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by Calculated Risk on 6/25/2012 06:43:00 PM
Monday, June 25, 2012
When will the Case-Shiller house price index turn positive Year-over-year?
On Friday I posted Zillow's forecasts for the April Case-Shiller indexes to be released tomorrow. The year-over-year (YoY) decline in Case-Shiller prices has been getting smaller all year, and the Zillow forecast suggests the YoY decline will be smaller still in April - and be the smallest YoY decline since the expiration of the housing tax credit.
This raises the question: When will the Case-Shiller indexes turn positive year-over-year?
I looked at the recent improvement in prices (comparing the month-to-month changes for the NSA index to last year). At the current pace of improvement, it looks like the YoY change will turn positive in either the August or September reports.
It is important to remember that most of the sales that will be included in the August report have already been signed. The August Case-Shiller report will be a 3 month average of closing prices for June, July and August - and the contracts are usually signed 45 to 60 days before closing. So just about all of the contracts that will close in July have been signed, and probably many of the contracts that will close in August have already been signed.
So any increase in inventory will probably not impact the August Case-Shiller house price report. Note: we haven't seen any increase yet through June, and I don't expect a huge surge in inventory - but others do.
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Here is a graph of the YoY change in the Case-Shiller Composite 10 and 20 indexes. In March, the indexes were down 2.8% and 2.6%, respectively.
Zillow is forecasting the Composite 10 index will be down 2.4% YoY in April, and the Composite 20 index will be down 1.9%.
Earlier this year, when I argued prices were near the bottom for the Not Seasonally Adjusted (NSA) repeat sales indexes, I thought the year-over-year change would turn positive late this year or early in 2013. Right now it looks like August or September of this year.


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Today I depart for Wikimania, the annual international user conference for the Wikimedia family of projects. I don't know if there will be wifi on my flight, but it doesn't matter, because I'll be reading some Wikipedia articles anyway.
Packed in my carry-on is a glossy red paperback courtesy PediaPress, a really fascinating new publisher that prints books using wiki content. The team at PediaPress was kind enough to send me a book created from English Wikipedia articles.
Creating Your Wiki Book
Being a wiki enthusiast and editor myself, this was a book about Wikipedia, made up of Wikipedia articles. Pretty meta, right? If reading about Wikipedia or other wikis isn't your thing, PediaPress has an extensive catalog filled with arts, culture, history and every other kind of reference.
For my bet though, the most interesting part of PediaPress is the ability to create your own custom book made up of whatever Wikipedia articles are important to you. Using the Book Creator tool, you can curate your own wiki book.
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This sort of personalized content is easy to get online but is less common in the print world. I think that what PediaPress is doing with . These inexpensive, easily modified books created from wiki content have potential applications more serious than amusing book nerds like me.
I certainly know educators who would love to hand their students a textbook they've custom tailored to fit the desired curriculum. Like all Wikimedia content, these books also show great promise in areas where either there are no traditional textbook publishers or where they are too expensive.
The PediaPress book is as nice as any paperback I ever bought locally or online, and is actually pretty meaty at more than 300 pages. The book arrived in good shape and is a pleasure to read, especially for those (like myself) that have held out against the e-book reader phenomenon. Sometimes, there's nothing like a good book in your hand.

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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.101 no.9 Cape Town Set. 2011
A historical review of XDR tuberculosis in the Western Cape province of South Africa
Gregory SymonsI; Karen SheanII; Elize PietersenIII; Richard van Zyl SmitIV; Lititia PoolV; Malika DavidsVII; Paul WillcoxVI; Keertan DhedaVIII
IMB ChB, FCP (SA), Cert Pulm (SA). Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town
IIMSc (Med). Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town
IIIMSocSci. Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town
IVMB ChB, MRCP (UK), FCP (SA), MMed, Dip HIV Man (SA), Cert Pulm (SA). Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town
VMB ChB, MRCP (UK), FCP (SA), MMed, Dip HIV Man (SA), Cert Pulm (SA). Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town
VIMB ChB, FRCP. Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town
VIIBSc (Hons). Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town
VIIIMB BCh, FCP (SA), FCCP, PhD (Lond), FRCP (Lond). Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, UCT Lung Institute and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town
There are limited data on the temporal relationship between the regional introduction of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) treatment and the subsequent development of extensively drugresistant TB (XDR-TB). The first XDR-TB case in the Western Cape province of South Africa was recorded in 1992, approximately 5 - 7 years after the regional introduction of MDR-TB-like treatment. Between 1990 and 2002 we identified 48 patients with XDR-TB in the Cape Metropole region of the Western Cape province. Patients were predominantly HIV-uninfected and median survival was 10.8 months. XDR-TB has therefore been present in the Western Cape at least since 1992. These data inform public health policy relevant to the introduction of new anti-TB drug regimens.
To the Editor: Tuberculosis (TB) is out of control in Africa. More ominous is the increasing resurgence of multidrug-resistant (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB), reported in 2006 after the outbreak in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.1 Studies have confirmed the prior existence of XDR-TB in several countries.2,3 The prevalence of XDR-TB since 2002 and its associated poor treatment-related outcomes were also documented in several provinces of South Africa.4 These data indicate that the overall culture conversion rates, independent of HIV status, were less than 20%.4,5 Many of these patients subsequently reverted their culture status. XDR-TB in South Africa is therefore difficult to treat and many patients are therapeutically destitute.
Some hope is in sight with the impending arrival of new anti-TB drugs such as TMC 207 and OPC67683.6,7 However, there is increasing concern that these drugs will lose their efficacy with time because of increasing drug-specific resistance emerging. Cogent public health strategies must be put in place to prevent emerging drug resistance. Better planning of such a strategy requires a clearer understanding about the temporal genesis of drug resistance relative to the introduction of a drug within a specific public health context. For further insight into this question we sought to establish the earliest record of XDR-TB (based on the current World Health Organization (WHO) definition) in the Western Cape province, relative to the introduction of MDR-TB treatment in 1985. Such data also inform on the evolution of XDR-TB as a specific disease entity, and the environmental and host factors driving drug resistance.
Subjects were retrospectively identified from the MDR-TB records of all patients attending the Brooklyn Chest Hospital before December 2002 after approval from the University of Cape Town Health Sciences Faculty Research Ethics Committee. Brooklyn Chest Hospital was then the central management centre for all drug-resistant TB cases in the Cape Metropole.8 Patient outcomes and prevalence of XDR-TB from 2003 to 2007 in the Western Cape region of South Africa have been reported elsewhere.4 Sputum culture and sensitivity data were extracted from reference laboratory reports. Patients were defined as having XDR-TB if they were resistant to rifampicin and isoniazid in addition to having resistance to a fluoroquinolone and at least one aminoglycoside.
There were ~2 919 MDR-TB cases treated in the Cape Metropole region of the Western Cape province from 1990 to 2002 (inclusive) where data were available. Patient data before 1990 were not available. A total of 48 patients met the criteria for XDR-TB (32 HIVuninfected, 2 HIV-infected, and 14 who refused testing or whose HIV result was unavailable). After the introduction of MDR-TB treatment in the Western Cape in 1985 - 1987, the first documented case that we found was recorded in June 1992. As a group the patients were young (median age 34.3 years, range 15 -59 years); the average weight at diagnosis was 46.7 kg (standard deviation 10.6 kg); 54.2% (26/48) were female; and 77.1% (37/48) were of mixed ancestry.
Table I shows drug sensitivity testing profiles. Patients were not tested for sensitivity to para-aminosalicylic acid (PAS) or capreomycin and so none received appropriate XDR-TB-specific treatment (capreomycin or PAS) at the time.
Most subjects had their MDR-TB treatment continued but with the addition of clofazamine in 19 patients and thiacetazone in 7. Two patients had their MDR treatment withdrawn after the diagnosis of XDR-TB. Outcome data were incomplete, as 28 patients were lost to follow-up. Of the remaining 20 patients, 18 died within a mean of 10.8 months (range 1 - 32 months) from the time of diagnosis.
