes reduces the need for personnel working in enclosed spaces and at heights. Minimising risk across the industry by utilising cutting edge technology in this way is of great importance to Shell," says Adri Postema, General Manager of Shell Shipping and Maritime, Technology.
To unlock this potential, collaboration among industry partners throughout the value chain will be critical. In collaboration with Lloyd's Register, Maersk Drilling and partners have conducted a number of pilots to assess UAS capabilities for inspection at heights and difficult areas.
"We can see the technology has many potential applications, and it has triggered ideas on new applications. One area we want to focus on is the safety aspect of this new technology, and how we integrate it with existing safety processes, and ensure we use it to enhance safety, and to limit the introduction of new risks. It only takes one or two accidents or near miss reports to set a bad record for robotics and unmanned systems in the industry, so the guidance notes will help the industry take into consideration important considerations," says Jan Holm, Managing Director of Maersk Drilling Singapore.
The guidance notes from Lloyd's Register will be updated regularly to provide industry with the latest practical information on issues such as how best to use UAS for inspection in confined spaces which is particularly relevant in energy and marine applications where Class surveys are needed, and which also improves safety for human life.
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Location: Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center2012 Annual Report
1a. Objectives (from AD-416):
The long-term objective of this project is to better understand rice responses to pests, pathogens, and weather stress in the environment, and to use that information to enhance pest protection and production efficiency for a more sustainable U.S. rice production. Over the next 5 years we will focus on the following objectives: Objective 1: Map rice genes associated with resistance to sheath blight and blast diseases and identify sources of resistance to kernel and false smut diseases. Sub-objective 1.A. Map candidate genes for sheath blight resistance in rice. Sub-objective 1.B. Develop high-resolution genetic maps of Rhizoctonia solani phytotoxin. Sub-objective 1.C. Elucidate recognition mechanisms of the rice blast resistance gene, Pi-ta, to the pathogen avirulence gene AVR-Pita. Sub-objective 1.D. Identify sources of resistance to grain quality reducing diseases: false smut and kernel smut. Objective 2: Identify the physiological, environmental, and genetic factors associated with tillering and seedling vigor under cold temperatures in rice. Sub-objective 2.A. Identify environmental and cultural factors that induce early tillering in indica germplasm and identify early tillering QTL in mapping populations. Sub-objective 2.B. Identify genomic regions associated with cold temperature stress at the seedling stage. Objective 3: Develop chromosome segment substitution lines (CSSLs) and advanced backcross mapping populations using selected Oryza wild species to study the chromosomal location of grain shape, pest resistance, and domestication traits. Sub-objective 3.A. Introgress novel sheath blight resistance genes into U.S. rice cultivars using Oryza wild species accessions. Sub-objective 3.B. Exploring transgressive variation in rice. Objective 4: Identify growth factors associated with changes in weed species populations in response to the use of herbicide–resistant rice cultivar technology and other non-conventional cultural management practices. Sub-objective 4.A. Determine the efficacy of weed-suppressive rice in reduced input rice production systems. Sub-objective 4.B. Quantify gene flow of herbicide resistance genes in commercial rice production.