We show that XDR-TB (using the 2006 revised definition) was prevalent in the Cape Metropole area of the Western Cape as early as 1992, ~5 - 7 years after the introduction of MDR-TB treatment in this region in 1985 and following the diagnosis of the first MDR-TB cases.9,10 There was therefore a lag period of ~5 - 7 years, as far as we can tell, before the first passively detected XDR-TB cases were diagnosed. Similarly, MDR-TB was recognised in the mid-1980s in the Western Cape ~9 years after the widespread use of rifampicin in this area. Resistance in almost all cases was probably acquired, as all the patients had prior MDR-TB treatment. Given these findings increased public health awareness and vigilance will be required, with appropriate targeting of treatment and withdrawal in those at high risk of amplifying resistance, when newer drugs such as TMC 207 are introduced into clinical practice.11 Several strategies, including the use of fixed-dose combination tablets, should be considered to minimise erratic use of individual drugs.12,13 If such strategies are not strictly enforced, our data indicate that within ~7 years widespread resistance is likely to emerge.
XDR-TB was invariably fatal despite almost all tested patients being HIV-uninfected. This is in keeping with recent reports in South Africa4,14 indicating the prevalence of highly virulent strains, and dispels the notion that XDR-TB in Africa is almost exclusively associated with HIV-related attenuated host immunity.
Survival in some patients, despite lack of appropriate treatment, was as long as 32 months. These data therefore reaffirm the urgent need to build community stay and palliative care facilities in high-burden settings to prevent ongoing disease transmission in therapeutically destitute patients.
Our study has several limitations including biases inherent in the retrospective study design, including missing data; selection and treatment bias; and patients lost to follow-up. As data were only available from 1990, the presence of XDR-TB before this date could not be ascertained. Furthermore, drug susceptibility testing in the Western Cape in the early 1990s was not standardised and many cases may have been missed, or patients may have died before reaching health services. Patients could also have been misdiagnosed and treated elsewhere in the province despite Brooklyn Chest Hospital being the designated treatment facility. It is therefore likely that we have underestimated the prevalence of XDR-TB before 2002. It is also not clear whether these cases were acquired or due to primary transmission of disease. However, our main objective was to establish temporality rather than document incidence, outcomes or transmission dynamics.
In summary, without strengthening the full spectrum of the health care system from access to rapid diagnostics through to improved laboratory capacity, and appropriate protection of new drugs through strict control policies, we are likely to face the emergence of even more extensively drug-resistant TB within several years as each new agent is brought to the market.
1. Gandhi NR, Moll A, Sturm AW, et al. Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis as a cause of death in patients co-infected with tuberculosis and HIV in a rural area of South Africa. Lancet 2006;368:1575-1580. [ Links ]
2. Shah NS, Pratt R, Armstrong L, Robison V, Castro KG, Cegielski JP. Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in the United States, 1993-2007. JAMA 2008;300:2153-2160. [ Links ]
3. Abubakar I, Moore J, Drobniewski F, et al. Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in the UK: 1995 to 2007. Thorax 2009;64:512-515. [ Links ]
4. Dheda K, Shean K, Zumla A, et al. Early treatment outcomes and HIV status of patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet 2010;375:1798-1807. [ Links ]
5. O'Donnell MR, Padayatchi N, Master I, Osburn G, Horsburgh CR. Improved early results for patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV in South Africa. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2009;13:855-861. [ Links ]
6. Matsumoto M, Hashizume H, Tomishige T, et al. OPC-67683, a nitro-dihydro-imidazooxazole derivative with promising action against tuberculosis in vitro and in mice. PLoS Med 2006;3:e466. [ Links ]
7. Zhang Y. Advances in the treatment of tuberculosis. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2007;82:595-600. [ Links ]
8. Shean KP, Willcox PA, Siwendu SN, et al. Treatment outcome and follow-up of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients, West Coast/Winelands, South Africa, 1992-2002. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2008;12:1182-1189. [ Links ]
9. Weyer K, Groenewald P, Zwarenstein M, Lombard CJ. Tuberculosis drug resistance in the Western Cape. S Afr Med J 1995;85:499-504. [ Links ]
10. Schaaf HS, Botha P, Beyers N, et al. The 5-year outcome of multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients in the Cape Province of South Africa. Trop Med Int Health 1996;1(5):718-722. [ Links ]
11. Lounis N, Veziris N, Chauffour A, Truffot-Pernot C, Andries K, Jarlier V. Combinations of R207910 with drugs used to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis have the potential to shorten treatment duration. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006;50:3543-3547. [ Links ]
12. Monedero I, Caminero JA. Evidence for promoting fixed-dose combination drugs in tuberculosi)))s treatment and control: a review. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2011;15:433-439. [ Links ]
13. Lienhardt C, Cook SV, Burgos M, et al. Efficacy and safety of a 4-drug fixed-dose combination regimen compared with separate drugs for treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: the Study C randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2011;305:1415-1423. [ Links ]
14. O'Donnell MR, Padayatchi N, Master I, Osburn G, Horsburgh CR. Improved early results for patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV in South Africa. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2009;13:855-8561. [ Links ]
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State agriculture officials discuss finances with farmers who did business with the now-bankrupt Central Illinois Energy ethanol plant in Canton.
Some farmers who sold corn to be made into ethanol by the now bankrupt Central Illinois Energy were disgruntled to learn they may only get 85 percent of the value the corn now has.
More than 100 people came to a meeting at Canton High School on Thursday evening to learn the process for filing claims with the Illinois Department of Agriculture for grain they delivered to Central Illinois Grain Co. in the fall.
Central Illinois Grain's state-issued grain license already had been suspended in the wake of Central Illinois Energy's financial woes, which led to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. The incomplete ethanol plant, which sits on a 280-acre site 3½ miles south of Canton, is now for sale.
Central Illinois Grain Co. is the arm of Central Illinois Energy that handled corn destined for the distillery.
Most of the grain was delivered under a price later contract, said Illinois Department of Agriculture warehouse examiner supervisor Stuart Selinger. That means those farmers will get at least 85 percent of the closing rate for corn on Dec. 19, the day the company surrendered its license, which is $4.03½ per bushel.
Illinois Department of Agriculture Assistant Director Tom Jennings told the group that anyone with a warehouse receipt will get a 100 percent reimbursement. Several farmers in the audience were unhappy about that.
"They told me before they priced it that they were not issuing warehouse receipts," one man said.
Jennings said that was an issue between the farmers and Central Illinois Grain.
"We didn't know this was gonna happen," another man said, adding that he had delivered 5,000 bushels under price later, the only option he was given.
"Do the board members have their names on the warehouse receipts?" one man asked. Another man in the audience said only Cargill Inc. — the company that bought the corn — was given a warehouse receipt, meaning only Cargill is guaranteed a 100 percent reimbursement. Jennings said that's true.
Thursday the agriculture department trucked in 30 semi loads of rock and put it on the ground leading to the areas where the grain is being stored. Selinger said that was necessary to get trucks in. He said the corn will be moved starting Jan. 2.
The sale of the corn should cover all the money owed to farmers, Selinger said. If the sale does not cover 85 percent, the Illinois Grain Insurance Fund would cover the rest.
"I'm hopeful we can get them more than 85 percent," he said.
Selinger said he hopes cold weather will preserve the 1.5 million bushels of corn at Central Illinois Energy while the department lays the groundwork to move it.
"Quality is an issue" for the grain, some of which is stored on the ground, Selinger said. The more quality product the agriculture department can deliver for Cargill, the more money the department will have to return to the farmers.
Cargill is an international corporation providing food, agricultural and risk management products and services.
Jennings said farmers can file claims at the ethanol plant, where warehouse examiners will be on hand, or by mailing them to the Illinois Department of Agriculture in Springfield. The filing deadline is March 18.
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Tom Watson has a knack for making magic at the British Open. He did it again on Friday, sinking a hole-in-one on the 6th hole.
Watson used a 4-iron on the Par 3, 178-yard hole, according to reports. The ball landed on the green, took one hop and then fell in the cup, according to Pro Golf Talk.
Watson, 61, won the British Open five times in his career, but not since 1983. He's had 15 holes-in-one in his career, but this is his first at the British Open.


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GRAY DAYS: When the holiday hustle-and-bustling starts around Southern California, many people engage in the classical seasonal to-dos. But many Californians grab a blanket and a thermos and head for their favorite bluff or stretch of sand. That's because holiday time is the general start of whale-watching excursions along our particular stretch of coast. Oxnard's season officially kicks off the day after Christmas and stretches into April. And, nope, it isn't always about grabbing some shoreline but rather boarding a boat and heading out to the open ocean. Well, not "open ocean" exactly but the beautiful and picturesque Channel Islands.
ISLAND PACKERS: The official concessionaire to the Channel Islands, Island Packers offers a number of trips leaving from Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard. The popular trips run about three-and-a-half hours, and while you will see the islands we should mention these are non-landing tours. So, once on the boat you'll stay on the boat the whole trip. An adult ticket is $35. Channel Islands Sportsfishing Center is another choice for your day on the Pacific.
THOUSANDS OF BEAUTIES: Now if you've been whale watching before, you know there's some luck and timing to it. But the numbers are with us in the heart of the whales' big journey; some 20,000 to 25,000 Pacific Gray Whales are seen during a season around Santa Barbara Channel on their migratory way to Baja.


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Wild, Wild West Art Exhibit
- Date: October 01, 2019 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Location: MCL Grand
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Visual Art League of Lewisville
Wild, Wild West Exhibit
Aug. 24 - Oct. 5
In celebration of the City of Lewisville's Western Days festival, members of the Visual Art League display artwork with a Western flair. Take a stroll through the MCL Grand's North Corridor Gallery to enjoy their artist members' creativity and transport yourself to the Wild, Wild West!
Medical City Lewisville Grand Theater is the premier public arts center in Southern Denton County. Opened in January 2011, the facility includes a 300-seat proscenium theatre, block box theater, recital hall, art gallery, and five classrooms. Medical City Lewisville has a multi-year naming rights agreement for the facility.
To reach MCL Grand from I-35E, take exit 452 and proceed east on Main Street to Charles Street. MCL Grand will be on the left. Free public parking is available along Main and Church streets, or at Lewisville City Hall.
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Now that most of the release date dust has settled, it's official: This year, movie theaters will be crammed with a record-setting total of 27 sequels. What's more, 2011 will also see the most "Part 4s" in history with a whopping 5.
Helping to usher in this Age of Recycling are the likes of "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," "Scream 4," "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn," "The Hangover Part 2," "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," "Fast Five," "X-Men: First Class," "Sherlock Holmes 2," "Piranha 3DD" (not a joke), and "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol."
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The 27 sequels beat the previous record of 23 held by the year 2003 (which is fitting).
Box Office Mojo has the complete breakdown of just how unimaginative Hollywood has become. And here's an even more depressing thought: This list doesn't even count "reboots." Sigh.


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We've created word clouds of each of the candidate's debate transcripts, so you can see exactly what they focused on during their first forum.
A quick look at both transcripts show that Medicare and businesses were hot button issues for the debate, and both candidates emphasized what they are "going" to do if they are elected, or in Obama's case re-elected, to the White House.
Mitt Romney's arguments focused mostly on taxes and the government,but it's important to note that the candidate who has long been criticized for his inability to relate to voters used the word "people" more times than any other during the debate.
It's clear from Barack Obama's transcripts that his Republican opponent defined the debate. In fact, two of the words Obama said the most for the hour and a half debate were "Governor" and "Romney."


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Fresh herbs can make or break a dish. In the past, we have often used dried herbs as a substitute for fresh herbs. We turned to the fresh variety when we felt it would truly enhance the taste, but we often substituted dried herbs because of the convenience factor, and because we could never use up the entire bunch of fresh herbs before it went bad. But now, after consistently cooking with fresh herbs for a few weeks, we may never turn back. Needless to say we thoroughly enjoy the fact that our refrigerator is constantly stocked with an assortment of fresh herbs, whether it be dill, parsley, cilantro, or thyme.


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A big question on the minds of corn growers this year, especially considering rising costs, is how they can be more efficient in their use of nitrogen.
"Unfortunately, when you use the word 'corn,' you have to use the word 'nitrogen' in the same sentence," says Ron Heiniger, crop system specialist with North Carolina State University. "They're hand in hand, and it's difficult to make decisions about nitrogen and corn production without having some effect on yields."
Environment, timing and rates all are important factors in nitrogen use on corn, says Heiniger. "Environment makes a key difference. When you have high-production, irrigated corn on good soils, and you're getting yields up in the 200-bushel range, you can be very efficient with nitrogen, even hitting a ratio of 1 pound of nitrogen per bushel of corn," he says.
On the other hand, if your soils aren't productive, you won't get the full value from that nitrogen, he adds.
"As a result, you might be looking at a ratio of 1.5 pounds of nitrogen to the bushel of corn. Keep in mind that limiting factors in the environment will drive the efficiency of the nitrogen," he says.
Turning to the timing of nitrogen applications, Heiniger says nitrogen has been tried on corn all the way up to the tasseling stage. "Believe it or not, we can recover yield up to that point. As long as the plant started with good fertility, we can wait with that nitrogen and still recover yield," he says.
Almost 40 percent of the total nitrogen is taken up by the corn plant once it reaches silking, he says, and that's an opportunity corn producers may miss at times.
Early timing includes applying nitrogen out front, whether it is as starter fertilizer or adding to or supplementing the starter with more nitrogen.
"If you're growing corn on sandy soils, you think about how much you're going to lose in this situation. We have data that proves the importance of starter fertilizer in achieving a high-production crop and in getting maximum-use efficiency from your nitrogen," says Heiniger.
Early nitrogen, he says, contributes to the early root development of the crop. "We often see a little difference in upper plant growth. What you don't see is what is actually making or breaking your corn crop — the root development."
Factors that affect early root development include good early growth and vigor, good drainage, adequate nitrogen from germination to growing point, and proper placement, he says.
"Early nitrogen can have an impact. Often, we don't see that impact on root development."
The early root system that grows from the seed is called a radical, says Heiniger. It basically is the taproot of the plant, and it only lasts for about six to eight weeks.
"In the past, we've had a somewhat negative view of how much that contributes to early plant growth. It certainly gets the plant up and started. But we haven't looked closely at how much it improves our yield."
Research has shown that the early growth of the radical can have a significant impact on productivity, he says, and that means early fertilization.
The seminal roots, explains Heiniger, are the primary roots seen in a corn plant. They often are credited with the growth and productivity of the crop.
"That's the root system we really count on and really want to develop. We want a good, early root growth that contributes to a lot of seminal roots." Research from various trials in North Carolina have looked at the impact of the early root system and its contribution to yield, he says. Trials included 15 and 30-inch rows with high plant populations. The root system becomes a critical issue whenever you go to high plant populations, he adds.
Trials looked at both no starter fertilizer and 19-19-0 applied in a 2 by 2 band, he says. When no starter fertilizer was used, the central core of the root system was devoid of the radical. Where starter was used, there was still root growth, says Heiniger.
"Not only does it put that root deeper, but it also contributes to the health and the prolific growth of the seminal roots in that system."
In a trial with three different treatments — 19-19-0 with 30 pounds of potassium broadcast over the top, 19-19-0 alone, and no starter fertilizer — researchers excavated the corn plants, washed them, and measured the length of the root system and the root volume, he says.
There also were two different plant populations in this experiment, one being a high-plant population.
"There's a significant difference in root depth, particularly with the higher plant population. Adding potassium helps, and 19-19-0 was significantly different from no starter fertilizer in terms of root depth. It didn't make a huge difference whether or not you applied potassium, but both starter treatments were better than no starter. Anytime you can get that rooting depth, it contributes greatly to root volume."