1b. Approach (from AD-416):
Genetic markers associated with QTLs linked to sheath blight resistance, sheath blight toxin sensitivity, and tillering will be identified in various mapping populations. Sequence diversity for the Pi-ta blast resistance gene in several species of rice and of the avirulence gene in the pathogen will be determined. Interactions of predicted host and pathogen proteins will be used to identify critical amino acid residues important for disease resistance. Cultivars and parents of existing mapping populations will be evaluated to identify sources of resistance to kernel and false smuts. The impact of different tillage methods, fertilizer rates, and crop rotation systems on incidence of smut will be determined to give cultural management recommendations to farmers. To identify QTL underlying tillering in rice, we will identify growth conditions including include soil temperature, planting depth, and fertilizer rates, sources, and timing that maximize the phenotypic differences between high- and low-tillering genotypes. Germplasm lines will be evaluated for coleoptile emergence under cold temperatures (11oC) to identify sources that can be used to develop mapping populations. Novel sources of sheath blight resistance identified in wild species of rice (i.e. O. meridionalis, O. nivara, O. rufipogon) will introgressed into a susceptible Southern U.S. cultivar through backcrossing. Putative sheath blight resistance QTL will be verified using inoculated field tests and greenhouse toxin assays. The O. rufipogon wild species of rice and several O. sativa sub-populations will be used to identify adapted gene complexes responsible for positive transgressive variation. Chromosome segment substitution lines and near isogenic lines (NILs) will be used to systematically explore the relationship between diversity and transgressive variation. In addition, lines containing O. rufipogon introgressions that alter flowering time, grain size and weight, and number of grains per plant will be analyzed to determine the impact of the introgressions on agronomic traits. High-tillering indica rice lines and commercial hybrids will be evaluated to determine if they have sufficient weed-suppression capabilities when coupled with low rates of herbicide and/or alternative production systems that result in effective weed control. Competitive interactions between rice and barnyardgrass (C4 weed species) will be assessed using 13C isotope depletion analyses of roots extracted from soil core samples. Alternative cultural practices including early planting, reduced irrigation, and decreased seeding rates will be evaluated for their savings in water use and impact on weed control. Reciprocal outcrossing rates between commercial hybrid rice cultivars and common U.S. red rice biotypes will be investigated to determine the likelihood of herbicide resistance gene flow. Putative outcrosses will be verified using herbicide screening when herbicide resistant cultivars serve as the male or assessment of unique plant characteristic and genetic markers when non-herbicide resistant rice serves as the male.
3. Progress Report:
Trait data was collected on O. barthii and O. glaberrima wild species accessions, and these will be genotyped as part of an association mapping study. Four backcross inbred line populations are being developed from crosses between O. barthii with M-202 (O. sativa) and CG14 (O. glaberrima). In addition, four chromosome segment substitution line (CSSL) populations involving O. rufipogon and O. nivara are under development. One of these four will be planted in FY13 to study yield potential. A Lemont/O. meridionalis population was tested for reaction to sheath blight for the second year, and it will be genotyped for a QTL analysis. Studies were conducted to assess factors associated with weed-suppressive activity in rice and their response to different cultural practices. A 3-year study was completed comparing weed control of weed-suppressive rice cultivars when grown under furrow irrigation and conventional flood systems. Using a set of CSSLs that differed in tillering, weed competitive traits (like rice root) and leaf areas, tillering, and plant height were evaluated in a weed infested field. We studied field methods to test the feasibility of conducting a large-scale evaluation of weed suppression potential of allelopathic mapping populations that are being developed. Weed suppression will be very important in reduced herbicide or organic management systems. We initiated a field test to evaluate using conditioned (imbibed) seed in a drill-seeded system as a means of enhancing weed competition under reduced inputs. Tillering ability impacts both weed suppression and yield potential. We completed evaluation of tiller initiation in a greenhouse study using KBNT-lpa/Zhe733 RILs. The population has been genotyped, and QTL analysis will be completed this year. Results will be compared with other QTL studies to identify the most robust tillering QTLs that can be subsequently fine mapped and incorporated into improved germplasm. Five CSSLs containing specific tillering QTLs were evaluated to study the effect of plant spacing on tiller production and yield. Those with the most robust QTLs will be released as improved germplasm. A methodology was developed for screening a mapping population for tolerance to cold temperature (12C) at germination. Some 275 RILs were screened at 26C to determine baseline germination rate. Due to labor shortages and equipment repairs, the evaluation of the RILs at 12C will be completed at the end of CY12. These data will be used to associate genomic insertions with cold tolerance. Methane and nitrous oxide were determined in a field study to assess greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) in response to different rice cultivars and fertilizer rates. Methane emissions from cultivars differed by a factor of 4; however, cultivars did not vary much for nitrous oxide emissions. In contrast, as fertilizer rates increased, nitrous oxide emissions increased, but there was little change in methane. These results suggest that choice of cultivar and fertilizer management may help reduce GHGE from rice fields.
4. Accomplishments
1. Developing a U.S. rice cultivar with allelopathic/weed-suppressive traits. Improving the weed suppression potential of rice cultivars may allow farmers to reduce herbicide use and fight herbicide-resistant weeds. However, achieving this goal has been difficult due to the complexity of incorporating weed suppressive traits into high yielding rice lines that also retain commercially acceptable quality. ARS and University of Arkansas scientists in Stuttgart, Arkansas, collaborated to develop and field-test the first U.S. weed-suppressive rice cultivar (STG06L-35-061) derived from allelopathic (naturally weed-suppressive) parents. This cultivar has exhibited greater barnyardgrass suppression than U.S. cultivars while maintaining commercially acceptable yields, high milling and cooking quality, and resistance to rice blast disease. Genomic analysis showed that DNA segments from the allelopathic parents were found on two chromosomes of STG06L-35-061, indicating these regions may be a possible source of weed suppressive traits. STG06L-35-061 is potentially suitable for organic rice production systems or conventional systems in which growers are attempting to reduce input costs associated with herbicides.
2. Discovery of sheath blight and blast resistance in the rice ancestral species Oryza nivara. New sources of sheath blight disease resistance are needed to decrease the use of fungicides. Accessions of Oryza nivara, the species that cultivated rice was derived from, often contain novel resistance genes lost during domestication that can be used to improve new rice cultivars. ARS researchers at Stuttgart, Arkansas, identified four possible sheath blight resistance genes and two possible blast resistance genes attributed to an accession of O. nivara that was used in a cross. Efforts are currently underway to incorporate these sheath blight and blast resistance genes into the background of cultivated rice.
3. Using wild species of rice to improve grain yield. Most cultivated rice comes from the Oryza sativa species. However there are several other wild relatives of rice that have been shown to have pest resistance traits. ARS scientists at Stuttgart, Arkansas, collaborated with Cornell University on a project funded by the National Science Foundation to determine if these wild species may also have yield-enhancing genes. A genetic population was developed using a US rice cultivar, Jefferson, crossed with the wild species Oryza rufipogon. Genetic insertions from the wild species on chromosomes two and six in the Jefferson background were found to give a 25% yield increase. These results demonstrated that wild ancestral species that possess no obvious agronomic merit are an important genetic resource for improving the yield potential of cultivated rice.
4. Increased atmospheric CO2 may allow transfer of herbicide resistance in rice to weeds. Red rice, a common weed found in rice production fields, is genetically similar to cultivated rice. Projected increases in atmospheric CO2 levels are expected to adversely affect some crop-weed interactions, but the potential effects of this phenomenon on the movement of genes from herbicide-resistant rice cultivars into weedy red rice is not known. In controlled-environment experiments under current and elevated atmospheric CO2 levels, ARS scientists in Stuttgart, Arkansas, and Beltsville, Maryland, showed that increasing CO2 concentrations from early 20th century levels (300 parts per million) to projected, mid-21st century levels (600 parts per million), more than tripled the flow of the herbicide resistance gene between weedy red rice and a rice cultivar with resistance to the herbicide imidazolinone, which could potentially lead to herbicide-resistant weedy red rice populations. This increase was associated with differential increases in plant size in the weed and greater synchrony in flowering times between the two at the highest CO2 level. These results suggest that rising atmospheric CO2 could result in unintended adverse weed-rice interactions in production fields.
5. Rice disease management under organic production. There is an increasing demand for organically produced rice; however, because typical fungicides cannot be used in an organic system, information is needed to manage diseases and optimize yields. ARS scientists at Stuttgart, Arkansas, and Texas A&M University scientists evaluated the yield potential and disease susceptibility of rice grown under organic management. Six organic-based fertilizer products were tested at four rates. Higher rates of the fertilizer products resulted in increased yields and decreased incidence of seedling disease, narrow brown leaf spot, and brown spot. In addition, a study looking at cultivation practices and green manure crops found that there was greater incidence of straighthead disease when rice was planted following no-till cultivation as compared to conventional tillage followed by drill or water seeding. These studies demonstrated that disease pressures, pest management methods, and cultivation practices that will be successful in organic rice production may be different from what has been found for production of other organic crops and in production of rice under conventional management.
6. Confirming genomic regions associated with resistance to rice sheath blight disease. Sheath blight disease causes significant crop losses worldwide; however, because the trait is complexly inherited, progress from breeding for disease resistance has been limited. ARS researchers in Stuttgart, Arkansas, collaborated with researchers at University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, Louisiana State University, and University of Arkansas Rice Research and Extension Center on a multi-institution project supported by USDA-NIFA named RiceCAP to develop reliable genetic markers for resistance to rice sheath blight disease. The initial location of the quantitative resistance genes were identified in a genetic mapping population that was evaluated using genetic markers and a greenhouse disease screening assay. The linked genetic markers were verified using the same mapping population evaluated in inoculated field experiments conducted in Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana over a two-year period. The data indicate that the previously identified quantitative resistance genes and DNA markers linked to these genes are robust and can be used in marker-assisted breeding efforts to improve sheath blight disease resistance in rice.