Plant population can make a big difference in production, says Heiniger. "In North Carolina, we've seen a lot of problems in our high-population systems, including lodging and nutrient deficiencies. The bottom line is that starter fertilizer does contribute significantly to yield at those high populations.
"We didn't see as big a difference in yield between the 19-19-0 and no starter fertilizer at the lower populations. We probably achieved better root mass and volume because we didn't have as many plants. Plants appear to compete with one another for space, nutrients and light resources."
Timing becomes a factor in a highly productive corn crop with a well-developed root system, he says. "This contributes to your efficiency because any time you have higher yields, your overall efficiency is going to be better. The starter treatment is contributing to higher productivity in that system. Therefore, your layby nitrogen is better utilized, and you get more productivity out of the entire system by having this early timing."
It doesn't always contribute to yield, he adds, but it does contribute to the productivity of the system.
There are different methods of making this starter application, says Heiniger. North Carolina researchers looked at three — a 2 by 2, in-furrow, and a broadcast. The 19-19-0 starter was put out at 4, 10, 20 and 40 pounds.
"It's fairly clear that the problem with in-furrow in relationship to corn yield isn't that the nitrogen doesn't contribute to a healthier plant, but that emergence is delayed. That was consistent in our studies."
With broadcast applications, there wasn't a great difference between no starter fertilizer and a small amount of starter, he says. "From our data, it looks as though a 2 by 2 band is the most efficient way to capture that early growth."
Many growers, says Heiniger, ask if it's worth the cost to make an early fertilizer treatment. "We've done starter comparisons since 1998, whether it be row spacing, plant population or placement effects, and average yields over those years increase by 12.2 bushels per acre when you use a starter fertilizer. If you figure corn at $2.50 per bushel, and if you figure 10 gallons of 19-19-0 at $15 per acre, we're getting a return of about $7 from that starter fertilizer.
"That's what we're seeing in North Carolina. And to a large extent, It think it's contributing to early rooting, and that's where we're seeing the real impact of starter fertilizer."
Many growers want to know if they should put out more nitrogen early, or if they should put out more at sidedress, says Heiniger. Over a four-year period, researchers in North Carolina looked at how much nitrogen should be applied at planting. They looked at different rates of nitrogen at planting versus nitrogen at layby.
"Typically, we found that about 50 pounds of nitrogen need to be placed sometime around planting time. That's what we found over all of those years, with irrigated or dryland corn. But the critical point we need to make is that as layby applications are delayed, more nitrogen then is needed early. We often miss that in our corn production systems. The longer we delay our sidedress, the more important it becomes to have that early nitrogen in the system."
Other research looked at layby nitrogen applied at two different stages of the corn plant — V7 and V14, or 20 and 50 days after planting. Nitrogen also was applied at planting.
"If we came back and put on 50 pounds of nitrogen at V7, we could reach our optimum yield level. If we waited until V14, 100 pounds of nitrogen were required to reach that same plateau. We recovered yield, but it took more nitrogen to do it.
"You can probably get by with less than 50 pounds if you come in earlier than V7. But if you're going to have a delay in getting on your layby, you need to have more nitrogen up front. It's critical to understand when you'll be doing your layby application."
Researchers have looked at making split applications of nitrogen compared to applying it all at planting, says Heiniger. This was done in 13 tests.
"There actually was a significant difference in only two of the 13 years. But the overall trend was that a split application was better than preplant by about 7 bushels per acre. If you cost that out, it's probably worth it to come back and put on sidedress nitrogen.
"In general, if you're going to put it all on at one time, sidedress is better than at planting. This gives away some of the early growth, and you're giving up some yield potential in that situation."
Turning to nitrogen rates, Heiniger says researchers have 21 site years looking at nitrogen use efficiency as it relates to the amount of nitrogen applied.
"What we've found over those 21 site years is that 145 pounds of nitrogen, on average, is our optimum rate. There was an average yield of 135 bushels per acre, so our nitrogen use efficiency was 1.08 pounds of nitrogen per bushel of corn. That's probably a good target for growing corn in a dryland situation.
"But that isn't the same in all years. In some years, we can get by with no nitrogen. We had low yields in those situations, but we didn't need nitrogen for that crop. On the other hand, there were situations when we had 277 pounds of nitrogen required and a 197-bushel yield plateau. So it changes according to environmental conditions. Other factors include no-till, dryland, site specificity and different soil types."


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All good things must come to an end at some point. The Sopranos. The summer holidays. A steak at the Hawksmoor, even a one kilo porterhouse. Dawson's Creek. And now, this summer, after four years of unrelenting dominance, it could quite possibly be the turn of tiki-taka to come to a grisly end. On first glance, that's a quite nonsensical thing to write and you should really expect better from your super soaraway Guardian sport. Spain are the European and world champions and could become the first European side to win three major tournaments in a row, succeeding where first West Germany were Panenka'd in 1976 and then France were Dioufed in 2002. We know they will dominate possession to an embarrassing extent in every game and we also know that they have players who are the envy of every other side in the Euros, even Roy Hodgson.
That's all well and good and everything, only there's one tiny matter that could prove to be their undoing – who's going to score the goals for Spain? At the World Cup, they relied on a run of 1-0 victories in each of their knock-out matches. The first two were secured by David Villa goals, the third by a thumping header from Carles Puyol and the fourth by Andres Iniesta in extra time in the final against Holland. Problem being, Villa, Spain's top scorer at Euro 2008 and the World Cup, isn't in the squad due to fitness, meaning that the lone striker role will be filled by one of Fernando Llorente, Alvaro Negredo or Fernando Torres. A trio of talented players, but a trio of players with plenty to prove for Spain. Moreover while it seems counter-intuitive to suggest that a team containing Xavi, Iniesta and David Silva will struggle to create, there is a hint of a side verging on self-parody here, of one that hasn't quite struck the right balance between players who pass and players who will run at defences and shoot against teams that will generally be happy to sit back and frustrate Spain.
Italy fall into that category. Even though they flopped at the last World Cup, playing so badly that their manager Marcello Lippi was forced to relocate and live out at sea, Spain are right to be wary of the Italians. Fans of omens will point to the latest scandal to hit Italian football as proof that they're going to go and win the tournament; Italy famously won the 1982 and 2006 World Cups after match-fixing scandals. Perhaps more pertinent is the ingrained Spanish fear of all things Italian. Spain have never scored a goal against Italy in the European Championships and needed a penalty shoot-out in 2008 to finally get that monkey off their back, although Italy are hardly without problems of their own, given that they've just been beaten 3-0 by Russia at home and haven't scored since November. But while Cesare Prandelli has favoured a more expansive style, if they need to you wouldn't put it past a team that conceded just twice in qualifying to adopt the Chelsea blueprint. And then leave the rest to Mario Balotelli and Antonio Cassano up front.
Kick-off: 5pm BST.
Venue: PGE Arena, Gdansk.
Well false my nine. Vicente Del Bosque has found the solution to their striker dilemma: they haven't picked one. Craig Levein got there first lads! What a preposterous bunch of phony show-offs. There is a debate to be had about how fondly this side will be remembered, because tiki-taka without Lionel Messi hasn't really been that entertaining. Cesc Fabregas, perhaps due to his sharp-shooting display against Chelsea, is in the Andy Carroll role. Watching them is going to be like watching the dance class Jez went to with the one from Clueless. While Spain have no strikers, Italy have two nutcases up front. As expected, Daniele De Rossi is part of their intriguing back three.
Visionary Vince's Art Project: Casillas; Arbeloa, Ramos, Pique, Alba; Alonso, Busquets; Silva, Xavi, Iniesta; Fabregas. Subs: Valdes, Albiol, Javi Martinez, Juanfran, Pedro, Torres, Negredo, Mata, Llorente, Santi Cazorla, Jesus Navas, Reina.