7. A "Rice Diversity Panel" for discovering new marker-trait associations. A diverse collection of rice cultivars from around the world that is well characterized both genetically and agronomically can be used to discover the location of DNA markers and their association with traits of economic interest. ARS researchers at Stuttgart, Arkansas, purified seed of some 400 accessions, collected data on 32 traits of each accession, and increased the seed for distribution. In collaboration with researchers at Cornell University, all the accessions were characterized with 44,100 SNP genetic markers. The genetic data and seed of the accessions are publicly available for use by researchers to identify additional marker-trait associations. Once these are identified, the markers can be used to efficiently incorporate the desired trait into cultivated rice through breeding.
8. Suppressiing genetic recombination on rice chromosome 12. Genetic analysis of rice cultivars and breeding populations has revealed that there are sections of chromosomes that are inherited as large blocks of DNA due to suppression of genetic recombination. One such linkage block exists near the centromere of rice chromosome 12, where the rice blast resistance gene Pi-ta resides. ARS researchers in Stuttgart, Arkansas, collaborated with a researcher at Jiliang University in China and investigated how much recombination suppression was due to incompatibility between the indica and japonica rice subspecies. Five populations derived from indica and japonica and indica and indica parents were studied. Large linkage blocks ranging from 4.1 megabases to 10 megabases were identified. However, significantly smaller blocks ranging from less than 800 kb to 2.1 megabases were identified in indica by indica crosses as compared to indica by japonica crosses. This suggests that large linkage blocks at the centromere of rice chromosome 12 could be due to genetic incompatibility between subspecies. Thus making crosses within the same subspecies gene pool may result in greater recombination and genetic variability within linkage block regions and offer more potential for breeding.
9. Rice cultivars suppress root growth of grass weed species. Sprangletop and barnyardgrass are two of the most troublesome weed species in rice in the southern US, because of their large root mass that competes with establishment of rice roots. ARS and University of Arkansas scientists in Stuttgart, Arkansas, used an ARS-developed stable carbon isotope (C-13) analysis method to show that weed-suppressive indica rice cultivars reduced root growth of both sprangletop and barnyardgrass more than traditional commercial cultivars did. Rice tended to reduce growth of barnyardgrass roots less than sprangletop, which helps explain the overall greater competitiveness by barnyardgrass. Greater knowledge of the rice-weed interactions at the root level will aid in the development and optimization of weed-suppressive rice cultivars that will provide farmers with additional tools for cost-effective control of these damaging pests in rice.
10. Disarming the pathogen - improving blast disease resistance in rice. Rice blast disease is one of the most destructive diseases worldwide. ARS researchers in Stuttgart, Arkansas, collaborated with researchers at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, to determine resistance stability of rice blast disease in a project funded by the Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board. The AVR-Pita1 gene in the rice blast fungus determines the effectiveness of resistance of the Pi-ta resistance gene that is found in 11 US rice cultivars. Four field isolates of the fungus were obtained that were able to cause disease on rice cultivars that possess the Pi-ta gene. In this study, we introduced the AVR-Pita1 gene into these fungal isolates and found that it knocked out their ability to infect rice cultivars possessing Pi-ta. Understanding the molecular basis for the pathogen-plant interaction that induces defense mechanisms and results in a resistance reaction by the plant will lead to novel strategies to prevent rice blast disease.
11. Rice cultivars differ in foliar Vitamin C content. Ascorbic acid, also known as Vitamin C, is a key antioxidant for both plants and animals. In plants, it is involved with key biochemical processes and has been associated with the plant's ability to respond to physiological stress. ARS scientists at Stuttgart, Arkansas, in collaboration with researchers at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas, evaluated ascorbic acid levels in rice during plant growth and development. Whereas in model plant species like Arabidopsis, Vitamin C levels decline with age, in rice we observed peaks in foliar content at an early vegetative stage and during reproduction. In addition, wide differences in total foliar content of Vitamin C were determined in 24 rice accessions from around the world. These results lead the way to explore if genetic differences and timing of production of Vitamin C in rice can be associated with increase tolerance to such physiological stresses as extremes in temperature, drought, and saline water.
Review Publications
Gealy, D.R., Gealy, G.S. 2011. 13Carbon isotope discrimination in roots and shoots of major weed species of southern U.S. rice fields and its potential use for analysis of rice-weed root interactions. Weed Science. 59(4):587-600.


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Our very own Baahubali, Prabhas might get hitched by this year-end, according to what his uncle Krishnam Raju has to say about the actor's big day. While everybody contemplated it that the delay in Baahubali 2 would also postpone Prabhas' marriage by another year, here is a good news coming in from the actor's side.
"Prabhas promised me to marry this year. Now we have to start search for a girl," said Krishnam Raju.
If you can recall, a morphed picture of Prabhas with an unknown girl took social networking sites by a storm sometime ago, claiming that the actor is engaged to the girl. Though Prabhas maintained a silence on the entire episode, Krishnam Raju blasted the media for actually victimizing a random girl without checking the facts.
Apparently, he then cleared the air that they are on a look out for a girl for Prabhas and there is nobody special as such in Prabhas' life. Interestingly, When Krishnam Raju was questioned about Prabhas' marriage this time, he hinted as if they have found the right match for the actor. He reportedly stated that Prabhas will have a love cum arranged marriage.
Though he did not confirm that they have found the certain someone, Krishnam Raju said that Prabhas' marriage will happen this year only. We understand that it is heart breaking for many of the girls out there to read this but we also see Prabhas' fans celebrating the big news.


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Comedienne, TV personality and author Chelsea Handler will host a new late-night series set to debut on E! Entertainment Television in July.
Hour-long weeknight-strip series Chelsea Lately will allow Handler to "comment on pop culture and entertainment while interacting with the public," E! said.
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My colleagues at Internet Time Alliance and I have been discussing new models for learning. Not that I am giving up on this one:
Experience is still a more important teacher in the workplace than classes or workshops. People retain more when they learn informally, in response to need, because they deem the subject relevant and what they learn is reinforced when they put it into practice. The proportions of formal and informal learning vary with the task at hand, the context for learning, and the psyche of the learner. Generally, informal learning carries anywhere from four to ten times the weight of formal learning.
The old model is a wake-up call that says informal learning is important. Instead of acting like it's not there, we should shape our organizations to nurture it. What's missing is the how. How do you choose the aspects of informal learning you want to emphasize? The model doesn't tell you that. You've had to select from a separate menu of options, for example:
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The 70-20-10 model* is more prescriptive. It builds upon how people internalize and apply what they learn based on how they acquire the knowledge.
- 70% from real life and on-the-job experiences, tasks and problem solving.
- 20% from feedback and from observing and working with role models.
- 10% from formal training.
I want a model that provides more depth and guidance.
Also, I want to emphasize that the desired outcome is not learning; it's behavior change.
- Behavior change entails more than mere learning. You can learn a lot but if you don't apply it, it's all for naught. Often learning is prescribed when the real issue is not lack of know-how but lack of motivation.
- Often there's an opportunity to inject knowledge into the job (performance support) instead of people's heads (learning) or a mix to the two. It's important to keep this trade-off in mind. (And it's crazy to put responsibility for learning and for performance support in different silos because then no one makes the trade-off.)
- When people are learning from experience, work and learning become indistinguishable. You get better at the job by doing the job. When learning is embedded in work, organizational culture makes a huge impact on learning. You can improve the overall learning platform, what I call a workscape, by tweaking cultural norms. This involves things like encouraging experimentation and tolerating mistakes, legitimizing conversation as work, making it easier for people to connect with one another, and providing pointers to expertise and expertise.
Here's the new model:
The diagram is a work in progress. It's beta. It's an active topic of discussion for Internet Time Alliance. What do you think? Does this make things easier to understand? How can we make it better? A next step will be assigning values to reflect the relative importance of each component.
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What every best Snow Tires has:
- Strong grip on snow and ice.
- A comfortable ride.
- Durability.
For most motorists in North America, winter tires without studs are the right choice for cold-weather driving. The best snow tires power through snow and ice, improve stopping distances and handling, and ride smoothly and quietly on roads.