Italy, complete with The Two Clowns: Buffon; Bonucci, De Rossi, Chiellini; Maggio, Motta, Giaccherini, Pirlo, Marchisio; Cassano, Balotelli. Subs: Sirigu, Ogbonna Obienza, Balzaretti, Abate, Di Natale, Barzagli, Borini, Montolivo, Giovinco, Diamanti, Nocerino, De Sanctis.
Referee: V Kassai (Hungary).
Pre-match emails.
"I'm glad of this backlash against Spain and tiki-taka," says Matt Dony. "I've been following Spanish football quietly for years, then suddenly every tom, ricardo and harry wouldn't stop gushing about them. Now, as everyone I know takes it in turns to jump back off the bandwagon, I can enjoy myself again with the self-righteousness of one who knows, KNOWS, that they're right, and everyone else is wrong. Oh, and Game Of Thrones season 2? All you've missed is people killing each other and girls finding new excuses to whip 'em out."
"I hope Craig Levein is given 'props' - as the kids would say - for being the visionary behind Spain's 4-6-0 formation," says John Reid. "Scotland are lucky to have this visionary!"
"I was afraid Del Bosque would do this no forward foolishness," says Mario Antoni Benitez. "Cesc shouldn't even be playing much less as a false 9."
"In your "All good things must come to an end at some point" you glaring omitted the Game of Thrones Season 2!" says Lassana Tunkara. I've never watched it.
"Spain will pay the price for not playing an old-fashioned number nine," says John. "There's more to football than passing and keeping possession you know!"
"David Moyes played a 4-6-0 formation for Everton a few seasons ago with Tim Cahill, Leon Osman and Marouane Fellaini rotating from midfield into attack," says Gary Naylor. "I felt that it worked really well - guaranteeing possession and demanding short passes, rather than the punt to the big fella. It required clever runs from deep and the killer ball to work - but that's not a bad way to try to score in open play in top flight football." Maybe, but in Tim Cahill and Marouane Fellaini, Everton had players who provided the option for a Plan B.
One possible theory is that this Spain line-up is Vicente Del Bosque's entry into Pseud's Corner. "Personally, I have a feeling Balotelli will be most entertaining this tournament, if he can avoid being sent off that is," says Alex Aston. "Should be a cracking 4-4 draw... Game of the tourney!"
"Barcelona, as every MBMer no doubt knows, gave up on a recognisable forward when Ibrahimovic provoked too unreliable (and non-conformist into the bargain)," says Charles Antaki. "Didn't seem to hamper them very much (until this year admittedly, when they finished runners-up in La Liga; but if Spain get to be the last of two at this tournament, that will be pretty good)." Barcelona have a little bloke up front who scored 73 goals last season. Spain have Phil Brown's nemesis.
"Utterly insane formations from either side," says Ben Dunn. "Prandelli has gone for a 3-5-2 with De Rossi, a ropey defender at best, playing the Kaiser role, in a team that has never played this way before. Spain, on the other hand, are under the impression that a 100 lovely midfield triangles equals a goal. Italy are going to be playing 8 at the back within the first 10 minutes, letting Spain triangle everyone to a boredom induced death. Spain should have a big-man (Llorente) on De Rossi from the start. Fabregas in the Messi role. Ha."
On ITV, Gordon Strachan suggests that you can only play this formation with Messi. Not Fabregas. David Silva played in the middle against England in November. It did not work. "I think Spain have given up on results, focusing instead on becoming the first team in history to finish a game with 100% possession," says Brad McMillan. "They are aiming for the logical conclusion of tiki-taka, where scoring doesn't matter any more. Boring, yet somehow entrancing."
Even stranger than the Spain formation is that Adrian Chiles, Patrick Vieira, Gordon Strachan and Roberto Martinez are sitting in a market square having tea and biscuits. Good old ITV.
The teams are in the tunnel. What beautiful eyes Gianluigi Buffon has. Spain are in their new kit: cravats, neckerchiefs and red skinny jeans. Straight outta Shoreditch.
The anthems. Italy's an operatic number. As for Spain: no strikers in their team and no words in their anthem. "I really hope this is the end of Tiki-Taka or whatever you call it," says Tom Shaw. "Spain and Barcelona are the two most boring sides ever to dominate football. Watching either side play makes you long for Stoke City v the 1980s Wimbledon side, at least you get a bit of blood and thunder and even some shots on goal." Barcelona have Messi. They're not boring.
Time for an ad break. Which means this is the perfect time to publish this offering from David Wall. "This is the first time I've seen ITV's little bookend for the advert breaks," he says. "Was someone's kid's class doing paper mache last week and they thought it'd kill two birds with one stone, giving the kids a project as well as helping the channel afford Vieira's fee?"
Off we go.
Rainbow Rhythms
Spain get us going, kicking from left to right. Happily, unlike last night, the man on the Tannoy doesn't mess up the countdown before kick-off. Well done everyone! Good show! Xabi Alonso clips a hopeful pass over the top, looking for Fabregas, but Bonucci is across to sweep up.
2 min: The exciting Jordi Alba is found on the overlap on the left. We get the first glimpse of De Rossi's defending here, as he steams across and slides in, conceding a corner, which is a hot waste of time. Spain have started well though. Italy don't plan on seeing much of the ball.
3 min: "I was living in Italy during World Cup 2006. Considering myself something of an authority on the team, I loudly told all and sundry that they had no chance of progressing past the quarter-finals, and booked a holiday to Croatia to coincide with the final," says John Foster of breaking news website Back Of The Net. "I subsequently watched them beat France in a near-deserted bar in Rovinj, while I missed the party of my life back 'home' across the Adriatic. Six years later, another betting scandal, another mediocre squad, and I'm back living in Italy again. Conscious of not making the same mistake again, on the day of the final I'm going to be in .... Slovenia. Come on Spain."
4 min: It's all Spain in these early stages and they've got the most interesting formation. What's not to like?
5 min: For the first time, Italy pour forward through the wonderful Maggio on the right. He pushes the ball past Alba, outpacing the Spain full-back, who brings him down from behind. A free-kick to Italy by the right touchline but Pirlo's cross is headed away by Fabregas, instantly justifying his inclusion. "If Spain really want to prove a point they should play 0-10-0," says Peter Harmer. "Until they do that I will have no respect for them. None."
7 min: Giaccherini, making his international debut in this of all games, wins a corner for Italy on the left. Pirlo produces one from the training ground, surprising Spain with a low pass to the near post, but the eventually deal with it.
8 min: The first real danger for Italy. Arbeloa clips a pass into the area from the right. It comes to Xavi, who touches it back to Silva, around 15 yards out. Instead of shooting, Silva tries to twist and turn past Chielleni, but finds his path blocked. The ball nearly squirms through to Fabregas, but before he can get it under control De Rossi denies him with a last-ditch tackle.
9 min: You won't believe this. Spain have had a shot. I know! It was Silva who had a go but his left-footer from 20 yards out flew high and wide.
10 min: Now it's Balotelli's turn to go for goal. He shoots from 30 yards out; it's deflected wide. Pirlo's corner is headed away by the first man.
11 min: Italy nearly shoot themselves in the foot, as a wayward header from Balotelli sets up a counterattack for Spain. Fabregas leads the charge but is halted by a dreadful late challenge from De Rossi. The referee plays a good advantage though, allowing Xavi to find Silva on the right. He cuts inside on to his left foot but wastefully shoots straight at Buffon.
13 min: Busquets fannies about with the ball on the edge of his own area, putting his side into trouble as he loses possession to Cassano. The mischievous striker impishly dances around one challenge, before being buffetted to the turf illegally by Ramos. A free-kick to Italy, just outside the area. Pirlo takes it, whipping it around the wall and towards the bottom-left corner, but Casillas is behind it all the way, pushing it clear.
15 min: 13 min: "Bias against Spain revealed in the constant overuse of the "tiki-taka" sobriquet," says Aaron Wenger. "It seems to somehow imply that a quick passing game is less manly, lighter, more frivolous than the "dump and chase" wingers + target man approach. Call it "possession football" or "ball domination" (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) and it has a more positive tone. And, oh yeah, this Italian side is rubbish apart from Pirlo and Buffon." You do know tiki-taka was coined by the Spanish?