For this year's installment of this report, we found three truly excellent tires that rise to the top in most if not all experts eyes. Someone has to rise to the very top, and for 2016 we are granting that honor to the Nokian Hakkapelitta R2 (Est. $110 and up), but it was a very, very close call. If you (or your favorite tire installer) are more comfortable with a more familiar tire brand, either the Michelin X-Ice Xi3 (Est. $70 and up) or the Bridgestone Blizzak WS80 (Est. $85 and up) are excellent choices as well -- so much so that it's fairer to call them alternate choices than second choices.
That said, every expert that has tested the Hakkapelitta R2 puts it at the top of their list. At Car and Driver, the R2 bettered or tied its competition in every test save one, price (and we'll get to that in a moment). "The most eye-opening trait of this Hakkapeliitta R2 is the way it steers on the snow and recovers from understeer," says K.C. Colwell, who adds: "It feels more like a summer tire in the wet than a winter tire in the snow."
Others fall in line with that assessment. It ties for the top spot (with the Michelin X-Ice Xi3) in one large comparative test. Canada's Automotive Protection Association (APA) puts it in the highest, top rated, category alongside the Bridgestone Blizzak WS80. It's the highest rated studless tire with U.S. availability in testing by the Norwegian Automobile Federation. About.com's Sean Phillips didn't drive the R2 to its absolute limits, but testing under what he describes as "real-world conditions" reveals the tires to be "crazy good." He adds: "On hardpack snow they drive like pavement, handling the Audi's power and agility with confident authority and out-of-this world grip."
There are a couple of small caveats with the Hakkapelitta R2. One is that U.S availability up to now has been relatively limited. That appears to be changing, as these tires are now readily available through retailers such as Amazon.com and even Walmart. However, they are still not sold through some other major retailers, such as TireRack.com, and that means that user feedback from U.S. drivers, while good, is very limited compared to the more well-known, more widely available Michelin X-Ice Xi3 and Bridgestone Blizzak WS80.
The other caveat is value. The R2 is a little pricier than other top-rated tires. Colwell notes that in the Car and Driver tests, the R2 cost nearly $50 more per tire than the second place X-Ice XI3, adding "That's a bitter pill when you are talking about something most drivers consider a wintertime luxury." Still, he says, "If the best winter traction is what you want, and you can afford the premium, look no further."
However, if you can't afford the premium, or if you are simply more comfortable with a better-known brand with a bit more user feedback, the Michelin X-Ice Xi3 and Bridgestone Blizzak WS80 draw excellent recommendations in their own right. Which one is better is in the eye of the reviewer. The Michelin shares top honors and identical scores with the Hakkapelitta R2 in one large comparative review, with the Bridgestone sitting just a few points behind in the third spot, and all three earn recommended status there.
At Car and Driver, the X-Ice Xi3 finishes just a whisker behind the R2; it is actually its equal in some tests -- snow acceleration, snow braking, and ice braking -- and wallops it in price. "In terms of objective results, the first- and second-place tires are essentially the same," Colwell says. On the other hand, his disappointment in the overall test results for the Bridgestone is palpable, saying its fourth place finish in Car and Driver's test "shocked us." That said, it's not all bad news for the WS80: "Fortunately, the WS80's major highlight is one of the more desirable traits for a winter tire: stopping in the snow," and Colwell adds that it actually tied the R2 in snow braking while turning in mid-pack results in ice breaking.
Others, however, have a different take. Canada's Automotive Protection Association (APA) put the WS80 in its highest Top Rated category and now places the X-Ice Xi3 one step below in its Very Good category.
The Blizzak also takes first place in a four-tire test at TireRack.com, finishing narrowly ahead of the X-Ice Xi3. "All four tires delivered very good snow traction with a small overall advantage for the Bridgestone Blizzak WS80, especially noticeable when asking the tire to brake and turn at the same time," note the site's editors. The WS80 holds some small advantages on dry and wet roads as well. The Blizzak finished first in dry and wet panic stop tests, and in cornering on dry roads, but the X-Ice Xi3 was close behind, and the Xi3 performed slightly better in test of cornering on wet roads.
User feedback for the Bridgestone and Michelin tires is excellent. In an online survey at TireRack.com, the Blizzak WS80 takes first place overall, with 100 percent of reviewers saying it's the best tire in the category. However, the X-Ice Xi3 finishes right behind in second place, with 98 percent saying that it is the best tire. Both earn identical 4.4-star average ratings from owners based on ample feedback (more than 210 reviews for the Bridgestone and more than 380 for the Michelin).
Of the three tires we consider to be top rated, Michelin backs its products with a stronger warranty, but with some caveats. The Xi3 carries a six year, 40,000-mile treadwear warranty-- a rarity among snow tires, which usually carry no tread warranty at all -- and six years for workmanship or materials, with free replacement for the first year (prorated thereafter). However, while Automobile Protection Association (APA) editors say that the tires are "long wearing," they simultaneously gripe that the "Tricky mileage warranty requires the tires to be virtual banana peels before you can collect." The Blizzak WS80 has no treadwear warranty, and is covered for five years (prorated-only, no free replacement period) for defects in workmanship or materials. The Nokian Hakkapelitta R2's warranty is similar -- 5 years from purchase/6 years from manufacture, but for defects in materials and workmanship only, pro-rated.
While a few other snow tires draw mentions in some quarters, the overwhelming consensus is that one of the above three tires should be what you put on your car for superior winter performance under a variety of conditions. We are granting the Nokian Hakkapelitta R2 Best Reviewed status on the strength of its overwhelmingly strong expert feedback, but the Michelin X-Ice Xi3 is, in reality, nearly as well liked and may be a better choice for some, especially where value plays an important role in the buying decision. The same can be said for the Bridgestone Blizzak WS80, last year's Best Reviewed selection. Expert reviews this year are a little more uneven, yet it still ranks in the upper tier of snow tires, and a cut above the rest of the competition.
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Can't judge without seeing faces! I'm a face guy! ;-)11|00|0
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Can't judge without seeing faces! I'm a face guy! ;-)
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Both look fine but the girl on the left wins - she has a great figure and is the braver dresser. The dress is gorgeous, particularly the cut away style at the top - maximum points because she's not done what lots of women would do and ruin it with a bra. Without one, it's an extremely cute, confident and attractive look. 10/10! :)
I really can't make a decision who is better without seeing their faces. That's the biggest deciding factor, for me.
I dont know if your talking about the outfits or your bodies. Outfit wise, right. Body wise, can't really tell
I like the one who got clawed by Wolverine.
Lmao :D
... they look pretty much the same, and I cannot really tell attractiveness without the face.
I like the girl on the right's outfit more, plus she's wearing tight pants so you can see the shape of her legs better.
Girl on the right has a nicer body
The one who isn't you
Well you cut out the faces, and the body of the left is disguised by the dress. This is a fashion contest at this point.
lol wtf.
I have no fucking idea what im doing here. ummm right since im right handed.
I would say girl on the right is better but she is not better coz of her dress. She is better coz of her amazing nail polish!
I love both of those outfits!!!
Girl on the left has some curves to her and has a body. Girl on the right isn't bad herself too, it's just left got her beat.
I like the one without the face
Wait, neither of them have faces
I would need to see their faces.
wheres ur face
Hard to tell but left looks to have more curves. I like that
Classy girl on the left.
both seem nice:)
i recognise that floor. that's bluewater!
can I have both? At the same time? ;)
Whichever one is not asking this insecure ass question
They both have a similar body.
So it would be like choosing the same thing.
For a better comparison they should have wore a similar outfit.
We should also have gotten different angles if your real intent is to ask , whose body is better?
who is better at what exactly?
It is hard to compare as the girl in the left is wearing a dress.
I have no clue i can't see your faces.
you both look good, you booth look good


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I have amended the 3 main forms we have in production at this moment (Contact2014-1, Contact FR 2014-1, Contact EN 2014-1) in the beginning of this week. We tested this and it was working properly.
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Faulty velocity vectors in Natural Circulation loop using BuoyantBoussinesqSimplefoam
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I am trying to simulate a natural circulation loop in Openfoam-1.6 using buoyantBoussinesqSimpleFoam solver. I have created the geometry and meshing in gmsh.
The loop is a constant diameter pipe with a uniform flux boundary condition at the bottom (using fixedGradient) and a constant temperature condition at top. Rest of the loop is considered adiabatic wall.
After 100,000 iterations, the temperature seems fine (according to experimental data). But the velocity vectors seems to be leaking out of the geometry joints. What could be the possible error? Please help.
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