17 min: Cassano flicks a cute pass over the top for Motta, who's burst in behind the Spain defence, but he's caught on the thigh by a high boot from Arbeloa, who's a little fortunate not to concede a free-kick. He's down for treatment, but will be fine to continue.
18 min: Striker please, Spain!
19 min: "Spain does have an unusual lineup but Aragones used Cesc upfront back in 2008," says Tai Kaku. "I'd say things went relatively for them in that tournament...they did finally get past the quarterfinals." No he didn't, Villa and Torres played up front. Fabregas only came in for the final.
20 min: Italy are the better side at the moment. They're currently more balanced and cohesive, and carry more of a threat with Balotelli in attack. This strikerless experiment does not convince. It's thoroughly indulgent.
21 min: Spain are now performing an interpretive dance routine.
22 min: Italy's threat is growing. Marchisio slips a gorgeous pass through the inside-right channel for Cassano to chase. He scampers on to the pass, holds off Pique, spins his marker and then drags a cross-cum-shot across goal and just past the far post. Casillas was worried there and Balotelli wasn't too far away from reaching the ball for what would have been a tap-in.
24 min: Strikers? They're so passé, darlings. "Tiki taka was indeed coined by the Spainiards, but initially as a derogatory phrase to criticise pointless possession - just before Barca began to dominate," says George Solomon. "When they did, they took the phrase on to have a go back at the bloke that started it. It's all quite confusing really."
25 min: Suddenly Spain slice their way through the Italy rearguard with some smooth tiki-taka stylings. Iniesta breaks into the area from the left, but his tame shot is blocked by a covering defender. Italy counter and go so close to catching out Spain's high defensive line, only for Cassano to mistime his run from Motta's pass. There really was no excuse for not staying onside there. "The kick on Thiago Motta, was on his shoulder," sys Giulio Ongaro. "The ESPN commentators talked about him faking it… There is a very strong anti-Italian bias on ESPN…"
28 min: Chiellini is harshly penalised for snapping away tigerishly at Xavi's heels, 40 yards from goal. A chance for Spain to send a free-kick towards their big striker then. Oh.
29 min: A Mexican Wave. It's come to this. Well done Spain. Actually, well done Andres Iniesta, the only Spain player who's taking the game to Italy. He dances past a host of Italy defenders on the left and then chips a cross into the six-yard box – meat and drink for AN EFFIN' STRIKER - and Chiellini heads behind for a corner.
30 min: From which Iniesta brings a plunging save from Buffon down at his near post with a drive from the left side of the area. "Tiki-taka was indeed coined by the Spanish and roughly translates as 'grr-arg!' (just ask Sid Lowe) and illustrates the fact that passing the ball back-and-forth four yards very quickly falls somewhere between bear and lumberjack on the machismo scale," parps Peter Harmer.
32 min: Cassano injects some hilarity into proceedings, clipping Casillas's heels from behind as the Spain goalkeeper went to clear a backpass. Honk! You can't help but laugh. Anyone else and that might have ben mildly irritating.
34 min: And still, it's Italy who look the more likely scorers. Pirlo sweeps a wonderful first-time pass in behind Arbeloa for Cassano to chase. He darts inside, past the Spain defender and into the area, before cracking a low effort towards goal that Casillas parries away with some difficulty. He's fortunate that he managed to get it away from Balotelli, who then produces his first strop of the tournament when a free-kick is awarded against him for a foul on Pique.
36 min: This would have been brilliant and Casillas is still the busier goalkeeper. Cassano stands up an inviting high pass to Marchisio on the edge of the D, and he demonstrates excellent technique to hook a first-time volley on target. But it's straight at Casillas.
37 min: You won't be surprised to learn that the first booking of the evening has gone to Mario Balotelli, who's tried the patience of the referee one too many times. He's going to get sent off, isn't he.
38 min: Spain appear to have absolutely no idea how to break down the Italian wall. "Balotelli actually got his foot in front of Pique, who then kicked Balotelli," says Matthew Charlesworth. "Could have been a penalty."
39 min: From the right, Xavi dinks a cross to the far post, but Fabregas is all over Chiellini, prompting a blow of the whistle from the Hungarian referee. Once again, someone like Llorente would have feasted on a cross like that.
41 min: Bit weird, this. Xavi Hernandez is now performing a solo jazz set in the centre circle.
43 min: Silva slides a reverse-pass into the area for Fabregas. He just about wriggles clear and shoots from 10 yards out, but Chiellini's covering challenge takes the sting out of the shot, although Buffon can't stop it going out for a corner. Which Italy defend with minimum hassle.
44 min: The best chance of the match so far. Xavi, utterly anonymous apart from that jazz set a few minutes ago, finally locates some space in the middle of the park. He coaxes a pass through to Iniesta on the edge of the area. His first touch sits up invitingly for the volley, but he loops it over Buffon and over the bar.
45 min: Make that the second-best chance so far. Up the other end, Maggio's cross finds Motta six yards out, completely unmarked, but Casillas denies his firm header with a wonderful save. If we want to be harsh, which we do, it could be said that Motta should have given the goalkeeper no chance at all. Italy will feel they should lead.
Half time: Rainbow Rhythms 0-0 Italy. Well that wasn't completely predictable. Cesc Fabregas will be holding a method acting class during the interval.
Half time emails.
"Spain have disappeared up their own passing game with this decision," says Ian Copestake. "Not to play with a striker denies a crowd of a whole set of skills to admire and I for one feel personally deprived having looked forward to this match-up. Football is not about perfection, which is what Spain will have to be to pass this ball into the net."
"Best game of the tournament so far, no?" says Robert Johnson. "Two sides with great technique, every chance well earned. By the way, who Photoshopped John Terry out of that Spain photograph at the top of the page?"
"I honestly don't understand how people call Barcelona/Spain 'boring'," says Rohit Kapur. "The fact that Barca have made scoring four or five goals in every game routine does not make them boring. As for not having shots on goal, I doubt Messi could've ended this season with 82 goals everywhere if he didn't take his chances. Also, I saw Argentina - Brazil in the stadium here in New York yesterday. Messi scored a hattrick. Might not be that relevant here, but I just want to brag."
"Why is there a presumption that Llorente wouldn't be able to fit in with Spain's quick passing style, didn't anyone watch Channel 5 this season and in particular one of his assists in the second leg of Bilbao's semi-final against Schalke?" says David Wall. "Merely saying that he has good feet for a big man is ridiculous, he's a bit better than being the Spanish Peter Crouch."
"Let it be known: Italy are not afraid anymore," warns Arun Pradeep.
"The first match of this tournament I haven't watched live and my reason is similar to Spain's formation," says Andrew Dean. "Instead of being at home on my cozy couch I'm at a lady friend's house with whom I'm in a...ahem..."strikerless relationship." She also has neither cable nor internet. (She was too drunk to drive last night; I was being a friend.) This is the single man's version of tiki-taka. All possession. No point."
"I agree with Matthew Charlesworth- that was a nailed on penno for Italy," says Simon Frank. "Scourge of modern football part 45: defenders who foul the attacker then get in front of them and fall over."
"This is becoming incredibly painful and tedious to watch... the only thing keeping me awake is to see when Mario will be sent off," says Horus Loris. "Tiki Taka is so 2011..."
Look at all you plebs with your obsession with 'chances' and 'goals'.
46 min: Question: is Spain's approach a form of what certain people might label anti-football? Anyway Italy get us going again. "Wow," says Jon Dean. "I'm stunned. ITV's covergae at half-time was excellent. Chiles was just the right side of matey, Strachan and Martinez were informed and interesting, and spoke in actual sentences. Only the chairs were vile. Such a good comparison to Redknapp's uselessness yesterday. And Tyldesley isn't commentating - joy. Howver, I expect if there's a goal it'll be missed due to a Toffee Crisp advert or similar." ITV have really upped their game recently. They have some really good pundits and I'm not just saying that because I met them all a couple of weeks ago. Roy Keane has a very firm handshake.
47 min: "Roberto Martinez - easily the best pundit I have seen so far during the tournament," says Conor Purcell. "Puts Viera/Shearer/Dixon etc to shame." I was talking to Tom Lutz during half time instead. Lutz > Martinez.
48 min: Did I get my > the right way round? Or should it be <? I'm no good at maths.
49 min: This is better from Spain. Xavi pokes a pass forward to Fabregas, who turns and sees his belting drive from 20 yards out beaten away by Buffon for a corner. Spain take it short, but the eventual cross is cleared. "Prediction for second half: An actual game of football with both sides able to pass competently just like the first?" smugs Daniel McGrath, pretending he's the first person in the world to discover La Liga on Sky. "What a pity. Premiership comentators like yourself don't know anything but crude kick n rush and the sight of clods tackling badly."
51 min: Spain, having taken the controversial decision to attack in this half, are suddenly tearing Italy apart. Fabregas races through the middle with options either side of him. He opts to find Iniesta on the left. He beats the lunge of De Rossi and then crunches a fierce shot towards the far corner. It looks a certain goal, but Buffon gets the merest of fingertips on the shot to divert it wide. A quite magnificent save. More please, Spain!
53 min: Italy should be ahead. They would be but for astonishing ineptitutde from Balotelli in front of goal. He did brilliantly at first to force a mistake out of Ramos on the left flank, robbing the Spain defender, who was the last man, and haring off towards goal. He could have shot or either rolled it across goal to Cassano, but instead he did neither, taking too much time and allowing Ramos to get back and make a recovery challenge. Dear me, what a waste.
54 min: Spain counter and Silva nearly gets on the end of a deflected cross from the right. Chiellini is on hand to mop up. Up the other end, Cassano blazes over from the edge of the area. It's opening up nicely now.
56 min: Balotelli's carelessness in front of goal is the cue for Cesare Prandelli to replace him with Antonio Di Natale. A surprising decision in a way, because Balotelli has given Spain problems. "Spain are like one of them noisy sausage balloons you get at a children's party," says Andy Johnston. "You let them go to fly confidently around the room until they run out of direction, drop with a fart and ultimately, get nowhere."
59 min: Xavi attempts to curve a pass through to Fabregas, but De Rossi reads it and times his slide to perfection. He's having a very good game in an unfamiliar position. "Relax Jacob, you got your > spot on. Jacob > grammar," says George Solomon. "Anyway, whilst we're discussing ITV pundits, can we talk about Keane. Now the shock of seeing him doing punditry has worn off, can we all agree that he's actually a bit... Dull? *runs and hides in Peru*"
GOAL! Spain 0-1 Italy (Di Natale, 60 min): Italy are doing it again and the world champions are behind! Pirlo bursts past Busquets as if he wasn't there and then slices Spain's creaky defence open with a glorious pass through to Di Natale. Like Balotelli, he had Cassano clear to his right. Like Balotelli, he ignored him. Unlike Balotelli, he scored, opening up his body and clipping a wonderfully composed finish past Casillas and into the right corner. That must be his first touch since coming on. What a substitution!
62 min: What have Spain got in response? They've surely got to bring on 1) a striker and 2) a winger, either Pedro or Jesus Navas.
63 min: Iniesta has a pop from 30 yards out. Straight at Buffon, who hasn't made a habit of making a mess of those.
GOAL! Spain 1-1 Italy (Fabregas, 64 min): Italy's lead lasted all of four minutes. But this is another splendid goal. Spain were asked the question and they've answered it in some style. David Silva turned on the edge of the area and then slipped another excellent pass through to Fabregas, who had made a Ljungberg-style run in from the right. He slammed it past Buffon to level it up. That's the first goal Spain have scored against Italy at the Euros. Not a bad time for them to get it.
65 min: Both sides respond to the Spain equaliser by making changes. For Spain, David Silva is replaced by Jesus Navas, while on comes Sebastian Giovinco for Antonio Cassano.
66 min: Bonucci is booked for a scything challenge on Iniesta, which prompted a minor set of handbags between both sides. Nothing to see here though.
68 min: Saying that, it turns out Jordi Alba was booked for his part in that fracas.
70 min: The first glimpse of Jesus Navas. He runs at Giacherrini and sees his deflected cross loop on to the top of the net. From the resulting corner, the referee blows for a foul for Ramos's dangerous overhead kick.
72 min: "Two goals, a fair few chances and Andreas Iniesta," says Niall Mullen. "This is a pretty good game." It is a good game. I just find Spain's approach tedious and too risk-free.
73 min: The benefit of players willing to take defenders on is demonstrated here, as Navas skips past one challenge and then finds the unmarked Alba at the far post, only for the left-back to pull a presentable volleying opportunity well wide.
74 min: At last, Spain bring on a striker: Fernando Torres replaces Cesc Fabregas.
75 min: And Torres wastes a glorious opportunity to give Spain the lead immediately! With Italy's laughable offside trap all over the place, he's played through by Navas, but he's typically hesitant. He tries to skip round Buffon, but doesn't get close to fooling the Italy goalkeeper, who stands up and tackles him like a defender.
77 min: A huge escape for Spain here. Giovinco gets on the ball for the first time and chips a great cross over Ramos, but on the stretch, Di Natale volleys wide of the left post.
79 min: A strong run from Torres ends with Chiellini chopping Iniesta down 25 yards out, earning a booking in the process.
80 min: Xavi's free-kick is blocked by the wall. "Both teams starting to open up which is surprising given a draw is good result for both," says Gene Salorio.
83 min: Maybe this is why Spain started without a striker. A mistake from Chiellini sees him race off down the right, with only one Italy defender to beat. But once again, he's thoroughly lacking in confidence and instead of shooting, he tries a pass... and gives it away in feeble fashion.
84 min: This hasn't been the best cameo from Torres. Now he's been booked for catching De Rossi in the throat with an elbow.
85 min: Oh Nando. Played clean through the middle by Xavi, instead of hurtling through on goal, he checks his run and then tries to beat Buffon with a chip from 20 yards out, getting it horribly wrong, the ball scooped well over the bar. That's the second time he's fluffed his lines since coming on. Who's been the worst striker so far? Torres? Van Persie? Kerzhakov?
88 min: Navas scuffs a low cross into the area. Buffon claims it and from there, Italy nearly go and win it. Marchisio embarks on a sauntering adventure from deep inside his own half, diddling his way past numerous Spanish challenges on his way forward. He gets to the area and then plays a one-two with Motta, but just gets the ball stuck under his feet as he shoots and can only dig a shot straight at Casillas.
89 min: It must be said that this has been a wonderfully open second half. Much better than the first. With Iniesta running ominously at the Italy defence, he's cynically brought down by Maggio, who's booked. Before the free-kick can be taken, Antonio Nocerino comes on for Motta. Once that's done, Xavi wafts the free-kick over the bar.
90 min: There will be three more minutes of this.
90 min+1: Xavi tees up Alonso, 20 yards out, but he cuts across the shot, skewing it a few yards wide of the right post.
Full time: Spain 1-1 Italy. In the end, a draw is probably the right result and both teams will perhaps be as disappointed as they are satisfied with a point. Italy had the better chances and played in an engaging fashion for much of the game, while Spain's strikerless formation left much to be desired. But Spain's response once behind was excellent and a fine goal from Cesc Fabregas got them out of jail; from there, they could and would have won it if Fernando Torres hadn't been Fernando Torres. Overall another entertaining match in what is becoming a very entertaining tournament, but Spain can produce so much more than they managed in the first half, as indeed they showed in the second half. In the end, I just about forgive them for that ridiculous starting line-up. Thanks for reading. Bye.


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Whether it's a 34-minute power outage during the Super Bowl, or 670 million losing power in India, reliable electricity is something most of the world can't live without.
In fact, just last week Senate Energy and Natural Resource ranking member Lisa Murkowski told reporters after she spoke at the NARUC winter meeting:
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Every year, Blizzard holds a contest to see who can dance the most like one of the World of Warcraft races. This year's Undead male dancer learned that real life bones aren't quite as sturdy as video game bones.
Last night's dance contest was full of impressive performances, some of which we'll be showcasing later in the day, but none had the passion of the Undead male dancer. The Undead male dance is a mad metal thrashing, with tons of vigorous jumping and a little head banging thrown in for good measure.
We were sitting in the third row, but the third row of the press section at BlizzCon means you're facing the wall of guys standing directly in front of the stage. Luckily Blizzard's live feed was there, capturing all of the bone-crunching action.
The dance started well enough, and the crowd was going wild (it was a very Horde crowd - it always is). A few minutes into the dance the performer fell on his ass, and we laughed, blaming over exuberance.
A few seconds later he fell and didn't get up.
Host Jay Mohr took things in stride, trying to help the contestant up, to no avail. Soon the Blizzard support staff rushed out onto the stage, carrying the injured performer out of harm's way.
From where we were sitting there was no loud crack, and the dancer didn't make a sound; he just went down and stayed down.
About 10 minutes later paramedics stormed the front row to reach the injured dancer. One of those guys crowding the front of the stage with his camera was pushed away with a rough hand to the face by one of the emergency workers. That made me smile, just a little.
Remember kids, World of Warcraft dancing is a serious business, and if you're not prepared to sacrifice yourself for your art, then you should just hang up your dancing shoes.
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Un Couer en Hiver
I don't know if I have the academic background to write this particular review. Claude Sautet 's subdued genius of Un Couer en Hiver is threaded with music and art references I know nothing about. Yet, as an uninformed viewer I was no less affected by the interplay of silence, music and color to tell this elegant and slyly unique tale of love, betrayal and discovery through the eyes of an unlikely muse.
Un Couer may be seen as the birth of a great artist, or the tale of two (metaphorical) brothers and one love, but mostly it is the story of Stephane, a reserved violin maker who is a partner in a world class violin repair and design business within the elite sphere of classical music. His associate, the effortlessly dynamic Maxime, handles the buying, selling and deal making. He meets and greets the artists - is informed and affable while the reserved and intense Stephane is called when the violin needs a fine ear and fine repair. His passion is his control and within the first 3 minutes of the film you are under a spell so unexpected as to wonder about it days afterwards due to the brilliance of actor Daniel Auteuil.Continue Reading


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Few more colorful figures embellish American cultural history than the late Harvey S. Ladew (1887-1976). As traveler, artist, foxhunter and creator of an extraordinary garden, Ladew filled the nearly 90 years of his life richly, creatively, and above all, with great wit.
Born into privilege in New York City, Harvey Ladew spoke French before he spoke English and was treated to boyhood drawing lessons from curators at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1929, at the age of 43, foxhunting drew him to this property in rural Maryland.
Harvey Ladew purchased the 200+ acre Pleasant Valley Farm from the Scarff family in November 1929, which conveniently bordered The Elkridge- Harford Hunt Club. The old white farmhouse was in primitive condition- it had neither heat, electricity nor plumbing. Ladew said of his "new" house – "It was in shambles and the only garden consisted of a couple of old lilac bushes." During the 1930s Ladew added wings to the house and renovated outbuildings before beginning work on the gardens. Then, with the help of local farmers, Ladew carved 22 acres of gardens out of fields previously used for crops and livestock and set to work transforming Pleasant Valley Farm into "the most outstanding topiary garden in America," as described by the Garden Club of America.
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Ladew Topiary Gardens opened to the public in 1971. Since then, the Board of Trustees developed a variety of special events to assist in maintaining this uniquely beautiful historic house and gardens. Currently Ladew Gardens hosts approximately 80 annual events which include the My Lady's Manor Steeplechase Races, Garden Festival, the Summer Concert Series, Children's Nature Camps, Children's Day, Christmas Open House and spring and fall educational programs.
Harvey Smith Ladew II, "gardener, sporting art patron and good companion" (as the English magazine Tatler dubbed him) was born at his parents' New York City townhouse on April 6, 1887. His family was financially comfortable thanks to his grandfather's leather business. Besides his younger sister, Elise, who married William Russell Grace, Ladew's favorite relative was his uncle, E. Berry Wall. Nicknamed "the King of Dudes" by society gossip columnists, Uncle Berry lived in France and Ladew often visited him there.
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Connecticut's youngest players have the Huskies back in an old and familiar spot.
Freshmen Breanna Stewart, Moriah Jefferson and Morgan Tuck combined for 35 points as UConn (32-4) advanced to their eighth straight regional final with a 76-50 blowout over Maryland on Saturday.
"I think we were 16 for 28 from the floor, our freshmen," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. "One turnover between the three of them. I thought they were the key to the game today for sure."
Stewart and sophomore Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis each had 17 points to lead the Huskies. Stewart also had eight rebounds and four blocked shots.
Jefferson made several key defensive stops and her two fast-break layups capped a 9-0 run to start the second half, giving UConn a 44-26 lead and control of the game.
"We got in a nice offensive flow," she said. "Once the transition game came, then the offensive flow was right there."
Her layup midway through the half stretched the lead to 60-38. She finished with 10 points and Tuck had eight as the Huskies bench outscored Maryland's 25-0.
"They didn't play like freshmen at all," center Stefanie Dolson said. "They came out confident and ready to play. They knew what they needed to do for our team and what they can do."
Two-time ACC player of the year Alyssa Thomas, who had scored 29 and 28 points in the team's first two tournament games, was held to 13 for Maryland, which finished its season at 26-8. Tianna Hawkins and Chloe Pavlech each had 11 points for the Terps.
Maryland trailed 35-26 at the half and went scoreless for the first 3 minutes after intermission allowing UConn to blow the game open.
"I thought we'd come out of the locker room with a lot more energy," Maryland coach Brenda Frese said. "They came with a knockout punch in the second half."
The Huskies will play Kentucky on Monday night in a rematch of last year's regional final, which was played just more than 100 miles away in Kingston, R.I. UConn won that game, 80-65.
The Wildcats beat Delaware 69-62 earlier Saturday.
Connecticut will be playing in a regional final for the 19th time. The Huskies have made five consecutive trips to the Final Four and are seeking their eighth national title.
It was the second win over Maryland this season for UConn. The Huskies won by 15 points in the Jimmy V Classic in December. Thomas had just six points in that game, and the Huskies held the Terps to just 48 points, their lowest output this season. They also were outrebounded 39-35, one of just five times that happened this season.
Maryland came into the game ranked second in the nation in rebounding margin, grabbing more than 14 more boards per game than its opponents. The Terps had outrebounded opponents in 32 of their first 33 games.
But UConn won that battle this time around 41-36.
"We were really looking forward to getting back on the court," Stewart said. "We knew Maryland was very physical and we just wanted to come out and disrupt them defensively."
Maryland hit just seven of its first 23 shots, but was 4 of 7 from 3-point range during that span, and trailed just 23-20 midway through the first half.
But 3-pointers from Bria Hartley and Kelly Faris pushed the lead to nine, and started a 12-1 run.
The Huskies looked as if they were about to extend that further, when Faris drove to the basket and appeared to take a hard foul. But there was no whistle, infuriating coach Geno Auriemma, who received a technical foul.
Thomas made one of two foul shots, then hit a jump shot that cut the lead to nine 35-26 at halftime.
UConn is 44-4 in NCAA tournament games played in the state and 8-1 in Bridgeport.
UConn's lone blemish came against Duke in 2006 in the regional final.
Maryland was in its 10th regional semifinal and looking to make back-to-back trips to the regional final despite losing three players this season to ACL injuries, including the expected starting backcourt, guards Brene Moseley and Laurin Mincy.
"Next year we'll have plenty of numbers, a full roster," Thomas said. "Not to take away from this season, but looking forward to next season, we're going to be a tough team to stop next year."


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